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Questions tagged [game-boy]

an 8-bit handheld game console by Nintendo that has set the standard for all handheld consoles to follow. Use this tag for questions about the game-boy hardware and peripherals specifically.

The Game Boy is Nintendo's first programable handheld console (prior handheld games were dedicated LCD units only playing one game) that has set the standard for all handheld consoles to follow.

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Why does the original Game Boy support four shades of grey?

Why does the Game Boy specifically support four shades of grey, why not three or five? Is there something about the hardware that made four colours optimal? Was there a precedent to using four shades of grey in computer graphics before the Game Boy,…
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Does the original Game Boy game "Tetris" have a battery memory inside the cartridge?

When I was a kid, I traded my NES for a Game Boy with a sketchy kid in school. He essentially scammed me into believing that I was gonna get tons of games, but when we got home to my house, he just pulled up two pirate cartridges from China, each…
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Why does my Pokémon Gold cartridge seem to forget saved gameplay?

I recently bought a copy of Pokémon gold version at a car boot sale. I played it for a while but then I had to stop, so I saved and then turned the game boy off, and took the game out. The next day when I put it back in my Game Boy and switched it…
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Will I definitely lose my save state while replacing the battery?

Most Game Boy games (and by that I mean the pre-Advance time) are saved into the cardridge and powered by a battery so that this memory will not vanish. In a future, far far away, the battery empties, which will lead to a loss of the save state as…
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Is Lemmings on Game Boy actually completable?

Feeling nostalgic, I decided to dig out my old copy of Lemmings on Game Boy. However, I soon remembered why I never completed the Mayhem section - level 4 appears to be completely impossible due to a bug in the game. The full layout is the same as…
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How do I get the space shuttle launch in Game Boy Tetris?

I've been playing Tetris on the virtual Game Boy console on my Nintendo Switch. As a kid, with an actual Game Boy, I remember getting to see a space shuttle launch after doing well enough on an A-Type game. This Gamespot forum guide claims that this…
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What sort of hardware was used to transfer Mew at Pokemon Red & Blue worldwide events?

Many years ago when Pokemon Red / Blue was immensely popular, I attended a Pokemon tour in Melbourne. For attending you got a showbag with a Pikachu trading card (with a gold logo stamped in the top right corner), a book with Episode 1 of the TV…
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Can the original Gameboy be played with an AC/DC adapter?

I recently found a discussion on Twitter where a user claims to have bought a power adapter for her Gameboy, and many people criticizing her because the Gameboy used AA batteries. Now, I'm too young to have used the console (my first console was a…
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Can Game Boy games be played on the Game Boy Color?

I tried putting a Game Boy Game in my Game Boy Color, and it fits, but I'm not sure whether my GBC is broken. Will this work?
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How do you clear the saved-games, high-scores, etc. from (some GameBoy) cartridges?

I bought a used copy of some games and cannot figure out how to clear some of the saved-game data from them. With Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga (GBA), I can clear the main game “files”, but cannot find an option to delete the high-score of the…
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Does any game make use of the Game Boy Serial Data Pin?

On the original Game Boy (DMG) or the color version (CGB) is the Serial Data pin ever used by a retail game? It is a middle pin on the link port.
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How to back up and restore game saves in cartridges for the original Game Boy, Color and Advance?

I would prefer to work with my GBA and Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard, but I've also got a GBC and a Windows XP machine hanging around.
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How long does original Game Boy battery backed memory last?

I have a Nintendo Game Boy Pocket (which plays original monochrome Game Boy games and is probably not capable of playing Game Boy Advance or similar "advanced" cartridges.) At any rate it is the original Game Boy system, released in 1989 by Nintendo…
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Game Boy Player with Wii

I used to play GBA games at home with the Game Boy Player accessory for the Nintendo Gamecube. It connects to the bottom of the GameCube, adding a base to it. Is there any way that it could be connected to the Nintendo Wii?
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What are games for GameBoy Color known as?

I want to know if the games for GameBoy Color are considered to be 16-bit games? If not, what category do they fall under?
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