View Full Version : couple of quick Original Game Boy questions
Perkar
10-02-2004, 03:42 PM
so i seem to be unable to find a couple of pieces of information on the original gameboy, and i was hoping someone here could help me out....
first off, the original launch date (i know it was in july 1989, at least i'm pretty sure... but i can't find the exact date).
secondly, does anyone happen to know what the largest cartridge memory size for the original gameboy?
thanks for any help!
atarifan
10-02-2004, 04:00 PM
nubunga's ambition (sorry the spellings so crappy) was the largest to my knowlage they crambed the cart with historical stats for the game to remain historical correct (or something like that) i think (could be wrong) was 64k.
8-Bit Master
10-02-2004, 04:19 PM
The game Tetris was released on June 13, 1989 (according to Gamefaqs). Tetris was available as a launch title, so I would say that is the day that the Game Boy was introduced.
MegaDrive20XX
10-02-2004, 04:27 PM
The game Tetris was released on June 13, 1989 (according to Gamefaqs). Tetris was available as a launch title, so I would say that is the day that the Game Boy was introduced.
Wasn't Alleyway, Super Mario Land, Tennis, and CastleVania Adventure launch titles too?
portnoyd
10-02-2004, 04:34 PM
CV Adventure didn't come out til a few months later, I believe.
dave
mikeetler
10-03-2004, 12:10 AM
The launch titles were Alleyway, Baseball, Tennis and Super Mario Land and Tetris was the pack-in. I don't have the exact date, but it was the first half of August '89.
The dates listed on Gmaefaqs are completely inaccutare, as they show Alleyway as 4/20/89 for example.
-Mike
Ze_ro
10-03-2004, 02:34 AM
secondly, does anyone happen to know what the largest cartridge memory size for the original gameboy?
Well, I have a bunch of 512k Gameboy roms... including all three Donkey Kong Land games, Super Mario Land 2 & 3, Samurai Shodown, FIFA '96 and a bunch of others... there may be larger ones, but I haven't found them. There are Gameboy Color games that get much larger than that though (I have some that are 4MB).
--Zero
Gapporin
10-03-2004, 05:35 PM
The launch titles were Alleyway, Baseball, Tennis and Super Mario Land and Tetris was the pack-in. I don't have the exact date, but it was the first half of August '89.
Wasn't Solar Striker a launch title as well?