I bought a GBA a while ago to pass the time on long-distance flights, but I've gotten sort of addicted to Fire Emblem and Magical Vacation, and the GBA isn't exactly the most comfortable of game systems. So I was thinking of buying a GB Player, but I'm not so sure how the image quality is. Is everything blown up with oversized pixels and so, or is there some sort of smoothing used? And does the device offer anything the GBA doesn't, and vice versa?
How's the Gameboy Player?
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TekunoRobby
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It is good. Expensive but good. Nothing new but good.
TekunoRobby
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and good.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
It's excellent.
The Faceless Master
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only if you don't own the game...dark10x said:
There are some games that look good, and some that don't - some games were NOT meant to be played at TV sizes.
It's great for me to kick back and play some Advance Wars 2, and I think Fire Emblem looks all right as well, but I can't say for sure. I think someone on GAF didn't like how it looked (Fire Emblem).
It's great for me to kick back and play some Advance Wars 2, and I think Fire Emblem looks all right as well, but I can't say for sure. I think someone on GAF didn't like how it looked (Fire Emblem).
Dragona Akehi
Retired
GBP has worse IQ than the native GBA screen. However with component cables the GBP can make some games look really really nice, see: Metroid ZM. However, some games like Fire Emblem look like absolute crap.
Nice feature? Oh yes.
Do I use it? Yes.
Do I prefer to use my SP half the time? Definately.
Nice feature? Oh yes.
Do I use it? Yes.
Do I prefer to use my SP half the time? Definately.
FortNinety
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Mejilan said:
Seems to be quite common. People going nuts for it (hey me too) and once finally getting it, playing it just once.... maybe twice.... then never using it again.
But hey... it makes your GameCube an actual cube shape!
I got it more for the fact that it "expanded" my Gamecube than anything else. Kinda like the same reason I got the PS2 hdd and network adaptor, as I've yet to actually use either. Oops!
At least I used the GB Player, however. Honestly, I prefer handheld gaming over consoles anyway, so I'm 'biased.' It doesn't help that the GBPlayer makes some of my favorite games, such as Fire Emblem and Golden Sun 2, look like ass. (Though other games, like the Metroids and Castlevanias, look awesome on it.)
At least I used the GB Player, however. Honestly, I prefer handheld gaming over consoles anyway, so I'm 'biased.' It doesn't help that the GBPlayer makes some of my favorite games, such as Fire Emblem and Golden Sun 2, look like ass. (Though other games, like the Metroids and Castlevanias, look awesome on it.)
ManDudeChild
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I've been trying to get my hands on a GBP since it came out but, to this day, I've yet to find one. 
It looks even better with the GBP IMO ^_^
evilromero
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...which is still illegal.The Faceless Master said:
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I need to get off my lazy butt and rig up a Gamecube component cable for RGB. It's my only bet for seeing GBA games on the GBP with decent picture quality. GBA games on my 27" through s-video + interlacing + bad convergence + blur = puke.
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Only if you believe Nintendo's "no fair use" line.evilromero said:
I'm playing Astro Boy: Omega Factor on it as we speak and having a blast.
I play all my GBA games on the GBPlayer (at the largest screen size too), image quality is very good, sound is good too.
Play Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Zero mission, Advance Wars 2 to name a few. Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga looks amazing on it (it even uses rumble in the controller).
I play all my GBA games on the GBPlayer (at the largest screen size too), image quality is very good, sound is good too.
Play Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Zero mission, Advance Wars 2 to name a few. Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga looks amazing on it (it even uses rumble in the controller).