Developers kit comes out on the device "Smart Boy" that will allow you to play gameboy cassettes on smartphone

Although it was announced April 2015 as a joke of April Fools, the device that made it possible to play Game Boy software, which was to be commercialized because the response was so high, was a device that made it possible for smartphone to play "Smart Boy"Was exhibited at the world's largest game trade show" E3 2016 "held in Los Angeles on June 14-16, 2016, and a kit for developers was released.

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Hyperkin's Smart Boy brings a functional Game Boy slot to your Android smartphone
http://www.neowin.net/news/hyperkins-smart-boy-brings-a-functional-game-boy-slot-to-your-android-smartphone

At Hyperkin's booth, which was exhibited at E3 2016, prototypes of Smart Boy that operated were exhibited. According to Neowin who covered the booth, the prototype of Smart Boy was used for the terminal of Galaxy Edge series equipped with Android instead of the original iPhone, and the commercial version will be released for Android smartphone Thing.


Looking at the Smart Boy from the side, you can see that the gameboy cartridge and smartphone are plugged into the main unit. Loading the game from the cartridge and loading it into the smartphone connected to Smart Boy with the Micro-USB cable.


In Hyperkin's Facebook account, a movie showing the fact that you actually play Pokemon with Smart Boy is released. I operated by using the Smart Boy cross key, A button, B button, and it seems as if I could soak in the feeling of playing a Game Boy.


Smart Boy will be compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy color cartridges, and the developer kit for Andorod is already on sale for $ 59.99 (about 6200 yen), but shipping will be on December 1, 2016 . However, the Developer Kit does not support delivery to Japan, and it will be expected to release the product version in Japan.

Smart Boy Developer Kit - Hyperkin Lab
http://hyperkinlab.com/smart-boy-developer-kit/