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Game Boy / Game Boy Color Appreciation Thread

Parallacs said:
I have both a red and blue gameboy camera. When I see them for a dollar I can't pass them up.

Last 4th of july, I went to a festival with the red gameboy and the blue camera to take street photos. It was really fun.
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Pro tip: A Game Boy Light breathes new life into a Camera.
 
GameBoy Cameras are incredibly fun to mess with. Me and a friend used to run a Tumblr with GBCamera shots. We've kind of neglected it for the past couple months, though
 
A while back I was trying to create 3D gameboy camera photos using two of my gameboy cameras on separate gameboys, then converting the pictures to MPO and importing to the 3DS.

I lost motivation pretty fast.
 
Hello friends. Sorry to bump this old thread, if that is frowned upon. I thought it would be better this way. Let me tell you a tale.

Once upon a time I owned a Game Boy Pocket, which I loved very much. It was my first handheld ever, and may yet still be #1 in my heart. Then one sad day, it was stolen along with all the games except Dr Mario, which I wasn't huge on anyway. The end.

So, now I have a 3DS and I'm about ready to drop a mass of cash on some classics, but there are some I never played before. Oh, what to do?

Owned before:
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Block Ball
Kirby's Pinball Land
Kirby's Star Stacker
Wario Land
Tetris

I had others but they aren't on the eshop.

Didn't own before:
Donkey Kong (but played it and enjoyed it)
Metroid II
Super Mario Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Avenging Spirit

I suppose what I'm asking is: Would you recommend NOT getting any of these? If so, let me know why. Also, are some others on the eshop totally awesome? Okay thanks.

Is it weird that I want the original Link's Awakening but NOT the DX version? Nostalgia is what it is, man.
 
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Still have my original GBC. Got it signed by Veronica Taylor, the original English voice of Ash Ketchum.

I wish I still had most of my games. Besides Pokemon, I was completely obsessed with Mario Tennis for the GBC.

Edit: Damn, didn't see how old the bump to this was. That's what I get for making sleepy 1 AM posts.
 
Beast Legacy said:
Still have my original GBC. Got it signed by Veronica Taylor, the original English voice of Ash Ketchum.

I wish I still had most of my games. Besides Pokemon, I was completely obsessed with Mario Tennis for the GBC.

Edit: Damn, didn't see how old the bump to this was. That's what I get for making sleepy 1 AM posts.
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Better off putting it over in the GBA/GB collecting thread. Much more active!

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=512997
 
Dice said:
Hello friends. Sorry to bump this old thread, if that is frowned upon. I thought it would be better this way. Let me tell you a tale.

Once upon a time I owned a Game Boy Pocket, which I loved very much. It was my first handheld ever, and may yet still be #1 in my heart. Then one sad day, it was stolen along with all the games except Dr Mario, which I wasn't huge on anyway. The end.

So, now I have a 3DS and I'm about ready to drop a mass of cash on some classics, but there are some I never played before. Oh, what to do?

Owned before:
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Block Ball
Kirby's Pinball Land
Kirby's Star Stacker
Wario Land
Tetris

I had others but they aren't on the eshop.

Didn't own before:
Donkey Kong (but played it and enjoyed it)
Metroid II
Super Mario Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Avenging Spirit

I suppose what I'm asking is: Would you recommend NOT getting any of these? If so, let me know why. Also, are some others on the eshop totally awesome? Okay thanks.
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All of those games except for Avenging Spirit are great games any Game Boy fan should definitely own, and Avenging Spirit is a decent game certainly worth considering.

Is it weird that I want the original Link's Awakening but NOT the DX version? Nostalgia is what it is, man.
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I like it more too... nostalgia is certainly part of it, but also I'm used to the game in monochrome, and don't like the added costumes that make the game easier. The additional hints in dungeons aren't as big of a deal, but the game was just as good or better without them, too. And the added color dungeon... isn't one of the best.
 
Check this out:

“Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3″ Brings The Classic Entry To The Nintendo Game Boy Color Handheld
http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/201...ntry-to-the-nintendo-game-boy-color-handheld/

This new port of the game comes to us from Deviant Art member “z80artist” (PSC). According to the developer, this version of the game is compatible with both the Game Boy Color as well as the original black & white classic model (as shown above), runs at 60 frames per second, and supports the2 player Super Game Boy. In addition, many of the animations shown on this version run at the same number of FPS as the arcade version. It takes advantage of most of the known hardware tricks, including having over 40 sprites, LYC parallax scrolling, animated backgrounds, flicker effects, background tiles as “sprites”, multiple OAM buffers, and so on and so forth.
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Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoVsvt7luI
 
I wish there were more fans of the Gameboy, I have such fond memories of this little system.

Anyways, came to ask a question about this beast:

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It's a backlit clone that plays GB/GBC games. Anyone have one? I've been looking for a Gameboy Light on eBay and stumbled on this. While not an original, the prospect of having a full backlit Gameboy like this would be awesome.
 
MicroByter said:
I wish there were more fans of the Gameboy, I have such fond memories of this little system.

Anyways, came to ask a question about this beast:

GBBoyColourBlue.jpg


It's a backlit clone that plays GB/GBC games. Anyone have one? I've been looking for a Gameboy Light on eBay and stumbled on this. While not an original, the prospect of having a full backlit Gameboy like this would be awesome.
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I have one, it's worth it for $20 or so but I wouldn't pay what some people are charging now. The aspect ratio isn't right but overall it's a solid system and there's currently no official backlit mods for GBC.
 
Dragoon En Regalia said:
Anybody here get a copy of Jeremy Parish's new Game Boy World 1989 book? I'm curious to know how much more detailed it is vs. the video series and blog.
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Nothing to get too excited about. It's a compilation of the website content with some additional articles and high-res photography.
 
MicroByter said:
Icame to ask a question about this beast:

GBBoyColourBlue.jpg


It's a backlit clone that plays GB/GBC games. Anyone have one? I've been looking for a Gameboy Light on eBay and stumbled on this. While not an original, the prospect of having a full backlit Gameboy like this would be awesome.
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Better than the original GBC! Pair it with an Everdrive GB X-7 and you've got the perfect GB/GBC system.
 
Booter said:
Better than the original GBC! Pair it with an Everdrive GB X-7 and you've got the perfect GB/GBC system.
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No you don't the aspect ratio is off.
Games don't look the same.
I still would pick the sp101 or a modded gba with 101 screen.
 
Spukc said:
No you don't the aspect ratio is off.
Games don't look the same.
I still would pick the sp101 or a modded gba with 101 screen.
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The aspect ratio is wrong but it doesn't bother me - the difference is minor. The backlight is great and the screen quality is high.

Playing GB/GBC games on an SP feels wrong to me, cart sticking out the bottom, screen with black borders. Modded GBA is costly and also has the black borders. I like playing GB/GBC games on hardware that looks like a GB/GBC.
 
Good timing on the necro bump. Bought Modretro Chromatic a couple weeks ago and still haven't opened it. Have a flash cart arriving today and will finally crack it open.

Have spent the last while with a couple Anbernic devices and have pretty much only been playing GB, GBC and GBA games on them. RG40xxv for GB and GBC because it has a wonderful overlay that looks like the original systems. RG34xxsp for GBA exclusively. It's a WONDERFUL GBA device.
 
JohnnyPhats said:
Good timing on the necro bump. Bought Modretro Chromatic a couple weeks ago and still haven't opened it. Have a flash cart arriving today and will finally crack it open.

Have spent the last while with a couple Anbernic devices and have pretty much only been playing GB, GBC and GBA games on them. RG40xxv for GB and GBC because it has a wonderful overlay that looks like the original systems. RG34xxsp for GBA exclusively. It's a WONDERFUL GBA device.
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Which games?
 
electricmastro said:
So is anyone else here enjoying the Game Boy games on NSO
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I never stopped enjoying GB games.
it's probably the first system I ever emulated. and definitely the first one I emulated on a mobile device, as I had an N-Gage in 2003 and had a GB emulator on it on which I played Tetris Attack on the train a lot lol.
 
Can you use Super Game Boy in an emulator? I never tried it.

Ah. I think Retroarch has a Super Game Boy emulator.


You are forgetting this classic.
 
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For some reason, the volume is so damn loud on old video games. Does Retroarch have a master volume?

I found it. I forgot how impressive Game Boy Donkey Kong was. It has some crazy animations for a Game Boy game.
 
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Made a "plan to game" list recently, it will be a blast when im able to play them someday:

GBC:
Pokemon Crystal
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Daikatana
Wario Land 3
Hamtaro

GB:
Pokemon Yellow
Shin Chan 4
Castlevania 1+2
Mystical Ninja starring Goemon
Mystic Quest
The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Kirby's Dream Land
Avenging Spirit
Bonk
Trip World
Noobow
 
I got an atomic purple gameboy color in storage. I need to mod it someday.

I never even heard of Wario Blast.
 
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Krathoon said:
Can you use Super Game Boy in an emulator? I never tried it.
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Krathoon said:
Yes. mGBA does it in Retroarch. Perfect.
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Inanilmaz said:
Made a "plan to game" list recently, it will be a blast when im able to play them someday:

GB:
Pokemon Yellow
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heads up however if you ever want to play Pokemon Yellow.
despite its cover art, Pokemon Yellow is in fact a GameBoy Color game. but it also has Super GameBoy support. the Super GameBoy version has worse colors however, since the SGB is more limited when it comes to color palettes.

so definitely play it in GameBoy Color mode.


the story behind why Yellow has a normal GameBoy cover, while being a GBC game is down to its development.
because the game was in fact a non-Color game in Japan, as the color support was added super late in development and wasn't ready for the japanese launch.
the whole western promo stuff and PR plans were made with it being a non-Color game in mind. this extended to the game boxes as well, as they already printed the boxes with the normal GB spine art.

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kevboard said:
heads up however if you ever want to play Pokemon Yellow.
despite its cover art, Pokemon Yellow is in fact a GameBoy Color game. but it also has Super GameBoy support. the Super GameBoy version has worse colors however, since the SGB is more limited when it comes to color palettes.

so definitely play it in GameBoy Color mode.


the story behind why Yellow has a normal GameBoy cover, while being a GBC game is down to its development.
because the game was in fact a non-Color game in Japan, as the color support was added super late in development and wasn't ready for the japanese launch.
the whole western promo stuff and PR plans were made with it being a non-Color game in mind. this extended to the game boxes as well, as they already printed the boxes with the normal GB spine art.

OIP.NNslSjezYQoziE8Oab09SgHaHb
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Yellow was my first Pokemon game. Have fond memories of that game as a kid.

My Gameboy was stolen sadly but I begged my parents for another.

Went through AA batteries like a fiend.
 
kevboard said:
heads up however if you ever want to play Pokemon Yellow.
despite its cover art, Pokemon Yellow is in fact a GameBoy Color game. but it also has Super GameBoy support. the Super GameBoy version has worse colors however, since the SGB is more limited when it comes to color palettes.

so definitely play it in GameBoy Color mode.


the story behind why Yellow has a normal GameBoy cover, while being a GBC game is down to its development.
because the game was in fact a non-Color game in Japan, as the color support was added super late in development and wasn't ready for the japanese launch.
the whole western promo stuff and PR plans were made with it being a non-Color game in mind. this extended to the game boxes as well, as they already printed the boxes with the normal GB spine art.

OIP.NNslSjezYQoziE8Oab09SgHaHb
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oh, and while talking about weird GameBoy Color games,

anyone who plans to maybe give Conker's Pocket Tales a spin, beware that this is actually sort of 2 games in 1.

it was released as a black GameBoy Color cart, signaling it is GameBoy and GameBoy Color compatible.
BUT what they actually did is make 2 versions of the game that actually are different in some aspects to eachother.
like, in the GBC version you can save at any point, but in the GB version you have specific checkpoints.
level layouts are also different, as well as some puzzles.

so if you run the game in a normal GameBoy you'll play a slightly different game than if you run it on a GameBoy Color.

usually the only difference in black cart GBC games was the actual color, or maybe some bonus content, like in Link's Awakening DX, where the Color dungeon only works on GBC. but in Conker, it's really like playing a completely different port.
 
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kevboard said:
oh, and while talking about weird GameBoy Color games,

anyone who plans to maybe give Conker's Pocket Tales a spin, beware that this is actually sort of 2 games in 1.

it was released as a black GameBoy Color cart, signaling it is GameBoy and GameBoy Color compatible.
BUT what they actually did is make 2 versions of the game that actually are different in some aspects to eachother.
like, in the GBC version you can save at any point, but in the GB version you have specific checkpoints.
level layouts are also different, as well as some puzzles.

so if you run the game in a normal GameBoy you'll play a slightly different game than if you run it on a GameBoy Color.

usually the only difference in black cart GBC games was the actual color, or maybe some bonus content, like in Link's Awakening DX, where the Color dungeon only works on GBC. but in Conker, it's really like playing a completely different port.
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They got Conker's Pocket Tales on the Rare Evercade cart. It is a pretty neat little cart. I also has the Battletoads games. Even the arcade version.
 
Inanilmaz said:
Made a "plan to game" list recently, it will be a blast when im able to play them someday:

GBC:
Pokemon Crystal
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Daikatana
Wario Land 3
Hamtaro

GB:
Pokemon Yellow
Shin Chan 4
Castlevania 1+2
Mystical Ninja starring Goemon
Mystic Quest
The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Kirby's Dream Land
Avenging Spirit
Bonk
Trip World
Noobow
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Wait until you dive into romhacks.
There is so much amazing stuff.

Google pokemon Prism
 
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