Hello,
I've got a job where i basically have nothing to do all day, so I'm learning C to teach myself to program gameboy roms, and i thought, why not, let's ressurect my old gameboy cart guide from back in the 8bc days.
What's this guide about?
:: This is basically a list of all sorts of different coloured and shaped gameboy carts
Why?
:: My job is reallly boring
Is it complete?
:: Far from, and it probably never will, but it's fun to do, so why not
Where can see the old version of the guide?
:: Here's a backup: http://www.timbob.nl/carts/cart%20guide.htm
Alright, let's begin... We'll start with everything that'll fit into the DMG...
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NOTE: THIS GUIDE IS FAR FROM COMPLETE NOW, I KNOW. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS
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Official Gameboy Games
• Grey
Just your normal cart. most of the games have this one.
here featured: kirbey's block ball. Nothing special here.
• Black
Black carts where used for gameboy colour games that also could be played on the DMG. examples: zelda DX, Tetris DX.
Black carts where also used for the pokemon trading card game. (as well as a lot more japanese games, I came to find out later)
• Red
Used for pokemon red.
• Blue
Used for pokemon blue
• Yellow
Used for pokemon yellow and at least 2 donkey kong land games and the Tamagotchi yellow game.
• Silver (grey with sprinkles)
Used for pokemon silver. Is a grey cart with some glitters
• Gold
Used for... you guessed it, Pokemon gold! It's gold coloured with gold coloured golden sparkles.*
• Grey & Blue
The japanese versions of pokemon Gold & Silver where both half blue, half grey. both slightly darker than the normal grey and the pokemo blue cart. (pokemon silver has a grey front and a blue back, pokemon gold vice versa)
• White
The white cart was used for the white edition of the tamagotchi game, and also as a blank memory cart, GBメモリ. These carts could be loaded with games at special stores.
• Pink!
OMG! it's like.. Pink! (and it has a tamagotchi game on it). On the right is a 'power rangers the movie' game, also in a pink cart. Probably the same pink as the tamagotchi one, but not 100% sure.
The pink carts where used by Bandai, and might be used for more games than these two..
• Light blue
This is a tamagotchi game with added sound module. The sound thingy wakes you up in the middle of the night when your tamagotchi is hungry, even if your gameboy is turned off...
• Black with Rumblepack
Pokemon pinball has a rumblepack on top of the gamecart. It vibrates and stuff.
• Gameboy Camera
The Game Boy Camera comes in five different standard colors: blue, green, red, yellow and clear purple (Japan only). There was also a limited edition gold The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time version, which contains different stamps from the standard versions and was available only in the USA through a mail order offer from Nintendo Power.
The Japanese versions had different software (mainly different stickers) and a different name. They where called Pocket Camera.
Front of a Japanese (left) and an American / European / anywhere else (right) camera.
Notice the different name on the stickers.
• Black
ROBOPON! It's like pokemon, but with robots. The cart is extra large because on the top it contains an infra red sensor.
Gameboy color games that'll fit into a DMG
• Transparent Pink
Kirby Tilt n Tumble game.. although it's a gameboy colour game, it does have a notch for DMGs.
• Transparent with Rumblepack
Star Wars racinggame with rublepack. Will fit into a DMG but is a GBC game
Unofficial / bootleg / etc
• Various colours
Sachen is a company that made third party games for various systems, including the gameboy. There are as far as I can find two different versions of the cart, as you can see above. Both have a small upstanding ridge at the end, helping you to remove the game from the gameboy. I also found a yellow version online once, may have come in more colours. (pictures and more info here)
• Various colours
Wisdom tree made christian games for various system. For the gameboy they released games like "Joshua, the battle of Jericho", spiritual Wars, a version of the king james bible, and probably a lot more. The cart has a different shape than normal games, and as far I can find, came in black and brown.
• Various colours
For the gameboy color, various bootleg games where produced with normal DMG-cart cases in different colours. Will fit in a DMG but only displays a note saying you can only play it on the GBC. I found 2 of these carts so far, but there are probably more. the colours are not the same as regular DMG colours. posted above:
Dark blue normal DMG cart with Action Man game. And Super Mario Bros. Deluxe in a green DMG game casing. Also a color game. It's kinda hard to see what shade of green it is, but it's green, and that's what counts.
• Dark green
Bootleg edition of pokemon green.
• Grey
Bootleg games, doesn't say nintendo gameboy on the cart, just GAME, which is kinda funny. There where also carts made with just a dent at the top with no text.
• Grey, XL
Big Ass gamecart. With 150 games on it. Some bootleg carts where a bit bigger to put more games on it, I guess... Looks silly. of these higher carts various shapes are made.
This one also has a reset button, which comes in handy when switching games.
third party / non-gaming functions
• Nanoloop (different colours)
› Show Spoiler
The music program we all know and love. I posted them in the spoiler for now, since the pics are quite big... nanoloop came mainly in non-standard game cases, with different colours for each version.
• Black with a yellow top
Smart Com cart. Contains all kinds of useful programs like calender and phonebook etc... Also has a way of communicating with Infra Red (can also be used as tv-remote, says website)
more info here
• Gray / transparent 
Different versions of the Action Replay cart (and Action Replay Pro). These where cheat carts you could put in your gameboy, and plug a gameboy game into the extra slot. Used for stuff like extra lives and other trickery.
• Gray
The Game Genie. Also a cheat cartridge, maybe more known. For more info and pics about this cart see this page.
• Gray
Gameboy test cartridge. Does what it says on the label; it contains a selection of tools for testing your gameboy. More info in this thread.
• Grey
Gameboy Radio. Not realy a game. Basically a radio that uses the gameboy's power to run. The screen of the gameboy only displays a logo-bar.
• black
Cleaning cart for the gameboy. It cleans the contacts and keeps it fresh. Probably would work on a GBC as well...
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Pictures stolen from: superbustysamuraimonkey, FamiKiller, drop1410, Google, ttocs, NeX, And other sources I can't remember...
If you know of any other gamecart / add-on that isn't listed? (like the gamesharks, pokemon pinball, freakishly large bootlegs, etc.) post it, and I'll add them.
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*might not contain real gold
Last edited by Timbob (April 21, 2010 10:14 am)
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Alright, so far for most of the copy/paste work. Now for the long task of updating and making it look pretty.
Any additions are always welcome. I'll continue with adding the pics that where posted in the old thread.
addendum:
Go and take a look at Drop1410's page here:
http://www.gameboycarts.com/
He has a wide selection of interesting gameboy carts with really nice photo's, and an interesting write up about them.
Last edited by Timbob (Jul 16, 2014 8:28 am)
