Just dumped out my small bin of GBA games.

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    1 year ago

    Man, the GBA had so many great RPGs on it, even if half of them were SNES rereleases. Also how did you get a copy of Mother 3, lol

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      The mother games are the only repros I’ve purchased, it’s a crime that Nintendo didn’t localize those for NA or EUR!

      So it’s just a cheap repro from eBay with an English patch. I have a flash cart too, which is probably the better way to go.

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    1 year ago

    You know now that I think about it, I wonder how many M-rated games were released on the Game Boy/DS systems. I know some of the obvious ones would be id Software ports (like the Wolfenstein 3D seen in the picture) and the GTA games (both the GBA one from the mid 00s and Chinatown Wars from later), but other than those I can’t imagine the list is a very large one, especially considering most of the people who would have been playing on those systems at the time would have been kids and teens.

    Edit: after a quick google search, it looks like there were a grand total of 9 M-rated GBA games released, most of them being not very good ports of more popular console/PC games (though an exception apparetly goes to Max Payne, which managed to successfully convert the original third person shooter into an isometric game). Similarly, only 11 M-rated games were released on the DS, the best and most well known of them being Chinatown Wars.

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      Oh, it’s right there… on my wishlist.

      I do have it on my 3DS though as part of that Ambassador program. Not the same as having the cart, so I still want to track it down sometime.

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    1 year ago

    Shout out to Gunstar Super Heroes! I feel like many fans of the Genesis original never even knew it got a (VERY good) sequel.

  • drcouzelis@lemmy.zip
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    Heyyy I just picked up a copy of Iridion 3D! I haven’t played it much yet but love the 3D effect. Kind of a Starfox style shooter.

    If I had to pick one game from your pile to pick up and play right now it’d probably be Sonic Advance. I played and re-played that game a TON, although I never actually beat it.

    Which is your favorite?

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      1 year ago

      It’s too hard to choose!

      Advance Wars is always a solid choice, with the ability to create your own maps it never really gets old.

      Metroid Fusion is one of my favorites too.

      Drill Dozer is a blast to 100%, and WarioWare is fantastic any time you pick it up!

      There are too many great games on this system for me to choose!

      I’m still looking to grab Iridion II, it’s supposed to be the superior game to the first. Love the music in Iridion 3D though 👍

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    1 year ago

    All of those RPGs and no Breath of Fire? For shame. I kid, but Breath of Fire was such a good series.

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      I know! 😭

      It’s been on the list for a while, but there are just too many great games in the GBA library. It’s difficult to track down every cart I want (cause I kinda want all of them)

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        1 year ago

        I lucked into finding them both at a retro game con. I was stoked because that completed my collection of every version of BoF.

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    1 year ago

    Fuck man you gonna really make me play through final fantasy tactics again??