Question about the Super Game Boy!

[MotoRoaderMike]

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?

[Necromancer]

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.

[guyjin]

Wow, that's kinda awesome!

I've been thinking about getting a Super game boy for a while, and now I have another reason 

[esteban]

Well, goddamn, I never knew about that. Of course, now I have to get me Space Invaders... is the Gameboy/SGB version decent?

[Joe Redifer]

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.

[blueraven]

Wow. You learn something new every day! 

[SignOfZeta]

Very cool!

That is the shittiest quality Youtube video I've seen in ages though. Truly legendary.

[ccovell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Game_Boy_games

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.

[esteban]

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.

[MotoRoaderMike]

Well, goddamn, I never knew about that. Of course, now I have to get me Space Invaders... is the Gameboy/SGB version decent?

I think the Game Boy version is the best version available if you ask me. It's the Game Boy game I've been playing the most all month.

[esteban]

Well, goddamn, I never knew about that. Of course, now I have to get me Space Invaders... is the Gameboy/SGB version decent?

I think the Game Boy version is the best version available if you ask me. It's the Game Boy game I've been playing the most all month.

Well, I guess I'll be picking it up. I pulled out PCE Space Invaders when you started this thread and have been digging it.

I like the updated version on the PCE HuCard.