Despite that, the console managed to sell extremely well within a time period which was even shorter than for the original Game Boy. The console came under frequent criticism in its beginnings because of its screen, which was extremely dark and had to relay on external light sources to be visible. 2 which sold by the millions,, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon or Konami Krazy Racers and was also backward compatible with all previous Game Boy games. The console was sold at its start at less than $100 and featured a larger than usual line-up at its start, which included notably Super Mario Advance, a remake of Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Advance, one of the first great successes of the GBA.įinally, Nintendo announced and launched almost simultaneously the Game Boy Advance in 2001 with much publicity. Unveiling and launch of the Game Boy Advance However, its massive success allowed Okada and Nintendo to further refine the Game Boy's successor. Little circulated around the Project Atlantis before 2001, and the competition made it necessary to produce a stopgap machine, which the Game Boy Color actually was. According to some sources, the name actually came from the fact that Nintendo hoped to release the console in 1996 concurrently to the Atlanta Olympic games. The preliminary work on it started in 1996 or 1995, at which time the development of the new console bore the name "Project Atlantis". 1.4 Release of the Nintendo DS, the Game Boy Micro, and the end of the Game Boy lineĪfter the departure of Gunpei Yokoi (横井 軍平), co-creator of the Game Boy, development of a new handheld hardware was entrusted to the other Game Boy co-creator, Satoru Okada.1.3 Addressing the lighting problem and the Game Boy Advance SP.1.2 Unveiling and launch of the Game Boy Advance.
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