Game Boy Color
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Image:Gameboy color collage.PNGThe Game Boy Color (also referred to as GBC) is Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 1998 in the United States. It features a color screen, and is only slightly larger than the Game Boy Pocket. The processor is twice as fast as a Game Boy's, and has twice as much memory. It also had an infrared communications port for wireless linking which did not appear in later versions of the Game Boy, such as the Game Boy Advance.
The Game Boy Color was a response to pressure from game developers for a new system, as they felt that the Game Boy, even in its latest incarnation, the Game Boy Pocket, was insufficient. The resultant product was backward compatible, a first for a handheld console system, and leveraged the large library of games and great installed base of the predecessor system. This became a major feature of the Game Boy line, since it allowed each new launch to begin with a significantly larger library than any of its competitors.
The console was capable of showing up to 56 different colors simultaneously on screen from its palette of 32,768, and could add basic four-color shading to games that had been developed for the original Game Boy.
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Many (if not all) Game Boy Color games can also be played on the Game Boy Advance/SP as well as on the Game Boy Player.
Specifications
- CPU: 8-bit Z80, ran in single mode (4 MHz) and double mode (8 MHz)
- RAM: 32 kbit (plus 128 kbit on cartridges)
- ROM: Catridges up to 64 Mbit were made
- Video RAM: 16 kbit
- Sound: 4 Channel stereo
- Video: Highly reflective TFT LCD, 160x144 pixels made by Sharp
- Color Palette: 32,768 colors; Supports 10, 32, or 56 simultaneous colors on-screen
- Controls: 8 directional D-Pad, A, B, select, and start buttons.
- Communication: Serial or Infrared
- Serial: 512 kbit/s; up to 2 consoles at a time
- Infrared: Less than 2 metres at 45 degrees
- Power: 2 AA batteries provide ~13 hours. An AC Adapter (DC 3V) was also available.
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See also
| Major handheld video game consoles |
| First generation era |
|---|
| Game Boy | Game Gear | Turbo Express | Lynx |
| Second generation era |
| Game Boy Pocket | Neo Geo Pocket | WonderSwan |
| Third generation era |
| GBC | Neo Geo Pocket Color | WonderSwan Color |
| Fourth generation era |
| Game Boy Advance | N-Gage | Swan Crystal |
| Fifth generation era |
| Game Boy Advance SP | N-Gage QD |
| Sixth generation era |
| Nintendo DS | PlayStation Portable | GBA Micro |
| Consoles |
|---|
| Color TV Game | NES/Famicom | NES 2 | AV Famicom | SNES/Super Famicom | Virtual Boy | Nintendo 64 | GameCube | Panasonic Q | iQue | Revolution (forthcoming) |
| Handheld |
| Game & Watch | Game Boy | Game Boy Color | Game Boy Advance | Game Boy Advance SP | Nintendo DS | Game Boy Micro |
| Game Boy Color Accessories |
| Game Boy Camera | Game Boy Printer | Super Game Boy |
