I've been frantically googling but to no avail. I seem to remember seeing an ad for one of these wayback when but I'm not sure if I've dreamed it up. I'd love to lay my hands on one but (if they indeed exisit) does anyone have a product name for me to start searching with?
they used to have these at lik-sang, they do exists, and there was one supporting pc engine too IIRC. BTW they had no gB ports they read roms from disc (IIRC again). I don't remember the name sadly
They're called Game Booster, they're really cheap on ebay. Here's one http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-Playstat...ccessories?hash=item27ae358380#ht_2493wt_1165 edit: Yeah it's got a gameboy port in it, its not a ROM on Disc deal. They're really common. Not rare at all.
As I recall, they will run Monochrome games, no color or Super Gameboy stuff. Also I heard there is no sound. So I'd say don't spend more than a Super Gameboy's costs which is not that much.
I actually never knew they existed until about 5 hours before you posted this thread, so I guess you just got lucky that I'd been reading about it earlier and considering getting one. I have no idea if they're any good or total garbage, really.
Mine was called the Emulator Z. My experience was that the code omitted the sound from Gameboy games since it was hard to do at the time. Any PS2 or Xbox emulator produces a better result, and the Dreamcast options beat them all. Of course, none of them have a cart port in them.
They are just hacks of ancient open-source PS emulators. The game is dumped into RAM and ran like any ROM (it doesn't actually run off the cart as access is too slow).
Several Game Boy adapters have been released for the PSX. I remember that you can listen to an audio CD while playing game boy games. The most interesting Game Boy adapter is the GoldFinger 3 in 1: http://www.hkems.com/product/psx/psx-gf3in1.htm It's a PlayStation cheat module, a GameBoy emulator with cheat module and you can flash GB Smart Carts from CD with this device (similar to the MultiXchanger from Bung)
I used to have one of these, I paid $20 for it from a store called supertech in a shopping centre in the UK which used to specialize in mobile phone covers and general tack. It worked flawlessly with monochrome games and there was definitely sound. I only ever tested it with Mario Land and Terminator 2. EDIT: I have no idea what it was called BTW.
Speaking of PSX emulators, IMBNES was an amazing NES emulator for being on PS1. It ran many games excellently. Plus it was easy to use since booting a CD-R on PS1 was not very hard even if you didn't have a modchip.
That's cool that it ran GB games with sound. I wish a similar product by EMS for the N64 had done the same: http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/gbbooster.html It ran GB games but with a horrible sample used instead of sound.
Well you could use a WideBoy, the official adapter from Intelligent Systems ;-) http://shiggsy.gbadev.org/unit.php?unit=18
Didn't EMS make an expansion slot GB loader which could flash ROM's from CD to blank GB cartridges? Maybe I'm getting too old, but I seem to recall something like that back in the copier days.
Kool~ Always wondered what this thing I have in my collection. ^ ^ Now I know what this is thanks to you mate~ pic
Yes, there is a device out there that lets you program Flash carts with the PSX assuming it's modded or you do a swap trick I would guess would work too. I'm not sure the exact name though. But such a device exists.
It's the GoldFinger 3 in 1: http://www.hkems.com/product/psx/psx-gf3in1.htm I've posted it a few days ago ;-) I have it in my collection. It has 2 switches for 4 different operating modes: - PlayStation cheat cartridge - Game Boy emulator - GB Link to program flash carts (compatible with EMS Smart Card only) - off I tried the GB Link mode with the EMS GB Smart Card 64M. It recognized the card, but programming failed. I assume it only works with the old 32M and 16M cards. btw, it's possible to put several games on the cart. You should burn the CD as Mode2-XA, otherwise the Gold Finger will recognize your CD as a Music-CD.
