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What was the name of the handheld electronic game released by Nintendo in 1989 that became the best-selling portable console of its era?
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Game Boy
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Nintendo launched the Game Boy in 1989. Its monochrome screen and games such as Tetris helped make it a major handheld success. Nintendo's figure of more than 118 million sales combines the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
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