Also, a new version of Asteroids was developed for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows, and the Game Boy Color in the late 1990s.

Category: Game Boy Color games

The Lynx was released in 1989, the same year as Nintendo's best-selling, monochromatic Game Boy.

However, Nintendo's new Game Boy was also introduced at the 1989 CES.

Nintendo had no problems supplying retailers with the Game Boy for the Christmas season while Atari Corp. only managed limited distribution of their Lynx by year's end.

During 1990, the Lynx had moderate sales but Nintendo's Game Boy continued to gain market share.

** The Game Boy Advance line, except for the Game Boy Micro, is backward compatible with all Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.

** The Nintendo DS and the Nintendo DS Lite are backward compatible with all Game Boy Advance games.

However, the 3DS and its predecessor the DSi lack the Game Boy Advance slot found on the DS and DS Lite, causing certain titles to lose functionality when played on the systems.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

* Epoch Game Pocket Computer, an early hand-held game console

It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than the Game Boy Pocket.

The Game Boy Color was a response to pressure from game developers for a new and much more sophisticated system of playing, as they felt that the Game Boy, even in its latest incarnation, the Game Boy Pocket, was insufficient.

As the game was extremely popular, it was regularly released for other platforms including Windows-and Macintosh-based computers, Atari Jaguar, Mega Drive / Genesis, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nokia N-Gage, SNES, PlayStation and PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Pocket PC, and Xbox.

" The sentiment was shared by gaming magazine Pocket Games, which ranked the titles together 8th out of the Top 50 games for the Game Boy, stating " every game in the series is a sprawling classic with well written scripts and solid characters.

Special edition consoles such as the Hello Kitty Dreamcast, Hello Kitty Game Boy Pocket, and Hello Kitty Crystal Xbox have also been released exclusively in Japan.

Charmander was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

* Game Boy Pocket, a portable gaming console by Nintendo

Venusaur was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Blastoise was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Squirtle was one of 150 different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalised by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Chansey was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

The WonderSwan was made to compete with the Neo Geo Pocket Color and the market leader Nintendo's Game Boy Color ( even though the developer for the WonderSwan, Gunpei Yokoi, developed the original Nintendo Game Boy ).

However, he did not leave before completing the more successful Game Boy Pocket as a going-away present in July of that year.

Raichu was one of 150 different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Charmeleon was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Like the Game Boy and subsequent Game Boy Advance consoles, the Neo Geo Pocket Color's screen is not back-lit, so games can only be seen in a well lit area.

This re-release features additions such as an extra colour-based dungeon and a photo shop that allows interaction with the Game Boy Printer.

The Game Boy Printer

The Game Boy Printer, known in Japan as the, is a thermal printer accessory released by Nintendo in 1998, while it ceased manufacture in early 2003.

The Game Boy Printer is compatible with all the Game Boy systems ( except Game Boy Micro ) and is designed to be used in conjunction with the Game Boy Camera.

It runs on six AA batteries and uses a special 3. 8 cm wide thermal paper with adhesive backing called Game Boy Printer Paper.

In Japan, a bright yellow Pokémon version of the Game Boy Printer was released which featured a Poké Ball-style feed button.

A Game Boy Printer emulator is needed for the Game Boy to interface with the PC once linked via cable.

The Game Boy Printer Paper has also been discontinued, and rolls of the real thing which still produce a reliable image are getting harder to find.

Regular thermal paper, such as the kind used for POS terminals can be cut to the proper width and used successfully with the Game Boy Printer.

A roll of the American Game Boy Printer paper came in red, blue, yellow and white, and had a width of 3. 8 cm.

The Game Boy Printer paper refills boasted up to 180 pictures per roll.

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A remake called The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX was released for the Game Boy Color in 1998 ; it features color graphics, compatibility with the Game Boy Printer, and an exclusive color-based dungeon.