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[[File:Gameboy.png| | {{Infobox System | ||
| image= [[File:Gameboy logo.svg.png|320px]][[File:Game Boy.png|x320px]] | |||
| type= Handheld console | |||
| released= {{Release|US= July 31, 1989|JP= April 21, 1989|UK= September 28, 1990}} | |||
| media= [[Game Boy]] and certain [[Game Boy Color]] cartridges | |||
| successor= [[Game Boy Color]] | |||
}} | |||
The '''Game Boy''' is a battery-powered handheld game console sold and manfactured by [[Nintendo]]. Designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the Game Boy is the first system found in the Game Boy line, and it is Nintendo's second handheld system following the ''Game and Watch'' line, which was designed by the same staff. The Game Boy is one of the world's best-selling game system lines, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since the release of the original Game Boy<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/corp/report/06AnnualReport.pdf#page=14 Annual Report 2006 (PDF File)]</ref>, and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the Game Boy Pocket. | |||
==''The Legend of Zelda'' Games== | ==''The Legend of Zelda'' Games== | ||
The original Game Boy technically had one | The original Game Boy technically had one {{TLoZ|Series}} release: {{LA}}. The first Game Boy Color ''Zelda'' title, {{LA|DX}}, could actually be played in black-and-white as a Game Boy game. However, a special dungeon, the [[Color Dungeon]], could only be played on a Game Boy Color, as it was locked via a color-based puzzle at the entrance. | ||
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==Game Boy Printer== | |||
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|image=Game Boy Printer.png | |||
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|caption= The Game Boy Printer | |||
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The '''Game Boy Printer''' (ポケットプリンタ Pocket Printer) is a thermal printing accessory compatible with [[Nintendo]]'s entire {{wp|Game Boy line}}, except the {{nw|Game Boy Advance#Game Boy Micro|Game Boy Micro}}. | |||
In {{LA}}, it can be used to print [[The Travels of Link]] album photos from the [[Photographer]] in the [[Camera Shop]].<ref>{{Cite Guide|quote= |game= PH|publisher= Prima|page= 4}}</ref> | |||
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==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Gameboy micro logo.svg.png|Logo of the Game Boy micro | |||
</gallery> | |||
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The Game Boy is a battery-powered handheld game console sold and manfactured by Nintendo. Designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the Game Boy is the first system found in the Game Boy line, and it is Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game and Watch line, which was designed by the same staff. The Game Boy is one of the world's best-selling game system lines, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since the release of the original Game Boy[1], and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the Game Boy Pocket.
The Legend of Zelda Games
The original Game Boy technically had one The Legend of Zelda series release: Link's Awakening. The first Game Boy Color Zelda title, Link's Awakening DX, could actually be played in black-and-white as a Game Boy game. However, a special dungeon, the Color Dungeon, could only be played on a Game Boy Color, as it was locked via a color-based puzzle at the entrance.
Game Boy Printer
The Game Boy Printer (ポケットプリンタ Pocket Printer) is a thermal printing accessory compatible with Nintendo's entire Game Boy line, except the Game Boy Micro.
In Link's Awakening, it can be used to print The Travels of Link album photos from the Photographer in the Camera Shop.[2]
Gallery
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Logo of the Game Boy micro
