In this first month of the new year Dutch gaming website GameCloud.nl looks back at the history of handhelds. In this third special we delve into the history of the Game Boy, from the old-school Game Boy till the Game Boy micro. What was the secret to it's succes?
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Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.
Nice Special!
The secret was that there was no competition.
Well, there were other handhelds but they didn't get an audience, so the Gameboy had the whole handheldmarket for itself. I think normally competition would allow for better a better market, but the Gameboy just was a great device, and so were the next versions of it.
Indeed, there was competition, as you can read in the article. They outperformed the Game Boy on graphics en connectivity. But the Game Boy was way cheaper and had a better battery. Where have we heard this before!