After seeing a bored businessman play with a calculator on the Shinkansen, Nintendo's Gunpei Yokoi had an idea.
36 years ago today, Yokoi's work commute epiphany was finally realised.
Happy anniversary to the DMG-01; the Nintendo Game Boy 🥳
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Learn more about the Game Boy in A Handheld History: our in-depth chronicle of portable gaming hardware.
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