Gameboy Help Please!

[OliG]

Does the gameboy/gameboy colour let you play NTSC games on a PAL machine and vice versa like the DS?

 

[Mudi]

There is no NTSC/PAL on any of Nintendo's portable entries, and I think everything is region-free and all that

 

[OliG]

There is no NTSC/PAL on any of Nintendo's portable entries, and I think everything is region-free and all that

yay! i just ordered some gameboy games from america so thats a relief... thanks!!

 

[Nova]

I can confirm that there is no region locking for GBA.

 

[Mosch]

Every single protable system by Nintendion is region free; that includes the not-quite-so-portable Virtual Boy.

 

[slaanesh]

Region locking is often a function of countries with different television systems.

Handheld systems generally do not support TV output (excluding our GP2X) so are often region free.

I think it's just a way to ensure compatibility with TV systems.