Nintendo Lime Green Console (GBC)

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Development for the Game Boy Color began in 1996, [13] when Nintendo received requests from game developers for a more sophisticated handheld platform, who said that even the latest iteration of the original system, the Game Boy Pocket, had insufficient hardware.

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The console was released in seven basic colours, Purple, Turquoise, Green, Fuchsia Red, Yellow, Clear Purple and Transparent. While many of the items on Etsy are handmade, you’ll also find craft supplies, digital items, and more. The resultant product was backward compatible with all existing Game Boy software, a first for a handheld system, allowing each new Game Boy product launch to begin with a significantly larger game library than any of its competitors.The console was available for sale from 1998 to 2003, when it was discontinued to make way for the newer releases by Nintendo coming into the market.