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Game Boy Pocket (Silver)
Silver · MGB-001 · Nintendo · 1996
Released1996-09-02
ModelGame Boy Pocket
Colorsilver
RegionNA, JP, EU
Rarityno data
Why
There’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.How to tell them apart
Metallic silver paint. 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
NA launch colour (1996-09-02, $69.99, en Wikipedia). JP release 1996-10-19 at ¥7,800 with a special plastic case (Nintendo JP: silver and gold were originally sold in America). US price later cut to $54.95 (early 1997) and $49.95 (mid-1998) (en Wikipedia).
Data source: en.wikipedia.org
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