Nintendo GameBoy/GameBoy Pocket

The GameBoy was released in late 1988 as a follow-up to Nintendo's successful Game & Watch handhelds. It was the first of the modern portables on the video game market and inspired other companies to make similar portables and try to outdo Nintendo. But in the end, it was the GameBoy that won. The key selling features were the 160 x 144 pixel screen, four-channel stereo sound and the GameLink feature. The GameBoy's screen was black and white but the main competitor, Sega Game Gear, had a colour screen and a TV tuner attachment. Although this console was superior to the GameBoy, it failed to steal away the popularity of Nintendo's console. This was mostly due to the cheaper price and larger library of the GameBoy as well as the lighter weight and longer battery life (both due to the black and white