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Game Boy Color
Atomic Purple version o the Game Boy Color.
ManufacturerNintendo
Product faimilyGame Boy line
TypeHaundheld gemme console
GenerationFift generation
Release date
  • JP: October 21, 1998
  • NA: November 18, 1998
  • PAL: November 23, 1998
  • AU: November 27, 1998
DiscontinuedMey 30, 2003
Units sauldWarldwide: 118.69 million,[1] including Game Boy units[2]
MediaROM cartridge
CPUCustom, Zilog Z80-
Online servicesMobile System GB[3]
Best-sellin gemmePokémon Gold and Silver, approximately 14.51 million combined (in Japan and the US) (details).[4][5]
Backward
compatibility
Game Boy
PredecessorGame Boy[6]
SuccessorGame Boy Advance[6]

The Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー, Gēmu Bōi Karā), referred tae as GBC, is a haundheld game console manufacturt bi Nintendo. It wis released on October 21, 1998 in Japan[7] an wis released in November o the same year in internaitional mercats. It is the successor o the Game Boy.

References

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  1. "Consolidated Sales Transition by Region" (PDF). Nintendo. 27 Januar 2010. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 14 Februar 2010. Retrieved 14 Februar 2010.
  2. "A Brief History of Game Console Warfare: Game Boy". BusinessWeek. McGraw-Hill. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2007. Retrieved 28 Mairch 2008.
  3. "モバイルシステムGB". Nintendo (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. "Japan Platinum Game Chart". The Magic Box. Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  5. "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. Archived frae the original on 6 Januar 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  6. a b Umezu; Sugino. "Nintendo 3DS (Volume 3 – Nintendo 3DS Hardware Concept)" (Transcript) (Interview). Interviewed bi Satoru Iwata. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2011. Unknown parameter |program= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |callsign= ignored (help)
  7. Nintendo.co.JP - Game Boy Color