Serving as a precursor to the Game Boy Player, the Super Game Boy sold for $60 in 1994. Appearing like a tall SNES cartridge, the attachment could playback Game Boy games with a limited color pallet. Yet another useful Nintendo peripheral I regret passing on.

For those who own(ed) one, do share your experience with us lesser creatures in the comments. Was it worth it? How were the colors? Were the extra SNES effects a gimmick? Spill it.

In the summer of 1983, the original Famicom was unleashed on the Japanese market – a small, affordable home computer system with just three launch titles: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 2, and Popeye – each nearly dead ringers for their arcade counterparts.  The console was an instant hit, and it wasn’t long before Nintendo started to look to the west, eventually releasing the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 – but before the NES, Nintendo had something very different in mind, something that could been the difference between success and failure in the North American market.  This is the story of the Nintendo “Advanced Video System”

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Did you own a Game Boy Player? I don’t, but I wish I did. So much that I’m thinking of picking one up, especially if the much-desired Virtual Handheld service never comes to fruition.

As a non-owner, answer me this, kind reader. 1) What’s the best way to play the Game Boy Player on an HD TV? Do you use the default game borders or scale the 3×2 Game Boy Advance perspective flush with your TV edges? 2) What do you like most about the attachment? The least? 3) Should I buy one?

Okay, break!