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I actually have a similar problem with Magic Lamp; it will only work on a Game Boy, GB Pocket, and a GB Color. It does not go past startup on Super GB, GBA, and GBA SP.
Qiezei got his temporary copy of the English version to work on the Game Boy Player; I guess mine doesn't work on said device since it's the Chinese version. I'm still waiting for the day where we can emulate the protection of these games so they'll work on an emulator.[/quote]I think I mentioned how I got mine working, but I'll refresh on it:
Taizou explained the Game Boy boot logos on his Neo Fuji page (http://fuji.drillspirits.net/?post=87). Basically, the color systems check the top-half of one of the Game Boy's boot logos needed to run the game. The older Gowin games use "GOWIN" for a boot logo which edit the logo's top half, preventing it from booting on a GBA system. The copies with the "HOTKID" logo (such as the English Magic Lamp and Crouching Tiger games I've recorded) only edit the lower half, hence why the logo looks rather sloppy, and is thus allowed to run on a GBA system.
If anybody can explain it better (or more clearly) they're welcome to do so, but that's the general summary of why the issue exists.
Ah, I see now.
I'm kinda wondering if this was done (from Gowin) (for severely changing the header for the bootup), because if they were going to make their own system that would play their games. (Possibly calling it the "Gowin Boy" or the "HotKid Boy") Second thing, I also wonder if their games would even play on the GB Boy and the GB Boy Colour. They actually might play better, who knows?
Almost every other unlicensed GB developer/publisher except Makon changed the logo, I doubt they were all planning their own systems. It was just a way to avoid trademark issues with Nintendo while plugging themselves in the process. Oh and GB Boy Color compatibility with Gowin games seems to be the same as the real GBC, I guess it still checks against the Nintendo logo internally even if it isn't shown.
- taizou
- Dec 22 2013, 06:05:40 PM
Almost every other unlicensed GB developer/publisher except Makon changed the logo, I doubt they were all planning their own systems. It was just a way to avoid trademark issues with Nintendo while plugging themselves in the process. Oh and GB Boy Color compatibility with Gowin games seems to be the same as the real GBC, I guess it still checks against the Nintendo logo internally even if it isn't shown.[/quote]Huh. I was asking that because even the startup programming of the GB Boy Colour is customized by the developer of the console, Kongfeng. (I think that's the company's name.) I mean, they didn't use the same bootup programming as the official GameBoy Color.