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The Game Boy Player add-on runs Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridge games. The GameCube supports e-Reader cards to unlock special features in a few games. The console supports limited online gaming for a few games via a GameCube broadband or modem adapter and can connect to a Game Boy Advance with a link cable for exclusive in-game features using the handheld as a second screen and controller. Unlike its competitors, it is solely focused on gaming and does not play mass media like DVD or CD.
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Next what i did was i used a usb thumbdrive and got uLaunchElf file on there. Slim ps2 -> ide hard-drive converted to usb -> booted up swap magic but it crashes.