report

1. Timeline Exposure to Traditional
to New Media
(1970 – 1980)
By: Lumna, Mangadang, Sampiano A.

10. Nintendo Game Boy
The first of two entries by the once dominant games
publisher and hardware developer Nintendo, the
Nintendo Game Boy was another portable, small form
factor device that changed the landscape of gaming
dramatically. Prior to its release in 1989, the firm had
partly made its name with another portable handheld,
the noble Game & Watch. These little pocket-sized
gadgets were a blast, but they had very little processing
power and usually played a single game.
When the Game Boy dropped onto the scene (with the
unmatched Russian classic Tetris bundled in) it created a
perfect storm that put Nintendo on a map the NES
console hadn't quite reached. Now you could play
Zelda, Metroid and so many other iconic franchises on
the move.

11. VHS player/VCR recorder
Okay, with so many different players that helped
make VHS the preferred video format in the
(sorry BetaMax), it's hard to nail down particular
model that made all the difference, but it just
goes to prove how influential those chunky
cassettes became in the '80s and '90s.
From Panasonic to JVC, all the big and aspiring
electronics giants had their own player and
future fortunes were made as the home video
entertainment market boomed. Now you could
buy films and watch them in the comfort of
home own home. More importantly, you could
eventually record TV content as well. Grainy
compilations of Red Dwarf and Teenage Mutant
Hero Turtles? Yes please!