Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy, model DMG-01, serial number G23590337, manufactured by Nintendo Company Limited, Japan, 1989.

Nintendo Game Boy, DMG-01, made by Nintendo in 1989.

The successor to Nintendo's Game & Watch series, the Game Boy sold over 150 million units worldwide. Its success was due in part to the huge popularity of the game it was sold with, 'Tetris'.

Details

Category:
Games Technology
Object Number:
2009-5025/1
Materials:
plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall (upright): 145 mm x 90 mm x 32 mm,
type:
games console
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford