Can a link cable connect a Gameboy Colour and a Gameboy Advance SP?
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According toBulbapedia, Game Boy Color (GBC) games can be linked on Game Boy Advance (GBA) systems, provided you have the correct link cable.
The Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP use the same link cable. A Game Boy Color link cable may be used with a Game Boy Advance, but it can only link GBC games, as GBA games require more bandwidth.
To actually connect a GBA system with a GBC system though, Nintendo’ssupport siterecommends that a Universal Game Link cable be used. (You can’t connect a GBC cable to a GBA one.) It also warns there may be some compatibility issues using GBA generation system to link GBC games:
…because of the differences between the Game Boy Advance systems, and other Game Boy systems, a few multiplayer games may not work properly.
So in short, you need to have the right cables: and even then, compatibility for everything is not guaranteed.
