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opt2not:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 02, 2016, 04:20:32 pm ---Gameboy games, on the other hand, are practically free when it comes to all but the rarest of carts, which is why the price point needs to be kind of on the low side. Also, talk about not holding up.... black and white games meant to be played on a tiny little green screen. Portable games don't hold up at all imo because most of them (not all) are downgraded ports of home console games. I think the entire Gameboy line, from the original to the gba, might have 20 games still worth playing. Most are Zeldas and Metroids with a Castlevania or two thrown in.
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I definitely do not agree with this. There are plenty of great games from the GB-GBA that hold up, from every genre. You also have some arcade remakes that have expanded on their gameplay and in a lot of cases improved on the console viability of those games. Look at DK, Burgertime Deluxe, Qbert for the GB. Amazing improvements that have higher production values than the originals. Then there are the hidden gems like Mercenary Force, ZAS, Mole Mania, Revenge of the Gator, Shantae, Trip World, Gargoyle's Quest, Survival Kids...I can go on, and that's just GB titles! IMO the GB is one of the greatest systems with a library of titles that bridge the gap between arcade and console games.
For GBA, yes you have the standard pedestrian titles, but there are also a lot of great hidden gems as well. Before speaking about those let me mention the Castlevania's; here you have 3 awesome follow-ups to SOTN, high quality titles with great level design and artwork. If you're a metroidvania fan, these titles are vital to the fandom. Heck even Metroid Zero and Fusion are worth mentioning since they carry on the series rather than just porting, 'cause lets be honest there are a lot of SNES ports on the system from the Marios to Final Fantasy's.
Now I digress, other GBA titles worth mentioning: Sword of Mana - awesome remake/reinvisioning of Final Fantasy Adventure (SoM1), Sigma Star Saga, Astro Boy, Gradius Galaxies, Boktai (very clever game using a light sensor), Mario vs DK, Pokemon Pinball (actually pretty decent and a fun "catch-em-all" spin on the franchaise), Pinball of the Dead, Mother 3, Steel Empire..again I can go on and on.
From these lists alone, there are many more titles that hold up much more than the handful of N64 "good titles". But again YMMV. I suggest giving the GB -> GBA titles a chance.
Howard_Casto:
Well I'm going to have to agree to disagree. Original Gameboy games, even those with gbc enhancements, are too ugly to play. Black and white = not worth it for all but the most amazing titles (again zelda and Metroid mostly). I didn't even play Metroid 2 except in remake form because the black and white tiles made it extremely confusing to navigate to different areas in the game.... everything looks the same. Yes there are hidden gems, but there are hidden gems on the Atari jaguar... that doesn't mean it's worth the price of admission.
The gba library is much better, I'll gladly admit that, but again, there aren't many that are great. They are more playable certainly, but not unless you are playing them on a console because the screens on portables and even the whole concept of a portable kind of sucks. These days we are getting oled screens, larger screens and better clarity and resolution, but I just can't play anything older than a DS at this point. The DS screen is too small if we are being honest... maybe an XL.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 02, 2016, 09:08:37 pm --- but there are hidden gems on the Atari jaguar... that doesn't mean it's worth the price of admission.
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No there aren't. The "best" game is probably AVP , and its terrible.
There are *many* great GBA games , but I'll agree only a handful of regular GB games. I'll never turn down a game of "Fall of the Footclan" though :cheers:
opt2not:
I don't want to sound harsh, but for a guy who is having problems with his eyesight, you do care a lot about visuals rather than core gameplay mechanics. Which is weird given that are quick to defend the N64 which has some of the ugliest visuals for early 3D work. That, and as an arcader I would expect visuals would be secondary to gameplay. Do you just not like monochrome? Because I can mention the quality of sprite-work in some of these titles as many of them are of a higher degree of style and aesthetic than a majority of NES games.
thomas_surles:
So the n8 clone left china by air a week ago and still has not landed in the US. I think we should be looking for a missing plane..
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