I grew up very poor. So poor in fact that my handheld gaming was limited to whatever my friends parents bought them for their birthday. My friend Patrick GAVE ME his Gameboy advanced sp because he got a new, Pikachu version the year after he received his first one. He had a library of games that was really impressive. He gave me 1 game for my sp, then gifted me 3 more for my birthday. His family was so well off, his parents didn't even know he gave these things to me until my parents found out and asked where I got these expensive things from. After telling my parents they called his dad, his dad told them that if I enjoy playing the games, I could keep whatever I am given. Not only did gaming fill time and allow me to enjoy things outside of sports, it showed me that generosity and selflessness makes the world a much better place. ❤
@@skellybones5119 you could always get a 101 now; however, they’ve skyrocketed in price. Picked one up with minimal scratches to the shell and a pristine screen for $149 at a local retro game store
When it comes to 2D platformers, GBA games are right up there with the bests. It has an absolutely massive library of 2D platformers and by this time developers had absolutely nailed down the 2D platformer genre as opposed to early 8 and 16 bit NES/SNES era when they were still figuring out difficult curves, etc. Needless to say, these were some of the last AAA 2D platformers from some of the biggest names and it shows. If you can't find Gameboy Advance and games like in my country, then please do emulate some games with a LCD filter to enjoy the pixel art at it's best. Even better if you do it on an AMOLED screen. It had some beautiful games.
I’ve have to admit, when you first launched this channel, I was like “oh boy, ANOTHER retro gaming channel??”. But I’m really enjoying perspectives in these videos. I’m in my 40’s, so my concept of “retro” is different than yours, which is why I find this channel refreshing. I’m digging the pasión. Keep up the good work!
This was the nostalgia trip I wanted. Great time to be a kid/teenager. Also "Thank You", I'm glad I wasn't the only one who just really enjoyed the art style of 16bit. It was also cool seeing Metroid Fusion pre-release footage.
One of my greatest gaming memories is when I neglected my parents orders to go to bed and played Pokémon Ruby quietly in bed instead. I found Latias that night. God bless the backlight 🔆 😌🙏🏾
Yeah the SP was and is still amazing. Star Wars Episode 3 on PS2 and Xbox is a pretty underrated movie tie-in game and the GBA/DS version is amazing too, I was thinking of those right before you lifted them up lol.
It's funny to think back. When I was 8, one of my FAVOURITE games I got on my blue Gameboy Advance SP was the "classic" 2D platformer, Crash Bandicoot 2. I say classic, because I can't tell you how confused I was when I found out that Crash was NOT ONLY not a Nintendo IP, but was also originally a 3D platformer. It blew my mind how much I missed by being raised only on Nintendo, up until I got an Xbox 360 in 10th grade.
One Time I Was At My Friends Birthday Party, And He Had The Frontlit Flame Red GBA SP. I Was A Tiny Bit Jealous Because I Wanted One For A Loooooooong Time. And When I Got Home, My Mom Said My Dad Dropped Off My Early Birthday Present. And It Was A Backlit Pearl Blue GBA SP, With Tetris And Lego Island 2. Best Birthday Present Of My Life.
So many good memories playing my GB SP as a kid. I still have mine. I think I need to get that star wars game. Also, I highly recommend castlevania aria of sorrow
I remember when I was still about 5 years old, my cousin's mom bought a GBA SP for her. Now, this GBA SP wasn't normal. It was actually jailbreaked! All games were on a really long and endless list. I wish I could play on it again.
I bought the Zero Collection on the Switch, that game is tough, I love it. Ngl, I mostly bought it to support Mega-man GBA ports. I NEED Battle Network on my Switch.
I carry a gb micro with my virtually always. Such a beautiful screen. Just got done doing another golden sun playtgrough. Going through metroid fusion for the first time now, it's great.
so many memories quietly playing SP under the covers after bedtime. for me it was either pokemon sapphire or harvest moon friends of mineral town. great video essay for one of the truly integral video game consoles of a generation of kids.
The Legacy of Goku I & II were/are so good, nostalgia mostly for the first one but the second one is superb. I still gotta go and play Buu's Fury & GT Transformation
I only had around 6 games on the GBA, mainly because I bought it just before the DS launched. I believe one of them was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. It's a sidescroller action game with action akin to the classic Castlevania games, with some exploration on the high seas reminiscent of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.
The thing that blew me away about the SP when it first came out was that it was the first rechargeable handheld console, that absolutely blew my child mind. Until the PSP came out and almost made me faint with it's graphics.
Hi, just a suggestion for showcasing Gameboy Advance games, please do them with a LCD filter if you can. With traditional upscaling methods, bringing up that 240p screen to 1080p resolution can make the entire image very blurry and hence loses most of it's pixel art charm. With LCD filters, you won't run into that blending and blurry upscaling. I'm not sure the technicalities of how you're recording the footage, but this is something which is super easy if you were to do in an emulator as a few RU-vidrs do.
Wow, I had that LotR game and this just unlocked a core memory. That was a really awesome game. I think I bought that, and a Wolverine game at the same time
Don't forget it's also compatible with the really old GameBoy Classic games! We're talking original Tetris and stuff! This is the only way to play those old games with backlight since the DS dropped compatibility with everything older than GBA!
I didn't play any Pokémon games until my friend let me borrow Blue in highschool. And yes, I did stay up way too late to "...catch 'em all!" I'll probably get it again one day, but the physical versions are so dang expensive now.
As an adult the form factor of the original Advance is just way better for me. Since you can get the IPS v2 backlit screen mod that’s even better than the AGS-101 screen, it’s all the better
I still have some games to buy for my Gamecube, and Gameboy Advance SPs (yes, I have two, because Pokemon), in particular a few Mario games. I also have a 64, and I might buy the original Super Mario for that system... This is making me want to buy them _now_ but I have other stuff to get later this month! I also worry this stuff will become too expensive or hard to find in time, so get it while the gettin's good... I lost _so_ many good games because of how often my mother moved, or a couple times she just threw out my systems, and then later because my little brother ruined practically every system and game I had. I can't imagine how much money that wasted... That aside, I agree about the portability. I love my Gameboys, DS-s, and my PSP, and I hope to have them for many years to come, they are a ton of fun, I love playing with them, and it is _so_ nice to have a system I can play that can just fit in my pocket or bag with no problem. I remember when I used to play stuff like _Prehistoric Man_ on the original GB Advance, and a game I could never really even start and I have no clue what it was. I wish I could more clearly remember that early happiness with my games...playing them now is nice and brings back nostalgia (Pokemon especially, _Colosseum_ always makes my heart race as it starts up), but I wish I could walk back through those old times now... I hope this didn't bum anybody out, I didn't mean for this to get so wistful...
GBA was my first gaming system ever. Even today I think I prefer a lot of gameboy games over modern ones because the graphics weren't super high quality so devs couldn't rely on "graphics pretty" to get people to buy their games and had to actually *gasp* make good games to get people to buy them so a lot of them just felt better to me. And maybe that's just childhood nostalgia but that's the impression I get.
I don’t know if you’re aware but your gba sp is not a limited edition but is an aftermarket shell from AliExpress, you can tell because the color is slightly off, the speaker grille is not perfect and you can see the speaker through the shell Also it’s supposed to be kinda shiny and yours is matte :/
Anybody here ever play _Dragon Ball GT: Evolution_ ? I did when it first came out, it's not a bad game, simple but fun side-scroller, and it covers the major stuff from GT's storyline, at least the first saga. Just thought I'd mention since he talked about other Dragon Ball games for this marvelous system!
The first megaman zero is the hardest of the 4 zero games. If you don't have patience the game is outright punishment sometimes. But it's amazing even with that.
I still have _Battle Network 5_ and I love it still! Haven't finished it yet though, partly because of that _fizzing_ challenge with the Kung Fu Dummies and the Wooden Sword! Gods I hate that _sooooooo_ much!!!! I used to have _4_ but I lost it in a car accident, and I couldn't figure out how to open a certain password protected gate. I got a _really_ rare chip in the Chip Trader in that game though...
Original DS & PSP are my top handhelds of all time... DS could play all generations of Gameboy games... plus DS titles... and PSP had more mature titles like Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Battlefront, and Monster Hunter.
I'm sure you've been told this countless times over the last 2 years but that Pikachu SP is not authentic. It's a cheap $15 reshell. :( $80 for a reshelled system isn't bad by today's standards but I have no idea what the market landscape was like 2 years ago.
gba sp is easily the best handheld, even tho I love psp. but the best console just is the ps2 snd that whole generation. You cant convince me otherwise
Guys... they're all free on your phone. You can even use an xbox/ps4 controller and hook the games to your tv. Please dont spend money on a gameboy unless you're a collector
