Nintendo Gameboy Architecture
Nintendo GameboyArchitectureBy Rob Kurst and Andy Madden
Overview Game Boy History Game Boy to Game Boy Color Game Boy Advance to Game Boy Micro
Nintendo’s History Founded in 1889. Entered the arcade gameindustry in 1975. Began producing their ownhardware in 1977. First handheld game in 1980. Game Boy released in 1989.
Game Boy History
Game Boy Line: Success Released in 1989 and GB Advance discontinued in 2005 Sold 64.42 million Game Boy Originals before Game Boy Color wasreleased 118.69 million Game Boy and Game Boy Colors sold Over 81.51 million Game Boy Advances sold worldwide Tetris sold 30.26 million copies Pokemon Red and Blue sold 23.64 million copies combined Pokemon Gold and Silver sold 23 million copies combined Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire sold 13 million copies combined
Game Boy Line: Hardware SpecsOriginal,Pocket, andLightCPUColor8-bit SHARP LR35902 (Hybrid ofIntel 8080 and Zilog Z80)Clock Speed4.194304 MHz8.4 MHzWork RAM8 KB32 KBVideo RAM8 KB16 KBPowerDC 6V, 0.7WDC 3V, 0.6WColors4 grayshades32,768 colorsSound4 Channels with Stereo Sound
Intel 8080 16-bit address bus. 8-bit data bus. 64K of byte-addressablememory. 8 8-bit registers. 16 bit stack pointer. 16 bit program counter. 256 I/O ports.
Zilog Z80 Binary Compatible with8080. Addition of IndexRegisters. Addition of a secondregister file. Improved InterruptSystem. Enhanced Instruction Set.
Sharp LR35902 Hybrid of Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 8080 Characteristicso Single Register file Z80 Characteristicso Coding syntaxo Instruction Extender (0xCB) New Characteristicso I/O Schemeo Flag Register
Game Boy Advance: HardwareAdvanceCPU32-bit ARM7TDMI SharpLR35902Clock Speed16.8 MHz 8 MHzWork RAM256 KBVideo RAM96 KBPowerDC 6V, 0.7WColors4 grayshades32,768 colorsSound6 Channels with Stereo Sound
ARM7TDMI Based on Reduced InstructionSet Computer (RISC) principles. Three-stage pipeline 32-bit data bus 2 instruction setso 32-bit ARMo 16-bit Thumb
Game Boy Cartridges 32kB - 1MB for GB Original2MB - 32MB for GB Advance32 pin8 kB of RAMROM split into 16kB blocks
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Sold 64.42 million Game Boy Originals before Game Boy Color was released 118.69 million Game Boy and Game Boy Colors sold Over 81.51 million Game Boy Advances sold worldwide Tetris sold 30.26 million copies Pokemon Red and Blue sold 23.64 million copies combined Pokemon Gold and Silver sold 23 million copies combined
Nintendo gets to access with their games. Nintendo has never sold more individual titles of games for a console than the number of units sold for the console itself. For example, Tetris is the best selling game on the Nintendo Gameboy, due in part because it was bundled with the Gameboy, but it sold only 30
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Players may use any system in the Nintendo DS family of systems during the competition. This includes the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite , Nintendo DSi , Nintendo DSi XL , Nintendo 3DS , and the Nintendo 3DS XL . Players are responsible for bringing a charger that is compatible with their system. 2. Team Restrictions
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In this manual, the term “Nintendo DSi system” also refers to the Nintendo DSi XL system. Preparations Using Software Adjusting System Settings Troubleshooting Nintendo may automatically update your New Nintendo 3DS / New Nintendo 3DS XL system from time to time, so the information provided in this manual may become outdated.
The Nintendo 3DS XL system can use software designed for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS / Nintendo DSi. Ensure that the power of your Nintendo 3DS XL system is turned off, or that the HOME Menu is displayed and no software is currently suspended, before inserting or removing a Game Card. Start the software
nintendo GameCube, and more recently the nintendo Wii _ personal computers _ mobile, handheld devices, eg nintendo GameBoy, and more recently the nintendo DS, Sony pSp (playStation portable), mobile phones and tablets. Digital games-based learning experiences will be defined as based on activities that:
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