Change Game Boy Colors in the VBA Emulator

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to change the GameBoy colors on the VisualBoyAdvance emulator.

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   To begin, open the VisualBoyAdvance emulator

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   I have an icon for the emulator on my desktop, but you may have the program saved in a different location.

   

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   Next, load a Game Boy game

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   To do this, go to "File" in the menu across the top of the screen.

   

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   In the drop down menu, select "Open Gameboy"

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   Then, select a game

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   For this tutorial, I will select "Kid Icarus" by double clicking it.

   

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   As you know, the GameBoy did not have color

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   We are able to set colors for the game on the VisualBoy emulator. To set colors, click "Options" in the menu at the top of the screen.

   

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   In the drop down menu, go to "Gameboy"

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   In the expanded menu that appears, select "Colors"

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   "Colors" should be at the bottom of this menu.

   

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   A new window will appear on your screen with three palettes

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   "Default", "User 1", and "User 2". Choose one by clicking on it to place the radio button next to your preferred option.

   

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   Underneath the palette selection area you will see four boxes for the "Background" colors, and four boxes for the "Sprite" colors

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   Click on the boxes to change the colors. For this tutorial, I will click on the box that is currently black.

   

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    A color picker window will open after you click one of these boxes

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    You can use this window to select a new color. I will change the black areas of the background to green. When you have selected a new color, click on "OK".

    

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    I will follow the same procedure to change the white color on the sprite to pink

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    After you have selected all of your new colors, click "OK" on the "Colors" window

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    After clicking, the colors you have selected will change.

    

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Is there a way to keep the colors locked even if you go to new areas in games?

See, I did what you said, and played Pokemon red. Each time I go into a new area, it goes back to the normal colors and I have to change it back manually. I want to know if there is another way to keep the colors instead of having to do it each time I go into a new area. It just changes back to normal each time I visit a new area.

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