
the game boy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by nintendo .it was released in japan on april 21,1989, in north america on july 31, 1989 and in europe in september 28,1990 . in southern asia , it is known as the " tata game boy ", and in south korea as the "mini comboy", which was distributed by hyundai electronics. is the first hand held console in the game boy line, and was created by gunpei yokoi and nintendo´s research and developement1-the same staff who had designed the game & watch series as well as several popular games for the nintendo entairment system