The Game Boy Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

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Chris Scullion

The Game Boy Encyclopedia

Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Chris Scullion

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White Owl
01 November 2024

Computer games: strategy guides

The Game Boy Encyclopedia is the sixth book in Scottish author and journalist Chris Scullion's critically-acclaimed series of video game encyclopedias. There are few video game systems as iconic and important as the Nintendo Game Boy. Released in 1989, the handheld's humble green-tinted display allowed for a low-cost portable console that won over players where it mattered most: the quality of its games. From huge early successes like the iconic Tetris and Super Mario Land to its revival years later with the groundbreaking Pokémon games, the Game Boy stands proudly as one of the greatest gaming systems ever. Its 1998 successor, the Game Boy Color, addressed the one main weak spot in the Game Boy's armour and offered full-colour games. Combined, nearly 120 million Game Boy and Game Boy Color handhelds were sold worldwide, with both models playing a huge role in so many childhoods (and adulthoods). This book contains every game released in the west for both handhelds: around 580 on the Game Boy and around 560 on the Game Boy Color. With around 1,150 games covered in total, screenshots and trivia factoids for every single title and a light-hearted writing style designed for an informative but entertaining read, The Game Boy Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming platform.

AUTHOR: Chris Scullion is a Scottish video game journalist with more than 18 years of experience writing about games professionally. He's been playing games since the early '80s and is the author of the NES, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, N64 and Dreamcast Encyclopedias. Initially working for six years at the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine, Chris has also written for the likes of Computer & Video Games, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine and Nintendo Life. Chris is currently the Features Editor at the highly respected video game news website VGC.

700 colour illustrations

By: Chris Scullion
Imprint: White Owl
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781399096775
ISBN 10: 139909677X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Chris Scullion is a Scottish video game journalist with more than 18 years of experience writing about games professionally. He’s been playing games since the early ‘80s and is the author of the _NES_, _SNES_, _Mega Drive/Genesis_, _N64_ and _Dreamcast Encyclopedias_. Initially working for six years at the UK’s _Official Nintendo Magazine_, Chris has also written for the likes of _Computer & Video Games_, _Official Xbox Magazine_, _Official PlayStation Magazine_ and _Nintendo Life_. Chris is currently the Features Editor at the highly respected video game news website _VGC_.

Reviews for The Game Boy Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

""Scullion hits the sweet spot between historical notes and evaluative insights from Castlevania to Pokémon to Tetris, along with hundreds of more obscure games. Game Boy fans number in the millions. This will likely fill a niche.""-- ""Library Journal""