Game Boy Test Cartridge
This Game Boy cartridge is used to test the Game Boy system.
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The label on this cartridge says:
GAME BOY
TEST CARTRIDGE
Nintendo P.N. 21528
c 1990 Nintendo of America Inc.
GAMEBOY TEST MENU
1 AUTO TEST
2 SCREEN TEST
3 CONTROLLER TEST
4 SCROLL TEST
5 SOUND TEST
PRESS SELECT
PRESS A TO START
c 1990 NINTENDO
AUTO TEST
RAM TEST PASS
PRESS A TO STEP
TO NEXT TEST
SCREEN TEST
SCREEN TEST
PRESS A BUTTON
TO BEGIN TEST
THREE PATTERNS
WILL APPEAR
EVERY 3 SECONDS
TEST FAILS IF ANY
LINES ARE BLANK
CONTROLLER TEST
PRESS
EACH
BUTTON
This shows a picture of the game boy with the controller buttons on it. When you press a button it lights up the button in the picture and makes a different tone beep for each button pressed. After you press all the buttons it says:
TEST
PASS
PRESS
A AND B
FOR
NEXT
TEST
SCROLL TEST
PRESS B TO SCROLL
CHECK FOR A SMOOTH
SCROLL
When you press B the screen with the text scrolls down and to the right. This reveals the following text:
PRESS A TO STEP
TO THE NEXT TEST
SOUND TEST
SOUND TEST
TURN VOLUME UP
TONE SHOULD BE
CONTINUOS IF NOT
UNIT IS DEFECTIVE
PRESS A FOR NEXT
SOUND TEST
TONE SHOULD SWEEP
DOWN
When you press the A button sound sweeps down and then stops. Then the following text appears on the screen:
SOUND TEST
SWEEP DOWN TONE
PRESS A FOR NEXT
SOUND TEST
TONE SHOULD SWEEP
UP
When you press the A button sound sweeps up and then stops. Then the following text appears on the screen:
SOUND TEST
SWEEP UP TONE
PRESS A FOR NEXT
SOUND TEST
TONE SHOULD BE
CONTINUOUS
When you press the A button an irritating high pitch sounds. Then the following text appears on the screen:
SOUND TEST
CONTINUOUS TONE
PRESS A FOR NEXT
SOUND TEST
A VERY SHORT BEEP
SHOULD BE HEARD
When you press the A button a short beep sounds. Then the following text appears on the screen:
SOUND TEST
SHORT BEEP TONE
PRESS A FOR NEXT
SOUND TEST
A VERY SHORT NOISE
SHOULD BE HEARD
When you press the A button a short noise sounds. Then the following text appears on the screen:
SOUND TEST
SHORT NOISE TONE
TESTING COMPLETE
PRESS A FOR TEST
MENU TO REPEAT
TESTS IF NECESSARY