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GB/GBC/GBA Collecting Thread
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NormalFish
Banned
I don't know about "genuine" but I bought one of THESE and it works perfectly well. Battery life is pretty good.
Thanks.
DK Land 1 really seems to knock it out of the part as far as GB composed stuff goes.
Ice Land for example
Anyone else know of some games with crazy good soundtracks aside from the norm?
Ice Land for example
Anyone else know of some games with crazy good soundtracks aside from the norm?
Pretty much anything from Alberto Jose González.
He composed a lot of soundtracks for licenced GB/GBC games so those tunes aren't very well-known, at all. My favourites include Smurfs' Nightmare, Lucky Luke and Sylvester & Tweety (seriously, listen to this one, love this tune).
He composed a lot of soundtracks for licenced GB/GBC games so those tunes aren't very well-known, at all. My favourites include Smurfs' Nightmare, Lucky Luke and Sylvester & Tweety (seriously, listen to this one, love this tune).
Does it really not work in an SP? If it's anything like WarioWare Twisted it'll be fine.
Does it detect the cart's orientation automatically or something? That sounds unlikely. I have a GBA SP though, I could check tonight and report back.
There are no orientation settings though.
If you could check I'd appreciate it. I've always wanted this game... and I may just buy an OG GBA for it at this point.
Twisted doesn't check the orientation. It doesn't need to. If the Kirby game works the same way, it won't need to either. I don't own the Kirby game so can't say whether it works the same way though.
putermcgee
Junior Member
I want to say Kirby Tilt N Tumble doesn't work because there's no way it could detect the fact that it's upside down in the SP. So when you tilt the SP forward, the cart is tilting backward, and same with tilting to either side. The game works in the sense that it turns on and you can play, but everything is backwards.
WW Twisted works in either system because it uses a gyroscope that detects rotation, something that doesn't change when the cartridge is rotated to the other side.
The real question is whether either game works, or works well in a Game Boy Player!
WW Twisted works in either system because it uses a gyroscope that detects rotation, something that doesn't change when the cartridge is rotated to the other side.
The real question is whether either game works, or works well in a Game Boy Player!
Yeah, tested Tilt 'n Tumble on my SP and it doesn't work (or rather, it works but the controls are backwards). The cart doesn't have any frame of reference other than itself, and I guess the calibration procedure is only meant to account for small errors, not complete axes reversals.
NormalFish
Banned
I find it kind of odd it wouldn't work at 180 degrees. I'd think they'd deliberately make a mechanism that can deal with that, but I don't know how far into the GB life cycle that released, might not have occured to them to future proof like that.
A Black Falcon
Member
Why would you design a 'reverse the tilt controls' option into a game released for a system which only played carts one way? That wouldn't make much sense... when that game released in '00 the GBA was surely well into development, but not the SP! And the game plays fine on a regular GBA, of course; correct cart orientation.
The cart-orientation issue is most likely a major reason why the two tilt-control GBA games, WarioWare Twisted and Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy, only twist, instead of actually having full tilt movement -- twisting works the same way with either orientation, GBA or SP-style.
putermcgee
Junior Member
Just about how I expected.
Yeah, the accelerometer in Kirby TnT is most likely very low tech, so it's possible that it couldn't have even been programmed in. And besides, if they were already laying down groundwork for the SP, there would be no reason to spend the time and money making sure a GBC game would be compatible with hardware that far into the future. It's not likely that it would be a deal breaker for anyone.
That said, it's Kirby TnT being GBC-only that's keeping me from investing my own time and money into modding a GBP with a backlight. It's also a very small part of the reason I went ahead and modded a GBA instead of just buying a backlit SP.
And I don't think the tilt sensor in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy is the same as WarioWare Twisted. If I recall correctly, Yoshi had three possible positions, tilting left, flat, and tilting right, not twisting. Also, the game was garbage. In fact, thanks to the magic of the Wayback Machine, this is what I wrote in my review of the game back in 2005:
Renting games was a thing!
New game came today! Have been excited to play this since I read about it in Nintendo Power years and years ago!
I remember reading about it years ago in a Polish video games magazine!
How is it?
I'm still on a "find as much complete GB games as possible' journey, so here's an update to my collection:
At last I found a not priced over the moon Fire Emblem! And I'm really happy with the two GBC games, which are quite hard to find in this condition.
If you get a cheat type device that turns the cart the other way around, you can play Tilt 'n Tumble on SP, ie something like this:
Eh.. I'd rather just grab an OG GBA or GBC at that point. They're pretty cheap.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
New game showed up today! Just need to get the 2nd one for a good price.
I need to play Metal Walker still. I have been trying to get into Scurge, but I'm having a hard time focusing after the initial "This game is cool!" Nice find on the CIB River King and Dragon Warrior Monsters. My copies aren't in as nice of condition as yours, haha.
I need to play Metal Walker still. I have been trying to get into Scurge, but I'm having a hard time focusing after the initial "This game is cool!" Nice find on the CIB River King and Dragon Warrior Monsters. My copies aren't in as nice of condition as yours, haha.
Emperor Bohe
Member
what is everyone's favourite way of playing GB/GBC/GBA games? I feel like that they just don't look right when on a big screen. I love the form factor of an original GBA, but the lack of a backlight kills it. And to get a modded one is expensive as hell. I don't like the form factor of the GBASP either.
NormalFish
Banned
I think I concede that the backlit OG GBA is the best, but I personally prefer a frontlit GBC for GB(C) games, and the gameboy micro for GBA games. Due to form factor and extreme portability respectively.
**Daydreaming's comment on the DS reminded me, are there GBC/GBA emulators for DS that work with a flashcart?
**Daydreaming's comment on the DS reminded me, are there GBC/GBA emulators for DS that work with a flashcart?
I'm content with playing GB/GBC on my SP and GBA games on my DS (phat). I've bought a few GBA VC games on WiiU, though, so I'm fine with the Gamepad, as well (aside from that damn question mark icon being on-screen all the time).
Emperor Bohe
Member
do American games work on a Super Gameboy 2? I have an OG Super Gameboy but the lack of Color game support makes me sad (though acceptable considering it's release date).
sixteen-bit
Member
yeah, game boy has no region lock
SG2 can run GBC-exclusive games?
sixteen-bit
Member
No.
Emperor Bohe
Member
oh really? damn, thought it could for some reason. I would just track down a GameCube + Gameboy Player, but the component cables are crazy expensive. and I already own a Wii...
GB/C emulation on DS is solid, but GBA is on the slow side.
Did this ever happen?
Regardless, you could just buy them from Alibaba for a fraction of the price.
NormalFish
Banned
Nice, sounds good.
Got delayed to this friday due to their move, apparently.
Do you have a link? Are they the same ones? I remember you mentioning them but I couldn't find them for a comparable price.
** nevermind, found em. Dunno how to use alibaba though
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Is Ninja Five-O worth it in the least bit?
And crazy question, but do people sell repros for less than $90?
sixteen-bit
Member
Ninja Five-O is an excellent action game. It's basically Shinobi (arcade) with a neat grappling hook mechanic, and it plays extremely tight. If you want to rationalize it, cart only it's less than the price of 2 new-release games. So just pass up 2 new games and get it instead, lol.
I already have faceplates from them, I was hoping other stuff might also get listed.
Aliexpress can be a bit easier for first timers, if that helps.
When I bought them they had 10 types, think I got them all for $50 or so.
NormalFish
Banned
RCG stock finally went up. Got a faceplate for 18 + 4$ shipping to florida. There are also some gameboys and such.
I like GBA games on emulator on my PC. GB/GBC games on my backlit Gameboy Colour.
NormalFish
Banned
Frontlit gameboy color you mean?
Frontlit gbc is the modded version
To the best of my knowledge there's no such thing as a backlit GBC. DMGs can be backlit, though.Emperor Bohe
Member
maybe it's modded?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
So Metal Walker is all kinds of awesome.
NormalFish
Banned
Holy crap that picture is huge LOL. What's the full title of the game? Or is that it? what genre? Looks kinda earthbound-y from that screen.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I thought I quoted it. I can fix that on my PC.
That's the full name. It's a GBC game. It's sort of Pokémon like, but the battle system is totally unique. You bounce your dude around the field and do damage by bumping into the enemy. Nothing else like it really.
NormalFish
Banned
You did quote it but I clicked on it to get a better look and it's massive haha. And that sounds pretty interesting. I'll keep it in mind.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Oh OK. Yeah, check it out on YouTube. Definitely a cool game for cheap. I think I paid $10 or so?
Ok I got this in a bit ago but it's been pretty busy and I was playing rather then posting pics
Much love and hugs to peagles for putting this together for me, I love it as much as she did putting it together ^_^
This completes my current hunt for GBA hardware, I have an OG, both sp versions, a micro and now my OG modded. I have some stuff left like faceplates and some variants but I'm pretty happy with this set up now, I use the OG mod for most of my play and load up the micro when I leave the house(love that size).
If anyone is sitting on the fence for a modded OG while a bit pricey it's worth every cent imo and it's nice to not have to worry about where the batteries are coming from in the years to come(<3 eneloops)
Much love and hugs to peagles for putting this together for me, I love it as much as she did putting it together ^_^
This completes my current hunt for GBA hardware, I have an OG, both sp versions, a micro and now my OG modded. I have some stuff left like faceplates and some variants but I'm pretty happy with this set up now, I use the OG mod for most of my play and load up the micro when I leave the house(love that size).
If anyone is sitting on the fence for a modded OG while a bit pricey it's worth every cent imo and it's nice to not have to worry about where the batteries are coming from in the years to come(<3 eneloops)