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Part of the problem is the replacement buttons themselves. I compared them with real GBC buttons, and the replacements are in fact about 1mm shorter overall and are molded slightly different on the inside (where they touch the membranes). So turns out they are a little more sensitive to the gaps caused by the issues I identified above.US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on April 21, 2007 . Retrieved September 27, 2007. The deep purple Game Boy Color is actually totally fine, but it’s bested by the much cooler transparent purple hardware. (That one’s coming up.) Maybe you asked your grandpa for a Game Boy Color for Chanukah, and you told him you wanted the “purple” one. You probably meant the cooler purple one, the one that everyone else had. But Grape threw a wrench into things, so Pop-Pop bought you this guy instead. Again: Fine! But not what you wanted. Game Boy Color (1998) [ edit ] Game Boy Color - Atomic Purple Game Boy Color - Dandelion Game Boy Color - Mirinda Basic colors [ edit ] And lo, the internet did rage. "It's not blue," they said. "That's bloody purple." Some people compared it to the colour of a Game Boy Advance; others said it was more like a GameCube. Blurple. After playing for several days, the imperfections don't bother me. Thoug h, be sure to experiment with different color palettes on original games as sometimes the default green/pink is hard to see with the light. I've not done rigorous battery tests, but I put in some old batteries and the front-light in this GBC was so low I thought it was broken. Fresh batteries and it works fine. So something to think about - at the tail end of your batteries the front-light may start to fail, but you'll still be able to play.