For reasons no one can fanthom
You’re talking about it, that’s the main reason
They gotta play dumb so people think it’s a quirky article instead of an ad
For the one other person who might be wondering, the game works on CFW as well!
Afaik the DS basically has GBA hardware built in, right? So I don’t see why there was a chance of it not working
Mostly that it was a GBC game being released in 2023 with the website being the assumed location it would be played. I honestly figured it was just a generic file type that was made in the style or with the constraints of the Game Boy Color, not that it was actually a Color game.
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
It’s obvious right, everyone is talking about this and McDonalds is loving it.
It would be so much cooler if they actually released a cartridge for it.
Was really hoping they had when I saw the headline :(
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!
no its just a download or a site to play it from. No cart. Kinda sad about it, would have been a sick collectable.
Can someone reply to my comment? I’m trying to make sure I’m able to see comments from other instances. Thank you :)
I sees ya!
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.
How are you liking it so far?
It’s pretty seemless! I’m stilling adjusting to the limitations of the gb studio engine but overall it’s very intuitive and easy to learn
Here is some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK4k5kUj9WA
I watched a few minutes of that. Appreciate the link to the game play.
It’s nice to see stuff like this for the GameBoy :). I have to try this on my Analogue Pocket :).
If there isn’t a cartridge then it’s just a ROM not a game imo. I know it’s pedantic to specify but it matters when there are people who’ve released modern GB cartridges
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.
I love this so much. I need to break out one of those gameboy studio tools and take a crack at a game of my own.
Retro handhelds have really revived people’s appetites for retro-styled games. There’s a lot of fluff on itch.io, but there’s good stuff there too.
🪺😂 honestly a hot idea. The article is fun to read too
Key words for follow-up reading :)
- GB Studio
- atari2600
- the Tetris chicken nugget in prc
That’s awesome, might have to check it out myself.
The music in this game is way better than it needs to be.
That’s pretty cool.
