There are a couple of good Mortal Kombats for the system. Not MK Advance, steer clear of that turd. I'm talking about Dark Alliance and Tournament Edition.
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There are a couple of good Mortal Kombats for the system. Not MK Advance, steer clear of that turd. I'm talking about Dark Alliance and Tournament Edition.
My most played (favorite) GBA games
games in bold I consider "not to be missed"
Advance Guardian Heroes
Blast Arena Advance
Car Battler Joe (sequel to Saturn game VATLVA, by Yuzo Koshiro/Ancient)
Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi o Yobu Cinema Land
Densetsu no Stafi 1 (or 3)
Drill Dozer
Golden Sun
GuruLogi Champ (Compile's last game?)
Gradius Galaxies
Hudson Best Collection Vol.3 Action Collection (Challenger and Millon's Secret Castle)
Hudson Best Collection Vol.6 Adventure Island (all 4 Famicom Adventure Island games)
Kid Icarus (Palthena's Mirror = Famicom Disc System version)
KuruKuru Kururin
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metroid (Famicom disc system version)
Metroid Zero Mission
Shining Force Resurrection Dark Dragon
Shining Soul II one of the very few new games of the last decade that I replayed to the end more than once.
Steel Empire
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Famicom Disk System version)
Racing Gears Advance
It often seems to me that the GBA library is one of the most overlooked.
I agree with you on SSS. It's also terribly unbalanced. The random battles kept giving me a giant slow moving ship with a one shot at a time gun against smaller, faster, more powerful ships. It didn't help that save points were so far apart. Cheap is the word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Also, if OP is getting a GBA SP then get the version that came out last with the brighter screen.
edit: GBA SP is one of the best hand held consoles ever.
Thanks for the recommendations. I was thinking of getting the Phantasy Star and Sega Arcade collections. Is the version of the SP with the bright screen easy to find? I know it came out pretty late. The game shop in my town only had the front lit SPs, so I passed on it. How much should I expect to pay? I wouldn't be willing to go over $30.
Model # AGS-101, in colors "Pearl Blue", "Pearl Pink" and "Graphite".
That's some info to help make sure you get a backlit one. As for prices, good luck getting it under $30. Expect more like $40 or so unless you go flea market hopping.
Dotstream's a cool game that often gets missed in GBA threads.
Its well worth the money though. I have lost count of how many hours of enjoyment I've gotten from mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Coop
No one has mentioned Ninja Five-O, so I'll add it to the list:
As a general rule I recommend staying away from 16-bit ports. They tend to suffer from cropping and poor sound. Short list of recommendations:
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Car Battler Joe
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
CT Special Forces
Drill Dozer
Gradius Galaxies
Gunstar Super Heroes
Iridion II
Kuru Kuru Kururin (Japan & Europe only)
Lady Sia
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metroid Fusion
Mr. Driller 2
Ninja Five-O
Pinball of the Dead
Racing Gears Advance
Rhythm Tengoku (Japan only)
Scurge: Hive
Sonic Advance 2
Spy Hunter
Stuntman
TMNT
Tron 2.0: Killer App
Wario Ware: Twisted
I have over 100 GBA games. It truly is a great system.
I thought the 3D arena stuff they did in those games was the coolest thing in the world back in the day. IIRC there was a tekken game which did the same sort of stuff. You should have noted that DA and TE are basically companion games, featuring alternate halves of the full DA cast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastardcat
EDIT: As for my contribution to the thread? A game I never, ever see listed on GBA threads: Metal Slug Advance.
I fucking loved that game.
No ports here (except for compilations)
F-Zero Climax (Japan only)
Tron 2.0: Killer App
Game & Watch Gallery 4
Asterix & Obelix XXL (Europe only)
Atari Anniversary Advance
Activision Anthology
Boulder Dash EX
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
ChuChu Rocket!
Colin McRae Rally 2.0
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
Crash Nitro Kart
CT Special Forces 2
CT Special Forces 3 (Europe only) (they're both more like a slow-paced Metal Slug)
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3
Double Dragon Advance
Drome Racers
Ecks vs Sever
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever 2 (Europe only, I think)
Godzilla: Domination!
Grand Theft Auto Advance
GT Advance 2 and GT Advance 3 (NOTE: There's also a 4-in-1 release by THQ that has all three games and MotoGP as well)
Hardcore Pool (Europe only)
It's Mr. Pants!
Karnaaj Rally (ignore the cover art, it's a great game)
Konami Krazy Racers
Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Classics
Monster Truck Madness
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Tournament Edition
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
Ninja Five-O
Pac-Man Collection
Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (NOTE: There's a 2-in-1 cart of this)
Gem Smashers
Pinball of the Dead
Polarium Advance
Puyo Pop Fever (Europe only)
Racing Gears Advance
Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge
River City Ransom EX
Road Rash Jailbreak
Sega Arcade Gallery
Sega Rally
Doom I and II
Serious Sam Advance
Silent Scope
Sonic Advance 1, 2 and (maybe) 3
Sonic Pinball Party
Spyro: Season of Ice, Season of Fire and Attack of the Rhynocs
The Tower SP
Thunderbirds: International Rescue (Europe only; it's got nothing to do with the one based on the movie)
Medal of Honor: Infilitrator
WarioWare, Inc. Mega MicroGame$!
Wing Commander: Prophecy
X2: Wolverine's Revenge
Stuntman
Top Gear Rally
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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
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Originally Posted by Kamahl
King of Fighters EX2 Howling Blood, best GBA fighter.
Sonic 1 Genesis! (j/k)
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthr...gs-001-and-101
theres a guy here in the forum selling a backlit GBA