Thread 11901807

Game Boy, Game Gear, Wonderswan, Neo Geo Pokcet...

Outside of the GBA I don't see a lot of threads for handheld games. So, what have you been playing?

>>11901807 (OP)
I’ve been playing Dicing Knight on WonderSwan. Really cool handheld, shame it never left Japan.

>>11901884
tfw theres maybe 1 (one) guy who does WS translations and nobody else

I've had an epiphany with the Game Gear, lot's of cool games and it's pretty amazing how good it looks for a hanheld from 1990-91. It's only lacking in the RPG deparment

currently playing moonlight museum on my wonderswan. I bought the console many years ago, right before prices got inflated by some youtube fucker. when I went back to buy games everything had gone up 2-3x. recently I found an aliexpress seller with bootleg english translated cartridges, so I got klonoa for 1/4th the price of an original JP cart. I'm playing it, not hoarding it, so I don't care that it isn't original.

if you've played the GBA games this is a first version of that, nice puzzle platformer but very straightforward. some levels have the screen rotated which is really cool to use the wonderswan's gimmick. the screen on the wonderswan is ass though, original game boy tier, not even game boy pocket.

>>11902067
Yeah, that’s why you get the SwanCrystal

>>11901913
RPGs tend to be JP only.

>>11902067
Good game but yes it was the first of its kind before the two GBA games so it's easier. The difficulty does crank up a little bit in the final and bonus worlds.

>Wahoo!

>>11901913
Checking out some of the RPGs on the system, this one stands out for its graphics alone. It looks closer to an SNES game.

>>11902109
>”RPG”
>It’s Zelda-style action-adventure
Every time

>>11902119
It's a game where you play a role, so it's gotta be an RPG. That's what I get for trusting Mobygames

Enjoy™

>>11901807 (OP)
These other handhelds pretty much were never really competitive is the thing. Game Boy absolutely trounced them all in sales. Might get around to playing Metroid 2 on emulation. Need to complete that game.

I'm playing GB(C) Super C and it's really solid

Mostly been playing the [not retro].

I wasn't expecting this game to be this hard. I feel like I'm making baby steps and then it's back to the title screen.

>>11901807 (OP)
Where can I talk about GBA mods? Can I do that here? Do I make a new thread?

>>11907702
Go to /hhg/

>>11907713
On what board is that? I was about to check /g/, figured it might be there?

>>11907718
It’s on this board.

>>11907720
Okay, thanks. Obviously I've alrady checked the catalogue multiple times, I guess I completely missed it.

>>11901807 (OP)
I had my gpd win out for a while, modding my Morrowind playthrough, but for August I'm going with my 3dsxl and letting my inner nintendrone splurge on chicken tendies and chockie milk.

>>11907702
Either or. It's specific enough to warrant a new thread, but probably best suited in this thread for now. If it gets a lot of conversation then a new thread would be cool. What kind of lunch ds are we talking about.

>>11907731
Cool psp nub mod. Is it worth going for? The stock n3ds nub is functional but it's so weird to use as there's very little physical feedback. I already have to replace the R button on mine because I killed it with years of monhun so I was thinking about checking out some other mods anyway

>>11907734
I just bought a GBA to mod.
I was wondering what the best screen was, I've seen the M2 but that's only compatible with frosted cases and I wanted a clear green one. I might get it anyway but that depends on the quality of the screen compared to the alternatives.

I was also wondering if there was anyone selling these kits in Europe so that I can avoid paying import fees.

>>11901807 (OP)
I still pick up Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on my GBC about once a week. It is my favourite version on smb 1 and lost levels, yeah yeah screen crush, whatever, I just dig it.
Otherwise I'm playing Drill Dozer or Yggra Union on my GBA.
>>11906426
Very cool anon, I am also playing my PlayDate. Really liked what Season 2 had to offer actually

>>11907740
Idk. I bought 2 different kinds of psp replacement analog nubs and it still just doesn't fit well. I tried like 4-5 different nubs and you have to kind of mash them on there after modifying them a bit. I'm not really happy about it and I don't find it to be better than the little rubber nub. I also hit my thumb on it when pressing x or y and that causes it to move. It's very sensitive. I'm probably going to remove it. I haven't tested it in mgs3 yet, that'll be my final decision.

>>11907746
The best screen is still an ags001/101. People like ips and such, but I don't think they are better than the original screen.

>>11907805
Bro... even the DS Lite screen is better and that is at a lower dimension. I know because I have both.
Modern screen are in a different category. It's like a cripple running versus Usain Bolt, old lcd screen just can't compete with new ones. The M2 kit uses a screen from a camera, much better colors, it remains to see how it performs with moving images. These are the kind of things I came here for.
I'll go to sleep soon but I'll ask my previous question in /hhg/ as well.

>>11907871
Excuse me for my poor English, I'm tired.

>>11907871
Just buy a ds light then.

Swapped my Gameboy so frontlit with an Analogue Pocket. I'm happy thus far

I hated the Game Gear

>>11907731
Based. I still play my OG DS with an R4 and a custom firmware Supercard SD. I shell swapped it last year and replaced the touchscreen. Was a pretty straightforward project except the ribbon cable that fits through the hinge.

To keep it /vr/, been playing Castlevania Legends a lot lately during lunch.

>>11907948
I had one as a kid. Was fun, but Game Boy was better.

>>11907968
Yeah, I've replaced ds lite shells. Same ribbon, same frustration. I keep a ds lite for trading pokemon from gen 3 to gen4 mostly. I got my 2ds with an r4 card in it, loaded with stuff. I really like the game and watch remakes for dsi/3ds iirc

>>11907948
6 AA batteries ffs. It was never going to be successful. I basically always played mine with the plug in adapter. I think it was too big and bulky. Never had too many games for it.

>>11907948
The GG never really clicked with me, similar for the SMS (though I did enjoy Astro Warrior and Rampage.) But if this was available, I'd give the system another go.

I wanted a thread to talk about games. You already have a thread where all you do is wank all over the hardware without ever playing games.

>>11907890
>I know because I have both.
I already have a ds light. The screen is small and the ergonomics suck. I'd be content if there was a mod for a ds light with a large top screen but alas. Or even better an fpga of a DS lite with one big screen.

>>11908615
I usually just play ds/gba games on my 2ds/n3dsxl so I don't understand your plight. The n3dsxl screen is very nice, but it doesn't scale perfectly for ds/gba games. Which, doesn't bother me that much actually. The 2ds screen works well and is nice for both.

>>11908635
The screens are literally worse than the DSi XL screens. No reason to buy a 2DS/3DS if you don't plan on playing 3DS games (they're all shite).
They also don't play the physical gba games like the DS Lite.
I don't understand what you don't understand about all of this, it seems a pretty clear cut issue.
The DS Lite can also be unlocked to have output for an external screen. A mod with that and a bigger top screen would be the perfect GBA/DS machine.

>>11908615
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>>11908635
This shit right here is why /vr/ is doomed to shit without moderation. Young retards like you who come to talk about non retro stuff on /vr/ and on top of this who do it in other threads when there is already one for that subject >>11888769

And then people are like "hurr durr why don't you make threads then if you're not happy with the ones you see", except this is the result when you do. Fuck off back to /v/ or reddit or wherever you came from to spend your college summer vacation.

>>11908647
>Young retards like you
I'm 36 and I've been on 4chan since 2008.
>non retro stuff
GBA is retro.

Answering questions is polite.

>>11908650
nta your coping to. can't even be assed to even read every post you're coping about. but if you're 36 you're young and if you're coping about it you're retarded. you're batting zero kid.

>>11909157
In English?

>>11909179
>in zoomlish
I don't tap your language

>>11908647
You're just a little bitch cry harder, faggot. We are talking about about retro games on handhelds, which is what this thread is about. You're such a persnickety little penis wrinkle.
>"Back in my day we used 15 batteries to play Gameboy, up hill both ways in the dark. We had to make a flashlight out of dirt and wet paper while it was raining."

The only thing you did as a kid was get beat up by your drunk dad, because you asked a question.
>"Now son, you do understand why I had to hit you, don't you?
>"No?"
>*Beats the shit out of you while smoking a cigarette"
Fucking Nancy

>>11908645
You're very neurotic about this subject. the dsi xl may have a slightly better screen but it's not as powerful as a 2ds(for emulation) and I like the form factor. Sounds like you want to put the guts of a ds lite into a dsi XL. Possibly keeping the bottom ds lite screen for GBA . Sounds cool. It doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to do. Could maybe 3d print a case that fits a dsi xl top screen and a ds lite bottom screen together.

>>11910667
>We are talking about about retro games on handhelds,

No, you're not, not a single of these posts mentionned a single game. Instead they mentionned hardware released LONG after 2001 (some even after 2007)which is off-topic.

>>11908447
Never seen or heard of this console. I guess it never had a release outside Japan?

>>11907702
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>>11910748
why are people charging modded gba prices for modded GBCs?

>>11910948
It's some hobbyist's project making a consolized Game Gear.
Looks like others have made kits to make your own, but nowhere near as nice as this.

>>11910703
I have a steam Deck if ever wanted to emulate stuff.
The only reason why I'm interested in a DS of any kind is to play physical games. I don't know if it's possible to use the DSi XL screens with a DS Lite board. Either way at that point you would just move the DS Lite board inside the DSi XL case, no reason to 3d print anything (simply trim the case for the GBA slot) or to keep the DS Lite bottom screen for the GBA.
You do understand that the DS lite and the DSi XL screens have the exact same resolution, do you? The DSi XL simply has a lower pixel density but the quality of the image is better.
>>11910748
What games do they play natively? What games does the DS Lite play?
Answer the question.

>>11907746
>I was also wondering if there was anyone selling these kits in Europe so that I can avoid paying import fees.
Just order from aliexpress.
I have a M2 but I think I still prefer my AGS 101.
The only screen mod that made me go "WOW" was the Gameboy Color OLED with the bigger screen, integer scaling and scanlines filter.

>>11902067
What's the best wonderswan handheld emulator?
NitroSwan DS?

>>11911150
I used Mednafen myself and the only issue was that AFAIK it's not possible to have 2 different input profiles which is a hassle for games that require to occasionally rotate the screen. So my solution was this
>set all inputs to keyboard
>from there create 2 profiles in joy2key (or similar) to set those kb keys to my pad, one for horizontal levels, one for vertical levels
>switch the profile in joy2key when needed

I suppose you could also play kb only and rotate your keyboard.
If another Wonderswan emu allows several input profiles I'm sold.

>>11901807 (OP)
What are some must play GBA games, outside of the obvious stuff like Metroid?
I had a GB and a GBC when I was younger, but kinda skipped over the GBA, and went straight to the DS.
Any recommendations are appreciated.

>>11912974
Not much experience but I can tell you what I just bought.
- warioland 4
- sword of mana
- metroid
- castlevania
- zelda minish cap
- zelda link to the past

You have ports of FF6 and GTA. A Game Freaks game with drills. An Astro Boy game that looks cool. Lot more stuff I'm not a fan of. Might get fan translations of the Mother series.

Does borrowing one of these old handheld consoles and not returning it count as stealing? Keeping something that does not belong to you is not okay, in fact it is illegal...
;^)

>>11901884
Best game on the WSC is pic related.

>>11912974
Napoopan

yay. it still works.
While not good, the screen isn't as bad as I feared

>>11913820
Can't say the same for these two though. I don't even hear the power up sound.
And the battery pack for the Crystal ain't looking too good either.
F

>>11913820
Nice, now play Klonoa or something

I have lots of physical games, or all the games because modern technology. Plenty of all the handhelds, including my beloved haxxored DSi XL - will prob play Castlevania in October. Sometimes I pretend to try to play other games, but only ever end up sticking with Pokémon for long periods. Currently:
>Blue in Vermillion
Played in German to practice German, but I lost the motivation. Sandshrew, Clefairy, Staryu, Pidgeotto.Transitioning out of this into,
>Emerald in Fallarbor
Picking up an old file which was stalled in Mauville. Team very in transition: Plan is to replace Sableye and Ralts/Fuudin. Hunting for Nuzleaf now, and then Baltoy when I get the Go Goggles. Then gotta pick a Surfer. Might start a regular English RGB going alongside this. I wish I could just change the language on Blue though.
>Pokémon Puzzle Challenge & the GBA Kirby remake
My go-to filler games

>>11912974
>Drill Dozer, Boktai
You can download the rest, but please play these on actual cartridges because rumble and light sensor.
>Bit Generations
A series of cool games which barely got any buzz. I like the racing one.
>Castlevania x3
Play in release order. If you have already played the DS ones, CotM will feel weird but it actually owns.
>Chu Chu Rocket!
Best puzzle game. You can also try "Mario vs Donkey Kong" which could've been any characters but is a fun game.
>Kuru Kuru Kururin
Classic very Japanese set of games. Also has a GameCube one.
>Golden Sun
Beautiful RPG. Has two games, which you can link up to sorta continue when you finish the first. Some whiners complain about dialogue, but I rave about the Lufia-like puzzles and personally enjoy story. Also love the battles more than any RPG.
>Mega Man Battle Network
Has 6 freakin games. It ain't Megaman; it's a new genre of game. You explore pretty old school feeling digital 'dungeons', and get into random encounters. But the battles are very unique and in real time, using a deck of cards you choose. Give the first one a shot!
>Mega Man Zero
Four games! Tough as nails, cool upgrade mechanisms.
>Harvest Moon
These are the reason Harvest Moon survived into the modern era. Friends of Mineral Town revived the series, in my mind.
>Advance Wars
Fire Emblem except better, part of a long-running JP series. Sucks they didn't keep localizing the games after.
>Riviera, Sigma Star Saga, Yggdra Union
I own these, but have not played. They are sposta be pretty rad.

My go-to recommendation source, probably where I heard about all this. Also has other lists around their site:
https://racketboy.com/retro/best-undiscovered-nintendo-game-boy-advance-gba-games
4ch mirror of an older wiki some people like, though I never found it useful:
https://vsrecommendedgames.miraheze.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance
There are also translations of various JP-only games to explore.

>>11914128
One more, the old HG101:
https://hg101.kontek.net/system.htm#gba
Good for reviews or series.

>>11907793
I also like Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. The challenges are fun.

>>11914527
I try and do a whole challenge level per week or so, often get through a few. Something that I think that's cool about it is that there doesn't seem to be much information about the challenges (particularly the Yoshi Eggs) online. You have to use the in game randomised hints to find them (or just plain trial and error).
Plus the Boo races are a nice bit of fun.

>>11906507
Like most games from back then, baby steps is the intended progression. Memorize rather than react. Just keep trying.

>>11916296
I am, I've made it to the timed platforming event with Robin against the Penguin and I lost just a couple pixels away from the exit

anyway most games don't send you back to the title screen after just 3 lives lost

Bonk's Revenge for Game Boy (or Super Game Boy). Despite sharing the same name as the TG-16 game, it's a whole unique adventure with unique levels, bosses and mechanics with new transformations. It's really good!

Kid Dracula is also pretty good and very different from its Famicom counterpart

Pocket Kid Icarus . It's not on the level of the NES game and is a lot shorter but still a fun time. New levels, new enemies, you can find maps in the dungeon stages; and it's a real power trip once you get upgraded.

>>11901807 (OP)
>Game Boy
Alien 3
DuckTales
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

>Game Boy Color
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six
The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
Wendy: Every Witch Way
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Dark Duel Stories

>Game Boy Advance
Crash Bandicoot XS
Lilo & Stitch
Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace
Terminator 3: Judgement Day
Yu-Gi-Oh! Sacred Cards

First time playing the oracles games

>>11916679
Are Kid Dracula and Alucard the same person

>>11917048
The fans consensus is that yes, he is.

If you ask me personally I'd say no. In the NES version there isn't even any mention of a father though my understanding is that he was Dracula. In the GB version they do mention a father, in the manual and in game ("father's umbrella"), but that still doesn't mean he's Alucard. We don't know the time period or anything, he could be another son.

Why have I never played this? Ninja Gaiden by Natsume.

The music is pure Natsume goodness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZqb5NDstk

I finally started Final Fantasy Legend 2 a couple days ago which for some reason I just never really got around to. FF Legend 1 was the first jrpg I ever played and still think it's great, but even though I picked up 2 and 3 eventually, I just never got around to them.

I'm doing a basic party of robot, human, mutant monster. Just got to giant world and am having a blast.

>>11917151
Great game, 3 is a disappointment as far as I'm concerned

>>11917151
FF Legend always reminds me of middle school because a girl I was friends with had a gameboy color and her asian dad (like Filipino or something, south east asian is my best guess) was savvy enough to get her a 50-in-1 cart instead of just buying games and one of them was Final Fantasy Legend, either 1 or 2, except it was in Japanese. We kept staring at the text trying to see if we could somehow make heads or tails of it but damn, it never worked.

>>11917160
Yeah from the tiny bits I played the other two back then I remember that it dropped the saga leveling system which would suck. Depending how fast this goes I might still play it though.

>>11917024
Cool skin for your case. Where'd you pick that up?

>>11917184
From what I recall about 3, you can switch from human to robots or monsters and then back to human any time you want, but every time I'd do it I'd end up significantly weaker than remaining as human. At some point I gave up and staid with a 4 human team which made it really boring. The world was big but it also felt like "paint by numbers RPG"

>>11917056
Of course he is, he even fights galamoth like in Sotn and Death is your ally

>>11918651
> he even fights galamoth like in Sotn

Alucard also fights Gaibon and Slogra. Does that mean Alucard is Richter?

>Death is your ally

Actually that's a point against the idea that Kid Dracula is Alucard

>CV1
>Death is Dracula's minion

>Kid Dracula
>Death is Kid Dracula's minion

>SotN
>Death takes away Alucard's gear and is an enemy boss

>>11918657
> Actually that's a point against the idea that Kid Dracula is Alucard
Not if you consider it’s a kid themed parody where Alucard still loves his father
> Alucard also fights Gaibon and Slogra. Does that mean Alucard is Richter?
Nigga I’m not gonna spoonfeed you basic CV lore, slogra and gaibon always were Dracula/death’s lieutenants, Galamoth meanwhile was always Dracula’s enemy trying to take over as the next dark lord - hence why Death supports you in kid dracula - you fight to protect your father’s dark army from galamoth taking it from him
Reading kid dracula and castlevania Judgement story blurbs and references to it in sotn and not being an autist should be enough to understand the connection

>>11918757
>Not if you consider it’s a kid themed parody where Alucard still loves his father

Alucard didn't even exist when Kid Dracula was made and wouldn't for several years.

>Nigga I’m not gonna spoonfeed

The point that you're missing is that Castlevania games constantly re-use enemies and have easter-eggs and call backs to previous games. That in no way means that two characters from two different games are the same.

>Castlevania Judgement

lol. How low do you have to sink to bring up a non retro piece of shit game made almost 20 years after the fact by completely different people to justify your theory?

There is literally nothing in either Kid Dracula games or SotN that points at "Kid Dracula" and Alucard being the same person. It's a leap of faith and assumption made by fans that people take for granted and refuse to change their opinion on only because they read it on a wikia. It's not the worse case of this I've seen Final Fantasy 9's "Necron is actually the Iifa Tree" bullshit was much worse but it's close.

>>11918784
> piece of shit game made almost 20 years after the fact by completely different people to justify your theory?
Doesn’t matter, don’t pretend all games before were made by a single team
>There is literally nothing in either Kid Dracula games or SotN that points at "Kid Dracula" and Alucard being the same person
>Kid Dracula is son of some vampire with a dark army and Death as ally
>Alucard is son of some vampire (Dracula) with a dark army and Death as ally
>both of them fight Galamoth as a usurper of their father’s reign
>literally nothing
Anon, have you ever heard the phrase “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.”? Of course there is a possibility of it being other child of Dracula but the much simpler explanation is it’s Alucard and that’s why everyone takes it for granted, no contrarianism will change that

>>11918657
>>11918757
It seems clear that with the lore of the series as it goes, being semi fleshed out but also full of gaps that an outsider could make a case for how the character in Kod Dracula could conceivably be tje same character as Alucard.

However, if that wasn't the intention by the team who made it then it's clearly just fan fiction that happens to fit well. Unless Konami says something, Kid Dracula is just a character in a similarly themed game.

Personally I think it more fun to think of him as Dracula, not Alucard who has been cursed into a kiddy SD form as humiliation.

>>11918784
>>11918784
>Alucard didn't even exist when Kid Dracula was made and wouldn't for several years.

Akumajou Densetsu chads, rise up and LAUGH at this fake ass castlevania fan

>>11901807 (OP)
Game Gear deserves more love!
>Aladdin
>Batman Returns
>Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
>Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck
>Jurassic Park
>Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
>Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
>Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
>Tails Adventure
>The Lion King
>The Terminator
>Sonic Chaos
>Sonic Triple Trouble
>Sonic the Hedgehog
>Sonic the Hedgehog 2

>>11908650
>I'm 36
bro this is /vr/. I wouldn't be surprised if the average age of this board is pushing 50 at this point.

Would a Gameboy Camera still work if you bought one now. I always wanted one.

>>11920208
user is underage

>>11919576
>Personally I think it more fun to think of him as Dracula, not Alucard who has been cursed into a kiddy SD form as humiliation.

That is precisely what I think the intention is in the *Famicom* version.

>game is called Dracula-kun
Which in no way implies he is Dracula's kid
>manual says he just woke up from a 10,000 years sleep
>manual says "I am known as the Great Dark Lord of the World, Dracula!
Literally says "I am Dracula"
>The entire story is about getting his title and throne back, during the ending he sits on his throne and it says he's become the dark lord again
Literally Dracula's role and function.

In the Famicom version it's pretty clear that he's an SD cute version of Dracula. There is only one thing that could be interpreted otherwise and that's the part in the manual where he says he wears "pop's cape", but using this to try to pretend he's Dracula's son would be dismissing the overwhelming evidence of the contrary and would be forgetting to consider that Dracula had a dad too.

Now the Game Boy version released internationally is where things get more complicated and where I believe they changed the character's role, but before I talk about that I need to make sure of something and see if I can track down the manual in different languages; in short I'm wondering if the US version didn't change the story and turned "Kid Dracula" into "Dracula's Kid" because they didn't know how to translate the concept of SD characters. Though if that's not the translation doing that the devs clearly changed the character and if someone think I'm reaching with that, I'll refer him to the GGCX interview of Iga saying that the Castlevania series had no overseeing quality control and every individual dev team just did whatever they wanted.

>>11919895
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to notice that blunder. Anyway obviously I meant SotN's Alucard, which is who people think of when they claim Kid Dracula is Alucard (probably because of the white hair, though of course Dracula-kun has white hair, it's a game boy game).

But this is actually a point that goes towards the argument that Dracula-kun is not Alucard.
Alucard was an established character in the series already
A) if that's the case and they wanted everyone to know they're the same person, why didn't they say so?
B) they look nothing alike
C) Alucard and Dracula-kun's roles are completely reversed. Alucard, whether it's the CV3 or SotN version, fights against Dracula. Dracula-kun (whether it's Famicom or GB) assumes the role of Dracula or helps him.

>Game Boy version

So what I was wondering about was not correct but it was worth a look (the JP version still says he's Dracula son).
This is where I believe they intentionally changed the character's story. There is no more claiming "I am Dracula", no more sitting on the throne at the end, and the in game story makes several mention of his father, while the Famicom version had none. In other words they made a point of removing anything that says "I am Dracula" and instead adding several mentions of his father instead.
The manual says he is the son of CV3's Dracula, though that still doesn't say he's CV3's Alucard (again if they wanted it to be that, why wouldn't they say so? I'm sure they considered it but since Alucard is meant to be fight his father it didn't fit).

This was done 3 years after the Famicom version by a completely different dev team, my theory is that they changed the character's story because this time they had an international release and the concept of SD characters just wasn't known in the west at that time, I doubt even many western anime-fans would know.

Anyway fandom-ism likes to pretend that series have *a* canon and that everything is supposed to fit together together like there was a grand plan from the start, but I don't believe that's how it works and it often leads to reaching to make the theories stick. I like to view works on their own or at best in relation to their immediate sequels or predecessors if they are connected.
Umbrella in Resident Evil (1) was not the same Umbrella as in the sequels. Kyle Katarn is still alive. The princess of Moonbroke does not have a sister. Dracula-kun on Famicom is Dracula.

>>11901807 (OP)
>So, what have you been playing?

GB Bionic Commando. One might think it's a port of the NES game but no, it's almost entirely a new game with whole new levels. The nazi theme is gone with a sci-fi setting in its place.
The NES game has more soul in account of daring to have the player start with 1 HP (you start with 3 in this one) and for being the first, but in some ways this version is better like how it allows you to change weapons/items at the com station in case you brought the wrong item with you, or how Super Joe actually has a meaningful role rather than being a giant nothingburger. The top down bonus stages that weren't that interesting on NES were replaced by sidescrolling ones.

The grappling hook sections also tend to be a LOT more challenging than on NES, the last level is particularly hard, it's probably the hardest GB game I've played so far because of that last level alone. In terms of content it's almost on par with the NES too so for a GB action game this is pretty stellar. I want to check out the GBC sequel now.

>>11901807 (OP)
Fire pro wrestling on gba
Star trek on Game boy

>>11912974
>>11914128
you forgot warioware twisted.
best warioware.

>>11920891
I personally like the Master System version better for its platforming focus, but this was pretty good too.

>>11922237
Both are good, the GG version is more polished but easier. The SMS version can weirdly be more challenging and easier at the same time though since you may stock up on lives to the point that you can get hit 10+ times during a boss fight.

>>11907948
am i the only one going to point out that the ai drew it facing the wrong way

>>11924549
He's replacing the batteries

>>11924549
You'll be the only one dumb enough to think that, and even dumber enough to post that.

>>11924549
Maybe it's like a child showing his pokemons.

>>11907948
game gear is the one console people universally agree should be emulated instead

>>11921724
Yes, it's great but unfortunately you need to actually buy it
Emulating it kind of sucks

>>11925562
Apparently the 3DS version of mGBA lets you use the 3DS's gyro for it, but I haven't tried it

>>11925640
I imagine it will be a bit cumbersome

I don't know why I even bother attempting this mini game. It's fucking impossible. Just when the dog is about to fall the game makes it harder to pull so that it's not happening. Why is it so hard to earn just 1 extra continue?

>>11924774
>i live in a universe where everyone is a poor zoomer

>>11926645
Nah, he's right
there's no benefit using the original console, even modded

I managed to beat the rope pulling mini game, protips: you need to press B and A at the same time, not one afte the other; and you need to keep pressing it to build your power bar even when you're crawling and not pulling the rope.

Anyway I ended up beating the game on a single continue so I didn't need it but at least I beat the entire game, mini games included

The first Tiny Toon Adventure on GB was boring, too easy, can't even run; but 2 was a lot better and I'd recommend it.

>>11928397
>i also live in a universe where everyone is a poor zoomer

>>11928658
No, I have original hardware, as well as my original GG with a tv tuner and Master System adapter as well
Game Gear is not a very good console to use
If someone made an FPGA of one that is much smaller and a 1:1 resolution screen I'd get that
But right now the original console is kinda ass

Game Boy kino

>>11920709
Cool, it’s the exact same manual I scanned for MrP’s Castlevania Realm years ago. Good to see it’s been trannylated since then so that autistic western retards can argue over the canonicity of a joke game for kids.

>>11928939
I recommend playting the DX version

>>11902119
Blame the press

>>11918784
>Alucard didn't even exist when Kid Dracula was made and wouldn't for several years.

Castlevania III is from 1989 and Kid Dracula is from 1990

>>11914128
>>Drill Dozer
please play these on actual cartridges because rumble
The Omega Flash DE does have rumble support.

>>11928663
>I have original hardware, as well as my original GG with a tv tuner and Master System adapter as well
No you don't. If you have anything it's because a youtube told you to buy it. Which could explain why you're so mad another youtube told you GG bad and you wasted all your money on it. You being unaware of any benefit of using a GG proves nothing than you get your knowledge and opinions from the wrong youtubes.

>>11924406
My most recent shiny was a stupid Pidove in BW :/

>>11929310
Whoah fancy. I just have an Everdrive. Which other games rumble? Pokemon Pinball, Yoshi, Wario...

>>11901807 (OP)
hamster
tbqh i play my dsi a lot more because you can actually see the screen

>>11929768
Cunt, I had that shit when I was a kid
I even have the battery expansion dildo
I almost exlusively played Master System games on it

>>11902067
Your screen isn't looking too good, considered modding it to be backlit?

>>11912974
Mario Tennis: Power Tour

>>11930713

H A M T E R

>>11930852
>I had that shit when I was a kid
So right now. Got it.

>>11931012
Believe whatever you want
I've been through enough AA batteries for a lifetime

>>11931034
>i'll prove what a grownup i am by parroting the kiddo battery meme
lol

>>11931238
That's how I know you're projecting

I was looking at the list of Konami games made on GB/C and it's amazing how it sums up the systems life so well

>89-93
Good stuff

>94-95
couple of good stuff but very few releases, console is dying

>96
console is dead

>97-98
Console is revived but it's mostly re-releases including ones compatible both GB and GBC

>early GBC
Couple of genuine attempts

>later GBC
Mostly shovelware

I got a Pocket last week. I've been playing on it more than anything else. It's pretty sweet. I like it.

Another thing I realized when looking at the GB/C library by periods of time is that Nintendo basically set the standards/examples for everyone to follow

>early GB
Exclusive games specifically designed for the Game Boy that were quite short. Super Mario Land sets the example, so you have games like Batman following that standard. There is also the focus on puzzle games after Tetris.

>a few years later
SML2 and Wario Land set a new standard, still exclusive games specifically designed for the GB but now they're more complicated, polished and longer. Third parties would do that too.

>GBC
Nintendo mostly focuses on re-releases, rehashes and bad ports. But in colour!! There are a few exceptions of course like Wario Land 3 but long are the days of every of every franchise getting new games specifically made for the hardware like pic related, even Zelda on GBC got third party developed games that rehashed Link's Awakening.
And so, that's what other devs and publishers did too. Retards claim that the NES or the PSX are all "shovelware", it's what I see when I look at the GBC.

>>11917151
>>11917160
Gotta say I'm losing steam on FF Legend 2. I'm in Apollo's world now and everything is starting to feel really samey. My mutant is by far the most useful party member, even after resorting to save scumming eating meat the monster has been mostly crap and weak compared to what I'm fighting.

Mostly it's that FF Legend 1 felt so cohesive with the progressing worlds up the tower which all felt so different. This has felt like a lot of back tracking and very samey looking worlds.

>>11901884
Is relentless fun, that was made with the game editor distributed by the inventor non other than the game boy guy, they are amazing games on their own right but more impressive on hardware that never had games like them

>>11931242
>t-t-that's how i know

>>11932361
correct

Just finished a GBA rehab. Used a kit from God of Gaming and a $20 junk GBA I got from a retro shop I visited near LA last month. Just need to get a flash cart and some rechargeable AA's now.

>>11932381
>coperrect

>>11931649
Where did you get it. The black one has been sold out for ages on the analogue site.

I wish there was a dedicated GB/GBC emulation device with the correct screen ratio and just two buttons.

>>11933712
New screen on original hardware, plus flashcart, is the way to go.

The dark truth with those emulation machines is most of them break quickly, nobody talks about this because they buy it for cheap and use it once. But if you actually use them regularly they will wear out quickly. Original hardware is sturdy and easy to find replacement parts for when it wears out in 20 years. Most of these emulation machines will quickly be unsupported and outdated.

>>11933712
Are the extra two buttons on the Analogue really that big of a deal to you?

>>11933712
A lot of emulation handhelds are Game Boy and Game Boy Color inspired, with just a few extra buttons, what's wrong with going for those, anon?

>>11935157
I think I can handle the 4 buttons in the front.
but those trigger button designs for verticals consoles are always shit.

makes them uncomfortable to grip

Are all of these frontlit?

>>11913876
I bought like four of these damaged and it usually was the corroded battery pack not making proper contact.

>>11935283
What about the Anbernic RG280V? If you can get around the small size, it's pretty flat on the back.

>>11933712
There's the FPGBC. Which is basically a fpga Gameboy Color you build yourself, but it looks rather easy. Check that out. It's literally what you want.

>>11933712
just get an original gbc + flashcart

or if you want a brand new device, the modretro chromatic

>>11936430
I can vouch for the chromatic if you want the most authentic looking games while also having a lit screen

Can't you faggots just go to your containement thread with your chink handheld shit? You've already ruined the thread, let it die