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Object:Nintendo 'Game Boy', 1989


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Hand-held games console with 'Tetris' game cartridge, made by Nintendo, Japan. The Nintendo 'Game Boy' was based on the Z80 microprocessor used in Sinclair's popular ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum home computers.
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