Esoteric BC support A-GO!

[A Black Falcon]

GBA comes out, I ask "does it support SGB color pallettes?" and "yeah I know it doesn't have the infrared port, but could it basically use a converting protocol to use the link cable for that same feature?".

The GB Player was quite dissapointing in how it didn't support SGB color pallets (12 instead of 48? Yeah... nice...), special modes in SGB games that had them (2/4 player multiplayer on one SNES with some games, fullscreen in a game or two, etc), etc... it's good for its GBA support, but as an original GB player it's pretty poor in comparison to the SGB. :) (just saying "those 'little' details matter, darnit! :))

XBox 360 is out, I wonder about Steel Battallion's ridiculously oversized controller.

I wonder more about a bunch of the more interesting (and less successful) games that I wish it played... I hadn't even thought of Steel Battalion. Good point, though...

PS3 comes out, I wonder if it'll support multitap gaming on PS1 and 2 games.

Doubtful. And we'll be lucky if it supports a workaround like the X360 does for getting Xbox saves onto the thing... (via an action replay and Datel's other attachment that lets you transfer files between a PC and a X360 HDD)

the GC just needs any connection, it doesn't care how. But you'll need a software update in order to let MKD run in online play modes. So right now, you'd only be able to play PSO on your GC using the Wii as a hub.

You're assuming that the GC will support GC online/LAN games... I wouldn't. While it's possible, it's not definite, as DJ's first paragraph proves... just because something CAN be done with backwards compatibility does not in any way determine that it WILL be done. More often, the more interesting (ie unique) features of a console are left out of BC... the GB's 16-player multiplayer via linked 4-player adapters, the GBC's IR port, easy transfer of Xbox or PS1/PS2 game saves to the new consoles, support for addons to those consoles that made some games possible... (you're right, what about all those games that use addon controllers? Your PS3's "full backwards compatibility" looks suspect then, doesn't it, without support for those things...)