GBA suggestiongs?
from sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 14:01
https://beehaw.org/post/16084644

I’ve been getting into GBA games and wanna try some more shmups, ones. Sorta like invader.

Either original or homebrew, I don’t mind :3

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sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today on 16 Sep 2024 14:38 next collapse

I know of Gradius Galaxies and Iridian II

missingno@fedia.io on 16 Sep 2024 14:59 next collapse

  • Boktai series: These games were so near and dear to my childhood, especially 2. Really though you want the Solar Sensor hardware for the full experience, but I love these games too much not to plug them anyway. Emulating them is worth it over not playing them at all. And for the third game, you'd have to pick between original hardware or the translation patch anyway.
  • Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - It's Castlevania. Also play Circle of the Moon and Harmony of Dissonance, but Aria is by far the best of the GBA installments.
  • Golden Sun 1/2: These games were way ahead of their time for how they designed a combat system that encourages you to use all of your tools and not just click basic Attack as if you gotta hoard your MP for a rainy day. Fantastic puzzles too.
  • Mother 3: Surely you have already heard of this game and do not need me to tell you to go play it. Have you not played it by now? Why not? Well, okay, if you haven't played Earthbound first, go do so, then play this.
  • Rhythm Tengoku: A wonderful game about pressing the A button. Sometimes you press the d-pad too. Translation patch.
  • Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 1/2: If you've ever played the classic 2D Tales games, these are excellent spiritual successors to those. There's a third game that's JP-only, translation patch is being worked on but it's been stuck in development hell for years...
GammaGames@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 15:33 next collapse

Golden Sun is still one of my favorite RPGs!

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 21:37 collapse

Playing the first golden sun. Can’t do boktai for hardware reasons.

Will remember this list :3

missingno@fedia.io on 17 Sep 2024 00:31 collapse

FWIW, all three Boktai games do have patches if you can't play on original hardware.

chloyster@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 15:13 next collapse

For homebrew shooter stuff you can check out

bulletgba.pqrs.org

It’s bullet hell but pretty simple and fun

For other homebrew stuff definitely check out Apotris. One of the best Tetris clones out there.

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 15:57 collapse

I has apotris. Also I saw bullet gba is sorta flipped. Would it work in an sp form factor?

chloyster@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 16:35 collapse

Ah, yeah it might be kind of rough on an SP. You could play it normally though tbh. The menus are flipped but once you’re in the game there’s not much difference playing it flipped on its side

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 21:36 collapse

Oki :3

You know any good places to get it and other GBA homebrew?

chloyster@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 22:09 collapse

These are good spots

hh.gbdev.io

itch.io/c/3268267/all-homebrew-gba-roms

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 22:13 collapse

Thanks

Telorand@reddthat.com on 16 Sep 2024 16:15 next collapse

Not a GBA game but a GB game: Solar Striker

Still have never beat it to this day.

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 21:38 collapse

Isn’t that the one that relied on the DMG screen for visuals?

Telorand@reddthat.com on 16 Sep 2024 22:43 collapse

No idea! It certainly had that screen, but I can’t recall if it was necessary. I’ll have to get my GBC out and see. It’s pretty smeary on my GBA.

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 17 Sep 2024 06:23 collapse

Oki :3

Exec@pawb.social on 16 Sep 2024 19:07 next collapse

Shoot em up: Iridion 2
RPG: Mega Man Battle Network series
Racing: just Mario Kart Super Circuit lol

toxicbubble420@beehaw.org on 17 Sep 2024 00:32 next collapse

astro boy is sorta a shmup like megaman

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Sep 2024 17:29 collapse

Sigma Star Saga is an odd RPG game where the random encounters are short side scrolling shmup segments. I really enjoyed the amount of it that I played, but you can get screwed in some encounters as it gives you a random ship each time, and some are worse than others.

sleepybisexual@beehaw.org on 17 Sep 2024 17:47 collapse

Sounds goob :3