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==Summary==
The '''Game Boy Color''' (also referred to as '''GBC''') is [[Nintendo]]'s successor to the [[Game Boy]] and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than the [[Game Boy#Game Boy Pocket|Game Boy Pocket]], but smaller than the original [[Game Boy]].
The '''Game Boy Color''' plays [[:Category:Game Boy|Game Boy]] games as well as the few Game Boy Color games. It can also display the [[Super Game Boy]] palettes included in later black and white games.
 
==History==
The Game Boy Color was a response to pressure from game developers for a new system, as they felt that the Game Boy, even in its latest incarnation, the Game Boy Pocket, was insufficient. The resultant product was [[backward compatible]], a first for a handheld console system, and leveraged the large library of games and great installed base of the predecessor system. This became a major feature of the [[Game Boy line]], since it allowed each new launch to begin with a significantly larger library than any of its competitors.


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
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The Game Boy Color also featured an [[infrared]] communications port for wireless linking. However, the feature was only supported in a few games, and the infrared port was dropped for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and later releases.
The Game Boy Color also featured an [[infrared]] communications port for wireless linking. However, the feature was only supported in a few games, and the infrared port was dropped for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and later releases.
The console was capable of showing up to 56 different colours simultaneously on screen from its palette of 32,768, and could add basic four-color shading to games that had been developed for the original Game Boy. It could also give the sprites and backgrounds separate colors, for a total of more than four colors. This, however, resulted in graphic artifacts in certain games; a sprite that was supposed to meld into the background was now colored separately, exposing the trick.  
The console was capable of showing up to 56 different colors simultaneously on screen from its palette of 32,768, and could add basic four-color shading to games that had been developed for the original Game Boy. It could also give the sprites and backgrounds separate colors, for a total of more than four colors. This, however, resulted in graphic artifacts in certain games; a sprite that was supposed to meld into the background was now colored separately, exposing the trick.  


* One such trick occurred in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]''. Players were supposed to navigate through [[Koga (Pokémon)|Koga]]'s gym by feeling around invisible walls and encountering rival trainers in the gym. On the Game Boy Color and [[Super Game Boy]], these walls could be seen clearly as dots.  
* One such trick occurred in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]''. Players were supposed to navigate through [[Koga (Pokémon)|Koga]]'s gym by feeling around invisible walls and encountering rival trainers in the gym. On the Game Boy Color and [[Super Game Boy]], these walls could be seen clearly as dots.  
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* The last Game Boy Color game released in Japan that was also compatible with the Game Boy and Super Game Boy was ''From TV Animation - One Piece: Maboroshi no Grand Line Boukenhen!'' (June 2002). This gave the original Game Boy (1989-2002) one of the longest continuous lifespans of any console, only bested by the [[Atari 2600]] (1977-1992) and the [[Neo-Geo]] (1990-2004).
* The last Game Boy Color game released in Japan that was also compatible with the Game Boy and Super Game Boy was ''From TV Animation - One Piece: Maboroshi no Grand Line Boukenhen!'' (June 2002). This gave the original Game Boy (1989-2002) one of the longest continuous lifespans of any console, only bested by the [[Atari 2600]] (1977-1992) and the [[Neo-Geo]] (1990-2004).
* The word ''Color'' in the title is spelled the same way in all territories; there is no Game Boy ''Colour''.
* The word ''Color'' in the title is spelled the same way in all territories; there is no Game Boy ''Colour''.
* The colours of the letters of the "COLOR" logo are the five standard colours of the Game Boy Color. There are various others as well, including translucent models and at least two [[Pokemon]]-themed models. One of these is yellow and blue and features various Pokemon and a Poke-Ball, the other shifts between [[Pokemon Gold and Silver|Gold and Silver]], and features a Pichu and Pikachu, the latter with its cheek as the power light.
* The colors of the letters of the "COLOR" logo are the five standard colors of the Game Boy Color. There are various others as well, including translucent models and at least two [[Pokemon]]-themed models. One of these is yellow and blue and features various Pokemon and a Poke-Ball, the other shifts between [[Pokemon Gold and Silver|Gold and Silver]], and features a Pichu and Pikachu, the latter with its cheek as the power light.


==References==
==References==
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