Thread 717909473

The GBA was out for 3 years before the DS game out.

ok cool trivia. i will surely need this information some day in the future

Time went by slower back then, three years was actually a long time.

>>717909678
strange
something feels off

Yeah? That's a normal cycle for a console. Abominations like the Game Boy, Switch and PS3 were born out of pure complacence.

>>717909473 (OP)
That's actually kind of insane considering how long console lifespans seem to drag on now
The GBA carried me through my Jr High years and the DS carried me through my high school years

>>717909473 (OP)
>No backlight
Still baffles me how boomers tolerated it.

>>717909473 (OP)
yes, it's fucking stupid how slow everything is now. devs used to be able to make good games quickly. now they mostly just make shitty games slowly

>>717909473 (OP)
THIRD PILLARRRRR!!!!!

>>717910070
real younguns don't even know what this implies

>>717909473 (OP)
That's crazy, I played a lot of shit in GBA and never noticed it was running along the DS for a few years

>>717910070
I didn't
I traded my GBA for my friend's old Sega GameGear specifically because it had a backlight and I could play it in the dark
No backlight was tolerable on the GB/GBC but the GBA has too many grafix which makes for shit visibility when the screen is all washed out and dim.
I got a GBA SP when that came out instead

>>717910070
By actually going outside, zoomiezoom.

It was a different time back then. Someone said that in terms of perception your entire childhood feels like the same amount of time as the rest of your adulthood and I believe them

>>717910271
>playing vidya outside
>on a sunny day
you were a lose weren't you

>>717910236
same here idk

>>717910443
nta but back then it was normal

>>717910413
Yet Nintendo is run by adults, strange.

>>717909473 (OP)
And now the Switch 2 has been out for 3 years and still no news on a new system.

>>717910443
>he didn't play Boktai

>>717909473 (OP)
The following pokemon machine had a slow start, had no game until 2006 or 2007

>>717909968
>Atari 2600 (1977)
>Atari 5200 (1982)
>Famicom (1983)
>Super Famicom (1990)
>Nintendo 64 (1996)
>Gamecube (2001)
>Wii (2006)
>Wii U (2012)
>Playstation (1994)
>Playstation (2000)
>Playstation 3 (2006)
>Playstation 4 (2013)
>Xbox (2001)
>Xbox 360 (2006)
>Xbox One (2013)

The normal lifespan for consoles before their successor launches is 5-7 years.

>>717910047
Keep in mind the GBA kept getting major releases well into the DS's lifespan.

>>717909473 (OP)
And the GBC's lifespan was even shorter.

>>717910761
No, that's kikery or lack of meaningful and affordable hardware to use. NES can use the latter as an excuse looking at the absolute GARBAGE that came out to compete with it, but Game Boy was mogged fairly early on.

>>717910070
battery life more important.

>>717910070
The only time its really a problem is car trips at night. During the day or indoors you can just use environmental light to play. And for that you could always just bring a flashlight or one of those clip on reading lights. The benefit was that it massively increased battery life and lowered to price of the console. This thing was nearly as powerful as a Playstation, but it ran on AA batteries, yet it still had good battery life.

>>717910236
I think a lot of people didn't even know the DS existed until the Lite.

>>717910248
I hope you at least got the AC adapter. I'd hate to be stuck using batteries in that thing.

>>717911206
Yeah I did have the adapter thankfully, but I blew through plenty of batteries on the go lol

>>717910916
>Game Boy was mogged fairly early on.
The Game Gear and Lynx were shit handhelds. They had more powerful processors and better screens, sure, but they were huge and had shit battery life. The most important thing for a handheld is portability, and battery life and size are the most important factors for portability. Nintendo even released a smaller Gameboy a few years later that still had 4 more hours of play time that the competition despite only using 2 batteries to the Game Gear's 6.

>>717910527
Their main market at the time was children.

>>717911657
Stopped reading there, the Lynx was fucking incredible hardware.

>>717911762
Maybe for a home console. Horrendous for something you're meant to carry and play outside of your house.

>>717909678
It's crazy to me how 2020 was half a decade ago already. This shit where time speeds up as you get older? Yeah, it's fucked up.

>>717909473 (OP)
Okay ??? Fuck you!!!!

>>717909473 (OP)
>Tfw Pokémon only got one new generation on the GBA
>The other handhelds have gotten two generations each

It’s a shame because I love the GBA soundchip, games like Megaman Battle Network and Sonic Advance make great use of it

>>717910070
>>717910070
everyone had a cool worm light from the game boy era and it worked with the GBA just fine
non-issue

>>717910070
Every game had a bright aesthetic to compensate for no backlight

>>717909473 (OP)
>>717909678
>>717909968
>>717910413
>>717910047
I remember the GBA being played well into 2007 and by then it was still outselling the Gamecube. It's not like it become outdated/obsolete in 2004.

>>717912173
It's too bad the GBA wasn't designed with the backlight to begin with
Playing Castlevania Circle of the Moon without a backlight was pure suffering, can't see SHIT

>>717909473 (OP)
One of the most consistent game libraries out there
The SNES ports were all fine, almost every first party title was enjoyable, tons of 3rd party support
The platformers were good, the RPGs were good, the puzzle games were good, the racing games were good
Even had some strange experimental FPSs/FPS ports and weirdly ambitious mode 7/true 3D games
It’s still a joy to revisit a lot of the titles on the GBA
Best era of Pokémon, best Wario Land/Warioware, very solid Fire Emblems, two great Metroid games, Superstar Saga, Minish Cap
All great
Fuck you

>>717909678
>>717909968
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>>717910236
its important to note that handhelds didn't cost as much as full on consoles so you could easily upgrade your gba to a ds once that came out and youre parents would complain that much if they bought it for you for Christmas ot whatever
The switch 2 and ps5 cost a fortune you can't just buy one when you feel like it so you arent stuck with the like you are with you're consoles nowadays and don't notice how everyone has the new stuff while youre still stuck to the old console
If everyone upgrades at once it makes the generational cycle seem longer than it actually is

>>717912298
>The SNES ports were all fine

>>717910236
One thing is for certain I’m forever thankful for the SNES and GBA (handheld SNES) for giving us sprites for flash animations

>>717912376
you gay

>>717912298
It being short lived doesn't make it bad. Its just weird that such a good console had such a short lifespan.

Just a friendly reminder, over 21 years ago Nintendo insisted the DS was a third pillar and definitely wouldn’t kill the gameboy brand

>>717912387
The GBA is actually a lot more powerful than the SNES, it just rarely gets to show it because of its small screen and lack of 3d hardware.

>>717912508
Oh yeah, I remember that now that you mention it

>>717909473 (OP)
and those 3 years felt like decades. Time is strange when you’re 10 years old

>>717912508
Yes, companies lie. We know.

>>717910236
I do mostly because I remember getting a black GBA SP for Christmas 2004 and one of dickhead classmates was like
>why didn’t you ask for a DS?!

>>717912572
pretty much. time is a lot slower when you're a kid and a lot of the stuff you play is new so it leaves a bigger impact on you. It's why I fondly remember superstar saga

>>717912508
>switch is classified as a handheld
this shit pisses me off. I want a handheld device that will fit in my pocket again

>>717912842
Switch Micro when

>>717912040
Pikachu gordo, my beloved

>>717912040
>I love the GBA soundchip
You are the first person to ever say that

>>717913132
Wish I could say that, but I know how demented GBA kids can be.

it's true. wtf. how did so many good games come out in such a short amount of time?

>>717912842
just get bigger pants

>>717912897
Never

>>717912315
yeah the gba was like $100 and the ds was like $130. handhelds and handheld games used to actually be cheap, parents would gladly pay for them because it was a hack to get your kids to shut the fuck up and behave when they were in the car, on planes, in restaurants or waiting rooms, etc.

>>717913132
I like the sound of some GBA music, but that's because the sound chip is shit. I like music that sounds good despite hardware limitations.

GBA was okay, only played a couple games on the actual device but Metroid Fusion was awesome at the time and Advance Wars was interesting and has a lot of content. I played much more later on PC where I played through FFTA and Mother 3, and periodically really got into that Medabots game.

>>717913553
which is why I feel bad for modern patents and how the switch usurped the gameboy line. $400 for your 4 kids to get a GBA for Christmas isn’t that bad. A switch lite is, what, $300?

>>717912842
Switch Blade (tm)

>>717913465
the way they joysticks are they’re just begging to be broken no matter how big your pants are

>>717913915
a switch lite is $200. i think phone and tablet gaming is slowly killing handheld gaming with kids in recent years though.

>>717909678
It's because we were younger. When you're 10, a month is 1/120 of your life. When you are 30, it's 1/360. When you are 80, it will be 1/960.

>>717910891
Virtual Boy

>>717914274
>i think phone and tablet gaming is slowly killing handheld gaming with kids in recent years though.
True, in that way phones are the "new handheld". Everyone has one. Kids can use their parent's phones until they get their own.
Endless amounts of free to play slop, endless amounts of brainrot apps, they're already preoccupied.

>>717910047
Modern console life cycle feels like a blink of an eye with how damn empty their libraries are.
>the ps5/XSX are going to be 5 years old this year and with barely anything to show for it

>>717912298
>SNES ports

I wonder how a FE3 port on GBA would’ve been like, heck Mother 1+2 exists

>>717910271
>By actually going outside
The fuck is this nigger talking about?
Under direct sunlight you would see LESS with that shit ass screen that scratched easily. Just use the god damn lamp you fucking poser

>>717914432
a lot of the f2p games are multiplayer too and they can have phone discord going for voice chat. they'll play roblox or fortnite or apex on their phones at recess, on the bus, and then at home.

the impact of this is going to be felt heavily in 5 to 10 years when kids grow up without caring about consoles at all. consoles are going to be a dead end because kids aren't going to grow up to want them. they'll play phone games or buy a pc so they can be a streamer. kids are gonna make fun of consoles for being for boomers.

>>717911082
>This thing was nearly as powerful as a Playstation
Shit couldn't even do 1:1 snes ports dog

>>717909473 (OP)
i didn't upgrade and get a DS until like 2013. Love the GBA its easily my favorite console.

>>717909638
Jeopardy question, surely.

>>717912572
>>717912786
True Facts, time certainly felt slower as a child. You had so much free time and energy to spend on a many games, tv shows and maybe friends or family outside doing fun activities.

>>717911880
I don't think it really has something to do with age directly, rather it has to do with the lack of any significant yearly schedule and yearly milestones. When you're younger each year is basically focused on the educational stage you're in. 1st grade, 2nd, 3rd and so on, 1st year of high school, 2nd and so on, 1st year of university, etc. Once you're done with education and are a working adult, years often blend together much more.

>>717914775
That wasn't due to hardware limitations. The GBA is powerful enough to emulate the SNES, in fact some of those ports are just games running in an emulator.

>>717917618
>The GBA is powerful enough to emulate the SNES, in fact some of those ports are just games running in an emulator.

simply not true

>>717916282
Nah its an age thing. Your brain just stops developing at 25, thats when it sets in.

I have a son and living "sort of" through his milestones didnt work

>>717919060
>Your brain just stops developing at 25
That's pop science bullshit

>>717910413
since the switch was out for like 7 years what does it look like to kids nowadays? two lifetimes?

>>717914648
said go outside, autist.

>>717909678
>Time went by slower back then
Only if were a child and your brain perceives time differently because every experience is new and needs to be archived. Plus the GBA kept getting games until like 2005-6 and you could also play those on the DS.

>>717918284
Think again https://sourceforge.net/projects/snezziboy/

>>717919348
Kind of. Imagine being 10 years old when you first got your switch. You’re now 17. That’s why these crazy dev times in between games don’t work. You played BoTW at 10 years old. You don’t get to play the sequel until you’re 17? That’s insane

*trumpets blaring*
*autistic seagulls cawing*

>>717919505
wow silky smooth cinematic 15 fps

>>717919821
The fact that its running above 1 FPS shows that its an order of magnitude more powerful than the SNES. This isn't high level emulation, its an ARM processor emulating a Ricoh 5A22, that means its having to emulate practically every instruction.

>>717920148
>The fact that its running above 1 FPS shows that its an order of magnitude more powerful than the SNES

lmao no it doesn't. that's why it's slow.

>>717912173
poor Lyn, what a dogshit level up

>>717920269
>doesn't know how emulation works

>>717911082
>This thing was nearly as powerful as a Playstation
really only one anon saw fit to comment on this retarded shit?

>>717912041
I didn't want to uncurl the light, but the link port on the gba faced backwards, so you had to twist the worm light around in order to use it on the gba

>>717920407
>doesn't know what order of magnitude means

>>717910070
We either sat in a spot with good lighting or bought a retarded contraption that attached to the GBA and lit it up. Those worm lights were the best solution.

>>717912508
It was a smart move. The DS was a risky idea, this was before smartphones reached the mainstream so touch controls weren't set in people's consciousness yet. Had the DS failed, they could have easily released a Gameboy Ultra or whatever and regained their lost customers.

>>717920779
imagine the tranny outcry had they named it the Gameboy DS and the name gameBOY carried on into the 2010s-2020s

>>717920876
NoA would've called it the Gamethem

>>717920596
The SNES's 5A22 is capable of performing 500,000 instructions per second, the ARM chip in the GBA can do 10 million. Millions and thousands are a different order of magnitude.
>>717920439
I stand corrected. The PS1's MIPS CPU can do 30 million instructions per second, while the GBA's ARM chip can only do 10 million. So it's only 1/3 as powerful as the PS1 in terms of CPU power. It still absolutely mogs the SNES though

>>717912387
based

>>717921352
>The SNES's 5A22 is capable of performing 500,000 instructions per second, the ARM chip in the GBA can do 10 million. Millions and thousands are a different order of magnitude.

damn forgot that's all game systems are about...

>>717920876
>>717920957
GamebodytypeA

>>717920876
>immediately thinks about an alternative history where can get mad at the heckin trannies
levels of rent free not previously thought possible

>>717921429
The GBA can do natively what the SNES needed multiple add on chips in the cartridges to do. Sprite rotation, sprite scaling, and 3d effects were only doable with add on chips, which the GBA does the same in software.

>>717912572
>lasted 4 years
>is considered a failure that had its life cut short

I don't get it.

>>717921519
you will never be a woman

>>717921352
the GBA butchered audio in most of it's SNES ports. sheer power isn't the only thing of importance

>>717921603
agree. the DKC ports were a fucking abomination

>>717919348
The 13 years olds I teach and my 20 year old brother look at the Switch approximately the same way. My brother just remembers starting with the 3DS is all.

>>717921602
that's right, because I'm a proud man. You're just a retarded faggot and I'm pointing it out.

>>717921574
Because Sega lost a bunch of money and had to stop making consoles?

>>717921603
Fair enough, the audio was shit. It was still a very powerful system for the time. It was simply kneecapped by lacking a lot of the dedicated chips that other systems used for things at the time. Instead of having dedicated sound and graphics processors, it pushed all of that onto the CPU. It was able to use to the GBC CPU and sound chip, which it kept for legacy compatibility though. So a clever programmer could get better sound by using those in combination with the GBC's processor.

>>717921872
/v/'s self image and self perception turning from fat NEET fedora tipper to andrew tate follower was a mistake

>>717919753
Ahhh... home...

>>717921872
sounds like you need a gameMAN not a gameBOY anon! Unfortunately a gameMAN doesn’t exist so we’ll just have to settle for gamefaggot

>>717910413
Not really, it's clear to me that in the 90s we went from the NES to the GC.

God i can't imagine being a dogshit zoomer

>>717921963
Said the faggot from tumblr.

>>717922103
Every generation was a huge technological leap. The biggest leap I think think of in the past decade is VR and barely anyone uses it.

>>717921963
that didnt happen though. you have the perception of a tourist.