Game Boy Pocket Gold Super Pack

Description

The Game Boy Pocket Gold Super Pack bundle sold in Australia exclusively through retailer Toys “R” Us around mid or late 1997. It came in a long, horizontal presentation box featuring Nintendo and Donkey Kong Land branding, and the metallic gold Game Boy Pocket inside.

The set was marketed as a premium gift option, pairing the limited‑colour hardware with one of the Game Boy’s best‑known platformers. Production numbers for the Australian release are estimated between 10,000 and 50,000 units, making it uncommon but not ultra‑rare — though complete, boxed examples are now highly sought after by both Game Boy and Nintendo collectors.

This set was given to me I believe in mid-1997, not late-1997. I recall it was subsequently used lightly before being put into storage as I was predominantly into the burgeoning 3D PC gaming world at the time. Consequently, this is quite the complete set with all packaging and materials.