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The Super Game Boy was a special cartridge that let you play Game Boy games on the Super NES using a TV set and a SNES controller. | The Super Game Boy was a special cartridge that let you play Game Boy games on the Super NES using a TV set and a SNES controller. | ||
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Around the time the Super Game Boy came out in Japan, Hori released a special controller that partially simulated the look and the feel of the original Game Boy unit itself — right down to the speaker grille in the lower right corner. The resulting product, the SGB Commander, never saw the light of day in the US. | Around the time the Super Game Boy came out in Japan, Hori released a special controller that partially simulated the look and the feel of the original Game Boy unit itself — right down to the speaker grille in the lower right corner. The resulting product, the SGB Commander, never saw the light of day in the US. | ||
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It was a controller themed after the original Game Boy to be used with the Super Game Boy adapter for the Super Nintendo. | It was a controller themed after the original Game Boy to be used with the Super Game Boy adapter for the Super Nintendo. | ||
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You can [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Famicom-Game-Boy-Controller-SGB-Commander-HORI-Japan-RCVD1-/271202811404 buy it on Ebay] for $34.99. | You can [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Famicom-Game-Boy-Controller-SGB-Commander-HORI-Japan-RCVD1-/271202811404 buy it on Ebay] for $34.99. | ||
Revision as of 08:52, 13 October 2014
Super Game Boy Commander
The Super Game Boy was a special cartridge that let you play Game Boy games on the Super NES using a TV set and a SNES controller.
Around the time the Super Game Boy came out in Japan, Hori released a special controller that partially simulated the look and the feel of the original Game Boy unit itself — right down to the speaker grille in the lower right corner. The resulting product, the SGB Commander, never saw the light of day in the US.
It was a controller themed after the original Game Boy to be used with the Super Game Boy adapter for the Super Nintendo.
You can buy it on Ebay for $34.99.