/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7437092
why no GBA

>>7437135
Not retro GBAutist.

>>7437135
Feel free to post GBA stuff here, :) I just didn't want it to be the focus of the thread

My favorite games for the Gameboy were the Bonk games, the Dragon Warrior games and Kirby Pinball.

>>7437146
>Bonk games
I never tried those, will check out!
>Kirby Pinball
Is it better than Pokemon Pinball?

>>7437159
Pokemon pinball is pretty much a sequel to Kirby Pinball, however I like Kirby pinball more because it was my first videogame.

Here's the first page of my binder. Lots of typical choices but I'm a sucker for this era of 1st party Nintendo games.
Spanky's quest is a bit of a hidden gem. Really fun game with a unique mechanic.

>>7437175
That sounds like a nice first video game to have. How old were you?

>>7437189
I was 6 and my mom bought me a Gameboy Pocket and Kirby Pinball for a long car ride.

>>7437195
that sounds like fun, I will definitely give the game a shot and I've also been wanting to try Kirby Tilt and tumble.

GET INTO IT

>>7437092
Castlevania, my nigs

>>7437159
Kirby pinball kicks fuckin ass

ngl played this today

my gameboys have been sitting in their boxes collecting dust, feels bad.

>>7437092
I found that the best platform game that nintendo launched gameboy was donkey kong 94 and most games have a slowdown.

I tried to play Mario Tennis today and sucked, felt bad. Switched to Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, both on my GBA.

>>7437092
>Monster Rancher Battle Card
>see above
>In ideal lighting, the original, silver gb pocket. Super Gameboy at home.
>no
>emulate, rare pick up
I hate the GBC. Small, dark screen. Double a battery bullshit. Fuck a worm light. That Japanese Gameboy Light (Lite?) would have changed my young life.

If you guys have the chance, play Hugo 2.
Hugo was a television show here in Germany (and other European countries I guess) where you could play video games live with your phone. Shit was weird but interesting to watch as a kid. I always tried to get into the show but never did, so I was happy when they released the games from the show on gameboy.
Sadly, "Hugo" on Gameboy was a disappointment for me, because it was a reskin of "Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 and had absolutely nothing to do with Hugo.
Then Hugo 2 came along and was pretty much everything I hoped for. It didn't have the funny "death"-animations from the show, but other than that, the games were pretty much exactly like the onces I knew.
Some dude on romhacking.net even made an english translation for the game.

>>7437135
>nes thread
>w-why no super nes??
go make a different thread faggot

This game used to be pretty fun but I remember it only being an hour or so long. Never realized it was the first game in a trilogy for years. Always wish capcom showed it more love.

Just started Shantae.
This game is beautiful, peak gbc aesthetic, music, and gameplay. Anyone that likes platformers needs to play it

>>7437945
Same with mine. I mainly used it for pokemon when I was a kid, and all of those games don't work anymore, so there's not much to play on it. Thank god for emulators, at least I can experience all the stuff I missed out on

>>7437092
the very best

Please help anons. My kirby is skipping frames on the gambatte core.
>>7440252
Nice list but what's trip world?

>>7437135
Go ahead anon

Okay, what the fuck is the sock trick for track and field

>>7440302
>trip world
If Sunsoft made Kirby's Dreamland.

>>7440358
sounds dope

Any LSDJ composers? It's pretty fun to make music on my GBC. I've also been playing Super Mario Land 2.

>>7437578
Nice! Is that a mcwill or full-size IPS screen?

>>7440067
A lot of gameboy games are under an hour once you got the hang of them. great game btw, and great ad.

>>7440649
Just some China back lit tft. Its not full size, but its crisp

The GB library is just something I never really thought much about besides the big titles.

How was the library overall?

Off the top of my head all I can think of are the Wario Land games, Zelda, Pokemon, Tetris, Batman, Samus 2, DKC

>>7438149
embrace imperfection faggot.

>>7437731
So did I. The Tetris thread got me started. I've been a-thinkin: I think the GameBoy version of Tetris is the best one. It's so clean and pure. The controls are also really snappy.

>>7437159
Kirby Pinball was mom and dads favorite

>>7437092
>not playing post-1998 GameBoy games on Super GameBoy for the maximum poorfag soul
>friends on the bus in 1999 that were playing Pokemon on their Colors and Pockets asking why you don't have yours
>it's at home
>friends think you're retarded, laugh at you, and walk away

>>7441550
>friends are right

>>7438183
played this on a multicart but never really understood much since I had no german ability then

It's finally my time to shine.
Ips v2 screen, very good fit, bad apple running on an everdrive x7.
I love playing my game boy color, it's too bad that many uknown games are in Japanese, I'm currently lufia but other than that and pokemon I'm having a hard time finding other games as complex, there's lots of shovelware on the Gameboy

>>7442232
various technical things I found out the hard way while modding:
>every single dpad that comes with shell kits has a shorter bottom nub compared to the original dpad, it makes it nearly unusable, I prefer to reuse the original.
>I don't know if the contact pads are better or worse than the original ones, I cleaned the originals with isopropyl alcohol and they seem to work great, anybody knows if the "new" contact pads are any better? they do have a completely different textures
>the screws that come with the shell kits are CRAP and the head fucks up every time, the original screws are extremely resistant but I didn't have them for the spare game boy
>I had an ips v1 mod that I completely ruined for a bunch of reasons, it was pretty shit anyway, IPS V2 is the best
>the OSD is totally worth to solder, it allows repositioning the screen, disabling the default pixel effect and do other stuff with colors, really good

best backlit gbc screen mod?

>>7442279
chinese IPS V2 or funnyplaying IPS kit

>>7442279
Check this guide, it has them all:
https://gameboy.github.io/wiki/backlightmods#agb

>>7442287
>>7442296
thanks, stay blessed anons

Would anyone of you have the Bounced rom for the Game Boy Color? Can't find it anywhere online, and i think it was part of the giga leaks

>>7442305
https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-gigaleak-4.573513/

should be there but i dunno how to download the mega hash

>>7442320
thank you for the link, but like you, I have no idea how to download the hashes. If anyone can take their time would you be able to explain how to download from the hashes?

>>7442332
nevermind I managed to find the link in another chan thread, feel free to ask me which

>>7442303
>>7442279
to elaborate: this is the BEST one (according to the previously linked guide) that I have here >>7442232
One Chip OSD IPS Backlight Kit Q5 Version

I really really like how it looks, it's a bit annoying to assemble because there's no instructions for where the wires needs to go but there are tutorials online.
It may not be called that on ebay/aliexpress, use the image to see if you are getting the correct one

>>7442232
>I'm currently lufia but other than that and pokemon I'm having a hard time finding other games as complex
Lol, I wouldn't call Pokemon that complex. Are you looking for RPGs? There's a decent amount of solid platformers, don't know if that's your thing

>>7437092
>What have you been playing lately?
Last Bible II
>Any hidden gems you'd like to share?
Ninja Boy 2. The Super Chinese series in general is a lot of fun even if it's not the best.
>What's your go-to system to play on?
Backlit Gameboy Color, SGB, or GBP.
>Do you own any modded Game Boys?
Two backlit GBAs and a backlit GBC
>Do you collect, emulate, use flashcarts?
At this point, primarily flash carts. There are a few games I'd buy if I came across them just for nostalgia, but I'm not too worried.

>>7441524
Kek

>>7441550
consider yourself lucky you had a snes at all, all I had was a game boy during that time and I would've traded that for a snes anyday.

>>7442369
which

>>7443993
>I would've traded that for a snes anyday.
>3 years after N64 release.
are you sure anon?

What are some good GB/C RPGs? I've been playing Dragon Warrior 1 2 3 and Monsters 1 and 2. Probably play FFL3 next

>>7444348
This is a good one, but beware of the boomslang skin glitch that can cause a softlock hours into the game.

>>7444330
yes, I said all I had was a game boy. I didn't get a console until late into the Gamecube's lifespan.

>What have you been playing lately?
Having some fun with Pokemon TCG
>Any hidden gems you'd like to share?
Don't know if is a Hidden Gem but Elevator Action EX is something I recommend
>What's your go-to system to play on?
Right now just using some purple Game Boy Color that I bought last year.
>Do you own any modded Game Boys?
No but i pretend to fix my old Atomic Purple GBC and give a IPS screen.
>Do you collect, emulate, use flashcarts?
I use flashcart but I have a couple of games:
Donkey Kong
Nemesis
Saga 1
Pokemon Red
Pokemon Gold
Rugrats The Movie
X-men Mutant Wars
Sylvester & Tweety

I've been looking for this game for a little while but the shipping costs as much as the game itself most of the time. It's a CIV like game for the gameboy, super complex.
I've also been looking for a decently priced gameboy pocket because the DMG my friend passed me is slowly dying away.

>>7437092
I love me some GB. Just ordered another couple DMGs as I was bothered that I only have one. I really wanted a clear one, so I bought a busted one that looks easy to fix, but then I saw a good deal on another one with a busted screen, so I bought that and I'm going to mod it with one of those weird 3" screens just to see what it's like. After that I'll probably sell it; I don't see much point in the IPS mods and other such things, as they end up looking more like some emulator than they do the actual game. I have a New 3DS with the fullset on there, so I don't need to modify OG hardware for my visual pleasure. Still, I like repairing busted units and if I mod it then it's worth more, and it already has a broken screen, so I might as well.

Anyway, I'm rambling. What are you playing /gb/? I am trying to decide if I want to play Ninja Boy 2 or Cutthroat Island next.

>>7437220
still a bummer that they never made a sequel to this for gamecube, the demo they had at spaceworld demonstrating GBA connectivity was pretty cool.

>>7444534
I was playing this game recently. Don't bother playing without a manual, you'll be totally lost.

What's the problem with the DMG? Screen issues?

>>7444601
Yeah there's an ink blot on the screen, can't really do anything unless I replace it which would cost me about as much as buying a new game boy. There's a few dead lines on the sides which are fixable fairly easily but I'm a little scared of opening the GB and I don't mind having a manual desu it seems like an interesting game and finding such a complicated game on the gameboy actually surprised me

>>7444472
>Elevator Action EX
Looks cool, will try out later

Is it just me or are the Pocket's dpad and buttons lightyears better than the GBC's?

>>7444852
GBC's dpad and buttons aren't bad, but they definitely feel different from anything else. I still find them comfortable and precise.

>>7444604
You might struggle to do much good without it, just giving fair warning. A lot of things happen in the game without much explanation otherwise.

Shame about the DMG; How do you fix dead lines normally? If the screen is too unusable otherwise, then I'd just buy a mod screen, mod it, and then sell it online to buy a new replacement.

>>7437731
shoutout to the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences

For me, it's Centipede

>>7441524
Great meme aside, I played the fuck out that game. THAT track was definitely the most memorable for me. It had some title screen level skipping codes too.