Editing Game Boy Color (section)

{{Short description|Handheld game console by Nintendo}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox computing device
| logo          = Game Boy Color logo.svg
| logo_upright  = 0.7
| image         = Nintendo Game Boy Color.png
| caption       = Game Boy Color with [[#Model colors|Atomic Purple]] case
| aka           = CGB-001
| developer     = [[Nintendo Research & Engineering]]
| manufacturer  = [[Nintendo]]
| family        = [[Game Boy family]]
| type          = [[Handheld game console]]
| generation    = [[Fifth generation of video game consoles|Fifth]]
| release date  = {{Video game release
  | JP | October 21, 1998
  | NA | November 18, 1998
  | EU | November 23, 1998
  | AU | November 27, 1998
  }}
| discontinued  = March 31, 2003
| price         = {{USD|79.95|1998|round=-1}}
| units sold    = 118.69 million (including all Game Boy variants)
| media         = [[Game Boy Game Pak]]<br />[[Game Boy Color Game Pak]]
| soc           = Nintendo CPU&nbsp;CGB
| cpu           = Sharp&nbsp;SM83
| CPUspeed      = 4.2&nbsp;/&nbsp;8.4&nbsp;MHz
| memory        = 32&nbsp;KB&nbsp;[[Random-access memory|RAM]], 16&nbsp;KB&nbsp;[[Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM)|Video&nbsp;RAM]]
| display       = Reflective [[TFT LCD]] 160&nbsp;×&nbsp;144&nbsp;[[pixels|px]], {{cvt|44|xx|40|mm}}
| service       = {{Video game release|JP|[[Mobile System GB]]}}
| topgame       = [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']] (23&nbsp;million)
| compatibility = [[Game Boy]]
| predecessor   = [[Game Boy]]
| successor     = [[Game Boy Advance]]
}}

The {{nihongo foot|'''Game Boy Color'''|ゲームボーイカラー|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}<!-- Per [[WP:JFN]], this Japanese name is placed in a footnote unless it is crucial to understanding the topic --> ('''GBC''' or '''CGB''') is an 8-bit [[handheld game console]] developed by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and to international markets that November. Compared to the original [[Game Boy]], the Game Boy Color features a color [[TFT screen]] rather than [[monochrome monitor|monochrome]], a [[Central processing unit|CPU]] that can operate twice as fast, and four times as much memory. It retains [[backward compatibility]] with games developed for its predecessor. The Game Boy Color is part of the [[fifth generation of video game consoles]] and primarily competed with the [[WonderSwan]], [[Neo Geo Pocket]], and [[Genesis Nomad]].

The handheld is slightly thicker, taller and has a smaller screen than its immediate predecessor, the [[Game Boy Pocket]], but is significantly smaller than the original Game Boy. As with its predecessors, the Game Boy Color has a custom [[8-bit]] processor made by [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]. The [[American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or|American English spelling]] of the system's name, ''Game Boy Color'', remains consistent throughout the world.

The Game Boy Color received positive reviews upon release, but was more commonly perceived as a transitional upgrade of the original Game Boy rather than a completely new device. It had a relatively brief lifespan, being succeeded by the [[Game Boy Advance]] after less than three years on the market. The Game Boy and the Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide, making them the fourth [[List of best-selling game consoles|best-selling system of all time]]. Its best-selling games are [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']] (1999), which shipped 23 million units worldwide.