Used Nintendo GAME BOY Console DMG-01 Boxed Gray – Tested & Working

Step back to 1989, when the world first heard that unmistakable ping as Tetris blocks fell on a tiny monochrome screen.
This is the original Nintendo Game Boy (DMG-01)—the handheld that defined portable gaming and changed travel, recess, and long car rides forever.

About this unit

Used. Tested and working.

The console shows light surface scuffs but is overall in good condition.
The screen has some localized scuffs, and the polarizing film shows age-related deterioration. The original serial-number sticker on the console has peeled off and is missing.
Contrast, volume, and all buttons operate correctly.
Includes the instruction manual.
Stereo headphones and batteries are not included.

The retail box shows scuffs, corner wear, small scratches, creases, and tears.
The protective styrofoam insert is included, but the styrofoam lid is missing; the insert itself has some partial tears.

Requires four AA batteries to play (not included).

A note from the curator

“It’s hard to overstate what this little gray brick accomplished.
It wasn’t sleek, it wasn’t color—but it was everywhere.
Every scratch tells a story of playground trades, late-night sessions under the blanket, and that triumphant ‘da-da-da-da!’ when the batteries somehow kept going.”