Game Boy

The Game Boy, Nintendo's flagship handheld console, was first released in 1989, and even today is the best selling handheld console of all time.

The console's first incarnation was large and grey, with a monotone dot matrix screen and monaural sound.

In 1998, the Game Boy Color was released. It was slightly smaller than the original Game Boy, and arrived in a wide array of colors — but the biggest change was in the graphics display, which could now display colors instead of just black and white.

The current form of the Game Boy, the Game Boy Advance, was released in 2001. Not only did it look dramatically different (a semi trapezoidal shape compared to the rectangle shape of the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color), but it also contained a powerful processor, allowing it to display SNES caliber graphics and even play voices.

Pokémon and the Game Boy

Pokémon is widely considered to be one of the primary driving forces behind the Game Boy's sales, especially in the later part of the 1990s and early 21st century.

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