Essays Tagged: "Game Boy"

THE HISTORY OF GAME BOY. This essay explains the history of Nintendo's Game Boy. It's pretty technically in-depth. (includes references)

Introduced in 1989 as a big, neutral-gray brick of a B&W portable game machine, the Nintendo Game Boy may have been considered instantly obsolete by some. A Z80 chip, ... x140. Four AA batteries supplied about 20 hours of play. In an age when the NES and late 80s arcade games had spoiled players with stereo sound; the only way to get stereo out of the Game Boy was with ... way to get stereo out of the Game Boy was with its headphones.But the "killer app" of the Nintendo Game Boy was its portability. But hadn't this been tried before, with the Milton-Bradley Microvision ...

(2 pages) 154 2 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. This essay is about the anti-conformity issue in Salinger's famous novel.

sickly history teacher, Mr. Spencer. After shooting the crap, Mr. Spencer tells Holden, "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules" (Salinger 8). Holden agrees, though ... s according to the rules" (Salinger 8). Holden agrees, though his thoughts are the exact opposite. "Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game alrigh ...

(2 pages) 15 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Power

The product I recently purchased was a Gameboy Advance. Gameboy Advance is the latest advancement known to portable gaming systems, 32-bit ... ur of graphics, instead of the 8-bit traditional hand held gaming systems like its predecessor, the Gameboy Colour. Gameboy Advance's other features also include a 2.9" TFT reflective screen allowing ... teractive entertainment manufactures, markets hardware and also software for its popular home video game systems. The systems include Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance and the upcoming Nintendo ...

(5 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Catcher In The Rye

e very early on that Holden is disassociated and an outsider. He does not go to his school football game and is being kicked out. According to Holden everyone are a bunch of "phonies." When he goes to ... goes to say goodbye to his teacher, "Old Spencer" lectures him about the future saying, "Life is a game, boy. life is a game one plays according to the rules." Holden replies, "Yes, sir. I know it is ...

(6 pages) 1329 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Often in literary characters, through different experiences, undergo changes which

r. Spencer. During his visit with his former teacher, Holden is told by Mr. Spencer that "Life is a game boy. Life is a game one plays according to the rules" (8). Holden feels that life is a game onl ... s that life is a game only if you are on the side where all the hotshots are, otherwise there is no game. Holden's loneliness forces him to contact past friends. After meeting with a few of his old fr ...

(3 pages) 1273 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American