Nintendo Game Boy Color
Also known as GBC
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Type
- Handheld
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Released (North America)
- Nov 18, 1998
- Released (Japan)
- Oct 21, 1998
- Released (Europe)
- Nov 23, 1998
- Launch price
- $79.95
- Discontinued
- 2003
- Units sold
- 118.69 million (with Game Boy)
About the Nintendo Game Boy Color
The Game Boy Color added a color screen and a faster processor to the Game Boy formula. It plays original Game Boy games, many with added color palettes, and its own clear-shelled "black" cartridges only work on the GBC and later.
Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal are the games most people bought it for. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons, Shantae, Dragon Warrior III and Wario Land 3 follow behind. Shantae and Pokémon Crystal are the most valuable well-known titles, and both are heavily counterfeited.
Consoles came in many colors and limited editions. Shell color affects price, as do screen scratches and battery-compartment corrosion. A lot of units on the market now have aftermarket backlit screens, which should be listed as modified.
Nintendo Game Boy Color games by the numbers
Loose prices across 473 priced games
Most valuable Nintendo Game Boy Color games
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Most valuable sealed Nintendo Game Boy Color games
Top rated Nintendo Game Boy Color games
Most listed on eBay right now
Nintendo Game Boy Color games by release year
By each game's original release year, so ports count under the year the game first came out.
Hardware specs
- CPU
- Sharp LR35902 @ 8 MHz
- Memory
- 32 KB
- Media
- Game Boy Cartridge
Console family
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Game values from PriceCharting market data. Hardware specs and revisions from IGDB.