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game boy advance micro

VanTammenVanTammen
edited February 2007 in Chit chat
so this was my special christmas present to my self this year, a gameboy advance micro...

I've heard people on the forum telling they played speccy games on game boy...how on hearth do I manage to do that? is it by emulators or is it in the actual machine?
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  • Paul van der LaanPaul van der Laan
    edited February 2007
    Nice choice! The gba micro has the brightest screen of all.

    You need a rewritable cartridge and pc kit for running emulators and homebrew gba software. I bought mine (an ezf-advance 256mb) quite some time ago and it was worth the money. I found ZX Advance to be the best emulator for the system.
  • BruceNortonBruceNorton
    edited February 2007
    Easier still just buy a supercard SD and download ZXAdvance.

    Thats what I use.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2007
    BruceNorton wrote: »
    Easier still just buy a supercard SD and download ZXAdvance.

    Thats what I use.
    yup i use supercard sd on my ds too :)
    although i dont use zxadvance anymore :P
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • VanTammenVanTammen
    edited February 2007
    Paul van der Laan wrote: »
    Nice choice! The gba micro has the brightest screen of all.

    You need a rewritable cartridge and pc kit for running emulators and homebrew gba software. I bought mine (an ezf-advance 256mb) quite some time ago and it was worth the money. I found ZX Advance to be the best emulator for the system.


    so where do I get that and how much would it cost me? and would I be able to play the games downloaded here from the site?
  • Paul van der LaanPaul van der Laan
    edited February 2007
    www.gbatemp.net will give you pointers to the various rewritable cartridges available. And if you google for ZX Advance, I'm sure you'll find it. The emulator needs z80 snapshots to work, so you can download all the games you like from here, convert them to z80 if necessary and play them on your GBA. I'm very fond of having a quick go at Spyhunter, Jetpac, Bomb Jack or Manic Miner for instance. :)
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2007
    i got mine from www.cheapmod.net

    the guy also has msn and a forum and stuff and is highly knowledgable in all aspects of the cards and programs etc
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • chop983chop983
    edited February 2007
    Of course there are some GBA remakes of Spectrum games for use with a flashcard
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited February 2007
    I'm surprised anyone can use those GBA Micros...
  • VanamondeVanamonde
    edited February 2007
    I bought ny Supercard and Passme from Console Plus:

    http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/index.php?cName=nintendo-ds-lite-supercard-range

    The Slot 1 devices are much less of an eyesore though.
  • VanTammenVanTammen
    edited February 2007
    thank you for all the replies! I'll have to check on those!

    by the way, what GBA games do you recomend?

    I got one of the first GBA when they came out, but only got 5 games (It was impossible to play that dam machine, It almost made me blind...)

    I have the awfull ISS (had been playing it on ps1, so thought it would be similar...) golden sun (really nice but way to many dialogues so it gets boring) the two dragon ball RPG (not very good, but dam adicting for fans of the series like myself) and a pacman game (gf loves pac man but now that I spent money on the dam game, she says she only likes pack man on one of those stupid sticks you conect to the tv...)

    so what games do you recomend? from the SNES nostalgia, I'm tempted on buying Mario Kart...Mario Tennis also looks like having long time value (if I still can stand spending more than 5 minutes on such a kind of tennis game...)

    give me some ideas!
  • chop983chop983
    edited February 2007
    Advance Wars 1& 2 (If you buy 1 game only Advance Wars is it)
    Golden Sun 1 & 2
    Wario Ware
    Lego Star Wars 1 & 2
    Harvest Moon (Friends of Mineral Town)
    Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
    Mario Golf Advance
    Mario Tennis Advance Tour
    Mario vs Donkey Kong
    Metal Slug Advance
    Rebelstar Tactical Command
    Zelda - Minnish Cap

    Snes- Remake

    Metroid Zero Mission
    Mario Kart
    All Mario Bro's games except 2
    Street Fighter Alpha 3 (some find SF2 Turbo revival quite poor)
    Zelda - A Link to The Past
  • Paul van der LaanPaul van der Laan
    edited February 2007
    Advance Wars 2
    Bomberman Tournament
    Metroid Zero Mission
    Metroid Fusion
    Zelda - The Minish Cap
    Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
    Konami Collectors Series (incl. Green Beret!)
    Lego Star Wars
    Racing Gear Advance
    Super Mario Advance 2, 3 and 4
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

    And there's a whole range of bit Generation titles, only available in Japan but I bought them by mail order. These are very nice, simple and elegant.
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