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Just GBA, Square Enix did all these releases for it and I’m a big fan of the series and the system. Just threw Tactics in because it’s also “Final Fantasy” on the GBA. And figured I’d put the DS III in there too for the hell of it.

I have the original Tactics installed on my PS Classic. 🤷

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I wish! I still don’t have a PSP or Vita 😮‍💨

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Yes I have, I open up every cart I purchase used and give it a good clean before testing it in a system. They are all genuine carts (and the DS FFIII I bought new on release).

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I’ve been eyeing the collection on Switch! Just hard to justify when I have so many other ways to play those games already. My money is finite, unfortunately.

I do love the soundtracks though, and that also makes it tempting. I play a lot of theatrythm on both 3DS and Switch.

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IX might be my favorite of all time, and I would have camped out overnight to have that on something like the DS.

At least we’re getting some re-releases on the Switch now. 🤷

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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.

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Dang it, thanks.

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To be fair, a GB or GBC cart in the SP will make it much less pocketable.

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It’s too hard to choose!

Advance Wars is always a solid choice, with the ability to create your own maps it never really gets old.

Metroid Fusion is one of my favorites too.

Drill Dozer is a blast to 100%, and WarioWare is fantastic any time you pick it up!

There are too many great games on this system for me to choose!

I’m still looking to grab Iridion II, it’s supposed to be the superior game to the first. Love the music in Iridion 3D though 👍

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Thank you

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The mother games are the only repros I’ve purchased, it’s a crime that Nintendo didn’t localize those for NA or EUR!

So it’s just a cheap repro from eBay with an English patch. I have a flash cart too, which is probably the better way to go.

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It’s a great game! And Treasure seemed to work in every graphical trick they could get out of the system. There’s some impressive and chaotic graphics in that game.

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I wish I could have all of them! Maybe some day…

I was never really interested in any Pokemon game after the first two gens. They just didn’t feel like different enough games to me. So with GBA, I only grabbed the remakes of the first gen when they came out.

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If you have to have dedicated carts of them - I’d say to go for it!

If all you need is to play them again - I would strongly recommend getting a flash cart instead. Repros can be pretty unreliable.

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Right

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I know! 😭

It’s been on the list for a while, but there are just too many great games in the GBA library. It’s difficult to track down every cart I want (cause I kinda want all of them)

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I can relate to that. Same story, but for Virtual Boy’s NA Jack Bros. Way too expensive to get now, but I got it way back when and thought I was paying too much at the time!

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I definitely have some options when I need a GBA fix!

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Oh, it’s right there… on my wishlist.

I do have it on my 3DS though as part of that Ambassador program. Not the same as having the cart, so I still want to track it down sometime.

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The empty cases (and bins that I keep my games in):

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cef29d8b-899f-4588-9e59-ad3d6e9cdabe.jpeg

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Mole Mania is fantastic 👍

I never heard anyone talking about that one back in the 90s, seems like more people know about it nowadays.

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I have no friends! 🤣😭

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I never grabbed Crystal. In hindsight - I should have, probably not something I’ll buy for what it goes for now.

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They were alphabetized in the bins 😅

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It has a Bible matching game and a Bible version of hangman, and I’ve always liked hangman 👍

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Thank you!

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Me too! Unfortunately, the cart won’t fit into the Game Genie. It has a significant hump at the top that prevents it from going in backwards (like carts have to for the Game Genie).

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I had to settle for a cart with some label damage to experience it on original hardware.

It’s on the Nintendo Switch online service now though, that might be an option?

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Pokémon? Probably Red, it was my first (bought when it came out) and I have the most nostalgia for that one.

Of all those carts? I don’t think I could choose. Probably just plain old Tetris, but there are so many great games.

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Nice! I had seen a couple rom hacks for the originals that add the QoL changes, but I don’t remember seeing the rearranged game. I’ll have to look into it!

Say-Gaaaah! (lemmy.world)

Years ago I inherited my wife’s family’s Game Gear. After a recap, and replacing the backlight, I started tracking down games to play on it. It’s been great exploring a whole library of games that I skipped out on as a kid! (I was a Nintendo kid) Now I have a nice little library of carts to play on this beast of a 90’s...

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It’s great! So is Chaos.

Weirdly though, my favorite is still the first one.

Sonic 2 on the GG is absolute garbage.

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Agreed. Aladdin was a lot of fun to get through!

I made it through a decent amount of Lion King, but I’ve never beaten it.

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Thank goodness for modern electronics!

With a LED backlight, the battery life of this almost triples! And rechargeable batteries are way better than what they were in the 90s.

I didn’t have any Sega System as a kid, so all the Sega franchises have been brand new to me the last few years - there’s some really great stuff in there!

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Thanks!

Shining force seemed to come up on every internet list, so I had to track it down. It’s definitely a solid game that I probably would have spent HOURS on as a kid.

Hoping that at some point I have enough time on my hands to spend hours on it as an adult 😏

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Dynamite Heady has been on my list, still need to track down a copy!

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🤣

It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever played, but yeah… Sonic Spinball is a mess! Lol

Not something I’ll ever actually try to beat, but interesting to mess with when I have some time to kill.

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They’re surprisingly good games on here!

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😬 Wasn’t prepared for that question, not sure I can pick only one.

I can say that lately I’ve been focused on Woody Pop. Slowly but surely getting the hang of that one. It’s a pretty interesting breakout/arkanoid where you are fighting your way through a toy shop. Every time you clear a room, you get a choice of which door to go through (and therefore) which room to tackle next.

There are power ups to collect, each room’s bricks seem to depict a different toy, and there’s unlimited continues. It’s a pretty simple but solid game.

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Not the same as the Genesis version (IIRC), but I believe the Master System’s game is the same as this Game Gear version.

Still a fun little platformer if you are seeing it for cheap somewhere.

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🎶Be prepared!🎶

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They’re a lot of fun!

I’m sure it’s not for everyone though, they do make great display pieces too!

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