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Title: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: MotoRoaderMike on September 04, 2009, 09:37:36 AM
I got the Game Boy version of Space Invaders today, and when I played it on the Super Game Boy, it gave me two options:Super Game Boy or Arcade Mode, and when you pick Arcade Mode, you go into this full-screen version of the game, and the sounds and graphics in the intro are all 16 bit, not 8 bit like the Game Boy! Here's a video I found on YouTube that explains what I'm saying better:
I want to know, what other (Super) Game Boy games have features similar to this! Anybody know any?
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: Necromancer on September 04, 2009, 10:09:23 AM
Few titles have much extra in 'em beyond specific palettes and borders; I believe that Space Invaders was the sole title to include a completely different game mode, though a few titles (Kirby's Dream Land 2, Donkey Kong, and likely others) used the SNES to generate better sound.
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: guyjin on September 04, 2009, 11:22:13 AM
Wow, that's kinda awesome!
I've been thinking about getting a Super game boy for a while, and now I have another reason =P~
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: esteban on September 04, 2009, 12:21:40 PM
Well, goddamn, I never knew about that. Of course, now I have to get me Space Invaders... is the Gameboy/SGB version decent?
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: Joe Redifer on September 04, 2009, 12:47:50 PM
That is cool, I never knew about this!
Too bad we don't see similar things on other consoles. Say an SMS game with some Genesis programming in it when played on a PBC. Maybe an extra layer of scrolling. Not sure if that is even possible, though. I guess the Super GameBoy makes it possible because it was designed to have borders, etc, so it was designed to use the SNES hardware.
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: blueraven on September 04, 2009, 12:57:58 PM
Wow. You learn something new every day! :D
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: SignOfZeta on September 04, 2009, 02:58:23 PM
Very cool!
That is the shittiest quality Youtube video I've seen in ages though. Truly legendary.
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: ccovell on September 05, 2009, 02:36:16 PM
Space Invaders is cool, but there's already a regular cartridge of it for the Super Famicom anyway. It's too bad more games didn't get this deluxe treatment on the SGB.
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: esteban on September 06, 2009, 06:18:49 AM
This thread inspired me to play Space Invaders PCE HuCard.
Tangent: I think I am more forgiving in my assessment of it these days. A few years ago I was really disappointed by the updated mode (I thought it could have controlled better, looked better), but yesterday and today—well, I was enjoying it and not complaining about it.
Since we are on the topic: I was wondering, how does the PCE Space Invaders CD version compare to the HuCard?
Back on topic: I have this odd feeling that Gameboy version of SI will be pretty good.
Title: Re: Question about the Super Game Boy!
Post by: MotoRoaderMike on September 21, 2009, 07:29:06 AM