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Like putting an Xbox disc inside a PS2, few have tempted fate and put a color portable game into a monochromatic portable. However some brave souls looked into the abyss and pulled out over a thousand of warning screens informing you to go buy new hardware. While many are just blank text on screen, some are more clever and detailed. Yes, SNK vs. Capcom for NGP does have the best ones. ENJOY. Mega pic from HG101.

 

[A-V-B]

I like the ones where the characters look really disheartened. That's how a little kid would've felt popping a color game into their B&W game boy.

 

[linko9]

Doing God's work.

Impressive the amount of work that was put into some of these, considering almost no one would ever see them.

edit: damn those SNK vs. Capcom ones on NGP are elaborate!

 

[low-G]

Holy shit, I never imagined even ONE of these existed. That is incredible.

 

[Stabby McSter]

i love how pissed snoopy is

 

[DrFunk]

The art in some of these is incredible

 

[SoulUnison]

This reminds me of putting the Skies of Arcadia disc in a CD player and hearing the characters tell you to put them back in a Dreamcast so they can "do their job."

 

[Mechazawa]

I actually wasn't even aware that GBC games weren't usable on the color-less platforms.

 

[udivision]

I just realized how old SpongeBob is...

 

[Rikhard13]

How can you get that pokémon crystal message? Isnt the cartridge different ??

 

[@MUWANdo]

I actually wasn't even aware that GBC games weren't usable on the color-less platforms.

Black cartridges worked on both systems, transparent cartridges were GBC-only.

 

[DarkLegion]

So plain

 

[blame space]

but i thought you couldn't even turn the regular gameboys on because the cartridges didn't have that notch cut out?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

but i thought you couldn't even turn the regular gameboys on because the cartridges didn't have that notch cut out?

Yeah, did the Gameboy Pocket have this?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

This is awesome

 

[oimori]

How can you get that pokémon crystal message? Isnt the cartridge different ??

iirc crystal was color only cartridge while gold and silver worked on both GB and GBC, which was thinner than crystal.

edit: or you assume crystal's cartridge wouldn't fit old GB?

 

[Kade]

This is really cool.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

I miss extra stuff like this with games. Like putting a psx game in a CD player and getting some of the soundtrack.

 

[Omnii-chan]

Oh wow what. I never looked into Gameboy much, it was a Pokemon/ Tetris machine for me growing up.

I thought all Gameboy original and color games worked on either. If you just put a color game in original it wouldn't display color. Well I'll be damned, lucky I didn't try that as a kid. I only had an original for a long time.

 

[Rikhard13]

iirc crystal was color only cartridge while gold and silver worked on both GB and GBC, which was thinner than crystal.

edit: or you assume crystal's cartridge wouldn't fit old GB?

You do remember correctly but gold and silver worked fine on regular Gameboy. That message is from crystal as it says on unknowns . But my crystal cartridge wouldn't fit on my game boy pocket so how can people get that message? Are there different cartridges in different regions? Is game boy brick slot different from the pocket ?

 

[Platy]

Some of those they really exceeded themselves !

 

[Dark Orchid]

You do remember correctly but gold and silver worked fine on regular Gameboy. That message is from crystal as it says on unknowns . But my crystal cartridge wouldn't fit on my game boy pocket so how can people get that message? Are there different cartridges in different regions? Is game boy brick slot different from the pocket ?

Here's one way. I assume it also works on the Super Game Boy. You can also perform the Coin Case glitch to see the screen on a GBC or higher, the game crashes and doesn't reboot properly so it assumes it's on a GB Pocket or lower.

 

[Noobcraft]

I love things like this. I remember putting an Xbox disc in a PS2 for fun and having it do the whole Xbox whoosh thing before saying the disc could not be read.

https://youtu.be/0gQJJMsPl6Q

 

[itschris]

For those wondering how you could put a GBC game in a Game Boy, the Game Boy Pocket didn't have the switch that goes over the cartridge notch like the original Game Boy did:

 

[whitehawk]

i like this one

 

[blame space]

i must have played thousands of hours on a GBC and before seeing that picture i would have sworn it had the same mechanical notch as the original gameboy had.

 

[mullet2000]

O..Oh...

 

[ReyVGM]

Thanks OP, I wanted to make the thread on my own, but I was juniored.

The mega pic is from my forum post on HG101's site, but more people saw it from HG101's tweet.

I'm the poor soul that did that project.

Doing God's work.

Thanks. It took a while too.

 

[Dreamwriter]

Oh wow what. I never looked into Gameboy much, it was a Pokemon/ Tetris machine for me growing up.

I thought all Gameboy original and color games worked on either. If you just put a color game in original it wouldn't display color. Well I'll be damned, lucky I didn't try that as a kid. I only had an original for a long time.

Yeah, it's because the Gameboy Color had a special GBC-only mode that ran at double speed, gave the game more memory to play with, and had other little improvements. GBC-only games came in translucent clear cases.

 

[Dimmle]

The Monster Rancher one is great. I did this myself with Super Mario Bros. DX as a kid.

 

[Dimmle]

Yeah, it's because the Gameboy Color had a special GBC-only mode that ran at double speed, gave the game more memory to play with, and had other little improvements. GBC-only games came in translucent clear cases.

I never knew this! Video games as a medium are sort of lacking in portable historians.

 

[Drain You]

Slightly off topic, but I remember going to Toys R Us when Ps2 first came out with Twisted Metal Black and not understanding why it wouldn't work in my PS1. I knew the Ps2 played Ps1 games so OBVIOUSLY it worked both ways righttttt? I was so disappointed when the guy at the store explained to me it didn't work that way. Looking back on it now it seems do dumb of me, but I was quite young.

 

[Gen X]

That Planet of the Apes one is the GOAT. Looks like he's yelling at the user for being so ignoramus. Lol.

 

[xzeldax3]

O..Oh...

That is horrible

 

[Rikhard13]

Here's one way. I assume it also works on the Super Game Boy. You can also perform the Coin Case glitch to see the screen on a GBC or higher, the game crashes and doesn't reboot properly so it assumes it's on a GB Pocket or lower.

For those wondering how you could put a GBC game in a Game Boy, the Game Boy Pocket didn't have the switch that goes over the cartridge notch like the original Game Boy did:

You guys are right. My bad. Crystal actually fits on the GB Pocket. I thought it didn't.

 

[pa22word]

That planet of the apes one could have been really amazing if they just did the ending of the first movie shopped a GBC in for the Statue of Liberty.

 

[CAR105 3]

O..Oh...

Lol, this is the besf one for me.

 

[Jamie OD]

but i thought you couldn't even turn the regular gameboys on because the cartridges didn't have that notch cut out?

You could also get the messages on the Super Game Boy add-on for Super Nintendo. That thing didn't do anything to the notch so you could switch it on with a GBC game inside.

 

[HStallion]

Its weird what things trigger that feeling of nostalgia. I don't think I ever encountered one of these screens or at least don't remember so but damn if I didn't love me some Gameboy. Fuck Game Gear though, that thing ate batteries like a blue whale eats plankton.

 

[wrowa]

That's great. I always thought you'd only get a generic message, didn't know some developers actually put quite a bit of effort into this. Really cool.

 

[Shadowheart]

O..Oh...

Fame and wealth has changed Pong. It used to be cool, now it's prick!

 

[Kilrogg]

I'm not sure how exactly, but I think this one could get some mileage on GAF.

Maybe for games not living up to the hype? Games being canceled for specific systems?

[EDIT] Damn, apparently there are ports of Heroes of Might Magic I and II on the GBC? That system had it all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1BzijP2gE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZHb3N-69Y

 

[StayDead]

Holy shit, I never imagined even ONE of these existed. That is incredible.

Same for me. I didn't even know games did this o_o

 

[FyreWulff]

You could also get the messages on the Super Game Boy add-on for Super Nintendo. That thing didn't do anything to the notch so you could switch it on with a GBC game inside.

Also, every regular Game Boy game up until the last release in the 2000s released after the Super Game Boy all supported having custom SGB borders. Well past the SNES's peak.

Also also, Space Invaders for Game Boy supports playing an actual SNES version of Space Invaders via the Super Game Boy.

Slightly off topic, but I remember going to Toys R Us when Ps2 first came out with Twisted Metal Black and not understanding why it wouldn't work in my PS1. I knew the Ps2 played Ps1 games so OBVIOUSLY it worked both ways righttttt? I was so disappointed when the guy at the store explained to me it didn't work that way. Looking back on it now it seems do dumb of me, but I was quite young.

Also as trivia, in the modern disc based console era I think only the Burger King promotional games have native cross gen versions of the game on one disc. It had both original Xbox and the 360 native versions on the same disc for each game.

Nintendo has had at least one game in each handheld have cross-gen features, though.

GB->GBC: Pokemon Gold and Silver.
GBC->GBA: Oracles Advance Shop, Pokemon trading between GB era and GBA era via link cable
GBA->DS: Pokemon * transferring
DS->3DS: Pokemon DS games support using WPA/WPA2 via your saved connections when in a 3DS, and use WEP on an original DS.

 

[Dark Orchid]

Most surprising thing for me was that there were 4 DDR games for the GBC. I understand you can still control the game without a dance pad, but it seems weird that they would release 4 of them within an 8 month span without actually checking if people wanted it for that system. I guess some people bought the first one?

 

[celsowmbr]

 

[Shiggy]

DS->3DS: Pokemon DS games support using WPA/WPA2 via your saved connections when in a 3DS, and use WEP on an original DS.

Isn't that a DSi feature?

 

[stan423321]

Same for me. I didn't even know games did this o_o

I guess browsing through sloppily programmed games with tile editor has some advantages, heh.

 

[FyreWulff]

Isn't that a DSi feature?

forgot about that. what a waste of a console refresh.

 

[Rolodzeo]

Loving them! Some are really cute :3