<Tr> <Th> Predecessor </Th> <Td> Game Boy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Successor </Th> <Td> Game Boy Advance </Td> </Tr> <P> The Game Boy Color (GBC) is a handheld game console manufactured by Nintendo, which was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and was released in November of the same year in international markets . It is the successor of the Game Boy . </P> <P> The Game Boy Color features a color screen . It is slightly thicker and taller and features a slightly smaller screen than the Game Boy Pocket, its predecessor . As with the original Game Boy, it has a custom 8 - bit processor made by Sharp that is considered a hybrid between the Intel 8080 and the Zilog Z80 . The spelling of the system's name, Game Boy Color, remains consistent throughout the world with its American English spelling of color . </P>

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