Moving GBA section off portal and putting PSP?

[luke_c]

Well? We all know that GBA is dead now in terms of new games and I don't see a reason why it should stay on the portal, it would be better if we added PSP and possibly even 360 too.

 

[Tekkin88]

I don't think this is a good idea. I think since carts like the SCDS2 came out, there could be more activity. I know when I get mine, I'm gonna check that section out.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

I don't think this is a good idea. I think since carts like the SCDS2 came out, there could be more activity. I know when I get mine, I'm gonna check that section out.

But GBA releases will still be at a standstill.

Seriously, I know its called GBAtemp, but it's time to move on.

 

[Sterling]

Honestly I don't agree with removing it. Maybe put it as a sub forum under the oldies section? There is still plenty of discussion to be had about GBA games/hardware, and there will be for perhaps another couple years. Lets face it, games that aren't super old are still talked about, and referred to frequently.

 

[Xarsah16]

Why didn't anyone think about the name when this site and forum was being created?

On the flipside, the GBA in GBAtemp just adds badassery, because as time goes on, it becomes much more retrotastic.

Times do change, and if we change the GBA to a PSP, it's not that bad of an idea. Besides, there are still other ways to honor the GBA.

Also, I never noticed that section because I usually go straight to the forum

 

[DarkWay]

I see people complaining about removing the GBA releases from the front page (even though there will be no more new releases) because this is GBAtemp, so how about this instead:-
Leave the GBA releases there but add the other consoles that are currently getting releases (and dumped) to the bar? there's definately enough room there to do so.

Not on a small monitor (like mine

)

The moniter on my laptop is 15.4" there's clearly room for 4 more icons at most on my screen

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

My monitor is 10 inch. Go figure.

Also, late reply ftw.

 

[Rayder]

10 inch monitor? Really? Wow. I have an old 19 inch CRT monitor just sitting around collecting dust. It's the smallest one in the house.

Anyway, about GBA releases.....I don't know.

I just hope the release listings don't get altered. I use them to create a list of the DS games.....for hooking my relatives kids up with games. If it gets changed, my list will become screwed. It's already up to 33 pages.....I'd hate to have to start that list over again.

 

[Cyan]

Why didn't anyone think about the name when this site and forum was being created?

Ok, let's consider "Temp", it must be closed !


Ok, without joking now.
Maybe the devs (Costello mostly ?) can set a Profile option to select which console the user want to see in the release box.
So, no more complains about keeping or removing it.


And, on the same time, a G-online page to separate Wii/VC/WW, it's a mess when looking for a game or a number

(thanks in advance if you take time to do it)

 

[imshortandrad]

I don't think it's that bad of an idea, haha.

 

[PyroSpark]

Sure why not? The title of the site will look awkward as hell though.

 

[shaunj66]

We can't make any immediate changes, as lilsypha said, these new systems are not yet part of our g-online database and so cannot be displayed like the other systems are, however we're constantly working on improving the site and its features, so it's not out of the question to see other systems on the portal.

So nothing soon, but watch this space

 

[8BitWalugi]

Woah, buck up there man.
First of all, there is a PSP section. Second of all, why kill off the GBA section? It still gets some use! That, and really it's what GBATemp started out as!

 

[George Dawes]

I can't see the point of keeping an active gba list here (but keep it archived), but adding psp makes perfect sense.

I wouldn't just steal another list though - I'd go through a predb and make a new, accurate list that shows which games came out and in which order.

10 inch monitor? Really? Wow. I have an old 19 inch CRT monitor just sitting around collecting dust. It's the smallest one in the house.

I guess the netbook/ultra-small laptop/tablet phenomenon has completely passed you by then...

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

I can't see the point of keeping an active gba list here (but keep it archived), but adding psp makes perfect sense.

I wouldn't just steal another list though - I'd go through a predb and make a new, accurate list that shows which games came out and in which order.
Well, advanscene's list has them in correct order, that's why we chose to copy info from their list.

QUOTE(Rayder @ Jun 9 2010, 10:31 AM) 10 inch monitor? Really? Wow. I have an old 19 inch CRT monitor just sitting around collecting dust. It's the smallest one in the house.

I guess the netbook/ultra-small laptop/tablet phenomenon has completely passed you by then...

This.

 

[Beats]

It wouldn't be GBAtemp if we got rid of the GBA part.

 

[George Dawes]

Well, advanscene's list has them in correct order, that's why we chose to copy info from their list.

Last time I looked at advancescenes psp list (which admittedly was a very long time, 12months+) it had quite a few that were in the wrong order. The output from a pretime search on a few sites confirmed it.

This is why I'd just use a predb, extract all the psp releases from it and use that - you have a 100% correct list of every scene release in the real order they were released. Do a search for scenenukes and you can even include them.

 

[zuron7]

The GBA should now be in the museum.I support the idea but I don't think the section should be dumped, it should be archived.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

I would plan for it now and then act on it when the DS lite is stopped.

You can just make the section hidden and allow people to enable it in thier profile. Then explain it as being a retired section. It would only be visible if people actually looked for it. It would probably move all the spambots to the NDS section though.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

It would only be visible if people actually looked for it. It would probably move all the spambots to the NDS section though.

Well, it's not like there's still lot of spambots, AFAIK only sleeping ones that have yet to wake up can do something, other spambots can't get through the login anymore due to captcha's or something like that.

 

[ibis_87]

Well, maybe we really should remove the GBA section from the releases, but honestly, I don't see the reason to add PSP/360/PS3/iPhone etc. Isn't this the Nintendo community? There are plenty of others who list Sony/Microsoft.