Super Gameboy
System by Nintendo
Reviewed by The Avardancer
Released: 1994
Height: About 5 Inches
Width: 5 and 1/4 inches
Depth: About 1 Inch
Weight: About the same as a SNES cartridge. (Less than half a pound.)
Colors on-screen: 32 in screen, 256 in Border.
Total Palette: Same as SNES (Unknown at time of writing.)


Opening Snide Remarks: This is a device that lets you play old Gameboy games
in COLOR. On your TV with your SNES. Hmm. You lose Portability to gain some
color. Interesting trade-off. I hope it is worth it.

Impressions: The device has an easy to use interface that can be manipulated
with the SNES mouse as well. Press the L & R buttons at the same time to
access the menu. Games can make use of 32 premade pallettes, 8 normal borders
to choose from plus the Super Gameboy borders, and a "create your own" border
to use. You can also assaign colors to the different shades of gray in the
games. Make Black one color, white one color, etc. You also have two control
schemes to use as well. You can save your color palletes by writing down a
code and inputing the code later one.

Liked: I like the color schemes for some of the games, I also like the
Super Gameboy compatable games that feature such vibrant colors. Some games
feature two-player to four-player compatability. A few feature voice, sound
enchancements, speed enchancements, special super Gameboy features and one
game even features a full fledged Super NES game inside the Gameboy cartridge
that is only accessed by putting the cartridge in the Super Gameboy. The
colors on most games vary; but some of them are VERY nice! This device makes
games like the Original Wario Land 2, Pokemon, and Game and Watch Gallery
look better than they do in Gameboy Color!

Hated: I can not save my border! The color pallettes are a bit off. You have
to mess around with the Color Scheme creator to find good palletes. The
thing IS NOT portable. It also looks unstable on top of the newer models of
the Super Nintendo. You need to buy an adaptor to use a Game Genie on it. The
device seems obsolete now that Gameboy Color is here. The Game Link cable
can not be used here. 

Final Words: Are you at home and your Gameboy Color is out of batteries? Do
you crave some large screen Pokemon? Get a Super Gameboy! It's an excellent
purchase and is a fairly good device. 

Try the codes! Press L, L, L, L, R to see the screensavers for each frame.
(Some do not have a screens saver.) Press R, R, R, L, L, L, R, R, R, R, R, R
to see the SUPER GAMEBOY CREDITS.

Score: 80%