Yahel from Wrestling With Gaming has just released another excellent documentary, this time about the creation of the iconic Nintendo Game Boy. This documentary covers it’s roots in the Game & Watch, but also how it was almost cancelled, how a bad relationship with a screen manufacturer may have lead to the creation of competition and who the true creator actually was. This is a must-watch for all fans of the Game Boy, or even just anyone interested in a pretty influential piece of history.
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While the documentary itself was awesome, one thing really stood out to me: Yahel used a lot of quotes from The History Of Nintendo Vol. 4, by Florent Gorges…and rather than just site it as a source, he added a full “ad” for the book and it’s upcoming English translation. We live in a time where many people make a really good living plagiarizing other people’s work, with little-to-no credit given to the original sources (this still happens to me regularly). To not only site his sources, but do a free ad for the main source of Japanese quotes proves Yahel carries an integrity only a fan of the Philips CDi could obtain.
If you’d like to hear more from Yahel, we’d done a few podcasts together. You can listen to them on any podcast service, simply by searching for “RetroRGB Wrestling”, or watching the videos below:
