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'''Game Boy Color''' is a handheld [[video game console]] created by [[Nintendo]] and released in Japan in 1998-10-21 and later that same year in the USA and Europe. In addition to being backward compatible with all original [[Game Boy]] games, it gave the developers of new games access to limited color, a faster CPU, and larger ROM cartridges for more impressive games. | '''Game Boy Color''' is a handheld [[video game console]] created by [[Nintendo]] and released in Japan in 1998-10-21 and later that same year in the USA and Europe. In addition to being backward compatible with all original [[Game Boy]] games, it gave the developers of new games access to limited color, a faster CPU, and larger ROM cartridges for more impressive games. | ||
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| + | Similar to how the [[Game Boy Advance]] is like a portable [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], the Game Boy Color is like a portable [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]. However, since it was released 15 years later, the games made for the GBC don't have 1980s style game play, but that of the late 1990s and early 2000s. | ||
==Personal== | ==Personal== | ||
| − | I | + | I've only ever picked up a Game Boy Color in real life a handful of times, but I have played several games using emulators. I haven't liked that many games made for it. |
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I do not own, nor have I ever owned, a Game Boy Color, but I have played dozens of games for it. | I do not own, nor have I ever owned, a Game Boy Color, but I have played dozens of games for it. | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Alice in Wonderland - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Alice in Wonderland (Game Boy Color)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' | Alice in Wonderland - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Alice in Wonderland (Game Boy Color)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' | ||
| + | Alone in the Dark - New Nightmare, The - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (Game Boy Color)|Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare]]'' | ||
Babe and Friends - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Babe and Friends]]'' | Babe and Friends - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Babe and Friends]]'' | ||
| + | Beauty and the Beast - Board Game Adventure, A - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure]]'' | ||
Bionic Commando - Elite Forces - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Bionic Commando: Elite Forces]]'' | Bionic Commando - Elite Forces - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Bionic Commando: Elite Forces]]'' | ||
Donald Duck - Goin' Quackers - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (Game Boy Color)|Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers]]'' | Donald Duck - Goin' Quackers - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (Game Boy Color)|Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers]]'' | ||
Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening DX - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]'' | Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening DX - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]'' | ||
| + | Legend of Zelda, The - Oracle of Ages - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' | ||
| + | Legend of Zelda, The - Oracle of Seasons - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' | ||
Pocket Bomberman - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Pocket Bomberman]]'' | Pocket Bomberman - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Pocket Bomberman]]'' | ||
| + | Scooby-Doo! - Classic Creep Capers - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Scooby-Doo!: Classic Creep Capers (Game Boy Color)|Scooby-Doo!: Classic Creep Capers]]'' | ||
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' | Super Mario Bros. Deluxe - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' | ||
Tetris DX - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Tetris DX]]'' | Tetris DX - GBC - USA.jpg|''[[Tetris DX]]'' | ||
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==Review== | ==Review== | ||
===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
| − | * The addition of color, though | + | * The addition of color, though still quite limited, was a step in the right direction. |
| − | * Being backward compatible with the entire Game Boy library was very nice. | + | * Being backward compatible with the entire [[Game Boy]] library was very nice. |
* Having a built-in color palette index for original Game Boy games was a great way to add more life to older games. | * Having a built-in color palette index for original Game Boy games was a great way to add more life to older games. | ||
* The multitude of color cases was a nice addition. | * The multitude of color cases was a nice addition. | ||
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===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
* As a platform, there just weren't that many good games released for it. | * As a platform, there just weren't that many good games released for it. | ||
| − | * The majority of the platform's most popular titles are just remakes of existing Game Boy or NES games. This makes it clear that Nintendo never really took the platform seriously and just used it as a stop-gap until they could | + | * The majority of the platform's most popular titles are just remakes of existing Game Boy or NES games. This makes it clear that Nintendo never really took the platform seriously and just used it as a stop-gap until they could release the [[Game Boy Advance]] they had been planning since 1996. |
* Despite being released a full decade after the original Game Boy, the system didn't see much in the way of innovation. | * Despite being released a full decade after the original Game Boy, the system didn't see much in the way of innovation. | ||
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==Media== | ==Media== | ||
| + | ===Documentation=== | ||
| + | <Gallery> | ||
| + | Game Boy Color - Instruction Booklet - Front.jpg|''Instruction Booklet'' - Front. | ||
| + | Game Boy Color - Instruction Booklet - Back.jpg|''Instruction Booklet'' - Back. | ||
| + | Game Boy - Programming Manual v1.1.pdf|Nintendo's official programming manual. | ||
| + | Game Boy Color - System Design.pdf|GBC: System Design. | ||
| + | Game Boy Color - Repair Procedures.pdf|Game Boy Color: Repair Procedures. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
{{YouTube|B-615TH4CPc|Did You Know Gaming?}} | {{YouTube|B-615TH4CPc|Did You Know Gaming?}} | ||
{{YouTube|WG8loyh-kFw|The 8-Bit Guy - Modding backlight.}} | {{YouTube|WG8loyh-kFw|The 8-Bit Guy - Modding backlight.}} | ||
| + | {{YouTube|lkgNxyIpUS0|Did You Know Gaming? - Games.}} | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:57, 25 September 2023
Game Boy Color is a handheld video game console created by Nintendo and released in Japan in 1998-10-21 and later that same year in the USA and Europe. In addition to being backward compatible with all original Game Boy games, it gave the developers of new games access to limited color, a faster CPU, and larger ROM cartridges for more impressive games.
Similar to how the Game Boy Advance is like a portable SNES, the Game Boy Color is like a portable NES. However, since it was released 15 years later, the games made for the GBC don't have 1980s style game play, but that of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Contents
Personal
I've only ever picked up a Game Boy Color in real life a handful of times, but I have played several games using emulators. I haven't liked that many games made for it.
I do not own, nor have I ever owned, a Game Boy Color, but I have played dozens of games for it.
Games
- See all Game Boy Color Games.
These are the Game Boy Color games that are important to me:
Review
Good
- The addition of color, though still quite limited, was a step in the right direction.
- Being backward compatible with the entire Game Boy library was very nice.
- Having a built-in color palette index for original Game Boy games was a great way to add more life to older games.
- The multitude of color cases was a nice addition.
Bad
- As a platform, there just weren't that many good games released for it.
- The majority of the platform's most popular titles are just remakes of existing Game Boy or NES games. This makes it clear that Nintendo never really took the platform seriously and just used it as a stop-gap until they could release the Game Boy Advance they had been planning since 1996.
- Despite being released a full decade after the original Game Boy, the system didn't see much in the way of innovation.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Documentation
Instruction Booklet - Front.
Instruction Booklet - Back.
Nintendo's official programming manual.
GBC: System Design.
Game Boy Color: Repair Procedures.
Videos
Links
