Product Description

The Game Boy is that small, colourful hand-held video game system clutched by folks playing it everywhere. Popular across a wide age group, including a good number of airport-lounging power executives, the Game Boy has a true hard-core fan base comprised of millions (and millions) of kids around the globe.

Nintendo's Game Boy debuted in the late 1980s and has since sold over 60 million units world-wide, far outpacing other hand-held game systems. With a catalogue of over 1,000 games and dozens of add-on peripherals, Game Boy is a monster of a hand-held game system, and a remarkably affordable one at that. Early March 1998 brought the release of the Game Boy Color system, an upgraded version of the original.

It is equipped with an 8-bit CPU, doubling the original Game Boy's computing power. The small LCD screen can display up to 56 colours simultaneously (out of a 32,000-colour palette), delivered via boosted video processing memory that provides remarkably sharp and vibrant graphics.

The hundreds of available games vary from tremendously compelling to instantly forgettable. Quality or not, the entire library of games designed for the original system is playable on Game Boy Color, but buyers should note that not all Game Boy Color games will work on the original Game Boy system.

The Game Boy Color system is available in an exotic array of colours and special editions. Accessories and add-on peripherals abound, enhancing the playing experience with vibrating feedback to in-game bumps and crashes, extra battery power and even a clever camera package that allows players to END

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6676 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 1999-05-03
• Platform: Game Boy Color

Customer Reviews

game boy color - blue
A Huge improvement from the standard gameboy. This product enables the same easy access to gaming as the original gameboy but at the same time increases the playability tenfold with the introduction of color (colour), allowing backgrounds and characters to be portrayed in much more detail making the games come to life and appear that much more realistic. Thus making the games much more enjoyable to play.

A definite must buy for all true gaming fans.

Game Boy Color - Nintendo
This console was revolutionary when it succeded the original Game Boy. It is still a landmark console as all the others are because there is as of yet no rival to the handheld market. But this doesn't mean they are spin-offs. These consoles also offer a great inventory of games including Pokemon (which I dont play) and Donkey Kong. Buy this console if you like collecting things like this.

The ONLY Thing To Play On!
Geez! Whoever thought this was just another handheld is utterly (butterly) wrong! This is the ONLY thing to play on and whoever hasn't got one, tut tut tut! Purple is the best and watch this space 'cause now new Gameboy Advance has come out the prices will be low!

Be cooler than your mates with a, PURPLE, Gameboy Color!

Rock my World!