Nintendo Game Boy Games — The Handheld That Won the World
The Nintendo Game Boy, launched in April 1989 at ¥12,500 in Japan and $89.99 in North America, is the most commercially successful handheld game console in history when combined with its Game Boy Color successor — selling approximately 118 million units. Despite technically inferior hardware compared to competitors like the Atari Lynx (which had a colour backlit display) and Sega Game Gear, the Game Boy dominated the handheld market through Nintendo’s software quality, exceptional battery life (approximately 15 hours on four AA batteries), durability, and the killer app that no competitor could match: Tetris.
The Game Boy’s monochrome 160×144 pixel display produced a distinctive aesthetic that defined an era of handheld gaming. Tetris, bundled with the Game Boy, became one of the best-selling games of all time. The Pokémon franchise — launched with Pokémon Red and Green in Japan in February 1996 — transformed the Game Boy from a successful console into a cultural phenomenon, selling over 31 million units of the first generation alone. Super Mario Land, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Metroid II, and Kirby’s Dream Land further demonstrated Nintendo’s software excellence on the platform.
Tietokonemuseo Ata’s games:
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1200 in 1 L
20 in 1 L
32 in 1 L (3)
4 in 1 L (2)
4 in 1 Funpak Volume II (Solitaire, Yacht, Dominoes, Cribbage) L GPS
62 in 1 L
8 in 1 L
95 in 1 L
720 L USA
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Adventure Island L USA
Adventures Wacky Sports L USA
Alien 3 LM UKV
Alleyway L (custom case) EU
All-Star Challenge 2 CIB USA
America Oudan Ultra Quiz Part 2 L JP
Arcade Classic 1 (Asteroids, Missile Command) L UKV
Arcade Classic 3 CIB UKV
Arcade Classic 4 (Defender, Joust) L UKV
Asterix L NOE
Ayakashi No Shiro L JP
B
Baloon Kid L USA
Bart Simpsons Escape From Camp Deadly L USA
Bases Loaded L (custom case) EU
Batman the Video Game L NOE
Batman Return of the Joker B NOE
Bokujou Monogatari GB L JP
Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny Operation Carrot Patch L UKV
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle B NOE
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 L EUR
Burai Fighter Deluxe L UKV
BurgerTime Deluxe L USA
C
CastleVania II Belmont’s Revenge CIB SCN
Chase H.Q. L ITA
Chessmaster L UKV
Chibi Maruko-Chan: Maruko L JP
Construction Zone L EUR
D
Darkwing Duck L FAH
David Crane’s the Rescue of Princess Blobette L NOE
Desert Strike Return to the Gulf L UKV
Disney’s Duck Tales La Bande A Picsou L FAH
Disney’s Interactive Adventures Featuring Hercules L NOE
Disney’s the Jungle Book L USA
Disney’s Mulan CIB EU NUKV
Disney’s Pixar Toy Story 2 L UKV
Donkey Kong L (custom case) EU
Doraemon No Game Boy De Asobouyo Deluxe 10 L JP
Double Dragon 3 The Arcade Game L UKV
Double Dragon L (custom case) EU
Dragon’s Lair L SCN
Dynablaster CIB FAH
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Elevator Action L USA
Elite Soccer L USA
Elmo’s 123s L USA
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F-1 Race L EUR
F-14 Dogflight Simulator Turn And Burn L USA
G
Game & Watch Gallery 3 L EUR
Game Boy Gallery 5 Games in 1 B UKV
Game Boy Gallery 5 Games in 1 L EUR
Game De Hakken!! Tamagocchi 2 L JP
Game De Hakken!! Tamagocchi L JP
GB 220 in 1 L EU
George Foreman’s KO CIB NOE
GEX Enter the Gecho L EUR
Gi King! L JP
Golf B SCN
H
Hiryuu No Ken Gaiden L JP
Home Alone L USA
Hund For Red October L ITA
I
Incredible Crash Dummies L USA
J
Jungle No Ouja Taachan L JP
Jungle Strike L UKV
K
Karakuri Kengou Den Musashi Road L JP
Killer Instinct L GPS
Kingyo Chuihou! Wapikono L JP
Klustar L EUR
Konami Track & Field B NOE
Koukiatsu Boy L JP
Kwirk L SCN
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Legend: Ashita E No Tsubasa L JP
Lemmings the Tribes 2 CIB EUR
Looney Tunes L USA
Loopz L LPA
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Magic Knight Rayearth L JP
Marble Madness L USA
Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II L JP
Men in Black the Series L EUR
Mickey Mouse L UKV
MicroMachines L EUR
Mohammad Ali Heavy Weight Boxing L UKV
Momotarou Collection L JP
Monster Race L JP
Motocross Maniacs L SCN
Mr. Nutz L FAH
Mummy Returns L USA
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NBA Jam L EUR
Nemesis L UKV
Nigel Mansell’s World Championship L NOE
Nintendo World Cup L FAH
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Oddworld Adventures L EUR
Olympic Summer Games B EUR
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Palamedes L FAH
Pittfall Beyond The Jugle L EUR
Pokemon Blue L (custom case) EU
Pokemon Silver L NOE
Pokemon Pinball L EUR
Pokemon Red (custom case) L EU
Power Pro GB L JP
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Q Billion B USA
Qix CIB SCN
Quest for Camelot L EUR
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Revenge of the Gator L ITA
Ronaldo V-football L EUR
Rox L EUR
Rugrats Film L FAH
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Seaside Volley L JP
Shougi L JP
Simpsons Bart vs. The Juggernauts L UKV
Skate or Die Bad’n Rad L USA
Small Soldiers CIB NOE
Smurf’s Nightmare B EUR
Solar Striker CIB SCN
Speedy Gonzales Aztec Adventure L UKV
Stargate L EUR
Street Racer L EUR
Super Kick off L UKV
Super Mario Land L (custom case) EU
Super R.C. Pro AM L EUR
Super Robot Taisen L JP
Sylvester and Tweety Breakfast on the Run L UKV
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Taz Mania L EUR
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Fall of the Foot Clan LM (custom case) EU
Tennis L (custom case) EU
Terminator Judgement Day CIB USA
Tetris 2 CIB FAH
Tetris L SCN
TinyToon Adventures Barb’s Big Break L SCN
TinyToon Adventures 2 Montana’s Movie Madness L NOE
Tom & Jerry 2 the Film L SCN
Top Ranking Tennis L UKV
Totsugeki Valations L JP
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Ultra Quarth L USA
W
Warioland Super Mario Land 3 L UKV
Warlord & Warriors X Fortress of Fear L SCN
Wave Race L EUR
WF RAW CIB EUR
WF Super Stars CIB EU
Winners Horse L JP
Wizards & Warriors X Fortress of Fear CIB EU
World Cup 98 L EUR
Worms CIB UKV
Wrestling’s Rudest and Roughest CIB EU
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V-rally B NOE
Y
Yakuman L JP
Yu-Gi-oh! Duel Monsters L JP
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Zen Intergalac Ninja L USA
Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh L JP