From its Game & Watch inspirations, to the risky pack-in title Tetris, and its tumultuous development filled with twists, betrayals, and even its cancellation. This is the story behind the creation of the original Game Boy.

LowspecGamer's Game Boy video -    • How the Game Boy ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ruined Nintendo  

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00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Book Plug For History Of Nintendo
02:03 - The DMG Is Born
05:05 - Screen Selection
10:56 - R&D1's Internal Battle
15:59 - Sharp's Game Boy?
19:27 - The Death Of The Game Boy
22:34 - The Game Boy's Resurrection
27:07 - The Game Boy Launches
33:27 - Game Boy Accessories
36:17 - Game Boy's Reception And Legacy
40:03 - Why Haven't I Posted?/Credits


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Additional Footage used from the following channels:
NintendoComplete, Game Escape, PlanetVB, Retrobits, Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music, Dudaw, Jalop Entertainment, Alice eyes, OldAdvertArchive, Daniel Atkinson, Rétroscoring, The Collectors Zone, RGTV, epcmd, Consumer Time Capsule, MrFakeNES, Lynxx Lancer Plays, stolenorchestra, Analog Zero, BetaGems Lost Media, DragonStarPlanet, 8BrickDMG, pepbrew

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Nintendo DS Lite by Cianon
NINTENDO SWITCH by animationMXM
"Nintendo Game & Watch Octopus Oc-22" (skfb.ly/6WPYD) by Natali_Voitova
"Office Props Pack" (skfb.ly/6yYK8) by seenoise
"Mercenary's Famicom" (skfb.ly/oBMw6) by Quentin Dejaeghere
"Game Watch v.2 free" (skfb.ly/or87A) by Marcin.Kwiatkowski
"Workbench" (skfb.ly/6RunP) by Shedmon
"Metal Nintendo Logo" (skfb.ly/6UVRC) by Santiago Shang
"Old Soldering Workstation" (skfb.ly/ovRCs) by Wikiti
"LCD Screen" (skfb.ly/oK8KD) by Wanou
"Donkey Kong Jr Skf" (skfb.ly/6XzUE) by simonripley
"1980 TV" (skfb.ly/6xBzy) by Warkarma
Game Outline – oloff3 (www.deviantart.com/oloff3/art/GameBoy-84027409)
"NES" (skfb.ly/on6CP) by Rusty Hardy
"Tetris Tetriminos" (skfb.ly/6SIF6) by Vague
"Army robot" (skfb.ly/oHGX8) by 3DWorkbench
"Cornet Hut" (skfb.ly/6nQwY) by Jhoser B
"Paper/Information holder" (skfb.ly/owCAS) by kg11