Gaming Surprisingly good GBA games

[thaddius]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for GBA.

My ex was a big HP fan and I would have nothing to do with it, but she took me to see the third movie and I actually enjoyed it. Enough to read all the books and then try some of the games. I downloaded HP1 for GBC and tried HP2 for GBA and was hugely disappointed. So imagine my surprise when i booted up the third game and discovered that it was a very passable RPG.

There are some lame exploration elements that look bad but aren't too tedious, and McGonagal never sent Harry et all into a maze as part of a class (in the movie or the book) but if you ignore all that it's really fun.

I went out and bought the game immediately. If you haven't tried it, I would highly recommend it. Just ignore the bad graphics and sometimes sloppy delivery of the story.


Anyone else know of a GBA game (or even something for another system) they thought would be bad?

 

[shaunj66]

Take a look at our GBAtemp recommends (GBA) section (currently on hiatus) . We recommended a few lesser known titles that you may not have played. They are all great games too.

 

[thaddius]

I remember seeing those and the homebrew recommends lists too. They're good lists, but a lot of those on the list (like Astro Boy, ninja 5-0, Bionicle: Heroes, etc.) are on a lot of people's 'good GBA games you probably didn't play' list.

 

[ssly88]

Take a look at our GBAtemp recommends (GBA) section (currently on hiatus) . We recommended a few lesser known titles that you may not have played. They are all great games too.

shaunj66
i just check out the link and found the games is really great! so amazing .thanks bro

 

[GolenSun550]

Take a look at our GBAtemp recommends (GBA) section (currently on hiatus) . We recommended a few lesser known titles that you may not have played. They are all great games too.

Hey man , thank you for your link.

 

[8BitWalugi]

>HP1 for GBC
>hugely disappointed

You did not just say that...

 

[jeffro]

I loved HP1 on GBC, that was just awesome

 

[thaddius]

I liked PoZ better. Sorry.

 

[fannnkobe]

I forgot that game's name.

 

[thaddius]

I think I meant PoA (Prizoner of Azkaban).

 

[EJames2100]

I thought HP1 for GBC was pretty decent

Yes, I actually quite liked POA also, never really liked the the others on gba.

 

[xguyx]

I got Star Wars: the Clone Wars on gba and I thought it would suck. It was a formula platformer, but instead it was great. I don't know why, it had no characteristics of a good game, but I enjoyed it.

 

[jooozek]

It's Mr. Pants. Seriously, i thought "gosh, another poor puzzle game" and discovered after a while that 2 hours went by.

 

[PokeFreak5]

pokemon fire red,i thouhgt it would be lame

 

[thaddius]

It's Mr. Pants. Seriously, i thought "gosh, another poor puzzle game" and discovered after a while that 2 hours went by.

That one suprised me too. I may have been expecting a Tetris clone or something, but I was gald to see that it was unique. Especially since Rare and THQ made it.

 

[Tac 21]

Karzy racers IMO was BETTER then Mario Kart.

too bad I wanted to see them out preform them a second time in DS too.

 

[levis315]

Tks for your post,I also wanna know the best game in GBA

 

[Greatforce]

Just had to response, HP 1 and 2 for the GBC were AWSOME, i liked the whole spell upgrade system.

 

[OrGoN3]

Mario vs Donkey Kong.

 

[Deleted User]

The minish cap.