Editing Game Boy Color (section)

=== Critical reception ===
Reception of the Game Boy Color was positive, with critics praising the addition of color and improved clarity of the display. 

Affiliated publications such as ''Total Games'' praised the handheld for its "bright, colorful picture that can be viewed in direct light", [[backward compatibility]] features preserving the "vast catalogue of original Game Boy games", and improved technical performance.<ref name="Total Games Guide">{{Cite magazine |date=1998 |title=Introducing The Game Boy Color |url=https://archive.org/details/Total_Game_Boy_Issue_01/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22game+boy+color%22 |magazine=Total Games Guide to Game Boy Color |publisher=Paragon Publishing |location=Bournemouth |pages=6–9}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' praised the Game Boy Color for making the Game Boy library of games "look better than ever – everything is crystal clear, bright and in [color]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1998 |title=Portable Colour Gaming Is Here! |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_205_1998-12_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n7/mode/2up?q=%22game+boy+color%22 |magazine=Computer and Video Games |issue=205}}</ref> Writing for ''[[GameSpot]]'', Chris Johnston stated that the display was "crystal clear" and free of motion blur, stating that ''[[Tetris DX]]'' was the "killer app" of the launch titles on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Chris |date=1998 |title=Hands On: Game Boy Color |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hands-on-game-boy-color/1100-2465339/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607230501/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hands-on-game-boy-color/1100-2465339/ |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> 

Milder reviews included those by ''Arcade'', who said that while that the colors were "very impressive" they were "not as eyeball-popping as you might have hoped for [...] it's mostly seaweed greens, rusty browns, timid yellows and the like". They concluded that "nothing about [the Game Boy Color] is very radical" but said the device was "Game Boy as it always should have been".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1998 |title=The Color Purple |url=https://archive.org/details/Arcade_Issue_01_1998-12_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n61 |magazine=Arcade |pages=60–61 |issue=1}}</ref> Reviewers pointed out other drawbacks including that the system was still using an 8-bit architecture when competitors had moved onto 16-bit handheld systems and that the non-backlit screen required that the user be in a well lit area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kapalka |first=Jeff |date=December 20, 1998 |title=A Gamer's Wish List |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0EEC8F80A6BD337E |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 22, 2024 |work=[[Syracuse Herald American]] |page=16 |via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref><ref name="Pavlacka 1998">{{Cite news |last=Pavlacka |first=Adam |date=November 16, 1998 |title=Game Boy Now Offers Play in Color |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0EB1EEF4B4749A56 |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 22, 2024 |work=The Beacon News (Aurora, IL) |page=C1 |via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref>