According to the Japanese Game Boy "micro" site..., The old Gameboy processor is in there?

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/050818b.html

The 8bit CISC-CPU is what allows the SP to play old GB/GBC games, and according to "dmgice" of Gamesarefun.com, it is not used for GBA games. So why would they include an old processor if they explicitly state on their websites and in e-mails that it isn't backwards compatible?

Here's dmgice's theories:

I can't properly address this one, but it doesn't sound like a possible issue. Someone with more knowledge of Gameboy games feel free to prove me wrong.

I agree with the avoiding compatibility errors statement, since perhaps it may not be as encompassing as SP's GB/GBC support. Again he mentions extreme battery drain, does anyone know why he would think older games would drain more battery?

For this one, I'll just say "God I hope not."

This post has been edited by Mugenmidget on Aug 20 2005, 04:04 AM

If the processor is in there, my theory is that they'll later sell an adapter. It seems weird for them to not make anything out of it if they are going to waste precious space on a processor.

Even if it does drain more power than the GBA games, it doesn't matter. After all, you could just buy a mains power adaptor to run them.

Here's my theory: It's a mistake, the GBM doesn't play old GB games in any way, they just copy-pasted the GBA specs and forgot to edit that bit.

Maybe there's a possibility that they changed their mind? It's not like that little processor is all that expensive

Isn't this the same case with the DS? I may be mistaken.

I heard the GB/C uses a higher power using mode then the GBA, and they couldn't simply hook the lesser using GBA's stuff into starting into GBC mode if the GBC still uses more due to old tech.

Yeah but adding it at the last minute is

From Wikipedia:

The processor it refers to is the 8bit CISC－CPU, so we know the DS doesn't have that chip, and it is able to play GBA games just fine. This means the Micro has it for a reason...

This is probably the most likely of the theories so far, and the least favorable. We can only hope that this is not the case.

EDIT: Citrusponge's theory may be less and less likely, as the specifications on the actual designated page for specs and not a news post still contain the 8-bit processor.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/micro/hardware/spec/

EDIT 2: The CNET specs only list the 32-bit processor...

But on the bright side, their GBASP lists the same thing, so there's still hope on that front.



This post has been edited by Mugenmidget on Aug 21 2005, 06:39 AM

O RLY?

I't swell that you took the time to notice this, Mugen. Very interesting indeed...

But, Nintendo is known to change things at the last minute. Let's hope this is one of those cases...

This post has been edited by Kaepora Revolution on Aug 21 2005, 08:24 PM