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The Game Boy Color (also referred to as GBC) was Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy. It featured a color screen, and was only slightly larger than the Game Boy Pocket. The processor was twice as fast as a Game Boy's, and had twice as much memory.

It featured 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.

1 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 FM 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 4 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.

2 Screenshots


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3 See also

List of Game Boy Color gamesThis is a list of games for the Game Boy Color handheld game system organized alphabetically by name. See List of computer and video games for related lists. See List of Game Boy games for games for the original Game Boy system. See List of Game Boy Advan
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