Programming for the Gameboy/Hardware specifications
Appearance
| Gameboy (Original) | Gameboy Color | |
| CPU | 8-bit LR35902 @ 4.19MHz | 8-bit LR35902 @ 4.19/8.38MHz |
| CPU Effective speed | 1.0485 MHz | 1.0485/2.097 MHz |
| Work RAM | 8KiB | 32 KiB (Banked, 8KiB immediate) |
| Video RAM | 8KiB | 16 KiB |
| Audio | 2 Pulse wave generators, 1 PCM, 1 Noise generator, 1 cartridge audio line | |
| Display colors | 2-bit shades of gray | 15-bit color |
| Display resolution | 160 × 144 pixels | |
| Inter-system communication | Serial link | Serial link, Infrared |