TFT LCD 160 × 144 px, 44 mm × 40 mm (1.7 in × 1.6 in)
Online services
JP: Mobile System GB
Best-selling game
Pokémon Gold and Silver(23 million units)
Backward compatibility
Game Boy
Predecessor
Game Boy
Successor
Game Boy Advance[1]
The Game Boy Color (GBC or CGB) is an 8-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and to international markets that November. It is the successor to the Game Boy and is part of its product line. Compared to the original, the Game Boy Color features a color TFT screen rather than monochrome, a processor that operates twice as fast, and has four times as much memory. It retains backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. However, despite these improvements, reviewers consider the Game Boy Color an evolution rather than a revolutionary leap in handheld gaming technology.
The handheld is slightly thicker and taller and has a slightly smaller screen than the Game Boy Pocket, its immediate predecessor, although significantly smaller than the original Game Boy. As with its predecessors, the Game Boy Color has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp. The American English spelling of the system's name, Game Boy Color, remains consistent throughout the world.
The Game Boy Color is part of the fifth generation of video game consoles. The Game Boy and the Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide making them the fourth best-selling system of all time. Its best-selling games are Pokémon Gold and Silver, which shipped 23 million units worldwide.
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the GameBoyColor (1998), have been sold worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling console ever. A cultural icon of the 1990s, the GameBoy received...
The GameBoy Advance (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the GameBoyColor. It...
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the release of the GameCube. However, they retained their lead in the handheld console market, with the GameBoyColor and GameBoy Advance models. Towards...
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alphabetical list of GameBoy and GameBoyColor games that utilize enhancements, color palettes, or other features provided by the Super GameBoy. For additional...
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role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the PlayStation. A GameBoyColorgame with the same name...
backwards-compatible with all GameBoy Advance games, but like the GameBoy Micro, it is not compatible with games designed for the GameBoy or GameBoyColor. In January...
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connection of either two GameBoy Pocket/Colors, or one original GameBoy and one GameBoy Pocket/Color. The Super GameBoy 2 also shares the same smaller...
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