Game Boy |
|
|
Launch Dates Japan: April 21st 1989 US: July 31st 1989 Europe: September 28th 1990 Max Resolution: 160x144 The Game Boy was Nintendo's first dedicated portable console with the ability to play multiple games through cartridge. Conceptualised by Gunpei Yokoi and Satoru Okada, it featured a standard dot matrix screen and featured just a single colour. Its first interaction with the Pokémon series was with the first Pokémon games, Pokémon Red & Green, which acted as a rebirth for the console. It was discontinued in 2003. |
 |
List of Pokémon Games Developed for Game Boy
| Game | Developer | First Release |
| Pokémon Red / Blue | GAME FREAK | February 27th 1996 |
| Pokémon Yellow | GAME FREAK | September 12th 1998 |
List of Model Revisions for the Game Boy
Game Boy Pocket |
|
|
Launch Dates Japan: July 21 1996 US: September 3rd 1998 The Game Boy Pocket, released in 1996 following the launch of Pokémon and featured a black & white screen and a smaller & sleeker design. |
 |
Game Boy Light |
|
|
Launch Dates Japan: April 14th 1998 The Game Boy Light was only available in Japan, released in 1998, and was essentially a Game Boy Pocket but included a backlit screen |
 |
Super Game Boy |
|
|
Launch Dates Japan: June 1994 US: 1994 Europe: 1994 The Super Game Boy was a cartridge adaptation of the Game Boy to allow for the games to be made playable full screen on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This added various colour palettes and many games had special borders featuring the game artwork around. A Super Game Boy 2 was released in Japan which allowed for you to use a Link Cable with players on other Game Boy devices |
 |
List of Pokémon Special Edition Game Boy Consoles
Pokémon GameBoy Light |
|
Jp Release Date: July 21st 1998 Description: |
 |