What Happened
| Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The $50 Epilogue GB Operator has a brand-new trick up its sleeve.
Why It Matters
In addition to backing up Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges and saves to a PC (and writing saves back to carts again!), it can now plug into your phone with a brand-new Retrace app for Android and iOS.
Key Details
- The idea: check if cartridges are legit, and how much they're worth, before you buy or sell them.
- I plugged around 50 cartridges into the app, and… it could use some work.
- While most of my English and Japanese library was detected without a hitch, it also called a few counterfeit cartridges "authentic," a number of authentic cartridges "co … Read the full story at The Verge.
Background Context
The GB Operator. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The $50 Epilogue GB Operator has a brand-new trick up its sleeve. In addition to backing up Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges and saves to a PC (and writing saves back to carts again!), it can now plug into your phone with a brand-new Retrace app for Android and iOS. The idea: check if cartridges are legit, and how much they're worth, before you buy or sell them. Is it reliable? I plugged around 50 cartridges into the app, and… it could use some work. While most of my English and Japanese library was detected without a hitch, it also called a few counterfeit cartridges "authentic," a number of authentic cartridges
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Source: The Verge – Original Link
Source: The Verge
