The Lost Online Functionality of the GameBoy | Gaming History

The online functionality in Japanese Pokémon Crystal has always fascinated me, I wasn't even alive when it was still in service. I would love to experience going online, If only modders could bring this service back.
Every other version of Pokémon Crystal has tons of unused content.

Premieres just mess up our sub feeds with stuff we can't watch.

Online ? On the Game Boy ? That's one thing I never heard was even planned, I'm eager to see what this was about and how it was meant to work since, you know, it's a Game Boy.

Normally, I try to comment before anyone else does, but I guess I lost this...

In other words, this video topic seems really interesting!

Let's goooo! I made it to the premier!

Seems kinda useless outside of trading Pokemon. Even the Celebi event could've just been on the cart to begin with.

There wasn't Skype back then, you if you wanted to talk while playing with your friends you'd need to use even more of the phone bill.

Hi. I actually did some patches for Game Boy Wars 3, including a full translation patch, a balance patch called the PALBal patch, and some other patches providing changes including removing the need to handle online stuff to summon Mercenary Units. If you have any questions, please fire away. I'm letting you know since you did actively mention about GBW3 a bit.

Great video. Is that actual footage for the online service for Crystal?

I love how interesting these videos really are, they're very educational and very insightful, I always wondered about the GB online thing, shame it never got that popular, just like the 64DD...

A third party needs to revive this concept please with original hardware and flashcart

At that point in time, the mere fact of having a mobile phone was already placing you among the early adopters.
Not surprise it didn't find success.

Awesome, i can't believe features like these existed in the game boy! I'm sure it was a really unique experience back then

This was very much a Japan-only addition for good reason. The mobile market in America hadn't taken off yet and the infrastructure just wasn't there. It would be nice to have that stuff today but I doubt people would put up with the MTX.

These videos are fantastic. More Super Smash Brothers content Please :D

This basically points why the GS Ball's anime appearance was a WASTE OF TIME.

As for the game itself, just use a Gameshark.

It's stuff like this that's ahead of its time. If it waited a bit longer, had better marketing or used better technology, it may have caught on.

You should do one on the DS Vision

Wait there was a green oracle game ?
Also Goldensun Online would have been epic!!

I wonder if anyones managed to program this into an emulator?

Hiiiighly underrated channel. Thanks for the content !!!

Huh, sounds like microtransactions for gameboy.

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