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Dec 31, 2014 · Publication date. 1989-12. Topics. nintendo, commercial, tv, 1989, gameboy, video game, portable, handheld. Language. English. Item Size. 56.6M. Aired late1989 during the Rolling Stone's Steel Wheels Concert.
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- The First Ad, The One with Tetris
- The Game Boy Infomercial
- Game Boy, A Toy For Real Adults
- Also For Kids, Though
- The Real Game Boy Debut
Here's the thing about Game Boy: it wasn't just a first taste of what console-style gaming could deliver on the go. It was also the hardware that popularized one of the most enduring success stories in all of gaming: Tetris. This commercial — the first released for Game Boy — hypes them both. They go hand-in-hand, really. Tetriswas bundled in along...
These days, Nintendo communicates directly with fans via Nintendo Direct broadcasts that essentially boil down to fan-focused infomercials. But there was no internet in 1989 (not the way we think of it, at least). Instead, we got stuff like this. Nintendo's three-and-a-half minute Game Boy ad breaks down the new technology and explains the appeal i...
Forget any notion that games struggled to cement their place in pop culture early on because they were dismissed as kid's toys. Adults were the real early adopters, especially during the '80s when any kind of gaming buy-in involved a pricey investment in new technology. Nintendo knew that Game Boy represented an exciting proposition for daily commu...
Look at all this chaos. All this noise. All this fun! If the previous commercial focused on convincing adults to buy into Nintendo's new approach to gaming, this one is all about the teens. From the chaos of the scene to the rock-like music to the graffiti-style graphic at the end, this kid-friendly pitch attempts to sell the idea of handheld gamin...
The Game Boy's April 21, 1989 launch date applies specifically to Japan; it didn't come to the U.S. for another few months. So this Japanese commercial (and another one that arrived alongside it) are really the world's first taste of Nintendo's on-the-go gaming system. I have no idea what's being said here, who provided the music, or why both comme...
- Game Boy (21 April 1989) Released in 1989, the original Nintendo Game Boy was an 8-bit portable console that could display four different shades of olive green on its 160 by 144 pixel display.
- Tetris (14 June 1989) A launch title for the Nintendo Game Boy in North America, Tetris (Bullet-Proof Software, 1989) was the first video game compatible with the Nintendo Game Link Cable.
- Super Game Boy (1994) The record for first portable cartridge adaptor is held by the Nintendo Super Game Boy (1994). The adapter allowed Nintendo Game Boy cartridges to play on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System home console.
- Pokémon Red & Green (27 February 1996) Released almost seven years into the Game Boy’s lifecycle, Pokémon Red and Green (Game Freak, 1996) gave a new lease of life to the aging Nintendo portable.
Mar 29, 2024 · The advertisements for the Gameboy throughout the late '80s and '90s were nothing short of audacious, straying far from the conventional and, by contemporary standards, hailing from a wildly different universe.
Apr 21, 2019 · The Game Boy branding survived for almost two decades, with the Pocket, Light, Color, Advance, Advance SP, and Micro all going strong as other publishers like Sega and Sony entered and exited the...
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Jul 31, 2024 · Nintendo's Game Boy launched in North America 35 years ago, but its impact on gaming hardware and the games we play can still be felt today.
