Game Boy World 1989 (revised print edition)

The first book compiling articles and photography of all Game Boy releases has been revised into a larger format to better match up with upcoming volumes. (1990 Vol. 1 is coming very soon!)

This “XL” edition of Game Boy World features the same contents as as the earlier editions (barring a few minor edits). However, I’ve reworked the page layouts to accommodate this edition’s larger size — it’s 8×10″ versus 6×9″. The page count has dropped from 134 to 104, but again, nothing has been removed outside of some minor edits for corrections and readability.

This book features high-resolution photography of each game’s packaging; photos of the system and packaging; new screenshots captured directly from a Super Game Boy; scans of box art; and a variety of supplemental material on topics including region-locking, packaging design across territories, system co-creator Gunpei Yokoi, and more. It’s available in paperback through Amazon.com:

• Amazon color edition ($25 list price)
• Amazon black and white edition ($13 list price)

Or if you really love me, you can buy it directly from CreateSpace, where it’s priced the same as on Amazon but gives me twice the royalty.

• CreateSpace color edition ($25)
• CreateSpace black and white edition ($13)

For the digitally minded, you can grab a PDF edition of the revised layout for $5 on Gumroad.

ALSO

The book’s very first edition from early 2015 (Blurb hardcover, landscape-format layout) is still available for posterity, but it’s laughably expensive, which is why I switched over from Blurb to Amazon to begin with….

Hardcover Coffee Table Edition

80 pages, 10×8″, full color, with dust jacket: $58 [buy it here]

Both books feature identical contents in different layouts.

Note that Blurb shipping tends to be pretty expensive, so be sure to look around for a coupon code to bring it down to a more reasonable price. Amazon pricing fluctuates wildly, so with patience you should be able to acquire a copy for much less than the list price ($25).