Video Game Historian Liam Robertson Did Yuk now shared his quest to find out what happened to this add-on in the new Game History Secrets video on gaming and, not only did he find out the story behind why the original creators behind Workboy were never released. It was able to work in the only prototypes in the world.
As you can see in the picture below, WorkBoy was a keyboard that was connected to GameBoy via a link cable and would allow you to take advantage of 12 apps, including an address / phone book and an appointment book.
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Workboy was to be the officially licensed facial assistant for GameBoy, designed by Source Research and Development, and in close collaboration with Nintendo, FabTech Inc. Was created by
In January 1992, the Workboy was officially trademarked by Nintendo of America, and was also released at CES 1992. It was introduced by various outlets, but due to the short pace of coverage, it more or less disappeared.
Robertson was able to find Eddie Gill, Workboy’s architect and founder of Source Research and Development, and he discussed how Workboy would be released in late 1992 or early 1993 for about $ 79- $ 89, but various issues always made it public. Reached.
Gill said there are only two workboy prototypes left in the world that he knows about, and he said one was probably “deep in Nintendo’s wallets”, while the other was in the hands of FabTech founder, Frank Baloz.
Robertson came in contact with the blouse and it was actually a workboy prototype. Blouse did not have a Game Boy to test him, so he sent him to Robertson in the hope that he would be able to employ him.
When Roberts first connected the Workboy keyboard to the Gameboy, nothing happened except a short alarm beep. It turns out that the workboy needed the cartridge to work perfectly, although nothing was found.
As luck would have it, Robertson was able to find the software ROM in one of the biggest recent leaks following Nintendo Gigabyte earlier this year. After burning Rome on an empty cartridge, Robertson got the job done.
Seeing the workboy in action is a glimpse of what it can be. It is also very interesting to see this in action in 2020, where many of the workboy’s tasks are common. This time was back in 1992.Because of this, it needs to carry a very high cost. That high cost was one of the main reasons the project was canceled. The game boycott was planned to be priced at. 89.99, meaning the workboy would probably be been 79- $ 89 more than the system itself.
In addition, there was a big explosion at a factory in Japan that made computer chips, making it impossible to bring down the price of Workboy due to the increase in the price of D-R man, if it had been released.
Although Workboy never saw the day of release, Gill’s original design helped inspire a new device that he patented for personal communication, complete with a keyboard and touch screen, which was later acquired by Nokia in 1996 for its Nokia 9000 series devices. Will get the license. .
Gill will then go back and work with Nintendo to develop an improved workboy for Game Boy Advance that will allow e-mail, web browsing and word processing. Like the original, however, it never reached the finish line.
To learn more about Nintendo’s history, check out our look at Nintendo and (almost) every Nintendo accessory.
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