Wait there aren’t any actual carts for this? Did they just drop a rom file somewhere? Who at McDonald’s came up with this idea and how can we get them a raise!
That post seems to be missing.
LilBagOfBunnies 5 points 3 years ago
For the one other person who might be wondering, the game works on CFW as well!
TragicNotCute 5 points 3 years ago
I think I knew in my heart it wasn't going to be a purple Grimace cartridge, but I was still disappointed when I learned it wasn't.
RedEagle 4 points 3 years ago
Thank you ! Also on topic of the post I think it's pretty cool that people are still making games for older consoles. I've been experimenting with making a gbc game with gb studio in my spare time.
rubicon88 4 points 3 years ago
Here is some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK4k5kUj9WA
Pluto_Is_A_Planet 3 points 3 years ago
I watched a few minutes of that. Appreciate the link to the game play.
GrindingGears 3 points 3 years ago
My 67 year old mom's got a new rebuilt and improved Game Boy Colour. She wanted a switch, but dear lord watching her try to operate mine..so I was like hey what about a new Game Boy, there's people on Etsy that rebuild them. She's happier than a pig on shit, and I don't have to answer endless support calls + she's got a super sized library to work through from my old Game Boy games. Will have to check this out to see if I can get her one of these.
blindsight 3 points 3 years ago
From other comments, it sounds like there are no physical carts.
An Everdrive would probably work and they're only like $25 for a Chinese one, plus a few bucks for a micro SD. It's not like you'd need a big one!
EsotericEmbryo 1 point 3 years ago
I used an everdrive for my megadrive (lol) and it worked flawlessly! I highly recommend they get one of these for their grandmother that is a great idea!
EsotericEmbryo 1 point 3 years ago
This is such a fantastic idea! The gameboy was such an amazing system and it's so awesome to see it still being appreciated and even games on it being experienced for the first time by newcomers. My father was wanting to get into gaming as well but one of his main gripes was "there's too many buttons to learn" I think I might just get him a gameboy! Idk why I didn't consider that before thank you so much for the idea!
GrindingGears 1 point 3 years ago
My dad's actually a bigger gamer than I am. He is being stubborn about retiring, but I'm going to get him a PS5 when he retires in the next year or so. He was also begging me to just get my mom something simple, as he too, didn't want to have to explain how to use a Switch to her all the time. The Game Boy is such a good idea for those kind of folks, and you should see what people are doing to those things now. I almost bought myself one, not going to lie.
BreadDog 3 points 3 years ago
For reasons no one can fathom
The ROM hacking community takes this personally.
ROM hacking and well, just retro development like this is awesome. I think there is something to be said about the creativity that comes with a limited canvas and so on
OdinoThePine 2 points 3 years ago
For reasons no one can fanthom
You're talking about it, that's the main reason
ultimate_question 1 point 3 years ago
They gotta play dumb so people think it's a quirky article instead of an ad
Pluto_Is_A_Planet 2 points 3 years ago
That's pretty cool.
i_am_hungry 2 points 3 years ago
It's obvious right, everyone is talking about this and McDonalds is loving it.
tomcatt360 1 point 3 years ago
Buh buh buh ^buh^ buh!
djidane535 1 point 3 years ago
It's nice to see stuff like this for the GameBoy :). I have to try this on my Analogue Pocket :).
iThinkergoiMac 1 point 3 years ago
It’s a game, just not a cartridge. Just because it’s in a file format doesn’t make it not a game. I’m planning to check it out on my GB Advance SP with an EZ Flash cartridge, so it’ll be playing on actual hardware.
NotInTheFace 1 point 3 years ago
Wow, the memories!
thanks for using Leebra!
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It would be so much cooler if they actually released a cartridge for it.
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