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[Yohane]

Yellow / Lime Green

 

[nampad]

I thought of a red one when I read the question but maybe it is because I think we had a red one.
No idea what was actually the most iconic.

 

[Saucestin_Roast]

It's 100% either atomic purple or the opaque, indigo purple.

 

[Suburban Thug]

Purple

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

God I loved the Gameboy Color.

I’ll definitely be a sucker for Nintendo if they ever release a backlit Gameboy Color Classic.

 

[Mugy]

Transparent Purple or Yellow or Green

 

[Lunarwhale]

Totally. I don't feel like voiding my warranty for kits you can buy online just yet, IGN just posted a video of how invasive the procedure is.

It's a bit time consuming, but it felt pretty low-risk. I did it a few weeks ago and didn't have any troubles with it, but admittedly I've got plenty of experience with similar teardowns.

I got the transparent kit and it's pretty nice looking, but admittedly, I wish that I applied a matte finish to it. The glossy plastic feels a bit odd to me - not as nice as the finish on the normal casing. QC seems a bit dodgy going off of reviews, but my kit was fine.

e: also, atomic purple forever.

 

[L Thammy]

You sure it ain't gray?

Only until you turn it on. Then it's green.

 

[Lupin the Third]

People will say Atomic Purple, but I'm genuinely curious which color sold the best.

From my youth, the most popular color was Indigo. I don't know if it was called Indigo though - we just called it purple. That is the color I always associate with the system.

The solid purple GBC, I believe, was Grape. Indigo was the name of the GCN and GBA color.

Grape and Atomic Purple were probably most popular.

 

[GDGF]

I always thought the yellow one was awesome because the dude repping it in this ad looked cool as hell. I still want his glasses.

 

[FleetingFlowAir]

You can’t go wrong with Atomic Purple. I still have it.

 

[kunonabi]

/thread

yep, this is the one I always associate with it.

 

[dickroach]

I always thought the yellow one was awesome because the dude repping it in this ad looked cool as hell. I still want his glasses.

those aint GBCs

 

[Nbz]

I had this one.

I also had solid purple, it will always be default in my mind

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

You was either purple or you was a bitch.

I remember saying this to all my friends at recess

 

[GDGF]

those aint GBCs

Insert Howard Lincoln/Peter Main quote here

 

[Yarbskoo]

This one is to me.

 

[jjasso21]

I had Atomic Purple back in the day. So I'm partial to that one. Also various see thru cases seemed to be very popular.

 

[Rizific]

I got a blue one. But when the question is asked, I'd say it's the atomic purple.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

I genuinely didn't know it came in any colour other than clear purple

 

[-MD-]

/thread

This is it.

 

[TunaLover]

They used grape color in the GBC VC for 3DS?

:O

 

[bigJP]

/thread

my vote

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Yellow's the one I saw most often as a kid. That said, given the Gameboy carry case I found in my later years was purple, I have a suspicion that was the actual popular one.

 

[molnizzle]

/thread

It's this one.

If you didn't have this one you should be ashamed of your words and deeds.

 

[Akuun]

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[Cutebrute]

/thread

It's that or this one:

I had both of these, so both of you are right.

Spoiler

All of my friends had the green one.

 

[Chopper]

Turquoise

Yeah, this for me. Beautiful.

 

[Ragnorok64]

Man I can never think of the Atomic Purple Gameboy Color without thinking of this video now.

https://youtu.be/4VLKuqQIOPo

 

[Schucky Ducky]

It's this one.

If you didn't have this one you should be ashamed of your words and deeds.

Yep I agree. They even use this one for the Virtual Console.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Definitely the pink one I had.

Spoiler

probably the translucent one

 

[Fallout-with-swords]

Yellow and Green for me, I always had the Yellow gameboy and then gameboy color and my brother green.

 

[SOR5]

1.Purple
2.Green
3.Yellow
4.The Rest

 

[mrk8885]

Atomic purple

 

[Mechanized]

This

Is the best combo.

 

[Vital Tundra]

I had this one.

Haha nerd! ATOMIC PURPLE!

 

[Crankshaft]

See thru purple

 

[Kneefoil]

I'm surprised to see so many atomic purple answers. I always thought grape purple was THE color for GBC.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

/thread

I still want to kick myself in the nuts that I sold it. :/

 

[TimeEffect]

Lime Green and See-Through Purple

 

[Same ol G]

Yellow (I had a yellow one)

 

[jstripes]

/thread

There's no question, really. Transparent plastics defined the era. Any other answer is just personal preference.

 

[Madao]

I'm surprised to see so many atomic purple answers. I always thought grape purple was THE color for GBC.

like the GC, the main color was purple but everyone went for the second color available (atomic purple for GBC and black for GC)

i still got my Atomic Purple GBC somewhere. it still works.

 

[Mirk]

I had this one.

High five. Still have it.

 

[sugarman]

They need to make joycons like this yesterday.

Don't do this to me...

 

[NandoGip]

see-through purple

 

[khaaan]

Turquoise

To me, definitely. The battery compartment cover snapped at the little hook thing so mine was never whole I bought a replacement cover once but it's clear it's not OG.

Still, the translucent purple or opaque purple is probably the most iconic.

Edit:

They used grape color in the GBC VC for 3DS?
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9b/d4/8d/9bd48d2a57364959b0ce5cf6107f792b--pikachu-pokemon.jpg

:O

What the heck, how do you do that!?

 

[ClearMetal]

I had this one.

This one is to me.

I'm surprised to see so many atomic purple answers. I always thought grape purple was THE color for GBC.

These guys know what's up.

I actually thought this was the atomic purple one, so I was all happy to see everybody posting that one. Turns out it's the subpar transparent one.

Spoiler

Nah, I agree. Solid purple is better of course, but I feel the transparent one was used as the standard GBC for commercials and magazine ads.

 

[XandBosch]

Definitely atomic purple, no question. It's the equivalent to the purple Gamecube to me.

 

[TunaLover]

What the heck, how do you do that!?

I though it was Nintendo official one... (?)