Game Boy Candy & Game
System/accessory by Nintendo
Reviewed by Superguy3000
superguy3000@juno.com
Released: 1999
Height: 4 in.
Width: 2 1/4 in.
Depth: 3/4 in.
Weight: Weight varies by candy content :)
Battery Life: Forever
Colors on-screen: The screen is a sticker.
Serial Communications Rate: IR Port allows approximately 3 candies per
second through.
ROM Sizes: The candies are about 1/4 in. in diameter.
Use with: Mouth
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Opening Snide Remarks: Huh...  A plastic Game Boy Color thing with candy
inside and a top-of-the-line ball maze game in the screen.  On top of that,
it's Atomic Purple.  It must be good!

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Impressions: This thing is a very good facsimile of a real Atomic Purple
Game Boy Color.  Missing are the sound knob and power switch, as well as the
microphone jack, but it's a candy dispenser.  What do you expect?  The A and
B buttons are nicely rounded for ease of control, except they don't do
anything....  It's about as wide as a standard Game Boy game pack, but the
cartridge slot doesn't actually let anything through it, so I was diappointed
to learn that I couldn't play Battle Arena Toshinden on it.  But I can play
what I like to call "Super Death Ninja Maze Inferno," the built-in ball maze
game.  It's basically Kirby's Tilt 'n Tumble without Kirby.  The control pad
doesn't move, so you have to use the motion sensor to navigate your
plain-looking hero to the end of the maze.  The trouble is, there is no end.
Maybe it's supposed to be a statement about the craziness of it all.  Or
maybe it's something to do while you eat the candy, which brings me to...
This unit also sports a tank full of delicious candy.  The sugary stuff
comes out the IR port, and if you hook it up to a friend's Game Boy Candy &
Game, you can swap candy and fight it out.  Or you can just steal your
friend's candy and run away.  Your choice.  There are 5 different colors of
candy - blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.  They're, to say the least,
yummy.  I've already gone through half a Game Boy full of them playing my
GBA.  The candies are round in shape.

Liked: Candy is delicious, nice variety of flavors, excellent looks.

Hated: Running out of candy.

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Improve: Make one that looks like a GBA, maybe replace the maze game with
Pachinko.

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Final Words: *clears throat*  Yum.

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Score: 90% 

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Secrets: To make the game backlit, hold it up to a light and play.