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This page details one or more prototype versions of Super Game Boy.

'This page or section details content from theSeptember 2020 Nintendo Leak.'''

Present in the Game Boy lot check leak were a number of Super Game Boy ROMs.

To do:
Add more differences, such as datamining SYSSGB-X.2 and the SGBLOGs.

Super Game Boy 1#

Filename

SHA256

Date (JST)

Description

SYSSGB-X.2

c3ebb20964bf68d5e4f7dae9f5ec2556436e5f5d975c6e90da6479736f50ca5d

1994-03-06 05:04:48

Unidentified. Seems similar in-game, but the ROM seems to have many differences. Picture of PCB.

SYSSGB-0.1

99e21a25876463981cc7a7453cfcda189813c2a1cf814f79254f3391d3773183

1994-03-23 05:48:16

Identical to "Super Game Boy (Japan, USA) (Rev 1) (Beta) (1994-03-23)" only with checksums entered into header.

SYSSGB-0.2P

5e2eba3795f70dafe6be3bec0f65193e175821f7d7740ffe6d34d9d5a6204ca0

1994-03-24 01:13:18

Only 4 bytes different from SYSGB-0.2N: three in the ROM header, and one at 0x02AB. Seems to be the PAL version.

SYSSGB-0.2N

bba9c269273bedb9b38bd5eb23bfaa6e509b8decc7cb80bb5513905af04f4ceb

1994-03-24 01:20:22

Hash matches "Super Game Boy (Japan, USA)".

SYSSGBNT

1994-03-25 02:10:52

SYSSGB-1

c6c4daab5c899b69900c460787de6089edabe94b760f96d9f583d30cc0a5bb30

1994-04-04 03:53:10

Hash matches "Super Game Boy (Japan, USA) (Rev 1)".

SYSSGB-2

a75160f7b89b1f0e20fd2f6441bb86285c7378db5035ef6885485eaff6059376

1994-05-09 02:57:32

Hash matches "Super Game Boy (World) (Rev 2)".

SGB Logger#

Both of these are stuck at a blue screen on boot, which may suggest that they require a devkit or other external hardware in order to run properly.

Filename

SHA256

Date (JST)

Description

SGBLOG-0.1

207685a416bb838ad4c74de089ab6d2191bcd3e073874b0330ab485ebc04af38

1994-09-13 02:47:24

SGBLOG-1.0

a271c51d74adfea6610154324ff63b2ee439119f02942dc32e56c2b03fa97fa6

1994-09-13 04:03:38

Named "SGB LOGGER" in ROM header.

Super Game Boy 2#

Filename

SHA256

Date (JST)

Description

SYSSGB2-10

c172498a23d1176672931bab33b629c7d28f914a43dca9e540b8af1b37ccf2c6

1997-10-13 08:56:00

Hash matches "Super Game Boy 2 (Japan)".