The GBA appreciation thread

I am playing with a Joey Jr. for work and it is SHOCKINGLY easy to use. I just gotta get myself a decent source of GBA carts (with save ability) and especially a way to make labels. Anyways I turned a crummy old Master System emulator cart into an Apotris cart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQmwg4vz04

@“robinhoodie”#p125473 I want to get one! I just wish the NZD to USD exchange rate wasn‘t so horrible. I’ve got a few terrible old bootleg carts that could use a 2nd chance, and it seems like the best way to backup GameBoy Camera photos.

Edit: I bit the bullet and got one!

@“hellomrkearns”#p125476 I even reflashed an old bootleg of the Star Ocean GBC translation with the updated bug fix version. I definitely am going to buy one for myself now.

Thank you insert credit for being nice to me in light of this unpopular opinion

I’m facing adversity in all other gaming circles :laughing:



I feel that this only reflects poorly on them though

Always interesting how controversial it is just to say “I prefer the screen the device shipped with”

you are valid and loved froggy

@“treefroggy”#p126732 I get so frustrated by people like that and can only hope they grow out of it.

@“treefroggy”#p126732 use case trumps all. You are the sunshine gamer. Original screen was meant for you.

Moto Racer Advance probably has the best scrolling road in a videogame, and you can race dirt bikes against street bikes.

@“hellomrkearns”#p125476 nice. my original PokĂ©mon save is still good.



https://archive.org/details/pokemon_202308

@“hellomrkearns”#p126796 that’s so epic


Mind if I DL and take it for a spin and see what your pokemans are named? Show me your pokeymans?

@“treefroggy”#p126805 go for it! If I remember correctly, I didn't often rename them.

I backed up my GBA saves a while back. Much easier to do if you have a [DS and a flash cart](https://dumping.guide/carts/nintendo/gba).
https://archive.org/details/GBApokemonSaves

@“hellomrkearns”#p126817 I really have to get my lite working sometime!! I didn't know this was possible.

GBA reflective screen v.nice

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@“KennyL”#p127512 is there a chance you would do a series like this for neogeo pocket or wonderswan?

@“treefroggy”#p127591 I‘d love to but unfortunately no
. Also I wish some one with pro camera and lighting could shoot GBA reflective screen videos. I’m just shooting with cellphone and cheap lights so not optimal


@“KennyL”#p127631 you're doing the hardest part!!– taking nice enough videos and uploading them.

How about a sponsorship? we can start a non profit and get you some donors. First things on the list will be one of those Ring Lights, and a wonderswan color.

@“treefroggy”#p127650 oh man thanks for your support but I really can‘t take on that right now 
 Also I already got 1 cp strike for stupid PS1 kamen rider vid so my yt channel could just disappear any moment. I can’t take more money for something so ephemeral. I could split out gba/handhelds to different channel to avoid strikes but this whole thing just takes a lot of work and time

 :weary::weary::weary:

@“Karasu”#p113270 I‘m pretty sure Yggdra Union was localized by someone who wrote some posts for the original Insert Credit, but I’m blanking on who it was. I think it was a guy who also wrote at 1UP sometimes? God this is killing me.

@"Chopemon"#p113342
Something that I don't see mentioned about Astroboy is its difficulty settings. I played it at the same time as a friend. He played in Normal difficulty, and I played in Hard; and I remember the experience being shockingly different when it came to the bosses. Like, I think in Hard mode there are literally additional phases and patterns to the boss battles. To this day, when people complain about balancing around difficulty modes I say, "They should just do what Treasure did with Astro Boy and make three completely different scenarios for each boss."

Anyway, Astroboy is definitely in my my top 10 GBA games, and is one of my fave Treasure Games. It gets passed up a lot, because Treasure fans are old heads, but it does everything that Treasure is supposed to be good at. It's a beat-em-up, run-n-gun, shmup, with giant multi-phase bosses. It's probably not the best in any one area, but it's damn good in all of them; and it looks fantastic. Also, I'm not a big Tezuka head, but there are a LOT of cute cameos. Really feels like a love letter.

@“milo”#p119692 Mega Man Battle Network 1 & 2 are quintessential GBA memories for me. Those were the type of games I‘d play with Saturday morning cartoon reruns playing in the background. I was really surprised by how simple and addicting the battle system was. As a kid, I played almost exclusively JRPG’s, but in retrospect there was a lot I didn‘t enjoy about them; and today I have kind of a vendetta against the format. I don’t remember the full ins-and-outs of the system right now, but in my memory it was almost board-gamey in it's simple elegance.

There's a digital rerelease of 1+2 for about $60 on Switch right now. I got it on an impulse, but not sure when I'll actually play it. Maybe on the plane home for Christmas. I'm almost afraid of the nostalgia waves it might give me.

I spent a not insignificant amount of time just ogling the beautiful art of Magical Vacation on three separate screens (the original unmodified GBA, a Game Boy Micro and up on the big OLED through my MiSTer) and god darn that is a good looking videogame.

Look at this! This is ridiculous! Shinichi Kameoka sure knows how to draw!
(Below is the fan translation patch)
https://youtu.be/rt9lLb_83j8