Comparison between default color (left) and gray scale (right).
In my last article about modernizing a Game Boy Advance, one of my complaints was the ugly coloring 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 palettes.
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
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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.