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Game Boy Pocket (Grey)
Grey · MGB-001 · Nintendo · 1996
Why
There’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.How to tell them apart
Solid grey shell. Early units have NO red power LED left of the screen; all bodies got the LED from the pink release (1997-07) on.
Details from sources
JP launch 1996-07-21 (Nintendo JP, ja Wikipedia; en Wikipedia says 07-20) at ¥6,800 (tax excl.); price cuts ¥5,800 (1998-02-14) and ¥3,800 (1998-11-14). Nintendo JP lists 8 domestic colours: grey, red, yellow, green, black, pink, gold, silver (clear purple added later). JP name: グレー. JP-only launch colour; the NA launch colour was silver. Whether the western 'silver' and JP 'grey' differ physically needs a photo check.
Data source: nintendo.co.jp
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