Nintendo Game Boy Original 1989 & Tetris

About this deal

The Nintendo Game Boy is a handheld game console first released in 1989, and Nintendo's first handheld to use interchangeable ROM cartridges. Nintendo prioritised affordability, battery life, and durability over competing hardware, giving the Game Boy a monochromatic display and an 8-bit processor. It features a 2.6-inch 4-shade LCD, stereo sound through headphones, and runs on 4 AA batteries. Two units can be linked together via the built-in serial port for multiplayer gaming. Tetris is a 1989 puzzle game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy, and was bundled with the North American and European releases of the console. Players manipulate falling tetromino shapes, moving and rotating them to create complete horizontal lines, which then disappear. The game features both a Type A endless mode and a Type B set-clear mode. Tetris has been credited as the Game Boy's killer app , and more than 35 million copies had been sold worldwide as of 2009. This listing is listed in Good condition, making it an affordable entry point into a genuine piece of gaming history.