My dumb cousin broke mine. Stomped on the screen, then doused it in the bathroom sink. Only video game related thing I ever got for Christmas, senselessly destroyed. >:C
i had a game gear so this shit looked like ugly calculator games :piss2
I like how the original boxart shows this OMG TOTALLY FUCKING RAD TRON WORLD LIKE WHOOOOAAAAAHYou mean it shows the 1980's. Reagan defeated Gorbachev on a light cycle and they had to tear down the Berlin Wall so we could play Tetris.
I like how the original boxart shows this OMG TOTALLY FUCKING RAD TRON WORLD LIKE WHOOOOAAAAAHYou mean it shows the 1980's. Reagan defeated Gorbachev on a light cycle and they had to tear down the Berlin Wall so we could play Tetris.
The story of getting Tetris to the West actually is pretty cool. IGN or somebody's probably written ten or fifteen articles based off the chapter in Game Over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IavqHvFRVe8
I learned the Soviet national anthem through this awesome game.
Tiny toon adventures kicked ass
i had a game gear so this shit looked like ugly calculator games :piss2
I honestly had no idea you could link Game Boys and do multiplayer. I don't think I've ever done that.
I did have the camera and printer, though. It was surprisingly adept for the time (digital cameras cost $1000 and were .3 megapixels).
Good article: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/21/nintendo-game-boy-25-facts-for-its-25th-anniversary
The Work Boy sounds crazy, lol
it helps that SML2 is pretty darn slow compared to other Mario games.
i had a game gear so this shit looked like ugly calculator games :piss2I happened upon ticalc a few months ago after probably ten years or so.
OG Gameboy was p. cool at the time, but GBA SP is the height of Nintendo handhelds IMO.
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
Really? Basically everyone I've seen online loves it. I never even considered buying one because the DS was already out, but even if I was then it was way too small for me.
I think the best handheld design ever was the PSP-3000. It was only hamstrung by the UMD drive, but that wouldn't be a problem now since it could just use flash cards like the Vita.
The Vita is nice, but it's too bulky compared to the 3000, and ain't nobody got time for that rear touchpad.
Dunno if any of my shit is still up there though. This was a long while back.I looked for some of my stuff but none of it was on there, or any username/e-mail I could think of that I might have used.
The Best Classic Game Boy Titles (http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-25-greatest-game-boy-games-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55i0DqXr7As
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-02.gif)
Donkey Kong
Nintendo | 1994
Who in 1994 cared about a port of a 13-year-old arcade game? Probably not a lot.... but Donkey Kong wasn't just that simple (albeit legendary) coin-guzzler. After you cleared those four famous levels, another 100 or so opened up, each one a diabolical action puzzle that put Mario's skills and the player's brain alike to the test. In some ways, Donkey Kong feels like original creator Shigeru Miyamoto's attempt to make a final statement with his famous first character before Rare changed the world's perception of the series forever. As swan songs go, this one's hard to beat.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-03.gif)
Gargoyle's Quest
Capcom | 1990
Ghosts 'N Goblins pushed the boundaries of arcade action games – a fast-paced, highly detailed platformer that debuted around the same time that Super Mario Bros. blew the lid on the genre – so it only seems fitting that its spinoff, Gargoyle's Quest, would do the same for portable adventures. Not only did this brilliant little action-RPG feature more elaborate graphics and gameplay than any Game Boy title before it, it also forced players to take control of their nemesis from Ghosts 'N Goblins, the annoying and deadly red devil. Arthur's bane proved to be quite a capable hero here, able to take flight and singe foes with bursts of hellfire. Challenging yet involved, Gargoyle's Quest set a new standard for the platform.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-05.gif)
Kid Dracula
Konami | 1993
Sadly, Castlevania's outings on Game Boy weren't so great. The second one was decent, but the first and third? Don't even bother. No, the best Castlevania for Game Boy went under the name Kid Dracula – but don't be fooled by the switcheroo. This is totally Castlevania... just, you know, a silly version of it. You control a young Count Dracula, fighting cartoon versions of familiar Castlevania monsters in cartoon versions of familiar Castlevania settings to peppy remixes of familiar Castlevania tunes. Get the picture? It's whimsical and kid-friendly, but it's still loads of fun.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-23.gif)
For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Nintendo | 1992
While it's not exactly import-friendly thanks to its involved storyline, this interesting Japan-only RPG could be seen as laying the groundwork for Link's Awakening. A charming tale of a hapless frog prince trying to rescue a princess before his rival prince beats him to the task, the story doesn't take itself seriously yet has a lot of heart. The game design is interesting, too; rather than boring players with the details of RPG combat, battles play out automatically based on your strength and health versus that of your opponents. Happily, a fan translation of the game showed up online a couple of years ago, so you do have an avenue available if you want to give it a go.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-24.gif)
Trip World
Sunsoft | 1992
Possibly the most expensive Game Boy release in the world – the Japanese version sells for hundreds of dollars, the European for thousands – Trip World would seem far too unassuming and humble to merit such value. A curiously non-threatening platformer, it literally is a trip – a journey – through charming cartoon worlds in which few inhabitants are hostile or aggressive. Unless you get hung up on the sometimes tricky boss battles, you can easily complete Trip World in half an hour or so. Yet despite (or because of) this, the game has a wonderful, unique vibe to it – not to mention great graphics and sound. Maybe not $3000 worth of great, but it's definitely one checking out if you ever have the chance.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-25.gif)
X
Argonaut/Nintendo | 1992
The "fox" in "Starfox" comes from the F/X chip that powered the game... but the X in F/X just might come from this game, a Japan-only first-person shooter by many of the designers who would go on to create both Starfox and its fancy coprocessor (including a very young Dylan Cuthbert). While laughable by contemporary standards, X was a technical marvel in 1992: A true 3D game running on the humble Game Boy. Yes, it's been eclipsed by many portable shooters since, but the historic value of this one means it deserves a place in any gamer's library.
The Best Game Boy Color Games (http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-25-greatest-game-boy-games-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwjYfDWMUIM
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-11.gif)
Dragon Warrior III
Enix | 2001
The original Dragon Quest – renamed Dragon Warrior for the U.S. – may have sparked the console RPG genre in Japan, but Dragon Quest III defined it. With a huge world, an engrossing story, and the ability to swap character classes, this established the formula for most JRPGs to follow. And it was every bit as entertaining on Game Boy Color as it had been on NES – actually, more so, since this version was based on the refined 16-bit remake that never came to the U.S., offering superior visuals and refined (that is, less grindy) play balance.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-13.gif)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons
Flagship/Capcom/Nintendo | 2001
Two Zeldas on one list? Nope; try three Zeldas. The Oracles began life as a remake of the original Zelda before becoming two different games. Despite being released on the same day, the Oracles weren't like Pokémon versions; the differences between the two were profound, as each game was a wholly separate adventure, with a unique story, powers, world, and even style. Ages feels like a child of Ocarina of Time, talkier and more quest-oriented, while Seasons hearkens back to the NES with a lean plot and slightly nonlinear progression. Both are worth playing, especially since completing both (in either order!) is required to find the true ending.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-15.gif)
Metal Gear Solid
Konami | 2000
The secret best Metal Gear? Called "Metal Gear: Ghost Babel" in Japan, the Game Boy Color entry of the series feels like an alternate reality version of the PlayStation game, with a story that seems to take place in a parallel universe. Likewise, if the franchise had never gone into cinematic 3D, this is how it would have played. Despite running on much humbler hardware than Metal Gear Solid, it plays a lot like the PlayStation game and, aside from a tedious conveyer belt puzzle, is engaging from start to finish.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-17.gif)
Shantae
Wayforward/Capcom | 2002
Published late in the system's life in tiny quantities, Shantae went largely unnoticed by the public at large until it was too late – and then it shot up insanely in price. Was it worth all that cash? Well, maybe not, but it definitely was a cool platformer. Packed with detail and great animation, it felt like a love letter to classic NES and Master System games: An 8-bit swan song. Thankfully, you can grab it for cheap on 3DS Virtual Console these days.
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-18.gif)
Super Mario Bros. DX
Nintendo | 2000
Unlike Super Mario All-Stars, which basically just gave the 8-bit Mario games a facelift, Super Mario Bros. DX added considerably more to the original Super Mario (and the secret unlockable bonus, The Lost Levels). New objectives, new modes, new multiplayer mechanics, the ability to play with wonky Luigi physics, even new collectibles inserted into levels – this was a comprehensive overhaul of Super Mario Bros. Unsurprisingly, the DX team went on to make all the Super Mario Advance games for GBA... but on one level, this was much better than the Advance games. No awful voice samples!
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2014/usgamer/20140415-gameboy25-19.gif)
Toki Tori
Two Tribes | 2001
Toki Tori has gone on to have quite a rich and vibrant existence beyond the boundaries of the Game Boy Color, where it began life to tragic public indifference. A slow-paced but excellent little puzzle platformer, Toki Tori put a cap on the Game Boy's life by revisiting the genre that dominated the system's early years with style and sophistication. With brilliant puzzle design and shockingly excellent graphics, Toki Tori was an unsung hero of the GBC.
http://www.sa-gccx.com/episode/super-mario-land[/url]
(http://www.sa-gccx.com/images/uploads/medium/super-mario-land-91e4f7f68c01e6b8aae1afc29e60cb79/upload.png)
Who The Heck Is Daisy?
For his first portable challenge Arino will be taking on the Game Boy classic, Super Mario Land. Released alongside the Game Boy in 1989 this Mario outing did an admirable job of emulating its console counterparts and is perhaps best remembered for its fantastic soundtrack. While very short Arino will have to contend with a unique aspect of this particular Mario game, shooting stages.
More recreation center and less arcade, Chichibu Muse Park is today's TamaGe destination. While the park does offer a variety of activities Arino would rather take part in some virtual competition with the staff.
Arino picks the perfect game to cool off after a hot bath in the latest NES Box segment when he sits down to play some Ice Climber. Arino sets himself a goal of beating 10 stages in 10 minutes which could prove tough in this slippery platformer.
Dunno if any of my shit is still up there though. This was a long while back.I looked for some of my stuff but none of it was on there, or any username/e-mail I could think of that I might have used.
I assume they probably purged stuff nobody ever downloaded or maybe lost part of the database or something. It has been over ten years.
This kind of thing is on TI-83 now:
http://i.imgur.com/1x9Pq8p.gif (http://i.imgur.com/1x9Pq8p.gif)
People are still trying to make Windows for it, this is for the TI-84 apparently:
http://i.imgur.com/rBmbvo4.gif (http://i.imgur.com/rBmbvo4.gif)
TI-89:
http://i.imgur.com/FEHBXQJ.gif (http://i.imgur.com/FEHBXQJ.gif)
And they ported Quake to the new TI calculators :lol
http://i.imgur.com/UHlKyu1.gif (http://i.imgur.com/UHlKyu1.gif)http://i.imgur.com/Brr2pke.gif (http://i.imgur.com/Brr2pke.gif)
Metroid!
http://abload.de/img/79920z6i7p.gif (http://abload.de/img/79920z6i7p.gif)
Pac-Man!
http://i.imgur.com/rBvEvQB.gif (http://i.imgur.com/rBvEvQB.gif)
Ultima
http://i.imgur.com/g0DkUMz.gif (http://i.imgur.com/g0DkUMz.gif)
GBA emulator on the new ones too:
http://abload.de/img/83960cbc85.gif (http://abload.de/img/83960cbc85.gif)
Web browser for TI 83+ :lol
http://i.imgur.com/blAJU5m.gif (http://i.imgur.com/blAJU5m.gif)
:dead
CPU 150 MHz ARM (unconfirmed)
Memory 64 MB RAM, 100 MB Flash ROM
Screen Size 320x240 pixels
The new "nspire" calculators have beastly specs though:QuoteCPU 150 MHz ARM (unconfirmed)
Memory 64 MB RAM, 100 MB Flash ROM
Screen Size 320x240 pixels
I did a TI85 game called Beer Quest. It got to the point where everyone in the class was playing it and the teacher totally bitched me out. Amazing days
I bought my game boy second hand and it came with DuckTales. I think I paid twenty bucks for it. I felt like I made out like a damn bandit. Dat music
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
Really? Basically everyone I've seen online loves it. I never even considered buying one because the DS was already out, but even if I was then it was way too small for me.
They're wrapped up in the "omg rare" factor of it and because it's so adorably small. I prefer the SP because it's more comfortable to hold, still quite portable, and has full backwards compatibility. Basically it's the ultimate GameBoy hardware.
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
Really? Basically everyone I've seen online loves it. I never even considered buying one because the DS was already out, but even if I was then it was way too small for me.
They're wrapped up in the "omg rare" factor of it and because it's so adorably small. I prefer the SP because it's more comfortable to hold, still quite portable, and has full backwards compatibility. Basically it's the ultimate GameBoy hardware.
Yeah, I've been tempted by the mini, but never bit. OTOH, I'd buy an SP 101 in an instant, but the damned model never came out here. I've got the standard one and the screen is crappy.
Yeah, the SP is the best GBA. I like the Micro for its ultimate portability though. You really can pocket that thing without having a weird bulge in your pocket. Great for stealth gaming.
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
Really? Basically everyone I've seen online loves it. I never even considered buying one because the DS was already out, but even if I was then it was way too small for me.
They're wrapped up in the "omg rare" factor of it and because it's so adorably small. I prefer the SP because it's more comfortable to hold, still quite portable, and has full backwards compatibility. Basically it's the ultimate GameBoy hardware.
Yeah, I've been tempted by the mini, but never bit. OTOH, I'd buy an SP 101 in an instant, but the damned model never came out here. I've got the standard one and the screen is crappy.
At least you guys got the Game Boy Light. Would've been amazing if that thing came out here! Instead I had to rock these:
(http://www.thevintagegamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/GameBoyLightBoy.png)
(http://cover7.cduniverse.com/CDUCoverArt/Games/Large/74384080090.jpg)
Whenever I saw pictures of that I always wondered if it actually did anything to enhance the experience because it looks like it'd just make things ten thousand times worse. Especially the controls.
GBA SP + Backlit screen (AGS-101) is the best Nintendo handheld. It's also fully backwards compatible!
I'd give it to the Micro but that shit is so fucking small, the carts stick out like sore thumbs, and you can only play GBA games on it. If it weren't for the headphone jack it be a complete pile of shit. AWFUL
i have tons of nostalgia for that game
I never got a Gameboy Color. It honestly pissed me off because you had to buy a Gameboy with minimal graphical upgrade to play things like Pokemon Gold and Silver and Dragon Warrior 1-3 - which I REALLY wanted.
I think looking back, GBC was probably one of the sleaziest things Nintendo's ever done. Maybe this is because how I felt back then, but I was justified in my opinion when they released GBA just like two years later.
Gold/Silver could be played on GB? Why did they not make two versions then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzzBEKhYqE
:bow
http://youtu.be/Vk9T241KnF0
http://youtu.be/cOWRNLaCMJg
Yeah, there were black cart games that were optimized for GBC but could be played on the GB, and then there would clear cart games that could only be played on the GBC.
Gold/Silver could be played on GB? Why did they not make two versions then?
Not sure what you mean. A version for GB and a version for GBC? There's not much reason to do that when you can do both in the same cart. Crystal had to be GBC-only because it used the IR port, I think.
I'd love to see GBC hw sales number data from Oscar to confirm my suspicions. It was just a complete fuck up of communication and confusion and was a wonderful prelude to the what the fuck Gamecube era of Nintendo.
Himu, it said right on the front of the box in huge-ass lettering whether it was GBC-exclusive.
GBC Only:
(http://i.imgur.com/jKBRACz.jpg)
Not GBC Only:
(http://i.imgur.com/ASGLYHQ.jpg)
If you had a subscription to Nintendo Power, you woulda known this shit. :rock
GBC and GBA both felt rushed. I'm absolutely amazed someone didn't stomp onto Nintendo's competition ground and take over during this time. The original GBA was :trash :lol
You sound salty that GBC sucked outside of just a few games and everyone wanted a Neo Geo Pocket or Wonderswan instead.
Happy belated birthday Andrex.
I wasn't trolling message boards yet when the GBC hit, so I don't know what the online reaction was like, I just remember being personally excited for it. I was bored with the monochrome GB, but the Game Gear and Lynx had already faded from the scene by then, and the NeoGeo Pocket Color was still a year or two away.
Whenever I saw pictures of that I always wondered if it actually did anything to enhance the experience because it looks like it'd just make things ten thousand times worse. Especially the controls.
I wasn't trolling message boards yet when the GBC hit, so I don't know what the online reaction was like, I just remember being personally excited for it. I was bored with the monochrome GB, but the Game Gear and Lynx had already faded from the scene by then, and the NeoGeo Pocket Color was still a year or two away.
The GBC was exciting because it promised the portability of the GB Pocket, the colors of the GG/Lynx, and the battery life of the OG GB all in one, with extra CPU and RAM on top. Great system.
First time backwards-compatibility was a thing, too. "Wait, it can play all my original GB games too? OMG. So long, you giant brick! (http://i.imgur.com/SHkR6xQ.gif)"
The original GBA was definitely painful though. That screen just sucked and it looked weird coming from the previous vertical-oriented systems. The SP was great, but by then I had soured on the GBA platform overall. Inferior SNES ports as far as the eye could see, no original Mario platformer, and I didn't like the Pokemon games. Before the DS, I had pretty much resigned to giving up on handheld gaming altogether.
You sound salty that GBC sucked outside of just a few games and everyone wanted a Neo Geo Pocket or Wonderswan instead.
Yeah, "everyone" wanted those systems.
How much did they sell, again?
The entire idea for the Game Boy line was to use way suckier hardware than the competition, and it worked. (The spirit of Gunpei lives on in the Wii and Wii U I guess. :teehee)
I question your GBC summary because...how old were you then?
In 1996-1997 or so, game boy sales were tanking
So Nintendo started up on Project Atlantis.
Developers were starting to say they refuse to support the game boy due to its limited 1989 tech, that it was outdated, and they couldn't make the games they wanted to on it anymore. Meanwhile, Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket started to take off
The best sold ones were the ones made by Nintendo, because they were heavily advertised, giving the idea to the public that the only good gbc games were Nintendo games - which was false.
Eventually, Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket added color when Game Boy Color did, and they got lots of attention.
Also, Atlantis wasn't started in 96-97. It was canceled/delayed due to Pokemon extending the GB's life. The huge success of the GBC dropped the final nail in Atlantis, which was actually a different thing from what ended up launching as GBA.
I beat Wario Land so many times you wouldn't belieeeeeve.
Fuck Donkey
What are the best import only gba games that aren't Rhythm tengoku and mother 3?
Good guide here.
http://hg101.proboards.com/thread/10936/looking-good-gba-imports
Hope there's good RPGs. DQ monsters in Japanese sounds good.
ninja 5-O
It's cool, Himu. This is an OG GameBoy love-in thread anyways.My GB was and probably still is a lot closer in color to a select few of those than the majority...
(http://i.imgur.com/AkUKNNa.jpg)
What a quaint system. :heart
What are the best import only gba games that aren't Rhythm tengoku and mother 3?
Good guide here.
http://hg101.proboards.com/thread/10936/looking-good-gba-imports
Hope there's good RPGs. DQ monsters in Japanese sounds good.
ninja 5-O
I bought this game a while back and was shocked to see that this shit is worth a LOT of money complete... pretty good obscure game for the platform, like Bionic Commando mixed with Shinobi. I should play it more...
OG GB Recs:
Sword of Hope
Sword of Hope 2 (3DS VC) (Shadowgate + RPG)
List of everything on 3DS VC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Nintendo_3DS_(North_America)#Nintendo_Game_Boy
2.3x faster and 4x the RAM of a NES. I think people overlook this which is unfortunate. The GB has the rep of being a totally weak system but I think that's mainly due to the screen.I think that's because of their relative competition.
Kwirk :lawd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cftX1ShGSC4
"Pic of the day. "♪Ba-ding!♪""
(https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzSRxjz0YZm9djd)
"If you turn on the 3D effect, it really looks like there's a Game Boy inside the screen."
Look at this nintenyearold talking like he knows about Tetris. :sabu
Well that's a damn shame. :gloomyTo this day I don't understand why they didn't remake Metroid II in the face of how well received Zero Mission was...
Because Zero Mission was well-received in the "people say nice things about it" way rather than the "many people bought this" way, unfortunately.
PD are you thinking of Archon maybe?nope just found it, fuck yes: Kingdom Crusade.
I wouldn't mind snatching up a micro gba and a flash cart if there is one that fits flush with it
Listen, if I want to play Tetris on the go I don't want to start from square 1 every single time, especially since this version doesn't even have up-to-drop so the early game is slow as molasses.
Yeah today I went on a crazy splurge and bought 150 euro's worth of second hand gameboys off the net
1x Gameboy SP, 1x Gameboy Classic, 2x Gameboy Color and 1x Gameboy Pocket
My plan is to mod all of these, replace the shells and perhaps even install backlights into them.
I'd love to get this shell for the pocket
(https://retrocket.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/s-l1600-12.jpg)
Also, used to play this game to death, it was very hard.
https://youtu.be/UsJLSvI3_C4
It also has parallax scrolling backgrounds!
I'm looking into installing a backlight and it feels like a interesting rabbit hole
I have found out there is a USB-C mod for the battery on a GBA
(https://modmatic.io/assets/powerup-advance/pua_installed.jpg?v=1555113429)
That is sick :mindblown
What is this madness
That one is uglier, has static sound issues and doesnt sport the original Gameboy logo.
The price is better but only a 320x240 screen too. Not worth it imo. Also doesnt play Snes games all that well.
Saw these custom ones but if u want a Pi3 inside the costs are pretty high.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CastFX
lmao at me derailing this thread with TI calculator talk on the first page
what a taco
Nintendo needs to drop the second screen and the resistive touch screen for the 4DS.
Just make a phone, basically.
Five years is a long time. :lol
That said, GB Tetris is still pretty low on my list of favorite Tetrises.
Tetris DS is still king. Though I really want to try Tetris Effect.
I see your fancy RE2 remake on Xbox One X and I raise you this:
https://youtu.be/9va7ugOy5vo
PS4 has sold as much as SNES, N64 and Gamecube combined :lol
Still hasn't sold as much as the Gameboy, though.
Today I put this together with a chinese drop in kit from aliexpress which requires basically zero modification to your gbc shell or any soldering, so if you want to backlight your gbc and have no skills it's a fun way to start modding.You got a link for this? there's a few of them.
"Wow! That sounds awesome! But wait, there's got to be a catch, right?" you may find yourself saying. Well, yes, there is indeed a catch. Like the McWill kit, this kit runs the LCD at 60 FPS despite the GBC running at ~59.7 FPS. This means that every few MS the LCD needs to duplicate a frame to allow the GBC to catch up. This results in some noticeable judder, especially on any games that include smooth, constant movement, much like in any of the Pokemon titles. The McWill mod deals with this by introducing some occasional tearing, this kit straight up drops a frame or two to deal with the framerate mismatch. This framedropping occurs significantly more often on this kit than the tearing on the McWill kit.:-\
Also, this is flipping cool: https://blog.hackster.io/supercharge-your-old-nintendo-game-boy-with-a-circuitpython-cartridge-abc0dc2c618c
(https://i.imgur.com/XtT7hQ4.jpg)
Run Python code on a GameBoy using a special cart. Insane.
What is it?
Picked up a cib copy of TMNT2 Back from the Sewers... still am on the hunt for TMNT3 Radical Rescue.
Anyone ever play the TMNT GB games? Fall of the Foot Clan is slow but that was one of my first games for the platform (along with Tetris, Super Mario Land, and of course FF Legend)
Picked up a cib copy of TMNT2 Back from the Sewers... still am on the hunt for TMNT3 Radical Rescue.
Anyone ever play the TMNT GB games? Fall of the Foot Clan is slow but that was one of my first games for the platform (along with Tetris, Super Mario Land, and of course FF Legend)
I don't think I have posted this one before, so potential apologies:That looks like one of those helmets for children that are likely to hurt themselves.
(https://i.imgur.com/5ug9mF7.png)
Not sure if this is actually from a Gameboy game but is in the style either way and thought it was interesting. A beach waves animation motion interpolated at 60fps (https://www.reddit.com/r/GameUpscale/comments/e8amx8/hey_there_im_using_dain_to_test_some/) using a new depth-aware neural network implementation that some have been messing around with for 2D animations.
See also the project's video overview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f8f0igQi5I#t=5s) for intended live action video which is quite impressive over other methods.
Find me a mod where I can watch Bond movies on a gameboy or gtfo
Cartridge has mary kate & ashley game on it.
Getting more advanced here, this is a 32M Flash Cartridge. You would plug the cart into a special cartridge programmer, and it would just upload the game to the flash chip. These also have a little on-board RAM so you could test game saves and such.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDg2WDEwMDA=/z/fhUAAOSwjSpeKDe8/$_86.JPG)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDg2WDEwMDA=/z/HrYAAOSwXAFeKDe-/$_86.JPG)
anyone wanna buy? game not included
(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDg2WDEwMDA=/z/fhUAAOSwjSpeKDe8/$_86.JPG)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDg2WDEwMDA=/z/HrYAAOSwXAFeKDe-/$_86.JPG)
anyone wanna buy? game not included
GB Micro go for some surprising amounts in Japan.
Picked up a Japanese GB in box last night for 16 bucks. Has the vertical line problem, guy at work will bring in his soldering iron tomorrow to fix it.
@Tasty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1USFCjyZuQ
This might be of use to you?
https://twitter.com/MrCheeze_/status/1253892396317843456
Where the fuck u find ninja five oh man :(
Thought I'd share some pics of my collection of GB/GBC/GBA. One of these games is worth 500+ dollars (and a few other are in the 3-400 range)
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/109812784_10157774988313983_4403475020315757827_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=6Hf5wzCsznQAX9bSmJD&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=4c9ae104adc69f23aaf9267e421c9298&oe=5F388A54)
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/109619967_10157774988568983_661103120458605694_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=u49C4nNqM_gAX_mY9r6&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=4b27c296c2accda672ef4c64e08d51fe&oe=5F359C21)
one day i'll get off my ass and sell it so i can have a real nice vacation. it's shot up a lot in the past decade but i dunno if it'll go any higher.
Make your own games for Pocket.
We partnered with GB Studio so you can bring your game ideas to reality with zero programming knowledge needed.
GB Studio is a quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favorite handheld video game system. It allows you to generate proprietary .pocket files with GB Studio and run them off your SD card.
Dude on resetera was looking for Harmony of Dissoance and Circle of the Moon. I just happened to find my GBA the other day, sent him pictures of the cartridges and the manuals I sill have and he was all "your HoD is a repro..."
Um. I'd love to find out how the copy I bought at retail back in the day from Target is fake. :lol
Dude on resetera was looking for Harmony of Dissoance and Circle of the Moon. I just happened to find my GBA the other day, sent him pictures of the cartridges and the manuals I sill have and he was all "your HoD is a repro..."
Um. I'd love to find out how the copy I bought at retail back in the day from Target is fake. :lol
Look for a number imprint on the cartridge on the front
Well if he won't appreciate your copy, I will
PM me on here or there
Ok, well you know I'm good for it
Well if anybody else is selling theirs I might be interested
Also looking for order of ecclesia, heard its good
So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB. Wario Land :rejoice Donkey Kong Land :rejoice Pokemon Blue :rejoice WarioWare :rejoice Aria of Sorrow :rejoice
Ok, well you know I'm good for it
Dude came back and said it's fake, that the Gameboy Advance lettering is incorrect. He's not very good at identifying the real thing.
I need to open this up so I can get a picture of the board just to prove I'm not trying to sell bootleg stuff, but then you can buy the games if you want them. Otherwise I'm happy to keep them.
Ok, well you know I'm good for it
Dude came back and said it's fake, that the Gameboy Advance lettering is incorrect. He's not very good at identifying the real thing.
I need to open this up so I can get a picture of the board just to prove I'm not trying to sell bootleg stuff, but then you can buy the games if you want them. Otherwise I'm happy to keep them.
Can't believe a resetera user is a clueless idiot! :doge
I had some pretty dumb interactions with people on Era when selling some stuff off a year or two ago. If they messaged that they wanted the item and wanted to negotiate on the price a little, OK. If it was anything else like what you described, I just told them no and put the stuff on eBay instead.
Well if anybody else is selling theirs I might be interested
Also looking for order of ecclesia, heard its good
Probably my favorite of the 6 GBA/DS CV games... the challenge level hearkens back to the pre-SOTN CV games (i.e. it's not sleepwalking through rectangular rooms like some of the other GBA/DS games), and some of the optional areas near the end of the game are quite devious.
Ok, well you know I'm good for it
Dude came back and said it's fake, that the Gameboy Advance lettering is incorrect. He's not very good at identifying the real thing.
I need to open this up so I can get a picture of the board just to prove I'm not trying to sell bootleg stuff, but then you can buy the games if you want them. Otherwise I'm happy to keep them.
Can't believe a resetera user is a clueless idiot! :doge
It was pretty funny how he was trying to school me on how it was fake. Very much an asocial mansplaining jumble of fragmented sentences. I got a clear shot of the board with the white Nintendo lettering and sent it to him along with "it's real. your loss, dude."
I own a launch GBA and I have 6 games for it. Clearly I'm a Bootleg Mastermind! Muwahahahahahaha. Ha.
So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB. Wario Land :rejoice Donkey Kong Land :rejoice Pokemon Blue :rejoice WarioWare :rejoice Aria of Sorrow :rejoice
I agree with you, but to be fair, Wario Land and DKL are the only games that came out during the Game Gear's lifespan- Pokemon was a few years later and WarioWare and AoS were on a different platform.
The Game Gear did have some pretty solid games, but just didn't have the third party support that Nintendo snapped up during the time.
But then in '96 the Nomad came out and holy shit portable Genesis was awesome.
So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB. Wario Land :rejoice Donkey Kong Land :rejoice Pokemon Blue :rejoice WarioWare :rejoice Aria of Sorrow :rejoice
I agree with you, but to be fair, Wario Land and DKL are the only games that came out during the Game Gear's lifespan- Pokemon was a few years later and WarioWare and AoS were on a different platform.
The Game Gear did have some pretty solid games, but just didn't have the third party support that Nintendo snapped up during the time.
But then in '96 the Nomad came out and holy shit portable Genesis was awesome.
This is a game boy thread, which hints it encompasses all gameboy brands and systems. Game Gear sucked even when it competed with the Game Boy.
SNK vs. Capcom on Neo Geo Pocket was fucking incredible. Having a portable Neo Turf Masters was the cherry on top.So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB. Wario Land :rejoice Donkey Kong Land :rejoice Pokemon Blue :rejoice WarioWare :rejoice Aria of Sorrow :rejoice
I agree with you, but to be fair, Wario Land and DKL are the only games that came out during the Game Gear's lifespan- Pokemon was a few years later and WarioWare and AoS were on a different platform.
The Game Gear did have some pretty solid games, but just didn't have the third party support that Nintendo snapped up during the time.
But then in '96 the Nomad came out and holy shit portable Genesis was awesome.
This is a game boy thread, which hints it encompasses all gameboy brands and systems. Game Gear sucked even when it competed with the Game Boy.
And again, I agree that Gameboy is better, but the Game Gear did not suck (its battery life sure did though lolol) and had some good games, including some games that the Gameboy didn't have anything like available. If you wanted to play a kart racer back in the 90s, Sonic Drift 2 on Game Gear was pretty good. We had to wait for the GBA with Mario Kart Super Circuit before the GB had anything.
90s handhelds:
Gameboy? Awesome.
Game Gear? Pretty good.
Turbo Express? Great for its time.
Nomad? Fuck yeah, awesome.
NeoGeo Pocket/Color? LOVED IT.
...
Lynx...?
:girlaff
Now that was a shitty system.
And then there's the game.com, which is so bad that it doesn't even deserve a place on any list.
retronauts has done a few episodes on the lynx recently and it looks pretty decent. graphics were extremely nice for the time, and it looked like it had a decent niche going for software, with some nice arcade ports. i never knew much about the system but it looks alright for what it was.
SNK vs. Capcom on Neo Geo Pocket was fucking incredible. Having a portable Neo Turf Masters was the cherry on top.
Never played much of the NGPC but I liked the joystick. The Wonderswan is another handheld that eluded me, though before the GBA came out I was enamored with the FFI and II (and the SaGa 1, which sadly never got a GBA port) remakes.
How about the Game Park 32? Anyone own one? I remember reading a huge review on insertcredit.com wayyyy back in the day and I became obsessed with wanting one for a few weeks. Astonisha Story looked cool (then got a PSP port that got a US release, turns out the game wasn't that good). I thought the novelty of a Korean-developed system was neat. Though soon after the DS and PSP came out (PSP especially looking lightyears ahead from a tech perspective) and I quietly forgot about GP32.
Game Gear though, had some nice titles:
Sylvan Tale - my favorite game on the system, an action RPG where you can transform into different creatures. There's a full translation patch. Highly recommended play for anyone who likes oldskool action RPGs and is interested in trying out the GG.
Shining Force - there were 3 of them though only one of them came to the US. I think there are translations for the others though.
Defenders of Oasis - a traditional turn-based RPG with a unique Middle Eastern theme and great music.
Shinobi I and II - I hear so much praise for these games but regrettably never played.
Ax Battler - if Golden Axe Warrior was a Zelda 1 clone, this is a Zelda 2 clone. It's worth a try, though no where near the level of Zelda 2.
Dragon Crystal - this was the first roguelike I've ever played. The genre has probably been done much better nowadays (I'm not really into the genre personally) but it's probably one of the earliest portable roguelikes and one of the first Japanese-developed roguelikes to get released over here in the states.
retronauts has done a few episodes on the lynx recently and it looks pretty decent. graphics were extremely nice for the time, and it looked like it had a decent niche going for software, with some nice arcade ports. i never knew much about the system but it looks alright for what it was.
A Game Boy Color game that was cancelled before it was finished is to be completed and released as a physical cartridge.
I wonder how many batteries you need to mine a full bitcoin.
Just bought a DMG IPS screen from AliExpressYet, is that a Charmander Pez dispenser I spy? :thinking
(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/U53fc12e0cf344bfcbb4006fceb62a10bS.jpg)
(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Ud062e966fffe461bb27735ba6d983a66B.jpg)
cant wait for this fucking badboy to come in
:whew :whew :whew
I sold all of my Pokemon games tho 🤷🏼♂️ fuck it I have no real nostalgia for Pokemon anyway, im all about The Smurfs and Asterix and Temple of Ra
What are some great Gameboy games that are Japanese but easily playable English?
Originally developed by Affinix Software from 1999 to 2001 towards the end of the Game Boy Color’s retail lifespan, the shift in the market towards the Game Boy Advance (released in 2001) resulted in publishing struggles for the game. As a result, the original Affinix team went their separate ways, leaving Infinity a what-if that was formally cancelled in 2002. Yet, 15 years later, following repeated interest in what was seen as one of the last Game Boy Color games, an unfinished version of Infnity was released as a free ROM in 2016.
Now, for the 20th anniversary of Infinity, we have assembled a team consisting of both Affinix originals and fresh faces to finally complete Infinity and give it the physical cartridge release for the Game Boy Color that it always deserved! If you are interested in helping to finally make Infinity a reality, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates and exclusive news concerning our upcoming summer kickstarter campaign, and to get an exclusive medley of Infinity’s soundtrack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trz7aWq8ifgQuoteOriginally developed by Affinix Software from 1999 to 2001 towards the end of the Game Boy Color’s retail lifespan, the shift in the market towards the Game Boy Advance (released in 2001) resulted in publishing struggles for the game. As a result, the original Affinix team went their separate ways, leaving Infinity a what-if that was formally cancelled in 2002. Yet, 15 years later, following repeated interest in what was seen as one of the last Game Boy Color games, an unfinished version of Infnity was released as a free ROM in 2016.
Now, for the 20th anniversary of Infinity, we have assembled a team consisting of both Affinix originals and fresh faces to finally complete Infinity and give it the physical cartridge release for the Game Boy Color that it always deserved! If you are interested in helping to finally make Infinity a reality, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates and exclusive news concerning our upcoming summer kickstarter campaign, and to get an exclusive medley of Infinity’s soundtrack!
Yeah please update when this thing goes live so I can back it
I will bookmark it!Yeah please update when this thing goes live so I can back it
I've stepped away from The Bore for a while but you can follow my new site GameBoy.blog (https://gameboy.blog/) and I'll definitely post about it there (among many other GB-related things!) :D
Recently got a great deal on a mint condition, cib Rolan's Curse... I played through the second a few weeks ago so it'll be cool to go for the first.
Has anyone ever played Knight Quest? One of the most obscure English-released RPGs I can think of. I remember having it as a little kid, it's got 1v1 turn based battles and is rather simplistic... I've never heard anyone talk about it.
Recently got a great deal on a mint condition, cib Rolan's Curse... I played through the second a few weeks ago so it'll be cool to go for the first.
Has anyone ever played Knight Quest? One of the most obscure English-released RPGs I can think of. I remember having it as a little kid, it's got 1v1 turn based battles and is rather simplistic... I've never heard anyone talk about it.
Never heard of those games, they look interesting though. :-*
You could almost send emails and selfies to your friends, while surfing the web, on a Game Boy Color.