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The Game Boy Player is a device made by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube which enables Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance cartridges to be played on a television. It connects via the High Speed (Parallel) port at the bottom of the GameCube and requires use of a boot disc to be run to access the hardware. The hardware in the Game Boy Player is the same as a Game Boy Advance without the screen or batteries.

The Game Boy Player allows for control either through a GameCube controller or a Game Boy Advance (SP) hooked up with a GameCube-Game Boy Advance Cable. When using a Game Boy Advance, the buttons are identical, but due to the GameCube controller's different layout, there are two different mappings you can use. Also, you need at least one GameCube controller plugged in to access the menu. For some special GBA games, the rumble feature can be enabled on the GameCube controller in the Controller Socket 1. The Game Boy Player can't be compatible with Game Boy Advance Video paks.


GameCube Button GBA Equivalent - Map One GBA Equivalent - Map Two
Control Stick/Directional Pad Directional Pad Directional Pad
A/B Buttons A/B Buttons A/B Buttons
L/R Buttons L/R Buttons Select
X/Y Buttons Select L/R Buttons
Start Button Start Button Start Button
C Stick Not Used Directional Pad
Z Button Open Menu Open Menu


The menu has six options to choose from:

The Game Boy Player is available in Indigo, Black, Spice or Platinum in Japan, Black in North America and Europe and Black and Indigo in Australia. A special Game Boy Player for the Q GameCube/DVD player had to be made due to the Q's legs. All Game Boy Players have screws on the bottom to secure it to the GameCube and also have an eject button on the right side of the unit for Game Boy Advance games. Game Boy and Game Boy Color games stick out from the unit (just like the Game Boy Advance (SP)) so they can just be pulled out (when the system is off or Change Cartridge has been selected from the menu). Prototypes have featured a storage compartment on the left side of the Game Boy Player, but it does not show up in the retail product.

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