The GAME BOY was a very successful game console. A game console is a small computer with which you can play video games.

The idea came from the toy developer Gunpei Yokoi from the country Japan. At first, the Nintendo company did not believe that the GAME BOY could be successful. The reasons were: The console was small and the pictures were only grey. Other video games already existed in colour.

But the GAME BOY had many advantages, for example: • It was light. • It was easy to hold in the hand. • It was easy to use. • It did not need much power from the batteries. • It was not very expensive.

The Nintendo was the first game console with an input for headphones. It also had a cable connection: With it, 2 players with 2 GAME BOYs could play together. That was new.

The game Tetris made the GAME BOY very popular. Tetris is like a puzzle game that also plays a special melody. Alexey Pajitnov came up with Tetris. He is a mathematician from Russia.

The GAME BOY was successful all over the world: 120 million people bought it. Girls and women have bought it the most.