made. Just like a normal Gameboy the Wideboy64 also include an expansion port and the original Wideboy also included an infared port, like the Gameboy Color, United States Additional Info. In between the two Wideboy versions that accepts cartridges came one that didn't - very early in the Gameboy Advance development days. Judging from my other Wideboy AGB, the firmware in this one is very different from the later ones, the border around the screen has changed quite a bit. Though the Wideboy64 wasn't used for developing Gameboy games, but only a device to display and test software. An alternate version of the this was removed from the revised AGB version, instead this version was, as mentioned, capable of also playing Gameboy Advance games. was over the Wideboy was forgotten and ended up in a cupboard for a decade - the company never asked for a return. Discussion in 'Repair, Restoration, Conservation and Preservation' started by Martianman, Aug 13, 2015. After that time a lot of TS2 boards were scrapped. Now to run the Wideboy64 a Nintendo64 is obviously required and the N64 joypad would then be used to control the Gameboy game. So the UK company sent this Wideboy to a subcontractor to fix everything and once the debugging and fixing Added by Ross64 Quick Facts. Since the Wide-Boy 64 (specifically AGB) and N64DD are so rare, expensive and unobtainable, could someone effectively clone or reproduce them? device would then also run the game and function as a joypad. 1000 of this variation were this border... now if only I could find those screens. It was also used for the final matches at the Pokemon League Summer Training Tour '99, and by a Canadian children's game show, "Video & Arcade Top 10". WIDE-BOY64 AGB - THE EARLY VERSION: ... which is confirmed by a late 1999 manufacture date on the Wideboy AGB. Anyway, as most people should know by now, the "Wide Boy" units are development systems (manufactured by a subsidiary of Nintendo, Intelligent Systems) used by licensees to test their GB, GBC, and GBA games on a TV screen or monitor, rather than the awful screen of said portable systems. THE N64 ADAPTER YOU COULDN'T BUY IN STORES. It is basically a Gameboy Player, but on the N64. Wideboy64 AGB running "Zooo" The only catch to this cool device was that they weren't available for purchase for any store, and no Nintendo didn't give them away for free either. I may not have the exact usage of the TS2 right, but this N64 cart was used to debug a GBA game in development and it would output content. become available from bankrupt companies like Acclaim, though these gadgets still require a bit of searching so good luck :-). Member. one was called a "TS2". A zoom option is also available, located in the analog stick of the N64 controller. I remember having seen some screenshots from way back that had This wideboy has a history of being used to test a certain game for a developer based in the UK, no GBA cart existed at the time. The menu is activated by pressing start on controller 2 and only works if two controllers are connected. as low as $1400 per device, cheap huh?. original Gameboy games as well as the new system, Gameboy Color, games to be played on a Nintendo64. able to qualify to be able to purchase a Wideboy64 from Nintendo you had to become a licensee and the Wideboy64 didn't come cheap either, the price was Martianman Member. I'm not 100% sure about an entire add-on like the 64DD, as well as the disk reading part and how it will recognize the disks. 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