A game that will never work on a flash cartridge
I do not know which part of this story is more interesting: a Game Boy Color game with Wi-Fi and generative AI, or how completely unhinged the game's creator is.
Daydream is a new detective game for the Game Boy Color. The cartridge contains a Wi-Fi module that connects the game to a server running generative AI. You investigate a mysterious murder by questioning characters whose answers are generated on the fly.
According to the developer, this makes the game practically endless. And all of it works on a 1998 console without a phone or computer. It sounds fantastic, especially considering this is a Game Boy Color game.
But there is a catch. Each ¥16,000 cartridge is tied to the server with a unique ID, and the creator explicitly bans resale and threatens to disconnect second-hand copies from the server.
The cartridge will not become completely useless, but it will lose its defining mechanic. DRM and a ban on the second-hand market have finally reached the Game Boy Color.
