COMPLETE GB/GBP/GBC/GBA NTSC-U SYSTEMS LIST (12/2/10)
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:28 pm
Hey guys, I recently took an interest in Nintendo's color variations of the N64, its controllers, and all of its handhelds pre-DS. I find it so cool that there are so many types of them out there and I'm looking into collecting them in order to find some direction for my own personal collection.
UPDATE 11/17/2010: After exhaustive research and eBaying, I've found a lot of information on consolecolors.com to be wrong. I haven't been able to find all the JP-ONLY game boys but since I'm not concerned with them it's no big deal. However, many colors that were listed for all regions are actually JP-ONLY, and there are a few colors that I still haven't been able to determine regions in which they were released. Here's the updated list.
Numbering Format: (definitely NTSC-U/C released/possibly NTSC-U/C released)
Game Boy: (6/6)
STANDARD COLORS
*Grey
LIMITED EDITION COLORS
*Green
*Yellow
*Red
*Clear
*Black
Game Boy Pocket: (10/10)
STANDARD COLORS
*Blue
*Emerald / Green
*Red
*Yellow
*Black
LESS COMMON COLORS
*Clear
*Extreme Green
*Silver (w/ silver screen outline, less common of the two)
*Silver (w/ black screen outline)
*Metallic Ice Blue (NOT see-thru)
Game Boy Color: (9/9)
STANDARD COLORS
*Grape
*Berry
*Teal
*Dandelion
*Kiwi
*Atomic Purple
LIMITED EDITIONS/UNCOMMONS
*Metallic gold/silver paint with a Pikachu & a Pichu around the screen. Pikachu's cheek lights up instead of the usual power light. (Pichu/Pikachu edition)
*Yellow front, blue back with a red A button, a green B button, and a blue arrow. Has Poké Ball in place of power light. Has Pokémon logo above Start and Select buttons. Has pictures of Pikachu, Togepi, and Jigglypuff around screen (Pokémon edition)
*Yellow with Tommy Hilfiger Logo above Start/Select (Tommy Hilfiger edition)
Game Boy Advance:(10/10)
STANDARD COLORS
*Arctic
*Black
*Indigo
TRANSLUSCENT COLORS
*Fuchsia (transparent raspberry color)
*Glacier (transparent white/grey)
LIMITED EDITIONS
*Platinum
*Pokemon Gold
*Target Red
*Grape (Target)
*Midnight Blue (Toys R Us)
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED TO BE RELEASED NTSC-U/C GAME BOY/POCKET/COLOR/ADVANCE SYSTEMS: 35
N64:
STANDARD COLORS
*Black
*Gold (not "Standard", but a solid color)
FUNTASTIC COLORS
*Smoke (see through black)
*Watermelon
*Grape
*Ice Blue
*Jungle Green
*Fire Orange
OTHER
*Pikachu Blue/Yellow
N64 Controllers:
STANDARD COLORS
*Black
*Gold
*Red
*Yellow
*Green
*Blue
*Grey
TRANSLUCENT COLORS
*Extreme Green
*Atomic Purple
*Smoke
*Watermelon
*Grape
*Ice Blue
*Jungle green
*Fire Orange
LIMITED EDITION
*Pikachu (matches console)
*Millennium 2000 (silver w/black buttons)
*DK64 Yellow Nintendo Power
*Gold Nintendo Power 100
If anybody can help point out omissions with proof of existence i'd be really appreciative. Thanks!
I'm also looking to eventually get the NGPC color variations as well. I'll just have to see how the gameboy and N64 collections fare.
-CC10
UPDATE 11/17/2010: After exhaustive research and eBaying, I've found a lot of information on consolecolors.com to be wrong. I haven't been able to find all the JP-ONLY game boys but since I'm not concerned with them it's no big deal. However, many colors that were listed for all regions are actually JP-ONLY, and there are a few colors that I still haven't been able to determine regions in which they were released. Here's the updated list.
Numbering Format: (definitely NTSC-U/C released/possibly NTSC-U/C released)
Game Boy: (6/6)
STANDARD COLORS
*Grey
LIMITED EDITION COLORS
*Green
*Yellow
*Red
*Clear
*Black
Game Boy Pocket: (10/10)
STANDARD COLORS
*Blue
*Emerald / Green
*Red
*Yellow
*Black
LESS COMMON COLORS
*Clear
*Extreme Green
*Silver (w/ silver screen outline, less common of the two)
*Silver (w/ black screen outline)
*Metallic Ice Blue (NOT see-thru)
Game Boy Color: (9/9)
STANDARD COLORS
*Grape
*Berry
*Teal
*Dandelion
*Kiwi
*Atomic Purple
LIMITED EDITIONS/UNCOMMONS
*Metallic gold/silver paint with a Pikachu & a Pichu around the screen. Pikachu's cheek lights up instead of the usual power light. (Pichu/Pikachu edition)
*Yellow front, blue back with a red A button, a green B button, and a blue arrow. Has Poké Ball in place of power light. Has Pokémon logo above Start and Select buttons. Has pictures of Pikachu, Togepi, and Jigglypuff around screen (Pokémon edition)
*Yellow with Tommy Hilfiger Logo above Start/Select (Tommy Hilfiger edition)
Game Boy Advance:(10/10)
STANDARD COLORS
*Arctic
*Black
*Indigo
TRANSLUSCENT COLORS
*Fuchsia (transparent raspberry color)
*Glacier (transparent white/grey)
LIMITED EDITIONS
*Platinum
*Pokemon Gold
*Target Red
*Grape (Target)
*Midnight Blue (Toys R Us)
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED TO BE RELEASED NTSC-U/C GAME BOY/POCKET/COLOR/ADVANCE SYSTEMS: 35
N64:
STANDARD COLORS
*Black
*Gold (not "Standard", but a solid color)
FUNTASTIC COLORS
*Smoke (see through black)
*Watermelon
*Grape
*Ice Blue
*Jungle Green
*Fire Orange
OTHER
*Pikachu Blue/Yellow
N64 Controllers:
STANDARD COLORS
*Black
*Gold
*Red
*Yellow
*Green
*Blue
*Grey
TRANSLUCENT COLORS
*Extreme Green
*Atomic Purple
*Smoke
*Watermelon
*Grape
*Ice Blue
*Jungle green
*Fire Orange
LIMITED EDITION
*Pikachu (matches console)
*Millennium 2000 (silver w/black buttons)
*DK64 Yellow Nintendo Power
*Gold Nintendo Power 100
If anybody can help point out omissions with proof of existence i'd be really appreciative. Thanks!
I'm also looking to eventually get the NGPC color variations as well. I'll just have to see how the gameboy and N64 collections fare.
-CC10