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Before Cuphead: Microsoft's First Nintendo Games (Patreon)

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This is another video I've had in the pipeline for a while, and again I'm super excited to share it with you all! I'd like to turn this into a three- or four-part series throughout the next year or so, hopefully - there's so much to talk about!

Next week I'll be flipping the script and releasing a video that's got a much faster turnaround than the last few...well, actually two videos, one on The Golden Bolt, and making my first and probably final appearance on Find the Computer Room with MykonosFan. I can't say much more, gotta go fast.

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Before Cuphead: Microsoft's First Nintendo Games (Game Boy Color)

With Cuphead's release on Nintendo Switch, Microsoft showed that it's willing to put its Xbox games everywhere, even on a competing console. However, Cuphead isn't the first time that Microsoft has released a game on a Nintendo system - in fact, it's only the latest of nearly 20 Microsoft-Nintendo games! Some of these are even older than Xbox itself, released on the Game Boy Color from 2000 to 2001. In today's video, we'll be stepping back 20 years to look at these three GBC games, the very first Microsoft Games ever released on a Nintendo platform! The three Microsoft GBC games are Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection, Microsoft Pinball Arcade, and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. Each game is a demake/port of an established Windows game released a few years prior, and brought to the Game Boy Color in an early attempt into the gaming market. Altogether, these games house 13 minigames and five pinball tables, packing both a surprising amount of value and a good amount of faithfulness to the PC originals. Tune into the video to learn about each game in more detail! Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/TGBSub Support future videos! http://www.patreon.com/TheGoldenBolt Join the Discord server! https://discord.gg/gkaYUtZ Follow me on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/TheGoldenBolt