Game Boy Player thoughts

[Storm Eagle]

I got mine on the 24th. I thought I was supposed to get it on the 23rd, but at least I got it anyway. I like how all types of Game Boy games look on the television when you use the Game Boy Player. The look and sound of the regular Game Boy games are reminiscent of the look and especially the sound of the NES games. Needless to say, the GBA games are reminiscent to the SNES games. Games can be played either with the Gamecube controller, or the GBA can be used as a controller. You still need batteries for it though, of course.

Some of you might remember how some Game Boy games were especially programmed to use Super Game Boy features. For instance, some scenes in those types of games would appear in full color with the Super Game Boy. Not so with the Game Boy Player, but that would have been nice. I guess it doesn't matter since it's not like those games themselves would appear in full color when you played them through the Super Game Boy.

With the Gamecube controller, the Z button can be used to toggle options such as game cartridge switch, screen size, 20 frames to choose from, etc. What I find ridiculous is how the "press Z for options" sentence is always right up there on the upper right hand side of the screen. If you read the owner's manual, you should know what to do.

One other gripe is the design of the Game Boy Player. The cartridge slot would be all the way on the bottom in the front, and dust can get in there. Anyway I have one of those Game Boy cleaners, and I just stick the Game Boy cleaner cartridge in the slot whenever I'm not using it.

The Game Boy Player is an excellent piece of hardware if you're interested in playing your Game Boy Games with the best type of clarity you can get, and even save money on batteries. Also, for those of you who have the modem for the Gamecube, the Game Boy Player looks as though it's designed so you can have both items connected to the Gamecube. So it's all good.

I wonder if Nintendo will take this feature into consideration for their next console, except you wouldn't need an add-on device like the Game Boy Player.