diff --git a/docs/notes.md b/docs/notes.md index 7055d704..0031a87f 100644 --- a/docs/notes.md +++ b/docs/notes.md @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ This is sometimes referred to as "480i" video. TODO: https://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?p=44758#p44758 +This also affects the PC Engine: +https://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?p=44779#p44779 + Music and Sound Effect Volume on the Mega Drive ----------------------------------------------- @@ -99,18 +102,54 @@ Games for the original Game Boy came in solid grey cartridges, and only supported four-shade greyscale graphics. ROM files for these games -typically have filenames ending in `*.gb`. +typically have filenames ending in `.gb`. The Game Boy Color played all the original Game Boy games, but extended the hardware to support colour graphics. Games that required the extra hardware in the Game Boy Color -came in transparent cartridges. +came in transparent cartridges, +and had a slightly different shape +to prevent them from being used in original Game Boys.. ROM files for these games -typically have filenames ending in `*.gbc`. +typically have filenames ending in `.gbc`. -TODO: Rename files before import! -Or afterward. +However, +there were also some games +that could use colour if it was available, +but would stick to greyscale if it wasn't. +These games came in black cartridges. +ROM files for these games +typically have filenames ending in `.gbc` +(since they are genuinely designed for the Game Boy Color) +or `.gbb`. + +Sometimes people ask +for higan to include these backwards-compatible Game Boy Color games +when asking for a Game Boy game to load. +However, +this would make higan much more complex +for not much benefit: +it's just the same game as in Color mode, +but with bits chopped off. +You might as well play backward-compatible games +in Game Boy Color mode +and get the full experience the developers intended. + +If you really, really want to see +what a particular game's backward-compatible mode looked like, +change the filename to end with `.gb` +(instead of `.gbc` or `.gbb`) +before [importing it](guides/import.md). +If you want to experiment +with loading in-game saves from colour-mode in monochrome mode +or vice-versa, +you can import the game once with `.gb` +and once with `.gbc`, +then manually copy files between the +[game folders](concepts/game-folders.md) +in the "Game Boy" and "Game Boy Color" sub-folders +of the [Game Library](concepts/game-library.md) folder. In-Game Saves and the Game Boy Advance --------------------------------------