However, some of the Z80's instruction set enhancements over the 8080, particularly bit manipulation, are present. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990.

In 1995, Nintendo of America announced that 46% of Game Boy players were female, which was higher than the percentage of female players for both the Nintendo Entertainment System (29%) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (14%). It also received numerous special editions, including a clear 'skeleton' Famitsu 500 edition (Model-F02) with white buttons. Features removed from the Intel 8080 instruction set include the parity flag, half of the conditional jumps, and I/O instructions. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Yokoi felt that the console could be small, light, durable and successful and have a recognizable library of games. As a result, he designed the D-pad – a flat controller that would not extend beyond the handheld device's casing. Theonlysilentbob 3072×2304× (2673741 bytes) {{Information |Description= Nintendo Game Boy Color in the clear purple plastic casing.

Nintendo's philosophy centered on the belief that the appeal of a gaming system was primarily determined by the quality of its games. The item "Nintendo GameBoy Color Clear/Atomic Purple boxed MINT CONDITION" is in sale since Monday, April 9, 2018. Along with a brand new Clear Black outer shell, the Gameboy comes with 2 x AA Batteries and a protective neoprene sleeve. However, game developer Satoshi Tajiri later used the link cable technology as a method of communication and networking in the popular Pokémon video game series. During the Refurbish and Inspection process original consoles may have minor internal or external parts replaced with brand new 3rd party parts including but not limited to lasers, switches, capacitors, thermal paste, pin connectors, buttons, batteries, etc.Extension connector (EXT CONNECTOR) — Connects to other GAME BOY…Do not insert different games in the interconnected Game Boys. Various Game Boy and Color games have been re-released on newer Nintendo consoles through its digital distribution services.

Tetris for the original Game Boy is the best-selling game compatible with Game Boy Color, and Pokémon Gold and Silver are the best-selling games developed primarily for it. Nintendo of America reported a sale of one million units from launch to December 1998, [29] and two million by July 1999. Despite its simple graphics and lack of a well-known brand, Tetris's suitability for a handheld platform convinced Nintendo president Minoru Arakawa to port and bundle it with the 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.You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. The console is capable of displaying up to 56 different colors simultaneously on screen from its palette of 32,768 (8×4 color background palettes, 8x3+transparent sprite palettes), and can add basic four-, seven- or ten-color shading to games that had been developed for the original 4-shades-of-grey Game Boy. This was soon added due to public demand, along with new Game Boy Pocket units of different colors (released on April 28, 1997), some of them new to the Game Boy line.

External power supply jack — You can connect a Rechargeable Battery Pack (sold separately) for longer play.mm stereo headphone jack is located on the bottom side of the unit which allows users to listen to the audio with the bundled headphones or external speakers. In 2009, the Game Boy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, 20 years after its introduction. Another color released at the same time was "Atomic Purple", made of a translucent purple plastic similar to the color available for the Nintendo 64 controller.