Pause your game, then press Select + R. Your game will still be
active, but the Game Boy Advance will be in suspend mode to save
power. Press Select + L to return to normal operations.
Other color schemes for classic Game Boy games may be selected at
the Game Boy Advance logo by pressing the following combinations.
Note: This only affects regular and not color Game Boy games.
Combination Background Color 1 Color 2
None Green, Blue Red Red
Up Brown Brown Brown
Up + A Red Green Blue
Up + B Dark Brown Brown Brown
Left Blue Green Red
Left + A Dark Blue Red Blue
Left + B Green Green Green
Down Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red,
Blue Blue Blue
Down + A Yellow, Red Yellow, Red Yellow, Red
Down + B Yellow Blue Green
Right Green, Red Green, Red Green, Red
Right + A Green, Blue Red Red
Right + B Invert Invert Invert
At the introduction screen after the first sound (swoosh), press Start +
Select. The Nintendo logo should disappear as it makes the Mario pause
sound, and the system will pause. Then press any button after the second
sound (ping) to bring back the Nintendo logo with another sound, and the
game will continue to load. Note: This only works for Game Boy Advance
games. This feature is intended for use when you link to another
multi-player Game Boy Advance game that requires only one cart, without
leaving your system with no game.
Other color schemes may be selected at the Game Boy logo by pressing the
following combinations:
Up: Bright Red
Up + A: Red
Up + B: Dark Red
Down: Pastel
Down + A: Orange
Down + B: Gold
Left: Bright Blue
Left + A: Dark Blue
Left + B: Grey
Right: Bright Green
Right + A: Dark Green
Right + B: Invert Colors
Classic Game Boy game colors 