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* Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The {{w|Super Game Boy}} allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}, with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The {{w|Transfer Pak}} allowed certain [[Nintendo 64]] games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories. | * Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The {{w|Super Game Boy}} allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}, with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The {{w|Transfer Pak}} allowed certain [[Nintendo 64]] games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories. | ||
*Almost the ''entire'' Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64]]''. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]], and playing a secret message from [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. | *Almost the ''entire'' Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64]]''. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]], and playing a secret message from [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. | ||
*Super Mario Bros. wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's [https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Deluxe | *Super Mario Bros. wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's [https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Deluxe Super Mario Bros. Deluxe] on the Game Boy Color, with the Super Mario Land games taking its place with different antagonists than Bowser. | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]] | [[Category:Generation 1 technology]] | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 9 June 2023
The Game Boy and its successors, the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance, are hand held gaming systems developed by Nintendo. They are not known for their security systems.
The Game Boy series was succeeded by the Nintendo DS.
Fiction
Revenge of the Fallen film
Former Agent Simmons compared The Real Effing Deal's level of security to a Game Boy's. Ouch. Revenge of the Fallen
Win If You Dare
Mateo Cruz owned a Game Boy, and Bumblebee was seen playing with it. Win If You Dare
Rise of the Beasts film
Kris was playing Super Mario Bros. on a Game Boy in 1994 and was unable to get past Bowser. Rise of the Beasts
Games
Notes
- Many accessories were released for the Game Boy, including the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Game Link Cable|{{#if:||Game Link Cable}}]], which could be used to connect two Game Boys for multiplayer battles, and the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Game Boy Printer|{{#if:||Game Boy Printer}}]], which allowed special images from supported games to be printed onto thermal paper. Duel Fight Beast Wars supported both of these accessories, notably being one of only around 50 or so games to support the latter.
- Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Super Game Boy|{{#if:||Super Game Boy}}]] allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Super Nintendo Entertainment System|{{#if:||Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}]], with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Transfer Pak|{{#if:||Transfer Pak}}]] allowed certain Nintendo 64 games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, Duel Fight Beast Wars was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories.
- Almost the entire Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from Megatron. Duel Fight Beast Wars is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking Megatron X, and playing a secret message from Optimus Primal.
- Super Mario Bros. wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on the Game Boy Color, with the Super Mario Land games taking its place with different antagonists than Bowser.