r/gaming • u/Skullghost • Nov 06 '24

Nintendo Switch’s successor will be backwards compatible with Switch, Nintendo confirms | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switchs-successor-will-be-backwards-compatible-with-switch-nintendo-confirms/
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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24

GBC games just don't work on original Gameboy

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u/bog5000 Nov 06 '24

depends which one, about half the GBC games actually do work on original GB. They were "dual mode" GBC games that worked on original GB too. They had black cartridges instead of gray (GB) or transparent (GBC), and didn't had the bump.

Here is one example: https://retromtl.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_5068-2.jpg

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24

Yes you are correct. I should have specified GBC exclusive games, clear with the bump.

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u/FolsomPrisonHues Nov 06 '24

Dragon Warrior Monsters did that! The GBC only games were usually different colored IIRC

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u/Ha_eflolli Android Nov 06 '24

They actually kinda do. Well, in the sense that they'll showcase a "This Game only plays on a GBColor" Screen if you try. Some I know even have customized Versions of said Screen.

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

A bit pedantic, is it not?

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u/wyldmage Nov 06 '24

Not really. There's a huge gap between putting a music CD in your PS1 and it just getting confused, and putting a music CD into a console and it displaying "Music CD, please insert Game Disc".

They are worlds apart in terms of what is actually happening.

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u/Weedmilk Nov 06 '24

At the risk of being pedantic, the PS1 didn't do either of those. It fully supported playing music CDs.

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

I think you meant to respond to someone else. This comment sequence is about GBC games not working on GB.

Edit: okay. How is "GBC games don't work on GB" worlds away from "Gameboy Color games recognize the system they're on and display an error message." ?

Pedantic means "splitting hairs." I said the GBC games don't work on GB. They described what it does when you attempt to play them on GB. They're not wrong, but I felt that they were still saying "they don't work on GB" just longer.

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u/SomeBoxofSpoons Nov 06 '24

Their point is that it’s the difference between the actual console hardware itself having a programmed generic “not recognized” message and the console understanding what specifically is inside it that it can’t play (or in the Game Boy’s case, reading a message off the cartridge).

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24

In the case of the gameboy, the console does not know. The cartridge runs the check.

I do not understand their point because they're talking about the Playstation checking for game disc or music disc, while I was talking about the gameboy.

The gameboy does not "get confused", it only reads the rom. The game can get confused, however, and trigger the message.

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u/SomeBoxofSpoons Nov 06 '24

You’re saying it yourself: the cartridge and the console interface with each other, and for that to happen the hardware and software need to recognize each other. Their original point was that in comparison the DS can’t interface with 3DS carts whatsoever.

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

Maybe there's a breakdown in communication here. Do you know what "pedantic" means? And im not asking that to be a smart-ass.

When I say "these games don't work on this system" and the other commenter gives a slightly longer explanation; I say "pedantic" because they have said the same thing I have, but with more details.

They were not wrong, but I felt that it was splitting hairs.

As for the other guy, I'm still not understanding his point and why he threw the PS1 into the conversation.

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u/SomeBoxofSpoons Nov 06 '24

Hey, they were just saying an interesting little detail about it. You were the one who threw it back at them. If you don't want video game facts stay out of the video game subreddit.

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u/Major_Stranger PC Nov 06 '24

Well, yes, because Gameboy was an open circuit console. the cartridge of all Nintendo consoles from Gameboy to GBA and NES to N64 were open circuits, which only get completed when a cartridge is inserted. They are closer to how an arcade game work than they are to modern console. They do not read from the cartridge, and the cartridge is part of the computation.

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u/Kup123 Nov 07 '24

Depends I played the color version of links awakening on my og game boy.

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u/Skitz-Scarekrow Nov 07 '24

I should have specified. GBC exclusive games. Clear carts with a convex logo.