Nintendo Lime Green Console (GBC)

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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.

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 Game Boy Color (commonly abbreviated as GBC) is an 8-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998 [6] and to international markets that November. With powerful tools and services, along with expert support and education, we help creative entrepreneurs start, manage, and scale their businesses. 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. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.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. They concluded that "nothing about [the Game Boy Color] is very radical" but also said the device was "Game Boy as it always should have been". To make your hunt for item that you desired easier, utilize the multiple filters to narrow down your selection. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Quoted in Retro Gamer, Blitz Games Studios developer Bob Pape acknowledged that although " backwards compatibility more or less defined (the) Game Boy Color", the handheld "ticked all the right boxes with regards to size, battery life, reliability and most importantly backwards compatibility".

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