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GameBoy Advance 'Time Machine' NES Adapter Trailed

Posted by simoniker on from the flashroms-not-authentic dept.

Thanks to Lik-Sang for their report on a third-party 'Time Machine' NES adapter for the GameBoy Advance SP, being developed by a Taiwanese manufacturer and trailed at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair. According to Lik-Sang, who are also showing a promo picture of the device: "The product is supposed to be market-ready within the next couple of weeks, and the primary use is to play your Famicom/NES cartridges on your GBA through the unit. Famicom cartridges are plugged in at the back of the unit, while the system sits underneath the GBA SP."

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  1. Hopefully. . . by M3wThr33 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This will drive down the cost of the Game Axe so I can get one cheaply. Portable NES competition could be a very interesting market.

  2. Re:A solution looking for a problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The manufacturer of this gizmo also make a TV receiver for the GBA. I guess the unit actually contains Famicom hardware (unlicensed and guaranteed to annoy Nintendo) and generates both audio and video that is piped over to the GBA for display. The unit could then also contain some hardware to scale down the picture in a better way than what the emulators do - like the TV De Advance must do.