This is the European (German-market) release of the Super Game Boy, the SNES adapter that plays Game Boy games on a TV and adds colour to their greyscale graphics.

This version came with a booklet holding the instructions and a guide to well-known Game Boy games. The Japanese and US versions, and the Super Game Boy 2, are also catalogued in the collection.

The Super Game Boy 2 is a revised version of the Super Game Boy, sold only in Japan, with a slimmer transparent blue housing.

It added a Game Link connector and an LED, so a Game Boy or compatible hardware such as the Game Boy Printer could be linked while playing through the SNES, and its updated firmware brought five new screen-border designs. The original Super Game Boy, in its Japanese, US and European versions, is also in the collection.

The Game Boy Player plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games on the Nintendo GameCube, and it was the last official hardware solution for playing original Game Boy cartridges on a successor console.

The unit (DOL-017) plugs into the high-speed port under the GameCube and needs a boot disc (DOL-006). It does not emulate the Game Boy; instead it contains hardware almost identical to the Game Boy Advance. It joins the Super Game Boy and Transfer Pak in the collection's group of cross-console adapters.

The Transfer Pak (NUS-019) is an adapter for the Nintendo 64 that reads Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. A Game Boy cartridge slots into the Transfer Pak, which in turn plugs into the bottom of an N64 controller.

It was used by games that linked the handheld and console worlds, and it is one of several adapters in the collection that connect the Game Boy to other Nintendo systems.

Nintendo Power was a Japan-only download service for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Famicom that let players load games onto special flash cartridges. This Game Boy flash cartridge holds up to seven games.

This version comes pre-loaded with Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land. It launched in 1999, fairly late in the Game Boy's life, which makes it an interesting record of how Nintendo kept the platform going.

This padded belt bag was released by Nintendo specially for the Game Boy. It holds the console, cables and a few games.

The same bag (DMG-ANC) appears as the Hip Pouch in the US Racing Set bundle that is also catalogued in the collection.

This limited Game Boy Racing Set was sold only in the United States. It brings together the Hip Pouch carrying case (DMG-ANC), F1 Race with the 4-Player Adapter (DMG-07), and the game Super R.C. Pro-Am.

Multi-item promotional sets like this are uncommon today because the value lies in keeping every part together with the box. The 4-Player Adapter also appears elsewhere in the collection in its own bundles.

Nintendo of America released this nylon soft carrying case for the US market in 1989. It holds the Game Boy, four games, the stereo headphones (DMG-02), the Video Link cable and a few manuals, and clips onto a belt for transport.

A very limited special-edition version of the same case is also catalogued in the collection.

This is a very limited special-edition version of Nintendo's standard US compact carrying case.

Like the regular release it holds the Game Boy, four games, the stereo headphones (DMG-02), the Video Link cable and a few manuals, and clips onto a belt. The standard version is also catalogued in the collection.

This is a plain AC adapter for the Game Boy, sold only in Japan from 1989.

In other countries Nintendo sold the Rechargeable Battery Pack (DMG-03) instead, since that already included an AC adapter. The DMG-03 is also catalogued in the collection.

To keep the Game Boy running on long car journeys, Nintendo released this car adapter (VG-01) for the cigarette-lighter socket.

It was sold only in Japan. Several third-party car adapters from makers such as Mad Catz, Nuby and Laing are also catalogued in the collection.

The original Game Boy had no screen backlight, which made playing in poor light difficult. The Light Max (VLB-02) was the officially licensed answer to that problem, produced by Vic Tokai.

It is one of a large family of lights and magnifiers made for the Game Boy, many of which are catalogued in the collection. Its design was widely copied; the Gamester Light Magnifier in the collection looks very similar.

Tetris is the best-selling game on the Game Boy. More than any other title, it defined the system and helped turn Nintendo's handheld into a worldwide phenomenon.

Its appeal lies in its simplicity: easy to learn, hard to put down, and timeless in design. The console was bundled with Tetris in several markets, and a number of those Tetris bundles are catalogued in the collection alongside this US cartridge.

Super Mario Land was the first Mario game for the Game Boy and launched with the console in 1989. Nintendo expected it to be the system's showcase title until Nintendo of America chose to bundle Tetris instead.

Even so, it sold more than 18 million copies, outselling the NES hit Super Mario Bros. 3, and it led to two sequels: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins in 1992 and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 in 1994. Both sequels, the Japanese release and a period strategy guide are also catalogued in the collection. This is the US cartridge.

This is the original Japanese release of Super Mario Land (DMG-MLA) from 1989, the first Mario game on the Game Boy and one of the console's launch titles.

The game sold more than 18 million copies worldwide and was successful enough to spawn two sequels. As the Japanese first printing it sits at the very start of that history; the US version, the sequels and a period strategy guide are catalogued separately in the collection.

This board game is based on the Super Mario Land Game Boy game and was released by Bandai in 1989, the same year as the video game itself.

It lets players physically work through the levels of the computer game on a board. It was sold only in Japan and in very limited numbers, which makes it an unusual companion piece to the Super Mario Land cartridges held in the collection.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, the sequel to Super Mario Land, was released in 1992 and sold more than 10 million copies, becoming one of the most successful and highest-rated games on the Game Boy.

It is best remembered for introducing Wario, Mario's greedy rival. This is the European release (DMG-MQ-NOE); the Japanese version is also catalogued in the collection.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, the sequel to Super Mario Land, was released in 1992 and sold over 10 million copies, becoming one of the most successful and highest-rated games on the Game Boy.

It is best known for marking the first appearance of Wario, Mario's greedy rival, who would soon get his own game and series. This is the Japanese release (DMG-L6J); the European version is also catalogued in the collection.

For a short time in the UK, Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins were sold together in a single double pack.

Because it was only offered briefly, the twin pack has become a rare and popular collector's item. The two games are also catalogued individually in the collection; this is the combined UK release in one package.

After the success of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2, the third game in the series arrived in 1994. This time the player controls not Mario but his greedy rival Wario, who is searching for a home of his own and works through a string of tricky adventures.

Wario Land is the final Super Mario Land game and at the same time the start of the Wario Land series. This is the Japanese release (DMG-WJA); the US version is also catalogued in the collection.