Happy 25th Birthday Game Boy

<p>In 1989 the world was introduced to a wonderful new gaming console&comma; one that would change the way gamers played games forever&period; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Game Boy was not the first hand held gaming system&comma; but it was the one who opened the door to affordable on-the-go gaming&period; The earlier handheld game systems from Atari and Sega were expensive and the batteries &lpar;no they were not rechargeable ones&rpar; had to be changed too often which made it very costly for children and adults&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo made their Game Boy affordable and new batteries would last about 30 hours of gameplay&period; We can never forget how <em>Tetris<&sol;em> became so addictive because it was on the Game Boy&comma; since it could be taken anywhere gamers could spend more time trying to position falling blocks&period; Game Link cables became popular with <em>Tetris<&sol;em> which allowed multiplayer games to occur outside a house and arcade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> series&comma; from the mind of Satoshi Tajiri&comma; got it’s first games&comma; <em>Pokemon Red and Blue<&sol;em>&comma; on the Game Boy and the first Pokemon trade occurred through the Game Link cable&period; Game Boy games are still enjoyed today by both veteran and new gamers through Nintendo’s Virtual Console&period; Thank you for the happy years of gaming you have given us and for inspiring the handheld gaming industry&period; Happy 25th Birthday Game Boy&excl; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;happy-25th-birthday-game-boy&sol;game&lowbar;boy&lowbar;ad&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61085"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61085" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111537&sol;game&lowbar;boy&lowbar;ad&period;jpg" alt&equals;"game&lowbar;boy&lowbar;ad" width&equals;"408" height&equals;"446" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;