Super Game Boy

The Super Game Boy is a cartridge for the Super Nintendo that allowed gamers to play Game Boy games on their televisions or monitors, as well as giving the games some colors. It was released in the month of June in 1994 is fairly positive reception from gamers.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Having the ability to play your favorite Game Boy games in color is quite impressive, you even get to customize the color palette the game brings.
 * 2) Nice looking borders (considering the Game Boy's resolution is smaller than that of the Super Nintendo, and you even get graffiti on a blank border)
 * 3) Neat screensavers.
 * 4) It is even compatible with the SNES mouse which allows you to cycle through the menu easily.
 * 5) Some of the games are optimized for the Super Game Boy, which allowed games to have unique borders and color palettes, as well as having enhanced sound capabilities, like Donkey Kong 94.
 * 6) If you plugged the Game Boy version of Space Invaders in the Super Game Boy, It unlocked the Super Nintendo version of Space Invaders.
 * 7) You could even attach the Game Boy's variety of peripherals in the cartridge slot, as the Game Boy Camera and printer into the cartridge slot and they will work just fine, even if they are a bit more difficult to use that way.
 * 8) The Super Game Boy 2 had link cable support.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It kinda took away the portability factor.
 * 2) * This makes some games impractical to play on a Super Nintendo in the first place, since some were made for shorter play times similar to how the Game Boy itself was for portable gaming when you have less time.
 * 3) There is no link cable support. This was added in the Super Gameboy 2.
 * 4) The Super Gameboy 2 was exclusive to Japan, unlike the original Super Gameboy.

Reception
The Super Game Boy was moderately successful. Game Pro was a little harsh, saying, "who cares, this adds little to the rapidly changing technology of video games", but for fans of the Game Boy, this was their opportunity to play Game Boy games on their television without modding the handheld.

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