That’s right, the handheld console that created market has now turned 20 years old. Just think in one more year, it can legally drink anywhere in the United States. Over the span of its life, this little guy managed to peddle 118 million copies of itself. That’s a lot of devices no matter how you look at it. Did you know that it also managed to sell 1 million units with in weeks, upon first arriving in the United States? One could say that our little green-on-green friend first showed us that graphics didn’t matter as much as the games and cost, since it succesfully bested both the Atari Lynx and Sega Game Gear. Personally I owned the latter and never a Gameboy, although there were times when I borrowed a Gameboy from a friend while he borrowed my Game Gear. Also, kudos to the Gameboy for being able to spawn colored versions of the unit; the Gameboy Light; Gameboy Pocket; and Gameboy Color, which featured a color screen. Click through for a gallery of other Gameboy images.