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Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games
ytzombe writes "Gamespot News is reporting that for about 5000 yen an attachment will be available to play GBA games on the Gamecube. The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games. This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen."
A kick ass game (just got it today), and it will be using this feature too.
Will run a MAME port, so you can run Super Mario Bros. on a machine that can play Super Mario Advance connected to a machine that can play Super Mario Sunshine. Or maybe I'm the one eating magic mushrooms.
but as far as console addons go, i don't think anything can hold a candle to my trusty Sega 32X for Genesis. man, that was sweet.
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... games without fusing my naked retina to the screen.
You really should get that looked at. It can't be heathy.
Maybe this is only funny becuase it's so late on the East Coast of the US.
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The unit is scheduled to hit stores worldwide in early-to-mid 2003 and is currently scheduled to sell for around 5000 yen, or approximately $41.34.
Hmm... I think someone isn't quite clear on the use of the word approximately.
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i already bought the GBA "cybernetic upgrade" tv adapter on a trip to hong kong.. it's not licensed by nintendo though, it makes your GBA big and bulky, requires it's own power source, and costs about the same..i just installed it on a second GBA that i had laying around (they're very cheap in asia). look into it if you don't have a gamecube but you are as annoyed with the GBA screen (w/no afterburner) as many other people are.
A $44 attachment for a $70 unit to plug into your $150 console to play $35 games with the quality lesser than that of a 1990 era NES that sells for $20?
$40.85 USD
$5,000 Canad..Whoops, $64.61 Canadian
An adapter that lets me play sweet retro-looking 16 bit games on my tv *drool*
- oh wait I can just dust off the snes in the attic!
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This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen.
Or, if you're feeling particularly ambitious, you can install Triton Labs' Afterburner lighting kit.
Sure, you'll have to open up your GBA and do some (very easy) soldering, but if you're reading Slashdot, chances are that you either
A) Can solder in your sleep
B) Are smart enough to find someone who can solder if you're not up to the challenge, rather than fuck up your GBA by trying anyway.
The end result is worth it. Clear visibility in any lighting, even complete darkness! Sure, there's a modest drain on the batteries, but you'd get the same drain using an (inferior) external lighting solution. Plus, you can opt to install the potentiometer (included) to allow you to dim or turn off the light when not needed.
Sure, you can buy the attachment to play GBA games on the GC, but why? The main reason to buy a Gameboy is portability. If you want to play the games on a large screen, get an emulator.
Two words: Metroid Prime
Hands down best console game EVER. My jaw was on the ground for the 7 hrs I played it today. If there was EVER a game to buy a single console for, this game is IT. Also, when you win the GBA Metroid Fusion, and link it to the Metroid Prime, you get the ORIGINAL Metroid game unlocked to play on the GameCube. It REALLY looks like Nintendo hit a virtual goldmine with the GBA to GameCube connectivity features. Wait till you see ZELDA in a few months.
Just my $0.02
THAT is why it is being made. People still love the 2D side scrollers like Castlevania, but no developers have had the balls to make any more on an actual 3D based console since Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Why? I have no idea, SotN sold a LOT of copies, you would have thought Konami would have started doing more 2D based games after that. Same with Nintendo .. But I suppose they dont want to infringe on their GBA market (lol.. )!
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Why buy a GBA, GC and GBA to GC adapter (AUS$600+ plus games @ AUS$70 each)when you can pick up a used SNES for AUS$30 and Classic Games for AUS$12 each? All the good games Nintendo have released for GBA are ports/remakes of the greatest games ever! Just plug a SNES into your TV... so easy!
Zelda has ALWAYS looked like a cartoon. Nintendo is doing EXACTLY what true console fanatics want. They are giving us the next generation of THE best console games ever made. And to top it off with a nice cherry, they're giving us a great retro nostaligic kickback to the very cool 2D gaming we all fell in love with on the GameBoy Advance, and now the Adaptor to play them on the TV. If you're REALLY into the console gaming, the stuff Nintendo is doing is HEADS AND TAILS above everyone else. If you look at what Microsoft is doing, its laughable. They're trying to turn CONSOLE GAMING into PC GAMING - If I wanted to play Unreal Tournament on my TV, I would have used my TV OUT on my video card! Talk about ignorant marketing!
The idea of allowing portable games to be played on the big screen is not new. Nintendo has had a device called Super Game Boy which allowed you to play Game Boy games on the Super NES/Famicom. Some Game Boy games even could take advantage of Super Game Boy features such as limited color ability, etc. SEGA also had a handheld system called Game Gear, which had an adapter to allow its games to be played on the Genesis/MegaDrive.
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Posts aside about this adapter being the functional equivalent of pulling an SNES out from the closet, the point is there are NEW, addictive games for the GBA that deserve an occaisonal big screen treatment. And it's not like we forget the GBA is portable, you take the game with you when you can't sit in front of the console any longer.
Here'd be another neat trick, getting the SNES cartridges to work with the GBA with a smart dongle. Then you'd have the full monte.
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Nope, PS2 is 32 megs. Gamecube is 43. 24 meg high speed + 16 meg slower speed + 3 meg video mem.
Erm no, it has more ram. It has less than the 64mb in the X-Box, but more than the PS2's 32mb. Its got 40mb total of ram, 16 being "A-memory", 81mhz D-Ram and 24mb of MoSys 1T-Sram. I'm sure it could be made to run Linux, but as of yet, nobody is known to have cracked the disc system. You can see the rest of the specs here.
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Why would you want to? You see, unlike Xbox, the GameCube is a console that has actual, you know, good games to play on it...
Ah, console flame wars. Just like the good ol' days on Prodigy and local BBSes.
So if you get this and then use the gameboy advanced web server, that gets you one step closer to a Game Cube Web server, right?
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There is a boot disc that makes the Gamecube AWARE of the device, it's more of a device driver, but the actual GBA functionality is all hardware based. Games like Metroid Fusion that can talk to GameCube games will NOT need to have this disc loaded beforehand. The games are aware of the GBA carts in the add-on and can and will read directly from the memory of the GBA game in question. Again, NOTHING is being "emulated" with the Gameboy Player, you will just need to load the device driver disc to play the games beforehand. But you WILL NOT need to use it when using Gamecube games that use GBA linkups because thats already in the Gamecube software itself.
It will also feature some form of link cable support for multiplayer gaming.
You know, the GBA has four controller ports on it, coincidentally the same number the GBA link cable supports...and a TV has enough screen real-estate for four GBA screens. You'd probably have to scale down the resolution a bit, so somegames could start to look rather nasty...but I bet it could be a decent feature for a lot of games.
The product will also come with a disc, presumably used to boot up the GameCube and prepare it for use with the peripheral.
LAAAAAAME. Extra hassle is never good, and in this case a user has to put in a disc (which can get lost or broken) and a game pak. Extra steps are never fun.
The unit will not have full compatibility with the entire back catalog of Nintendo portable software, but no specific incompatibility problems have been announced at this time.
Double LAME. I would expect the inner-workings of the GB series to be understood well enough to emulate perfectly.
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How much of that RAM can be used for general data? Unless the RAM is unified (like the 64MB in the Xbox), I don't think you can use the video RAM for anything other than video.
BTW, the PS2 is 32MB of system RAM + 4MB video + 2MB audio. Remember that next time some weenie proclaims, "the Xbox has twice as much RAM as the PS2!"
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The games it will not be compatable with are the VERY early Gameboy games. You know, the 4 color monochrome ones from what? 1989? The same was said when the GBA was released, it wouldnt work with those same games. But you know what? I dont think ANYONE knows of a SINGLE game that hasn't worked on these. It's more of a safeguard if someone digs up "Bobs Whacky Gameboy Adventure" from some 1997 alpha release that got leaked.. The boot disc is a device driver CD so the Gamecube can recognise the hardware and use it. The actual Gamecube games that use GBA game data for extra features will not need this disc loaded beforehand because the Gamecube game itself will have that software built-in already. And really, a tiny 2" boot disc isnt that rough. It's not like its as bad as going to the fridge to get a beer or something! Sheesh...
One thing immediately springs to mind as a PAL gamer who likes Japanese games...
Since GBA games aren't region-coded and Gamecubes are region-specific, I wonder if this item would limit the region you could play your GBA games in?
Nintendo is not growing with the gaming industry, and I don't think that bodes well for their future.
Are there *any* portable gaming units on the horizon?
Including the *4* Zeldas, and 2 more on the way. ANOTHER Metroid coming. Possibly another Kid Ikarus! A new Contra just came out. And A BUNCH OF FINAL FANTASY GAMES. You wont be seeing ANY of those on the SNES.
40MB of the Gamecube RAM can be used for anything. The 16MB part is technically considered audio RAM, but can be used for anything. It is slower than the other 24MB, so you probably won't want to put commonly used textures there, but it should be fine for the majority of the game data.
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You know what I noticed about GBA and just Nintendo games in general, they might not have the best graphics or the latest type of shading and lighting but they are addictive and fun. For Example for me its SUPER MARIO CART....I can't get enough of that game. Even Mario, I thought I'd get tired of him by now but once I started playing I am just as much addicted now as I was 10 years ago with Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.
5000 Yen. Spiffy and nice, but I am not good at currency conversion. This is just a dream, but I would love to see this:
5000
And then let the browser do the job. Either let it be, translate it to my choice, or give me both the original and in my choice in paranthesis.
Would be pretty simple, really, as long as you can grab a conversion table from somewhere.
Nintendo is not growing with the gaming industry?
Why? Because they release an GBA adaptor to play good 2D games on your TV? Because they still make great games that are fun for both youngsters and adults?
What should Nintendo be doing? Should Miyamoto ditch his emphasis on gameplay and enjoyability and instead fill his games with T&A or tons of blood? I don't think so.
It is quite obvious that Miyamoto could make a better game with an abacus than Microsoft can with an X-Box.
The new Zelda looks 100% sweet. It is definately done in the tradition of the original NES Zelda:
A fun game set in a fantasy world that will captivate both children and adults. I don't see anything wrong with that approach at all. The cell shaded animation looks great, IMHO.
The Game Cube may not be doing the best in sales, but it and the GameBoy Advance has the most enjoyable games out there.
As for me and Link, we will be doing some serious princess rescuing this upcoming spring.
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"This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen"
If you bothered to pick up Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, you'd see that Konami has put some things in the game to combat the lack of backlighting. Large characters/monsters, some bright colors, lighting effects, spell effects that center on the character, and even Juste's "blue-shadow" all contribute a lot to making the game very playable when other games on the sustem aren't.
You still need decent light, but it's not a total eye-strainer. You can even play Harmony of Dissonance well in moderate indoor lighting, which is a feat on the GBA.
Still, I'd like to see it on a TV. That'd hopefully fix some issues with the crappy sound (which few people seem to bitch about, but which sucks).
i don't see why more people are excited about this, asuming your a nintendo nut you probablly already won a gamecube and possiblly a GBA. this device is awesome cause i can play castlevania, old schoool mario and even the great metal gear on my wega in pretty damn good comfort. i dont think the device was ever ment for the mass audience because not everyone gets tingly seeing castlevania post 2000. the little things like this really are things you really dont see in the industry all the time
No, I was right. A contraction is a shortened word or words formed from omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds. An abbreviation is simply a shortened form of a word or phrase. So "GBA" is an abbreviation because it isn't pronounced as a word (you could pronounce it as a word, but it'd sound pretty silly).
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To my understanding (correct me if i'm wrong) but doesn't the gameboy double as a controller when hooked up to the gamecube?
If so, then why didn't they build that functionality into the system to begin with? The gameboy already has a connection to the system, how hard would it have to have the gamecube access the gamboy game and pipe it through the GC and out to the tv?
Maybe it has something to do with it going over a controller port. In any case it would have been a neat feature to add if they thought about this ahead of time and could get it to work right.
Otherwise this is nothing new. The SNES had a cart/adapter which allowed you to play old gameboy games on your SNES.
Personally i never saw the point, except it's easier on the eyes which doesn't seem to justify the cost of buying one. I couldn't see people buying this adapter and buy gameboy games without a gameboy either. But hey, options options options!
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Shouldn't THAT be the big news? That Metroid Prime is released today, Nov. 20th? One of the most anticipated console games ever?!?!
While on the subject, I recall some Nintendo fanboy reaction over using "GCN" (GameCube Nintendo) as the acronym for the Nintendo GameCube instead of the slightly more obvious "NGC". Obviously, this was done to provide a uniform acronym system compliant with the standard set by the GameBoy Advance (GBA), and to show emphasis on that first word, "Game".
I always thought that the fanboy backlash was silly, and that Nintendo should abbreviate the name of the Nintendo GameCube the most logical way, and simply refer to it as the NiGaCube.
just few weeks ago there were pics of next gen gameboy's. looked veeeeeeeerry spiffy.
but i don't see point in bringing them over yet. the original gb sold for, what, 10 years?
gba's got lot of juice and gamebase to suck from(snes) to go for couple of years imho.
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I've always been rather partial to Crystalis(NES) as the best console game ever made, with Chronotrigger(SNES) in close second.
All Zelda games I would rate a distant third, behind all Final Fantasy games. (Except Zelda 2, which is on my list of "What the heck where they thinking?" games, right next to Super Mario 2).
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A Niga Cube? Yeah, it's called a gaol cell!
NOTE: This is intended to be only a joke, I mean no offence whatsoever. In fact, I am black myself.
But seriously, what's wrong with just calling it a GameCube? Everyone knows it is made by Nintendo. How often do you see somebody say/write "MS Xbox" or "Sony PS2"? Almost never -- there's no need to.
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games with the quality lesser than that of a 1990 era NES
If you can say that with any degree of seriousness my guess is the answer is no. The graphics are most definitely comparable to a mid-1990s SNES, the 16 bit one, not the NES (the 8 bit).
Besides, I think you're missing the point entirely; far too many modern games suck because they over-emphasize the importance of graphics. I'll take the old Final Fantasy games for the SNES over the newer ones any day for the simple reason that they were more fun. The graphics were usually pretty simple, but the story and game play were always unbeatable, and GBA has done a bit to bring that sort of game play back
I picked up a Platinum Gamecube with Metroid Prime (and a used memory card) last night for only $202.
One of the most polished games that I have played for years. I can't believe that the little GameCube is capable of such breathtaking graphics.
Make no mistake... This is Metroid. Everything about it is Metroid, only in 3D. It is the most perfect transistion that I have ever seen a 2D platformer make. And there is *so much* story here too. It isn't an all-out frag fest like most FPS games. It is about exploration and puzzles. I think that the monsters are only in there to keep you on your toes.
This is a platform/aventure game in the first person. It is the perfect way to resurrect a series that many of us started playing about 15 years ago.
Plus this is Slashdot, aren't we supposed to be anti-MS? And anti-Sony?
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Why not try an emulator instead
Because this $40 GBA adapter seems cheaper than $200 PC video card with TV out or a $500 21-inch VGA monitor.
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Something else to buy
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I also like to own my games.
Then only dump the cartridges that you have purchased. Format-shifting of non-encrypted media such as GBA games is your right under the RIAA v. Diamond precedent.
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This is pretty ridiculous. Zelda has always been a "kids of all ages" series. Personally, I like the new look (which actually is more in the spirit of the original series than the rather generic look of the N64 Zelda games).
I think Nintendo's business model is stronger than ever. There are always going to be kids, and Nintendo is the only company that seems to have found the formula for producing games that appeal to kids as well as to many adults. The only difference is that they have broadened their focus to accept a few of the best teen game, like Resident Evil.
Buy a Gravis gamepad an a video card that supports video out.
Let's see... Can you get a good gamepad (the Gravis GamePad Pro USB is too touchy on the SE diagonal), a video card with TV-out, and a $30 PC link cable for under $40? thought so.
Even if you don't have a Cube, it's difficult to squeeze a good gamepad, a video card with TV-out and 3D acceleration, and a PC link cable for $190 ($150 for Cube and $40 for wideboy).
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So the GC-Cube adapter will let them play games like Mario Advance leagally without having to get a GameBoy Advance or violating copyright law.
To play Super Mario Advance lawfully, you can buy Super Mario Advance and then
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The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games.
NB: Emphasis on serial port was added by me
If you look at the unit, you can see that it most likely plugs into the high speed port and NOT the serial port. Which would also mean it would allow you to keep that broadbad adaptor in there. Smart and beautiful design if you ask me.
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The SNES uses a 65c816, same as an Apple //gs, even clocked the same, IIRC (3.58 MHz).
The IIGS's processor was clocked at 2.8 MHz. The Super NES ran at 3.6 MHz. The IIGS had only a dumb frame buffer for graphics. The Super NES had three layers of scrollable tiles or one layer of mode 7 plus sprites.
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Note that I said the game play, and not the games themselves were what was tops at the time, and in my mind remains untouched today. Ever since we started to be able to create "realistic" 3d environs, games seem to be overly focused on creating these environments. It just seems to me that at that time, developers were trying to craft a better game, and it was really cool when they could milk their hardware for all it was worth. IMHO, those days were the golden age of gameing and game development.
Then again, thatwas when I was a kid with almost unlimited amounts of disposeable time, and I'm sure my father thinks the same thing about pinball and early arcade machines
The rest of the system is (comparatively) great but, the sound is the one reason why I refuse to buy it. my little nephew has one and the sound is just the same as the GB/C.
Most GBA games use the stereo 8-bit sound channels, which have a similar programming model to the Sound Blaster Pro. Some GBA games such as Pinobee and Doom use only the "legacy" GBC sound channels because it takes some serious CPU power to be able to mix eight channels at 18 kHz, and some CPU-intensive graphics engines don't leave much CPU to spare. Some games, such as TOD and Mario Kart Super Circuit, use both.
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Why the heck couldn't they stick a freakin' CD/DVD in the N64?
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For one thing, N64 came out in 1996 and DVD Video came out in 1997 or so.
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For another, loading on the PlayStation takes up to 15 seconds or more, and Miyamoto claimed that such delays would kill the flow of a game. Note that "Super Smash Bros. Melee" for GCN never loads for longer than 4 seconds.
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Third, Nintendo didn't yet see how a CD-ROM could improve game play, given how bad the FMV games for Sega CD and 3DO were.
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the atari lynx had backlighting over 10 years ago
And a display resolution of only 160x100 pixels. That's twice as coarse as the display mode used for the original Doom for PC.
And a small library, due in part to the lack of an Atari 2600 adapter.
And no mascot. Mascot games sell. The Game Boy had Mario and Mega Man; the Game Gear had Sonic; the Lynx had what?
That's why the Lynx failed in the market.
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Why didn't they just make both the GBA AND the GameCube region free?
Because it's much more difficult or sometimes impossible to secure "worldwide" rights to trademarked and copyrighted worlds and characters, or the royalty situation varies widely from country to country. For instance, if Disney commissions a game based on "Return to Never Land", Disney will have to pay royalties to Great Ormond Street Hospital (the copyright owner of Peter Pan, which is PD in USA but under perpetual copyright in the UK) for every region P (Europe) disc sold, just as it has to for the DVD of the movie.
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Controllers are interchangable, and so are the modem & ethernet adapters.
Controllers and network adapters have nothing to do with the video. The GBA video runs at 59.7275 Hz, which can probably be mapped nearly frame-to-frame with the 59.94 Hz NTSC system of the USA and Japan and the 60 Hz PAL system of Brazil. On the other hand, Europe uses a 50 Hz PAL system.
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Well, I saw a commercial for the new Zelda prior to Harry Potter II in the theater this weekend. It's unbelievable. Just like playing a cartoon. On the other hand, when it comes to a Miyamoto game, it could be "Super Mario's Roadside Sobriety Test" and I'd still get it and probably love it. I also have PS2 and while there are certainly some incredible games on that platfor (GTA: VC and Kingdom Hearts JUST for starters), I will continue to buy Nintendo consoles because they have a monopoly on ALL new Shigeru Miyamoto games. That guy hasn't had a flop since Donkey Kong Jr. Math, I have never regretted purchasing a Miyamoto game.
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First, let me state that I am very much a Nintento Loyalist. I own a Game Cube, and I love the system.
The problem is not the playability of the games available on the GameCube. Every one of the Cube games that I have purchased has been very entertaining and legitimately difficult. However, almost none of those games are geared for a more mature gaming audience.
Here is an example. Super Monkey Ball 2 is a very difficult game to beat, and is totally addictive (Monkey Ball 1 is has this going for it also). However, I cannot stand to play that game's story mode, as the FMV's seem geared towards moronic 3 year olds. With the Cube, its like having a huge amount of 'G' rated movies to choose from, but almost no 'R' rated movies. As good a movie as Harry Potter may be, I would much rather watch Red Dragon.
As much as I like my game cube, I have to look very hard to find games for it that can satisfy my blood lust.
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They aren't using the GBA as a controller. It's not going to be required. It's just going to provide some added bonuses for people who have both.
"SEGA also had a handheld system called Game Gear, which had an adapter to allow its games to be played on the Genesis/MegaDrive."
No, they had an adapter to let you play Master System games on the Game Gear. AFAIK, there is no Super Game Boy equivalent for the Genesis.
On the other hand, Nintendo released a "Super Game Boy 2" in Japan for the Super Famicom. Just like the original only with a game link port. It was released a little after Pokemon (go figure).
Dude...losing Squarsoft? You have got to check out the latest Nintendo line-ups, then, because you aren't up on the news. There are two or three Final Fantasy games on the plate for the GC and the GBA - with more to come.
I'd just like to confirm that I do, in fact own a GBA (and the aforementioned Castlevania game), and while I don't play it emulated I wouldn't feel the least bit of guilt if I did.
As a side note, one can also use emulation to try out new games for yourself before you buy them. I played dodge ball on my friend's GBA emulator, and am planning to get it soon. Just one of those little things.
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Bah, I got a decent geforce2 w/tv-out card for my pc on ebay a year ago for $50.
Which means that if you want to change from playing your game on a TV to playing a game that requires a more advanced video card, you have to shut down your computer, open the case, take your TV out card out, put in your Geforce 4, close the case, turn on your computer, play your game, shut down your computer, open the case, take your Geforce 4 out, put in your TV out card, close the case, turn on your computer, and turn your computer back on. That is, unless your computer has two AGP ports.
the hard part is cramming a gc controller into your game port.
That's already been done well for Super NES controllers and N64 controllers. Both have enough buttons for GBA games.
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However the GBA Zelda looks awesome! I'm hoping it will be as in depth as Link to the Past, which is still fun to go back and play.
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without fusing my naked retina to the screen
Well, there is your problem right there. Since it's not backlit, if you fuse your retina to the screen, you're blocking all the reflective light from getting to the GBA. No wonder you can't see anything on the screen.
Or, you could just buy one of these case mods.
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Or perhaps "widescreen" cards will be printed that are 50% longer so there's not as much swiping...
Plenty of room for innovation.
True. But there is a lack of a lot of games for the N64 - Square's not the only one.
No, no, Sony's fine. they have Linux officially on their system, remember? The fact that they own more of the console gaming world than all of their competitors combined does not warrant hatred since they're not Micro"dollar sign"oft.
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