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Game Boy & GB Advance Appreciation Thread

Nathan Wind

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I have refound my love for the gameboy. Haven't used one in years but picked on up a couple of months ago and love it. Going to backlights and bivert it so I can play it better, it's such a great handheld. I didn't give the advance much time at all but I've started collecting for it too.

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The EZ Flash is a pretty decent flash cart, although it doesn't have 100% compatibility (NES Classics don't seem to work, but can apparently be patched).

 

Hopefully the Switch will bring back the era of 8-bit/16-bit remakes that happened with the GBA. There are some real classics that have been updated (Metroid Zero Mission, River City Ransom, Manic Miner.. erm..)

 

The GBA Micro is a great little console, yeah it's a little bit too small, but I miss the days of when portable meant small (I guess it's roughly the same size as an old mobile phone, compare that with the iPhone!).

 

I still like to whip it out my pink one (FNAAARRR) and play with it in Coffee shops until I'm shouting with joy.

 

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5 hours ago, moora said:

The EZ Flash is a pretty decent flash cart, although it doesn't have 100% compatibility (NES Classics don't seem to work, but can apparently be patched).

 

Yep. The patches are easy to apply.

 

I have my pre-patched ROM pack on Google Drive if anyone goes the EZ Flash route. I've also applied all the audio/contrast fixes for things like Mario, Zelda and Final Fantasy.

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On 4/29/2017 at 11:13, Nathan Wind said:

The two ARPG LotR games seem like excellent Diablo clones. I'd assumed they were the standard GBA movie license platformers and just brushed over them until I saw someone recommend them with a bunch of other RPG's.

 

I remember being really into the hobbit on GBA back in the day, not sure why i just think i loved the atmosphere. Should really check out the gc version...

 

Those 2 games you mentioned look cool, and 2 player co-op sounds like those games could be pretty underrated for multipalyer!

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What would be the best way to mod a Gameboy Color to give it a backlight? Looking on eBay, there are some mod kits but they look like they're for mono Gameboy's, so they've got a colour hue to them (like blue or green). 

 

I was thinking of getting a GB Boy, but then I've got a couple of GBCs that I could mod..

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On 04/04/2017 at 16:05, Nathan Wind said:

Look at that little beauty.  Not a mark on it.  Chuffed with that, although my hands are cramping up just looking at it...

 

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That's magnified x100 under a microscope.

I find the micro comfortable even for long sessions. Average sized hands. SP is cramp mania. 

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I stopped playing on my Micro after a replay of Zero Mission had to be repeatedly interrupted by blood-flow exercises.

 

I'm just not into turn based RPGs and other more sedate, non-L-and-R-button-hammering games enough to look at the Micro as a realistic gaming device.

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5 hours ago, spanky debrest said:

I stopped playing on my Micro after a replay of Zero Mission had to be repeatedly interrupted by blood-flow exercises.

 

I'm just not into turn based RPGs and other more sedate, non-L-and-R-button-hammering games enough to look at the Micro as a realistic gaming device.

 

It's not even great for that, the text on loads of SRPGs are tiny. Still I love the thing.

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1 hour ago, buizel said:

 

It's not even great for that, the text on loads of SRPGs are tiny. Still I love the thing.

 

I played all of Zero Mission and Fusion, as well as all the Castlevania games, and a hundred hours on Final Fantasy Tactics, and Minish Cap, on my Micro :wub:

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MatOfTheDead

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started my collection off grabbed a SP (£22) sadly not a 101 but thats in the pipeline and the following games
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 (£5)
Golden Sun (£10)
Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone (£5)
The Sims Bustin Out (£6)
Pokemon Ruby (was marked at £10 but talked the guy down to £8 due to dead battery)
Advance Wars (£10)
Sim City 2000 (£8) this one was boxed and in good condition
Yoshis Island Super Mario Advance 3 (£10)
Super Mario World Super Mario Advance 2 (£10)

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