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Super Game Boy 2
SHVC-042 · Nintendo · 1998
Why
There’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.The Super Game Boy is a peripheral that allows Game Boy cartridges to be played on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System console. Released on June 14, 1994 in Japan, on July 22, 1994 in North America, and on September 24, 1994 in Europe, it retailed for US$59.99 (equivalent to $130.31 in 2025) in the United States and £49.99 (equivalent to £105.48 in 2025) in the United Kingdom. In South Korea, it is called the Super Mini Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. A revised model, the Super Game Boy 2, was released in Japan in January 1998.
For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0How to tell them apart
Same rounded shape as the JP SGB; adds a Game Link port, green link LED and red power LED.
Details from sources
Japan only. Runs at correct Game Boy speed. Model code SHVC-042 is widely used on retail listings; not confirmed from a Nintendo document. Shell colour not documented in the sources used - fill from photos. Special link-capable SGB units used at Pokémon tournaments before SGB2 were not sold (ja Wikipedia).
Data source: ja.wikipedia.org
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