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hardware:gb [2014/05/19 09:27]
the_blueberry_hill Adding some more links (cleaning out my bookmarks, if you cannae tell).
hardware:gb [2016/10/27 04:06]
the_blueberry_hill which Game Boy games do you think of as "large"? thread link
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 ====Audio==== ====Audio====
 ====Visual==== ====Visual====
-The Game Boy's visual style is largely defined by its 'four shades of grey'. Throughout its life careless developers struggles to make //​readable//​ games as they sought to match what the 16-bit systems were doing (see: [[company:​rare|Rare]],​ license game developers).+The Game Boy's visual style is largely defined by its 'four shades of grey'. Throughout its life careless developers struggles to make //​readable//​ games as they sought to match what the 16-bit systems were doing (see: [[company:​rare|Rare]], ​[[theme:​licensed_games|license game]] developers).
  
 The first hardware version, the '​brick',​ was more green than grey, and busy games tended to get blurry in motion. So these graphic quirks also influenced the system'​s library. The Game Boy Pockets had nicer, and greyer, screens, which had less or no motion blur and were a little less particular about light conditions. The first hardware version, the '​brick',​ was more green than grey, and busy games tended to get blurry in motion. So these graphic quirks also influenced the system'​s library. The Game Boy Pockets had nicer, and greyer, screens, which had less or no motion blur and were a little less particular about light conditions.
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 ====Adaptors for other hardware==== ====Adaptors for other hardware====
 Bits of hardware used to play Game Boy games on other systems. Bits of hardware used to play Game Boy games on other systems.
 +===Demo Vision===
 +  * [[http://​www.disgruntleddesigner.com/​chrisc/​demovision.html|Nintendo Demo Vision]] on Chris Covell'​s Homepage.
 ===Gameboy Booster / GB Hunter=== ===Gameboy Booster / GB Hunter===
 Not-so-good adaptor for playing GB games on [[N64]]. Not-so-good adaptor for playing GB games on [[N64]].
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 =====See also===== =====See also=====
   *[[sb:​recommended:​gameboy]]   *[[sb:​recommended:​gameboy]]
 +  *[[https://​selectbutton.net/​t/​which-game-boy-games-do-you-think-of-as-large/​2423|which Game Boy games do you think of as "​large"?​]] - August2016 SB forum thread
   *[[http://​www.chrismcovell.com/​GameBoyDecline.html|The Decline of the Game Boy in Numbers]] - Article by Chris Covell analysing software released.   *[[http://​www.chrismcovell.com/​GameBoyDecline.html|The Decline of the Game Boy in Numbers]] - Article by Chris Covell analysing software released.
   *[[http://​forums.selectbutton.net/​viewtopic.php?​t=36990|Game Boy mono games with unexpected link-cable multiplayer]] - SB forum thread.   *[[http://​forums.selectbutton.net/​viewtopic.php?​t=36990|Game Boy mono games with unexpected link-cable multiplayer]] - SB forum thread.
   *[[http://​www.hardcoregaming101.net/​gbdebate/​gbcolours.htm|Game Boy Colours]] - Page related to a discussion about colour palettes to use when emulating.   *[[http://​www.hardcoregaming101.net/​gbdebate/​gbcolours.htm|Game Boy Colours]] - Page related to a discussion about colour palettes to use when emulating.
 
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