diff --git a/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/color-palette-example.jpg b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/color-palette-example.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e8a91c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/color-palette-example.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/feature.jpg b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/feature.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1692e6 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/images/feature.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/index.md b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bfc2e56 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: "Color palette on Game Boy Color and Advance" +date: 2020-09-15T21:45:00+02:00 +authors: + - robert-kaussow +tags: + - Gaming + - Hardware +resources: + - name: feature + src: "images/feature.jpg" + params: + anchor: Center + credits: > + [Lorenzo Herrera](https://unsplash.com/@lorenzoherrera) on + [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gameboy) + - name: color-palette + src: "images/color-palette-example.jpg" + title: Comparison between default color (left) and gray scale (right). +--- + +In my last article about [modernizing a Game Boy Advance](/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/), one of my complaints was the ugly color display of old Game Boy Classic games and I thought about buying an additional Game Boy Classic. But first I wanted to check if there was a mod for the Game Boy Advance to fix this problem. + + + +Well, what I found out after a short research was mind-blowing for me! The gorgeous engineers at Nintendo had already integrated a function into the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance to choose between [12 color profiles](https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboyadvance/colorchange.jsp). + +| Color | Shortcut | +| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | +| BROWN | UP | +| BLUE | LEFT | +| PASTEL | DOWN | +| GREEN | RIGHT | +| RED | UP + A | +| DARK BLUE | LEFT + A | +| ORANGE | DOWN + A | +| DARK GREEN | RIGHT + A | +| DARK BROWN | UP + B | +| GRAY SCALE | LEFT + B | +| YELLOW | DOWN + B | +| NEGATIVE | RIGHT + B | + + + +{{< img name="color-palette" >}} + + + +Today I learned about a great feature that I've never known in all the years of my childhood. But there is still a small downside: Changing the color palette works only for GB classic games. diff --git a/content/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/index.md b/content/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/index.md index b916b8d..8a5a3c7 100644 --- a/content/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/index.md +++ b/content/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/index.md @@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ At the end I'm very happy with my "new" handheld but there are also some downsid - To buy original Game Boy games could be a real challenge these days. I'm not really surprised about the prices, especially for rare games but there seems to be a lot fake games or replications out there. If you want to go with replications to save a bit money is up to you but if you just want authentic/original cartridges you have to be very careful. -- While I really love playing all GBA and GBC games with the GBA, I don't really like the look of the classic GB games because of the ugly color scheme. This has nothing to do with the IPS screen directly, as far as I remember, this was already the case with the original GBC and GBA. The color scheme of some games really hurts my eyes and makes it almost impossible to play them. Maybe I still need a Game Boy classic after all. +- While I really love playing all GBA and GBC games with the GBA, I don't really like the look of the classic GB games because of the ugly color scheme. This has nothing to do with the IPS screen directly, as far as I remember, this was already the case with the original GBC and GBA. The color scheme of some games really hurts my eyes and makes it almost impossible to play them. ~~Maybe I still need a Game Boy classic after all.~~ There is already a [solution](/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/)!