| Game Boy Color | |
| File:Game boy color.PNG | |
| Released |  October 21, 1998  November 1998  1999  1999 |
| Discontinued | 2002 |
| Bit | 8 |
| Predecessor | Game Boy |
| Successor | Game Boy Advance |
The Game Boy Color is the successor to the Game Boy and the Game Boy Pocket. It was similar to its predecessors, the most notable differences was that it was lighter and capable of displaying multiple colors.
Some games displayed more colors if played on a Game Boy Color. Other games were made exclusively for the Game Boy Color. The older versions couldn't play these, but the Game Boy Advance could. They were discontinued in 2002.
Hardware Specifications[]
CPU: Z80
CPU Speed: 8 Mhz
RAM: 16 Kbyte
Maximum Resolution: 160 x 144 pixels
Colors: 32,000
Maximum number of colors: 56
Maximum sprite size: 8 x 16
Maximum number of sprites: 40 sprites
Minimum/Maximum cart size: 256Kbit - 16Mbit
Sound: 4 channel
Game Gallery[]
| Video Game Consoles | |
|---|---|
| Nintendo Home Consoles | |
| Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom (Famicom Disk System) • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Satellaview) • Nintendo 64 (Nintendo 64DD) • Nintendo GameCube • Wii (Virtual Console) | |
| Nintendo Handhelds | |
| Game & Watch • Game Boy • Virtual Boy • Game Boy Color • Game Boy Advance • Nintendo DS • Nintendo DSi • Nintendo 3DS | |
| Other | |
| Arcade (Nintendo PlayChoice-10) • MS-DOS • Philips CD-i Arcade ports also on: Atari 2600, Commodore, ColecoVision, Intellivision, etc. For a complete list see here | |