Nintendo has filed a patent which outlines the company's plans to extend emulators for Game Boy on other devices including on the seat-back displays of trains and planes, as well as mobile phones, Business Insider reported.
Through a report by IGN, Nintendo said, "A low-capability platform (e.g., a seat-back display or a personal digital assistant) may not have enough processing power to readily provide acceptable speed performance, unless the software emulator is carefully designed and carefully optimized, it will not be able to maintain real time speed performance when running on a slower or less highly capable processor."
The patent application describes software that would allow software designed for the Game Boy systems to run on devices other than those for which it was designed -- as the Game Boy systems have proprietary sound and graphics hardware, as well as a microprocessor that is now obsolete, CNET wrote.
The patent, which was made known to public last week, will be the continuation of the ongoing patent which was filed in June. Business Insider also clarified that the patent doesn't necessarily mean that you will have the Nintendo games on your next flight, however. It was pointed out by TechCrunch that the company may not really be interested in releasing a product in the market but could just be protecting its IP. A similar patent was already filed back in 2000.
Business Insider went on to say that this could just be a strategy of the company to deal with third-party emulators. Nintendo is known for its long tradition of protecting the gaming experience of its customers, starting with the Nintendo Seal Quality in the 80's when the first Nintendo Entertainment System first appeared.
One of the most popular Game Boy Advance emulators has been around since 2004, and you can find a host of options on both the Google Play Store and Windows Phone Marketplace. Apple no longer allows them, but you can still install one if you jailbreak it, reported IGN.
A very interesting suggestion also surfaced that Nintendo will extend its borders towards the phone markets-but the company remains adamant not to put its games in other manufactures' platforms.
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