Scratched screens were common on the Game Boy, getting in the way of play and looking unsightly. Beeshu's Clear View offered a replacement lens in the original look to put that right.

It is one of several screen-care items in the collection, alongside screen protectors and Naki's decorative Cool Screen.

The Spine is a game stand for the Game Boy with room for fifteen cartridges. The games plug onto the stand by their card slots, and the 360-degree arrangement keeps them easy to see and reach.

It is one of the more inventive game-storage solutions in the collection.

The Game Tote 4 by nYko is a protective hard case with room for four standard Game Boy cartridges. It came in several colours and was sold mainly in the US and Canada.

It is one of many game-storage solutions catalogued in the collection.

The GB Game Tower by Pelican is a storage tower for Game Boy games, with room for up to fourteen cartridges. It came in the standard Game Boy Color colours.

It is one of several game-storage solutions in the collection, alongside racks and cases from other makers.

To help players keep track of their games, Joyplus made this simple hard plastic holder, with room for ten Game Boy games including their cases.

It is one of several game-storage solutions in the collection, alongside towers, racks and cases.

The Game Boy Classic came with a single mono speaker, even though many of its games were written for stereo sound, so the console never really did justice to its own soundtracks. The American manufacturer Nuby answered this with an attachable stereo speaker that plugs into the headphone socket, the one output that carried the native stereo signal, with a built-in amplifier for a fuller sound.

Nuby was not alone in spotting the gap. The collection also holds the Japanese Sunsoft Sound Boy, which used almost the same approach, Nintendo's own DMG-02 stereo headphones, and FM radio add-ons such as the BigBen FM Gameball and the Beeshu GameTunes tuner.

This Laing bundle includes four cartridge protector shells in different colours. They guard Game Boy games from dirt, dust and knocks.

Colourful third-party protectors like these sit alongside Nintendo's clear shells in the collection.

This small adapter let owners of the first PlayStation play Game Boy games on a TV. It supports both original Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, and it has a built-in cheat device that works with most games.

Unusually, it brought the Game Boy to a non-Nintendo console; the collection's other cross-console adapters, such as the Super Game Boy and the N64 PowerFlash, stayed within the Nintendo family.

The PowerFlash by Datel lets Game Boy games be played on the Nintendo 64. It was made mainly for the older Game Boy titles but also runs Game Boy Color games with some limits.

An N64 cartridge of the same region code goes in a slot on the back, the Game Boy game in the top, and the software adds a zoom, optional colouring and a cheat function, though it cannot play the games' background music. It is one of several devices in the collection for playing Game Boy games on other consoles.

Among the many Game Boy carrying solutions, the Nuby Holster stands out for its design. It is a hard plastic shell that clips to a belt, keeping the Game Boy within easy reach while protecting it, with room for one game alongside the console.

It is one of several Nuby carrying products in the collection.

The Handy Carry by Joyplus is a protective cover for the Game Boy, much like the cases we now use for smartphones. It cushions the console against falls and, unlike many rivals, adds a cover for the display, with a carrying strap for easy transport.

It is one of several protective covers in the collection, alongside the Konami Case Boy and the Smart Boy.

The Smart Boy is a protective cover for the Game Boy, similar to the cases now used for smartphones. It cushions the console against falls, with a carrying strap for transport.

It is one of several protective covers in the collection, alongside the Joyplus Handy Carry and the Konami Case Boy.

The Game Boy was built tough for a young audience, but an unlucky fall could still end it. The Konami Case Boy is a carry bag that cushions the console against knocks, with a carrying strap for safe transport.

It is one of several protective bags and covers in the collection.

The Barcode Boy is a Game Boy peripheral developed by Sofel and released by Namcot in 1992, sold only in Japan. It attaches to the console and lets it scan barcodes; games such as Monster Maker: Barcode Saga used scanned cards to customise characters and battle opponents, and extra merchandise carried further barcodes to unlock features.

The Barcode Boy was almost always sold bundled with a game, since the hardware cannot be used on its own. This standalone version was made in very limited numbers, which makes it the rarest of the Barcode Boy items in the collection.

The Barcode Boy, developed by Sofel and released by Namcot in 1992, attaches to the Game Boy and lets it scan barcodes. Scanned cards were used by games such as Monster Maker: Barcode Saga to customise characters and battle opponents.

This is the first of the bundled Barcode Boy sets, the usual way the hardware was sold since it cannot work alone. The second bundle and the rare standalone unit are also catalogued in the collection.

The Barcode Boy, developed by Sofel and released by Namcot in 1992, attaches to the Game Boy and lets it scan barcodes. Games such as Monster Maker: Barcode Saga used scanned cards to customise characters and battle opponents.

This is one of the bundled Barcode Boy sets, the usual way the hardware was sold since it cannot be used on its own. The first bundle and the rare standalone version are also catalogued in the collection.

This is the blister-pack version of Joytech's Multi Link Cable, the same universal cable as the boxed release but in retail blister packaging.

Like the others it links the original Game Boy to the Pocket, Color and further hardware natively, without the DMG-14 adapter Nintendo's cable needed. The boxed Joytech version is also catalogued in the collection.

This Joytech cable works like Nintendo's Universal Game Link Cable, connecting the original Game Boy to later models such as the Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Color and to other hardware.

The advantage over Nintendo's own cable is that it does this natively, without the extra DMG-14 adapter the official cable required. The collection holds several such third-party universal cables from different makers.

This is the boxed version of Joytech's Multi Link Cable, a third-party universal link cable. It connects the original Game Boy to the Game Boy Pocket, Color and other hardware without needing Nintendo's separate DMG-14 adapter.

The collection also holds Joytech's blister-packed version and its Dual Link Cable, along with similar cables from other manufacturers.

This universal link cable was sold under the Toys R Us name and made by BigBen Interactive. Like the other third-party versions it connects the original Game Boy to the Pocket, Color and other hardware natively, without Nintendo's DMG-14 adapter.

It is one of the rarer third-party cables in the collection's link-cable group.