Game Boy Color

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Game Boy Color

The Game Boy Color is Nintendo's gaming system which succeeded the earlier model. It was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, in November, 1998 in North America, and 1999 in Europe. The main feature of this model, as the name says, is the color screen. The first Pokémon game to this hand-held was the English version of Pokémon Yellow. It and the Game Boy combined have sold 118.69 models worldwide, with its most popular games being Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions, selling approximately 14.51 million copies in both Japan and the US combined.

The processor, which is a Z80 work-alike with a few extra (bit manipulation) instructions, has a clock speed of approx. 8 MHz, twice as fast as that of the original Game Boy. The Game Boy Color also has four times as much memory as the original. The console boasted an impressive palette of 32,768 colors and was capable of simultaneously displaying 56 colors at once. It could also add basic four-color shading to games that had been released for the ordinary Game Boy. Additionally, a new palette-change feature was added for original Game Boy games; by holding the B button and any one of the directional arrows, the user could change the basic color palette for the game. The original Game Boy is also able to play some Game Boy Color games in monochrome (most notably Pokémon Gold and Silver.)

The Game Boy Color was later succeeded by the Game Boy Advance.

Game Boy Color games cannot be played on the Nintendo DS handheld because the cartridges don't fit in the Game Boy slot of the DS, and because the DS lacks the Zilog Z80 chip, which the GBA had (the Game Boy Micro also lacked the Zilog processor.)

Pokémon games for Game Boy Color

• Pokémon Gold and Silver
• Pokémon Crystal
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• Pokémon Pinball
• Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
• Due to backward compatibility, all Pokémon games from the original Game Boy are also playable.

Although the English Pokémon Yellow has GBC features, it is officially classified as an original Game Boy game by Nintendo.

Other non-Pokémon games for Game Boy Color

These are some popular games not related to Pokémon:

• Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons
• LEGO Racers
• Madden NFL 1999-2002
• Magical Tetris Challenge
• Mario Golf
• Mario Tennis
• NASCAR Heat
• NFL Blitz 2000
• Pong
• Rayman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
• UNO
• Vigilante 8
• Wario Land II
• Wario Land 3
• Yu-Gi-Oh! series

Pokémon Specials

• Game Boy Color: A yellow and blue GBC was decorated with Pokémon and packed in with Pokémon Yellow, it retailed for $109.99 USD[1]
• Game Boy Color: A gold faded to silver GBC that was decorated with Pokémon from the Gold and Silver edition game packs was released in 2001 to celebrate the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, it retailed for $99.99 USD[2]
• Game Boy Color: A yellow version of the above special GBC was released and sold separately[3] or bundled with Pokémon Crystal[4]
• Game Boy Color: Pokémon 3rd Anniversary in Orange and Blue (Japan only) [5]
• Game Boy Color: Pokémon 3rd Anniversary - in White (Japan only) [6]
• Game Boy Color Accessory: A special edition link cable was released. The box was decorated with Pokémon[7]

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