Game Boy Color

Portable gaming device

The Game Boy Color was Nintendo's handheld gaming console released in 1998, a color-screen successor to the original Game Boy.

It maintained backward compatibility with earlier Game Boy cartridges while introducing games with color graphics.

The device dominated portable gaming alongside its predecessor, eventually giving way to the Game Boy Advance.

Related

Zelda · pixel · backlight · batteries · 8-bit · LCD screen · screen · childhood · nostalgia · link cable · multiplayer · chiptune · purple · teal · buttons · trading · save file · pocket

Categories
Opposites
portable vs. home gaming hardware

Game Boy Colorhome console

TV-based gaming device

PlayStation · Nintendo 64 · Super Nintendo · Sega Genesis · Xbox

handheld gaming generations

Game Boy ColorNintendo Switch

Hybrid video game console

PlayStation Vita · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo DS · Game Boy Advance · PSP

gaming vs. non-gaming technology

Game Boy ColorPalm Pilot

Early handheld digital organizer

graphing calculator · digital watch · portable CD player

Family

game, color, games, colors, gamer, gaming, gamed, boyish, boyhood

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G