Neo Geo Pocket Color almost had Game Boy compatibility
by JC Fletcher 
{ May 7th 2008 at 6:00PM }
A third-party project was underway during the Neo Geo Pocket Color's short (but beautiful) life to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color functionality to SNK's handheld. Ganksoft Entertainment began by working on a software emulator capable of running GB/GBC software on the NGPC. The project was cancelled before the emulator was finished, due to SNK's dramatic exit from the console market. The screenshot shows roughly what state the emulator was in. Of course, with no software, the hardware never came to fruition either.Would the system's history have been different if it could run its major competitor's games via an obscure, unlicensed peripheral? The Dreamcast says no.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
manaman @ May 7th 2008 7:10PM
No kidding?
That's pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Peace,
manaman
David D. @ May 7th 2008 7:13PM
Hmmm... Cool. I am amazed that they even tried to do this in software... *Goes back to playing Faselei*
Donald @ May 7th 2008 7:22PM
This would've been shut down in, I dunno, twenty seconds or so?
hvnlysoldr @ May 7th 2008 11:41PM
Nintendo allowing another system to play their games? I laugh at the general notion. I laugh at the defunct company. I laugh as I remember the Atari 2600, 5200, Colecovision, and similar knock-offs and clones could play all each others' games culminating in the crash.