Editing Handheld game console (section)

==== Game Boy Pocket ====
[[File:Game-Boy-Pocket-FL.jpg|thumb|The 1st release Game Boy Pocket|left]]
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The Game Boy Pocket is a redesigned version of the original Game Boy having the same features. It was released in 1996. Notably, this variation is smaller and lighter. It comes in seven different colors; red, yellow, green, black, clear, silver, blue, and pink. It has space for two [[AAA battery|AAA batteries]], which provide approximately 10 hours of game play.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Incredible Shrinking Game Boy Pocket |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=84|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=July 1996 |page=16}}</ref> The screen was changed to a true black-and-white display, rather than the "pea soup" monochromatic display of the original Game Boy.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Boy Relaunched|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=20 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=August 1996 |page=26}}</ref> Although, like its predecessor, the Game Boy Pocket has no backlight to allow play in a darkened area, it did notably improve visibility and pixel response-time (mostly eliminating [[Image persistence|ghosting]]).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Pocket Cool |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=89 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 1996|page=204}}</ref>

The first model of the Game Boy Pocket did not have an [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] to show battery levels, but the feature was added due to public demand. The Game Boy Pocket was not a new software platform and played the same software as the original Game Boy model.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Show Notes|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=95|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=August 1996|page=16}}</ref>{{clear}}