How the Game Boy Color gave original Game Boy games colour | White_Pointer Gaming

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The Game Boy Color was fully backwards compatible with original Game Boy games, and like the Super Game Boy, it was able to enhance them with colour. However the way this worked was different between the two devices, so let's do a deep dive to find out exactly how it worked its magic! 0:00 Intro 0:39 Hardware overview 2:52 Giving Game Boy games colour 8:40 Oddities and special cases 10:36 The mystery of Pokemon Yellow 12:18 Default palettes, limited customisation, more weirdness 15:10 Conclusion Game Boy Color architecture: https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/game-boy/ MVG's Game Boy Color video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEJVOH6Pxkg Game Boy Color palettes: https://tcrf.net/Notes:Game_Boy_Color_Bootstrap_ROM Purchase my book "Secrets of Video Game Consoles" directly from the publisher here: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Secrets-of-Video-Game-Consoles-Hardback/p/21804 Also available as an ebook! Some other links: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secrets-of-video-game-consoles-michael-hart/1141719061 https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Secrets-Video-Game-Consoles/Michael-Hart/9781399070898?id=8581812121026 https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/secrets-of-video-game-consoles-michael-hart/p/9781399070898 https://www.booktopia.com.au/secrets-of-video-game-consoles-michael-hart/book/9781399070898.html https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/secrets-of-video-game-consoles/9781399070898-item.html https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Video-Game-Consoles-Michael-ebook/dp/B0B72B6JYR Or check out your favourite book store, hopefully they have it in stock!