Game Boy 4 Player Adapter

Game Boy 4 Player Adapter
ゲームボーイ 4 Player Adapter
©1992 Nintendo
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Game Boy

Release Dates
JP: Unknown, 1992 - Retail
US: Unknown, 1992- Retail
EU: Unknown, 1992 - Retail


The Game Boy Four Player Adapter is a communication accessory released for the Game Boy. The peripheral was designed to allow up to four players to play certain multiplayer games on the original Game Boy.

The Game Boy Four Player Adapter consists of a small, gray hub with a single connector cable attached to connect to the first player's Game Boy. The second, third, and fourth players must each use their own Game Link Cables to connect their Game Boys to each of the three link cable ports on the main hub. Theoretically, using the proper Game Link Cable and adapters, this device is compatible with Game Boy consoles all the way up to the Game Boy Advance SP. However, the device is only compatible with a select few original Game Boy games, and will not work for Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance games on the aforementioned systems. Since Game Boy Micro is not backwards compatible with original Game Boy games, the Game Boy Four Player Adapter is incompatible with it.

The only games compatible with the Game Boy Four Player Adapter were F-1 Race, Wave Race, and Top Rank Tennis.

Production Credits

Producer
Gunpei Yokoi
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Research & Development 1 Division

Director
Satoru Okada
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Research & Development 1 Division

Hardware Technology
Katsuya Yamano
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Research & Development 1 Division
Hitoshi Yamagami
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Research & Development 1 Division

Executive Producer
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | CEO


Author: Kyoto Ninja (13 April 2012)
Verified: KRFC (13 April 2012)
Source: Google Patent Registry. Kamitoba Japan Database.

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