/vr/ - Retro Games

My brother and I both got GBAs for Christmas 2002, after getting to lust over my rich friend's for like a year. Don't remember what game my brother got but I got Mega Man Battle Network, which was actually my first Mega Man game. They put it all out under the tree "Santa style" (no wrapping) and I woke up super early that day, like around 5:00AM, so I tore into it, plugged in its AC adapter (nice call from my parents, they must have been as tired of me stealing remote batteries as I was), and played Battle Network for hours before anyone else got up. Good times. I remember picking up Mario Advance and Earthworm Jim (lol) with Xmas money shortly after. Didn't notice how bad the EWJ port was because I was a kid and hadn't played the better versions in years. My jaw hit the floor when I saw the Special Edition running on a PC a few years later.

>>7852862
>The Switch is cat shit compared to GBA and DS.
Even the 3DS was better by a country mile. I was pretty excited when I heard Nintendo was pooling their development teams to focus on making games for one system, naively thinking that meant "all the games coming out for 3DS + Wii U right now will be coming out for one system instead". But we're getting less releases than ever now, especially if you strike out all the ports... And the Switch's hardware is technically nice in design concept (when it's not breaking down) but it is, dare I say it, soulless. There's no sense of fun or whimsy that all their other previous systems have conveyed. It's just another streamlined consoomer gadget. Glad I've got a decent emulation handheld because catching up on retroshit is the only thing keeping me gaming right now.

>>3410287
GBA with AGS-101 screen

>>3318807
1) when it comes to Gameboy and Gameboy Color games, they are smaller on the Gameboy Advance screen than the original systems
2) many people just plain do not like the SP's form factor and find it uncomfortable. It has less grip surface than the other gameboys, and the triggers are too small and uncomfortably placed.