About the Nintendo Gameboy

First released in 1989, the Gameboy line is the biggest selling in the history of consoles. Designed by the late Gunpei Yokoi, the machine faced more powerful competition in the early 90's in the form of Atari's Lynx, NEC's PC Engine GT and Sega's GameGear (all of which featured backlit colour screens) and beat them all - thanks to the face that the machine was portable, cheap and didn't guzzle batteries.

Nintendo ported many well-known franchises to the machine, such as Mario, Zelda and Metroid, but the success of the handheld can be traced back to one game - Tetris. It was the ultimate killer app. Bundled free with the Gameboy, this is the puzzle game to end all puzzle games, and is widely regarded by many as the great videogame of all time.

The Gameboy brand is still going strong. After the original black and white machine, Nintendo released the Gameboy Color, which was pretty much the same console but with limited colour support. Then came the Gameboy Advance, which is pretty much a pocket-sized SNES.

Nintendo Gameboy Reviews

Game Title	PDF	Magazine	Genre	Publisher	Score
Alleyway		MM - 2	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	33%
Asteroids		MM - 23	Shoot 'Em Up	Accolade	84%
Balloon Kid		MM - 7	Platform Game	Nintendo	51%
Batman		MM - 3	Platform Game	Sunsoft	85%
Bomber Boy		MM - 7	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	81%
Boulderdash		MM - 9	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	90%
Bubble Bobble		MM - 23	Platform Game	Taito	91%
Burai Fighter		MM - 5	Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	83%
Burgertime		MM - 23	Arcade Conversion	Data East	90%
Caesar's Palace		MM - 13	Simulation	Nintendo	91%
Castlelian		MM - 23	Platform Game	Sales Curve	70%
Castlevania 2		MM - 15	Platform Game	Konami	91%
Centipede		MM - 23	Shoot 'Em Up	Accolade	59%
Chase HQ		MM - 6	Driving Game	Nintendo	42%
Chase HQ		MM - 23	Driving Game	Taito	31%
Chessmaster		MM - 8	Simulation	Nintendo	96%
Choplifter 2		MM - 12	Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	90%
Contra		MM - 6	Platform Game	Konami	91%
Double Dragon		MM - 23	Beat 'Em Up	Tradewest	83%
Double Dragon 2		MM - 13	Arcade Conversion	Acclaim	81%
Double Dragon 2		MM - 23	Beat 'Em Up	Tradewest	88%
Dr Mario		MM - 5	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	87%
Fortress of Fear		MM - 4	Platform Game	Nintendo	80%
Gauntlet		MM - 23	Arcade Conversion	Mindscape	91%
Gauntlet 2		MM - 17	Arcade Conversion	Nintendo	88%
Gremlins 2		MM - 9	Platform Game	Nintendo	80%
Hunt for Red October		MM - 11	Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	90%
King of the Zoo		MM - 10	Platform Game	Nintendo	79%
Kung-Fu Master		MM - 23	Beat 'Em Up	Irem	17%
Kwirk		MM - 7	Platform Game	Nintendo	85%
Marble Madness		MM - 17	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	87%
Marble Madness		MM - 23	Puzzle Game	Mindscape	89%
Missile Command		MM - 23	Shoot 'Em Up	Accolade	83%
Monster Trucks		MM - 5	Driving Game	Nintendo	65%
Mr Do		MM - 23	Platform Game	Ocean	86%
Nemesis		MM - 23	Shoot 'Em Up	Konami	82%
NFL Football		MM - 3	Sports Game	Nintendo	43%
Pacman		MM - 4	Arcade Conversion	Nintendo	80%
Pacman		MM - 23	Arcade Conversion	Namco	79%
Paperboy		MM - 3	Arcade Conversion	Nintendo	67%
Paperboy		MM - 23	Arcade Conversion	Mindscape	59%
Pipe Dream		MM - 4	Puzzle Game	Nintendo	87%
Q-Bert		MM - 23	Arcade Conversion	Jaleco	90%
Qix		MM - 23	Puzzle Game	Taito	81%
R-Type		MM - 16	Shoot 'Em Up	Irem	82%
R-Type		MM - 23	Shoot 'Em Up	Irem	93%
Revenge of the Gator		MM - 7	Simulation	Nintendo	91%
Robocop		MM - 6	Platform Game	Ocean	72%
Snow Bros Jnr		MM - 11	Platform Game	Nintendo	79%
Solar Striker		MM - 2	Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	69%
Spiderman		MM - 4	Platform Game	Nintendo	85%
Super Mario Land		MM - 2	Platform Game	Nintendo	90%
Teenage Muntant Ninja ...		MM - 8	Platform Game	Konami	88%
Tennis		MM - 2	Sports Game	Nintendo	86%
Terminator 2		MM - 17	Platform Game	Acclaim	90%
The Simpsons		MM - 14	Platform Game	Acclaim	85%
WWF SuperStars		MM - 15	Beat 'Em Up	Acclaim	85%