Skippy B. Coyote Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 The Game Boy Advance can be used as a Game Boy Player controller. Oh wow! I knew that the GameCube - Game Boy Advance Link Cable could be used to transfer data between GameCube and GBA games and do second screen multiplayer in the games that support it, but I had no idea that you could use it to make your GBA act as a controller for the Game Boy Player. I'll definitely have to pick one of those (and an original model Game Boy Advance) up at some point when I get around to re-buying a GameCube and Game Boy Player. I ended up selling my old GameCube and Game Boy Player last year when the Cube died on me, but I really do need to get one again at some point. Anyway, thanks for the great tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Cool! Never noticed that cable before. I am going to try one out. Got one on the way. Thanks for the post. MrBlackCat Oh wow! I knew that the GameCube - Game Boy Advance Link Cable could be used to transfer data between GameCube and GBA games and do second screen multiplayer in the games that support it, but I had no idea that you could use it to make your GBA act as a controller for the Game Boy Player. I'll definitely have to pick one of those (and an original model Game Boy Advance) up at some point when I get around to re-buying a GameCube and Game Boy Player. I ended up selling my old GameCube and Game Boy Player last year when the Cube died on me, but I really do need to get one again at some point. Anyway, thanks for the great tip! You just need a Game Cube controller to access the Game Boy Player menu(Z button) and they can be hookup up at the same time because all four ports control the Game Boy Player. So, if you wanted to you could use four different controller solutions at the same time if you have different preferences for different games and/or want to take turns with someone else without switching controllers(Mario Party Advance). It works with the SP too. You can select color palettes when a game is booting up, Z and Start at the same time can be used to quickly change games, L and R still change the screen size for GB and GBC games, and I assume start, select, A, and B at the same time still resets games as a Game Boy does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftmodels Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Would it be worth it to get a Super Game Boy for the SNES? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Would it be worth it to get a Super Game Boy for the SNES? For games that have Super Game Boy features like Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) Would it be worth it to get a Super Game Boy for the SNES? Sure is! Thanks to that little gem. I purchased so many Game Boy titles because of it. Worth every penny! Anthony... Edited August 29, 2016 by fdurso224 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Hi guys, does anyone has any GAME BOY an US box and could scan that for me? Or does someone know a site where I can find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftmodels Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) forgive me if this is a little off topic for this thread but i value the opinion of gameboy fans. my daughter really seems to enjoy playing kirby planet robobot on the 3ds xl when we go to target. keep in mind that i don't plan to buy a bunch of ds games cause i can't afford it. but, should i buy her the $199 3ds xl and this kirby game for $39, or should i buy her the 2ds for $79 (the price point of this model reminds me of the GBA price point back in the day) which comes with yoshi's new island, and looks like a very good game as well. also, would kirby planet robobot look terrible on the 2ds? or, should i not buy her either. thanks. Edited September 28, 2016 by airsoftmodels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron's Reviews Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hey guys! I have just done a review of Shrek Fairytale Freakdown on the Gameboy Colour on my YouTube channel, Byron's Reviews. If you are interested, I would highly appreciate it if you could check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks guys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hey guys! I have just done a review of Shrek Fairytale Freakdown on the Gameboy Colour on my YouTube channel, Byron's Reviews. If you are interested, I would highly appreciate it if you could check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks guys! Hey Byron, Nice review as always. My cousin had this new when it came out at Toys R Us. I didn't think much of it. But she loved it to no end. I think she still has it in her GBC collection. I'm happy for her seeing that she's still a Shrek fan since she was small. Thank you again Byron. Keep up the great work. Anthony... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron's Reviews Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hey Byron, Nice review as always. My cousin had this new when it came out at Toys R Us. I didn't think much of it. But she loved it to no end. I think she still has it in her GBC collection. I'm happy for her seeing that she's still a Shrek fan since she was small. Thank you again Byron. Keep up the great work. Anthony... Who can blame her? Ya gotta love Shrek! Haha! Thanks, Anthony! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftmodels Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Although I owned and played the game boy and then the game boy advance in its time, I never purchased one single game boy color game. Totally missed that generation. It's great to see these reviews of the GBC. I know there must be a lot of gems for the GBC that I want to play now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Do you guys think a Gameboy Light is worth picking up? I was thinking of picking up one from Ebay that's in average at best condition, then sending it to a customizer to be repainted and cleaned up. I already have a backlit/biverted DMG and an AGS-001, but something about the Light just intrigues me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 There's a question that's been on my mind a lot lately: How do you guys & gals store your loose Game Boy Advance games? I've been trying to track down a compartmented storage box with 2.5" wide divided compartments to keep all my GBA carts lined up in neat alphabetized rows, but I've yet to find any that would be the right size for the job. I'm discovering that GBA carts are kind of a nightmare to try to keep in orderly rows without dividers (especially when you have a lot of them) or spending a small fortune on plastic cases for each game so I'm wondering how you folks store your GBA carts and if anyone might have any suggestions for a particular storage box that works well. If you live anywhere near a Daiso, start stalking it for these: This unassuming lil' bin is the single most perfect portable game storage thing I've never found, and my damn Daiso won't restock them! It fits GBA wonderfully, allows room for cases if you prefer, and- it stacks on itself. I have two of these holding all of my loose GBA, Neo-Geo Pocket (because those fit ok too), and original game boy games in a nice, neat lil' pile. Seriously- if anyone finds these, buy me a couple more? I've been checking for months! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) I've been sitting on the GBA follow-up to my 350+ Game Boy & Game Boy Color Games Worth Playing list for a couple months now, debating over whether or not to include a handful of board game compilations that I personally enjoy but received poor critical reception or a few import games with Japanese language menus. I never could make up my mind about them, but now that the EverDrive X5 is out I think it's time to just go ahead and share my list anyway. As with my previous Game Boy & Game Boy Color list, the list below may not be a 100% all inclusive list of every last game on the Game Boy Advance that any given person might enjoy playing but I do hope that those interested in the Game Boy Advance find it to be a useful reference guide for the games that are generally considered to be good; or at the very least an enjoyable representation of their respective genres, as in the case of some of the sports games and board game compilations. Whether you are new to collecting for the Game Boy Advance, a seasoned veteran hunting for some new games to pick up, or just someone looking to fill out their EverDrive X5 with quality titles, there should be something for everyone here. Also, as before with my Game Boy & Game Boy Color list, I have taken the time to include the current average price of each game based on eBay sold listings for loose cartridges with good condition labels in the hopes that it will help make this list a handy quick reference guide for those who might stumble on a game they're interested in out in the wild but aren't sure whether or not the price is good. Finally, be aware that while all of the Japanese import games listed below are fully playable by those who only understand English, a handful of them do have Japanese text menus that you will have to navigate to begin the game. For those games (mainly Densetsu no Stafy 1-3 and Rhythm Tengoku) I'm providing a link to a handy Guide For Understanding The Basics Of Japanese Game Menu Text that should help you get you through the menus without any trouble. Now, without further ado... 300+ Game Boy Advance Games Worth Playing Action / Adventure007: Everything or Nothing - $4Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms - $9Army Men: Operation Green - $8Army Men: Turf Wars - $10A Sound of Thunder - $10Astro Boy: Omega Factor - $26 Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge - $12Blackthorne - $15Blender Bros. - $7Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - $9Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - $23Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - $23 Classic NES Series: Castlevania - $15Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda - $20Classic NES Series: Zelda II - $14Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. - $20Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure - $8Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced - $6Densetsu no Stafy (Japanese Import) - $10Densetsu no Stafy 2 (Japanese Import) - $8Densetsu no Stafy 3 (Japanese Import) - $8Disney's Aladdin - $26Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise - $4Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible - $4Disney's Lilo & Stitch - $4 DK: King of Swing - $8Donkey Kong Country - $12Donkey Kong Country 2 - $10Donkey Kong Country 3 - $11Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure - $27Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II - $9Drill Dozer - $17Famicom Mini Series: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese Import) - $25 Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog - $3Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand - $4Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island (European Import) - $15Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak - $16Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue (European Import) - $40Jazz Jackrabbit - $16Juka and the Monophonic Menace - $18Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland - $13Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - $15Klonoa: Empire of Dreams - $10Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament - $13Lady Sia - $8 The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night - $8 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - $12 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - $17Mega Man & Bass - $15Mega Man Zero - $15Mega Man Zero 2 - $13Mega Man Zero 3 - $13Mega Man Zero 4 - $15Metroid Fusion - $17Metroid Zero Mission - $21Ninja Five-O - $130Pitfall: The Lost Expedition - $6Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $5Rayman Advance - $5Rayman 3 - $9Sabre Wulf - $16Scurge: Hive - $8 Sonic Advance - $8Sonic Advance 2 - $8Sonic Advance 3 - $8Spider-Man: The Movie - $3Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace - $6Spirits & Spells - $6Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs - $3Spyro: Season of Flame - $4Spyro: Season of Ice - $5Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - $19Super Mario Advance - $10Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - $16 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 - $12 Tomb Raider: The Prophecy - $6 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - $4 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - $7Turok: Evolution - $6Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue - $5Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan - $5Wario Land 4 - $9X2: Wolverine's Revenge - $5Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - $12 RPGsBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - $22Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand - $22Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django - $36Breath of Fire - $16Breath of Fire II - $16Car Battler Joe - $28 Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls - $10Final Fantasy IV Advance - $12Final Fantasy V Advance - $17Final Fantasy VI Advance - $39Golden Sun - $11Golden Sun: The Lost Age - $17Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories - $7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $4 Lunar Legend - $9Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga - $20 Mazes of Fate - $5Mega Man Battle Network - $26Mega Man Battle Network 2 - $19 Mother 1 + 2 (English Fan Translation) - $20 Mother 3 (English Fan Translation) - $20Phantasy Star Collection - $11Pokémon: Emerald Version - $20Pokémon: FireRed Version - $36Pokémon LeafGreen Version - $30Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team - $9Pokémon Ruby Version - $20Pokémon Sapphire Version - $18Riviera: The Promised Land - $19Shining Soul II - $22Sigma Star Saga - $10Summon Night: Swordcraft Story - $24Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 - $28Sword of Mana - $10Tales of Phantasia - $17 Shoot 'Em Ups Classic NES Series: Xevious - $6 Darius R (Japanese Import) - $26Famicom Mini Series: TwinBee (Japanese Import) - $7Gradius Galaxies - $14Hudson Best Collection Vol. 5: Shooting Collection (Japanese Import) - $36Invader (European Import) - $90 Iridion II - $13Phalanx - $9Steel Empire (European Import) - $22Strike Force Hydra - $9 First Person Shooters 007 Nightfire - $5 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever - $7 Dark Arena - $7 Doom - $26 Doom II - $35 Duke Nukem Advance - $20Ice Nine - $20Serious Sam Advance - $8 Wolfenstein 3D - $17 Other ShootersAlien Hominid (European Import) - $30Army Men Advance - $3Bionicle Heroes - $3Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX - $30Desert Strike Advance - $8Gunstar Super Heroes - $15Iridion 3D - $4Kill.Switch - $5Max Payne - $10Medal of Honor: Infiltrator - $8Metal Slug Advance - $20 Silent Scope - $3 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - $5Wing Commander: Prophecy - $4 FightingDragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors - $10The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood - $35 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - $11Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition - $15Sonic Battle - $10 Street Fighter Alpha 3 - $17Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival - $15 Tekken Advance - $6 Beat Em’ Ups Advance Guardian Heroes - $12 Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend - $12Double Dragon Advance - $28Final Fight One - $18River City Ransom EX - $26TMNT - $10 RacingBanjo Pilot - $11Bit Generations: Dotstream (Japanese Import) - $20Classic NES Series: Excitebike - $11Colin McRae Rally 2.0 - $10Crash Nitro Kart - $5Drome Racers - $4F-Zero: GP Legend - $8F-Zero: Maximum Velocity - $6Gadget Racers - $5GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing - $3Hot Wheels: Burnin' Rubber - $5Karnaaj Rally - $6Konami Krazy Racers - $12 Mario Kart: Super Circuit - $9Motocross Maniacs Advance - $5Moto Racer Advance - $20Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City - $5Need for Speed: Most Wanted - $4 Need for Speed Underground 2 - $5Racing Gears Advance - $28Rock 'N Roll Racing - $18Stuntman - $4Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance - $4 SportsAggressive Inline - $4 All-Star Baseball 2004 - $4American Bass Challenge - $5Backyard Sports Basketball 2007 - $6Baseball Advance - $8Boxing Fever - $3Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 - $3Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 - $3Disney Sports: Basketball - $3FIFA Soccer 2005 - $3Fire Pro Wrestling - $7Fire Pro Wrestling 2 - $16Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games - $7Hardcore Pool (European Import) - $8Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - $4Madden NFL 07 - $3Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX - $3Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 - $3 Mario Golf: Advance Tour - $9Mario Tennis: Power Tour - $8NHL 2002 - $10SSX Tricky - $3Super Dodge Ball Advance - $5 Ten Pin Alley 2 - $5Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - $3 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - $4Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - $4Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - $4Tony Hawk's Underground - $4Virtua Tennis - $4Wade Hixton's Counter Punch - $25Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray - $4WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 - $7 PuzzleBit Generations: Coloris (Japanese Import) - $40Bit Generations: Dialhex (Japanese Import) - $20 Bit Generations: Digidrive (Japanese Import) - $20Bit Generations: Orbital (Japanese Import) - $20Boulder Dash EX - $13ChuChu Rocket! - $5Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario - $8Columns Crown - $2Denki Blocks! - $5Dr. Mario / Puzzle League - $8Egg Mania - $4 Gem Smashers - $30Guru Logi Champ (Japanese Import) - $40Hot Potato! - $3Kuru Kuru Kuruin (European Import) - $15Kururin Paradise (Japanese Import) - $10The Lost Vikings - $11Mario vs. Donkey Kong - $11Mr. Driller 2 - $8Polarium Advance - $12Puyo Pop - $15Rampage: Puzzle Attack - $5Super Bust-A-Move - $7Super Monkey Ball Jr. - $4Super Puzzle Fighter II - $10 Tetris Worlds - $5Turbo Turtle Adventure - $2Ultimate Puzzle Games - $8ZooCube - $2 StrategyAdvance Wars - $15Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising - $13Defender of the Crown - $13Final Fantasy Tactics - $13Fire Emblem - $28Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - $20The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age - $5Mech Platoon - $14Rebelstar: Tactical Command - $8Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon - $22Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation - $16Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 - $24Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis - $23Worms World Party - $8Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone - $16Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars - $18 Arcade & Remakes Atari Anniversary Advance - $7 Bubble Bobble: Old & New - $14Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong - $9Classic NES Series: Pac-Man - $7 Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced - $6 Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits - $5 Namco Museum - $4Pac-Man Collection - $4Pong / Asteroids / Yars' Revenge - $4Sega Arcade Gallery - $18Space Invaders - $11 Card / Board GamesCandyLand / Chutes & Ladders / Original Memory Game - $4Connect Four / Perfection / Trouble - $3The Game of Life / Yahtzee / PayDay - $4 Monopoly - $5Mouse Trap / Operation / Simon - $4Risk / Battleship / Clue - $4Scrabble (European Import) - $14Sorry! / Aggravation / Scrabble Junior - $3Ultimate Brain Games - $4Ultimate Card Games - $7Uno / Skip-Bo - $5Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters - $6Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Duel Academy - $11 Other Activision Anthology - $17 Bit Generations: Boundish (Japanese Import) - $16Bit Generations: Soundvoyager (Japanese Import) - $30 Bomberman Max 2: Blue Advance - $6Bomberman Max 2: Red Advance - $6Bomberman Tournament - $6Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - $6Capcom Classics Mini Mix - $9Classic NES Series: Bomberman - $10Classic NES Series: Ice Climber - $8Game & Watch Gallery 4 - $8Grand Theft Auto Advance - $15Hardcore Pinball - $12Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town - $21Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town - $20It’s Mr. Pants - $15Jet Grind Radio - $15 The Pinball of the Dead - $14Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire - $9Rhythm Tengoku (Japanese Import) - $23Sega Smash Pack - $6 SimCity 2000 - $6The Sims 2: Pets - $3The Sims: Bustin' Out - $6Sonic Pinball Party - $11The Urbz: Sims in the City - $10Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ - $12Wario Ware: Twisted! - $22 Edited February 20, 2018 by Jin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Guide For Understanding The Basics Of Japanese Game Menu Text that should help you get you through the menus without any trouble. Wouldn't this work for Japanese menus, text in RPG's, reading box art, etc.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Bumping this thread up to see if anyone here has any custom backlit Game Boys, frontlit Game Boy Colors, or modified Game Boy Advance systems that they'd like to share some pictures of? I finally added a backlight (olive green colored from http://www.deadpanrobot.co.uk ) to my original Game Boy last week and it came out brilliantly. I also managed to snag a complete and working AGS-001 model Game Boy Advance SP LCD display for $13.49 on eBay this week, so next week I plan to install the front light from it in my Game Boy Color once I'm able to swing down to Radio Shack to pick up a 47 ohm resistor and some wiring for the project. How about you guys and gals? Have any custom systems that you'd like to share? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Is that biverted? I do have a custom DMG, a clear Play it Loud version that has a white backlight and bivert as well as all clear buttons and d-pad. I'll grab a pic of it tonight. I also have this Gameboy Light that I really like and I have a pic of on hand. Edited January 17, 2017 by zetastrike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Is that biverted? Beautiful Game Boy Light! I've always thought those were such cool looking systems with their electroluminescent backlighting. The backlight color reminds me the glow in the dark wrist watches that I thought were so cool as a kid. As far as my Game Boy goes, I decided not to bivert the display because I do most of my handheld gaming either outdoors on smoke breaks or in fairly well lit rooms when I'm playing indoors, and external light tends to make biverted DMG screens wash out too much for my liking. I did own a biverted Game Boy at one point last year but quickly sold it when I discovered that it was nearly impossible to use in the places that I like to play in. I have been enjoying my non-biverted DMG system so much though that I am already working on building two more of them. One themed around the Virtual Boy with a black and red color scheme coupled with an inverted red backlight (inverted by way of a hex inverter chip rather than inverting the polarization film, so I don't run into screen wash out in well lit environments) and the other will be themed after the character in my avatar with a purple/pink/blue color scheme and a pink backlight. It'll probably take me a month and a half or so to finish them due to budgetary constraints but they should both be fun projects. Edited January 17, 2017 by Jin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 As promised 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 As promised Absolutely awesome! I love that you used one of the original white colored D-pad membrane contacts and clear Select & Start buttons to give the whole system a really clean and elegant aesthetic design. As far as my own systems go, I actually got a rather nice little package in the mail from Kitsch-Bent today; and I put it to good use by upgrading my Game Boy Advance SP with some fancy new custom colored buttons tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutzfromOz Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 gameboy was like having a portable nes just monochrome, which didnt bother me, so many memories of playing dk land, dk 94, baseball, marios picross, mario land, james bond 007, pokemon red, i regret selling mine, sure i could emulate if i wanted to, but its not the same 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutzfromOz Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) and 720 degrees which was Gameboy colour but was still compatible with my Gameboy pocket Edited February 18, 2017 by LutzfromOz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftmodels Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 gameboy was like having a portable nes just monochrome, which didnt bother me, so many memories of playing dk land, dk 94, baseball, marios picross, mario land, james bond 007, pokemon red, i regret selling mine, sure i could emulate if i wanted to, but its not the same I don't know about that. On the right games, the gameboy graphics look far superior to me (albeit monochrome) than anything on the NES. Nemesis is one example of superior graphics in my mind at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Wow. Nemesis looks good. I have been collecting games that came out late in the Game Boy's lifetime. I just found Legend of the River King at an affordable price. As a matter of fact, everything on the Game Boy is pretty much affordable. I wonder why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I agree with both of you. On principle that was my big exact train of thought on the Gameboy when it came out and I got it for Christmas that year (89) is that it was a portable NES. But then I noticed that some games started to up the bar beyond. Super Mario Land 2 with a 'Super' Mario using a monochrome sprite body of the SNES character which threw me for a loop. You had other games especially from more established console makers who really tried to squeeze insanity out of that little screen. While Mega Man mirroed well the NES, others like Gargoyle's Quest really upped the bar until later the sequel appeared on the NES and it was modeled like the GB but in color. Yet you look at Konami and it was all over the board. I'd argue as fine as it was TMNT1 was more of a downgrade over the NES in gameplay quality and visuals and Castlevania in part was a mix of better and worse (1 and 2) but then you squeeze into Nemesis that one was an upgrade outside of the ship sprite...and the rarer to find sequel Gradius the Interstellar Assault was pure eye candy that said I want nothing to do with looking like a NES game. Gameboy was all over the board, but if you put a decent effort in you'd match NES quality on its better to best days, yet when someone really dug into it, perhaps got a perfectionist streak going it would exceed it in every way. Sometimes things would approach a low to no color SNES level of basic end style with that Mario sprite or Legend of Zelda Links Awakening (DX or not.) Gameboy is something I've had a lot of experience with both in ownership of a few 100 titles over time, but also abusing the hell out of emulators to really explore in the 90s and earlier 00s. And it slacked Pokemon Red/Yellow aside until the GBC days which were downright insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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