This stops you from removing a cartridge while it is on. When you turn it on, the button has a bit of plastic sticking out that holds the cartridge in the slot. To turn the console on, you move it toward the middle. On the top of the case is the On/Off switch.
To open up the case, there’s 4 screws on the outside and 2 inside the battery bay that need to be removed. It is held by a little clip at the top and two legs at the bottom of the plastic. When switched on, the cartridge is held in place by a small tab on the on/off switch.īelow that slot is the “battery bay”, which holds 4 AA batteries.Ī cover goes over the batteries, holding them in place. The back of the case is much simpler than the front, but you’ll definitely spend more time staring at the front than the back anyway so it doesn’t matter too much.Ĭartridges are loaded from the top, with the label facing out. Backīack of the case with the battery door removedĬomplies with the limits for a Class B computingĭevice pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules. It has 6 “slots” for sound to come out of, but only 5 of them have holes cut through the case. The labels for the buttons are printed on the case, in the same direction as the A and B buttons, thought at a smaller font size.įinally, the speaker grill is in the bottom right, outputting mono sound. To me, it makes it feel more slick and futuristic. One thing to notice is that they are angled, not parallel with the bottom of the case. The start and select buttons are both molded from a silicon-like material, and are even mushier than the D-Pad. These buttons are also molded from hard plastic, though in a dark red or maroon like color.
On the right is the A and B buttons, with the labeling on the case instead of being molded into the buttons like in later Gameboys. There are also small arrows in each direction molded on the case. It has a divot in the center and two slightly raised sections in each direction, which you can see if you look closely. On the left is the D-Pad molded from black, which has a more mushy feel than later Gameboy handhelds. It’s useful for figuring out if you need to fix the contrast of the screen, get new batteries or have a deeper issue as in my case…īelow that is the buttons and speaker grill. Just to the left of the screen is a small red LED that shows when power is on. Just below the screen the Gameboy proclaims it’s name to the world, with the text Nintendo GAME BOY TM. The screen takes up the largest part of the front, consisting of the screen itself and a plastic cover on top.Īlong the top of the plastic cover is the text DOT MATRIX WITH STEREO SOUND. I am especially happy with this Gameboy because it still has both the battery cover and the communication port cover. I hope to eventually get my hands on some retro-bright and restore it back to it’s original grey. CaseĬompared to the plastic on the inside, it’s a little yellowed but that’s to be expected with how old it is. Now let’s talk about this one specifically. The last game released for both North America and Europe was Pokemon Yellow on Octoand Jrespectively. The last game released in Japan was Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: Kanji no Tatsujin on March 30, 2001. The DMG had a total of 6 launch titles, though some were only released in specific regions: Titleīy the end of it’s life, around 1,056 different games made for the system. It was Nintendo’s primary handheld console until the release of the Gameboy Color in 1998.īefore the Color, the Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Light were released but they weren’t hugely different than the DMG, more like minor revisions than a new handheld.ĭespite the color being release, the Gameboy DMG (Dot Matrix Game) continued to be sold until 2003, after the release of the Gameboy Advance. It was originally sold for only $89.95, about $185.99 in 2020 dollars. The same team that developed the Game & Watch games also worked on development of the Gameboy, which went on sale on Apin Japan and July 31 in North America. It was technically their second handheld console, the first being the Game & Watch series.
The original Gameboy was an 8-bit handheld console created by Nintendo.
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