Game Boy Player (Gamecube) -- $9.99
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[quote name='wEEman33']http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/gamecube-game-boy-player/25425
Not available online, but do a store search and see what you can find locally. I picked one up yesterday.
Price drops to $8.99 if you are a Powerup member.[/QUOTE]
The only reason to own a GameCube. Make sure to get the boot disk if you pick one up, otherwise it is worthless.
Not available online, but do a store search and see what you can find locally. I picked one up yesterday.
Price drops to $8.99 if you are a Powerup member.[/QUOTE]
The only reason to own a GameCube. Make sure to get the boot disk if you pick one up, otherwise it is worthless.
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My most beloved Nintendo accessory ever. Love playing gameboy titles on the big screen, makes keeping the Gamecube worthwhile (since the Wii is backwards, actually the only reason I still keep that cube.)
A few sweet things for GameCube fans...
A) If you have multiple GameCubes, multiple Game Boy Players are great for multi-player (or Four Swords/Final Fantasy stuff). One neat thing is that you can get by with one Boot Disc on multiple machines by swapping it out after each one boots up. The individual units never need the disc after booting.
B) GameCube + Game Boy Player + Component Cables = Awesome.
C) Don't forget, Game Boy Players work with all Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games (with very few exceptions). Far cheaper than a 3DS and Virtual Console titles.
A) If you have multiple GameCubes, multiple Game Boy Players are great for multi-player (or Four Swords/Final Fantasy stuff). One neat thing is that you can get by with one Boot Disc on multiple machines by swapping it out after each one boots up. The individual units never need the disc after booting.
B) GameCube + Game Boy Player + Component Cables = Awesome.
C) Don't forget, Game Boy Players work with all Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games (with very few exceptions). Far cheaper than a 3DS and Virtual Console titles.
Yep, I was bummed that the Super Game Boy (SNES) didn't support Game Boy Color games like Metal Gear Solid.
The main reason I got this was to play GBA and GBC games.
Also, Gamecube has component out. But finding component cables for it is a pain (they go for almost $100).
The main reason I got this was to play GBA and GBC games.
Also, Gamecube has component out. But finding component cables for it is a pain (they go for almost $100).
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Been this price for at least two years when I picked mine up.
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This would have been perfect in 2006 when I still had my Gamecube and lots of GBA games lol.
[quote name='UncleBob']A few sweet things for GameCube fans...
A) If you have multiple GameCubes, multiple Game Boy Players are great for multi-player (or Four Swords/Final Fantasy stuff). One neat thing is that you can get by with one Boot Disc on multiple machines by swapping it out after each one boots up. The individual units never need the disc after booting.[/QUOTE]
Hey, that never even occurred to me! And I have an extra Gamecube lying around, too.
A) If you have multiple GameCubes, multiple Game Boy Players are great for multi-player (or Four Swords/Final Fantasy stuff). One neat thing is that you can get by with one Boot Disc on multiple machines by swapping it out after each one boots up. The individual units never need the disc after booting.
[/QUOTE]Hey, that never even occurred to me! And I have an extra Gamecube lying around, too.
[quote name='anandxxx']Hey, that never even occurred to me! And I have an extra Gamecube lying around, too.[/QUOTE]
Yep, the Game Boy Player is compatible with the e-Reader and Gamecube-to-GBA cable as well. There are a number of unholy things you can do with the right cables, GBAs, Game Boy Player-equipped 'Cubes, and a Wii.
Yep, the Game Boy Player is compatible with the e-Reader and Gamecube-to-GBA cable as well. There are a number of unholy things you can do with the right cables, GBAs, Game Boy Player-equipped 'Cubes, and a Wii.
[quote name='GDKN-403']Yep, the Game Boy Player is compatible with the e-Reader and Gamecube-to-GBA cable as well. There are a number of unholy things you can do with the right cables, GBAs, Game Boy Player-equipped 'Cubes, and a Wii.[/QUOTE]
Do tell of these unholy things, I'm curious
Do tell of these unholy things, I'm curious
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Jyoung is awful across multiple forums. Awesome.
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[quote name='GDKN-403'] There are a number of unholy things you can do with the right cables, GBAs, Game Boy Player-equipped 'Cubes, and a Wii.[/QUOTE]
I lol'd.
I lol'd.
[quote name='sciafb']Do tell of these unholy things, I'm curious[/QUOTE]
You can link up 4 Gamecubes to each other as GBAs, or link four Gamecubes to another Gamecube or a Wii as GBAs, or any combination of Gamecubes and GBAs together or to a Wii or another Gamecube as GBAs. Also, the Game Boy Player and some Gamecube games let you use the Game Boy Advance as a controller when connected with a GBA-GCN link cable, so it may (just may, have not tested it) be possible to link a GBA to a Gamecube with said cable, and run the Game Boy Player on that Gamecube, then connect that Game Boy Player to a Wii with a second GBA-GCN cable. You could theoretically have four people playing Crystal Chronicles all using GBAs as controllers for their Game Boy Players, all hooked into a Wii. For all I know, you might even be able to use a GBA as a controller for a Game Boy Player, which is being used as a controller for another Game Boy Player, though it's likely that this silliness at least was anticipated, or the signal just plain doesn't carry across that many connections.
Furthermore, the Game Boy Player reads input from any controller port, so you could have sixteen people with each one assigned to different buttons playing Crystal Chronicles. If you're, you know, insane. I do like using this functionality to play the two-player-single-system GBA games, though, like the minigames in Warioware and the two player mode in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo.
I don't even want to try and describe the possibilities of running a 16 player Faceball 2000 Game Boy version death match with Game Boy Players, Super Game Boy 2s, and various models of Game Boy all together. Actually, I think old Game Boy link cables may not work at all with GBA systems, even when just playing Game Boy games, so this may be dead in the water, but a man can dream.
You can link up 4 Gamecubes to each other as GBAs, or link four Gamecubes to another Gamecube or a Wii as GBAs, or any combination of Gamecubes and GBAs together or to a Wii or another Gamecube as GBAs. Also, the Game Boy Player and some Gamecube games let you use the Game Boy Advance as a controller when connected with a GBA-GCN link cable, so it may (just may, have not tested it) be possible to link a GBA to a Gamecube with said cable, and run the Game Boy Player on that Gamecube, then connect that Game Boy Player to a Wii with a second GBA-GCN cable. You could theoretically have four people playing Crystal Chronicles all using GBAs as controllers for their Game Boy Players, all hooked into a Wii. For all I know, you might even be able to use a GBA as a controller for a Game Boy Player, which is being used as a controller for another Game Boy Player, though it's likely that this silliness at least was anticipated, or the signal just plain doesn't carry across that many connections.
Furthermore, the Game Boy Player reads input from any controller port, so you could have sixteen people with each one assigned to different buttons playing Crystal Chronicles. If you're, you know, insane. I do like using this functionality to play the two-player-single-system GBA games, though, like the minigames in Warioware and the two player mode in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo.
I don't even want to try and describe the possibilities of running a 16 player Faceball 2000 Game Boy version death match with Game Boy Players, Super Game Boy 2s, and various models of Game Boy all together. Actually, I think old Game Boy link cables may not work at all with GBA systems, even when just playing Game Boy games, so this may be dead in the water, but a man can dream.
[quote name='GDKN-403']For all I know, you might even be able to use a GBA as a controller for a Game Boy Player, which is being used as a controller for another Game Boy Player, though it's likely that this silliness at least was anticipated, or the signal just plain doesn't carry across that many connections.[/quote]
It works.
Sadly, this isn't as awesome as some of the Super Game Boy compatible games. They actually allowed you to play true two-player mode games. Street Fighter II comes to mind.
It works.
This set up is pretty complicated - it requires (obviously) 16 of the various Game Boy units (Super Game Boy 1 and Game Boy micro don't work, of course), 16 copies of FaceBall 2000 and 16 Official Nintendo GBA Link cables (others may work, but I know many do not). If you have any non-GBA units, you have to modify the cables so that they'll fit into the older units. For anything besides the brick, you can do this by shaving the black tab off the gray end of the GBA Link cable - however, this makes the cable very loose in the Game Boy Light/Pocket/Color or GBA. I suggest splicing an end from a Game Boy Light/Pocket/Color compatible link cable (Troz here on the forums did mine) onto the GRAY (very important) end of the GBA Link cable. For the old Bricks, you'll either need to use one of the Light/Pocket/Color methods above and one of the little adapters Nintendo released *or* splice a brick-compatible link cable onto it.
Now, once you have all your equipment, you have to set everything up. Basically, you're going to take all 16 link cables and plug the purple end of one cable into the middle of the next - until you get all the way to the end, then you're going to loop that back around to the first. Then, you can plug in each of your Game Boys and go.
I had this working with 16 units, but only had 11 players at once.
For something slightly more sane, you can get four copies of F1-Race for the original Game Boy and one of the four-player adapters... however, since the original Four Player adapter has a brick plug on it, you'll need to splice either a Light/Pocket/Color end or a GBA end onto it. Then, you'll need either spliced cables with brick ends on one side and Light/Pocket/Color ends on the other, or the Light/Pocket/Color cables with the brick adapters that Nintendo released.
Word of caution though - neither one of these games are particularly worth this much trouble to actually play...
It works.
Sadly, this isn't as awesome as some of the Super Game Boy compatible games. They actually allowed you to play true two-player mode games. Street Fighter II comes to mind.
It works.
This set up is pretty complicated - it requires (obviously) 16 of the various Game Boy units (Super Game Boy 1 and Game Boy micro don't work, of course), 16 copies of FaceBall 2000 and 16 Official Nintendo GBA Link cables (others may work, but I know many do not). If you have any non-GBA units, you have to modify the cables so that they'll fit into the older units. For anything besides the brick, you can do this by shaving the black tab off the gray end of the GBA Link cable - however, this makes the cable very loose in the Game Boy Light/Pocket/Color or GBA. I suggest splicing an end from a Game Boy Light/Pocket/Color compatible link cable (Troz here on the forums did mine) onto the GRAY (very important) end of the GBA Link cable. For the old Bricks, you'll either need to use one of the Light/Pocket/Color methods above and one of the little adapters Nintendo released *or* splice a brick-compatible link cable onto it.
Now, once you have all your equipment, you have to set everything up. Basically, you're going to take all 16 link cables and plug the purple end of one cable into the middle of the next - until you get all the way to the end, then you're going to loop that back around to the first. Then, you can plug in each of your Game Boys and go.
I had this working with 16 units, but only had 11 players at once.
For something slightly more sane, you can get four copies of F1-Race for the original Game Boy and one of the four-player adapters... however, since the original Four Player adapter has a brick plug on it, you'll need to splice either a Light/Pocket/Color end or a GBA end onto it. Then, you'll need either spliced cables with brick ends on one side and Light/Pocket/Color ends on the other, or the Light/Pocket/Color cables with the brick adapters that Nintendo released.
Word of caution though - neither one of these games are particularly worth this much trouble to actually play...
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Nom. Nothing like the Castlevania GBA games in full-screen component glory on a Gamecube!
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Quite a few stores in my area has this in stock. But I bought mine a few years ago, and it's a great accessory, since I don't have to deal with the washed out colors on my GBA.
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[quote name='aaronrodgers']Nom. Nothing like the Castlevania GBA games in full-screen component glory on a Gamecube! [/QUOTE]
Don't remind me that I still haven't found a Gamecube cable for less than $50. I stil really wish somebody would somehow make an adapter that converts a Wii component cable into a Gamecube component cable.
[/QUOTE] Don't remind me that I still haven't found a Gamecube cable for less than $50. I stil really wish somebody would somehow make an adapter that converts a Wii component cable into a Gamecube component cable.[quote name='anotherpoorgamer'] Don't remind me that I still haven't found a Gamecube cable for less than $50. I stil really wish somebody would somehow make an adapter that converts a Wii component cable into a Gamecube component cable.[/QUOTE]
IIRC, wouldn't work. GC cable had some extra electronics in it that the Wii cable does not.
I still have a GC hooked up to my receiver for the GBA games I can play on it. It gets more time than the Wii these days. Only problem is the sound... just horrific in some cases.
Don't remind me that I still haven't found a Gamecube cable for less than $50. I stil really wish somebody would somehow make an adapter that converts a Wii component cable into a Gamecube component cable.[/QUOTE]IIRC, wouldn't work. GC cable had some extra electronics in it that the Wii cable does not.
I still have a GC hooked up to my receiver for the GBA games I can play on it. It gets more time than the Wii these days. Only problem is the sound... just horrific in some cases.
Nope. Only Nintendo made them. The only cheap way to play GameCube games in 480p would be to get a Wii. And no I am not joking. That or being very lucky and finding them used at Gamestop for like $5 (if they even still carry them). About 2 years ago a friend found us both a pair. Meanwhile I drove to around 30-40 Gamestop's in my state for another reason and I looked for GC component at every store. Not a single one had em.
The reason for this rarity is a few reasons. One, only the very first GameCubes had a component output. Two, there is a chip in the cable itself that is proprietary, granted that shouldn't stop knockoffs, but it did some how. Three, as far as I am aware it was only sold in Japan on the Nintendo site and maybe in the states the same way, but very very limited. If you find them on ebay with the box the box is almost always, if not always, Japanese.
Also, in an unique decision, Nintendo made the component cables require the composite as well. The component cable only has the three video connections and then you would use the composite for the audio.
The reason for this rarity is a few reasons. One, only the very first GameCubes had a component output. Two, there is a chip in the cable itself that is proprietary, granted that shouldn't stop knockoffs, but it did some how. Three, as far as I am aware it was only sold in Japan on the Nintendo site and maybe in the states the same way, but very very limited. If you find them on ebay with the box the box is almost always, if not always, Japanese.
Also, in an unique decision, Nintendo made the component cables require the composite as well. The component cable only has the three video connections and then you would use the composite for the audio.
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Can't you use on of those multi-end component cables for GC?
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.
[quote name='waldo21212']Can't you use on of those multi-end component cables for GC?
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.[/QUOTE]
It might, but it would only use 3 of the 5/6 connections. Most universal component cables that support GC have the standard 5 for component, but an additional yellow for composite gamecube.
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.[/QUOTE]
It might, but it would only use 3 of the 5/6 connections. Most universal component cables that support GC have the standard 5 for component, but an additional yellow for composite gamecube.
If anyone wants to do a store search, here is the product link for component cables on Gamestop's website:
http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/gamecube-n64-component-cable-used/32149
None within a 100 mile radius of me.
http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/gamecube-n64-component-cable-used/32149
None within a 100 mile radius of me.
The main issue with finding these at Gamestop is employees don't even know they exist. The ones I found were either Wii component cables, GC composite, or in one case a gamecube RF adapter. Yes, an RF adapter....
If you find a store online that says they have it, and you call and they find it, don't get your hopes too high because it may not be the right cable. But if it is, kudos, you just got an amazing deal.
If you find a store online that says they have it, and you call and they find it, don't get your hopes too high because it may not be the right cable. But if it is, kudos, you just got an amazing deal.
[quote name='waldo21212']Can't you use on of those multi-end component cables for GC?
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.[/QUOTE]
Not that I've ever seen, Wii, 360, xbox, PS2, PS3, etc but never GC. I looked for over a year for my GC component cable at a reasonable price, went to several Gamestops that claimed they had them in stock from the inventory system but when I got there it was either a mis-categorized composite cable or nothing to be found. I finally found someone on craigslist selling his GC with the cables, I didn't need another GC but didn't want to ask him to separate figuring it would tip him off that the cables were worth more than the GC. I ended up getting a GC, Wavebird, corded controller, controller extension cable, composite cable, power cable and component cable for $35. And my daughter went away to school this year and ended up taking the GC with her so it found a use as well.
And, yeah I love my GBA player as well. It has a link cable port so you can use it to trade pokemons if you don't have mutliple GBAs and is great for recording footage for Youtube, etc. Here's a video I did from my GB Player:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421zKQJ_cOI
I swear my original Xbox component cable has end for GC along with Xbox and Ps2 ends.[/QUOTE]
Not that I've ever seen, Wii, 360, xbox, PS2, PS3, etc but never GC. I looked for over a year for my GC component cable at a reasonable price, went to several Gamestops that claimed they had them in stock from the inventory system but when I got there it was either a mis-categorized composite cable or nothing to be found. I finally found someone on craigslist selling his GC with the cables, I didn't need another GC but didn't want to ask him to separate figuring it would tip him off that the cables were worth more than the GC. I ended up getting a GC, Wavebird, corded controller, controller extension cable, composite cable, power cable and component cable for $35. And my daughter went away to school this year and ended up taking the GC with her so it found a use as well.
And, yeah I love my GBA player as well. It has a link cable port so you can use it to trade pokemons if you don't have mutliple GBAs and is great for recording footage for Youtube, etc. Here's a video I did from my GB Player:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421zKQJ_cOI
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[quote name='erwos']IIRC, wouldn't work. GC cable had some extra electronics in it that the Wii cable does not.
I still have a GC hooked up to my receiver for the GBA games I can play on it. It gets more time than the Wii these days. Only problem is the sound... just horrific in some cases.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I heard about some sort of chip in it that made the component cable for the gamecube unique.
Also, I didn't even know that there existed a Super Gameboy 2! Not something I'd track down since it is basically just a Super Gameboy with a link cable port.
I still have a GC hooked up to my receiver for the GBA games I can play on it. It gets more time than the Wii these days. Only problem is the sound... just horrific in some cases.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I heard about some sort of chip in it that made the component cable for the gamecube unique.
Also, I didn't even know that there existed a Super Gameboy 2! Not something I'd track down since it is basically just a Super Gameboy with a link cable port.
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[quote name='Saix_XIII']Super Gameboy only play Gameboy games and I think some GBC games. This play GB, GBC, GBA games. So there is a bit more to it then just a Super Gameboy with link cable.[/QUOTE]
Oh sorry, I wasn't talking about the Gameboy Player. I meant the Super Gameboy 2 was just a Super Gameboy with a link cable port.
The Gameboy Player is the reason, you don't really want to get the Super Gameboy 2 for playing games. Super Gameboy 2 to me seems more of a collector's item rather than something to play on.
Oh sorry, I wasn't talking about the Gameboy Player. I meant the Super Gameboy 2 was just a Super Gameboy with a link cable port.
The Gameboy Player is the reason, you don't really want to get the Super Gameboy 2 for playing games. Super Gameboy 2 to me seems more of a collector's item rather than something to play on.
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[quote name='rapsodist']The GB Player never came in any color besides black, right?
That thing is the only reason my GCN hasn't been put away in storage.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Japan got different colors supposedly. Not sure though.
That thing is the only reason my GCN hasn't been put away in storage.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Japan got different colors supposedly. Not sure though.
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[quote name='anotherpoorgamer']Yeah, Japan got different colors supposedly. Not sure though.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Japan did get other colors. I know they released it in: Purple (Indigo), Black, Platinum and Spice Orange, at the very least. I remember those options from when I pre-ordered mine from NCSX many years ago. I have a spice orange GB player for my regular Gamecube. I also have a dark grey (which was the only option they made) GB player for my Panasonic Q model Gamecube. It was shaped differently and a different model from the other standard Gamecube compatible GB players.
Yeah, Japan did get other colors. I know they released it in: Purple (Indigo), Black, Platinum and Spice Orange, at the very least. I remember those options from when I pre-ordered mine from NCSX many years ago. I have a spice orange GB player for my regular Gamecube. I also have a dark grey (which was the only option they made) GB player for my Panasonic Q model Gamecube. It was shaped differently and a different model from the other standard Gamecube compatible GB players.
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Sweet, just picked one up from the GS on my way home. Fortunately they had it because the next nearest GS was many miles away.
I recently picked up a Gameboy player myself, then I had to get a Gamecube for it, and now I really want some component cables (again)...
See, I was one of those people that actually ordered them off of Nintendo's website back in the day. Then I got a Wii and figured I had no reason to keep my Gamecube so off it went. Then I sold my cable on Ebay for (I think) around $60. I really wish I had kept that damn cable... The cube with the digital output was easy enough to replace but that f-ing cable will be impossible to replace for less than $100...
Edit-just to torture myself I scoured my Paypal account for the transaction. I sold them in Mar. '07 for $50. Ah well, that was 5 years ago, who knew they'd continue to rise in value despite the Wii being able to play progressive scan...
See, I was one of those people that actually ordered them off of Nintendo's website back in the day. Then I got a Wii and figured I had no reason to keep my Gamecube so off it went. Then I sold my cable on Ebay for (I think) around $60. I really wish I had kept that damn cable... The cube with the digital output was easy enough to replace but that f-ing cable will be impossible to replace for less than $100...
Edit-just to torture myself I scoured my Paypal account for the transaction. I sold them in Mar. '07 for $50. Ah well, that was 5 years ago, who knew they'd continue to rise in value despite the Wii being able to play progressive scan...
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[quote name='wEEman33']If anyone wants to do a store search, here is the product link for component cables on Gamestop's website:
http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/gamecube-n64-component-cable-used/32149
None within a 100 mile radius of me.[/QUOTE]
Thank you so much for this! I always wanted component cables for my Gamcube, but never wanted to pay more than $50 for them. A Gamestop about an hour away from me had them today, and got them for $4.99! Now, I'll be playing with my Game Boy Player (that I already had) all night long. Thanks again for supplying that link!
http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/gamecube-n64-component-cable-used/32149
None within a 100 mile radius of me.[/QUOTE]
Thank you so much for this! I always wanted component cables for my Gamcube, but never wanted to pay more than $50 for them. A Gamestop about an hour away from me had them today, and got them for $4.99! Now, I'll be playing with my Game Boy Player (that I already had) all night long. Thanks again for supplying that link!
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[quote name='Nesmaster75']Thank you so much for this! I always wanted component cables for my Gamcube, but never wanted to pay more than $50 for them. A Gamestop about an hour away from me had them today, and got them for $4.99! Now, I'll be playing with my Game Boy Player (that I already had) all night long. Thanks again for supplying that link![/QUOTE]
I just picked up a gameboy player with disc, but no booklet. I never knew they made this (have like 20 GBA games)
Anyway u can scan a copy of the booklet?
I just picked up a gameboy player with disc, but no booklet. I never knew they made this (have like 20 GBA games)
Anyway u can scan a copy of the booklet?
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I'll have to stop by two different stores, but I'll definitely try picking up the player and a cable this weekend.
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[quote name='The Punisher']I just picked up a gameboy player with disc, but no booklet. I never knew they made this (have like 20 GBA games)
Anyway u can scan a copy of the booklet?[/QUOTE]
I also bought it used from Gamestop last year, so I just got the disc and player myself, unfortunately. It's a cool device though, especially with Four Swords!
Anyway u can scan a copy of the booklet?[/QUOTE]
I also bought it used from Gamestop last year, so I just got the disc and player myself, unfortunately. It's a cool device though, especially with Four Swords!
Before people go out of their way to find GC component cables...make sure your Gamecube has the actual digital output port in the back. Nintendo stopped manufacturing GC's with component out in May 2004.
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendogamecube/component_faq.jsp
I got my cables during the summer of 2005 from Lik Sang (remember them?) just as they were starting to get pricey. Since the Wii let you play GC games in 480p, it really hasn't been a big deal for most gamers...except whenever the GB Player is discussed.
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendogamecube/component_faq.jsp
I got my cables during the summer of 2005 from Lik Sang (remember them?) just as they were starting to get pricey. Since the Wii let you play GC games in 480p, it really hasn't been a big deal for most gamers...except whenever the GB Player is discussed.
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Went to two GameStops to get the player and the cable. Unfortunately, it wasn't until I got home that I realized that they gave me a composite cable. So now I have to take that back because I already have one and it's barely worth $2. Hopefully they'll have the right cable when I go back, but I have my doubts. At least the GB Player is complete and in great shape. I'm stoked that I finally have a reason to hook up my Gamecube again; the poor thing never saw much action.
It was funny how shocked the guy was when he found that they had not one, but three GameBoy Players in the back. He was absolutely positive that they wouldn't have any and he seemed to think I was crazy for even asking. But it's okay 'cause he has the name of a Pokémon (Merrill) and he's basically the most non-GameStop-like employee you can find. He's always been super helpful, he actually suggests where to get stuff for a better deal, and he only mentions pre-orders once.
It was funny how shocked the guy was when he found that they had not one, but three GameBoy Players in the back. He was absolutely positive that they wouldn't have any and he seemed to think I was crazy for even asking. But it's okay 'cause he has the name of a Pokémon (Merrill) and he's basically the most non-GameStop-like employee you can find. He's always been super helpful, he actually suggests where to get stuff for a better deal, and he only mentions pre-orders once.
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