Game Boy

Thankfully, these do not talk like Frank Welker.

The Game Boy is a series of handheld gaming systems developed by Nintendo, succeeding their Game & Watch line of LCD games. The original Game Boy model was released in 1989, and was only capable of generating monochrome 8-bit graphics. Despite being technologically inferior to its competition such as the Sega Game Gear and Atari Lynx, it quickly became the best selling portable on the market thanks to its competitive price point, long battery life, and an extensive library of quality games like Tetris and Super Mario Land.

Following several minor revisions, such as the smaller Game Boy Pocket and the backlit Game Boy Light, the Game Boy was succeeded by the Game Boy Color in 1998, which (as the name implied) featured a color display. The GBC was in turn succeeded by the Game Boy Advance in 2001, which boasted a larger screen size and significant power increase over its predecessors, able to support its own library of 32-bit games while also retaining full backwards compatibility support with the previous Game Boys' libraries. It received two additional backlit redesigns in the form of the clamshell-folding Game Boy Advance SP and the more compact Game Boy Micro, the latter of which removed support for non-GBA games.

The Game Boy series was succeeded by the Nintendo DS, which featured backwards compatibility with Game Boy Advance titles.

Fiction

Revenge of the Fallen film

Former Agent Simmons compared The Real Effing Deal's level of security to a Game Boy's. Ouch. Revenge of the Fallen

Win If You Dare

Mateo Cruz owned a Game Boy, and Bumblebee was seen playing with it. Win If You Dare

Rise of the Beasts film

Kris liked playing Super Mario Bros. on his Game Boy, but was was unable to get past Bowser. Rise of the Beasts

Games

• Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle (GBC, 1999)

Notes

• As a black "dual mode" cartridge, which are designed to run on both GBC and older models, Duel Fight Beast Wars is playable on all Game Boy models, excluding the Game Boy Micro.
• Many accessories were released for the Game Boy, including the Game Link Cable, which could be used to connect two Game Boys for multiplayer play, and the Game Boy Printer, which allowed special images from supported games to be printed onto thermal paper. Duel Fight Beast Wars supported both of these accessories, notably being one of only around 50 or so games to support the latter.
• Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The Super Game Boy allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The Transfer Pak allowed certain Nintendo 64 games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, Duel Fight Beast Wars was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories.
• Almost the entire Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from Megatron. Duel Fight Beast Wars is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking Megatron X, and playing a secret message from Optimus Primal.

External links

• Game Boy at Wikipedia