The Micro has a single port which performs double duty as both a Link Port and a Charging Port. The smallest connector used as a Link Port was introduced with the Game Boy Micro, released in 2005. In short, use 8-bit cables when using 8-bit games and peripherals and use GBA cables when using GBA games and peripherals, except as noted below.
GBA Link Cables and Peripherals have a bump on their connectors to prevent insertion into an MGB connector. The GBA has more advanced functionality which necessitate wiring changes in its own Link Cables and has GBA-exclusive peripherals like the Wireless Adapter. The Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and the Game Boy Player use a slightly modified MGB connector and are backwards compatible with the 8-bit Link Cables and Peripherals. With the correct cable or adapter, any MGB cable or peripheral can work with an original DMG Game Boy. The Game Boy Color supports faster data transfer modes compared to the Game Boy and Game Boy Pocket and its derivatives but does not require different cables to handle the higher speeds. A notable peripheral which uses the Medium link port is the Game Boy Printer.
The MGB connector was used on the Game Boy Light, Super Game Boy 2, Game Boy Color in its 8-bit form. This connector is identical electrically to the DMG connector, but it is a physically smaller connector. The medium-sized connector was introduced with the Game Boy Pocket (MGB) in 1996. A notable peripheral which uses the DMG link port is the Game Boy Four Player Adapter. The largest was original to the original DMG Game Boy, released in 1989. Game Boy Link Ports and Cable Connectors come in three sizes and four shapes. In this article I will go over the various cable connectors, the official products which used the Link Port or converted one kind of link port to another and how Link Cables are wired.Ĭonnector and Compatibility Basics - The Four Generations The Link Port was carried over to the Game Boy Advance, but there were some differences. In subsequent Game Boy models the Link Port became faster but it also took on different shapes.
GAMEBOY DMG AC ADAPTER VS SERIAL
That Link Port is a simple bidirectional synchronous serial port and was not very fast but it was sufficient to allow two consoles to communicate with each other over a Link Cable. Or you can force the connection with a bit of soldering, but then you'll have to remove at least one battery each time you're playing using the adapter.When Nintendo released its first handheld console, the Game Boy, it provided a Link Port to allow two players to play games with or against each other. I bet your adapter jack is bad and the metal tab got stucked in a position it isn't touching the other metal tab anymore. This way, the batteries are disconnected, and the circuit will draw power from the adapter. But when the adaptor plug is inserted into the jack, the plug move away the battery metal tab a bit, enough for it not being touching the circuit metal tab anymore. So the circuit will draw power from the batteries. When you have nothing inside the adapter jack, those two metal tabs are touching each other. The - pole of the battery is always connected to the circuit. Inside of it, there are two metal tabs, one connected to the + pole of the battery and the other connected to the circuit. What really tells the circuit from where it should get power is the adapter jack itself. Let me explain how the switch for adapter/batteries work.
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