GBAtemp Recommends!
Trade Winds , Herg's Solitaire and Vulkanon
The GBAtemp recommends! homebrew series is back with another selection of homebrew for you to check out.
This time around is no different to before but for those just joining us in these posts we suggest some homebrew titles from the systems GBAtemp covers.
All the systems GBAtemp covers have a large selection of homebrew available and in amongst all the releases are some truly classic examples of what can be done when you do not have the pressures of time and a marketing/accounts department. Anything from a huge open world game to a music tracker to a microgame can appear in these posts and you can take our word on it that they are all equally likely to elicit the "just another five minutes" mindset.
Unlike previous posts this one is not going to focus on the DS and instead we are opting to showcase some of the best the GBA has to offer. With the GBA released back around this time 8 years ago and homebrew being around about as long there is a large selection available.
1)Trade winds from Kevin Bohlmann
GBAtemp download
Trade winds is an open world game of sorts and much like other games like it a heavy uses random elements makes every game different . Think of it as a seafaring version of Elite and much like Elite you are free to choose what you want to do.
2)Herg's Solitaire from Harold Toler
Author Homepage
GBAtemp download
Herg's solitaire is a collection of cardgames for the GBA and for many it ranks up there with any of the commercial offerings, included are Klondike, Freecell, Tripeaks, Pyramid, King's Corner, Yukon, Scorpion, Aces Up, Golf, Canfield, Spider, Double Freecell, Sir Tommy,Carpet, Stonewall, Cruel, Montana and Topsy Turvy Queens.
3)Vulkanon from Takayama Fumihiko
Author Homepage
GBAtemp download
Vulkanon is one of many shmups, homebrew and commercial, for the GBA. As you can see in the demo above it belongs to the vertical scrolling bullet hell subgenre. If you like this sort of thing the author also did another called bulletGBA which is available on the homepage above.