Nintendo Game Boy handheld console

Nintendo Game Boy handheld console

Nintendo Game Boy, model DMG-01, manufactured by Nintendo Company Limited, 1989.

Nintendo Game Boy, DMG-01, made by Nintendo in 1989.

The successor to Nintendo's Game & Watch series, the Game Boy sold over 150 million units worldwide. Its success was due in part to the huge popularity of the game it was sold with, 'Tetris'.

Details

Category:
Computing & Data Processing
Object Number:
2009-5025/1
type:
games console
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford