李明娟

It had four buttons1 and a screen that was not even 5 cm wide2， but theNintendo Game Boy was much loved by millions of people around the world.

It may not have been very advanced3 when it first came out in Japan in 1989，but it still became a great success4.

The Game Boy wasnt the first game machine you can take along. It wasnt thefirst to use cartridges5 for games， either. But many say it was better than those thathad come before. The cartridges were something put into a space in the top of theGame Boy.

Made by Gunpei Yokoi， it was easy to use and could be played for up to 30hours with four AA batteries6—just right for long trips. Yokoi hoped people wouldlike to buy it.

It can be used for a long time， too. An American doctor found his Game Boywas damaged7 in Iraq in the early 1990s. It wasnt gray anymore， but it could stillbe turned on.

was one of the first games to be released and was verypopular. And the game was an even bigger hit. You could even play withfriends using a cable8 to connect9 two Game Boys. More than 118，000，000 GameBoys were sold， including Game Boy Pockets， which were a little smaller， and GameBoy Colors， which had color screens.

Some are still found in cupboards， others are in museums， but many live in thememories of their owners.

它有四個按鈕和一個甚至不到5 厘米寬的屏幕，但任天堂公司的掌上游戲機深受全世界數(shù)百萬人的喜愛。

它在1989 年首次在日本問世時可能并不是很先進，但它仍然取得了巨大的成功。

掌上游戲機并不是第一臺你能隨身攜帶的游戲機。它也不是第一個在游戲時使用卡帶的。但許多人表示，這比以前面市的游戲機要好。卡帶是放在掌上游戲機頂部空間里的東西。

它由橫井俊平制作，使用方便，使用四節(jié)五號電池可以使用長達30 小時，非常適合長途旅行。橫井希望人們愿意購買。

它也可以使用很長時間。20 世紀90 年代初，一名美國醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他的掌上游戲機在伊拉克受損。它不再是灰色的，但它仍然可以開機。

《超級馬里奧大陸》是最早發(fā)行的游戲之一，非常受歡迎。而《俄羅斯方塊》這個游戲更是大受歡迎。你甚至可以用連接線連接上兩個掌上游戲機后和朋友一起玩。掌上游戲機的銷量超過1.18 億，其中包括稍小的掌上游戲機口袋版和有彩色屏幕的掌上游戲機。

有些掌上游戲機仍然在櫥柜里，有些在博物館里，但許多都活在主人的記憶中。

Notes

1. button 按鈕

2. wide 寬的

3. advanced 先進的；高級的

4. success 成功；勝利

5. cartridge 盒；卡

6. battery 電池；蓄電池

7. damage 損壞；損害

8. cable 電纜；鋼纜；纜繩

9. connect 使……連接；使……相通