This is similar to how the Super Game Boy can bring out certain features of certain Game Boy and a Game Boy Color games that cannot otherwise be used. A timer can also be implemented.Ĭertain titles have a rumble feature that can only be triggered by playing the game with a standard GameCube controller. It is possible to configure the size of the border, the background of which can be changed to a number of different patterns. Because the dimensions of a Game Boy screen does not match up with most television screens, a border is necessary. The Game Boy Player allows for a small amount of customization for playing Game Boy games. By pressing the button on the GameCube controller, an options menu appears, but the game does not stop. Players may play with a standard GameCube controller or use a Game Boy Advance that is hooked up to the GameCube with a link cable.
It comes with a special start-up disc that must be inserted into the GameCube before any Game Boy games can be played.
The Game Boy Player hooks up to the GameCube by being inserted underneath it. In Japan, a variety of colors for the Game Boy Player have been released much more evenly. In most regions, black Game Boy Players were shipped far more than any other color, such as indigo and platinum colors that the GameCube itself had. It is the successor to the Super Game Boy. It also has a link port for linking up to other Game Boy systems and accessories. As the name implies, it can be used for playing Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games. This image also appears on the back of the sleeve containing the plastic box for the disc and all ads for the GBP.The Game Boy Player is an accessory for the Nintendo GameCube.Like the Super Game Boy, the Game Boy Player has a Metroid-themed packaging, depicting a scene from Metroid Fusion, where Samus Aran approaches a Fake Chozo Statue.Metroid cameos playable through Game Boy Player add-on Metroid (Classic NES Series) (Also unlockable in Metroid: Zero Mission).Metroid games playable through Game Boy Player add-on Change Cartridge: stops the game so cartridges can be swapped safely, without having to turn the GameCube off (it is best to save game data before doing so).Timer: set an alarm for one to sixty minutes.Can be set to "sharp" (no blurring), "normal" (some blurring), or "soft" (more blurring). Screen: controls a motion blur effect to reduce potential flicker from programming tricks designed for a GBA screen.Controller: switches between the two controller mappings.
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Size: changes the size that the GBA screen takes up on the TV (Normal is about 80% and appears sharper on some sets, while Full enlarges the image to the left and right edges of the TV).Super Game Boy borders are not supported. Frame: changes the colored border around the game "screen" to one of twenty different patterns.2.1 Metroid cameos playable through Game Boy Player add-on.2 Metroid games playable through Game Boy Player add-on.The hardware is about an inch thick and otherwise the same dimensions as the GCN and is available in Indigo, Black, Spice, or Platinum colors in Japan Black in North America and Europe, and Black and Indigo in Australia. The device also supports the ability to use a Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable to use a GBA or GBA SP for a controller, as well as a link slot on the hardware for games that use it. Several GBA games gain a rumble feature when played this way. The Game Boy Player requires use of the Game Boy Player Start-Up Disc to access the hardware. It uses physical hardware nearly identical to that of a Game Boy Advance, and connects via the high speed parallel port at the bottom of the GameCube that acts as a base with a frontal slot for inserting game cartridges. The Game Boy Player ( ゲームボーイプレーヤー, Gēmu Bōi Purēyā ?) (DOL-017) is a device made by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube which enables Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance cartridges to be played on a television.
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