Game Boy Player

The Game Boy Player is a Nintendo GameCube peripheral/disc combo that essentially acts as a Game Boy Advance, using the GameCube to display game compatible with the GBA on a television. The hardware is about an inch thick and otherwise the same dimensions as the GCN and is available in Indigo, Black, Spice, or Platinum colors in Japan; Black in North America and Europe, and Black and Indigo in Australia. It connects via the high speed parallel port at the bottom of the GameCube, acting as a base with a frontal slot for inserting game cartridges. When a Game Boy Player Start-Up Disc is inserted into the GameCube, The device will capable of playing nearly every Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance game. Several GBA games gain a rumble feature when played this way.

On-screen menu
The menu has six options to choose from:


 * Frame: changes the colored border around the game "screen" to one of twenty different patterns. Super Game Boy borders are not supported.
 * Size: changes the size that the GBA screen takes up on the TV (Normal is about 80% and appears sharper on some sets, while Full enlarges the image to the left and right edges of the TV)
 * Controller: switches between the two controller mappings
 * Screen: controls a motion blur effect to reduce potential flicker from programming tricks designed for a GBA screen. Can be set to "sharp" (no blurring), "normal" (some blurring), or "soft" (more blurring).
 * Timer: set an alarm for one to sixty minutes
 * Change Cartridge: stops the game so cartridges can be swapped safely, without having to turn the GameCube off (it is best to save game data before doing so)

Metroid Games playable through Game Boy Player Add-on.

 * Metroid (Classic NES Series) (Also unlockable in Metroid Zero Mission)
 * Metroid II: Return of Samus
 * Metroid Fusion
 * Metroid: Zero Mission



Trivia

 * Like the Super Game Boy, the Game Boy Player has a Metroid-themed packaging, depicting a scene from Metroid Fusion, where Samus Aran approaches a Fake Chozo Statue.
 * This image also appears on the back of the sleeve containing the plastic box for the disc.