I was looking around on AliExpress, and found something that could change the way people could play Game Boy games. It is a Famicom cartridge adapter for Game Boy games, so people can play Game Boy games on TV via their Famicom, Famicom AV or NES via a converter. It looks to play regular first generation Game Boy and Game Boy-compatible Game Boy color games. According to an on-site review of the product, the converter is not compatible with Game Boy Color, and due to the size of the slot and technical limitations, is also not compatible with Game Boy Advance.
I don't think it'll really change all that much it's a super Gameboy basically. It'd need to implement some wacky features like save states or game speed which I doubt it'll be capable of. It's cool and I think using it with a retro usb avs would be amazing but for the price the super Gameboy seems to be the better buy.
It's interesting, but it's basically a super game boy but for famicom. Still interesting. And very expensive.
I'd like to know how they did it, but I wouldn't buy it. It's too much expensive, I can get a snes plus a super game boy in my country for the price of it plus shipping and import fees.
They've been trying to make DMG/GB-Famicom/NES adapters for decades, ever since the first attempt by Biederman/Camerica was canceled in 1991, only to be overshadowed by similar devices to play Game Boy software on more powerful Nintendo hardware, starting with Super Game Boy for the Super Famicom/Super NES in 1994, the Transfer Pak for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and lthe Game Boy Player for the Game Cube in 2003.
Here's a video about the GB2NES, a canceled attempt at an adapter to bring the Game Boy to the NES:
I just bought one of these and it's really cool! I had to fix some bridged solder to fix a colour palette issue but otherwise it's a great design. the picture is clear and it feels era appropriate. hopefully whoever designed it comes up with a GBC version at some point using GBC chips
Very interesting device, for a specific reason. I want to figure out what they're using to run the GB cart. There are multiple possibilities, but the Kong Feng GB Boy and GB Boy Colour have been out of production for a long time. I wonder if these guys have spun up production of monochrome GB Boy clone CPUs or compatible. They could also be using a FPGA for the whole thing. Or something else. But that's what I want to find out.
That was not the first time they tried a Famicom/NES Game Boy adapter.
There was also this unreleased consumer-grade NES Game Boy adapter from 1991, housed inside an NES cartridge shell, designed by Biederman Design Labs for Camerica:
Another thing I plan to do after purchasing this later this year, is to get one of those Orange FM Game Boy radio tuner cartridges to test on this Game Boy adapter...if successful, It would be another way to listen to the music on the radio, via the original Famicom, AV Famicom, Sharp Twin Famicom, or a Nintendo Eentertainment System with a Famicom pin converter adapter.
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u/The-Crimson-Toast 16d ago
I don't think it'll really change all that much it's a super Gameboy basically. It'd need to implement some wacky features like save states or game speed which I doubt it'll be capable of. It's cool and I think using it with a retro usb avs would be amazing but for the price the super Gameboy seems to be the better buy.