Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color
The transparent purple model of the Game Boy Color.
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Information
Type	Handheld
Release Date	October 21, 1998 November 18, 1998 November 23, 1998 November 27, 1998 1999 2000 2000
Lifespan	1998-2003
Discontinued	September 25, 2003 2003
Navigation
Backward	Game Boy
Predecessor	Game Boy (1989)
Successor	Game Boy Advance (2001)

The Game Boy Color is the successor to the Game Boy. It has a similar shape as the Game Boy, but it is lighter and capable of showing multiple colors. It had the shortest lifetime of a Nintendo handheld, as it was discontinued in 2003. It is 8-bit, like the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy.

The Game Boy Color itself had Wario Land II as a launch title in Japan and Game & Watch Gallery 2 worldwide.

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

List of Mario-related games

• Wario Land II (1998-99)
• Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1998)
• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999)
• Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999)
• Mario Golf (1999)
• Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (2000, Japan only)
• Wario Land 3 (2000)
• Mario Tennis (2000-01)
• Donkey Kong Country (2000, GBC)
• Mobile Golf (2001, Japan only)
• Mario Family (2001, Japan only)