The Making Of The Game Boy | The Masterpiece Nintendo Hated

Описание: 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.

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