Nintendo Lime Green Console (GBC)

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From handmade pieces to vintage treasures ready to be loved again, Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. Launched in 1998 it was the 1st portable console compatible with its predecessor, being able to use the games of the classic Game Boy and include color as in the Super Game Boy.

The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. RetroSix is a small team of people who have been in the gaming industry and retail business since 2013, and sold consoles, controllers and even designed our own controllers and consoles. The American English spelling of the system's name, Game Boy Color, remains consistent throughout the world. In the 7-color modes, the sprites and backgrounds are given separate color schemes, and in the 10-color modes the sprites are further split into two differently-colored groups; however, as flat black (or white) was a shared fourth color in all but one (7-color) palette, the overall effect is that of 4, 6, or 8 colors.No more AA batteries, all Prestige Color consoles now come with a CleanJuiceAir battery pack including native low battery indicator dimming the GBC red light when batteries are low. In a history of Nintendo, author Jeff Ryan noted the Game Boy Color had a reputation as a "legacy machine" that found success mostly due to its backward compatibility, as "few wanted to lose all the Dr. Surpassed in sales by the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Switch the trio are now the fourth-best-selling console, the third-best-selling console and the second-best-selling handheld of all time. As with the original Game Boy, it has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp that is considered a hybrid between the Intel 8080 and the Zilog Z80.

Due to its backward compatibility with Game Boy games, the Game Boy Color's launch period had a large playable library. This is the reason you benefit from a minimum 1-year warranty with the purchase of a refurbished device at Back Market.For dozens of select Game Boy games, the Game Boy Color has an enhanced palette built-in featuring up to 16 colors—four colors for each of the Game Boy's four layers.

The logo for Game Boy Color spells out the word "COLOR" in the five original colors in which the unit was manufactured: Berry (C), Grape (O), Kiwi (L), Dandelion (O), and Teal (R).When released it took the market by storm and consumers by surprise, what you would normally only see in a television set was now crammed into a tiny console. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. The processor, which is a hybrid Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 workalike made by Sharp with a few extra (bit manipulation) instructions, has a clock speed of approximately 8 MHz, twice as fast as that of the original Game Boy.