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! Input !! Palette !! Example
! Input !! Palette !! Example
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|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad}} || Green/Blue,Red,Red ||
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad}} || Green/Blue,Red,Red || [[File:CGB-Palette-Default2.jpg|256px]]
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|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} || Brown ||
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} || Brown || [[File:CGB-Palette-Up2.jpg|256px]]
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} || Green/Red ||
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} || Green/Red || [[File:CGB-Palette-Right2.jpg|256px]]
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} || Yellow/Red/Blue ||
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} || Yellow/Red/Blue || [[File:CGB-Palette-Down2.jpg|256px]]
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} || Blue,Red,Green ||  
|align=center| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} || Blue,Red,Green || [[File:CGB-Palette-Left2.jpg|256px]]
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| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Red,Green,Blue ||  
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Red,Green,Blue || [[File:CGB-Palette-Up-A2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Green/Blue,Red,Red ||  
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Green/Blue,Red,Red || [[File:CGB-Palette-Right-A2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Yellow/Red ||  
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Yellow/Red || [[File:CGB-Palette-Down-A2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Dark Blue,Red,Brown ||  
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} + {{Button|Switch|A}} || Dark Blue,Red,Brown || [[File:CGB-Palette-Left-A2.jpg|256px]]
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| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Dark Brown,Brown,Brown ||
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Up}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Dark Brown,Brown,Brown || [[File:CGB-Palette-Up-B2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Inverted ||
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Right}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Inverted || [[File:CGB-Palette-Right-B2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Yellow,Blue,Green ||
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Down}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Yellow,Blue,Green || [[File:CGB-Palette-Down-B2.jpg|256px]]
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Grey ||  
| {{Button|Switch|Dpad Left}} + {{Button|Switch|B}} || Grey || [[File:CGB-Palette-Left-B2.jpg|256px]]
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Revision as of 08:01, 5 September 2023

There are various options for improving your video quality such as screen replacements, modifications to the original screen, or a VGA out mod.

Game Boy Color Palette Swap

If you are playing an original Game Boy game on a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, you can hold a button combination during boot-up to change the palette. Games designed for the original Game Boy will play in colour when played on the Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance systems. The colors displayed on the screen are selected from one of 13 palettes, each with 7-10 colors. The 13 palettes can be selected from the start-up screen. When the Game Boy logo appears, enter one of the controller combinations to activate the given palette. Palette is listed in the order Background,Characer1,Character2.

Input Palette Example Input Palette Example Input Palette Example Input Palette Example
Dpad Green/Blue,Red,Red CGB-Palette-Default2.jpg
Dpad Up Brown CGB-Palette-Up2.jpg Dpad Right Green/Red CGB-Palette-Right2.jpg Dpad Down Yellow/Red/Blue CGB-Palette-Down2.jpg Dpad Left Blue,Red,Green CGB-Palette-Left2.jpg
Dpad Up + A Red,Green,Blue CGB-Palette-Up-A2.jpg Dpad Right + A Green/Blue,Red,Red CGB-Palette-Right-A2.jpg Dpad Down + A Yellow/Red CGB-Palette-Down-A2.jpg Dpad Left + A Dark Blue,Red,Brown CGB-Palette-Left-A2.jpg
Dpad Up + B Dark Brown,Brown,Brown CGB-Palette-Up-B2.jpg Dpad Right + B Inverted CGB-Palette-Right-B2.jpg Dpad Down + B Yellow,Blue,Green CGB-Palette-Down-B2.jpg Dpad Left + B Grey CGB-Palette-Left-B2.jpg