Flashback: Nintendo Game Boy

Hello everyone! Today I'm making a retro gaming blogpost.
In case you didn't know, I LOVE old video games!!! I have Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) games as well as SEGA Genesis, N64, and more... But that's for another time.

Q: What did they have before Nintendo DS? I mean way before DS; the late 80s?
A: The Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo's first handheld system!(Other than Game&Watch, a series of simple handheld video games systems that played one game each and had a built in clock)

This is it! They call it the brick of Nintendos! It has an On/Off switch, a volume slider, a contrast slider(Instead of brightness), a connector port(To play with your friends!), a charger input, a headphone input(Why? The sound was so basic it seems pointless (^o^) ), the classic control pad +, A and B buttons, Select and Start buttons, and a speaker. It also has a slot on the back for game cartridges, and a battery door.

Here is a size comparison with a 3DSXL(Pikachu Edition (^_-)-☆). They're the same weight and, when the DS is closed, they're the same size. Check out that teeny tiny Game Boy screen!
You might've noticed that the Game Boy is playing Super Mario Land and the DS is playing Super Mario 3D Land. I just had to do it! :)

Here's a cartridge comparison. WOAH! That Game Boy cartridge is 4 times the size of the DS game! The game is super basic, too.
Don't get me wrong. That does NOT make the game easy.

Here are the graphics of the game. Look back at the DS. Wow. This Game Boy, without the games, originally cost $89. The games were usually about $30 each.

This post was a LOT longer than I wanted it to be, so I'll stop there.
Questions about the Game Boy? Ask in the comments. Thank you! (^o^)丿