Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:26:09 AM
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>>723766313
It's precisely because of what Crystal is given the technology that makes it as impressive as it is. The Game Boy was released in 1989, and even then it was outdated even for a handheld. 1998's Game Boy Color is a marked upgrade, but I wouldn't say it's an entire generation better, it's closer to a Game Boy Pro since we're calling incremental upgrades [whatever] Pro nowadays.
Gold and Silver are Game Boy games, but they have specific enhancements for both the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color, it's really impressive. The opening video doesn't even run on a regular Game Boy, but for them to do things like a real time clock or infrared communication is something that really makes them stand out among other Game Boy games. Not only that, but they function with the Game Boy Printer too, and can connect to the N64 with Stadium 2 and be played on it. It's actually a shame that Crystal is GBC-only, I would have loved it if they could have found a way to make it work on the GB and SGB, but they went so far as to include online trading, battling, and event distributions. Even if Game Boy games in 1999/2000 were ancient compared to the Dreamcast and PS2, Gen II didn't feel outdated in the least even if the hardware was comparable to a 1983 Famicom.
Though Gen III is a huge visual step up, I don't think its usage of technology really wowed anyone, and it didn't even look particularly impressive among its contemporaries. I think that cutting back on some of the really wow factor technology they had before also undermined it. The Wireless Adapter was nice, but not as exciting as the Mobile Adapter GB, and wireless communications became standard with the DS and PSP later that year anyway.
It's precisely because of what Crystal is given the technology that makes it as impressive as it is. The Game Boy was released in 1989, and even then it was outdated even for a handheld. 1998's Game Boy Color is a marked upgrade, but I wouldn't say it's an entire generation better, it's closer to a Game Boy Pro since we're calling incremental upgrades [whatever] Pro nowadays.
Gold and Silver are Game Boy games, but they have specific enhancements for both the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color, it's really impressive. The opening video doesn't even run on a regular Game Boy, but for them to do things like a real time clock or infrared communication is something that really makes them stand out among other Game Boy games. Not only that, but they function with the Game Boy Printer too, and can connect to the N64 with Stadium 2 and be played on it. It's actually a shame that Crystal is GBC-only, I would have loved it if they could have found a way to make it work on the GB and SGB, but they went so far as to include online trading, battling, and event distributions. Even if Game Boy games in 1999/2000 were ancient compared to the Dreamcast and PS2, Gen II didn't feel outdated in the least even if the hardware was comparable to a 1983 Famicom.
Though Gen III is a huge visual step up, I don't think its usage of technology really wowed anyone, and it didn't even look particularly impressive among its contemporaries. I think that cutting back on some of the really wow factor technology they had before also undermined it. The Wireless Adapter was nice, but not as exciting as the Mobile Adapter GB, and wireless communications became standard with the DS and PSP later that year anyway.