/vr/ - Retro Games

This is a troll, right? Literally no one could be this dumb.

>>10618975
The Game Boy won't be able to read from the link port at all when it's stuck on the bootstrap screen so no this won't work

ha no this is a laugh and a half. the link port is only a data port and a quite slow one at that and no it can't execute code from there.

>>10618975
Sorry kid. A game has to initialize the link port first for it to work. And even if it did, the link port was made to transmit tiny amounts of data, not entire games.

>>10618975
Dude those EverDrive clones are $23.

>>10619026
yes, too much

>>10619031

>>10619037
He lives in Latin America where $23 is $113.

>>10618975
i hate gen z

>>10619043
no, I am a self respecting person who will not allow himself to be judaised

>>10619053
You sound poor

>>10619054
I come from a very wealthy family, because my ancestors took care of their savings and refused to spend 23 dollars on things made for 23 cents

>>10618975
For the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color, you can't do shit without a cartridge.
For the GBA, it can actually read incoming data from the link port without a cartridge. Some games like the Super Mario Advance series can do limited multiplayer with just one cartridge being shared amongst players, and of course the GBA can be used to link to the Gamecube using its appropriate cable in select titles.

only the PSP can do this, right

>>10619063
Then emulate for free shlomo.

>>10619107
homebrew demands real hardware

>>10619053
If you had any self respect you'd have deleted this thread

>>10618975
>how does the game boy behave when the cartridge slot is empty but the link port is occupied?
It behaves very poorly. It talks back to its parents and refuses to eat its vegetables.
>poorfag retardation
lol. I mean huehuehue.

>>10619184
your clogged and failng heart will beat its last while you type out another post like this and the insects that now feed on your dirty dishes and old pizza boxes will pick your bones clean before anyone finds them

I mean, you could literally just buy a couple $2 dollar chips and make your own basic flashcart that'll play 99% of the gb library

>>10618975
There is a feature which exists, but only for GBA.
Something similar exists for DS over WiFi.

>>10618975
it works you just have to go into the gb bios settings and enable boot from lan

>>10619063
so what you're saying is that your ancestors were stingy. fucking live a little, buy the stupid flashcart if you can afford it. either that or admit that you're poor.

>>10618975
Not even sure there's that many games I want for this but their early design had great aesthetics

Same with Japanese stereos from that era

This thread reminded me of when I was a small child and thought I could build a functional airplane entirely out of cardboard if I tried hard enough.
Thanks for the memories, OP.

The Gameboy and Gameboy Color don't do anything if the CPU doesn't have a cartridge's ROM to read from. End of story.

What you're describing may be possible with GBA (and specifically only GBA games, no GB/GBC) because it's capable of a basic download play feature. Unfortunately download play is a pretty unexplored area of GBA homebrew from what I can tell.

In either case, even if you were to somehow make it far enough with mods and homebrew to attempt something like this, you'll run into a shitton of problems.
>It would require monstrously modified roms, literally rewritten entirely from scratch, to prevent the consoles from ever trying to read anything from the cartridge port (good luck)
>The data transfer speeds of the link port are likely too slow for pretty much any game to be functional
>There wouldn't even be enough free processing power on the GB/GBA to handle link connectivity features underneath running an actual game. Multitasking is not something you can get a CPU from the 70's to do.

The GBA can do that but it requires the ROM to be on a special format and the size is limited to what can fit in the RAM.

>>10620059
>Unfortunately download play is a pretty unexplored area of GBA homebrew from what I can tell.
Not true at all, in the early days of GBA homebrew an xboo cable plugged into your PCs parallel port was a popular way to upload homebrew roms.

I remember the Goomba emulator also supported transmitting emulated Game Boy games to other consoles via link cables. Game Boy Interface also lets you transmit a ROM to function as a GC controller. It's well explored territory.

>>10619110
It doesn't. In fact there's plenty of homebrew that can only work on an emulator.

>>10619063
Do you not wear clothes either faggot?

That's a coincidence, I've been exploring ways to move Pokemon from Gen 2 to Gen 3 (originally impossible). I thought it was a crapshoot but there is actually a tool that does it. Behold my pokey men
You just copy-paste pokemon across gen. Not even joking.

A simple Google search would have shut this down in 3 seconds but for once I do appreciate that you shared your crazy idea with us

>>10620439
>Do you not wear clothes either faggot?

usually but not when me and your sister are in the same room together

>>10620016
This thread reminded me of when you weren't a drama queen and still answered my messages.
Thanks for the passive-aggressiveness, anon.

OP is a genius and I would fund his kickstarter in a heartbeat. Reminds me of the part in A Murder at the End of the World where an astronaut hacks a car to run because it has an OBD terminal (note: IDK what that is). NINTENDO HIIIIRE THIS MAN!! NINTENDO..

>>10620251
if it has never once been played upon a game boy it cannot be called a game boy game

>>10619053
is this the schizobait thread?

>>10620949
>NINTENDO HIIIIRE THIS MAN!! NINTENDO..
Stop with your flattery, Nintendo has already hired him. Now it's only a matter of waiting for the goods to come out.

>>10620979
Unless the file extension is .gb.

>>10620059
Wow. I didn't think it was possible for someone to be more retarded than OP.
>>10620979
Your post is called a game baby cope

>>10620016
No idea who you think I am, but get help, schizo.

>>10620930
>>10622081
This was meant for you

>>10620979
This, people who program for fictional hardware can fuck off

>>10618982
>>10618991
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>>10619018
this is true for the gb and gbc, but the gba could boot from the link port (and a few things actually used it like the gba camera, e-reader, etc)

>>10619072
and the e-reader and gba camera among others

>>10620780
pkhex has been the standard for this and general pokemon save editing for years, and it looks and functions way better than whatever shitty vb6 program that is

>>10622081
>>10622085
Yeah, alright. I'm a schizo because of our friendship. I regret ever meeting you.

>>10619102
The DS could do something similar

Was the Link-Cable ahead of its time?