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Game Boy (Grey / Off-white)

Grey / Off-white · DMG-01 · Nintendo · 1989

Model price in listings≈ 47-92 €median 78 € · 1212 list. this weekcolour and edition not countedDetails ↓Rate

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Rarity

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Why

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Specs

Released: 1989-04-21
Model: Game Boy
Color: grey
Region: JP

Description

The standard grey and off-white case of the original Game Boy. The console launched in Japan on 21 April 1989 at 12,500 yen, in North America on 31 July 1989 at $89.99 and in Europe on 28 September 1990.

Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to tell them apart

Light grey shell; screen bezel in greyish purple (JP: 'fuji-iro', from a hanafuda card); black d-pad; magenta/red A and B; 'Nintendo GAME BOY' text under the screen; 4xAA battery cover on the back.

Details from sources

JP 1989-04-21, NA 1989-07-31, EU 1990-09-28 (en Wikipedia). NA launch price: body text says $89.95, infobox says $89.99 - conflict. JP price cuts: ¥9,800 on 1993-06-06 (earphones no longer included), ¥8,000 (tax excl.) on 1994-05-01 (ja Wikipedia). In NA/EU sold bundled with Tetris; not in Japan. JP label model code is DMG-01 (Nintendo JP page); ja Wikipedia writes DMG-001. gbhwdb calls the colour 'OffWhite'. NOM 2000: approx. 18.0M shipped in the USA and 12.42M in Japan (DMG, early 2000).

Data source: en.wikipedia.org

Prices by market~78 €

Catawiki (sales)
in box · 7 list.78 €

Catawiki (sales)
without box · 11 list.72 €

Kleinanzeigen
in box · 52 list.165 €

Kleinanzeigen
without box · 627 list.90 €

OLX Poland
in box · 3 list.15 €

OLX Poland
without box · 48 list.60 €

OLX Ukraine
without box · 19 list.85 €

Vinted Germany
in box · 7 list.59 €

Vinted Germany
without box · 370 list.21 €

willhaben
in box · 17 list.300 €

willhaben
without box · 137 list.100 €

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