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Tetris
Tetris on Game Boy is Nintendo’s monochrome handheld adaptation of Alexey Pajitnov’s falling-block puzzle. Nintendo released it in Japan on 1989-06-14, in North America on 1989-07-31, and in Europe on 1990-09-28. The cartridge provides A-Type endurance play, a 25-line B-Type challenge, and a two-player Link Cable battle requiring two systems and two cartridges. Its compact rules hide very specific machinery: a 10-by-18 playfield, one-piece preview, 21 gravity speeds, level-based line scoring, a peculiar hardware-driven randomizer, and no hold or hard drop. Bundling Tetris with the Game Boy outside Japan made this edition extraordinarily widespread; the official Tetris history reports more than 35 million copies sold. The original cartridge is officially playable today through Game Boy – Nintendo Classics for Nintendo Switch Online, including local-wireless and online two-player support.
Tiles on the Game Boy Color
What a tile is on the Game Boy Color, and how to start a ROM with GBDK.
μCity (Game Boy)
The Game Boy ROM of μCity, which also plays on Game Boy Color.
Game Boy Color arrives
Nintendo launched the Game Boy Color in 1998, first in Japan on 21 October.
Game Boy Color
The Game Boy Color model CGB-001.
Open a Game Boy Color
How to open a Game Boy Color without guessing hidden screws.
Game Boy Color IPS LCD kit
FunnyPlaying's laminated IPS kit is a documented Game Boy Color screen replacement.
Game Boy Color
Nintendo's colour handheld, launched in Japan on 21 October 1998.
Antonio Niño Díaz
Antonio Niño Díaz publishes the open-source Game Boy game μCity.
CGB-CPU-02
A Game Boy Color board revision marked CGB-CPU-02.
CGB-CPU-06
A later Game Boy Color board revision marked CGB-CPU-06.
μCity
μCity is an open-source city-building game for the Game Boy, published by Antonio Niño Díaz.
More games
Basic entries from public sources, not yet written up in the Codex.
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- COMMODORE 16+4 PACK FOR GAME BOY DMGGB · 2024
- Game & Watch GalleryGB · 1997
- Game & Watch Gallery 2GB · 1997
- Game Boy CameraGB
- Game Boy GalleryGB · 1995
- Game Boy WarsGB · 1991
- Game Boy Wars 2GBC · 1998
- Game Boy Wars 3GBC · 2001
- Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2Wii U · 2014
- Q*bert2600 · 1992
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IIAmiga · 2000
- San Goku Shi: Game Boy Ban 2GBC
- Game Box Série CorridasMS · 1994
- Game Box Série EsportesMS · 1996
- Game Box Série Esportes RadicaisMS · 1996
- Game Box Série LutasMS · 1994
- Back to the Future: The GamePS3 · 2010
- Barney's Hide & Seek GameMD · 1993
- Batman ForeverGB · 1995
- Batman Forever: The Arcade GamePS1 · 1996
- Batman: The Video GameGB · 1989
- Beck: The GamePS2 · 2005
- Beowulf: The GamePS3 · 2007