Game Boy Color

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The Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー), sometimes referred as GBC, is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo and released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 18, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in Australia. It is the successor of the original Game Boy.

The Game Boy Color, as suggested by the name, features a color screen. It is slightly thicker and taller than the Game Boy Pocket, which is a redesigned Game Boy released in 1996. As with the original Game Boy, it has an 8-bit processor.

Hardware specifications

Main processor:

  • Sharp Corporation LR35902 (based on the popular Zilog Z80, 8-bit)

@ 4 or 8 MHz (two processor modes)


Resolution:

  • 160 x 144 pixels (same as the original Game Boy and the Sega Game Gear)

Palette colors available:

  • 32,768 (15-bit)

Colors on screen: Supports 10, 32 or 56 Maximum sprites: 40 total, 10 per line, 4 colors per sprite (one of which being transparent) Sprite size: 8x8 or 8x16 Tiles on screen: 512 (360~399 visible, the rest are drawn off screen as a scrolling buffer)

Audio:

  • 2 square wave channels, 1 wave channel, 1 noise channel, mono speaker, stereo headphone jack

ROM: 8 MB maximum


RAM: 32 kB VRAM: 16 kB


Cartridge RAM: 128 kB


Power:

  • internal: 2 AA batteries, 30+ hours of gameplay
  • external: 3V DC 0.6W
  • indicator: Red LED

Input:

  • 8-way D-Pad
  • 4 buttons (A, B, Start, Select)
  • Volume potentiometer
  • Power switch
  • Serial I/O ("Link cable"): 512 kbit/s with up to 4 connections in serial
  • Infra-red I/O: Less than 2 m distance at 45°
  • Cartridge I/O

Dimensions:

  • Metric: 75 mm x 27 mm x 133 mm