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=== Technical specifications === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Height | {{cvt|133.5|mm|frac=8}} |- ! Width | {{cvt|78|mm|frac=8}} |- ! Depth | {{cvt|27.4|mm|frac=8}} |- ! Weight | {{cvt|138|g}} |- ! Display | 2.3-inch (diagonal) reflective [[thin-film transistor]] (TFT) color [[liquid-crystal display]] (LCD) |- ! Screen size (playable) | {{cvt|43|x|39|mm|frac=8}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game Boy Versions |url=https://www.retrorgb.com/gbversions.html |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=RetroRGB |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! [[Display resolution|Resolution]] | 160 (w) Γ 144 (h) [[pixel]]s (10:9 [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]]) |- ! Graphics | {{Unbulleted list | Maximum [[Sprite (computer graphics)|sprites]]: 40 total, 10 per line, 4 colors each (one transparent) | Sprite size: 8 Γ 8 or 8 Γ 16 | Tiles drawn: 512 (360~399 visible, others off-screen as a scrolling buffer) }} |- ! [[Frame rate]] | 59.727500569606 [[Hertz|Hz]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Platform Framerates |url=http://tasvideos.org/PlatformFramerates.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229184750/http://tasvideos.org/PlatformFramerates.html |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=February 29, 2020 |website=TASVideos}}</ref> |- ! Color support | 32,768 colors, up to 56 simultaneously |- ! [[System on a chip]] (SoC) | Nintendo CPU CGB |- ! CPU | Sharp SM83 (custom [[Intel 8080]]/[[Zilog Z80]] hybrid, [[8-bit computing|8-bit]]) @ 4.194304 or 8.388608 MHz |- ! Memory | {{Unbulleted list | '''On SoC:''' 2 KB ROM, 127 B High RAM, 16 KB [[Video Random Access Memory|Video RAM]], 128 B Audio RAM, 1.12KB object attribute RAM | '''Internal:''' 32 KB [[Random-access memory|RAM]] | '''External:''' (in the game cartridge) up to 8 MB ROM, up to 128 KB RAM }} |- ! Power | {{Unbulleted list |'''Consumption:''' 70β80 [[mAh]] | '''Internal:''' 2 Γ [[AA batteries]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 1998 |title=Adding Color to Game Boy |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |page=26 |issue=106}}</ref> | '''External:''' 0.6 W at 3 V DC from 2.35 mm Γ 0.75 mm [[coaxial power connector|coaxial connector]] }} |- ! Battery life | Up to 10 hours |- ! Sound | {{Unbulleted list | '''Channels:''' 2 pulse wave, 1 wave, 1 noise | '''Outputs:''' Built-in [[Monaural|mono]] speaker, stereo [[3.5mm headphone jack]] }} |- ! [[Input/output|I/O]] | {{Unbulleted list | [[Game Link Cable]] (up to 512 [[kbit/s]], between up to 4 devices)<ref name="Game Boy Programming Manual" />{{rp|28}} | [[Game Boy Game Pak]] slot | Infrared (up to 9.5 kbit/s,<ref name="Game Boy Programming Manual" />{{rp|45}} usable at distances less than {{cvt|2|m}} and within 45Β°) }} |- ! Controls | {{Unbulleted list | Eight-way [[D-pad|control pad]] | Four action buttons (A, B, START, SELECT) | Volume [[potentiometer]] | Power switch }} |- |colspan=2|{{Small|References:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Game Boy Color Console Information β Console Database |url=http://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/nintendogameboycolor/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702131325/http://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/nintendogameboycolor/ |archive-date=July 2, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |publisher=ConsoleDatabase.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Technical data |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Game-Boy-Pocket-Color/Product-information/Technical-data/Technical-data-619585.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207100304/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Game-Boy-Pocket-Color/Product-information/Technical-data/Technical-data-619585.html |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=May 24, 2017 |website=Nintendo of Europe GmbH}}</ref><ref name="Game Boy Programming Manual" />{{rp|16}} }} |}
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