Are there any good (or at least somewhat useful) GB programs out there? I came across GB-PDA and, although I haven't found any use for it these days, it's quite neat.
Last edited by Terbografx (Jun 15, 2011 8:54 am)
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you can use a game boy for non musical purposes? someone should tell nintendo. there's probably a big market for that.
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godinpants wrote:
you can use a game boy for non musical purposes? someone should tell nintendo. there's probably a big market for that.
Cheeky.
I guess I shoulder have said "non-gaming" as well. Funny cuz I was thinking to myself that I should include that...but for some reason forgot haha.
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godinpants wrote:
you can use a game boy for non musical purposes? someone should tell nintendo. there's probably a big market for that.
lol
edit: on topic - I've never really thought about using anything like that on gameboy so I honestly don't know.
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GBAs have been used as a diagnostics tool for tuning engines. Incidentally, when this process involves changing some software parameters, it's sometimes referred to as "chip tuning." I've also seen a bible browser program with all KJV stuffed into the cart. I'm sure they have been used a lot for portable diagnostics and sensor readout, etc, but not so much of it would end up in consumer end products.
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ive got a personal organizer cart that lissajou gave me, pretty weird
besides the sewing one, wasnt there also one that hooked up to low grade sonar to help lazy fishermen?
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yeah there was a sonar one! but my favorite is gb-remote. it takes the gameboy color only, and can record then re-send out the same IR signals. I use my gameboy to turn off and on my tv aswell as change channels volume, etc. its actually a useful rom. not to mention being able to use it for anything you can use IR for.
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12ianma wrote:
yeah there was a sonar one! but my favorite is gb-remote. it takes the gameboy color only, and can record then re-send out the same IR signals. I use my gameboy to turn off and on my tv aswell as change channels volume, etc. its actually a useful rom. not to mention being able to use it for anything you can use IR for.
That's really cool. Screenshot or, if public domain, a rom?
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Saskrotch wrote:
i get ROM flashing requests for these quite a bit actually 
cool machines, been looking for one on the cheap for the GF.
cool in the sense of, 'wow, what a pointless thing to do with a gameboy'
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kitsch wrote:
...been looking for one on the cheap for the GF.
That's what I'm doing right now 
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e.s.c. wrote:
wasnt gb remote a homebrew app?
There is a few homebrew but also at least one commercial. I have one somewhere, its also a PDA.