This week, Gillman and I play a bit of Mario and Luigi Brothership on Switch.
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Magical Drop (GBC, 2000) – ENABLE THE LINK CABLEMagical Drop on Gameboy Color has a 2-player link cable VS mode but it doesn’t actually do anything – pointless.
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Austin Powers: Oh, Behave & Welcome to My Underground Lair! (GBC) – ENABLE THE LINK CABLEAustin Powers: Oh, Behave! and Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair! feature interchangeable 2-player link cable mini games. One is a digital way to play Rock, Paper, Scissors and the other is an Othello clone. Plus, players can swap text message using the GBC’s IR Port. Those text messages can also be printed using […]
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Sega Game Gear Master List of Gear-To-Gear Link Cable Supported GamesReleased in October 1990, Sega’s Game Gear was their answer to Nintendo’s Gameboy. In total, there were over 360 games released for the Game Gear with just over 100 supporting the Gear-To-Gear link cable. In other words, nearly 1/3 of all GG games supported multiplayer. Here are a list of all multiplayer Gear-To-Gear link cable […]
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Transfer Pak – PERFECT DARK N64 to GBCWhen the Gameboy Color version of Perfect Dark is connected to the N64 game via the Transfer Pak, four cheats become unlocked. The coolest part is this Transfer Pak functionality was adopted into the Xbox and Switch Online ports too. See it here.
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Linking Sega Dreamcast to the Neogeo Pocket Color Ultimate Master GuideSega released the Dreamcast in September 1999 (US) while SNK released the Neogeo Pocket Color in August 1999 (US). Before Nintendo allowed players to link Gameboy Advance handhelds to the Gamecube, Sega and SNK partnered to create a link cable that allowed SNK’s handheld to communicate with Sega’s home console. Only six games took advantage […]
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Centipede (GB, 1992) – ENABLE THE LINK CABLEThe Gameboy version of Centipede, a port of the arcade original, puts a strong emphasis on linked multiplayer. Outfitted with both linked co-op and competitive modes, plus alternating, this Gameboy game has a robust multiplayer offering.
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Star Wars Episode I: Racer (GBC, 1999) – ENABLE THE LINK CABLEStar Wars Episode 1: Racer on Gameboy Color features a 2-player link cable vs mode. Unfortunately, the 1-v-1 racing gameplay is rather uneventful especially without any type of power-up/upgrade system.
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VIDEOCAST – Sony’s State of Play (Feb 2025)Instead of playing a game this week, Gillman and I decided to stream Sony’s State of Play (Feb 2025) video while we give our reactions and commentary in real time. We were going to watch this anyway so why not talk about it as it happens. Let us know what you think.
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Sonic Drift 2 (GG, 1995) 2-player mode, Enable The Link CableSonic Drift 2 on Sega Game Gear features a 2-player versus mode using the Gear-To-Gear link cable. This Mario Kart-lite is much improved over the original but sadly still limited to two racers when in link mode (no AI drivers). The easiest way to experience this handheld multiplayer mode is to do what I did […]
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