AJXI: Cosmic Climb

AJXI: Cosmic Climb
Developer: Krool Toys Publisher: Nike Platform: Unlicensed Game Boy Color Released internationally: May 15, 2024 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

AJXI: Cosmic Climb is another advergame from the folks behind Grimace's Birthday, this one for Nike's Air Jordan XI sneaker. Like said game, it's made to look like a mere retro-themed browser game but is in fact an actual Game Boy Color game that can be played in emulators and flash carts. The browser version can be played here.

"Game Boy Color Only" Screen

The game is not backwards-compatible with the original monochrome Game Boy (and by extension the Super Game Boy). As such, attempting to run the game on either unit will cause the above screen to appear. While not too terribly interesting in and of itself (since every non-backwards-compatible Game Boy Color game does the same thing), there is no way to switch hardware modes when playing the game on the website as intended, thus making this screen unused if playing through official means.

Note that due to the game not being licensed by Nintendo, the screen does not mention the Game Boy Color by name.