Over at Eurasia they have posted about a recent talk about the Gameboy revealing facts that we just didn't know before, heres more info:

"In the 'better late than never' department: Michael Steil (Mist) had an [video=youtube;CImyDBJSTsQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CImyDBJSTsQ"]interesting talk[/URL] over at 33C3 about the original Game Boy, also covering a bit of the differences compared to the later Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance models. Lots of great in-depth technical information squeezed into one hour. Quote: [I]'The 8-bit Game Boy was sold between 1989 and 2003, but its architecture more closely resembles machines from the early 1980s, like the Commodore 64 or the NES. Source