I never thought about it before as it just sounds like a natural word. But now that I think about it, “gameboy” is kind of a strange name.
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Fun fact: Gameboy, first released in 1989 is now technically a Gameman
Nah, she transitioned into a gamewoman
It's apparently a pun on Sony's Walkman, which was super popular product back in the 80's. Project name was Dot Matrix Game.
That makes sense.
Yea i wouldnt be surprised if its some sort of pedo dogwhistle 😂
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GaymeBoy
But cmon... The anti-queer people have to love the fact that if we line up correctly, we disappear.
Technically, it wasn't rainbow wasn't added until much later in Tetris' life. Most older systems had various palette restrictions, and the very first version was completely monochrome with the graphics made with text characters.