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1998Game Boy Color console familyConsole family

Nintendo · Console family

Game Boy Color

Color graphics and broad backwards compatibility extended the Game Boy phenomenon.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Game Boy Color added a faster processor and color display while preserving compatibility with the enormous original library. Pokémon helped make the compact handheld a defining late-1990s system.

Released
1998 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Fifth-generation handheld
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
Worldwide
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Game Boy Color is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Worldwide, with a release recorded as 1998 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Fifth-generation handheld hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 12 documented hardware variants to this family, including Berry, Grape, Kiwi, Dandelion, Teal, 7 more.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1998 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Worldwide on Fifth-generation handheld. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Worldwide. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

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Editions and revisions

12 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Berry, Grape, Kiwi, Dandelion, Teal, Atomic Purple, Clear, Pokémon Yellow / Blue, 4 more.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗