{"id":153431,"date":"2020-12-26T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/game-boy-workboy-accessory\/"},"modified":"2020-12-26T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:59:05","slug":"the-game-boys-rarest-accessory-resurfaces-after-almost-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/the-game-boys-rarest-accessory-resurfaces-after-almost-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Boy’s Rarest Accessory Resurfaces After Almost 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most mysterious video game peripherals of all time has finally come to light, thanks to the work of gaming historian Liam Robertson.\u00a0Known as the WorkBoy, the peripheral would have completely transformed the way owners interacted with the Game Boy<\/a>, if it had ever released to the public.<\/p>\n

Hardcore Nintendo fans are aware of many bizarre peripherals that released for the Game Boy during its decade-long lifespan. This ranges from ones that Nintendo produced itself, such as the Game Boy Camera, to more obscure third-party offerings, such as a Game Boy-connected sewing machine<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0helped users sow exclusive Nintendo designs. In most cases, these peripherals remain available to this day in some form of another. However, this isn’t the case for the system’s rarest peripherals, the WorkBoy among them.<\/p>\n

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The WorkBoy is a keyboard-and-cartridge bundle that turns the Game Boy into a PDA (personal digital assistant). While the WorkBoy generated some excitement in gaming magazines in 1992, it was ultimately never released. This left it to languish as one of many obscure pieces of Game Boy trivia<\/a>\u00a0until Robertson recently began looking for the device in earnest. Eventually, he was able to connect with Frank Ballouz, the man who had once overseen the WorkBoy’s production. As it turned out,\u00a0Ballouz had a single remaining WorkBoy prototype unit in his office, and he shipped it to Robertson for him to review.<\/p>\n