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The '''GameI'M BoyGOING TO PEE''' is a [[handheld game console]] developed by [[Nintendo]], launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America and Europe later that year. Following the success of the [[Game & Watch]] single-game handhelds, Nintendo developed the Game Boy to be more like a portable [[Video game console|console]], with interchangeable cartridges. The concept proved highly successful and the Game Boy became a [[cultural icon]] of the [[1990s]].
 
The Game Boy was designed by the [[Nintendo Research & Development 1]] team, led by [[Gunpei Yokoi]] and [[Satoru Okada]]. The device features a [[dot-matrix display]], a [[directional pad]], four game buttons, a single speaker, and uses [[Game Boy Game Pak|Game Pak]] cartridges. The two-toned gray design with black, blue, and dark magenta accents sported softly rounded corners, except for the bottom right, which was curved. At launch, it was sold either as a standalone unit or [[Pack-in game|bundled]] with games like ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' and ''[[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|Tetris]]''.