Nintendo GameBoy Color - Light Purple Console

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The console's popularity continued until the release of the  Game Boy Advance  in 2001, which eventually replaced the  Color. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.

The DKOldies one year product warranty is the sole warranty provided by DKOldies with respect to the products sold by DKOldies, and DKOldies EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Commentary on the legacy of the Game Boy Color has been shaped by the perception that the handheld was as an incremental and transitional upgrade of the Game Boy rather than a completely new handheld release.For example, they mention it brings back brilliant memories for their son, and it really brings back those childhood memories they love the Game Boy games from.

If you need help or advice when fixing your Retro Game Boy, don't hesitate to get in touch with the ZedLabz team, who offer expert technical support and guidance and can help acquire Game Boy spare parts even if they aren't currently in this collection. Game Boy Color is part of the range of portable powerhouses that revolutionised the way the world plays games. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The GBC also introduced the ability to exchange data with other Game Boy consoles through an infrared port, which allows for wireless communication between devices.The small LCD screen can display up to 56 colours simultaneously (out of a 32,000-color palette), delivered via boosted video processing memory that provides remarkably sharp and vibrant graphics. A few games used a scan-line color switch technique to increase the number of colors available on-screen to more than 2,000.

Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.The Gameboy Advance console was first released on 21 st March 2001 in Japan followed by a release in North America on 11 th June 2001 and a European release on 22 nd June 2001. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. The grayscale (Left + B) palette produces an appearance similar to that experienced on the original Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, or Game Boy Light. It was also released in 'Atomic Purple' at the same time, which was made of transparent purple plastic.