Nintendo's $59.99 Super Game Boy Put 524 Enhanced Game Boy Titles on TV
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Updated · shanethegamer.com · Aug 22
Nintendo's $59.99 Super Game Boy Put 524 Enhanced Game Boy Titles on TV
3 articles · Updated · shanethegamer.com · Aug 22
Summary
Launched in 1994, Nintendo’s Super Game Boy let players run standard Game Boy cartridges on an SNES and play them on a television with an SNES controller.
Because the SNES could not emulate Game Boy software, the $59.99 accessory effectively housed Game Boy hardware inside the cartridge and passed its video and audio through the console.
524 games eventually supported some form of enhancement, including color palettes, custom borders and title-specific upgrades such as extra features in Donkey Kong.
A 2.4% speed increase on the original unit slightly altered gameplay and music timing; Nintendo fixed that only in Japan’s 1998 Super Game Boy 2, which also added a link port.
Discontinued in 1998 as Game Boy Color arrived, the device foreshadowed Nintendo’s later hybrid approach and the GameCube-era Game Boy Player.