dsfanboy11
May 7th, 2008, 23:20
Filed under: Fan stuff (http://www.dsfanboy.com/category/fan-stuff/), Homebrew (http://www.dsfanboy.com/category/homebrew/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/ngpc050708.gif (http://www.vidgame.net/SNK/NGPC.html)A third-party project was underway during the Neo Geo Pocket Color (http://www.vidgame.net/SNK/NGPC.html)'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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket_Color#Post-Aruze_buyout) 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleemcast).
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/ngpc050708.gif (http://www.vidgame.net/SNK/NGPC.html)A third-party project was underway during the Neo Geo Pocket Color (http://www.vidgame.net/SNK/NGPC.html)'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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket_Color#Post-Aruze_buyout) 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleemcast).
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