Super Game Boy: One of Nintendo's Best Ideas 

I remember on my 10th birthday, my Mom gave me a Gamecube that was bundled with Zelda: Collector's Edition, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the Gameboy Player. That was a good bithday.

the gameboy was a gift from my grandma, she was old and never even knew what a video game was, yet she went to the shop, got me a gameboy with super mario land and gave it to me on my graduation.....i loved my grandma and it was things like this, such memories that reminds me of her and how much she meant to me as a kid....God bless everyone as this year ends and remember your late family members for their good deeds :)

I got a Super GameBoy 2 a few months ago. It is, hands-down, the BEST way to play the Generation 1 Pokemon games.

9:44 I think the reason for not having a link cable port was because of the slight speed increase. That would quickly cause desyncs. The SGB2, which played games at the correct speed, did have a link cable port.

- "SNES can't run GameBoy games,what do we do ?" - "Let's just put the whole goddamn console in there !" Nintendo,1994

Hi everyone! The Super Game Boy was a special accessory for me growing up, so I was really excited to make this video. Hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. Have a safe and Happy Holiday / New Year!

"Imagine this. You're playing all your favourite Game Boy (R) games on a giant 26-inch screen." Those were the days :D

Love the high production quality, the editing and sound mixing are just wonderful. It feels like I'm watching an actual documentary, and a good one at that. Please keep making these.

Left out something massive important while covering Pokemon. The clock speed difference affected random number generation and while playing Pokemon red/blue/yellow on a SGB1, when you used a move that did between 3 and 5 attacks, it always, always did three. The clock speed fix in the SGB2 was specifically to address that, since the whole SGB2 was made for the Pokemon games.

I gotta admit I never knew a super gameboy 2 existed

The Gameboy was also my first personally owned system. When I bought my second system, a SNES; it came with a coupon for the Super Gameboy. I only played GB using that from then on. It is the best way to play GameBoy games. I'm glad there are people that appreciate this kind of amazing history. It's gotta be the start of the switch here.

I can not say how high the production value of your series is and how much I appreciate it. I can tell this is a passion project for you, this series could be a series on the history channel and it would be deserving.

We hung out at a kid's house who had this and played Pokemon on the big screen. Watching color battles on their giant tube TV was AMAZING. It also added value to my gameboy, because I could play a game there, then take it with me when I was done to play at home. I borrowed several of their gameboy games this way, and we'd play our personal version of pokemon on it. The dream we had was to link-connect with the TVs. Later, Pokemon Stadium would be an underwhelming response to that wish.

You need to make a video on the GB Hunter. That thing is incredibly crappy. I want one.

ahhhhhhh so much nostalgia great to see a youtuber who grew up with the original game boy

This was the Nintendo Switch before the Nintendo Switch

Oh man. The Game Boy Player for the gamecube was sooo incredible.

God i love that Pokemon gold music

You have NO idea how happy it makes me tosee Gargoyle's Quest getting some love. It was my all time favourite original GameBoy game, (and the first I ever owned), and it's mostly forgotten and criminally underrated. THANK YOU!

Honestly, you make the best video game documentaries. Excellent job

I had this and loved it I also later had the GBA one that plugs on the bottom of the Gamecube. That was definitely a good investment because my sister and I were always playing our GBAs, and sometimes one of us could take the TV and the other would watch while doing something else.

I like the longer hair.. Super game boy seems rad

After all the retro gaming videos I’ve watch in the last several years your channel finally popped up on my RU-vid radar. Just subscribed and looks like I have some catching up to do.

Love your channel man, I’m 39, and never stopped playing my NES, in fact still using the same console to teach my kids how to play, to this very day.

that glorious mane of hair tho.

I swear every time one of your videos ends I think she's going to say "is funded in part by viewers like you"

I just recently discovered these things and I finally got one just today! It’s by far the coolest thing I’ve bought for my Nintendo collection yet, and I just learnt about the mouse and printer accessories, as well as the second Super Gameboy so thanks for sharing that part!

I love gaming historian and hearing and seeing the old school system true nostalgia

1:55 Thanks for showing this, since I was a kid I wondered how the stores connected Gameboys to TVs

Arrgh, your hair has gone back to the 90s!! ;o)

Congrats on 1m man! Been watching since 2015!

Another great video, well researched, entertaining, and educational. You've hit the trifecta.

Another beautiful episode, Norm! Fantastic work!

Oh something you might like to know Norm, while Space Invaders was region free, the SNES game locked inside wasn't. (Found that out the hard way as a kid - The Super Gameboy wasn't released for nearly half a year later in Europe, so I Imported a US one >.>)

Man everything about this video brings back SOOOOOO many good memories! 😭😊 I'm soo glad I was a kid in this era!!! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Dude, your videos are super good. You are very well spoken and you present information in a easy to digest way. Thanks for making these. :-)

I really like your content. Thank you for all of the cool and informative videos. We all are here to support you! 😄👌🏼 Also, I really like the "Funding for Gaming Historian is provided by..." at the end. It reminds me of when I was younger and the same message would play at the end of every PBS Kids shows.

My SBG came packed in with my SNES, along with Super Mario All Stars. Good times.

Great job on the research, been watching your stuff for a while

I really love that you started the video with gold/silver music. Probably my favorite pokemon game.

Great video man! The Super Game Boy is one of the best accessories ever made! Also real talk, Donkey Kong on the Game Boy is so incredibly underrated.

$10 to $15? That's practically a steal!

And as always, it is a pleasure watching your highly entertainingly Videos !! Thank you so much for that 😊

That Pokemon Gold and Silver music really broke my heart and reminded me of my childhood. Amazing video.

Can't wait for the GB Hunter / GameBoy Player videos!

0:18 I can't even bring my 3DS to recess at school without getting in trouble!

I love your channel man!! Keep em coming!!

Yep, really enjoyed this video. I'd picked up a vague impression of what the Super Game Boy does over bits and pieces I've heard over the years, but it's nice to have it all laid out and explained so clearly and thoroughly. The Super Game Boy has always fascinated me in a way, because the core premise - taking a portable gaming console and converting it into an underpowered home console - seems so counter-intuitive, yet at the same time there's clear value to the device.

Holy Christ, your mane is beautiful.

I'm addicted to this series, I'm watching all of them :D

I love this channel! So nostalgic.

Dude, seriously, this is an amazing public service. Thank you for making these videos.

2:12 I was literally just playing pokemon silver on my gameboy and I was in goldenrod city with that same background tune. I thought I was going crazy hearing pokemon music in my head lol

pokemon stadium and the gameboy transfer pak good times

Great video and what an awesome accessory. The features and sheer simplicity make the SGB the best way to play GB on a TV. I didn't know about it until I crawled out from a rock earlier this year. :)

It's fun seeing all the stuff from my childhood come by. I was a lucky one to own the NES/SNES/MegaDrive II/GB (with the HUGE addon for light and magnifying glass).

Had one of these as a kid, my favorite accessory from the 8-16-bit era by far

The music of the video is what makes me want to watch it... kirby, pokemon, pkmn pinball...

I love this channel so much.

seeing all of these peoples stories about everyone’s special console gifts makes me cry tears of joy

Your hair reminds me of the 90s. I love it!

I remember showing my friend Pokemon for the first time at his house on his Super GameBoy It was magical

Lol your voice is perfect for these videos man, it's almost like watching how it's made XD, as always great vid

I'm enjoying your content. you've got yourself a new subscriber.

That hockey hair is more fabulous with every vid, Norm. Say, there's a blog colorfully titled "F*ck The Super Gameboy" which is actually a really good resource for understanding the device and its use of color, particularly with the games that really pushed the device. For example, did you know that the Super Gameboy could actually do independently-colored sprites and tiles? Apparently it could, but it went unused for the most part. The only known example is the Mario Picross title screen. Even if you try to change the color palette of the game, the title image will retain its own unique color palette. I used to think that Donkey Kong '94 was the most advanced game use the peripheral, but based on what I've seen, Kirby's Dreamland 2 may have it beat. Granted, the platforming stages look like your typical SGB fare, but in every other regard, the game looks amazing. Even the pause screen is amazing, as it blends into the border. There are even screens that I'm not even sure how they mapped the colors. One other interesting tidbit, one which I learned from Gameboy World, is that the Space Invaders cart is actually a compilation unique to America. In Japan, the Gameboy and Super Famicom versions of Space Invaders were released separately, and there was no Super Gameboy support at all for the GB version. It was kind of a neat little feat of engineering to have a cart that could bypass the Super Gameboy and load a Super Nintendo rom.

I didn't know that Super Game Boy controller existed!

Love your channel and positive vibes much appreciated during this video game proned covid era.

I loved my super gameboy! It was one of my favorite things to play games with. It was so cool to finally be able to see what I was doing in some of those games. Plus the fact they had color too.

When Norm says "Pokemon" he sounds exactly like Professor Oak.

That hair tho!

Great video! I thought I knew a lot about this topic, but I had no idea about the Wide-Boy 64. Subscribed!

That guide book was absolutely amazing by the way.

Thanks love your channel great gaming info

I always preferred the Gameboy Player personally, because of its form factor (always connected to the console) as well as ability to play GBC and GBA games. But to each their own I guess, especially if nostalgia is involved.

I didn't expect to hear the OST of For the Frog the Bell Tolls (Game Boy). Nice video!

Completely forgotten about this. Brings back memories.

I had a Chinese knockoff called a super Jimmy boy

big respect for the original pokemon pinball music

Man this guy is soooooo chill to listen to

I still have my Super Game Boy. Just found your Videos they are fantastic.

When you watch a lot of these videos in a short period of time the haircuts really stand out more than they should. And this is the most glorious.

I loved this thing. I always used the "Theatre Setting" And play something Like Donkey Kong and pretend it was a Nintendo Movie. Until The Mario Bros. Movie Came.

yay!!! new subscriber here...this is the first video I watched from you...can't wait to watch the rest!!

Love your videos! You're the best!

Meh. I prefer the Game Boy Player add-on for the GameCube. The Game Boy Player was awesome because it was backwards compatible with your Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games which would allow you to play your Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games on your TV or on an attachable GameCube monitor.

This thing meant playing Pokemon on a big screen when I was a kid

You're a very nice presenter among most RU-vid gamers, nicely done!

Geez this brought back memories. I remeber getting the super gameboy just to play pokemon then branched to other games with the super gameboy logo on them. Thanks for this vid.

Too bad theres no "Super DS" or "DS Player". I had to buy the goddamn "Nitro IS Capture" device for like $300 just to enjoy DS games on a television without use of emulation. :( Anyway, love your videos man!

Could you please name the tracks playing in the background. Because I don't only like the video but the music as well. :)

I don't even play video games, and haven't in close to 20 years, but I love watching your videos~

I've finally subbed to your channel since these videos have been really fun for me and my friends to watch as of late. I loved hearing about the Super Game Boy, even though it and the SNES were way before my time. I'd actually love to hear more about the Game Boy in future videos. Maybe you could make a video about the Game Boy Camera as well as a video on the history of Pokemon, since that's my favorite Nintendo series next to Mario.

This whole time I thought the GBA attachment for the GameCube was the first attempt.

8:38 *_H A L P ! H A L P !_*

Another great episode

Hey man you ever considered doing podcast id listen to your history a lot man love your content even stuff from 4 years ago (dreamcast). Your channel has come a long way man keep it up!

Gameboy Color was my first true love. I remember not having money for batteries and learning contortion to use a half meter dc adapter to play pokémon red. The memories heh

the first nintendo switch. PLAY ON GAMEBOY/PLAY ON NES/SNES

This is a cool accessory! I really enjoyed the content. I loved my Gameboy color so I can imagine someone having this for their Gameboy and finally seeing color to be ecstatic about it! Great Video Norm! Hakuna Matata Brother!