coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I bought this GBA prototype back in September. It was listed as "The Bible," and I assumed it was The Bible Game (official US GBA release). Turns out this is actually an unreleased (as far as I can tell) "game" that is a full Bible text. It's not quite finalized because the bookmark feature doesn't seem to work. I was able to find online that this was slated for a 2006 release, but I haven't seen any cartridges to prove that a release actually happened. I found a stock photo of UK box art and a release date that is probably incorrect (planned but not executed). If you find anything on this, please let me know, thanks :) 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I don't have any info on this, but it's really cool! It reminds be of around 2006 when we had PDAs (personal digital assistants) that had apps like this. It was new to have a small device with the Bible and calendar/organizing software before smart phones. My PDA was actually the first thing I used WiFi on! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 This is pretty cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreakofkorn | 304 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Thats not an everyday item . Esp for these gaming hand held s . Pretty have to admit . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Very cool. Where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: Very cool. Where did you find it? eBay item number 373246524903 back on 9/30/20 The seller had a few prototypes in the 200-300 range iirc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just now, coffeewithmrsaturn said: eBay item number 373246524903 back on 9/30/20 The seller had a few prototypes in the 200-300 range iirc Wow! Nice find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 1,010 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,199 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 That's really neat to see and I definitely would have wanted to pick it up myself. Crave also used the WEB version, which was a new translation started around 2000 or so. It was intended to be a collaborative, continual translation. The idea being, scholars would agree on translations and over time as older texts were found, minor variations and such that could affect little details would be integrated into the translation. I had a professor, I think, who was part of the project. Anyway, since it was a collaborative scholar-based translation it was 100% free use. So, Crave went with the cheapest option. This could have been an easy piece of software to churn out since no licensing would have been required. I'm to lazy to look up a time table but was the GBA mostly-dead in 2006/7, and killed by the DS? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 @RHthat's good info, thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,199 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Actually... My info is wrong. (Crap!) They used the WEB Bible, which is different. I was thinking of the NET Bible. WEB/NET, NET/WEB it was all the same around 2000. #FAIL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,856 Graphics Team · Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 This is really neat! I'm shocked that the copyright-screen says "Licensed by Nintendo" considering they've always shied away from releasing any religiously-affiliated software in the West. Do you think Crave Entertainment actually secured that license or was the text put there prematurely (since this is a prototype, after all)? -CasualCart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,110 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well there was the Bible Game on Nintendo too with the GBA release (along with PS2/XB) around 2001 or 2002. I remember it on the floor at E3, had it's own little setup for people to check out, so Nintendo by then had precedent set to license religious gaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,149 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Sorry for the necrobump. I already commented on this over on Instagram. Putting it out there again, if you ever decide to sell this, keep me in mind. My theory is this was an exploratory project to try making something functional on a GBA cart and they decided to make a simple Bible app to try it. Probably never intended to be released to the public. I imagine it could have been something they built while they were working on The Bible Game. My guess as to why it says Licensed by Nintendo is someone just put that text there to mimic how it would look for a licensed game. Anyway, this is just my theory. No idea how it would have gotten into the secondhand market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 @MiamiSlice I'm sorry to tell you this, and it's very weird timing, but I actually just sold this today for a strong offer. Who are you on instagram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,149 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, coffeewithmrsaturn said: @MiamiSlice I'm sorry to tell you this, and it's very weird timing, but I actually just sold this today for a strong offer. Who are you on instagram? "chillcollector" Out of curiosity I'd love to hear what it sold for, but if you don't want to tell me that's fine too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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