/vr/ - Retro Games

a lot more than i feel like sitting here and listing out

the sims bustin out
pokemon pinball
warioware
URBZ sims in the city
golden sun
super monkey ball

>>8410984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptg6CBTheo8&list=PLM61SnQMU4vzRZzx4Q8qmB8bzm4eKXgt_&index=33

>>8410984
GBA kind of sucked ass, huh

>>8410992
Sure, a bit- a lot of titles left things to be desired- Super monkey ball is probably the weakest on the list above, with the Sims titles being the strongest. They are not at all like the console or PC counterparts- They are adventure RPGs, hard to explain in detail- I am using their basic structure to develop my current game. The design is elegant, and the presentation is simple but nails what it tries to do

>>8410984
Half of these are basically mobile game tier by today's standards

>>8411005
Yes, of course they are- But at the time, this was mobile

battle network series, hundreds of hours of addictive action rpg fun, except from 4, forget about that one
all 3 castlevania
mega man zero 4
advance wars series
super mario kart
all 3 f-zeros
klonoa series
pokémon
wario land 4
Crash Bandicoot trilogy
final fight one
river city ransom

>>8411012
Yeah of course, but I don't think that they hold up as 'real' games, like the Metroid games for example

>>8410978
All SNES ports. Some are even better than the SNES version just because they got tweaks after the devs learned from the problems after the games SNES launch.

>>8411023
This.

Plus Pokemon and some NES ports too, also some GBA specific games like Avance Wars.

>>8410992
i mean theres an immense amount of shovelware as it was easy to make games for late in its life
theres still a LOT of cool games for it depending on what genre youre looking for

imo the weakest aspect of the console was its sound
exceptions aside, sound design on the GBA tends to be somewhere in between shitty/tinny/compressed sounding, and literally abrasive

>>8411021
Ah I see what you mean; I might agree with you even; Look to the list above for a more comprehensive list into games which would be considered "richer", my list was kind of oddities that I enjoyed and got a lot of mileage out of. I guess I didn't really read OP's question carefully. I do stand by the Sims titles though, I still give them playthroughs and really enjoy the gameplay

>>8410978
minish cap is the only one I really enjoyed

>>8410991
also, same composer. Ian Stocker
https://youtu.be/Xo8ykwFxVL0

>>8410984
>Bustin Out and Urbz
Dangerously based.
If you like them, play Sims 2 as a dessert. Just expect a weaker game. Also Urbz on DS is the same game but with extra story chapter.

>>8411005
>basically mobile game tier by today's standards
they WERE mobile games THEN too

its important to place it in its time to accurately judge it
like the GB it was very affordable, games could be bought used for basically nothing or new for like $20-$30 iirc, it had great battery life, it was pretty durable, comfy to hold, and unlike most modern phones/handhelds it was ACTUALLY PORTABLE

all that right there is pretty good by itself, but then you add in the shock value of us suddenly going from playing watered down NES-tier games the year prior, to literally playing SNES ports that looked and ran great, and taking it where the fuck ever we wanted. none of us thought that was possible, until it was

GB and GBC popularized handheld gaming, but it was commonly seen as sort of a step-back (out of necessity due to hardware) from console games
GBA games made that line a lot more blurry

>>8411060
i forgot to add:
BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY

im not sure id have even bothered to get a GBA until years later were it not for the fact that it was just an upgraded GBC that had new games coming out for it

>>8411036
When Amiga uses this excuse it gets ignored, kek.

>>8411005
What a room temperature IQ post.

>>8410978
There already is a gba thread: >>8407174

There's a couple of games that look better than 32x

>>8411095
The 32x wasn't that much better than the GBA truthfully

>>8410992
More like a product of its time. The GBA's library is more appealling back when there wasn't that many options.

>>8410978
Return of the King, Its like diablo for GBA. I suggest playing at night with via link cord with your buddy up in the loft

>>8411126
The GBA at least had a GPU.

>>8410984
>sims bustin out gba
Holy Christ yes. Redpilled poster.

>>8411605
So addicted to that game as a kid, just collecting the randomized weapons with different stats alone kept me entertained for like 2 years

>>8410978

>>8411149

This right here. Playing Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country on a handheld was an experience I can not describe.

I grew up with those 16bit console games and the Gameboy by comparison was just so inferior. But then this thing comes out and all those memories are the palm of your hand.

People call it a port machine but that was what was just so great about it. Now we have a hundred ways to play SNES on the go, then we had one, this and it was glorious.

Even when it wasn't a port, new games made it feel like the 2D era never ended. Sonic Advance, Castlevania, Megaman Zero, Crash, Spyro, Pokemon, Metal Slug, Metroid, Zelda, Kirby... it was all there.

Now days with so many options to play on the go it becomes hard to see what a beast this thing was. The GBA was incredible.

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga was a fucking great game and so is Warioware. The GBA has a lot of really neat games-- probably nothing that's going to make you worship it the way it was worshipped 20 years ago, but most of the games look great, play great, and will definitely provide you with satisfying experiences.

Just browse some random top 10 lists and pick and choose what you think looks the most interesting. By now those lists are basically refined enough to be solid guides to choosing the highest quality games.

Aria of Sorrow is still the 2nd best Castlevania to this day

I've always been a fan of Metroid zero mission and fusion

Astro Boy Omega Factor

>>8414031
I enjoyed the GBA Metroid games.
The Fire Emblems weren't bad either.
Also Riviera and Yggdra Union are quite unique games with good sounding OSTs, which are pretty rare on the system.

>>8412651
Excellent taste.

>>8411023
Which ones are better. I always hear it's worse because of screen crunch.

The Sonic Advances

>>8414031
Fusion was excellent. As good or better than Super.

>>8414031
>>8415026
You guys should check out the Fusion randomizer recently released. The dude that made it had to rewrite so much shit.

Sabre Wulf is amazing. One of Rare's unexpected gems.

>>8410992
The GBA library is still amazing compared to the dogshit that was the DS. How it outsold the PSP is completely beyond my 246IQ understanding of the world.

>>8415104
>assblasted by the DS
Like clockwork.

>>8414204
Super Mario World is way more playable on the GBA.

>>8415130
Cope. The PSP deserved to be the real successor to the GBA. Have fun playing Yoshi Touch & Go.

>>8415147
>The PSP deserved to be the real successor to the GBA.

>>8415130
>>8415147
Why couldn't you buy both, poorfags? Didn't have a summer job?

>>8415228
>Why couldn't you buy both
I bought them.

>>8410992
To put it mildly

>>8414204
Most have worse shit wrong with them than the screen crunch. 1st party ports were at least competent despite fucked up sound and gay voice samples... stuff like Sonic, Earthworm Jim, Mortal Kombat 3 etc basically didn't even work.

>holds up
retarded concept

>>8415228
Because buying both means buying a DS and I boycott Nintendo for thinking that piece of crap is a competitor to the PSP.
>Nintendogs
>Brain Age
>Yoshi Touch & Go
>Pokemon past gen 2
LOL

>>8415312
the sales numbers speak for themselves

>>8415312
DS has one of the best libraries out there, you can't be serious.

>>8415254
This. A good game is a good game. Doesn't matter how old it is.

I honestly didn't like the library then or now, desu. The gameboy peaked with the GBC. The DS was okay I guess but that's a different line altogether.