Being an Atari man, I had a Lynx, of course. My local computer shop had Lynx and Game Boy running side by side. I looked at Game Boy and thought 'Japan the forerunner of technology? This looks like microvision...Tetris? Finished it on C-64 years ago. Lynx wins big time'.
After a few years though the GBpocket was released, and things started to improve, so I purchased a Game Boy pocket, and the Game Boy camera and printer. Now, that was actually fun. And the GBp featured a visible screen, and gameplay proved to be great fun too. So I was sold.
Oh and Super Game Boy and Donkey Kong, the perfect combination.
So Happy B'day Game Boy and well done for being the 'Best selling Nintendo product in Europe'.
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