Game Boy Color
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The Game Boy Color was a handheld video game console released by Nintendo in 1998 that allowed players to enjoy games on a portable device with a color screen. It was an important advancement in portable gaming, building on Nintendo's popular Game Boy line and making games more visually appealing while maintaining portability.
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Key facts
- Developer
- Nintendo Research & Engineering
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Product family
- Game Boy
- Type
- Handheld game console
- Generation
- Fifth
- Released
- October 21, 1998 JP : October 21, 1998 NA : November 18, 1998 EU : November 23, 1998 AU : November 27, 1998
- Introductory price
- US$79.95 (equivalent to $160 in 2025)
- Discontinued
- March 31, 2003 ( 2003-03-31 )
- Units sold
- 118.69 million (including all Game Boy variants)
- Media
- Game Boy Color Game Pak , Game Boy Game Pak
- System on a chip
- Nintendo CPU CGB
- Cpu
- Sharp SM83 @ 4.2 / 8.4 MHz
Article
The Game Boy Color (abbreviated as CGB or GBC) is an 8-bit handheld game console developed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and in international markets the following month. Compared with the original Game Boy, the Game Boy Color features a color TFT screen instead of monochrome, a CPU running at up to twice the speed, and four times as much memory. It is backward compatible with games developed for its predecessor. The Game Boy Color was released during the fifth generation of video game consoles and competed with Bandai's Japan-only WonderSwan, SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color, and Sega's North America-only Genesis Nomad.
The handheld is slightly thicker, taller and has a smaller screen than its immediate predecessor, the Game Boy Pocket, but is significantly smaller than the original Game Boy. As with its predecessors, the Game Boy Color has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp. The American English spelling of the system's name, Game Boy Color, remains consistent throughout the world.