The Game Boy, a hardware autopsy – Part 1: the CPU [PART 2 OUT NOW!]

Note: I made a few mistakes in this video which are addressed in part 1.5. Please make sure to watch it here:

Have you ever wondered how the Game Boy works? How the games that defined the history of the handheld world were made?
This video series hopes to answer these questions and more concerning one of the most successful gaming platforms ever.

Narration aided and recorded by the lovely Sarah –

Roller Coaster Tycoon Gameplay – tgnGamesDE –

Sonic TAS – Played by sgrunt

Game Boy pictures –

Productivity icon by Gregor Črešnar

Game Boy vector art – cryoganix.deviantart.com