GBA must haves aka DS owner's guide to the back catalogue

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:06 pm 0

I bought a GBA when it first came out, remember the ones that weren't backlit, and unless you had football stadium floodlight in a backpack it was totally unplayable...so I never played it

as such the entire catalogue of Advance games passed me by so what's worth picking up?

At the moment I've got:

* Super Mario World
* Puzzle Fighter II
* Advance Wars

randomdudes brother · Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:00 pm 0

Golden sun games are good fun rpgs, the plot's a bit weak though

don't really play many other gba games tbh

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:23 pm 0

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Fire Emblem 2: The Sacred Stones
Harvest Moon
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Wario Ware

That lot should keep you busy.

Public Hermit · Post by **Public Hermit** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:01 pm 0

I enjoyed Chu Chu Rocket on it, but there again I loved the DC version

Mario Kart: Super Circuit is also, IMHO, better than the DS one.

Oh fuck I'm talking myself into getting a DS Lite, what with ZooKeeper an' all...

evilpaul · Post by **evilpaul** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:30 pm 0

mario and luigi: superstar saga
superior to partners in time on the ds. you get to see princess peach struck down with tourettes for starters

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:50 pm 0

Add Pokemon Emerald to that.

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:30 pm 0

Public Hermit wrote:
Oh fuck I'm talking myself into getting a DS Lite, what with ZooKeeper an' all...

Do it!

That's exactly what I've just done, plus I bought Zookeeper 2nd hand for 10 quid!

Btw, am a big Zelda fan...so how good is Minish Cap? I loved windwaker, enough to finish it too

...also, slight cross thread, but seeing as you mentioned DC an' all

is Rez superior to the PS2 version as i'm thinking of picking up a copy (plus ikaruga)

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:52 pm 0

diablo wrote: ...also, slight cross thread, but seeing as you mentioned DC an' all is Rez superior to the PS2 version as i'm thinking of picking up a copy (plus ikaruga)

Almost identical, so if you've got the PS2 one that'll be fine.

Not that DC Rez is that easy to get hold of anyway.

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:30 pm 0

Warioware Twisted. Best Warioware ever :-)

Portland · Post by **Portland** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:40 pm 0

Advance wars
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Mario Kart
Tactics Ogre: Knights of Lodis
Castlevania

Theu should do you nicely...

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:17 am 0

Rhythm wrote:Warioware Twisted. Best Warioware ever :-)

He speaks The Truth!

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:21 am 0

i'm now into pinball challenge deluxe: pinball dreams and fantasies in one cart! and the l and r buttons are completely natural..

funkstar · Post by **funkstar** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:39 am 0

The already mentioned

Superstar Saga
Chu Chu Rocket

really are excellent, and

Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Rebelstar Tactical Command

are very good, too. Damn, I've now got to get a DS lite....

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:55 am 0

As a huge Boulderdash fan (Atari 800 versions) does anyone know if the GBA version is any good - or is it that cackhanded attempt to Mario-ify it (the NES version introduced the concept of 'worlds' 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, etc)

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:03 am 0

romanista wrote:i'm now into pinball challenge deluxe: pinball dreams and fantasies in one cart! and the l and r buttons are completely natural..

Sounds like a good one, Ignition is the best computer pinball table ever.

Also, I've seen the old amiga game 'wings' for gba over here is KL for just over a fiver, is it any good in comparison to the original, does anyone know?