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After checking out and running the GB Player for about half an hour this morning, we're satisfied with the latest engineering achievement from Nintendo. The Gameboy Player allows the use of all Gameboy games (GB, GBC, GBA) on the Gamecube on a big, bright and viewtiful television or monitor. To enhance the experience, players may change screen settings and joypad configurations through a rudimentary menu. Two minor niggles: A Japanese region-encoded boot disk must be loaded up each and every time you play Gameboy Advance games. Nintendo should have encoded the GBA boot code in the GB Player unit itself and then added a toggle switch to go between GBA and GC modes. NOTE: USA Gamecubes require the use of a Freeloader or mod in order to load the GBP boot disk. Second niggle: It's common sense that you have to insert the cartridge before powering up the GBA. Same thing here. You must insert the GBA cartridge before powering up the GC + GBP combo and booting the disk. Insert a cartridge when the GB Player is already on and the screen blares out a warning which fills the screen... Once powered up however, carts are hot-swappable through the menu option without having to go through the boot process again. An Eject slider on the right side of the unit makes it easy to push out a cartridge once you're ready to play something else. Two screws which tunnel up from the GB Player help to lock the unit to your Cube for a secure connection. Some closing tidbits: Eight 4.5mm screws (the same ones that are used in the Gamecube) hold the shell of the Gameboy Player together. The pcboard inside pretty much covers the entire length and width of the shell. We'll update customers if any solutions for Panasonic Q compatibility are made available in the near future.
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