So after realising that buying a DSi XL and DSTWO is not the best way to play GBA games (despite XL screen being the perfect size for it, imo) because of faults in the emulation and speeds in some games, I've decided that what I really need is a GBA. I'd sold all my old ones years ago, sadly, and my original DS is kind of in pieces with a replacement shell with spongey buttons, so I need to buy a new one. The backlit GBA SP is said to be be the best Gameboy ever made and have the best screen (with the "deepest" blacks, or whatever).
I'll never be happy with emulation of these games anymore I think. They were intended to be played on real GBA hardware and it'll be a few years yet until we have displays with high enough resolutions to emulate the look of individual low resolution GBA pixels, or the ability to reproduce the games exactly as they were meant to be experienced on the GBA chips, controls or response time. Plus, I want to experience all the games as millions of other gamers did, for whatever reason I find value in these things.
But the backlit SP's seem to going for a little over $100 on eBay for very roughly used ones (in comparison, I only paid $100 for my as new XL).
I'll never be happy with emulation of these games anymore I think. They were intended to be played on real GBA hardware and it'll be a few years yet until we have displays with high enough resolutions to emulate the look of individual low resolution GBA pixels, or the ability to reproduce the games exactly as they were meant to be experienced on the GBA chips, controls or response time. Plus, I want to experience all the games as millions of other gamers did, for whatever reason I find value in these things.
But the backlit SP's seem to going for a little over $100 on eBay for very roughly used ones (in comparison, I only paid $100 for my as new XL).