--- description: That little start screen is all I need to unlock a trove of memories. title: Take Five Seconds to Honor Game Boy’s 25th Anniversary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Take Five Seconds to Honor Game Boy's 25th Anniversary by [Jared Newman](/author/jared-newman/) ## Jared Newman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 1:05 PM CUT by [Jared Newman](/author/jared-newman/) ## Jared Newman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 1:05 PM CUT I’m not much for anniversary retrospectives concerning classic video game systems. Not that there’s zero value in examining history, but the older a console gets, the more it feels like we’re recycling the same [factoids](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/21/nintendo-game-boy-25-facts-for-its-25th-anniversary "undefined") every time a gaming system reaches another large, round number. So it goes with the Nintendo Game Boy, which launched in Japan on April 21, 1989\. In case your memory is foggy from the [last round of retrospectives](http://www.1up.com/features/20-years-game-boy "undefined") five years ago, you’ll find more [look-backs](http://technology.inquirer.net/35591/nintendos-trailblazing-game-boy-marks-25th-anniversary "undefined") around the Internet on today’s 25th anniversary. ([Jeremy Parish’s write-up](http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-game-boy-legacy-a-25th-anniversary-celebration "undefined") for USGamer is pretty good.) Personally, I prefer to let the above video do all the talking. That little start screen is all I need to unlock a trove of memories, from stuffing too many cartridges into my carrying case at home to slumping in the corner of a dingy gym next to my best friend, playing _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan_ while his mom Jazzercised. Happy 25th anniversary, Game Boy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/70052/take-five-seconds-to-honor-game-boys-25th-anniversary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/70052/take-five-seconds-to-honor-game-boys-25th-anniversary/"},"headline":"Take Five Seconds to Honor Game Boy's 25th Anniversary","datePublished":"2014-04-21T13:05:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:01.485Z","description":"That little start screen is all I need to unlock a trove of memories.","url":"https://time.com/70052/take-five-seconds-to-honor-game-boys-25th-anniversary/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Nintendo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Newman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jared-newman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/70052/take-five-seconds-to-honor-game-boys-25th-anniversary/","name":"Take Five Seconds to Honor Game Boy's 25th Anniversary"}}]}] ```