Day 22: GBA (inc. SP & Micro)

[Sinkhead]

The GBA was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia on June 22, 2001, in Europe on June 22, 2001, and games (although mostly nasty shovelware titles) are still being released for it today.
There have been over 2800 releases to date, that's a lot.

The first GBA flashcart reviewed by GBAtemp was the X-ROM, reviewed by shaunj66 back in March 2004. That wasn't the first one to be released either, I think the Visoly Flash Advance Linker takes that position, and that was released much earlier.

The first GBA ROM to be released, number 0001, was F-Zero (J) which was dumped on 26/03/2001 (that's in the proper date format by the way

) which was dumped by Independent, then later, on the 18/05/2001, the first English ROM was dumped, Super Mario Advance (0025) by Eurasia.

I'm sure I don't need to explain much more, except for one thing; Today's Advent Calendar is slightly different. The question today is "Do you still enjoy your GBA?"

And I'm talking about the games (mostly), not really the system

[titlerevious days]
Day 1: hrth
Day 2: R4DS
Day 3: WiiKey
Day 4: DS-X
Day 5: BRah!
Day 6: SuperCard DS(ONE)
Day 7: EZ-Flash 3-in-1 Expansion Pack
Day 8: Slot-2 SuperCards
Day 9: Bidoof
Day 10: M3DS Real
Day 11: CycloWiz
Day 12: EZ-Flash V
Day 13: AceKard RPG
Day 14: Slot-2 G6 carts
Day 15: CycloDS Evolution
Day 16: #GBAtemp.net
Day 17: N-Card and Clones
Day 18: tshu and the GBAtemp Love Song
Day 19: Wiinja
Day 20: Ewin Expansion Pack
Day 21: G6DS Real

 

[Jax]

If using the GBA slot on the DS counts, then yes, i still play GBA games regularly.

 

[Nero]

If using the GBA slot on the DS counts, then yes, i still play GBA games regularly.

Pretty sure he means the system itself.
As for me, never at all.

I do play them on my DS though.. (3 in 1)

I still remember the times I had with my GBA... Great memories.

~Nero

 

[Teun]

Never played GBA Games much..

 

[Sinkhead]

If using the GBA slot on the DS counts, then yes, i still play GBA games regularly.


Pretty sure he means the system itself.
As for me, never at all.

I do play them on my DS though.. (3 in 1)

I still remember the times I had with my GBA... Great memories.

~Nero

No, I mean the games. Sorry, it wasn't very clear. I edited the post.

- Sam

 

[Opium]

I love the GBA. Ahh the memories

It had one of the best library of games ever. I still play some of them. Golden Sun, Tactics Ogre, Aria of Sorrow, Mario Tennis, Advance Wars...

 

[Beelzebozo]

Love my Famicom GBM !!!

 

[ackers]

I thought that was a PSp at first!

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Yeah I still play GBA games, although occasionally. The GBA has one of the best side-scrollers around IMP

 

[jgu1994]

Ahh, the gameboy, what good memories.

 

[pasc]

Yep, I still play it (

M3CF

).

Nothing against a quick game of GTA Advance, KH, or Payback, and if I feel like playing longer then I'll play a bit of Golden Sun. I loved how the GBA got MUCH 3D Games even though it was a very weak platform.

 

[Lumstar]

Library indeed. It had a proper wrestling game on launch day, yet DS took nearly 3 years to have one anywhere in the world.

There's still no GTA or Fire Emblem out for DS either.

It got more first person shooters too. Good or not... GBA had Serious Sam, Doom, Doom II, Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, etc.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Yeah, I still play GBA games on my DS. That's why I bought the M3 Real.

 

[Salamantis]

My GBA is still somewhere in my room covered with years of dust D:. Even on my DS I never play GBA games anymore.

 

[Waddle Dee]

I use my SP when using the connections with Gamecube games, and occasionally play my older GBC and GB games on it too.

 

[Jdbye]

I still play GBA games occasionally

(although mostly nasty shovelware titles)

And the worst thing is, that's not even 10% of them!

 

[moozxy]

I still play occasionally

playing Summon Night atm.

 

[pikirika]

Oh yeah!
This week I've played with:
-I'm an air traffic controller
-Tang tang
-Family tennis
-Penny racers
-Hachiemon
-Block kuzushi
-Slime morimori
-Super army wars...
Still

GBA

 

[xalphax]

of course i still play it!

heck, i even still play my original gameboy (which is, by the way, undestroyable my little brother did not manage to make it crack!)

 

[hollabackitsobi]

The GBA OWNED. It came out on my birthday (June 11) in America, and I remember getting it the first day as a gift. I got Super Mario Advance and this guidebook thing with walkthroughs for the five best launch games (Super Mario, Rayman, F-Zero, Castlevania, and one other game...) plus all the cases and accessories, etc.

Apparently Nintendo really likes my birthday, because 5 years later they released the DS Lite on my birthday (June 11, 2006).