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6936998 No.6936998 [Reply] [Original]

So many fun as fuck scotformers!

>> No.6937005

more of a 4th gen console since it's a portable SNES

>> No.6937006

>>6936998
no gameube was the winner. Wind waker slayed everything nintendo released up until that point

>> No.6937007

Was there any GBA game developed in Scotland?
Anyway, I agree, GBA is my favorite system of 6th gen.

>> No.6937008

>>6937005
this. except SNES had better games

>> No.6937010

>>6937008
SNES didn't have pokemon. it loses

>> No.6937015

>>6937006
The oracle games and links awakening DX are the objective best zelda games and came out an entire generation earlier. Since the GBA is BC, that makes it the best zelda machine of the 6th gen

>>6936998
what the fuck is a scotformer

>> No.6937017

>>6937010
Pokemon Red and Blue on a Super Game Boy is a superior experience than any Pokemon in GBA.
But anyway, both systems are great, I prefer SNES, but GBA is good too.

>> No.6937018

>>6937010
No, it had Earthbound which is better than any pokemon game

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>>6937018
>blocks your path

>> No.6937023

>>6937015
handheld zelda games suck dick

>> No.6937026

>>6937021
never released in the US for some reason..hmmm

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This was the only GBA game I had as a kid and I played the everloving shit out of it

>> No.6937190

>>6937031
Why the fuck did you only have 1 game?

>> No.6937214

>>6937190
Because my parents bought me games and if I had the choice between a GBA game or an Xbox or a PS2 game I was always going with consoles. They were just better games and better value so that's what I prioritized.

>> No.6937234

>>6937214
damn you're spoiled.

>> No.6937235

>>6937234
Want me to check my privilege?

>> No.6937236

>>6937023
retro handheld zelda games > 3D zelda games

>> No.6937254

>>6937005
i think its slightly weaker than a snes

>> No.6937278

>>6937254
Lolno, GBA is much better spec-wise

>> No.6937279

>>6937006
wind waker is the reason Gaycube was a failure

>> No.6937283

>>6936998
>scotformers
Is that dumb thing being pushed by the guy butthurt over metroidvanis?

>> No.6937286

>>6937023
Completely awful taste. The gameboy color zelda games are top tier and minish cap is good

>> No.6937294
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>>6937278
>GBA is much better spec-wise
>have worst SNES ports

>> No.6937295

>>6937006
Lol

>> No.6937308

>>6937294
Snes ports on Gba were fine aside from the fucked up audio due to not having its own dedicated sound chip.

>> No.6937335

>>6937294
>SNES: 16-bit 3.58 MHz
>GBA: 32-bit 16.8 MHz

>> No.6937338

>>6937335
>SNES: 256x224
>GBA: 240x160

>> No.6937345
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>>6937335
> more GHz is better
> What are CPU architectures

>> No.6937351

someone recommend me some decent gems from gba that doesn't involve platforming

>> No.6937371

Hey so I have a 001 but really like the 101 being brighter. Is there a service that'll mod it for md since there are kits to do that?

>> No.6937376

>>6937351
Advanced Wars
FF Tactics
Superstar Saga
Ace Attorney

>> No.6937391

>>6937345
Please explain how the SNES's cpu architecture is superior to the GBA's.

>> No.6937397

>>6937351
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Konami Krazy Karts
Pinball of the Dead

>> No.6937403

>>6936998
Oh so we're removing a t now?
You can't even agree on how your dumb term is spelled

>> No.6938268

>>6937397
These

>> No.6938278

>>6937351
Guru Logic Champ

>> No.6938293

>>6936998
>scotformer
I've been seeing this term more often, what the fuck is it

>> No.6938304

>>6938293
Old british microcomputer slang to refer to games developed in Scotland.
Now some zoomer schizo is trying to retcon and repurpose it to mean "mascot platformer", even though it doesn't make any sense.

>> No.6938334
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6938334

OFFICIAL 6TH GEN WINNERS POWER RANKING AND CANNONICAL THAT CAN NOT BE NEGATED:

1-PS2
2-GBA
3-XBOX
4-DREAMCAST
5-NGAGE
6-GP32
7-GAMECUBE
8-SwanCrystal

>> No.6938394

>>6938304
it's the other way around

>> No.6938475
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final fight one was great

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attack of clones was good too

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>> No.6938549
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>> No.6938557

Holy fuck look at all that absolute garbage

6th gen was a mistake and allowing it here was an even bigger one

>> No.6938570

6th gen is just 5th gen sequel
>>6923975

>> No.6938597

>>6938334
ps2>dreamcast>gba>gamecube>suxcox

>> No.6938629

>>6937308
And fucked up video due to the smaller screen resolution. And fucked up colors due to the dark ass screen on the original model. And fucked up design decisions due to reasons unknown.

>> No.6938652

>>6936998
What are your favorites? As a fan of the genre I was unaware the GBA had many - I thought it was mostly ports, Pokemon, and some other RPGs.

>> No.6938653

>>6938549
Japanese GBA boxart is so aesthetic.

>> No.6939481

>>6938653
Truly

>> No.6939638

>>6938334
Gamecube = PS2 > GBA = Dreamcast > Xbox

>> No.6939653

>>6938652
>As a fan of the genre I was unaware the GBA had many
It doesn't. He must have confused the genre "shovelware" with "scotformer" since they both start with an S

>> No.6939661

>>6937371
Do it yourself, you can do it. It’s not hard.

>> No.6939669

>>6937294
-Let's spend months on this game to make it as perfect as possible and outshine the competition
vs
-let's throw this existing game into the handheld market as fast and cheaply as possible to cash in on the momentum.

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6939682

I spent a lot of time playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on the GBA. The isometric view did take a little time to get used to, as did the controls. But I became addicted to this one, and THPS3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26QnlpaVaA

>> No.6939749

>>6937005
Ah yes the portable SNES poster that killed /vr/

>> No.6939881
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>>6936998
ahh my Pokemon and Yugioh machine

that is, till I found this badboy on CoolROMS
legitimately one of the most fun games this system has to offer

>> No.6940467

>>6936998
The DS is also great for this, plus puzzlers.
Really the only 7th gen system I still re-visit.

>> No.6940581

>>6937279
>wind waker bad
>gaycube

Oh shit I thought you idiots all died out like 15 years back, how are you still like this?

>> No.6940657

>>6937254
>i think its slightly weaker than a snes

Need For Speed : Underground:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36U2xN-196c

Doom II:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkekZGPPdZ4

Tony Hawks Downhill Jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRP0KuKJhM

Iridion II:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZVIt29OpQ

Max Payne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rcrVodpXPY

tech demos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuMcCJkS5ZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9va7ugOy5vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05--PgyjiiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XNo1auSJhY

>> No.6940659

Is SNES + SuperFX chip more powerful than GBA?

>> No.6940671

>>6940657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giIJyBSwvK4

>> No.6940682

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xurqNOafU6Y

>> No.6940687

>>6940682
The SNES version is better in literally every instance.

>> No.6940704

>>6940687
>The SNES version is better in literally every instance.

The one thing that annoys me with so many of these SNES ports are the higher contract colour pallets on the GBA games. This is because the original GBA had no backlight, and there were many complains from customers on how hard it was to see games. So Nintendo told devs to use high contrast colours. Which can look pretty gawdy. One post in this video I really liked was Rock and Roll Racing.

>> No.6940742
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>>6940671

Karnaaj Rally was made famous by its' bad box art. However, as a game, it is quite good. Also, the game has some impressive looking graphics and made nice use of flat shadded polygons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxSZ9cjXN1M

The game is literally a rip-off of Remedy Entertainment's Death Rally for DOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTRI71PmgDY

Also, Gunstar Super Heroes from Treasure is pretty impressive for a GBA 2D game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmI9jsuB7o

I don't think the SNES could run a game like this.

>> No.6941314

>>6940657
Didnt know about some of them

>> No.6941372

>>6937006
Wind Waker was a great game but imagine thinking this

>> No.6941380

>>6937234
More like the opposite of spoiled. I am a poorfag and I did the same. I only had like 3 gamecube games because I'd rather get a bargain bin PS1 game every few months than 1/2 GC games a year.
Almost everything I had was 2nd hand and I only got an Xbox/GC one year because my two single parents surprised me with an Xbox on Christmas so my dad swapped it in for a GC. I only started getting Xbox games when the 360 came out.

>> No.6941386

>>6937294
Keyword being "port". GBA was the 2nd coming of Gameboy and companies were keen to cash in on the gold rush. Which is why the library is massive and the majority of it is clearly budget titles or ports.
The fzero titles are proof of this.

>> No.6941392

There's tons of good GBA games but the shovelware ratio is probably the worst of any console.

Go to https://www.random.org/ and pick a number from 1 to 2810. Then go to https://www.emuparadise.me/roms/gba-by-number.php and search for the game that corresponds to your number. Chances are, it's shovelware.

>> No.6941413

>>6937351
Mario Golf/Tennis
A bazillion RPGs, take your pick
Motocross Maniacs Advance
Pokemon Pinball
Onimusha Tactics, FF Tactics, Fire Emblem etc
Rebelstar Tactical Command (Xcom clone made by the Xcom creator)
Sigma Star
Mr Driller
Advance Wars
Fzero (there's 3, all good)

>> No.6941416

>>6941392
Save yourself the hassle anon
https://s3kr.it/gauntlet.html

>> No.6941482

>>6941413
>Fzero (there's 3, all good)
And all much worse than F-Zero, X, and GX

>> No.6941565
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>>6941482
>Anon asks for GBA games
>You sperg out

>> No.6941619

>>6936998
honestly I've gone through basically the entire NA library and gave each game a good 10+ minutes and found less than 5 exclusives I'd want to play all the way through

>> No.6941721

>>6937294
>Contra 3 on the GBA
>the mode 7 levels are replaced with levels from Hard Corps

why didn't they just port Hard Corps instead

>> No.6941849

>>6937335
>>SNES: 16-bit 3.58 MHz
>>GBA: 32-bit 16.8 MHz

The SNES has its own separate audio and graphics chips. The GBA does everything within a single CPU. Just like the original GameBoy and GameBoy Color. Nintendo designed the GBA as a single chip "APU" to reduce battery drain. The original GBA has a 32-bit ARM7TDMI and the GameBoy Color version of the Sharp 8bit CPU. The GBA does have to do video processing and audio processing through the same CPU, and probably has less resources to do audio samples with than the SNES. The GBA audio engine does work like the N64 audio engine, but the GBA hardware is much weaker. Both are based on the SNES audio chip, which is sample based MIDI/MOD.

>> No.6941864

>>6937015
scotformer = mascot platformer

>> No.6942812

Gee bee aaaayyy

>> No.6942876

>>6941721
because Contra 3 has superior sidescrolling level design than Shit Corps

>> No.6943057
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>>6941864
scotformer = forced meme

>> No.6943078

>>6938334
why does the gba have so much SOUL?

>> No.6943090

Not retro

>> No.6943372
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>>6937010
>pokemon
WHO THE FUCK PLAYS THIS SHIT ??
WHAT'S THE APPEAL ??

It's ugly as a launch title
the gameplay sucks
it's like a card collecting game
it's boring to death
zoomers wake up

>> No.6943376

>>6943372
Pokemon predates Zoomers. I'm sorry Gen Z got all the shittiest Pokemon games.

>> No.6943384

>>6941864
>not calling them MasPlats

>> No.6943390

>>6943090
Welcome to nu-/vr/, oldfag.

>> No.6943407
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>>6943376
But they were shitty from the start.
Imagine pretending to enjoy this lazy crap.
See how shit it looks.

Now realize it came out 5 years after Link's Awakening which looks photorealistic in comparison.

>> No.6943789

>>6943407
>Brand new RPG game IP with 151 creatures, an entire region to explore, 165 moves, an entire world map with trainers, that spends most of the dev time fleshing out the mechanics which were revolutionary for the time looks worse than a game in an established franchise that focuses more on environmental puzzles and action combat with a much bigger budget and fewer mechanics and sprites to work out

who wouldve thought. maybe people dont play handhelds games to graphic whore.
I assume youre going to bring up how simcity snes looks graphically worse than super contra next and somehow claim that makes it a shit game

>> No.6943992

>>6937005
Not really. That thing can handle FMV. It also has little problem throwing shit around the screen. It's more like a SNES, but the Genesis speed, and with a little bit of the Sega CD thrown in.

>> No.6944005
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>>6936998
It's a shame about the sound. GBA might be the worst console for audio. period. specky doesn't count

>> No.6944014

>>6937351
Konami Krazy Racers
Warioware Inc and Twisted
Polarium Advance

>> No.6944030

>>6936998
>scotformers
Neck yourself

>> No.6944039

>>6943384
What are your favorite MasPlat mayors?

>> No.6944046

>>6936998
honestly, the DS, PSP, and GBA were all fucking crazy. way too many good games to play

>> No.6944072

>>6944046
The '00s were the decade of the handheld, since consoles fucked up so hard (they're still bad).

>> No.6944251

>>6944072
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks so.

>> No.6944334

>>6944046
>>6944072
>>6944251
A large part of this is because, well, Nintendo had little to no actual competition in the handheld space and largely consolidated the space for it.

Yeah, sure, GG and others existed, NGP is the shit, but most people didn't have those. Only really one console to put your shit on consistently for a decade+.

PSP was a good competitor, but it's an exception more than anything else.

>> No.6944339

Wario Land 4 is the greatest scot of all time, prove me wrong.

>> No.6944349

>>6937351
Any of the Bomberman games on it (Tournament was my favorite and it was basically Bomberman/Zelda hybrid with a dash of Pokemon. Max 2 plays like your traditional Bomberman game, with the Carabom battles from Tournament. The two Jetters games were exclusive to Japan, but can be imported/emulated. Jetters: Densetsu no Bomberman is essentially Tournament 2 gameplay-wise, but with the Jetters characters. Jetters Game Collection is a solid minigame collection/pinball/battle game hybrid.)

>> No.6944351

>>6944005
luckily there is a beta of an instant audio decompressor for one of the emulators that makes the sound much much better.

>> No.6944360

>>6944334
Even though they had no competition, nintendo still made a ton of quality games... well... there was also a bunch of shitty ones made by the,. but hey Ill fucking take it

>> No.6944842

Secret Agent Barbie is a legitimately good game.

>> No.6944902

>>6944842
Klaus ?

>> No.6945073
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Here some of my favorites.

>> No.6945145

>>6940581
Gamecube is cool and not gay unlike the gaystation, but Wind Waker killed the series without question. Wasn't its artstyle, and it's not a bad game, but rather the incredible tedium and much more focus on story than gameplay than ever before.

>> No.6945150

>>6945073
Nice list, anon. I'll get whatever I don't have on this list.

>> No.6945165

>>6937031
GBA as a kid.
goddamn am i too old to be here anymore?

>> No.6945174

>>6945165
Most kids born in the early 90s played GBA as kids, so, no.

>> No.6945196

I really want a version of this with a backlit screen that isn't being sold for $250usd by some dude working out of his bedroom.

>> No.6945641

>>6936998
reminder to all the faggots that replied to filter the word scotformer* and jarpig* and etc

>> No.6945910

>>6944339
He's a German, dumb tranny.

>> No.6945932

>>6941565
>>6941482
>>6941413
And none of them was ever a good racing game.

>> No.6946051

>>6943407
That looks amazing, honestly. Not sure what point you're trying to make. I would love to visit that cozy town irl.

>> No.6946082

>>6941392
>0947 - Hamtaro - Ham-Ham Heartbreak (U)(Venom)
nah, the GBA is based

>> No.6946403

>>6945073
thanks

>> No.6946521

I'm playing Adwanced Wars right now and having a blast. Is AW2 any different? Also I believe there are NES and SNES. Do you recommend them?

>> No.6946548

not retro

>> No.6946710

>>6937397
>KKK
>KKK
uh...

>> No.6946721

>>6936998
why is no one in /v/ talking about the gba iris leak

>> No.6946726
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>>6946051
Wouldn't you rather visit these nice looking woods ?

>> No.6946763

>>6938394
Suck a dick schizo poster
>>6938304
He needs to be blocked

>> No.6946773

>>6941864
No one but you thinks that
>>6943057
One anon is trying to force scotformer and mayor. Every damn thread. Maybe it’s babbagesgramps

>> No.6946774

>>6937031
>the worst mario kart
what a shitty childhood

>> No.6946818

>>6937351
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The Sims Bustin' Out
Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire
Monish Cap
Advance Wars
Chain of Memories
Mother 3
Legacy of Goku
Golden Sun

>> No.6946819

>>6937278
I'm pretty sure not all specs were better. GBA had worse audio and screen resolution, alongside lacking the X and Y buttons.

>> No.6946842

>>6938394
>maSCOT platFORMER
why would it use the end part from both words?
why not mascformer or platscot?

>> No.6947097

>>6946842
Because "scot" and "plat" both end in a hard T.

>> No.6948197

>>6943407
Looks fine to me. Graphics are the least of pokemons problems lol.

>> No.6948306

>>6946842
>>6947097
As a Scot I find this meme amusing

>> No.6948445

>>6936998
Scotformer?? is this another one of those recent totally le ebic funny speccy memes?

>> No.6948535

>>6937031
>GBA
>”as a kid”
zoom zoom

>> No.6948560
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>>6948445
>recent

>> No.6948695

>>6948560
so yes.

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>> No.6949845

>>6941721
They just fixed the game

>> No.6950903

>>6937391
it can perform a division operation

>> No.6950913

>>6941386
>GBA was the 2nd coming of Gameboy
3rd coming.
>or 4th, if you count the Game Boy Pocket as different from OG Game Boy

>> No.6950919

>>6950913
GBC wasn't the GB's successor, more like a DSi or New 3DS XL equivalent.

>> No.6950921

>>6950919
then the GBA wasn't the GBC's successor.
don't try this bullshit with me, I could put GB and GBC games in my GBA. it's either all the same thing or it's not.

>> No.6950924

>>6950921
Even Nintendo themselves lump the GBC together with the GB.

>> No.6950929

>>6950924
then how come couldn't put GBC paks into a GB? just like I couldn't put GBA paks into all the others?
make up your minds, bing bing wahoos

>> No.6950949

>>6950929
same reason why you cant plug supergrafx games into your tg16, it's got slightly better hardware but not enough to count as a generational step.

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>>6950929
>then how come couldn't put GBC paks into a GB? just like I couldn't put GBA paks into all the others?
>make up your minds, bing bing wahoos

You can with the black GBC cartridges. The clear GBC cartridges are GBC exclusive. While the black GBC cartridges contain two different ROM's. One for GBC and the other for GB. The GBC does have a faster CPU and slightly more work RAM.

There is also Shantae on the GBC, which adds a few extra enhancements when you plug it into a GBA.

>> No.6951342

>>6943407
what romhack is this?
why is Red in Goldenrod City?

>> No.6951625

>>6948535
Are you retarded? Having a GBA as a kid means at most he's in his mid-to-late 20s.

>> No.6951742

>>6950913
And? What does that have to do with my point? Does it get tiring being so fucking pedantic or are you just autistic?

>> No.6952130

>>6951328
is this true?

>> No.6952798

>>6952130
>is this true?

Yes. There are about 150-200 GameBoy Colour games that are backwards compatible with the original GameBoy. These are the black catridge games. Sort the game list on Wikipedia by 'Backward compatible':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_Boy_Color_games

>> No.6952846

Can anybody explain to me if you use a sd media launcher card in conjunction with the Gameboy Player why you couldn't just use those 2 items without an Everdrive to play GB / GBC / GBA games?

>> No.6952894

>>6937391
snes ricoh was a printer cpu, the only reason ninty went with it is that it was dirt cheap, increasing their profit margin. The cpu itself is rubbish.

>> No.6952964

>>6952894
Imagine how much better action games on SNES could have been if they had went with an actually decent processor.