Hayama Akito
Member
Awesome library, shitty hardware. It was GBA Player for Gamecube or nothing for me until Nintendo DS Lite, the first time I feel confortable with the screen.
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The Game Boy Advance Was A Monster System
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SporeCrawler
Member
Too many ports. I like my portable SNES games but it lacks the originality of the DS library
supermarioworldE
Banned
Forever my favorite handheld (specifically the SP). The GBA really was my chance to play alot of the Super Nintendo franchises I missed out on growing up, while also producing some of the best 2D handheld games Ive ever played.
Super Mario Advance 2, The Mega Man: Battle Network series, Pokemon gen 3, The Legacy of Goku sequels, Rayman, etc.
The list goes on and on.
Also, with backwards compatibility, and later, a backlit screen and rechargeable battery, the GBA was the last nintendo related device I was in love with, and it was a hell of a ride.
Super Mario Advance 2, The Mega Man: Battle Network series, Pokemon gen 3, The Legacy of Goku sequels, Rayman, etc.
The list goes on and on.
Also, with backwards compatibility, and later, a backlit screen and rechargeable battery, the GBA was the last nintendo related device I was in love with, and it was a hell of a ride.
FF Tactics Advance, Gunstar Super Heroes, a Bomberman with a zelda/pokemon-esque single player and I think it was the first handheld to have a Yu-Gi-Oh game that played to the actual rules, Mega Man Battle Network, etc.
My favorite handheld. When Xperia Play support just wasn't happening I used that thing purely as a GBA emulator. The games still hold up.
My favorite handheld. When Xperia Play support just wasn't happening I used that thing purely as a GBA emulator. The games still hold up.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
The GBA SP was perfection. The greatest portable gaming system ever in my opinion.
SporeCrawler
Member
You dont need to buy shovelware and there are original games on DS that make the GBA library look had (Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing WW, Ouendan, Bowsers Inside Story, Order of Ecclesia, Kirby Mass Attack, DQ IX for example)
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
We never got a better WarioWare game than Twisted.
That sewing game!!! Unreal how addictive that was!
Hyperactivity
Banned
I miss having a system that was that small. I doubt my hands today would like it as much, but damn was it a great system.
Ridiculous sales for the short time period it was out. I'm pretty sure the GBA made Game Boy more of a housthold name than the original GB or GBC did
Ridiculous sales for the short time period it was out. I'm pretty sure the GBA made Game Boy more of a housthold name than the original GB or GBC did
For you all GBA lovers, I'm developing a new game that will be released in 2017 (hopefully).
Keep me updated, Id love to do something on it
sixteen-bit
Member
Velcro Fly
Member
I bought an OG GBA with a paycheck from the first job I ever had.
toastyToast
Member
I had to make do with a "I can't see shit" edition but the thing was still a beast. Probably my best memory was picking up Golden Sun on a whim. First time I cast Ragnarok and saw that panning action around the sprites with those crazy effects my mind was literally blown.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Goddamn, I loved my GameBoy Player so much. The GBA is one of Nintendo's finest systems and the reason why I never really got into the OG DS as I just felt the games always failed to live up to the greatness of their GBA forebears.
Sora the Cat
Member
I wish someone would release a small cheap console that costs $30, only capable of graphics like this and with support from all the indie devs. Man I would play it all day and I'm sure the battery could last like days.
clay_ghost
Member
Pretty sure I missed some underrated gems, just saw the nightmare before Christmas game that looks very good this week too.
Anyone have any recommendations for less played gems? I will recommend riviera, a JRPG with unusual levelling up and combat mechanism and some dating sim elements plus mutilple endings; and one of the metabot games that play like a 2D smash clone, you can customise your bots too!
Anyone have any recommendations for less played gems? I will recommend riviera, a JRPG with unusual levelling up and combat mechanism and some dating sim elements plus mutilple endings; and one of the metabot games that play like a 2D smash clone, you can customise your bots too!
TheDarkKnight774
Member
It had good games but nothing was as deflating than buying it at launch, booting up castlevania and not being able to see anything. External lights would create huge glare. What a mess.
Then the DIY kits started to roll out and the sp showed up
Then the DIY kits started to roll out and the sp showed up
SporeCrawler
Member
Lol I feel you. Also in retrospect the castlevania games on GBA were kinda shitty sans aria
Beautiful.
Yeah the only series that was really worse on DS what happened? (mystery of emblem was okay I guess)
Living the Dream
Member
I will always cherish the 100+ hours I put into Golden Sun.
clay_ghost
Member
Anyone have any ideas where you can find an original playable copy of Twisted? NINTENDO should release this on VC since we have montion controls easily nowadays....We never got a better WarioWare game than Twisted.
Megalosaro
Banned
My god... GBA only had a 3 year life?
What a beast
What a beast
As dumb as it sounds, playing THPS2 blew my mind when I bought mine near release. Sucks that was the same year my friends and I started high school and gave up on handhelds for whatever reason. I really should go back and start buying some games I missed. Sucks building the 3DS with GBA games playable wasn't the direction they went.
GBA has some great exclusives. FFTA and Advance Wars, some great Pokemon games, Soundvoyager, and WarioWare Twisted. Plus Rhythm Heaven.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rhythm-tengoku-translation-rhythm-heaven-silver.330147/
I worked on an English translation of Rhythm Heaven.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rhythm-tengoku-translation-rhythm-heaven-silver.330147/
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Deleted member 57681
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I busted out Double Dragon Advance this week because of the DD4 announcement, and it might just be the best Double Dragon game.
Hamtaro Ham Ham Heartbreak is a personal favourite of mine, but mostly because it's just so darn cute.
Man, your comment just takes me back to the days when back-lit screens weren't taken for granted. All those goofy light contraptions you could get!
Jon Carter
Member
No original Mario is a pretty big sin. I loved the GBA as a kid, but I think the 3DS is better. And V-Rally 3 was amazing.
linko9
Member
I was gonna come in here and shit on the GBA, but that's a very compelling OP. It did have a ton of good games, given its lifespan. But I'll never forgive it for having the shittiest, borderline radio-static sound of any piece of electronic equipment ever produced. A generation of handheld music rendered close to unlistenable. But yeah, I guess it had a bunch of good games.
My Game Boy Advance isn't pink, dude. It's fuschia. It says 'fuschia' on the box.
Tony Hawk was the only GBA game I had for a pretty long time. It was awesome. I've definitely spent more time with the GBA than any other handheld.
Tony Hawk was the only GBA game I had for a pretty long time. It was awesome. I've definitely spent more time with the GBA than any other handheld.
Omega Kirby
Member
Man, for my birthday I was about to get a Gameboy Advance, but then the store guy told my parents it was best to wait a week more cause the Gameboy Advance SP was coming out. I didn't want to wait a week, I wanted to play the Gameboy Advance that day on my birthday but my dad convinced me to wait.
Man that was the longest week of my life, but it was soooooooooo freaking worth it. The machine with it's frontlight integrated LCD screen and the awesome portability clamshell design.
I'll never forget starting up my first gameboy advance game, Sonic Advance 2.
Man that was the longest week of my life, but it was soooooooooo freaking worth it. The machine with it's frontlight integrated LCD screen and the awesome portability clamshell design.
I'll never forget starting up my first gameboy advance game, Sonic Advance 2.
alf717
Member
That Gamecube adapter was the shit. Weeks worth of hours of Pokemon and FFTA were played on the big(ger) screen. Also made local Advance Wars VS much easier and fun. Only downside was that it made Dual Strike on the tiny NDS screen feel like a downgrade in comparison
It was and still is. It got the most use out of me with long session of Mega Man Battle Network. I was hooked on the Game Cube and Game Boy Player during that era of gaming. For some reason I always remember the time I got the level 5 Bowl Man chip with the GBP and Wavebird.
At least the lack of back/front light was a flaw you could partially fix yourself and would eventually be addressed by Nintendo with the updated SP and GB Micro. A real shame they left the audio in such a shitty condition. It taints an otherwise fantastic handheld. I still love my OG, SP, and Micro.
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Deleted member 57681
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The sound was crap, but man, I was still blown away by Castlevania's Kyrie Eleison barking out of the speakers on day 1. And dat stage 1 music.
Couldn't see shit though.
Couldn't see shit though.
Super_Cobra
Member
Great successor to the game boy.
ivanthebearable
Member
The GBA was truly a special little system. So many memories of playing Advance Wars, Pokemon Ruby, Super Mario World, Pokemon Pinball and Harvest Moon FoMT.
I aways felt like the DS's early games were very similar to the games made for GBA before they decided to make more inherent use of the DS features. Advance Wars Dual Strike, Lost Magic and Lunar Knights SCREAMED GBA to me.
I aways felt like the DS's early games were very similar to the games made for GBA before they decided to make more inherent use of the DS features. Advance Wars Dual Strike, Lost Magic and Lunar Knights SCREAMED GBA to me.