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Game Boy Color | VGDB

Game Boy Color→Game Boy Advance

HandheldGame Boy

Game Boy Color

Also known as: GBC

Color successor to Game Boy with backwards compatibility. Pokemon Gold/Silver drove massive sales. Part of combined 118.69 million Game Boy family sales.

NintendoReleased 1998Official site

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Specifications

CPU

Sharp LR35902 8-bit @ 8.4 MHz

Graphics

160x144 LCD 56 colors simultaneous

Memory

32KB RAM + 16KB VRAM

Storage

ROM cartridges