Nintendo Game Boy
The Game Boy is the most popular video game system ever made,
selling around 150 million around the world.
With the Advance model being released there are now
four main versions available.
- CPU: 6502 (8-bit) (similar to the Z80 processor), 14 MHz Clock Speed: 4.19 MHz
- RAM: 8K Bytes
- Video RAM: 8K
- Display: 2.6" Screen, 160x144 resolution
- Colours: 4 luminescences (monochromatic)
- Max number of sprites/line: 10 Sprite size: 8x8/8x16
- Sound: 4 channels with stereo sound
- The original required 4 AA batteries for anywhere from 15-30 hours worth of play.
Updated Game Boy with better screen and smaller size
machine. Runs original Game Boy carts. No other changes to hardware
made at this point. Released in different colour cases such as silver
and clear case. Only requires 2 batteries making it much lighter.
- CPU: 2.1 MHz
- ROM: Up to 64 Mb
- Display: 2.3" Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) colour liquid crystal display (LCD) 160 x 144
- Total Palette: 32,768
- RAM: 32KB
- Video RAM: 16KB
- Serial Communications Rate: up to 512kb/s
- Allows connection to another Game Boy or to the Game Boy printer infrared communication port.
- Colour games which use only the additional colour tables will work
on the old Game Boy. Games which make use of the CGB's expanded
RAM (32K), processing speed, and graphics however, will not be compatible.
Not released in the UK; the Game Boy light features a slightly eerie green glow!
Updated again but still maintains backward compatibility. The GBA is more powerful and has a larger screen. Looks were
set to dominate the handheld market years to come.
- CPU: 32-Bit ARM with embedded memory
- 2.9" TFT reflective screen, 240x160 resolution
- Display: 2,768 possible colours, 511 simultaneous colours in
character mode; 32,768 simultaneous colours in bitmap mode
- Size: 82mm (L) x 144.5 (W) x 24.5mm (D)
New version of its popular Game Boy Advance handheld game system
with a front-lit screen, flip lid.
- CPU: 32-Bit ARM with embedded memory
- Display: 1.61 x 2.41-inch screen
- Size: 3.33 x 3.23 x 0.96 inches
Limited edition Gold Coloured Game Boy Advance comes with Zelda The Minish Cap.
The DS has Dual screens, new control using both touch and voice, and new connections with two kinds of wireless game play.
- CPU: two processors; one ARM9 and one ARM7
- Display: two 3-inch LCD screens are backlit.
- Sound: 16-channel
- Features: Ports for both Nintendo DS game cards and Game Boy Advance game paks.
- Wireless IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary communication protocol.
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