GBA all the way, specially the SP model. (because of backlight 🔆)
Nintendo handhelds ranked by their game libraries
Submitted 1 year ago by Fwow13@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
https://screenrant.com/every-nintendo-handheld-console-ranked-games-compared/#game-boy
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Granixo@feddit.cl 1 year ago
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
GBA has the benefit of handling all games from the OG to the GBA games without being too bulky like the DS line. Plus GbA has some great re-editions of SNES games as well as Pokémon FireRed which is a nice revisit of the OG Pokemon (in my eyes). The backlight was awesome! The lack of headphones, not so much but it prepared me for the future (looking at you, Apple). The original GBA shape was much nicer though. I wish they had made a landscape console with backlight.
SuperFola@programming.dev 1 year ago
Luckily the GB(A) consoles are the easiest to mod nowadays, to add backlight, rechargeable battery, better audio… IMHO this is still the best way to enjoy GB/GBA games, instead of emulators which can be buggy/force me to stay on the computer (or worse, on my phone)
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The lack of headphones? I had to look it up. The GBA SP didn’t have a port, but the original and the micro GBAs did have it.
AliasWyvernspur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Amen. I cherish my NES GBA SP. Damn good stuff.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I copped a lot on that bad boy, kept me going for years
freebread@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Easily the most comfortable one for your pocket, other than the Micro but that can’t play OG GB/GBC games.
Fwow13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To be fair, a GB or GBC cart in the SP will make it much less pocketable.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Got to be a toss up between the OG GBA, which could play original GameBoy games as well as GBA games, or perhaps the OG DS which could play 2DS and GBA games (although I don’t think original GameBoy worked).
can@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
2DS games are 3DS games
Fwow13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Same for me. If we’re counting in backwards compatibility, I was always a GBA guy for the fact it could play the entire Game Boy library.
As I’ve gotten older though, I’ve been gravitating more to the DS for the combination of DS and GBA.
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I am fixing up a pile of dead DSi XL’s and let me tell you, those things are a joy to play on for my aging eyes and massive hands. They’re hell to get parts for (the battery cover, and the OEM type stylus with a softer nib rather than the cheap solid one piece plastic replacements, are basically unobtainium). But my preferred format for anything NDS/DSiware.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 year ago
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Huh, this didn’t happen to me, using Firefox Beta in Android with Ublock origin addon (and AdAway in Android).
GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Am I crazy or is this post just an image? Is there supposed to be a link?
beckerist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MysticKetchup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is also just a bad article. No real justification for why they listed one over another, just a listicle that mentions a couple of the greatest hits
simple@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Game boy color over game boy advance? How on earth?
sparky678348@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Oh… Brittas in this?
can@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
…like the water filter?
iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's a link for me on kbin.
Fwow13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dang it, thanks.