Game Boy Color (1998)
The Game Boy Color was the first in the Game Boy series of consoles to feature a color screen. The screen was 44 x 39mm and could display 32,000 colours. The Game Boy Color also featured twice the processing power of previous Game Boy Systems The Game Boy Color was backwards compatible with all previous Game Boy titles which meant the game Library for the GBC contained over 800 titles. The GBC also came in a variety of colours including a Clear Purple model. It came in Purple, Green, Blue, Yellow, Clear Purple and even a Special Pokemon Edition. The GBC was a huge success and contained titles that were hugely successful worldwide such as Pokemon.
Technical Specs
CPU - 8-bit Z80
Memory - 32 Kbyte + 96 Kbyte VRAM (in CPU), 256 Kbyte WRAM (external of CPU)
Screen - Sharp colour LCD screen, 44 x 39mm size, 160x140 resolution, 32,768 possible colours, 56 simultaneous colours
Size - Width 75mm, Depth 27mm, Height 133mm
Weight - 138g
Power - 2 AA batteries
Battery Life - 10 hours
Accessories
Game Boy Printer
The Game Boy Printer allows you to Print off photos from a Game Boy Camera or in game content like Pokedex entries from the Pokemon Games.
Game Boy Printer Paper
This is the paper you print onto with the Game Boy Printer, the paper is basically just a roll of blank sticky paper so you can stick your print outs somewhere.
Game Link Cable
The Game Link Cable allows for multiplayer games between two or more Game Boys.
Game Boy Camera
The Game Boy Camera turns your Game Boy into a Camera. You can add stamps and effects to your pictures then print them out via the Game Boy Printer.
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