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#### Nintendo Game Boy (1989)

The Game Boy was a huge success for Nintendo. It was the second portable system
created by Nintendo (the first being the Game & Watch series starting in 1980). The
original Game Boy was released in 1989 and allowed game players to play a huge library
of games away from home. Games like Super Mario Land, The Legend of Zelda: Link's
Awakening and Tetris proved that quality games could be developed for portable use.
Nintendo later released the “Play it Loud” Game Boy series in 5 colors, and the redesigned
slimmed down Game Boy pocket version was released in 1996.

Features:
CPU: 8-bit (Similar to the Z80 processor) at 4.194304MHz
Main RAM: 8k Byte internal
Video RAM: 8k Byte internal
Video Display: Reflective LCD 160 x 144 dots (20 x 18 Tiles)
Video Colors: 4 shades of gray
Screen Size: 2.6"
Max # of sprites: 40
Max # sprites/line: 10
Max sprite size: 8x16
Min sprite size: 8x8
Sound: 4 channels each of which can be mapped either to the left or to the right or to
both speakers
Communications: Serial port. Up to 4 Game boys can be connected together using this port.
Baud rate and protocol: (?)
Power: 6 VDC, 0.7 Watts (3 VDC 0.7W for Game Boy Pocket)
4 AA Batteries ~ 35 hours
Rechargeable battery (NAKI) ~ 12 hours

MESS Emulation State:
Preliminary sound support only.

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