Super Game Boy

The Super Game Boy is a plug-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES) and was available in the U.S., Europe and Japan. With it it is possible games for the Game Boy to play with the SNES.

Super Game Boy

The Super Game Boy was released in 1994. In it, a complete Game Boy is integrated, it then passes the video signal to the SNES on. Here, the gray levels of the original image into corresponding color shades were similar to later in the Game Boy Color, converted. In addition, there was also the possibility of adapting over the SNES the color palette shown. The Game Boy game was now to be seen on the TV screen in color and also enlarged. In order to achieve an optimal color reproduction, the colors of the Games could be adjusted. To this end, the players had 52 colors available. Maximum could be represented by the Super Game Boy up to 16 colors simultaneously, more than 4 colors, however, were achieved by specially adapted for the Super Game Boy games.

The actual game was centered on the screen, next to it you could perceive some special features of the SNES. To the actual game image to a frame built up that could be customized or have a look at one of the many predefined box. Some games the Game Boy were later delivered with a Super Game Boy support, which manifested itself in game - specific framework and predefined, possibly alternating colors ( for example, in Pokémon Red and Blue).

Even if the hardware of the Super Game Boy to the Game Boy corresponds to run games on the Super Game Boy faster than on the real Game Boy. This is for the Speedrun Community of importance, because there the Super Game Boy is often used to record speedruns. The hardware of the Super Game Boy represents the game in about 2.4 % faster than is the Game Boy.

The original price was on 6 September 2000 in the U.S. at about $ 59 and Germany at about 99 DM module number is in the European modules SNSP -A- SG ( NOE ). Also in 1994, Nintendo released the More Fun Set. In it, a Super Nintendo, the game Super Mario World and Super Game Boy were pooled. A Game Boy game was not included. The set carries the model number SNSP S CD11 and was sold at launch for 299 DM.

Super Game Boy 2

The 1998's in Japan Super Game Boy 2 is a slightly improved version of the Super Game Boy, which in contrast to the original link port has to be connected with other Game Boys for multiplayer games or not with accessories, such as the Game Boy Printer. In addition, built into the " Super Game Boy 2 " module dual color LEDs. A red light indicates that the module is switched on, a green light indicates the status of the link ports.

The Super Game Boy 2 was sold under the model number SHVC -042, the module itself has the number SHVC - SGB2 - JPN.

WideBoy

Before the Super Game Boy came into the trade, was at Nintendo itself and editors of magazines, had to create the snapshots of the Game Boy games / wanted, worked with a modified Famicom or NES module. This module was a large board, which was equipped with the complete Game Boy hardware, the so-called WideBoy. On the board, a connection was available that allowed a modified Game Boy as a controller to use. With the WideBoy it was possible to display Game Boy games on a TV and abzufotorafieren or load it into a computer, the image with the then usual means. Different versions of the Wideboy were made, for example to color the graph initially only yellow / green shown, so as to get better pictures.

A similar device with the same name was developed around 1998 for Game Boy Color games to display these games on the N64 and grab it from there.

Demo

Before the Super Game Boy came into the trade, it was in stores a demo to get closer to the idea of ​​the Super Game Boy customers. This demo consisted of two components. The player was in a standard electronic enclosures, which can be bought in electronics store installed. This main unit is connected to the TV with an auxiliary device to the Game Boy. The picture on the TV was in black / white and flickered. The auxiliary device is plugged between the Game Boy and the Game. The game was controlled further via the Game Boy. Basically, this demo was just a video grabber for the Game Boy, as the unit offered nothing other than the display of the Game Boys show on the TV.