Anniversary: The Game Boy Is 35 Years Old Today

A pocket-sized revolution.

The Nintendo Game Boy turns 35 today.

Released in Japan on April 21st, 1989, this monochrome handheld would quickly become one of the hottest consumer products of the early ’90s; a famous anecdote claims that a Sony executive was furious with his designers and stated that the Game Boy should have been a Sony product, given the company’s dominance of the portable music industry with its Walkman range.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

A pocket-sized revolution.

The Nintendo Game Boy turns 35 today.

Released in Japan on April 21st, 1989, this monochrome handheld would quickly become one of the hottest consumer products of the early ’90s; a famous anecdote claims that a Sony executive was furious with his designers and stated that the Game Boy should have been a Sony product, given the company’s dominance of the portable music industry with its Walkman range.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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