/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7689458
no it's pure garbage and the platform only exists for playing Ninja Five-0

Isn't the only game worth playing on the original GB Tetris? Who would own one otherwise?

Pretty much. I had a GBC and then an advance and SP. Only remember playing Pokemon on them. I have a lot more fond memories of my gbc

>>7689458
No you're right, it's mostly garbage. It's got a lot of shit snes ports and a just a few gems.

>>7689458
It's just you

>>7689458
I think if you raked through the mountains of shovelware you'd find like 100 or so good games on the GBA. Some of those SNES ports like mega man & bass are unplayable.

>>7689472
If you're mentally challenged, yes.

>>7689458
I thought it was good. Depends on what you like. A big thing to remember though is that the time between the GBA and the DS was only 3 years, vs. 12 between the GB. That really helps develop the library being around for 12 years.
One big thing about the GBA that's nice versus it's replacement is it was sort of the last handheld that still had these bite-sized shorter games that fit well with portability. DS had certain things like that but they started to balloon a lot around then.

>>7689472
The original gameboy is really bad

if you hate fun games with lots of soul

>>7689458
It's no different than any other library: 50% of the games are basically unplayable shovelware. 30% are not that great. 10% are pretty good and out of the last 10% you have good games of which maybe 5 or 10 are absolutely incredible.

>>7689513
no there are 3 good GBA games and 278 good NES games

>>7689519
>Only 3?
Heres 10:

Superstar saga
Minish cap
Pk emerald
Mario vs dk
Golden sun
Fire emblem
Advance wars
Yugioh worldwide
Megaman zero
Astro boy

GBA served its purpose in life by giving us the masterpieces that are the Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney trilogy.

>>7689505
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed playing that Tetris machine on the toilet more than anyone.

>>7689458
Minish Cap, the Metroids and Castlevaias are the only must-plays on the system, other than that there is a literal crap ton of shovel shite.
But to be fair, that has been the case with every Nintendo system after the seminal NES and SNES, a couple of really good games and the rest cheap shovelware filler.

>>7689541
Kiddy tutorial infested garbage
Zelda = shit
Manchild crap like all pokemon games
Puzzle trash
Jarpig garbage
See above
Trash. Play real strategy games you fucking loser
Anime shit
Megagay
Anime shit

>>7689602
Slit ya wrists homie, nobody will ever miss you

>>7689602
3/10

>>7689602
>A manchild complaining about video games for manchildren.
Maybe pms for men is real

>>7689458
>Is it just me or does the GBA library kind of suck?
Probably, most of the best games on it were ports or portable versions of console games. I'm biased in favor of it though. Here's a list of games that I played and loved.
Sigma Star Saga
SMB3 and SMW
Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission
Pokemon Leaf Green
Final Fantasy IV, V, VI
Mario Bros Superstar Saga
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Mario Golf Advance Tour
Gunstar Super Heroes
Sword of Mana
Mega Man Battle Network series

The Gamecube/GBA games were awesome. I played Crystal Chronicles with my brother and his friends, and I wish I bought Zelda the Four Swords.

>>7689458
No it's terrible. All those games and only a handful are worth caring for.

>>7689491
>He didn't collect all the CD's in GBA Mega Man & Bass
lmao, what a pleb

>>7689458
>For being so massive you'd think there would be more interesting games but they feel pretty scant compared to the number of GB/GBC games worth playing.
Original GB is great, but what GBC games are worth playing?

>>7689458
Metroids, Megamans and Drill Dozer absolve it of all other sins

>>7689478
>Only remember playing Pokemon on them.
Thanks for the self-filter.

>>7689559
Brainlet opinion, you didn't even mention warioware

>>7689458
GBA has plenty of good titles like Rhythm Tengoku.

Emulation fags WISH they could play classics like GBA Wario Ware.

>>7689559
>Minish Cap, the Metroids and Castlevaias
GBA has plenty of killer titles but these are not them.

>>7689916
You can emulate it via mGBA in Retroarch on any phone made in the last 10 years but ok

>>7689497
>That pic
>Hey console idiots, if GBA games suck so much, why are they so heckin' cute and valid?

>>7690307
>but ok
You're the one acting like a touch screen is on the same level as pressing buttons. COPE CITY.

>>7690331
>>>/qa/

>>7689458
It's better than the DS library, but yeah, it isn't great. Play Rhythm Tengoku, WarioWare & Twisted, Drill Dozer, Advance Wars 1&2, and everything else isn't essential

>>7689458
You probably haven't even bothered to look at what's on it like most scrubs that deride an entire system's library.

>>7689458
>>7689463
>>7689485
>>7689602
>>7689806
Retards, everywhere...

>>7690348
Is there just a faggot trolling every thread pretending to be multiple retarded zoomies who don't know there are controllers for phones or have real zoomies actually devolved to that level of stupidity?

>>7690472
>controllers for phones
>Durrr this will fit easily in my pocket. Emulation FTW again!

>GBA library kind of suck?

yes, just like every nintendo console bar snes if you are not into their flagship franchises

>>7690624
SNES is overrated af
What's so great about snes? Maybe I'm out of the loop because all jrpgs look the same to me. Their arcade ports suck, there are a handful of awesome platform games, and that's it.

>>7690624
Every single SNES game that was on NES is worse. Mario 3 > World. Punch Out > Super Punch Out. Battletoads > Battlemaniacs.

>>7690647
i despise jrpgs aswell, but snes is legit because the amount of arcade style games specially from konami/capcom/hudson

>>7689458
The bigger the library, the more likely you'll run into garbage. Most systems only have about 10% of their games worth playing. Frankly I'm impressed that such a short lived system has that many games in the first place

>>7690348
First of all, you can use either a touch screen, or a controller, whichever you prefer. Plus if you insist, there are phones with physical buttons, not that anyone should be using them because gaming on phones sucks because of input delay. However I was tailoring my answer to faggot zoomers such as yourself because that's what you apparently use to play video games on. You obviously don't seem to know that you can also play this game, with tilt sensor support, on 3DS, Vita and Switch via Retroarch+mGBA.
And not only that, you can even emulate it on PC and use a PS4, Wii or any other controller with motion tilt sensors to play this one fucking game that you are so hellbent on using as an example why
>hurr durr emulation so bad xD

Just kill yourself already

>>7690781
Pic related, this is a typical 8bitdo controller with a piece of plastic to hold a phone. It takes up less space than my Switch. Not that any of that matters because both the Switch and my phone can emulate this game. So it's up to you.

Emulation wins again, go dilate.

>>7690742
Natsume

>>7690781
>phones with physical buttons
Nobody wants to use a touch screen for Wario Ware Twisted. Go ahead listing off all the phone with superior buttons to a GBA. I'll be waiting on that one.
>because that's what you apparently use to play video games on.
Wrong again. Plebs like you will settle with bastardised emulation but I won't.
>3DS, Vita and Switch, PC
Does the rumble feature even work on those other handhelds? And once again Twisted is meant to be played on a screen you can tilt around not a stationary monitor.

>>7690592
You didn't answer the question. Are you trolling or really that stupid?

actually the gap in the good games is GBC, GB and GBA have lots of great games

>>7690842
>once again Twisted is meant to be played on a screen you can tilt around not a stationary monitor
I like how you deliberately ignored and omitted the part from that post that says you can play WarioWare Twisted with Gyro on multiple consoles.
>You obviously don't seem to know that you can also play this game, with tilt sensor support, on 3DS, Vita and Switch via Retroarch+mGBA.
>And not only that, you can even emulate it on PC and use a PS4, Wii or any other controller with motion tilt sensors to play this one fucking game that you are so hellbent on using as an example why

I think part of the beauty of the GBA is it unites 15 to 18 years of Nintendo handheld history in one device, offering the best from the GB library, GBC library and its own library of course, and to many it has the same late 2D and early 3D charm as the fourth gen of home consoles, with some really beautiful pixel art before gaming would more or less abandon 2D altogether until the 2010s resurgence in pixelated indie titles.

>>7689485

You're talking about the DS.

>>7690412
>Aria of Sorrow
>Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
>Metroid games
>Fire Emblem games
>fucking Golden Sun

>not essential

I'm glad people on this board are finally waking up to the fact that Nintendo handhelds are mostly garbage with the sole exception being the DMG.

>>7690429
All shit

>>7689458
>Is it just me or does the GBA library kind of suck?
most of it is forgettable trash.
>>7690429
> hand picked selection
> see! it's not trash!
king of the retards, everyone.

>>7689602
>"the GBA has no games!"
>"here are some games."
>"th-those don't count!"

>>7689458
Definitive (and I mean DEFINITIVE) version of mario world
>accidentally fall into a pit
>have to ditch yoshi
>WAHAAAA

>>7692101
Go back to /v/

>>7692101
my favourite type of cop out

>>7692101
Exceptions don't disprove a trend.

>>7691978
>>7692087
Little fuckers, we all know you haven't heard of half of those games, let alone played them. If you want to act like huge faggots, then there's a board that's been made just for you. I think you know where it is, now off you go.

>>7690965
>on multiple consoles.
You could play it on a camera as well but that still doesn't prove emulation to be superior or even on par. If it lacks all the original features and you have to use touch screen controls it sucks.

>>7692536
You're an idiot. That can be said for every platform that has a huge library.

>>7692548
As someone posting GBA which was only recently allowed on this board (You) are the invader who should leave. You faggots should be grateful the retarded mods even let you post here at all.

>>7692613
>before the new rule, no one had been posting sixth gen threads for years
Not only are you a faggot tribalist, but YOU seem to be the newfag here. Worthless opinion immediately discarded.

>>7690348
... are you retarded? You use the gyro to play 90% of Twisted. You barely have to use the touchscreen and the button minigames aren't exactly dexterity demanding.

>>7689458
>Played and loved
Pokemon
Wario Ware
Metroid
Castlevania
Super Mario Advance
Rush'n Attack
Wario Land
Klonoa
>Playing Soon
Zelda
Sword of Mana
Fire Emblem
Advance Wars
Final Fantasy Tactics
Tactics Ogre
Kirby
Mega Man Zero
Shrek Reekin' Havoc/Hassle at the Castle
Breath of Fire
>not for me
Ninja Five-O
Golden Sun
Drill Dozer
Final Fantasy Advance
Gunstar Super Heroes
Boktai
Astro Boy
Metal Slug
Sonic
F-Zero
Summon Night
Riviera
Yggdra Union
Mega Man Battle Network

It's way better than the game boy or gbc. For me the Game Boy is one however. There is no reason to separate them.

>>7690429
I want to go into a long greentexty screed about exactly how so many of those aren't the ideal versions, aren't the best entries in their respective franchises, or just shit that's done better in on better systems, but, you know. You just know. Fuck you.

>>7692725
>Only 10% of the game is worse but emulation is better

>>7689458
>compared to the number of GB/GBC games worth playing

the OG gameboy is literally shit outside of the 1st party stuff

>>7692736
I can accept one part of the game being a tiny bit worse if it runs for free on a device I already have and use all the time anyway. I emulate every other GBA game fine on my TV, and prefer it that way. The GBA is massively pointless anymore.

>>7689921
What is this from?

>>7692736
Even when the GBA was new, I emulated everything for it flawlessly, or damn good enough.

>>7691965
>yeah
>weak ass entries, and SRPGs don't respect your time anyway
>yeah
>Good for what they are but strategy games are time vampires
>Generic JRPG, the genericing

>>7692712
And I reported every 6th gen thread that broke the rules. Are you really proud of being a rule breaking invader?

>>7692732
Go ahead. Every single title listed there, if you don't mind. Well, go then, faggot.
>>7692783
And that's why no one likes you. Kill yourself, you spastic lick spittle tribalist cunt.

>>7691965
>Aria of Sorrow
Symphony of the Night is a lot better, which is still not nearly as good as earlier Castlevanias. Aria is far from essential, and I'd rather play Circle of the Moon if I had to play a GBA CV
>Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
It's fine. Not great, but underrated
>Metroid games
ZM is a bad remake of a masterpiece, and Fusion's massive failings are self explanatory
>Fire Emblem games
I've only played Sacred Stones and the earlier one. They're fine and skippable unless you're starving for turn-based strategy
>Golden Sun
Golden garbage

>>7693091
>Fusion's massive failings are self explanatory
Not to me. Mind explaining?

>>7693104
>Mind explaining?
Shoe horning stealth elements almost never works out. GBA Metroids are fucking shit.

>>7693110
Isn't there just a handful of instances where you avoid enemies because they are too powerful? It feels great when you get to fuck them up later.

>>7693104
The guy who replied to you was a different anon. The stealth sections are actually one of the best aspects of Fusion. Its obvious issues are that it tells you where to go and that there's too much dialogue, as a result stripping it of Metroid's greatest strengths, i.e. being lost and on your own in a hostile and threatening environment

>>7689458
>implying the GBA has a worse library than the GB and GBC libraries combined
You people are literally retards.

>>7693391
GB > GBA. GBC's irrelevant

>>7693431
I don't know how you could think this. I honestly don't.
This isn't coming from a clueless zoomer, I'm well acquainted with both libraries. GBA is clearly superior, with better and better made games in general across the board. Kinda sounds like nostalgiafaggotry to me, chief.

>>7689478
You missed out. Two good DBZ games, a bevy of fantastic JRPG's that somehow got localized, Onimusha Tactics, Zoids, Megaman Battle Network series, Megaman Zero series, Boktai 1 & 2, and the golden age of Castlevania games.

That's just the ones I remember off the top of my head.

>>7689921
>Circle of the Moon
>Not the best non-Dracula X Castlevania that isn't SotN.
Bitch, I know you didn't just say that.

>>7692549
>If it lacks all the original features and you have to use touch screen controls it sucks.
Which features does it lack? It literally supports everything, from tilt to rumble and you can use a controller if you don't like touch input. It's literally the exact same experience.

>>7693450
As someone who has owned all 3 - A GB in '95, a GBC in '97, and a launch GBA? All three have great libraries. GBC being mostly playable on GB not withstanding, I see no reason to shit on the GBA.

>>7693091
>Symphony of the Night is a lot better, which is still not nearly as good as earlier Castlevanias. Aria is far from essential, and I'd rather play Circle of the Moon if I had to play a GBA CV
I could not disagree more. I think Aria is on par with SotN and I don't like the earlier Castlevania games at all. I didn't have a NES as a kid and therefore didn't grow up with them. When I played them in the early 2000s they were clunky, unforgiving and frankly, not fun. If you played SotN, then Circle of the Moon and the other GBA games, you simply cannot go back to the earlier installments, except maybe Super Castlevania IV.

>>7693431
>GBC's irrelevant
Thats where you're wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnzHTkRLcE4

>>7693468
>Having to build this monstrosity to play GBA
>It's literally the exact same experience.
You would have an easier time fitting an original Atari Lynx in your pocket than your cheap Chinese mobile phone abomination.

>>7693450
I don't even love the Game Boy; it's not even close to as good as the NES/Famicom, but:
Metroid 2 > ZM + Fusion
GB Mario games aren't great, but they're original instead of pointless inferior ports. Land 1's pretty good
Link's Awakening is a masterpiece. Minish Cap is a disaster
Belmont's Revenge isn't as good as 1 or 3, but it's still better than non-linear CV
Mega Man IV and V >>>>> Zero series
Ninja Gaiden > Ninja Cop
Gargoyle's Quest > pretty much anything on GBA
Wario platformers are better on GB
FF Adventure/Legend > Golden Sun
Donkey Kong '94 >>>>>>> Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Then you have:
Trip World
Mole Mania
Tetris
Balloon Kid
Bionic Commando
Kid Dracula
Avenging Spirit
Kid Icarus
Adventure Island series
and a bunch of good minor games

GBA is redeemed by Rhythm Tengoku (godlike), Wario Ware series, Advance Wars, and Drill Dozer (not amazing, but solid and original)

>>7693501
>Metroid 2 > ZM + Fusion
Stopped reading there, just fuck off.

>>7693495
>than your cheap Chinese mobile phone abomination.
>not knowing the Xperia Play
It's literally 119.00 x 62.00 x 16.00mm, with a 4 inch display. That makes it smaller than virtually any phone currently out there. And in case you didn't realize, these are PSP Go-style slide out controls.

Also, you can play it on all other modern handheld consoles if you don't like the idea of connecting your phone to a controller. Nevermind that in both cases you would have to carry exactly two devices around, one pocketable (your phone) and one not (the controller or handheld console).

>>7693505
His post was spot on. I didn't care for Metroid 2 but its light years ahead of shitty GBA Metroids.

>>7693517
stop samefagging

>>7693517
>I didn't care for Metroid 2 but its light years ahead of shitty GBA Metroids.
You know what? This isn't right to say but I hope anyone as fucking idiotic as you would just die. You are not needed on this planet.

>>7693501
>>7693517
What a tryhard. Just kys nigger

>>7693495
If your manlet hands can't hold a phone with a controller attached, try the TinyPi Pro. Supports GBA with gyro + games up to PSX, has physical buttons and is legit smaller than the Gameboy Micro.

>>7693517
I was okay with Fusion, less so with ZM. Loved 2 though. I think my biggest problem with the new ones aside from all the dialogue is they always have a map.

>>7693521
>its light years ahead of shitty GBA Metroids.
It's true

>>7692756
Rhythm Tengoku

>>7693534
>biggest problem with the new ones aside from all the dialogue is they always have a map.
This

>>7693537
>biggest problem with the new ones aside from all the dialogue is something I could voluntarily decide not to use.

>>7693380
I only remember talking to the machine every so often. I didn't even know what the fuck he was talking about. I like that the map in Fusion is more cohesive and filled with unique and varied locales. It's better than the overly similar locations in other Metroid games that feel like most of the map is randomly generated.

>>7693514
>not knowing the Xperia Play
>PSP Go-style slide out controls
Sorry I don't keep up to date with failed shitty buttons.
>>7693521
Play the original metroids and Prince of Persia then get back to me on whether you stlll like GBA Metroids.
>>7693531
Nobody wants to carry all that shit around with them likes its the virtual boy all over again.

>>7693540
I would agree if we were talking something actually optional like the reveal weapon in ROS but the map is literally overlaid on top of the screen.

>The GB is better than the GBA
>Metroid 2 is better than Zero Mission and Fusion
Kek, nice bait thread

Two of the Lord of the Rings games on GBA are awesome little Diablo clones and worth checking out if you're into that.

I don't know. I have always liked nintendo games. Especially Mario games. I have always wanted to buy Game boy advance SP, but I've never done that

>>7693501

>GBA is redeemed by Rhythm Tengoku (godlike), Wario Ware series, Advance Wars, and Drill Dozer (not amazing, but solid and original)

Yeah, and Fire Emblem, Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Battle Network, Mother 3, Wario Land 4, Boktai, Scurge Hive, Superstar Saga, Final Fantasy Tactics, Sword of Mana, Starfy, Kuru kuru Kururin, DemiKids, Riviera: The Promised Land, Tactics Ogre, and on and on. Everyone loves the GB/C in this board, but you're crazy to think that something as underpowered as a Gameboy is a joy to go back to and even comparable to something delivering SNES quality games on the go.

>>7695616
And nobody wants to go back and play those rpgs especially Mother 3 which promotes violence against women.

I did like Kururin.

>>7696178
wtf i love mother 3 now

>>7689458
No handheld is worth playing

>>7693521
The rule change and its consequences have been a disaster for /vr/

>>7692087
>99% of written media is garbage, so I'm not going to waste time reading books

Imagine where our society would be if everyone thought like this guy. The whole point of having a library is to curate a selection of titles you personally enjoy. gb2>>>/v/

>>7693547
>Sorry I don't keep up to date with a phone that came out ten years ago
?

glad to see I'm not the only one who realizes the GBA was shit. I'm not saying it had no good games, but anyone who says it's better than GB is blinded by zoomer nostalgia.

>>7696192
>No, handheld is worth playing!
ftfy

Its kind of interesting that near the end of life of GBA, games were basically Nickelodeon, kids movies and the worst shovelware you could find. But hey, it got some solid tittles, such as Advance Wars.

>>7696487
The GBA made the Game Boy obsolete, not just the consoles but the games too. Any game for the Game Boy is made obsolete by a game on the GBA.

>>7689458
Elaborate. I've spent the past week doing research on GB/GBC/and GBA games because I plan on downloading a bunch of roms for each platform. GBA seemed like it was honestly in another league compared to the GB(C). And this is coming from someone who has a soft spot for the gameboy color, but the library of game boy games just doesn't even compare to the GBA. For every good Gameboy game, the GBA almost always has a sequel or another version that's better. Dragon Quest Monsters is cool though.

>>7689543
Based.

>>7693501
>GBA is redeemed by Rhythm Tengoku (godlike), Wario Ware series, Advance Wars, and Drill Dozer (not amazing, but solid and original)

What is
>Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
>Dragonball: Advanced Adventure
>Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
>Astro Boy: Omega Factor
>Advance Guardian Heroes
>Crash Bandicoot GBA games
>Fire emblem, sacred stones, binding blade
>Harvest moon: friends of mineral town
>Pokemon emerald & better version of gen 1 with fr/lg
>kirby & the amazing mirror
>Kingdom hearts chain of memories
>Yggdra union
>Sonic advance series
>Pokemon mystery dungeon
>Ninja five-0
>Mother 3
>Metal slug advance
>Mario & luigi superstar saga
>Gunstar super heroes

Anon, the gameboy is outclassed in every fucking way by the GBA. Its basically objective at this point. And no amount of nostalgia glasses can argue with this fact.

>>7693501
>FF Adventure/Legend > Golden Sun
What an odd comparison.

>>7693550
>the map is literally overlaid on top of the screen.
What, that tiny rectangle that barely shows the current room?

>>7689458
I think GBA had a lot of potential. I really like the SNES and GBA feels like the closest thing. they ended it too soon and brought out the ds which should have just been one screen instead of starting the gimmick era of nintendo that still hasnt ended.

Minish Cap
Pokemon
Final Fantasy ports
Warioware
Warioland 4

these are the only games i really remember playing

>>7693473
>they were unforgiving
:' (

>>7697071
>What an odd comparison
How odd to compare handheld JRPGs in a conversation about the relative merits of two handhelds

>>7697047
>GBA library
>What is
Mediocrity

>>7693541
>I like the map in Fusion
Yeah, it's very comfy, isn't it anon? Which is exactly what Metroid should be... comfy

>>7691000
was secret of mana ever on gba, seems like it would a been a good fit

>>7689458
GBA started good but then just devolved to shovelware but with Gameboy og there were a couple of times where there was a big revival.

Beggining, usual ok stuff.
Release of Donkey Kong and those coloured cases
Release of Pokemon along with other high memory games

>>7689472
Donkey Kong is great. It's probably the apex of Mario games.
>Masterful level design
>Unmatched platforming abilities
>Great replay value
>Made good use of the Super Gameboy.

>>7697107
The DS was an experimental gimmick and the GBA was meant to continue. The DS just exploded in sales making the GBA irrelevant. It wasn't until the Switch that you could see a semblance to the GBA but the lineage was too distant to be significant. Continuing the GBA line would have been amazing.

>>7697136
>Which is exactly what Metroid should be... comfy
It isn't? Every Metroid I played feels comfy, especially the music.

Was a pity.
The GBA was pretty powerful for the time but (talented) devs seemed to have given up on it for the new 3D consoles hype, despite the dark screen issue being fixed.
Even though a dirt cheap GPU could have given the carts ability almost comparable to a Playstation.
Potential not even tried.
Instead they rushed out the DS which wasn't really that much of an improvement.