Classic Game Room - GAME BOY COLOR console review 

That's not pink it's ATOMIC PURPLE, quite possibly the most rad color of all time!

The GBC is one of my favorite systems for not only nostalgia but durability. My poor poor purple GBC survived pokemania, being dropped, carted to many many doctor appointments and hospital stays, it was washed twice and dropped I don't know how many times, it still works and plays beautifully. It's my GB of choice if I don't have an outlet near by.

It's not "Pink", it's "Atomic Purple".

I've been collecting gameboy so much this year! Someone actually made me a custom legend of Zelda gameboy, going to have to review it on my channel this week and show it's art off.

I remember when I had a gameboy color. Back then, we were satisfied with 8-bit games with color which were portable. Nowadays people even whine about IOS or Android games that are not displayed in HD. Damn I sound old for a twenty-something.

I think you might need your eyes examined, Mark. That Gameboy Color is not pink. It's purple. The transparent plastic seems to be throwing you off.

I like how he actually showed the screen without the using the gamecube.

God dang Nintendo always releasing new handhelds and making old ones obsolete. Now I have to get rid of my game boy and get a gameboy color

The end of this video is PRICELESS. I mean... I loved the review and all, but the ending? Oh, man. Amazing. Tiger Assault!

Still have mine and still play it as well as my game gear to this day! Game Boy Color was great cause the batteries lasted very very long

There were certain original GameBoy games that by default had their own, completely unique color schemes. One such instance was Super Mario Land. If you play it on the Gameboy Color and don't change the color scheme at the boot up screen, then by default, it's going to have a very diverse pallet which was something most other Gameboy games did not offer.

On game boy games, you can even choose the colour by pressing on the D-pad or coming back in black and white by pressing on B and the D-pad at the same time. It's also works on game boy advance. You can only do it when it's just been turned on.

You would think over 10 years of improvement would mean mobile gaming would be better than this, but its not. Gameboy color > smartphone

It's clear purple, not pink.

The gamecom strikes again!

“You can hit people with this.” Lol love it😂

On the old gameboy games if you hold the B button you can chose a color pallet by pressing any direction on the d-pad.

I had a atomic purple game boy color when they were new. I spent so much money on games and loved every minute of it. I had 1942, bionic commando, dragons lair, dragon warrior 1 and 2, mega man Xtreme, perfect dark, WWF wrestlemania 2000, street fighter alpha, donkey Kong country, super Mario bros deluxe. It kept me company on bus rides and waiting for appointments and my friends loved paying on it too.

That ending was possibly the best finisher to a review I've ever seen!

This was my first gaming device. I saved up birthday money to get this from the Mall of America in fall of 1999. First game i ever played was Super Mario Bros. Delux. This is the most nostalgic game console of all time for me personally.

5:47 for me this is the scariest part of the video because it is like a guy screaming at a red screen because it is saying that the gameboy color can't play truxton

Him: so the gamebo- Everybody else: AtOmIc PuRpLe, YoU fOoL ! ! ! ! !

Finally the long the awaited review of the GBC

That "giant robots" game is B-Daman. Those "robots" (don't think they're even intended as being robotic) are hand-sized tools with which to shoot marbles. :P

I remember with my GB color, I used to be so OCD about keeping the screen scratch free. As I see Mark's GB so scratched at the screen. It doesn't bother some you know.

I have been waiting so long for this review :') yay!

Fun Fact: the colored letters on the gameboy color where it says "Color" is actually colored that way, because those are the colors that the gameboy color had available as different colors that the consoles were sold with.

long awaited video

Kawaii Koinu :D (かわいい子犬) So that Puppy-game is literally called "Cute Puppy"

It's called Atomic Purple. My sister gave me hers when I was five or six. It still works and I'll play it at my HS

The Gameboy color was the very first handheld console that I ever owned. My dad got me a Grape GBC with a copy of a Rugrats game. Later on, I got and Atomic Purple GBC for Christmas with a copy of super mario dx. Good times.

Dude you're so color blind. It's obviously green.

Love that fade to black ending.

Man seeing this bring back memories. AA Batteries were gold back then. No backlit scratch resistant screen. Glare was tough as well. We still had a blast....

When you put in Donkey Kong Country and played it, soooo many memories rushed back into my head. The gameplay, the music, it was awesome

Laughed my ads off when he tried shoving a 32x cartridge in there, ha ha XD!!!

Your video game reviews are the best. I like how you add humor to the show. All the oldschool games bring back so many memories. I can’t stop watching your videos. Keep up the great 👍 job.

When I was really young, I had a Gameboy color and my sister had a GBA. Eventually my mom sold both of them to buy us two gba-sp's. I really wish she had kept the gbc.

What a twist ending! Also, I think that GBC was purple.

Sometimes a lamp wasn't even good enough to light the screen sufficiently. Before back lights, hand-held consoles actually encouraged us to go outside for some sun!

This suffers from difficult to see the fucking screen syndrome Ashens reference

I think it's Atomic purple. Just like mine.

Okay,this is 90s and I'm in 2017 and I really want one of these bad boys!

I used to have that purple transparent model, it was my first handheld. Not counting those Tetris 10 on 1 handhelds.

"BECAUSE THE'RE IN JAPANESE!" I laugh every time you do that to your voice.

Great, now mark is gonna start running around killing people with that blasted game com.

Another instantly classic episode of classic game room.

Does purple look like pink in space?

2:45 it's a misnomer the GameBoy Pocket has a larger screen than either the original or GameBoy Color. The screen was the same size -- the reason it appears to be larger is because the GameBoy Color is more compact, like how slightly out of shape guys appear fitter wearing a tight shirt.

I still have my gameboy color and use it everyday. the other day I let this 11 year old Pokemon go fan play for a bit and he asked if it had any Pokemon games on it XD that's where it all began kid!

Mmm, memories. My first console was a Gameboy Color, with Pokemon Yellow as me first game.

Everyone quit hating on Mark because he said pink instead of purple. You never know what situation he was in! He could be colorblind, he could've been in an accident that messed his eyes up, but what it think is the light in the room threw him off

3:54 Medarots/Medabots aren't giant, they're only supposed to be about 4' tall. Incidentally, I think that series is due for a comeback. Skylanders Swapforce and those Hasbro toys with the mix and match parts are popular right now, I think today's kids might like Medabots. Natsume actually never discontinued the series, they just stopped bringing it here. All they'd need to do is translate the latest game and maybe bring over some of the more recent figures with customizing options.

Wow Dereks such a good actor amazing hello Hollywood 5 stars number one

I still remember when I can change colors for Game Boy games by pressing a D-Pad during the boot sequence.

I boxed up my GameBoy Color, identical to this one and even with the SMBD cart inserted, back when I graduated high school and moved on to the military. For my 30th birthday my mom brought to my house that box of my old crap. I found the GameBoy Color and turned it right on...the SMB Deluxe cart even still held my game saves...all on 12+ year old batteries. Portable gaming at its finest...try that with a modern PSP or phone.

I miss my game boy color. I had this exact same "pink" one.

That's my EXACT first hand held console I had before! Great times.

the GameBoy the only device I own that killed off more than a thousand non-rechargable batteries. IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!

That clear purple is my favorite color of any console, ever. lol.

he's kinda right about pink hand helds are cheaper although i know it's atomic purple this model is the cheapest gameboycolor i could find on amazon for only $22.00

Tetris though. You can change the color by holding the D-pad in a direction when the "GAME BOY" logo appears.

That's the best feature from the gameboy color, it's ability to colorize old gb games and you can even determine wich colorpallet you want to add to those games,with the brainboy adaptor, you can even costumize your own colorpallet for your old gb games, and despites the design and the name of the gameboycolor looks kinder garden,it makes the old grandmother gameboy look very very old.

I have to wonder did you keep all your game systems or did you have to go back and buy them again later on? I ask because I bought all the trade in bs when I was dumb. Now ive got to go back and buy them all again which sucks cause now the systems cost way more almost like they were just released yesterday.

3:27 he sounds all most exactly like Michael Cera in scott pillgrim

I think all of the flashing from missle command on Atari has been getting to Mark's eyes. That gameboy is not pink, but purple.

There is a light accessory for the gameboy color, I own it and it makes the experience a lot better.

There were total of three different types of games that worked on the GBC. Original GB titles that got enchaned with 4-10 colors in the GBC. "Dual mode games", whichs worked in b&w mode in the original GameBoy and in 56 colors in the Color version. Then there's GameBoy COLOR-exclusive titles that all have the full colors of 56 and which do not work on the regular Game Boy. The color palette on the GBC was 36k.

Mine only plays original game boy games but not color because if I put in a color game the screen turns blank, and I can't figure out what's wrong.

My favorite portable device of all time.

Was 1998 the year of see-through electronics? The blue iMac also came out that year.

I had one of these, along with Donkey Kong Country. I'm getting nostalgic! Damn it, Mark, you filling me with regret here!

Just in case, you can modify colors for the Game Boy games by combining directional pad and A B buttons on the start up screen.

Very first game boy I've owned and still have and SMB DX is my first game for it.

I got mine for free via credit trade off at a game store. It's the teal model. Also picked up Super Mario Bros. Deluxe with it too.

If you're going to hit Derek with something, it would have to be an Atari 5200, its the only way he'll learn! lol

I had a lime green GameBoy Color back in the day but I was so pissed when I found out it didn't play Sega 32x games. I always wished I had gotten a blue one or a purple one or a red one.

I purchased and refurbed one of these. They are cool, but it's for my collection. I bought a "GB Boy Colour" for everyday that is just great. Back-lit screen, a bunch of built-in games, and that same classic GB/GBC form factor, albeit with slight proportional differences.

I prefer playing original GB and GBC games on an actual GBC, rather the the GBA SP

The Gameboy Colour was my first Gameboy console, mine was the clear purple one. I think the very first game I got for it was Defender/Joust cartridge that I got cheap :)

.n I have the Purple gbc and a solid pink game's boy! Dyk that Metal gear solid is on a gbc game?

I had a purple see thru back then, traded it in within a day because the glare of the system body made it very had to play games. Got a solid green one instead and still have it.

"...except it's pink" *holds up atomic purple gameboy color*

Man i had this same color GBc Next time I'm buying something off of ebay I'll be ordering one =D

I went a step further and play my GB games on a GBA backlit clam-shell. Also got a retron 5 to play them on now.

but you can fit this in your pocket?

funny as ever. i knew you were going to give him a game con. seriously someone has to do a funny horror movie where the game con is the main threat.

My older brother had one just like that. I had a yellow one and my other brother had a purple one. Pokemon was the best game for it

beautiful the transparent model.

At 2:44 liebestraum no.3 by Franz Litszt begins playing, nice =)

*The GB Boy Color is worth getting people!!* ⭐️

I remember Donkey Kong. I used to play that on the Game Boy Color.

That game boy color is the same one I had. It was my first gaming system

+Lord Karnage what's your favorite handheld of all time is it really the Gameboy Advance SP?

Nostalgia Gasm, ohh yeahhhh, I miss my original color model.

Captain's Log: Day 3 of the Invasion "Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to push back the Intergalactic Space Arcade-Garage. First it started with just a simple declaration for backwards compatibility of the 32X and Vectrex with the Xbox One, upon our decline we encountered a barrage of fire upon our ship and suffered heavy damage to our hull. Upon jumping to warp we began the repair of our ship and not four hours ago we discovered what had caused such death and destruction. It appears to be some sort of monochrome gamepad received from Game.Com. When addressed the website refused to comment and gave their deepest sympathies. We will continue to unravel this mystery, however it seems the hostile ship is approaching once more and we must return to our desperate struggle. May Mojang grant us godspeed." -Major Nelson

I found this same version at a garage sale this summer. it came with a few games including pokemon yellow.

Oh, puh-lease. The GBA SP is the superior model. By the way, there is a Japanese exclusive Game Boy called the Game Boy Light which is very rare.

Hi, one question. But is the covere all original, including the screen lens? A thousand thanks

what was the game with the dog? it looked like a Game Boy version of Nintendogs.