Nintendo Game Boy Color Clear Handheld System

Nintendo's Game Boy finally becomes a color portable! Released in Japan by Nintendo October 21, 1998.Game Boy color is basically the same old technology as in the previous systems, but it has been totally improved and enhanced. This system packs an extra little punch.
We have a nice reflective non-lit color TFT LCD capable of displaying 56 colors out of 32,000, at 160 x 144 resolution. A nice ultra-crisp rich looking color screen that is finally free from blur! The screen is smaller than any of the previous Game Boy screens and may seem tiny at first, 2.25 inches, but you will warm up to it as you begin to play. There is now no contrast adjustment for your screen. And you still need to be in a very well lit lighting situation in order to see the screen. I have a worm light for mine, but no matter what type of lighting situation you find yourself in, you have to deal with the glare on the screen. You have to angle and adjust things just, so so. Still it is easier on the eyes than the previous Gameboy Pocket screen.
Two AA batteries give you 10 to 13 hours of play time.You have an AC adapter jack at the bottom, next to the headphone jack, for those times when you just want to save those batteries.

Pros:
Color!!
Backwards Compatibility!
Deep Game Library!
No Blur or ghosting

Cons:
No backlight
Smaller screen
Special link cable needed to hook up with that chunky Original GB

There is a lot of fun to be had in the GB Color if you don't mind not having a backlight. If you are into the retro Game Boy games, this unit would be a good choice. You get the best of both worlds, color and monochrome, with no blurring or ghosting in those early games. And this portable even brings a little color to those early Gameboy games using basically the same type of technology as the "Super Game Boy," an adapter cart made for the SNES. The GB Color assigns color to the different shades of gray. Really, this system has had a long lifespan, speaking of the Game Boy series as a whole, and the game library shows it. It is packed with fun. If you want to go back and enjoy all those games, maybe you are on a tight budget, then this is the obvious choice. You can pick up one of these used for a small price along with the games. When you count B & W plus the color you are talking about 800 plus titles. While doing this review it inspired me to pick up a few more games, so I went on eBay and picked up five more titles and they are on their way. I like many of the old gray scale Gameboy games because they are so addictive in gameplay. I am still purchasing many missed titles and having the time of my life. I gave it high marks because of the deep game library and the great retro fun factor. To that Game Boy fan, a "big thumbs up" to Nintendo for giving us a color 8 bit portable Gameboy.

Man I tell you one thing, for an old 8-bit handheld there is nothing like it. The graphics and speed rivals top 286 ATs when they were playing classic EGA games. The color is far richer than EGA and resolution wise. You have to put the system in relative perspective. If you ever owned an old IBM compatible machine you would have to get an expenesive sound card, VGA adapter, and boost your ram in order to have the same level of play in such a small system. Nintendo was clearly ahead of its time or more less ahead if you compare to the 16-bit failed power to the NES 8-bit successfull power. You have clothes, textures, and great music and Atari and Intellivision you have mono colored people "The Blue Man Group w/o clothes", no textures, and flat music.

This now retro handheld gaming system by nintendo outlasts any electronic gaming device I've ever gotten including consoles like the ps2 where the optical drive fails or faulty controllers or scratched disks that prevent you from playing. This catridge system was made to last the years of gaming that the system provides and still sells strong on eBay. feeling some 90s nostalgia? buy this product!

The GameBoy Color was the successor to the standard GameBoy. This was a testament to the original as it lasted roughly 10 years, and its only aesthetic difference was to upgrade the screen to full colour.

It was available in, as Nintendo marketed them as, six 'tasty' colours: Teal, Kiwi, Grape, Berry, Dandelion and Atomic Purple.

Newer versions of the system have been produced powered by 2 AA batteries which last for approximately 10 hours. This GameBoy Color actually had significant improvements to the original GameBoy. It was twice as fast, as well as 'increased realism'.


VERDICT
The GameBoy continued to dominate the handheld console market, and this version consolidated their position.

I recently purchased a Game boy Colour from an eBay user and I love it. Some of the pros and cons about the Game boy colour are its general size and shape, also its battery source. The pros: The Game boy is small enough to fit in one’s pocket so it is very portable, another benefit for buying a Game boy colour is the Game boy line provides a wide variety of games to pick an choose from so there is something for anyone to play the system even plays the older Game boy games as well. Another pro for buying a Game boy colour is the fact that it has an advanced technology in comparison to its father version the game which was dot matrix or black and white, the Game boy colour has colour hence the name “Colour”. I really didn’t see any “real” cons but I guess one can say that using two double “A” batteries can be seen as a con because you have to change batteries once in while. The funny thing about that is the batteries actual last a good amount of time. I have almost all Nintendo hand held systems and in terms of battery life this system is up there. I use it all the time and I change batteries about once a month. I hope this review helped you on your purchase!
-jayj404