How to Play Game Boy Color Games on the DS
The Nintendo DS family of hand-held consoles allows players access to a wide variety of games designed for DS and Game Boy Advance. However, the system's backwards-compatibility only goes back so far. It's not possible to play Game Boy or Game Boy Color games on the machine. But adventurous users of the machine can still access these earlier games via homebrew emulation, provided they have a homebrew cartridge such as M3 DS Real or CycloDS Evolution.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer with Internet access
- Homebrew cartridge for Nintendo DS
- SD card for homebrew cartridge
- SD card reader
- Nintendo DS
Instructions
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Download Lameboy, the most compatible Game Boy Color emulator for Nintendo DS. Save the file to your desktop and double-click to unzip.
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Connect the SD card you use with your homebrew cartridge using the cartridge's supplied SD card reader or the SD slot of your computer.
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Open the folder unzipped to your desktop in Step 1 and copy the file "Lameboy.NDS" to the root directory of your SD card.
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Right-click and select "New Folder." Call this folder "Game Boy." Place Game Boy and Game Boy Color ROM files in this folder. If you don't have ROM files for Game Boy or Game Boy Color, these can be downloaded from the site in the "Resources" section.
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Eject and remove your SD card and place it in the SD slot of your homebrew cartridge. Insert the cartridge into your Nintendo DS and switch the system on.
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Select "Lameboy" from your homebrew cartridge's menu. Navigate to the "Game Boy" folder and use the stylus to launch the Game Boy Color game you wish to play on your DS.
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Tips & Warnings
Some Game Boy Color games are protected by the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) and are illegal to download or run if you do not own the original game. Only download public-domain ROMs (such as those provided in the "Resources" section) or the ROM files for games whose Game Boy Color cartridge you own a physical copy of.
References
Resources
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