One of the most popular handheld consoles as it came with tons of games and accessories ie: Battery Pack which lasted between 4-5 hours once charged, Link Cable, enabling 2 Game Boys to be joined together for 2 player action on one game. There was also a Game Boy camera released in 1998 which could take photos then be printed out on the Game Boy Printer. The Game Boy Pocket was released 1996, this was smaller and lighter than the original Game Boy. The Game Boy Colour was released in 1998. This was slightly bigger than the Game Boy Pocket and it had a bigger screen.It also had double the processor speed, four times as much memory, and an infrared communications port.It was also able to play original Game Boy games.In 2004 Game Boy celebrated it's 15th anniversary.The longest run of any console.