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The '''Nintendo Game Boy''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ゲームボーイ ''Gēmu Bōi''<sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span>, is an 8-bit [[Handheld game console|handheld video game device]] developed and manufactured by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America in July 1989, and in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line, and was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo Research & Development 1—the same staff who had designed the [[Game & Watch]] series as well as several popular games for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System.]] Redesigned versions were released in 1996 and 1998, in the form of ''Game Boy Pocket'', and ''Game Boy Light'' (Japan only), respectively.
 
 
{{Template:Infobox console
 
|name = [[Image:Gameboy_logo.png|230px]]
 
|Manufacturer = [[Nintendo]]
 
|Generation = [[:Category:Fourth_generation|Fourth generation]]
 
|Release date = April 21, 1989 (JP)<br/>
 
July 31, 1989 (NA)<br/>
 
September 28, 1990 (EU)
 
|Media type = [[Game Boy cartridge]]
 
|Predecessor = [[Game & Watch]]
 
|Successor = [[Game Boy Color]]|Input Controller = 1 Extension port}}
 
The '''Nintendo Game Boy''' (ゲームボーイ ''Gēmu Bōi'', is an 8-bit [[Handheld game console|handheld video game device]] developed and manufactured by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America in July 1989, and in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line, and was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo Research & Development 1—the same staff who had designed the [[Game & Watch]] series as well as several popular games for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System.]] Redesigned versions were released in 1996 and 1998, in the form of ''Game Boy Pocket'', and ''Game Boy Light'' (Japan only), respectively.
 
 
==Hardware==
 
==Hardware==
  
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|Video || 8 kB internal RAM
 
|Video || 8 kB internal RAM
 
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|Display ||
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|Display ||  
 
*Reflective STN LCD 160 × 144 pixles
 
*Reflective STN LCD 160 × 144 pixles
 
*Screen size: 66 mm (2.6 in) diagonal
 
*Screen size: 66 mm (2.6 in) diagonal
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*Frame Rate: Approx. 59.7 frames per second on a regular Game Boy, 61.1 on a Super Game Boy
 
*Frame Rate: Approx. 59.7 frames per second on a regular Game Boy, 61.1 on a Super Game Boy
 
*Vertical Blank Rate: Approx 1.1 ms
 
*Vertical Blank Rate: Approx 1.1 ms
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|Audio ||
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|Audio ||  
  
 
2 square wave generators, 1 PCM 4-bit wave sample (64 4-bit samples played in 1x64 bank or 2x32 bank) channel, 1 noise generator, and one audio input from the cartridge. The unit only has one speaker, but headphones provide stereo sound.
 
2 square wave generators, 1 PCM 4-bit wave sample (64 4-bit samples played in 1x64 bank or 2x32 bank) channel, 1 noise generator, and one audio input from the cartridge. The unit only has one speaker, but headphones provide stereo sound.
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*[[Mobile System GB]]
 
*[[Mobile System GB]]
 
[[Category:Handheld]]
 
[[Category:Handheld]]
[[Category:Fourth generation]]
 

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