Did you know Datel tried to release a dodgy hardware accessory that promised to play Game Boy games on your Nintendo 64?
Back in the 90s, Datel wanted a piece of the pie and released the Game Booster for the N64. But unlike Nintendo’s hardware-based Super Game Boy, Datel tried to pull it off using early software emulation—and it went about as well as you’d expect. The frame rate was tragic, it crashed constantly, and it couldn’t even emulate sound properly, opting instead to loop a single, high-pitched low-quality MIDI track over and over. To top it all off, it couldn’t play actual Game Boy Color exclusive titles, despite costing as much as a full-priced game!
Check out the linked video below for even more crazy and disastrous retro gaming hardware disasters!
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