Amaya Toman Inombolo enkulu yezimpawu ihlotshaniswa ne-nineties yekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Enye yazo i-Game Boy - ikhonsoli yegeyimu ephathekayo evela kwa-Nintendo, eyethule umkhankaso wayo ophumelele kakhulu emakethe yaphesheya kwezilwandle ekupheleni kukaJulayi 1989. Ukufika kwe-Game Boy kwaba inkomba yokuqhuma kokuduma kwama-consoles aphathwayo, sibonga abadlali abangajabulela imidlalo yabo abayintandokazi noma kuphi nanoma nini.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukubaluleka kwe-Game Boy bekukukhulu kangangokuthi le khonsoli eyisithonjana izuze indawo yayo ku- Washington National Museum eceleni komakhalekhukhwini bokuqala, amadivaysi e-PDA nama-pager. "I-Game Boy bekungelona uhlelo lokuqala oluphathwa ngesandla, kodwa ngokuqinisekile beludume kakhulu," kusho u-Drew Robarge, uchwepheshe we-American History Museum, wengeza ngokuthi ukuduma kwe-Game Boy kwakubangelwa kakhulu ukusebenza kwayo. "I-Game Boy isebenzise - njengama-consoles asekhaya - ama-cartridges ashintshekayo, ukuze ukwazi ukudlala imidlalo ehlukene," khumbuza
Ngesikhathi lapho i-Game Boy yokuqala ibona ukukhanya kosuku, uTetris waseRussia kwakungewona umdlalo owaziwayo. Kepha ngo-1989, uNintendo wanquma ukuthi iTetris izotholakala nakubanikazi beGame Boy. Idayisi eliwayo, elihambisana nomculo wodumo nemisindo, kungazelelwe laba iculo elikhulu. Kodwa-ke, izihloko ezinjenge-Super Mario Land, i-Kirby's Dream Land noma i-The Legend noma i-Zelda nazo zithole ukuthandwa okukhulu phakathi kwabanikazi be-Game Boy.
I-Game Boy ihlonishwa ngo-Gunpei Yokoi kaNintendo, okusolakala ukuthi waqhamuka nalo mbono ngemuva kokubona usomabhizinisi odiniwe edlala nge-calculator ye-LCD. Ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwekhonsoli yegeyimu yesikhathi esizayo, u-Yokoi wasebenza kanye nozakwabo uSatoru Okada, ukusungulwa kwagunyazwa ngempumelelo e-United States ngoSepthemba 1985. I-GameBoy yayifakwe izinkinobho A, B, Khetha kanye ne-Start, i-cross directional. isilawuli, isilawuli sevolumu ejikelezayo ngakwesokudla kanye nesilawuli sokuqhathanisa sesibonisi ngakwesokunxele. Phezulu kwekhonsoli kwakukhona indawo yokubeka i-cartridge yomdlalo. Ukusebenza kuqinisekiswe amabhethri amane epensela akudala, kodwa i-GameBoy nayo ingaxhunywa kunethiwekhi. Ikhonsoli ibifakwe nojeke ongu-3,5 mm we-headphone kanye nesibonisi se-LCD esimnyama nokumhlophe ngaphandle kokukhanya kwangemuva kuka-47 x 43 mm nokunokulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-160 x 144.
Igalari yezithombe
I-Nintendo yethula i-GameBoy yayo e-Japan ngo-April 21, 1989 - wonke amayunithi angu-300 athengiswa ngempumelelo ngesikhathi esifushane uma kuqhathaniswa. I-console ihlangabezane nempumelelo efanayo ehlobo lika-1989 e-United States, lapho amayunithi angu-40 athengiswa ngosuku lokuqala lokukhululwa kwawo. Emasontweni ambalwa yethuliwe, kwase kudayiswe irekhodi eliyisigidi le-Game Boys.
Izinsiza: I-Smithsonianmag, I-BussinesInsider, The Guardian
