That didn't play GBC games either.

really? I thought it did... why the hell was there a Super Gameboy 2 then?

I'll try and get a better pic this weekend of the chips if I can, but like I mentioned in my post my camera isn't the best so I might have to borrow one from someone to get more high res pics.

Wow epic find and for a good price !

I have a Super Game Boy 2 prototype...at first glance this looked like a Super FX game, lol

Man, what're the odds of finding a proto in the wild? Congratulations, man!

From Wikipedia:

Nintendo released the Super Game Boy 2 in 1998 in Japan. Additions included a link port to allow a user to access two-player mode via the link cable, a green game link LED, and a red power LED indicator. In addition, it came with eight new default borders, which replaced those in the original model (except for the plain black border, present in both models); however, it retained the same built-in palettes and coloring tools as on the original model. Contrary to rumors, the system is unable to run Game Boy Color-exclusive games. One of the flaws is the system's inability to change borders in some games that have built in borders. Some games have features only available through the Super Game Boy 2, such as a special http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetr...">Tetris DX border.

I am totally green with envy. That is such a sweet find! What would be the best way to dump the rom off of it?

I'd say retrode, but if you don't have one and can't find one, just unsolder it and then dump it that way.

I strongly recommend NOT taking a desoldering iron to a possible one of a kind gaming item...

It's possible that it has a flush mounted socket, it's tough to see from the pictures.  If it does, pop the EPROM out, dump it, pop it back in.

If it's straight soldered to the board, use a retrode or any other available dumper.

Yeah, I agree with that, it's 100% better to use a tool like that, but I don't know if something would dump a SNES cart. I doubt it is, but that EPROM (on a custom cart) might also not be hooked up to the SNES at all, that's always something to keep in mind that it might not even be dumpable and you may want to take it off the board. Although, honestly, if that was true, I'd also try to suggest a "clip" that does on the chip to your programmer so you don't even have to desolder or anything.

Pretty insane find and especially at $8, good work!

Holy f&ck! A Super Game Boy Prototype! Have you tried any games like Space Invaders 94 or Small soldiers on it to see if their enhancements are all present (I'm mid-serious because I doubt it)? If this were dumped and there menu, sound or other differences that would be very interesting. I would love some info so I can add it to my Super Game Boy Project listed here: http://board.gscentral.org/retro-... and http://luigiblood.0fees.net/board...

Awesome find!

Those borders were written into the GB game ROM, so it'll have a 90+% chance of showing them.

wow, that is really cool.

This is awesome, congrats on such a great find.

Holy... that is awesome.

Awesome find!