The Nintendo Game Boy Color was released in 1998 and is the successor to the original Game Boy. The Game Boy Color, as its name suggests, delivers a colour screen. The system was released to compete with other colour handhelds prominent in Japan. Game Boy Color included for the first time a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, … Read more
Nintendo is one of the oldest companies that is still making video gaming products to this day. Originally set up in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, they started life producing playing cards. Over the following decades, the business expanded into a number of areas including toy manufacturing in the 1960s. It was not until 1974 did … Read more
Released in 1990 in Japan (as the Super Famicom), then in the rest of the world over the next two years. Nintendo’s Super Nintendo Entertainment System is the successor to the NES. The SNES represented a huge jump in graphical and sound performance. Sega had beaten Nintendo into the 16-bit era with the Mega Drive … Read more
Released in 2001, the Nintendo GameCube is a sixth-generation console. It represents the first optical disc-based console from Nintendo rather than its traditional cartridges. The discs are however in a mini format, which addressed Nintendo’s concerns around piracy using standard CD-sized discs. The GameCube competed with the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox. The system … Read more
Released in 2001, the Game Boy Advance is the successor to the Game Boy Color. This handheld represented a significant upgrade in graphics and sound performance over the GBC. Its games are often compared to SNES versions with the system being considered almost like having a portable SNES in terms of ability. The Game Boy … Read more
