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44 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

Nintendo didn't even release the GBC until almost ten years after the original came out. In fact, all of the GB's major competitors (Lynx, Game Gear, TurboExpress) had color, and none really came close to challenging the GB's dominance. Heck, all three combined were less than a quarter of the black and white GB's sales.

Yeah but they released the Super Game Boy adapter in 1994 (and also the "Play it Loud" lineup in 1995). GBC came 1998 so it could've still been relevant to pitch how it wasn't just backwards compatible but actually improved the GB gameplay drastically. 

Unless those +3 years had made it obsolete to mention.

2 hours ago, BitsAndGlory said:

I was thinking about this the other day actually. I was super into the Game Boy, despite only have a... Super Game Boy as a kid. But I didn't really dip into GBC much at all. It's been a library that I've been meaning to look into a bit more in the future.

Yes that's interesting aswell, but a slightly broader topic: all the different ways in wich you could have a Game Boy experience. When GBC came along it perfected how GB was played because everything prior to it had issues with shitty visibility. The displays aren't clear to begin with and motions cause blurring so that you can't see what's going on.

But i think nobody cared back then that it perfected GB gameplay. I don't even think Nintendo themselves ever marketed this point.

3 hours ago, ThePhleo said:

Personally,

I just don't see the Game Boy Color as a unique system in the same way that I don't see the PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 4 Pro as unique systems.

Let's just take a look at the launch titles of the Game Boy Color.

1. Centipede
2. Game & Watch Gallery 2
3. Tetris DX
4. Pocket Bomberman

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Yeah, that's NOT a new console.

It's an unique system considering there was no color before and it also had games made for it that wouldn't work backwards. The PS4 Pro is a lot less different than that.

46 minutes ago, FenrirZero said:

I did. In 2017.

Atop of the time I got to experience Dragon Quest the Real at Universal Studios Japan and eating at Luida's Bar (which is a Dragon Quest themed place)... I managed to complete the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and nearly all of the Game Boy Advance portions of the Dragon Quest library. All CIB, with one instance where I used eBay to purchase a CIB-based upgrade for one of the two Dragon Quest Monsters boxes I bought at Mandarake.

But my experience here is that people who have a genuine interest in either a console or franchise tend to be either overlooked or ignored. Which is why I am going the PS5 route this time around.

That's great man. I had the GBC growing up altough not that many games. But then again it came much later than the original GB and people weren't running around with full game libraries like they do today so my experiences with GBC are much slimmer.

However i do remember using it as my go-to system for the GB games after a while so there's also an impact left from that angle. I prefer it over the GBA ergonomics.

4 hours ago, Sumez said:

I'd say because it didn't even manage to exist for three years before it was replaced entirely by the GBA. I'm not sure I have ever even seen a GBC myself.
The most notable games for the platform even have GBA-exclusive features, so I'm sure most people just played GBC games on that.

In general I'd say the GBC was too little, too late. Everyone were shouting for a color screen version of the Game Boy in the early 90s when all its competitors had it, and even when the GB was new, the monochrome screen felt like a massive restriction for the platform, despite allowing more generous battery life.
When the GBC finally did come in late 1998, consoles were already in the late stage fifth generation, and a modified version of the original GB hardware seemed kinda low effort.

I think it's interesting though, due to how different the release landscape was for the GB school of handhelds in the end of the 90s compared to the threshold of the decade, where it was primarily the dumping ground for low-budget lesser versions of NES games. Releasing a Game Boy game between 1999 and 2001 sure demanded some amount of creativity and embrace of the severely limited hardware, and if it weren't for Pokemon, the GB brand would probably never have been revived in the first place. There's a bunch of really interesting titles on the GBC, but also a ton of shovelware you gotta wonder why exists.

That might've been what sacked it's potential: the fact that it came too late for the stage technology was at. They probably concluded that they're losing out on larger profits by not releasing the GBA.

Judging it on it's own i think the system does have it's merits just like both NES and SNES do even though one performs much better. There is a place for simple games in color - with the GBA the games would already be more advanced on top of that.

GBC doesn't seem to have made a big impact on the gaming landscape. Not many people know about any platform-defining games on it and when reviewers have made a "top X" or "gems" list it tends to be for something else instead like the GBA. Nobody seems to have picked up any GBC either on their gamehunting trip etc.

It's like one of these weird transitional periods towards something else.

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41 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

No, the two Famicom models are like the NES toploader, straight input pin connector for the cartridge.

In fact, I can't think of any clone that uses Famicom carts that doesn't have that type of connector. Admittedly, I don't know everything that's out there.

Alright so in that case his issue wouldn't apply.

45 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

I only use clones (Micro Genius) and a CRT. Just don't buy poorly made modern ones.

There might be good ones i don't know but i still wouldn't bother with it when i could have an OG. Does Famicom even have the issue that he's talking about? Because the pitch was NES's flakiness.

The way i see it if you're already bothering using a CRT then you should use a real console. Otherwise might aswell not bother at all and just play through some e-shop, emulator or HDMI adapted console and be done with it.

A clone just seems like the worst of both worlds.

On 2/15/2023 at 11:23 AM, Sumez said:

I've heard of the Summer Vacation games, but never tried them. Is it an Animal Crossing-like affair or what are we talking about?

It also seems like this one happens to be based on some cartoon show, but I can't figure out if it's a kiddie cartoon, or if it's something intended for older audiences, just made with a kiddie-style look.

It's in the vein of South Park with profanity, toilet humour and whatnot. Altough since it's Japanese natively the cultural context is adjusted on the English dub in order for it to make better sense.

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These days i don't even remember all the versions i've played anymore or if/how they differed. Used to have it on my Sony Ericsson phone that had a round button so you could rotate the ship that way and remember having a blast.

It's in the dynamic between dodging the big rocks while compartmentalizing others into smaller pieces - altough not too many simultaneously. Preferrably eliminating just one at a time if possible.

Yes very content. I have both a lot of things and also a lot of it is rare at that. 

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On 2/1/2023 at 5:12 AM, oops said:

Vidpros, display boxes, anything snes related! hit me up

I have the Club Nintendo sign with Super Mario flying on Yoshi altough technically not a SNES sign.

Never heard of anyone wanting to reduce his own original item to a pirated one. Since it's not even done in the name of restoration.

It makes no sense at all.

Taking bribes

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I wonder how he feels about the digital future of probably all games. Does it matter that what he does "dies" in a way, the continuity/institution of it? Or is it fine with what's out already.

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