Super Game Boy question

[LINK398]

Might seem like a dumb question but I couldn't find any sold information on this. Does the Super Game Boy play Game Boy Color games

[Aussie2B]

Only if the GBC games are compatible with the original Game Boy (i.e. the black-shelled carts as opposed to the transparent GBC-exclusive games). But they'll display as a b/w Game Boy game would display on a Super Game Boy, so don't expect to see it in full-color mode like when played on a GBC.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

To elaborate, the Super GameBoy can be used to play certain GameBoy Color games, but not all, or in fact, most. It differs from game to game.

The general rule of thumb is the shell of the game. If it is black or otherwise colored, there is a high probability it will work with the Super GameBoy, albeit limited to 4 colors like it does with standard GB games.

However, if the game cartridge is transparent, it will not work with the Super GameBoy whatsoever.

Why? The Super GameBoy is based off of the original GameBoy hardware, with its 4Mhz processor.

The GameBoy Color on the other hand has a much beefier 8Mhz processor and eventually GBC games began to use it to its full capabilities, which meant those games could no longer be player on older models of the GameBoy.

If you wish to play GameBoy Color games on a tv, your only option outside of emulation is the GameBoy Player for GameCube. It will play GB, GBC and GBA games. However, the way it handles original GameBoy games is exactly like the GameBoy Color - auto assigning pallets that can only be changed from one pre-arranged pallet to another during bootup. For this reason, playing original GB games is much better on the Super GameBoy than the GameBoy Player.

[Jorpho]

Or in other words, the Super Game Boy will only play those few Game Boy Color games that will work on the regular B&W Game Boy.

If you wish to play GameBoy Color games on a tv, your only option outside of emulation is the GameBoy Player for GameCube.

Well, there's the Wide-Boy 64, but most of us will probably never see one of those.

[Atarileaf]

In other words, the best of both worlds is to have both a Super Gameboy and a Gamecube player, which was something I decided was the way to go about a year ago when I started collecting GBC games and some wouldn't work on the SGB

[Koa Zo]

Does the Super Game Boy 2 play GBC games?

[BlastProcessing402]

[QUOTE=Jorpho;1990130]Or in other words, the Super Game Boy will only play those few Game Boy Color games that will work on the regular B&W Game Boy./QUOTE]

Right, though I don't know if I'd say it was few. Most of the GBC games I've played also work in a GB. The Zelda Oracles games being among the exceptions.

[SparTonberry]

However, if the game cartridge is transparent, it will not work with the Super GameBoy whatsoever.

Pretty sure the transparent design was to deliberately block the power switch on the original Game Boy (aka the DMG-001), so yes that should be the sign to look for when determining GB/SGB compatibility.
I hear the only exception is Robopon (which has a custom case because it has a battery-backed alarm feature).