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Trying to play classic games on a GBA? Use this. There are 2 connectors on this cable -- one fits a GBA, and the other seems to be for a GBC. The cable works to trade Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal using a GBA/SP. Do NOT use this cable for GBA games---classic games only.
I want to deduct a star because it takes a LOT of force and wiggling to fit the connector into a GBA SP. I was worried I'd break pins or damage it, but after using a lot of force and angling it properly, it connected fine, and I have since used it multiple times. I am giving it 5 stars though because I expect any off-brand connector purchased today will have these problems, especially at this price point. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Neverending fun. The campaign itself is short compared to other fire emblem games, and only average enjoyment compared to the others. However, what sets this game apart from the other fire emblem games is the freedom you enjoy, thanks to the world map and the monster levels you can visit continually. While the campaign itself is short, you can actually play a file forever, as even after the campaign is finished you can still continue to improve your team and fight hordes of monsters. You even gain access to new shops and the secret characters after you beat the campaign. Overall, the game can entertain you for as long as you want - there is no end to the fun! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Best add-on for your Super NES. Works great. Tried it with the original SNES, the mini SNES and the FC Twin - worked great with all of them. Picture is accurate and the sound is identical to the second revision Genesis but not as good as the first. A minor issue for this kind of convenience. Controllers work great. Everything works great. I built an inline adapter that lets me have both the SNES and RetroGen connected at the same time so I don't have to switch connectors around on the TV, but it still isn't an inconvenience in the first place.
I tested a number of games including PAL games like Castlevania Bloodlines and they all work great. This is where the region select switch comes in handy. I did not have a copy of Virtua Racing to try, but my understanding is that it may not work.
This adapter gives you 99% of the functionality of a Genesis system. You can't go wrong with it. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Mostly lame. About the gameplay: I'm not really sure what the point of this game is, but it is still pretty fun for a few minutes here and there. It is similar to a Pinball machine game, except that you are trying to progress through a level(s) by accomplishing tasks that are not made very clear at all. It seems like there is too much luck involved to make it a legit game, sometimes you will spin into the toxic lava stuff and there's nothing you could've done to prevent it. It also seems pretty random whether or not you hit the things that allow you to progress. Replay value is pretty low.
Otherwise: The graphics are pretty terrible, probably at or below par with Sonic 1. The sound is kinda cool but pretty repetitive. The controls are simple like all Genesis games.
Sonic fans, pinball fans, and collectors rejoice; everyone else stay away. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
This game has great sentimental value to me as the Dreamcast was my . This game has great sentimental value to me as the Dreamcast was my first console and I had just beaten Sonic Adventure 1 and my birthday present for my 10th birthday was this game, well after it was released, in 2005. I loved it so much but had to wait to finish it on the gamecube as the dreamcast disc stopped working. I remember how me and my friends waited so long for an Adventure 3 game just to sit through Sonic going through sooo much crap and being tossed into so many uninspired directions over the years. This is truly the game that maybe Sega should have ended Sonic's career with. The epic yet fitting scope of the story in this game has never been matched in a Sonic game since in my opinion. For the time and on the Dreamcast, everything was done so well, from the graphics, to the music, and the gameplay. Though the game has recently come under fire for "not aging well", in my view this criticism is largely due to a comparison to the expectations of current games without taking into account the game's accomplishments and precedents like taking away the hub world from Sonic adventure, allowing players to play as Eggman and introducing Shadow and Rouge, and really pushing the Dreamcast graphically. Though there are many contemporary naysayers to SA2, I'd say get the Dreamcast version if possible, just to be impressed by what this game did with the hardware. The gamecube's Adventure 2 Battle is great as well though I have yet to try the HD version on ps3 or 360. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Nintendo's trademark. I suppose i could say that i understand how some ppl really don't like this game because Mario is getting so old as a character. Nintendo should come up with newer better character and original games and such, but you know what, Nintendo wouldn't be the NINTENDO it is today if it weren't for Mario. Mario started it all for Nintendo so i find it absolutely wonderful that they haven't forgotten him even after so long.
Mario will forever be a classic character and i'm sure that Nintendo owes a lot to Mario too so they will continue to make games with him in it. I don't know about some other ppl, but i will certainly continue to play those games.
P.S.- MARIO SUNSHINE IS GREAT! ^.^ | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
I GOT IT. OH YEAH!
I LOVE GODZILLA
well i got it and it was worth the wait.
well i can now confirm that the following monsters are on this game godzilla 90's, godzilla 2000,
king gidorah, mecha king gidorah, mecha godzilla,
destroyah, orga, gigan, angirus, rodan, megalon,
and these two non playable monsters mothra, smog monster,
this game is pretty much like a wwe/wcw/wwf wrestling game.
it also can connect to godzilla:domination on the gba through the gba/gcn cable.
hint: it does not say this in the game manual it comes with but if you want to "RUN" hold "L" while moving.
all around i think this game is great how ever more cutscenes would have been welcomed. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
This is a Great Game. This game is a great game. Although it is a little light on role playing elements and a little heavy on non scenic dungeons and towers, and battling against monsters in a turn base enviroment (which im not sayin is bad) it is still a great game. The characters are pretty cool, and at some times funny. The game it self was designed to look like an anime, but without the cel-shading technology that is produced in Jet Grind Radio and Jet Set Radio Future (which you all should also check out), and actually I think it would be a great one at that given a little more depth in story line. I think if you love RPGs you should buy it | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
. The Lufia series has always been a major favorite of mine since I tried Lufia 2 for the SNES. To find out it would be coming out on a portable system, I was overjoyed. Until I got it. The dungeon system is a bunch of randomly generated levels and rooms until you get to the last floor. The graphics were pretty good considering it was on the Gameboy Color. But the battle system and the idea of different colors for different rows to gain abilities was a bit strange and a weak addition to the game. Granted, the animations for battles shouldn't really be compared to that of the SNES versions, but it can be better for the Gameboy Color. A small icon standing still while the enemy's image has a large slash going through it isn't very seducing.
Frankly, any fans of the Lufia series should stick with the SNES versions, and forget the Gameboy Color one unless you really want to play it on the go... | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
50 percent sim, 50 percent RPG, 100 percent incredible. A few days ago, I had some extra money from a few eBay sales that I intended to spend on a GameCube game. I was stuck between Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. After reading a few reviews, I chose the latter.
And I was certainly impressed. I had played Harvest Moon for the SNES, but this game adds incredible depth that surpasses it and stands on its own.
The game is incredibly easy to get into. You've inherited your father's old farm (and you work alongside his old friend), and its your job to make it into something successful and profitable. To this end, you till the land, grow crops and trees, raise animals, sell their products to raise money, upgrade your facilities...the whole nine yards. Context-sensitive buttons and simple tutorials bring even new players up to speed, so that you'll be harvesting turnips in no time!
But what really makes this game an RPG, and not just a simulation, is the friendship/relationship system. The town of Forget Me Not valley is around you, complete with a colorful cast of characters, including another farmer, an innkeeper, a traveling salesman, an orphaned grandchild, a hippie-like musician, a mad scientist, and even a hobo! Becoming friends with these people has its own rewards, none of which I will spoil for you.
Contrary to the SNES Harvest Moon's gift-giving frenzy to woo girls, romance in A Wonderful Life is also nicely handled. Yes, you'll have to give gifts to one or more of the three romantic prospects to gain their favor, but there are quite a few skits and scenes that fill in their backstory, and will enhance your relationship even further. Each of these girls have their own taste, and their own way they prefer being courted. There's even scenes that take place for jilted girls should you involve yourself in a love triangle...
Did I mention the cattle and crop cross-feeding system? Or the dairy processing options? The realistic weather system? The beautiful presentation of Forget-Me-Not valley? You can't go wrong with this game, unless you prefer more action and violence in your RPG's, in which case I can't help you. But if you're looking for a nice, lengthy RPG with many available paths and good depth, this is the game for you. I wholeheartedly recommend it. And so would many Amazon.com customers, based on the sales ranking of this game. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Great Fighting Game for Game Boy. The conversion from the Nintendo 64 to the Game Boy was very well done. The graphics can be a bit hard to make out at times, but after a while, everything becomes clear. (Meaning: Your eyes get used to the small screen size). The music is an above average for Game Boy and captures all the music quite well. The most dissapointing thing about the transfer, was leaving Riptor and Cinder out of the game. Perhaps because they were not in the sequel or just to make room for all the memory. Anyway, fun game to play, I personally think it's the best in the "Street Fighting" style games, mixing great graphics, combos, which until this game were virtually non-existant and great music as well. (This refers to the Arcade/N64/Game Boy version of the game). Since it's not available anymore, if you can find it for a good price, it's a fun game to pick up. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
FINALLY! A DECENT X-MEN GAME. I've looked at quite a few retro X-Men games, and aside from the arcade game, this has been the only decent one I've found. This game lets you take control six of your favorite X-Men. You got your classics like Cyclops and Wolverine, but you also have the less-known but very well done mutants like Gambit, Beast, Nightcrawler, or Psylocke. Magneto also becomes an unlockable character after you beat a certain stage in the game. The level design for this game is superb. There are lots of different environments that use very vibrant colors, although some are better than others. Plus, you can team up with a friend and wipe out your enemies as a team. Playing co-op with a friend has always been one of the most nastalgic elements of my childhood so I always get excited when I can find games when I can team up with a friend. However, this game is far from perfect. It's main fatal flaw is that it is incredibly easy to walk right into the enemies because you're always on the right-end of the screen whenever you're moving forward. The only way I can play this game is when I just inch along from level to level really, really slowly. This gets boring rather quickly. Not to mention you only get a few continues before it's game over and there is no way to save your progress. This is still a lot better than the other X-Men games of its time, but is still in some need of a few finishing touches. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Fasy & Furious Return. There are so many different racing games out there heavily thriving to find out which one to gamers is the best. Sony has done extremely well with the Gran Turismo series for their Playstation and PS2 systems, while Xbox has thrived with Forenza Sport racing. Gamecube owners have also succeeded with Mario Kart: Double Dash. But, when it comes to video racing franchises, Need For Speed is king. Since EA unveiled the franchise nearly a decade ago, racing fans have been eating the dust away, trying to make it all the way to first place. Now, with the Gamecube nearly ending, does Need For Speed deliver the final time?
Need For Speed Carbon for the Nintendo Gamecube is the last edition of the franchise for Gamecube owners, and it thrives in the mad dash to be the best. The gameplay of course brings out th elements that delivered from Need For Speed: Most Wanted last year, with the nightlife element from Need For Speed Underground. The object of the game, takes a few twists here. Like before, you have many courses to tackle, without the drag races from the Underground series and Most Wanted, like the return of the drift races, and the infamous canyon duels, where you'll challenge the boss of the neighborhood to a fast and furious showdown. The game features automobiles like the delightful Mazda RX-8, and muscle cars. In the game, you can race against foes, and assistance from crew members that can help you make it to the goal: scouts that help you find shortcuts, blockers that collide into foes cars, and drifters, which give you a boost of extra speed out in the races. The graphics in the game are beautiful, and deliver the atmosphere of the gameplay well. The control also tunes well, with each car in its respected class, exotics, muscle cars, and tuners that are more about control and acceleration.
All in all, I was impressed with Need For Speed Carbon for the Nintendo Gamecube, knowing this will be the end of Need For Speed for gamecube players. This game delivers what it had promised, a thrill of the chase that brings every racing fanatic to start their engines. If you have the Wii or Gamecube I definitely think this is truly a must buy.
Graphics: B 1/2-
Sound: B
Control: B+
Fun & Enjoyment: B 1/2-
Overall: B 1/2+ | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
dont buy this. The console itself: at around $60 the price really isn't that great. This clone console looks and feels like it's worth $20 or so from the first moment you take it out of the box. The positive is that it's very small and very light, both in a "lite" sort of way being small and unobtrusive with only two cables to hook up, and light in that it weighs probably less than a pound (though I didn't actually weigh it). You could fit it anywhere. Sadly the console only has mono sound, which honestly is excusable, but it only comes with one audio cable, meaning if you're plugging it into your TV the audio will only come from one side, which is very annoying. They should have at least put an RCA splitter in there to split the mono to both speakers; you can do it yourself but for $60 (more than it costs to buy a real genesis on amazon or ebay) it should have been done for you. I don't know about how well it supports real cartridges but if the support is as bad as the included games then I really wouldn't bother trying.
The controllers: The controllers aren't much better. While they're wireless which seems convenient and there's surprisingly little latency while playing, if your hand is anywhere near the top of the controller the wireless will fail completely, meaning often you'll just stop in your tracks and die making playing the console very frustrating. The buttons are passable but the d-pad is like the xbox 360's dpad but somehow worse, being just as imprecise while also having sharp edges. And the controllers don't come with batteries; once again, passable because it's a (not so) cheap clone, but in order to get to the battery compartment you have to unscrew a tiiiiiiny screw on the back when the battery compartment already has a snap-on case, so after you take out these screws you're going to immediately throw them into the trash (assuming you don't drop them in the carpet and lose them instantly). The controllers do have the ability to switch between player 1 and player 2 on the fly though which is actually pretty cool but since the controller is so annoying and physically painful to use it doesn't really matter.
The games: pitiful. If there's one thing you want to get perfect in your genesis clone, it's the sound. The original genesis had an extremely iconic soundcard and not only does this console do it no justice, it actively shames the genesis name. The music doesn't just sound tinny or less "full" it's actually completely out of tune, which is VERY noticeable and VERY annoying since all music will sound like atonal garbage. This plagues every game, so my tip is just to mute the tv and listen to the soundtrack on youtube. The selection of games is pretty good but the process of playing them is just painful with the crap controllers cutting out and the dpad digging into your thumb and the off pitch music, not to mention you can't save in any game with battery backups because the clone doesn't support it (as others have mentioned). The "80 games" that are promised is really more like 30 original genesis games and then a bunch of homebrew; of the homebrew titles, the only one I tried playing was mahjong and the sound was so unbelievably loud and annoying (moreso than the original genesis games' butchered sound) that i couldn't even get a single pair of tiles and had to shut it off before my ears started bleeding.
The verdict: don't buy this. You might be able to get a decent experience if you plug in your own controllers and maybe play around with different games to find one that's not so painful to play, but if you're using your own controllers and your own cartridges you might as well just buy an actual genesis and save yourself the money. Or, better yet, if you're reading this on a PC of any kind I can guarantee you there's a genesis emulator that will run perfectly on that PC for free. If you're reading this on a phone, there's STILL probably a genesis emulator you could run on that phone, and even through the s***ty touchscreen interface it'd be a better experience than this console. Avoid this unless you have some sense of morbid curiosity. It's not just slightly annoying to play, it's a constant struggle and you'll immediately regret your purchase. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Fun game, but a little expensive with maracas. The maracas are an absolute necessity too.
And the worst part is, if you want it to be a party game, you need TWO sets of maracas.
I haven't tried the third party sets, so I don't know how they are, but I'd certainly like to know, becuase the official ones run you about 60-80 dollars a set. Add the game to this, and you've got yourself the cost of two dreamcasts.
Good things these maracas are going to be backward compatible with the new samba de amigo 2001 game coming out. If not, I'd be a little upset.
As for the game itself, listen to all these other reviews- it's fun. it's addicting. It's tiring. Don't try playing when you have the flu, because you'll wanna throw up afterwards. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. I just got it... it's awesome. Got Smash bros and Resident Evil. Both titles look breathtaking and at an incredible frame rate. I'm a 3d animator and the graphics impressed me very much.
I spent 6 hours playing and thought it would be overheated cause the N64 sometimes got really hot but NO! It has a built in Cooler so you can play as much as you want! Unlike XBOX which is HUGE, bigger than a VCR and due to the fact it has no fan it stalls most of the time. GET GAMECUBE OVER XBOX! The design is awesome, very small and nice, and whoever says it's a kiddy console is dead wrong, Just play RE, it's borderline PHOTOREALISTIC.
So bottom line, get GAMECUBE AT ONCE. Who says you need blood in all your titles in order to have fun? I'm 21 and I love Super Smash Bros Melee !!
Cya mates! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Good For Sonic Fans. Sonic Advance 2 is an okay good game. I've never played the 1st Sonic Advance game though, so I don't know if #2 is a big improvement or not. Well, you start off with Sonic, and get Cream, Tails, and Knuckles later by just progressing through the game (the order I put them in is the order you get them). You get Amy by unlocking her with all of Knuckle's emeralds, you get the Tiny Chao Garden with all of Sonic's emeralds, the Sound Test with all of Cream's emeralds, and Boss Time Attack with all of Tail's emeralds. If you don't want to unlock the things, I suggest forget buying this game. If want the game and just don't want to unlock, get a Gameshark/Codebreaker/Action Replay. For those who want the game, have fun and good luck! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Better Than Expected. My son asked for the Wii version of the Metroid Prime Trilogy for his 14th birthday. By purchasing a used copy, I was able to get the Collector's Edition. When it arrived, I was very pleased. The box and fancy box cover, the game disc, the manual, and the other bonus items all seemed in perfect condition. It seemed the only thing missing was the plastic wrap. But the best part was when my son opened the gift and was so excited that he not only got the game he wanted, but the Collector's Edition. Apparently it was a bigger deal than I had known. He knew of the Collector's Edition, but had never hoped to get more than the regular version. There's nothing better than making your kids happy. And I have to admit--I have enjoyed the games as well. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Excellent with many different games available. My son has had this for a long time. He got this pre-ordered when it was first available and has had it long past it's next version. It has lasted with no no mechanical problems remarkably well considering that at times when he is done with it for the night, my son will just pitch it over the side of the loft bed and let the chips (errr...games) fall where they may.
I am frankly, tired of buying a new game system every year or 2. We have been thru super nintendo, N64, dreamcast, playstation 2 and now nintendo xbox. But he has had this game unit for a very long time. Part of the reason is, I think, the number of games available that have to possiblity for many many hours of game play (like pokemon ruby and sapphire). Too many games can be *beaten* in a day and a half which is pretty disheartening for parents who just spent $60 on it.
The game boy games tend to be less expensive to start with and there are many available. (Altho original game boy games will play on it, game boy advance games won't play on the old game boy systems) There is a lot of opportunity to by older games that your child has never tried before at reasonable prices.
The unit itself is a reasonable size. Pocket-sized for a large pocket. It is available in a number of colors which is nice. There are no movable parts to break (like screens that you move). The screen is color and the graphics are very good.
I find the screen very small and very dark. But my son finds it just fine and has no problem with seeing it or knowing what is going on. It really should be lighted but there are attachable lights you can buy as well as units to magnify the screen. I have purchased both but my son doesn't use them. I suppose that his eyesight is just better than mine.
I did buy a rechargable battery pack unit for it where you can recharge the unit by placing it in the charger. very nice. That was an excellent purchase for this unit. I would highly recommend it. The disposable batteries get costly, fast.
Both my son and I are very happy with this unit. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
do yourself a favor. I say stay away from this game.
It was 20 dollars wasted.
Only good thing i could say about it is its graphics. Ok, you have that one.
but seriously. the plot is extremely cliche. i remember one part of the game where it actually TELLS you.
The big deal about this game is the multiplayer. I heard it's great when you have friends to play with, but no one I know owns this game.
to be honest...i found this game difficult too. and im talking about playing with yourself. by the second stage i quit because it became frustrating. not really, but it became boring and uninteresting. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
There are not 4 playable characters - there are 5. Amy is in this game! And no, I'm not mixing her up with Cream, I really do mean Amy. To get her, beat the game (including all the emeralds) with each character, and she will appear on the level select.
And now, I review the game:
Sonic Advance 2 is definetley a lot of fun to play, and it mixes the classic 2D and the newer 3d sonic games well: The levels are set up in the same style as the 3d levels, but are 2d. That means it's a LOT faster than the older sonic games, including Sonic Advance 1. I would have given this game 5 stars, except for the simple fact that other than the modified levels, there's nothing particularly new and all of the material is borrowed from other games. In fact, the level design and other stuff felt like a re-released Sonic 3K (That's Sonic 3 and Knuckles for those of you who never had those two games and locked them together). The 'last' level is the DEATH EGG (called Egg Utopia), followed by the Doomsday Zone (Called XX Zone), with a much more interesting part for Sonic if you nabbed all 7 emeralds. This is basically ripped completely from past sonic games.
Other than that? I advise you click buy now right this second, because, despite my bashing it for not being 'new', it's a great game and a lot of fun. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Popeye 2 (Nintendo Game Boy) Review Great Game 5 out of 5. Popeye 2 is an amazing game for the Nintendo Game Boy. I have interesting thoughts about this one, it seems like a hack of Super Mario Land however they designed it to be popeyetastic. Please get this game, it has wonderful graphics, the game doesn't save but that greatly adds to the replay value. I bought mine for $.90 but it is still one of the coolest, and most fun game boy games out there. The game is very simple, even if you don't like popeye(like me) this game will still be on the top of your list. I thought if I bought this game, it would be kind of Medicore but this is an amazing game, I can't believe it, usually games from T.V. Shows are really poor, but this thing is AMAZING! Please get this game, you won't have any regrets.
Recommended to people who like simple games!
J.R. Platt | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
The Best Way to Hook your Gamecube up. Why suffer with RCA video cables anymore? There is a better way to hook your game system up and it's with S-Video. I don't know all the techno babble and why S-Video is better. All I can tell you though is it is. The picture looks a lot better throught S-video than it does through a coax link or RCA cables. There are a couple of different brands of the cables you can get out there, but I'm impressed with these. The long 10 feet cables are great and sturdy. It has gold connectors which are suppose to help give a better picture.
This is the best way to view your video game system. It's clear and crisper and provides a slightly better gaming experience. This brand of cables is kind of pricey, but is suppose to be one of the best. Just hook up on S-Video and enjoy. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Gamecube Review from a 20 year gamer. What can I say about the Gamecube, it seems to get better as Nintendo has done for so long. When it comes to purchasing a system this season it can be difficult depending on the person you are buying for. Since I own the Playstation 2, Microsoft X-box and the Gamecube I believe I can make a non-judgemental review of the Gamecube. If you are purchasing for the age group 5-10 this system is perfect, you have the selection of Lugi Mansion, Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Melee, which appeal not only to younger kids but the adults can play too. For the age group of 13-up, you have Resident Evil series, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, those are the only games so far that have a mature theme that will appeal to an older or mature teen group. Nintendo has been known to cater to a younger crowd and it is evident in the games available to the console but they are making small changes and making more mature games. Nintendo success has been in part to older gamers like myself who spent there childhood saving up to buy Metroid, Super Mario Bros, etc.. To make a long story short, if you want an abundance of children games, than the Playstation or PS2 offer more titles for children. The Xbox is targeted to an adult crowd and to be honest I have not seen alot of children games available. The Gamecube offer's quality games, 50-less price tag, but not many games period for either crowd. Unless you are a die hard Nintendo fan like myself, you are better off with PSOne or PS2 and their giant selection of children and adult games. Hope this help, email me if you have any questions | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Somewhat truncated as a result of the split. It's no secret that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were supposed to be one gigantic game but developing time and cartridge ability forced the project to be split into two halves. Back in the 90s I only ever played Sonic and Sonic 2 on my Mega Drive. I remember when Sonic 3 came out in about June 1994. It was out of my price range at the time and by the time I had enough money to invest the Mega Drive was already losing ground to the next-generation consoles so I never bothered.
Now that I'm trying to catch up with all the games I missed I am a little bit disappointed with Sonic 3. The first sequel was released to unprecedented hype in the run up to Xmas in 1992, while Sonic 3 seemed to just appear in shops with little to no fanfare.
The gameplay is nearly no different from the previous games. Sonic jumps, dashes, spins, accelerates and smashes as usual. The special stages have been changed again. The rotating labyrinths and speedway chases are gone and in their place there is the cruelest, hardest level I've ever played in any video game. Sonic runs around on a giant sphere collecting blue spheres and avoiding red spheres, all in giddy, disorientating faux-3D. It's the kind of thing that provokes seizures. And unless you have the reflexes of a superhuman gunslinger and have a control pad with responses far beyond what the Mega Drive was capable of you'll never, ever manage to succeed at them all.
The music is also a bit of step-down from Sonic 1 and 2. Those tunes were catchy and fun, while the tunes in this game are just kinda middling and mediocre. A bit of a missed opportunity.
And don't get too excited about the ending. The game just...STOPS. There's no epic climax, no eye-candy, no credits recap. It just ends. I do realize that this is because the game is really only halfway finished but the developers still could have put in something...anything! A cliffhanger perhaps?
Despite the disappointment, I'm still looking forward to Sonic & Knuckles. It's got a lot to make up for. Afterwards I'll revisit Sonic 3 with the lock-on and see if it makes for a better experience.
Graphics A
Sound B
Gameplay B
Lasting Appeal B- | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Walt Disney World Quest: MRT. Back in November 2017, I bought the Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour game from Ebay. I love this game . It is based on the Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks and Water Parks. I remembered when I first played this game, it was hard as hell trying to win 1st Place to collect the Pennants and the parts for the Firework Machine. Especially, the other characters be shooting acorns at you and put a spell by turning you into a frog. And, locating the Lucky Fairies on every track is hard too, when trying to get the new characters unlock. The Trophy Challenge is sometimes hard too trying to find all 8 trophies on every tracks. The Space Mountain track had triggered a reaction on me when I was trying to look and collect all 8 Lucky Fairies. The colors in the background made me nauseous (like I was gonna throw up). I don't race on the Space Mountain track anymore. I know Space Mountain is one of those intense ride at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. The Blizzard Beach track plays the Christmas music. The Haunted Mansion track was a killer track trying to win 1st Place. Even though, I don't listen rock music. Rock 'N' Roller Coaster track music is off the chain when I be racing on the Rock 'N' Roller Coaster track. The Tomorrowland Speedway track features the Disney's Contemporary Resort building and Cinderella's Castle in the background. And, the Splash Mountain track plays "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" music. I love the Splash Mountain track. I think Chip and Dale from the Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers cartoons is the best characters to use. Most likely, I use Dale the most. The Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour game take a lot of practice and skills to get really good at the game. It is a fun game to play. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Fett's Game. I saw the game trailer for this and it's so awesome! It starts right after The Phantom Menace and ends right before Attack of the Clones! I love STARWARS,and people keep saying that I made a bad choice getting a Gamecube because they think XBOX and PS2 are better,well,this game is defiantly going to be a hit,and there is so much action,also,the graphics are......awesome. You should check out some game trailers from The Legend of Zelda,Starwars:The Clone Wars,STARWARS:Bounty Hunter,STARWARS:Jedi Knight II:Jedi Outcast,because,those will probably beat anything XBOX has to offer. In STARWARS:Bounty Hunter you are Jango Fett,cool,(he was one of my favorite characters in EP.2)and you run around,and fly around 6 HUGE worlds through 18 levels. Your weapons include:Jetbackpack,2 dual pistals,Missile launcher,flamethrower,string-thing,and many more!
Also,you can travel around in Corusaunt! Ya that's right,that giant city planet,in your face Halo! You hunt bounty's and find out why Jango was picked to be used for the Clone Army! I will get this for sure,and all of the other STARWARS games! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A Solid Golf Game With An Emphasis on Fun. My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed this game. Despite having owned it for over 2 years we still regularly play matches on what have become almost memorized courses.
This game was a follow-up for a very successful first version which was released for the Nintendo 64 about 5 years ago. You choose a member of the Mario series cast of characters, each having different strengths and weaknesses, and then play on one of the many courses which will open up for you as you continue to play the game. Not only are courses unlockable, but different playstyles, new characters, a "star" ability which allows a character to hit further, and other types of games.
Gameplay: Very solid and intuitive. The heads up display provides a wealth of information.
Graphics: The graphics are similar to the cartoony 3-d style that make up most of the Mario series of games. The courses themselves are richly detailed and provide an easy way to tell heigth and depth. Very easy on the eye.
Sound: Many of the sounds you hear from other Mario games are present. Each character has a series of taunts which you can use to unnerve an opponent. The music is low key and provides good background.
Replayability: This game has drawn me back again and again for the past 2 years. That says enough. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Classic Adventure Gaming at it's Best. Back in the day when this game came out for the Nintendo adventure games were still huge and popular. I remember seeing this game in the store and saved every penny I earned so that I could buy it. After purchasing it and tearing into the box like a madman I sat down to play one of the most enjoyable adventure games ever. The setting was very cool and creepy. I think that my favorite part of the game was the music. The music made you feel right at home in the creepy castle. Shadowgate had to be one of the toughest games out there. Back then internet was unheard of in homes and the only place to get a hint was by calling 1-900 numbers which my parents never let me do. So I got stuck in the game and never finished until years later when I could find hints on the internet. To finally complete the game was very fulfilling. I played through it many times after that and each time was just as good as the first. Now I don't know if it was a good idea for Nintendo to re-release it in the current age of gaming. Adventure gaming now is almost dead and all the kiddies now like action, action and more action. So while this may be a slow game and not filled with action every second, if you take time to appreciate it for what it does then you will have a rich and rewarding experience. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Let-down. I have been a big fan of the previous Pokmon games and therefore I started Sapphire with fresh mood. This game, however, didn't come up to my expectations. In Pokmon Gold and Silver, it was still possible to catch 251 Pokmon, whereas the number now stops at 200. That said, the worst thing is that Nintendo has deleted most of the best old Pokmon, and has put in new ones instead. They are terrible! Especially the new legendary Pokmon don't even approach the level that Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres used to achieve. The graphics are bitter too. Although they are well made, they don't give you the distressing feeling which came over you in Red and Blue walking through one of the caves (which also have disappeared). The only improvement there can be seen in the enlargement of the screen font. The sound fails, too. Where are the happy tunes of the older games? The 2-on-2 fights don't add anything to the game. They are the almost no different and they almost don't show up. In spite of this all I found it nevertheless worthwile to play Pokmon Sapphire. Although the good things of the old games has disappeared, it remains exciting to discover a new city and the game has gained in depth on other things, like the improved pack and Pokdex and the addition of Pokmon contests. If you haven't yet played the older games, it is certainly advisable to play Sapphire. Even when you HAVE played them, but be prepared to some major disappointments | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Squashed-down port that still packs a punch. First off, let me give tremendous kudos to the team who managed to port this huge game to the GBA, there are numerous constraints to be made, several backgrounds, theme songs and sound bites have been cut/altered, along with the intro video being completely excised (even the Capcom logo in the opening screen looks kinda warped), but it's compensated for with the addition of Eagle, Maki and Yun as new playable characters! The graphics and animations are still solid as well, it's kinda reminds me of the SNES port of SFA2. Dynamic Battle Mode and World Tour mode are also available, but you have to unlock them.
The biggest gripe I have is with the controls, after a while my hands really hurt trying to pull off combos with the 4-button gameplay, plus you can never seem to get your character's default attire color when you select them (but that's just a small aesthetic gripe of mine). Ultimately I'm happy I added this to my GBA library but if you can afford it, it would probably be best to just buy Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX for the PSP, as it's probably the definitive version besides the Dreamcast port. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
An Engaging Mix. Baiyen Kaitos is the story of a young man named Kalas with a mysterious past. Waking up in a doctor's home following some strange kind of attack, the game's story begins quickly and stops only occasionally to allow the player to breathe before thrusting them into the fray once more.
Baiten Kaitos is an RPG for RPG'ers. The main play of the game takes place in the 'random' battle. The nice thing about the random battles is that you can choose to avoid them, as monsters appear on the dungeon overworld map. In battle, the game uses a turn based card battle system.
The cards of the game, called Magnus, are the main focus of just about everything. Created by drawing the 'magna essence' of various objects, ideals, and forces of nature, your character wields a deck of powerful cards that you play to creat battle effects. Sword cards attack with your sword, magic cards attack with spells, shields protect you from damage, and items heal you for HP.
Unlike other card-RPG's such as Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, your deck order means nothing. Your hand is randomly determined from your total deck. Thus, balancing out your deck with attack cards, healing items, and defensive items is key to your survival in the game. Even the most balanced deck, however, will sometimes come up with an all defense hand on an attack round, or an all attack hand on a defensive round. Fortunatly, healing items are plentiful and varied.
The other aspect that plays a signigicant role in the game is the passage of time. Just about every card in the game is affected by time passing. Milk will turn into yogurt, yogurt will turn into cheese, cheese will turn into mold. The passage of time happens even during battle, so, unfortunatly, a healing apple may help you one round and then on the next time through your deck will transform into a rotten apple attack card. The player must always be on the lookout for fresh healing items to be used.
Overall, this game can be incredibly challenging. Because different 'poker' hands will create more powerful combinations (pairs, threes of a kind, straights) you need a certain degree of luck to deal serious damage to bosses. Even the minor enemies in this game can be very tought if you aren't updating your offensive and defensive cards.
This game definatly qualifies as a keeper, clocking in at about 50 hours of playtime. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
My kingdom for a trackball. ... can only say that it's disappointing. It's not that the games aren't true to the original. They are, they're perfect copies. That is unfortunately where this cart goes wrong. The games look great but the gamePLAY suffers. Of the entire collection only Asteroids can be truly called fun to play. The others scream for their original controllers. Missle Command and Centipede (both orignally trackball games) are at best frustrating and difficult to control. After the first couple of levels on either game, it becomes impossible to keep up. Tempest and Super Breakout originally used a knob controller for smooth movement, Tempest succeeds best in this translation while Super Breakout is so difficult to control you cannot clear a single level. Battlezone? Well, to be fair I always hated Battlezone, this version is o.k. but the computer gets some really easy kills on you and it too becomes unplayable. As for the trivia game, no one should know this much about Atari. You'd have to be Rain Man to know the minutiae involved in this quiz. I really wanted to like this cart... | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Yet another beauty from the masterminds of Capcom. Need more proof that Nintendo GameCube is indeed a powerful console? If you still think that XBox is the end all tell of video games, shame on you. Once more Capcom has put out a game of amazing beauty for the GameCube, once more they have given us a game containing better graphics than anything on XBox, and once more they manage to scare us half to death, and make us have a blast at the same time.
This game is not without faults, however. I play this game on a 27" GE TV. I guess because of the large screen (there are larger) I can see a lot more of the flaws that SOME, but not all of the game's cut scenes contain. Over all this game looks better than the RE-make released earlier this year, but there are some scenes that contain a jarring amount of aliasing (jaggies), which I firmly believe, could have been smoothed out better. On the other side of the coin there is not one hick up in the flow of the cinemas, where as the RE Make had occasional skipping in some parts of the game. I believe that neither flaw needs to exist, but neither the occasional jaggies, nor vinyl looking FMV sequences detract much from the enjoyability of RE 0 which is still a fantastic game.
The control is still an issue. While I agree that the control style is clunky, I am so used to it these days that it doesn't matter to me. I'll take this control style over the mouse & keyboard dual analogue control style that has been rearing its ugly head a lot of late. I also enjoyed the character swapping; it was smooth, with no additional loading like I feared it would need. It ads a lot to the game play.
I think that the ability to drop items anywhere is a double edge sword. On one hand its nice to be able to do that for an emergency when you need a really big gun and can't grab it because you have two herbs that are wasting space, or a brief case, or whatever... but I miss the item boxes where I could dump everything and be able to magically get it from another box further in the game. Having both would have been nice.
Over all RE 0 is a worthy addition to the Resident Evil Saga, and a welcome one at that. I still wish that they would completely remake RE 2, 3 and Code Veronica while they're at it. So far these GameCube Resident Evils have been phenomenal... I am eager to get my hands on part 4. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
so so. Well maybe it's a case of waiting so long..If you have nfl 2k1 you have this game. Exact same gameplay, QB voices, player chatter, slow kickoff and extra point set ups etc...Other negatives are the horrible announcers..stupid stuff, annoying voices bad, bad jokes. Where are announcers we've ever heard of(no offense to the guys who do the voices)?
Good things- Stadiums are great, uniforms are sharp, rosters are very updated, rankings(although in my first season Louisville was my opponent in the rose bowl and temple and army were in the top 5) are cool. Heisman winners, and the legacy mode.
Other bad things are the lack of fight songs, only a few real ones, instead you get songs like thr graduation entrance theme??
Halls of montazuma(sp) etc...no FSU chop song(yes Braves fans we had it first)Oh well it's great to play one season then it's very boring..I have played the college football for ps2 at a friends and i think I liked that one better although the defensive controls are difficult to master..Maybe it's time to jump on the ps2 bandwagon..keysvilleboy@msn.com | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Review for The Sims Bustin' Out for GBA. Believe it or not, this is my first Sims that I have ever played. Most people, unlike me have played the original Sims for PC first then start buying expansions and other console versions. At first, I thought this game was some living life game (and it is) and I wondered why would I have to live a life again when you are already going through what you have to go through! I saw that this game was overhyped and I was tired of all the Deluxe editions and Expansions for this game. I hated this game without even playing it and was sick of just seeing the word Sims in Amazon.com.
But one day, my sister came back home from school. She was excited. While I was playing my Counter Strike as usual, my sister came up to me with her Gameboy Advanced and said "Brian, you gotta play this game, it's the BEST GAME EVER!" And I was shocked. After that, I never touched her Gameboy Advanced but eventually, she got me into playing.
When I played it, I was even more shocked. It was one of the best game ever for GBA. It was way better than I expected and I was totally hooked on it. That's how I became a Sims fan after this game.
Unlike the first Sims, you can go around places in different areas and not just stuck in your home. There are many mini games such as lawn mowing, fishing, beer serving, chicken collecting, and pizza making just to name a few. You also have specific missions to accomplish so it's not very difficult. The mood is easy to keep it up unlike the Sims for PC. There are many other things that I probably forgot to mention but you probably read it from other reviewers.
Gameplay-10 (Best gameplay ever for GBA.)
Graphics-10 (You can't get any better than this.)
Sound-9 (Great music and great sound quality but some annoying sounds like "sool sool" etc.)
Replay Value-9 (You keep on coming back!)
Overall-9.5 which is an A, a great score and a MUST OWN!
Just to let you know that this is the first game ever to get me off from my PC games (FPS, RTS, RPG) for one whole week! This game is great. A game that turns FPS, RTS, RPG fan into a Sims fan gotta be a good game. Get this game right now! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Standing the test of time. In an age of new RPGs and Adventure games such as Zelda 64, Quest 64, Zelda DX and such, it seems unlikely an 8bit game created for the original Nintendo would hold that well. However Crystalis proves that a great story, lots of different types of enemies and interesting characters can stand up against flashy graphics any day. I've had this game over two months and still love it. It starts out easy and its an easy game to pick up and play. After a few minutes of play you'll be hooked. It only has a few voice samples (when you find a new sword) but the music is great for a Game Boy Color game. I highly suggest buying this game as well as Warlocked (see Warlocked for GBC). They will offer many, MANY hours of fun! Promise. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
More Fun than SHOOTING. When i first bought this game, i was amazed at how much fun this actually is. If the pen is mightier than the sword than the keyboard is mightier than the gun (lol that should have been the tagline of the game) There is some much tension because sometimes you forget where letters are and you start mashing the keyboard in excitement as tons of zombies come running at you its really a rush, because with a gun, weve all done it before, theres really no thought in shooting a zombie but have to think about what you need to type and what to do it seems so simple but in play you just start to freak out, also this game will make you better at typing in tense situations lol | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Adventure of Link syndrome. Pathetic and unworthy of the name "Legend of Zelda."
When I saw screenshots for this game prior to its release I was up in arms, as were many people, and ready to avoid this game like the plague. Unfortunately, many people seem (for some unknown reason) to have been won over by the game after its release; I, however, found the disappointment of playing this game to be exactly commensurate with my expectations.
I decided to give the game an honest chance; I thought, "Just look at it as Ocarina of Time with different graphics and different levels." Sadly, the only thing carried over from OoT were the horrible controls (funny how technology advances and Nintendo still can't manage to achieve correspondence between controller inputs and character actions; oh well...), though one could stretch a point and say that OoT did introduce gratuitously bizarre new elements to the Zelda world (the Goron race comes to mind), but TWW takes this to such an extreme that I cannot forgive it for its eccentricities as I did OoT.
TWW is boring and embarrassing. Boring because the story has virtually no connection to the prior Zelda games, so the hardcore fan really has to make a mental leap to even consider this as continuous with the other games. Boring also because the game starts out with sheer tedium; it took what seemed like forever to get the sword, only to lose it in the first level. And the game actually starts out with a Gerudo Fortress-like level where one must evade detection. One would think that Shiggy would start the game out with the most fun and pleasant puzzles he possibly could, to encourage immersion in the game before challenging the gamer's patience, but the worst trials of my patience came right at the beginning of the game.
The game is embarrassing because it is extremely immature in a way reminiscient of Majora's Mask. I'm not sure if it's just the way the Japanese design games, but the bizarre childish characters and graphics were very off-putting. While I'm on the subject, the graphics are terrible. There is no sense that this is a Zelda game; it's a cartoon. There is certainly no sense of darkness in the game either, something every Zelda game before this has had. The game is very lighthearted and giddy and yet tedious. Excellent combination for boring me to death.
I kept playing, hoping for a break to the boredom, but it never came. I stopped playing this game and have no intention of coming back to it. Adventure of Link was good enough as a game that I finished it, but this game is just terrible. Stay away unless you want to be a Miyamoto-barning fanboy. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Learning the controls is not hard. This Game is the Best Game I've ever played Hands Down. The story is tight the graphics are sweet and the gameplay is flawless. To those people worried about all those reviews saying the controls are hard to pick up don't listen to them. Judge for yourself practice makes perfect it took me less than 15 mins. to pick up all the different moves you'll need to do. This is the first gaming system i've bought since the old NES let me just say I was worried that I wouldn't be able to pick up the controls
the controlers are more intimidating than the old 5 button NES controlers. With a little work you'll be playing Metroid like a pro. DON'T GIVE UP | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
What! NO BACKLIGHT!? Unless. Don't get me wrong, I love the GameBoy Advance, but seriously, WHAT WAS NINTENDO THINKING??? What was going through their minds when they decided not to have the GameBoy advance backlit. How would you feel if you bought a cell phone that wasn't backlit and the only way you could get a clear picture was in direct sunlight. I've tried EVERY aftermarket clip on light you can buy but they're not really practical. They are either not bright enough, have horrible glare, or don't light the screen evenly, and the ones that are bright enough are so heavy and bulky your GameBoy is hardly portable. It really annoys the heck out of me!
There is an aftermarket upgrade out there that fixes this problem. It's called the Afterburner and is made by Triton Labs. You must install it inside the GameBoy and it works beautifully. It completely lights up the entire screen with a brilliant, even light. But it's not perfect either. The installation takes about 4 hours and is an EXTREMELY stressful and difficult procedure. I ruined my GameBoy trying to install one.
I suggest buying a GameBoy with an Afterburner pre-installed from a PROFESSIONAL. I bought mine ...and it works beautifully. Now I can play my GameBoy in complete darkness and can see every detail. It's awesome. I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Great, great... But I still miss something. I bought a GameCube just to play this game (I mean, all the Resident Evil Series)...
You can't discuss that this game has great graphics, it actually scares you, there are fast zombies in this game that really freak you out, and when you stop playing, then you might sleep with your lights turned on, because IT IS SCARY, no doubt about that.
The graphics like I said, are great. You can see it in screenshots and trailers... That's it, a great graphic work (when you walk in a wood floor, you can see dust... you can see a lil bit of fog entering in the window that's not totally opened.... and these kind of things that makes Resident Evil for GC look great...).
Sound? Perfect... Sometimes you can hear zombies, but you can't see them... You can hear when a zombie is trying to open a door (if you don't kill a zombie in a room and you run, sometimes when you come back the zombie will knock in the door, and when you pass by it, the zombie will attack, that's why there are defense items... you can throw a knife in the enemies head, you can blow enemie's head, shock enemie's body). The soundtrack has some weak points for me... I prefered the PlayStation one... There are some places and some cameras in this game I don't like too...
At all, it is a great game, but not perfect... Resident Evil for PlayStation still has something special nobody could ever copy, even with those great graphics and sound. I don't know what it is, you'll feel it playing... or not. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. Well....This game was pretty cool. It was very unique and fun at the same time. I thought it was difficult at times and I really had to think to solve some puzzles. However, I have to say that Ocarina of Time will be my number #2 Zelda game, next to Link to the Past. This means that Wind Waker falls in #3. Why? Well, for many reasons. When I first played Ocarina of Time, it was a unique game. It was different from Link to the Past in some ways and in some ways the same (get 3 pendants then the master sword deal). This idea was even kept for Wind Waker which ultimately led me to conclude that Nintendo has ran out of fresh ideas for Zelda. Why is it that in the past three console games the idea for Link's quest was, Link gets the three pendants then goes through 6 or seven dungeons and finally face Ganon. One thing though I did like about Wind Waker is that it continues after Ocarina of Time. This was a cool story line twist and I surely have to say that Nintendo knows how to tell stories. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
GBA Barbie Superpack - Super, fantastic, great fun! Barbie games Rule. I just bought this game for 11 or 12 bucks off of amazon best buy ever. I absolutely love this game and I got it at a great price too I'm very glad I bought the superpack because if I would have bought these too seperately I would have to pay more no way am I doing that. Excellent Barbie games though I love both if I want to go on an adventure I play the secret agent game and if I want to play a few mini games in my spare time I play the groovey games one. I wish they would do that with more games put 2 games on 1 cartridge. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
My favourite game. My Aunt bought this game for me for my birthday. She said it was because she knew I liked animals, and there were animals on the front. I read the back, and it sounded decent, so the next day I started playing.
I couldn't believe it..this game is amazing!
I know it's really hard, if you've never played the game and you're just reading reviews, to understand why the heck a game about farming would be so addictive. I mean, who's a Farmer Fan, right?
For one thing, I love the graphics. After all, they are gamecube graphics, right? So they're pretty good, in my opinion.
The music isn't that bad, I like a lot of it, and if you have Friends of Mineral Town and a gameboy link, you can hook up and visit Mineral Town, getting you more disks to play on your farm.
You plant various plants such as Turnips, Tomatoes and Melons (there are many more!). However, each can only be planted in certain seasons! You can also trees.
The game is divided into six chapters, each spanning from 1-3 years. Each year is 4 seasons, Spring , Summer, Fall and Winter. Each season is 10 days long.
The festivals aren't really that great.
However, in my opinion, the four best things are cows, marriage, hybrids and influencing your son.
In the game, you can cross various plants to make hybrids.
Cows play a huge role in your farm. You have to impregnate them, and milk them. You also receive a horse later on in the game. You can also own sheep, hickens, ducks, a goat and a god, cat and chihuahua.
But what makes this game so great? The family life.
In the first Chapter, The Beginning, you marry either Celia, Muffy or Nami. You must whoo them by giving them flowers, fossils and getting cutscenes (another great part of the game). The next chapter, and for the rest of the game, you have a son, who must influence in a certain career path! They are Farming, Ranching, Music, Art, Athlete and scholar. You must also give him enough attention to make sure that he is not neglected, yet not spolied...
My final words words are that this is an amazing game. If you already like Harvest Moon, you'll definitely want to add this to your collection. If not, I would recommend buying Friends of mineral Town first, so that when you get Wonderful life you'll be able to do more in it. It also makes Wonderful Life easier, in my opinion. I would NOT rent the game, if I were you, because you're going to want to contnue! My friend rented it for a week, and she only just got married when it had to go back! It's very aggravating, and to play the game properly and fully experience everything there is to experience in this wonderful addition to the Harvest Moon games, you should definitely purchase this game now! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Ugh. Please pass this game up. This is the worst Garfield game I have played. You have to collect mice because they have stolen Pooky, but the mice don't put up any fight at all. You collect one mouse, take it to the cage, get another mouse, take it to the cage. It's the same thing throughout the whole game, but they switch it up so you have to take Odie to a hole and have him dig. The game play is exactly the same though. Very annoying, very repetitive. If you want a good game for the DS, Garfield's Nightmare is good. A good game on the Game Boy Advance is Garfield and His Nine Lives. This game should be passed up because it really is HORRIBLE. Even after I read the reviews, I still purchased it from Game Stop and thankfully I bought it used and I took it back and got my money back. The negative reviews are right! Bad! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Not bad, but not great. Ah, Final Grandia... er, Grandia II. Basically, UBI Soft did the Final Fantasy "thing" and made a sequel that has nothing to do with the previous game, but has pretty much the same battle system. I'm not saying Final Fantasy is bad, but more and more RPG series' are starting to do this, and there's no reason for it, except that companies want to cash out on what is already a big name. Bah to them.
Anyways... Grandia II is the story of Ryudo, the Cloud Strife ripoff. (He has spiky hair, carries a sizable blade, and he's anti-social mercenary.) Early on, you leard that Valmar, the God of Darkness is reviving, and you have to stop it from doing so. Pretty standard light-vs-darkness story. There were a couple of interesting twists, but not too much more than that.
Grandia II's best feature, like the original Grandia, is its battle system. The best way to describe it is to say it's everything Final Fantasy's Active-Time Battles should have been by now. (How many years has it's been since they've changed anything major about it, other than the magic system?)
I liked some of the changes n the battle system, but disliked others. Now, instead of increasing skill levels for weapons and elements of magic, you get Special and Magic points that you can spend on anyone in the party. While this was good for magic, (No more casting a puny healing spell dozens of times so you can get an area effect) I liked the original Grandia's weapon levels more, and I liked that if you used a skill a lot, you got better with it. Oh, well.
All-in-all, an alright game. I'd get Skies of Arcadia first, though. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A must buy for classic gamers. This product is a must buy for any classic gamer who wants a fun, enjoyabe experience. The game was released in 1991 when the gameboy was ranked #1 in handhelds. Capcom trying to expand into the portable market released Megaman Dr wily's revenge (also known as rockman world in Japan) for the gameboy. The game was a best seller and it America snached the game up right when it came out.
PLOT: Megaman isn't know for it's "detailed plots" and that's the same case here. The plot is Dr Wily sends his old robot masters from megaman 1 to contend with our hero megaman. Those robot masters are iceman, fireman, cutman, and elecman. After that he heads to Dr Wily's castle to fight 4 more robot masters from megaman 2 (but wthout playing through their stages) bubbleman, heatman, flashman, and quickman. When megaman finally defeates those 4 robots he faces Enker, a robot desined by Dr Wily where it's only objective is to destroy megaman (megaman killer). Last you confront the evil sientist Dr. Wily and bring peace back to the world once again.
GAMEPLAY: Megaman Dr. Wily'srevenge is pretty much the same as it's NES counterparts. You can play any of the 4 robot master stages in any order you want. There is also a numerous amount of enemys that are in each of the 4 stages as well as the wily stages. Some enemys will randomly drop items that will replenish megaman's health, give him an extra life, and even replenish his wepon energy. The whole game works like rock, paper, sissors. A robot master is weaker than a certian wepon but stronger than a cerian wepon. Once you defeat a boss or robot master you get there wepon in which you use to defeat another boss. Plus once you defeat Enker you get his wepon to!
DIFFICULTY: Megaman Dr Wily's revege is more difficult than other megaman games. You will usually die about 1 or 2 times between each of the stages although this is a drag it still is a very fun game
This megama game is proboaly the one of the best and is an instant classic!!! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Not Quite a Knockout. Kao the Kangaroo is a fun, albeit somewhat rough, 3D platforming game. More akin to something like Crash Bandicoot, Kao is a linear 3D platformer that usually has you pushing forward. While there's not much in the way of exploration, the game does have items to collect like most platforming games. As an earlier 3D game, it's not the prettiest game on the Dreamcast, but it does look pretty sharp if you're playing using VGA.
That being said, the game does have some unpolished aspects. For example, the hit detection is quite a bit off and can lead to some frustrating deaths. Which brings me to this game's biggest fault, IMO, and that's that if you happen to die due to the shoddy hit detection, you have to restart the entire level from the very beginning.
Even though it has a few annoyances that can really soil your time with Kao the Kangaroo, I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
fun and frustrating. WARNING: If you don't have a keyboard and a mouse, you might consider buying them before you purchase this game. It's really impossible to play well using the game controller. You'll get blown away so fast as you try to aim. Aside from the game control the game is amazing. The graphics are outstanding, especially on a VGA monitor. The game play is fast. There is virtually no lag time on the broadband even with four players. On the 56K connection, there is an occational lag, and I have yet to be booted out of the connection. Of course, playing on-line is the key to this game. Online game play is extremely addictive. There are plenty of levels to chose from--I think 30 or so. One player game is fun too. But the opponents are tough (maybe because I am a beginner). I'd say this is one of the must-purchase games for the Dreamcast. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Durable, Reliable, Easy to use. Alright...well I purchased this gameboy with the intent of taking it to my daycare and playing it with the other kids who have gameboys. I work at a daycare with kids ages 5-10. I trust the Nintendo brand name as it has been a household name for as long as I can remember.
Durability: I am a klutz and so are my kids! I drop this thing all the time and it has never suffered anything except scratches to the exterior (the pearlized paint I've noticed seems to show wear more readily than the opaque paint).
Reliability: I am amazed at how little I have to charge my gameboy. I can play for hours and it never dies! I trust the battery in this thing more than my digital camera or my cell phone.
Ease of Use: There are so few buttons required to run this. There is an on/off switch on one side, a volume control on the other. There are two jacks in the back and other than that, all other buttons are for gameplay. Anyone who is familiar with Nintendo will find the buttons are in easy positions. The only buttons I find slightly awkward are the buttons on the top corners. However...I am an adult and my hands are bigger than kids' and the kids tell me they have no problems with them.
Visibility: Well, the exterior is awesome! I love LOVE pink and I love this shade. Any little girl will love it. (I think it's a much better color than the DS Lite pink...not as pretty). As far as interior goes, the screen is awesome. This is a newer version the Gameboy Advance SP and it has a VERY bright screen. I find it easy to see in almost all light (in very bright, direct sunlight it is a little difficult to see).
Sound: This gameboy has great sound. It's very clear and very loud! (parents be warned! heh) I've heard a lot of different games and the tone is great. It's awesome for kids and training their ears for sound differentation.
I recommend this for all kids! I think the Advance SP is a better investment than the DS. It's smaller, it's cheaper, and the games are almost all identical. Any game you can get for one, I've noticed you can buy the same or similar for the other. Plus, if your kid shows responsibility and is just dying for a DS, all the Advance SP games are compatible with with DS, so no money wasted! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
The Missing Link. Megaman and Bass, originally released in 1998 (after Mega Man VII to correct the reviewer below, so this is NOT the japanese Mega Man VII, it really is the ninth one in the classic Mega Man series) never made it to the states. The speculation is because in 1998, the Super Nintendo was no longer as popular in the United States and the world belonged to the Sony Playstation instead. It was availible on emulators and one could import, but aside from that, the game didn't see an official release in the states until 2003 when it came as Megaman and Bass (Rockman and Forte in Japan).
One of Dr. Wily's robots has gone insane and Wily has somehow lost control of him. Now it's up to Megaman and Bass to stop him. The two now find themselves working together.
If you've played Mega Man VII (or even Mega Man 8 on the playstation) then the gameplay is virtually unchanged. The difference being you can choose to play as Mega Man or Bass. Mega Man, I'm sure most everyone knows about. Bass controls differently. He's got a burst fire weapon instead of the standard buster that Mega Man has. He can't run while shooting, but he can aim diagnal and fire upwards. He can also double jump and he can dash (the dash looks like it does in the Mega Man X series). The two differ so much that the game is a completely different experience depending on who you play it as.
Upon completing the game start level, the game quickly uses the Mega Man formula. You'll be able to choose which bosses you want to go defeat. The only difference really is that you can only choose between three at first, and once you defeat one of them, pathways to new bosses open up. There's also a shop. When you defeat enemies, they might drop bolts. You can use bolts to buy Mega Man and Bass special abilities.
This game, however, is not an easy game. Even Mega Man veterans will have some trouble with this game. Some of these levels are killer. Even worse, when porting this game to the Gameboy Advance, they didn't bring things down to scale. Many areas are compressed, and don't fit in the screen right. This leads to several deaths which could be avoided otherwise had things been brought to scale. This alone makes the game much harder than it actually has to be.
Also, the sound quality just isn't all that great. This I'm also guessing suffers from being ported to the GBA. I listened to the SNES original soundtrack not too long ago, and it sounds drastically different from this. They are the same, but coming from the GBA's speakers, it just doesn't sound nearly as good. In short, the soundtrack just doesn't sound great.
Overall it's a good game, but if you can find a translation of Rockman and Forte on an SNES emulator, I say go for it. It'll look better and it'll sound better. Megaman and Bass is not by any means a bad game, just one that didn't get ported over as well as it could've. An already hard game is now harder on a handheld. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Probably One Of The Best GBA Games Out There. I played the original Super Metroid for the SNES and I have to say it wasn't all that great. A pretty hard difficulty level, no specific target on your map, few chances to reload, etc. made it probably not the greatest Metroid game ever. However with Metroid 4 (Metroid Fusion), the game is a lot easier, the target is displayed on your map, and you get several chances to reload. Plus, you get all the cool action of Metroid games, ultra-suspenseful moments (will your evil clone notice you in the corner?) and a riveting storyline, you simply must get this game. 5 stars, and more if I could! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
let's be honest. Urban Yeti is not a very fun game. It is probably the "quirkiest" game available for the GBA, but that certainly doesn't make it a good game. It's a cool concept, but the execution just falls flat and reeks of amateurish effort. Terribly annoying collision problems, a tedious password system, and (despite what the description says) ugly graphics are the main problems. After a couple of levels, the "free roaming" stages just become "where the heck am I going?" levels, not exactly my idea of "freedom" & "exploration" in a game, despite what some others have claimed. Often the "objective" is so unclear that you will just try to follow the arrow guide, which just seems to run you in circles. Basically, that is the essence of the game: half-baked and aimless. For some reason, I do throw this in my GBA here and there, but I have no idea why- maybe it has something to do with the old cliche of watching a train-wreck or wanting to see dead bodies or something. Really, I can't stress how awful this game really is. Let's be honest, this game in no way deserves four or five stars. Anyone who has played a videogame since 1986 knows this is a VERY sub-par game. Fire Emblem is worthy of five stars. Zelda: Minish Cap is worthy of five stars. Metroid: Fusion is worthy of five stars. I'm being generous to Urban Yeti by giving it two stars, but really, I feel sorry for anyone who bought this new, because I'd only recommend picking this up in the $3-5 range. If you want to have a benchmark of how BAD and NOT FUN a game can be these days, this is a great candidate. If you believe that life is about the virtue of suffering, and even your entertainment needs to be punishment, pick up Urban Yeti. Me, I like FUN games. I like quirky games. But I'm not going to lie to you and tell you this is a fun game. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A good try. The game is excellent for people who have enjoyed the past Medals of Honor. The controls are difficult to adjust to if you have previously played this on Playstation, but easier if you just start up. The game has very good missions at first, but later on they become lacking as the first to campaigns. It seems almost like a redo, the mines, the V-2 factory and the U-boat and docks, they are all the same, few new missions. The story line is lacking too, it doesnt have the finish that the first one did. The game is also pretty short, you complete it fairly quickly, almost in one night. Multiplayer is very fun to play with up to 4 people and very intresting maps, but it only has deathmatch, no other modes are available. Other than these problems, it does have some fun and the graphics are pretty good, but I suggest renting it instead of buying it. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Wow, a predecessor to Golden Eye. Wow!!! That's all I can say. I currently own this game for the GameCube and I play it almost every day, once I have the chance. I loved playing Golden Eye for the Nintendo 64, so you know, I definitely love the action that I have discovered in Time Splitters 2. I am currently going through Story Mode alone, but have stopped to play Arcade League and win some trophies. I love the Elimination game, because it takes some skill to survive with 6 other people running around shooting like crazy. Yesterday, while playing Time Splitters 2, the funniest thing happened. I was on the 1853 Wild West mission and I had completed all the objectives except the one that says: "Put out the fire in the barn and save the girl." I came around the corner to where the barn was on fire, and several men popped up and started to shoot after me, so I shot back. I had killed about 4 of them when I noticed someone in the top part of the barn. I was so trigger-happy that I didn't notice it was the girl and I accidentally used my sniper rifle to shoot off her head. Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! Right then and there, I failed the mission, but I couldn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes. When I recovered from laughing, I was afraid I would laugh again, so I stopped playing the game. Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!
Have a good time with this game | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Misleading Picture-- check seller. Thought I was getting a legit Nintendo replacement product, instead I received a yobo brand knockoff. Instead of saying "gameboy advance" on bottom of screen it says "for advance". Made of a cheap plastic material, feels and looks nothing like the original. The only thing in it's favor is that it is scratchless, and with the quality of the plastic, that would not be the case in a very short time. Must have gotten something much different than what others received.. picture is definitely misleading as it looks nothing like what I received.
edit: 6/24: ordering directly from this page(seller classicgamesource) got me the gameboy advance screen I was looking for. I made the mistake of choosing the option on the side for "more sellers" -- buying from this main page got me the product I wanted -- and just like all the other reviewers, I love it and it looks as good as new :) | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Very good, aside from a few nit-picky things on control stick. All the buttons are responsive and give the right amount of tactile feedback; the c-stick seems identical to the one used in the original GameCube controller in every way; the control stick is all around good, but mine feels a little bit under-sensitive when compared to other controllers I've used, and where the original GameCube controller's control stick is a plastic stick with a replaceable rubber pad attached to the tip, this controller's rubber pad is built into the stick, so it seems to be irreplaceable; that's the reason I'm taking off a star, because after about 7 months of pretty constant use playing SSBM, the control stick rubber padding has been worn nearly flat. Other than that this controller is a very good option. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
great but not groundbreaking. If you haven't been living under a rock, you've at least heard of Shenmue. It was a long time coming and,in my opinion,worth the wait for the most part. The graphics are unparalleled by any console game to date. The level of realism is suprising and enjoyable. Sometimes I would just follow a character around for a few minutes to see where he/she went. While this game doesn't quite live up to the pre-release hype(what does),it is still worth every penny. My only complaints were occasionally shoddy voice acting, slowdown when 6 or so characters are on screen, and the short playtime(10-15 hrs.).If you own a dreamcast(and you should)go out and buy this game. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
FFTA: Final Fantasy Tactics for Amateurs. After a long absence from Nintendo, Square finally brings Final Fantasy back to Nintendo consoles. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance seems like a promising game, but for those who really enjoyed Final Fantasy Tactics on the original Playstation, this is a completely different experience.
The game begins with a turtorial (actually a snowball fight) to help you get adjusted. You play as Marche, a young boy who has just moved to the town of St. Ivalice. He engages in a snowball fight at school where he becomes friends with Mewt and Ritz, two fellow classmates that are constantly picked on. After school, Mewt goes to the library and checks out a book with a title too hard to read but over time, the tome has been referred to as "Final Fantasy." Marche and his friends soon talk about how great it would be to be in a game. When the three go to sleep the world around them suddenly changes and they awaken in the Final Fantasy universe. Marche now decides he wants to go home but neither of his friends want to.
The story, for Final Fantasy, is weak. Compared to the series (and its big brother on Playstation) this story lacks creativity and insight. The story is too simple and predictable and there aren't really any breathtaking twist that the FF series is known for. In all essence, its childish.
The gameplay in FFTA isn't all that bad. The cutscenes before each engagement are a little long and can't be skipped (and if you lose the first battle you'll have to sit through the tutorial AND long intro all over again). But battling is simple and easy to get used to. Much like most tactical games you move a certain number of spaces and then act.
FFTA puts a twist on battling, and its not one to be too fond of. Each battle now has laws and a judge to moniter the battle. If a character breaks the law (friend or foe) they're issued a card. A yellow card is given for a minor offense and a red card for a major offense. At first this seems creative but as the game goes on you have to deal with more and more laws. Soon they get annoying. They change each time you go to a new location but soon the game incorporates three laws per battle. Laws that soon they enemy never seems to break. Some laws don't let you use items, some even restrict the fight command! Then there are some of the more stupid laws such as preventing you to heal your characters or even to do damage to a monster! Soon, the laws become downright annoying.
Along battling, there are lots of subquests that go along with the normal missions. There are 300 missions in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. That means you'll be able to fight lots of battles and raise your characters to the fullest right? Unfortunately, only 1/3 of these missions allow you to do any interaction. The other 200 are simply "dispatch" missions where you'll send a character out for a certain period of time (either after a certain number of days, certain number of battles or certain number of enemies killed) and they'll either return with a success or failure.
Then there are the abilities. In the original Final Fantasy Tactics after each attack you got Job Points and Experience points. You could spend your Job Points to learn more abilities. This would've been good to bring back but instead FFTA makes you learn abilities by what weapons you equip and earning AP. Most weapons require 200 or 300 AP. Every now and then you'll find one that needs more. From each encounter with either a wandering clan or after a mission you'll get anywhere from 40-80 AP. It won't take you much time to figure out that you'll learn abilities quite slowly. Especially since, once you get further into the game battles begin to pace even slower. ONLY characters who participate in the battle get AP and if you send on on a dispatch mission only the dispatch gains AP.
The visual look of FFTA is astonishing and it runs quite well. The graphics aren't 3D but 2D only isometric, so it looks 3D. This is nice but sometimes characters become to crowded amongst each other and the judge will also get in the way. Since its isometric, the camera is at a fixed angle so you can't move it around. The game is VERY vibrant and colorful and showers some nice eye-candy. A GBA game has never looked this good before.
I wish I could say the music is as good as the graphics. FFTA doesn't really have "Bad" tunes. Mostly the game suffers from not having enough tunes. The soundtrack doesn't have a variety. It doesn't sound as good as the original on PSX and even for GBA it sounds lackluster when compared to other games such as "Golden Sun" or "Castlevania: Circle of the Moon". The soundtrack is also very limited. So limited that I got very tired of hearing some tunes and turned the volume down ever once and a while. The sound effects are very nice though and when you KO a character they give a little scream that sounds very realistic.
The last problem with FFTA is how easy the game is. The original Final Fantasy Tactics... well... actually required you to use tactics. This one doesn't require nearly as much strategy. In fact, as long as you have a character who is equipped with a good weapon you'll be able to win everytime (you won't even have to worry about healing unless the laws are totally against you). There are more varieties of job classes in this one but you really won't find yourself switching to learn abilities all that much.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is by no means a bad game. Its a little too easy and too childish for the FFT veteran but it can be enjoyable if you make the most of it.
OVERALL:
On the positive side
+Beautiful Graphics!
+A few good tunes
+Good voices
+A variety of job classes
+Judge system makes the game unique but...
+Easy and simple to play
But of course with all the good stuff there are the bad things
-You can't rotate the camera in battle, when characters get bunched up its hard to place them when you can't see!
-The soundtrack isn't big enough, and the music isn't as good
-Abilities take too long to learn
-The Judge System is downright annoying
-The game is TOO easy | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Defender. I wanted to play Defender and this cart provided that, to my satisfaction, for a few dollars.
I've never played Defender in the arcade, but this appears to be the most accurate portable version available. I have the Midway Arcade app on my iPad, and Defender on this GBA port compares favorably in terms of graphics and pacing. There was nothing done to "update" the graphics or gameplay. It is just intended to emulate the arcade version. I can't say that it is a perfect arcade emulation because I have no way of knowing. I just know how it compares to other various ports. It's good.
I have a DS lite and a Game Boy Micro. I normally choose to play Defender on the Micro, although the screen is a bit hard to see, it is still quite playable for me. The d-pad, A, B and R buttons are all perfectly suited to this game.
I don't like the original Robotron or Joust, so had no reason to be disappointed with those here. Sinistar is pretty much unplayable for me in this collection but I have never played it elsewhere.
If Defender is the selling point for you, then I highly recommend this cart. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Cartridge Storage. Out of all the video game systems on the market today, the most successful one that has really stood the test of time is the Game Boy Advance from Nintendo. The system has really been the most universal system ever released. But for those who need a place to store their cartridges, there needs to be a simple method. Here it is. This 3-pack game case holds three Game Boy Advance games into one convient compartment. I like it because it really saves on storage when you bring your system on the go, rather than bringing cartridge, after cartridge in their original boxes, and it is very sleek. This is a great buy for any GBA owner and I definitely recommend it.
Price: B+
Convience: A-
Storage: B+
Overall: B+ | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Lock-Tight. Impossible To Open. These GBA individual clear cartridge cases are impossible to open with your hands. <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/10-Pcs-Lot-Clear-Plastic-Game-Cartridge-Card-Box-Case-Cover-For-Game-Boy-GBA-SP-GBM/dp/B01EAG0VCG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">10 Pcs/Lot Clear Plastic Game Cartridge Card Box Case Cover For Game Boy GBA SP GBM</a>I payed them open from the corners using my very thin embroidery scissors blade to open them and then tried to stretch and loosen them up a bit. it worked on only a few, the rest remained lock-tight.
These are a good thickness and the plastic itself is sturdy, unfortunately, this is a moot point given that the cases are not functional. I won't be buying these again as both my child and I are unable to open them. Useless. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
fun......but. Bookworm on the GBA is fun if you like word games. My kids enjoy it though it may get frustrating for early readers.
Graphics are almost identical to the PC game and it has the same feel, and hte sound is almost the same, but there are some missing features such as the definitions that come up when you submit a less common word. My 9 year old missed that feature from the computer version.
My only complaint with the game is that while it is terrific in its simplicity, it quickly becomes a challenge just to beat your own high score and generate words with more points. Once you reach Supreme Bookworm, which may be fairly soon, there are no more in-game goals. The bonus words start recycling and the challenge doesn't ramp up.
It is still a lot of fun and I'm glad they did not include off-color and swear words, though there are some fairly commonly used words not included, but I was hoping for something new given that the computer version has been out for a while. I'd also appreciate more gameplay options, maybe something along scrabble lines for younger players to create words out of random tiles for points or maybe an anagram game.
My favorite GBA game is Legend of Zelda Link to the Past and my kids favorites are the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire versions. These games have an incredible depth of play. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Shortest Kirby game ever, almost Kirby but somehow it IS Kirby. I've been anxiously waiting for this to arrive in mail today and planned to have hours of entertainment but beat it in 30 minutes. This is the first Kirby game on the Game Boy which is not only short in length but falls short of expectations from a Kirby game. Unlike all Kirby games, this fellow cannot absorb enemies' powers which beats the purpose of a Kirby game. Regardless it is still enjoyable and you'll encounter familiar foes and landscapes from other Kirby installments.
This is still another must have for a Game Boy collector despite the short length. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Best Zelda Ever. Wind Waker is amazing. I just received it yesterday and played it for about an hour. Let me just say that the graphics are jaw dropping. NO other developer has been able to pull off cel-shading like Nintendo has with WW. So far I have only got to the first island that contains the first dungeon. But let me say this that the gameplay is so far ahead than OOT. It's way better to be able to just throw a bomb or pot with the A button and drop it with the R button than have to run and fall off a cliff. Fighting the enemies is awesome!!!!!!! There are so many on screen at sometimes. The most I have seen right now are two enemies but I know there will be more. Don't listen to these psychos who this new Zelda is ... just because of the graphics and only if they played a demo. Come on a demo is limited, you can't judge a game off of a demo. I highly recommend this revolutionary game!!!!! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Definitely worth the money to get your GBA SP looking new again. I cannot say as many good things about this as are necessary for me to fully convey how I feel about this replacement shell. You can literally turn a really terrible looking pink gameboy with a screen that's scratched to hell into looking like a brand new machine. Yes, it's a bit of a process to get the innards of the GBA into the housing. For that, I would strongly suggest checking out YouTube as there are more than a few different guides for it. The hardest part of it all is getting the ribbon cable for the screen to sit properly in its spiral in the hinge, but it really is manageable for anyone with a bit of patience. There are a few very minor deformities in the one I got. The little hinge part that sits on the right-hand side seems to be a slightly different color than the rest, a single speaker hole seems to not have been pressed out, and there are a few small areas where there are lines that noticeably show where the plastic was stamped. They're not large enough to hurt you, even after extended play, but they're somewhat noticeable.
All in all, if I had to do it again, I'd probably buy a black one so that the minor issues would hopefully be better hidden, but I would definitely buy it again. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Good but could have been better. This James Bond game is cool but they could of made it way better than it was. I have this game already and I do have fun with it but I say things like they should of done this and this da da da. In this game they shouldn't of made James Bond look different because then its not realy James Bond. Theres not many levels in the game but some are fun like the driving levels. Those levels were a great idea. They should of had more levels like maybe 25 and ten of the levels should be car levels. That would be awesome. It would of been cool if you could do car races and car battles in multiplayer. In multiplayer some of the games that they have you cant do with bots like capture the flag or goldengun that was a mistake. There are only 12 missions. The levels should have been longer because some are to dang short. The missions in the levels are easy to figure out you don't even have to look at what your missions are. They needed more cheats like the ones from Goldeneye. Once you earn a cheat you cant turn it of or on it just stays on. The graphics are great like maybe a 9 because some things are polygon shaped. You hear the original song in almost every level which is pretty cool. In order to earn some cheats you have to score points and get these 007 icons. That was a good idea. This game was just to short plus the ending was cool but it shouldn't have ended the way it ended. James Bond jumps out of a window and his girlfriend Zoe who was pretty hot catches Bond in a plane. Then they fly away and its the end. On Nintendo.com I saw that there would be another Bond game called Nightfire. I hope this one will be better then agent under fire. They better have lots of stuff in that game. Like more levels, more level missions, The real James Bond who is Pierce Brosnan, more multiplayer modes. Well anyways I hope Nightfire is better. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Zelda : For a child or hard core gameist. Now, for all you "Die-hard" Zelda fans out their, you may think this game is just for little kiddies. But don't be fooled with its cartoonish styling. This game will make you so annoyed with puzzles and bosses, you just won't know what to do. Give it a try, now their are somethings in it that will make it seem childish like the way he'll pick up something that is to heavy for him. What he does is simply stupid. This game does have an awsome story line, at first it is a little confusing, and it doesnt make much since most of the time, but I am sure by then of it, it will all make since to you. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
serviceable in some circumstances, lots of issues. Got this for use with my GBASP (model no. AGS-001 if that matters to you), quite a few issues. First of all, on gba games it seems to drop some channels of audio, or mess with the balance? regardless of what actually is the problem, music sounds completely different. couldn't hear the melody, just a few background bits. it was sorta nifty but i probably wouldnt use it for other advanced games other than to hear what it sounds like. using it with LSDJ, it seems not to drop out anything, so its serviceable, but it doesnt work /great/. plugged into headphones the music is VERY quiet (this didn't seem to be the case with what came thru for the sp games, only had this issue with lsdj), to the point where it is difficult to hear much of what im doing, but very occasionally it will like a blop particularly well and decide to share it with me at a more adquate volume. plugged to an aux cable then wired through my laptops mic in it seems to work pretty well actually, so at least i know it has use for recording. the connector is kinda chunky in the sp, it takes some effort to get it in correctly.
all in all i don't dislike it, if its too loud for me to hear thru headphones, i can probably just not be using headphones, and it is useful for recording, but it seems to come with too many drawbacks to actually recommend | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Mario Kart to the Max. This game is so cool I'm glad I diden't order it yet because the Bonus disc just came a couple months ago. Here is the diffrence between the N64 one and the GC one.
N64-The tracks were really cool but the graphics are worse of course. Their are less charactors but the battle mode is defenetly better then the ones in the GC version. All the karts are the same and only one person drives the kart and throws the items.
Gamecube-The tracks are better and the graphics are better. Their are more charactors and diffrent karts also. you can also win karts by beating diffrent things. Instead of one person their is 2 people in each kart. One person drives and the other person tosses cool items at people to stop them from winning the race. The battle modes aren't as good in this one.
I would buy both of them. And if you have a brother or sister or someone to play with get 3 people. 1st player drives with a computer on the back and players 2 and 3 race with eachother on the same kart. This makes it much easier to beat the tracks. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
It's A Good Ol' Party Game People. How could you not love the Mario Party franchise? It's one game I can think of that can hold 4 sequels under it's belt and still not stink. From the moment you pop in this game into your cube, you'll love it. Me and my friend Bob were the first two to test it, and we found ourselves loving it from begining to end. Single Player wise, you might not be enthralled...so purchase/rent this game only if you have friends! I reccomend the first board you try is the future board, because it extremely helps you improve on your strategy. Another great thing is, with each combonation of characters you get on your team, you get a catchy team name. For example, Mario and Luigi together are the Super Mario Bros, and Boo and Yoshi together are Team Scary Dino. How cool is that? All of the new minigames will have you beggin for more, and you can unlcock them to play anytime you want. If you own a gamecube, you need to get this, and Mario Party 4. Cook some popcorn, pour some soda, and enjoy. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
WOW! This is great. When I first heard about the "Gameboy Advance SP" I said, "Oh god, not another Gameboy system." Then I started searching the internet and found that it was pretty cool. So, I decided to buy the Gameboy Advance SP along with two games. Before I got the Gameboy Advance SP, I had the old Gameboy Pocket...I thought it was time for a change. As soon as I got home, I started checking it out. I really like that it can fold for two reasons. One, the screen won't get scratched; and two, it makes it a nice portable size to fit into your pocket. IT'S SMALLER THAN A DECK OF CARDS! Also, I enjoy the built-in light (those ones that you plug in are way too much of a hassle). When I started playing my first game (Mario Kart Super Circuit), I immedietly fell in love with the system...the clarity of the screen, the small size, the sound...hm...I was in dreamland.
For all you gamers out there, I would definitely recommend the Gameboy Advance SP. You won't regret it. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Fun game but lots of talking. This game is great but there is a lot of movie clips that make up the plot. The plot is very plain and could of used some help, the plot is that you got to get a sword because an evil guy is going to rise and the good guy is dead. You have to sit through lots of movie clips to get to the playing part. I think there was to much of that. but on the upside the battle system is fun and keeps you wanting to play. It is fun but be prepared to have to wait for movie clips to play, you may like that but i think there was to much. But if u want a good rpg game then i definitly suggest this game. Its worth the price of the game. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A Great Remake. Both the Remake and the Original are great games. The original I find adorable compared to this one. You play the Remake and it's alot scarier, especially now with Lisa, Crimson heads, and the better looking giant snake Yawn. The Original is easier and a bit faster, since it does not have Lisa, and is still awsome and the colors and controls of the original are so cute. This one has beautiful Graphics, an awsome Rocket launcher you can unlock, the Sameri Edge,very creepy settings, and I love how you can change Jill's outfits and get to see Rebecca the day after the Zero incident. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
It's Retro Mario. Well this game is basically Super Mario Bros. 2 repackaged, with a pretty makeover. If you loved SMB2 from either it's original NES 8-bit or it's re-released Super Mario Allstars 16-Bit SNES versions, then you will love this version. There's not much new, but the few new additions slightly enhance the experience. There's some new cool huge enemies, some huge veggies, some new screens featuring a rotating ferris wheel, as well as some new character animations, all added in to just show the scaling and rotating capabilities of the new Gameboy I guess. The newest feature that stood out the most for me was that Mario and the rest now talk. It's cute and adds more character to the game. As for people who have never played the originals, they just might like this new twist in the Mario series. It's still the most different and original in the series. There's no Princess to rescue, she gets to kick butt too this time. Overall it's a good quality game as expected from Nintendo, with an added bonus of being able to play the original arcade Mario Bros. with friends using just one cart. But I'm waiting for SMB3 Advanced! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Good but not great cartoon poker game. Far from a simulation, this is cartoon poker with four-person tables. The computer starts out easy to beat but does get more somewhat more difficult as you progress through the "career mode." The noises made by the "personalities" at the table - grunts and sighs, mostly - quickly reach the point of annoyance. If anyone else is within earshot, turn the sound off! The interface is clean and generally usable for poker, although the blackjack and video poker games are not nearly as well thought out (no re-bet button, for example, so you have to re-enter your bet each time.) It's whimsical and fun for what it is, but with this, Ultimate Card Games poker section, and the Texas Hold 'Em cart all having shortcomings, we're still waiting for the great hardcore poker game for the GBA. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
The coolest game. This is the coolest game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I've beaten the game 10 times and im still playing. It has tight graphics. This is what the game is about.you are a boy who has a special power it is called psynergy. As you continue you get friends with the same power. Their are weaponshops and a healing shop. If you lose all your psynergy you can either go to the healingshop and buy a psy crystal or you can find purple crystals that restore all your psynergy or you can go to the inn and restore your psynergy. When you are in town you can find creatures called djins when you get them you get stronger,you can also find them out of town. their are more than 15 towns. Each time i beat it i go back and find secret places or places i haven't been before. But their are 4 bad guys who stole the 4 stones.the earth would be destroyed if the 4 crystals weren't brought back | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Best game ever? Yeah-heah-heah. God! Where do I begin? It isn't everyday that I play a great game with as much originality as this. Let's face it. A great fighting game is still just another fighting game, but there is only one Ecco. And what a game this is! Jaw dropping, photorealistic graphics. You won't find visuals like this anywhere for a very, very long time. I swear! The collision problems that plagued Sonic Adventure are also gone. Fluid, easy controls. You'll be swimming like a dolphin in no time. Challenges coming out the wazzoo! You'll find stages that'll test your powers of perception, your skill and reflexes, your intuition, and of course your thinking skills. You'll even find areas that provide instant death to the unwary. This is no kiddie game! This is an experience. And it's a prolonged experience, as it has more than twenty stages. The sounds and music are also sweet, and the story is out of this world. Is this the best game ever? To me it is. You'd better believe it! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A Strategic Blast. First off, fans of the Mechwarrior series should note that this is not a mech combat simulator. It is real-time strategy with mechs. If you don't like Star Craft and other games of this genre, stay away.
But for RTS lovers, such as myself, Mech Platoon is a blast. Its scope is somewhat limited, having only 26 missions, three resources, and seven structures. The mechs and technoligies availible for research are numerous, however. YOu begin the campaign by selecting one of three powers to ally yourself with, namely the Trampler, the Leon, and the Minos. Each has a different starting mech and a slightly different set of missions. You then fight six missions on each home planet of your rival powers. If you selected Leon, you must fight the Trampler and Minos armies. You then fight eight missions which are common to all the campaigns against a forth power, the Barabel, on their home world of Ruin. ALong the way you collect parts from defeated enemy mechs and use them to create new mechs of your own. Collecting all the parts in the game is quite challenging. Missions are fairly difficult, with varying objectives.
All in all, an excellent game, highly recommended for RTS vetrens and newcomers alike. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Packaging says everything. Ok, being a big fan of the Genesis, let me say I was shocked when I saw this for sale at a local "dollar store." Many games fire right up with little or no effort, but with that said here's the bad news. THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT SAVE OR DELETE SAVE GAMES ON ANY SEGA(or other company) RPG. I tested this theory between two different games and came to the conclusion that the message on the box was entirely accurate. This system CAN play those rpgs, but due to the incompatibility of the system with the "rpg game" programming you cannot save or delete previously saved games on that cartridge. So unless you feel like playing a game from God-knows-who's previously saved game on Landstalker or Light Crusader (or whichever rpg you intend to play) you're screwed. Regardless of that problem, I noticed the wireless controllers (which are powered by two AAA batteries, yahoo! :/ ) are somewhat clumsy and don't respond as well as a classic Sega controller which is, thankfully, compatible with this console. So in turn, great idea overall but somewhat shoddy execution. If you aren't interested in rpgs but everything else the Genesis offers, then this is a good investment. However I recommend sticking with the classic system or finding a better quality Genesis player IF you want those few good rpgs to be as fun as they once were and to be able to save your game. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
This game impressed me. Over view:
Graphics 6.5/10 :
Although the models are very nicely done and detailed, everything else is average... Some of the landscape and objects are rough and not very impressive but get the job done. And the cinematics aren't anything special but in this game graphics aren't the important thing.
Controls 9/10 :
The controls are at first akward and confusing, and might overwhelm some people. After some practice you get used to them. The control scheme allows (once you've practiced them) more possible ways to fight then most other FPS.
GamePlay 9/10 :
This game's 15 missions are long and fun fun fun. Co-op mode rules! Fighting along side your friends is neat. But if your friends are elsewhere you'll have to learn to control a squad of four by your self, which may overwhelm some people. So invite your friends over for a great time!
Sound 7/10 :
Well there's voices, gun shots and music but I'm too busy playing to pay much attention.
Overall 9.5/10 : This would be a great game to buy for the summer! So just sit back, relax, invite over some friends and get ready for FPS heaven! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A different approach. I understand if the developers wanted to go in a different direction than "Sands of Time" but did they have to go THIS far off?
I'll make this short as this is probably my least favorite out of the four games.
It's still a good game but not nearly the masterpiece the other three are.
The bad?
The Prince.
The character model is radically different from "Sands" and honestly is a tad too different.
The guy who voiced him this time around sounds like the Snake from "Metal Gear Solid".
A total mistake right there.
The Dahaka parts were annoying.
I don't mind difficult but these parts were so hard they were cheap.
The overall "atmosphere" from the first game is completely missing.
The music is different also and doesn't match the "Persian" feel of the game.
Electric guitars in an ancient Middle Eastern game do not mesh well.
And the one thing that drove me nuts the most was the backtracking.
You have to backtrack and the game doesn't even HINT that you need to do this.
I backtracked all the way to the beginning just hoping that was the right thing to do and thankfully it was.
The good?
It's got some darn good platforming.
Very difficult but creative levels.
The fights are a lot better than sands of time but I think they spent too much time focusing on combat instead of what really matters about this franchise....puzzles.
All in all, it's still a top notch game that had it's share of missteps.
Missteps that were thankfully corrected by "Two Thrones".
I still give this one a hearty recommendation.
It's not "Sands" or "Thrones" but it's still better than 90% of the games out there. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
This game is cool. This game was defenily cool, especialy the fact that you can put the codes that apear at the left down corner of your cards. Here are some codes to help you out when you get your game,
Blue eyes white dragon-89631139
Dark magichian-46986414
Salamandra-32268901
Swordstalker-50005633
Hitotsu-me Giant-76184692
Koumori Dragon-67724379
Mystical Elf-15025844
Mammoth Graveyard-40374923
Uraby-01784619
Battle Ox-05053103
Just Desserts-24068492
Judge man-30113682
I hope you use this codes, they might help you be a pro in the game and trust me, this cards are good. Sinsirerly,
Adams. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
An Addictive, Zany Funfest. Wario Ware Inc. Megagame$.
After seeing that Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Wario Ware 9.5 out of 10(Fairly uncommon for a Game Boy Game), I decided to pick this game up. First off, know that Amazon's price is a little steep, and you can usually find this game for about 19.99$ anywhere, so if you want this game, don't worry about getting it! After giving Wario Ware a whirl, I was pleasantly surprised and grateful for getting it, as it's just what I needed for the Summer. A game that NEVER GETS OLD! Usually Summer's a bummer, but whenever I got bored, I just popped this game in and played it for hours. In other words, BUY IT! Below you will find reasons this game is so good.
PROS-
-OVER 200 MINI-GAMES- I sware, there are literally hundreds of games in one game! All of them are different, and each is fun in its own special way!
-ORIGINALITY- Wario Ware, without a doubt, is one of the most original games I've ever played, and I doubt you'll see another game even remotely like this one. For that reason, it stands out against such tired Mini-Game Video Games such as Mario Party.
-EASILY ACCESIBLE- No matter what age you are, this game is very straightforward and easy to learn. You only use the A, B, and Direction Pad buttons.
-FUN FOR ALL AGES- OK, I'm not sure if an 80 Year Old guy would like this, but Adults and Kids alike would have fun with this game, and maybe a few Senior Citizens...
-CHEAP-Unlike the price on Amazon, you can easily find this game at most Video Game Stores(Best Buy, EB Games, Circuit City) quite cheap, in the range of 15.99-19.99$. You can't miss out on this deal!
-VARIED MINI-GAMES- From Mini-Games where you Pick Someone's Nose, Brush Someone's Teeth, to shooting Basketballs, there are many different Mini-Games, and they are all different!
-ADDICTIVE "NEVER-ENDING" GAMES- Once you beat a certain amount of stages, you unlock "Never-Ending" games, which you play for High Scores. These games include "Jump Forever", "Paper Airplane", and "Skating". These games are the most addictive of the lot, and it's fun to play with your friends for High Scores.
-LITERALLY, NEVER GETS OLD!- I Have beaten this game A LONG TIME ago, yet I still play it and it seems as fresh as when I bought it. Excellent Replayability!
CONS-
-NOT REALLY A GAME....- REALLY, WARIO WARE IS JUST A BUNCH OF MINI-GAMES THAT YOU MASTER TO UNLOCK NEW ONES, SO DON'T COME IN EXPECTING A COMPLEX GAME LIKE ZELDA OR MARIO.
-NO PLOT- Really, there's no discernable plot in this entire thing, and it's painfully obvious this is a Japanese Game.
-TERRIBLE MUSIC- UGH! Please, unless you want to listen to the same annoying and grating techno music over and over and over(and over x Infinity), please turn the volume all the way down on your Game Boy.
Overall, if you're looking for a fun game to pass the time, without worrying to much about plot and mechanics, Wario Ware is for you. This is one of the funnest and most addictive games I own, and the only reason I'm giving it 4 Stars is its lack of a Plot and everything else.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! THIS GAME REALLY PASSES THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE BORED! NEVER GETS OLD, AND STAYS INTERESTING FOREVER! CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO BEAT EVERYTHING(I STILL HAVEN'T DONE IT!)!
Also Recommended-
Sonic Advance 2-Game Boy Advance
Mario Party- Nintendo, Gamecube
Fusion Frenzy- X-Box
Thanks For Reading! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Very Good, If u have specific games for it. The cable works very well. Its has clips so it won't fall out unless u pull very hard. The reason i gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that tere are not many games that can make use of this. However, the select few that it works for works very very well. Not all games even require the GBA version of it. Like Sonic Adventue 2 battle u don't need sonic advance to transfer your chao. However u canot turn of the GBA if u want to keep it (unless u have onic Adv.) just for example. And no this des notlet u play GameBoy games on the TV. There is something else coming out for GCN for that. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Quality controller, great color as well! You NEED this if you're a Super Smash Bro's fan. There is a reason why this controller has so many positive reviews and stars.
I love how Nintendo decided to bring back the old school Gamecube controllers, as they were definitely a thing of nostalgia. The great quality is almost the same as the ones made back then, and the buttons are very responsive.
Third party controllers don't seem to work that well, and they sure aren't built to last like Nintendo Gamecube controllers do. I'd avoid third party controllers like the plague, if you can. Buy an official, quality controller that will last you a long time!
This is my number 1 choice of controller when it comes to playing a game such as Super Smash Brothers Wii U.
*Please keep in mind, in order to use this controller with your Wii U, you will also need the Wii U, gamecube controller adapter, which runs at about $20. Up to 4 Gamecube controllers can be connected to said adapter. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
How to truly rate a game. Games can only truly be measured by how long you can stand to play them. ...
This game changes continuosly. It is like Harvest Moon. I played Harvest Moon for ages and never got tired. But when my sister erased my game, I really couldn't start from scratch and work my way all the back to where I was. But if i still had my game, I'd be playing it even now! Harvest Moon changed as I played, thus extending it's value as a game. Animal Crossing offers the same kind of game. But it changes more drastically, which brings its value close to the top-notch genre: Multiplayer.
Multiplayer games provide the most replay value because you are competing with something that provides new challenges at every turn: the human brain. Online capabilities are even better, they give you the oppurtunity to play against billions of completely different strategies. Animal Crossing slighty taps into the incredible power of multiplayer by letting other players occupy the same village. The players don't truly co-exist because only one can play at a time, but their presence is obvious. Competition brings out the best in everyone. It's the human drive to be better. This urge gives a game much more excitement. If you have freinds or family in on the game, it will be a far more entertaining.
The only real prolblem with the game lies not in the game itself, but in the concept of real-time events. People have schedules, school, vacation, some people even have lives!(woah!) If the only time you're free to play is the time when everybody is asleep, it's not very fun. And changing the game clock kinda kills the effect of real-time. And if the game moves on without you, that's not very fun either. If events in the game only happen at a certain time, you have to make appointments in your life to visit your other life and show up for those events. Having the game play by itself when you're not around is cool, but impractical. The game is great, but some of the concepts keep it from being perfect.
The sky blackens when my name is spoken.
Mortals cower beneath my image.
I am... THE BRASS MONKEY!!! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
I only really bought it to help my progress in . I only really bought it to help my progress in FireRed by trading a Blastoise into it and to also complete my collection of the Gen III games, but the one from PENGFC definitely was counterfeit. As someone already reported, the save lagged for 10 seconds and the sound became muddy and choppy after. I opened the cartridge to see the difference between it and my original FireRed cartridge (which I received when it had first come out) and noticed /significant/ differences (picture). True, in some cartridges there are slight differences on the insides, but this was really noticeable. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Loved Mario Party N64, Hate Mario Party GBA. I love the idea of playing an original board game on my console. Though Mario Party 64 could get long at times, it was a fun game, and could usually elicit quite a few laughs. However, the GBA version is nothing like that. Yes, it's a board, but there is no competition with other players.
You start by choosing 1 of 4 characters, which you can change at any time without affecting your game play. Your starting place depends on the character you choose. Basically, you roll dice and have to hit all these houses and building where they give you missions. When you finish a mission you receive an item. At some point you play against Bowser, I think. I actually haven't gotten that far because I'm so bored. Periodically you are given mini-games to play which unlocks them. After unlocking them you can go to a special land to just play mini-games. There are also other gambling type games you unlock, but these are really stupid.
Overall, it doesn't sound too bad. I even forced myself to keep playing thinking it would get more fun. It doesn't. No competition, so no real skill needed and no drive to play. I like Mario Party 64 because it's a competition, taking that away makes it no longer a board game. Sometimes when I'm given a mission, I still have no idea what to do, because they tell me where to go, but I have no idea where that building is on the map, or sometimes it's so far away I know I can't make it with the amount of turns they give you. You start with 5 dice (5 turns) which I have noticed quickly run out. I have even run out before I was able to make it to a mission. You can earn more dice, but it seems sort of random as to how this works. I could be wrong about that, but to me it seems like Toad just pops up and offers you a game periodically. And speaking of games, some of the mini-games have been fun, but some I have yet to figure out how they work. They do give you instructions, but even then I can't seem to do some of them. And some I've given up on.
I have played this multiple times, with all the characters, trying to like it. Trying to make it live up to the Mario Party name, but it just can't. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Awesome cult classic. Loved this game when I first played and loved it when I played it again. There is a few things that I noticed that I didn't the first time. For the cards/creatures that stay out in the field, the AI is pretty lousy compared to some other games. Even for the time that it came out.
Allow me to elaborate, In this game you collect card that you use against enemies that pop up as random encounters throughout the game. You have a deck you choose to take with you before each level and each card has different effects. Unlike today's video game card games though (Magic the gathering, mobile phone card game apps, ect ect...), The cards actually summon a real creature somewhat like pokemon.
However for the cards that unleash a creature that stays out and keeps fighting, they have problems turning and moving where they need to be to hit the enemy. It's not terribly bad but it's definitely noticable.
I give this game a 5/5 because of it being so unique and being the only live action card game and not one that just turned into playing cards on a television. My review and most others here don't do it justice, you should really check out some videos like these ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4dH9KsFd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WVaKHdDSU | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
The First MUST-HAVE Game for the Gamecube Console. NHL HITZ is by far the most addicting game I have ever played. I am a huge hockey fan and love the rougher side of the game (ie fighting, checking). This game does not disappoint. It is basically NFL BLITZ for hockey. You play 3 on 3 with a goalie and a couple of players on the bench. Some of the cooler parts game are: 1. the SPEED - speed is amazing, your fingers never stop moving, you are always trying to catch up with the action 2. the CHECKING - some of the best checks EVER, you can send guys through the glass and into the crowd! 3. the FIGHTING - there's plenty fighting and it's easy to win 4. PLAYER SELECTION - you can change your 3 man lineup between each period. This is the best hockey game since NHL Hockey for Sega Genesis, do not hesitate for one second......BUY IT NOW! | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
So much to do in so much time. Hey, I purchased this game the day it came out and since then I still haven't even gotten half way through! Maybe its just because i have to complete every single sidequest there is but theres only so much you can find on 49 different islands! The only complaint i have is that there are so many islands, and the should have made them bigger on the map, it takes about 5 minutes (with no enemy distraction) to get to a neiboring isle in another quadrent... so, if your looking for an all action fighting game, think about this one. the enemys have grow way bettter from ocorina, exept some can be very annoying, also there are items from which you can can steal from enemys, so before you go for the kill your gona wanna get the treasure. What i mean by are way better is that it takes way more strategy to kill just a common enemy, you can either knock it down and pick up its weapon and go slash it in half while its defensless, or if there is a group of them, you can trick them into atacking eachother, and (my personal fav) just get them with your trusty heros sword, wich you can counter attack with now, making their attacks useless and you doing more damage.
dungeons... well, lets just say there aren't as many as in ocorina. i belive there are.. 6? well, anyways, once you play through one and go for it again its a cake walk. sometimes in your first play through the game it can confuse you and have you buying the strategy guide or lookin up on the internet. even though there aren't many dungeons, side quests easily make up for them.
hope this helps you... | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Fun, Great Gameplay, Too Dark. I have been a fan of Castlevania since I can remember. So naturally I couldn't wait for this game--the reason I bought my Gameboy Advance. And I wasn't disappointed. You begin the game attempting to stop the resurrection of Count Dracula. Arriving just too late, you are thrown into a pit while your teacher is captured. The game has a very large world (especially for a handheld) to explore in search of magic, armor, weapons and, ultimately, Count Dracula and your missing mentor. The areas are generally varied as with a typical haunted castle.
The music, like most Castlevanias, is great, featuring several remakes of classic Castlevania tunes. However, the screen is incredibly dark--almost impossible to see depending on what areas you are in. The dark screen really detracted from my gaming experience. Most Castlevanias feature at least very decent graphics. In fact, I can think of several Castlevanias that were considered groundbreaking in side-scrolling graphics. That part of the game is simply lost due to the dark screen.
Other than the dark screen I can find little wrong with the game. If you're looking for a game to travel around with, you may have difficulty--especially at night. If that's not a problem then this becomes a must have--much better than the Mario side-scrollers for Gameboy Advance. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Wandering Israelites, your salavtion from boredome has come. So like the other day we were doing the ol' Exodus thing when Moses says to me, "Dude, i'm like totally freakin' out here! I mean here we are, 23 years, 5 months, and 6 days into the Exodus, and God's all telling me how there's still a ways to go. Like freakin' Hades man."
And I'm all "Yo Moses, chill out dude. You've been in the heat too long. Here, take a drink from this smitten rock... Try thinking about Canaan and all the sweet babes we'll be getting!"
But he's all "Forget your smitten rock. And forget you. All i can think about is the sand in my crotch tumbling my minerals. Heck, I can't even remember the last time I had a good time."
And it was then the freakin' sky went all crazy.. I mean thunder, lighting, the whole Wrath of God sampler. And God 's like "Wat up Moe, why you be going all prophet diva on me dawg?"
And I'm all trying to cover up for Moses but he wouldn't have any of that. "dude, God, listen, I know your our Creator and all, but heck, couldn't you create something fun for us? I mean Hades! Seven days and nights and you take a nap? I've been wandering for 23 freakin' years man!"
And God in his infinite wisdom responds "Alright alright dude, mellow out. I made opium didn't I? Why don't you smoke some of that swade stuff. "
Moses is just all "Dude, c'mon"
"Christ. You generation Dor haMidbarers are all the same. Alright, alright, fine. Take my Sega Nomad."
Then Moses breaks out with "Holy mother of God! Sweet! Covet this you jiggas!" Moses is such a jerk.
Anyway, after getting that Sega Nomad, Moses never whined again for 20 years. Thank God.
*note, the Nomad Powerback, should be spelled Powerpack. Its just batteries and other holy things, but no the system itself | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
The best series in history. What can you really say about the Legend of Zelda? I have been playing the Zelda series since I was 8 years old, and I've never gotten tired of it. Ocarina of Time is, without a doubt, the greatest game ever created.
I LOVED Ocarina of Time. I'm a true blue fan of that game, and I didn't think I'd like the new graphics and style of WW, but I love it. It's the little details like when Link gets out of water, his footsteps are wet. Things like that. The detail is superb. Dungeons and bosses are as challenging and fun as ever, and the graphics are just incredible. In fact, I love the "cartoon-ish" feel to it. It's a little more ubeat and fun, and not as dark as others.
5 stars out of 5. I played this game instead of writing a 15 page research paper, forcing myself to have to write it in 4 days, but it was all worth it. This game is amazing and addictive.
My only complaint (and one that other people seem to note as well) is that the world is huge and it takes quite a bit of time to travel(via boat) from area to area. It gets a little tedious and sometimes a wee bit frustrating. That said, the game is hugely entertaining and I absolutely adore it. I'm playing it again for a second run through(and, when you play the game again after beating it once, there are little differences and changes in your second game! fun!).
If you loved OoT, you'll love this one too, trust me. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
A very fun and challenging shmup. This game is unfortunately still a Dreamcast exclusive. Unfortunate, because it naturally limits the number of people who are going to get a chance to play it, and it really is quite a clever STG.
The arcade version of this game has a very interesting weapon system where everything is mapped to one button. The rate of tapping and length of tapping is what chooses what your ship does. A short rapid tap will lead to a normal shot, like you'd see in any other game. This shot is leveled up by collecting the gold cubes, and never gets leveled down.
Waiting a little bit before tapping, but still only tapping the button activates the "piercing cannon" which is sort of a mix between a charge shot and a close attack. It only reaches about half way across the screen, but is more powerful than the normal shot. It is the same power from the start. If you hold down the button, you get the "mosquito" attack, which is a shield that sucks up bullets. releasing the button will spit them out away from the direction that you're moving.
If you hold down the button for long enough, you will get the "Gravity Hole Bomb" which is a pretty standard smart bomb type thing. Using the mosquito attack or GHB drains a gauge which begins to refill once you are done. You can only use them when the gauge is all the way full. There is a slight lag on the mosquito attack, so it is important to time it just right. The shorter time you use the mosquito for, the quicker the gauge recharges.
Luckily, the Dreamcast port gives you autofire on the normal shot and piercing cannon. Because it is important to be able to get to the mosquito attack at a heartbeat, however, I would recomend mapping the piercing cannon to the right trigger, because it makes the game much easier (though still very hard), and not bothering with the normal attack autofire, so that you can leave your thumb always on the A button (which you will use for everything other than the piercing cannon.
The reason why I've been enjoying this game is mostly due to the interesting weapons system, which leads to highly tactical play, and the excellent level layout. The scoring system is also very flexible, though I'm not really good enough to play for score. I find the control to be extremely tight, like in most arcade games. I have been playing this for something like a month to a month and a half at this point.
I would only recommend this game, however, to people who are already fans of 2D autoscrolling shoot 'em ups, and understand how to appreciate them, because to the uninitiated, it would probably be unpleasantly difficult. For what it's worth, however, the game includes many unlockables that can be bought in the store for experience gained from normal play. This provides a nice incentive to those who would not otherwise find it worthwhile to keep on trying and failing. Some of these unlockables can make the game much easier, as well.
To those who are a fan of shmups, I would most definately recommend this game. It's relatively cheap for a Dreamcast shmup, and actually one of the best, if not the best on the system. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Great for travel. This is a great game console! It's light weight and you can fold it in half. It's the perfect size made for you pocket. You can still play all you old games on this console. It comes with its own light so you don't have to depend on another light source. If you like to play games while on the go this is a most have! Nintendo did a great job with this console. I will admit if you have big hands it will be kind of hard at first because the bottons are small and a little closer together and it will be a little more difficult to push the left and right botton. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
An improvement but still lacking greatness. I hated Batman: Vengeance and I was a little bit weary about playing this game. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually a fun little beat-em-up in the tradition of Streets of Rage and Double Dragon. However it is still quite a shallow game.
Each level looks exactly the same as you (as Batman, Robin, Batgirl or Nightwing) run around levels like the City Streets, the Sewers, Museums etc and beat-up generic looking villains. The graphics and levels look pretty but the scenery is rather flat and unengaging. Plus the upgrades with special moves are hardly that exciting though it is slightly fun using them to kick-in the heads of evil henchmen. But when you do it for the forty-millionth time it does get a bit boring.
And every level involves either defusing a bomb against 3-minute time limits and rescuing hostages against 3-minute time limits. Wow! But, like I said, it's still far better than Vengeance and the cut-scenes look lovely. And for the tiny amount of pennies that I paid for it I can hardly complain really. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
Invest in a better version of R-Type. If there was ever any doubt that R-Type II was nothing more than a slightly different version of R-Type then R-Type DX should lay them to rest forever.
In 1987 shoot-em-up video games were hardly new. But R-Type gave new meaning to the term 'side-scrolling space-shooter'. Featuring subliminal imagery, awe-inspiring bio-mechanical villains, jaw-clenching gameplay, brilliant music and amazing power-ups, R-Type set a new standard that was soon mimicked in more games to follow than you can shake a stick at.
The story behind the game has earth come under attack from a race of mutant aliens called The Bydo Empire. Instead of sending a whole fleet of warships to fend them off a single R-series space vessel must penetrate the hordes of Bydo scum and make it to the core of the mothership and blast them back to the far side of the galaxy.
It was hard. Very, very hard. And you'd be screaming with frustration. But that was the ingenuous part. IREM deliberately made the game near-impossible so you'd spend more money on it. And by jove it worked on me.
Apart from several R-Type sequels, IREM never mounted to much after this. R-Type was their one hit wonder. Ported onto just about every home console you can think of, the best version of R-Type was always the arcade machine. If you see it, don't think twice about playing. And paying.
Like I said, R-Type was brilliant. And of course a sequel was more than welcome. But the sequel we got was just far too similar to the first. It feels more like an expansion pack than anything else. The first level of R-Type II is virtually the exact same as before. Even the music hasn't changed.
Level 2 did feature a cool, and very hard, underwater stage and there were a couple of new power ups for that crazy force orb. But it was all just too samey. IREM didn't put much imagination into this game at all. On its own, when not standing next to the first, R-Type II is still a great game but is no-doubt a rip-off when regarded as a sequel. With all of the pale imitations of R-Type that followed the original's release then they should have tried harder to make this something special.
You can play this Gameboy Color game in 5 ways. First you have the black and white Gameboy version of R-Type. And let's face it, who wants to play that? Or you can play it in color. A wiser choice. This option also features on R-Type II (now missing the cool underwater level seen in the arcades).
Or you can choose to actually play the game as R-Type DX, which is a combination of both. And you'll never know it. It's a bit dull, the infinite continues don't temp me to play for hours on end and the primitive graphics and sound of the Gameboy Color don't do justice to the usually brilliantly detailed R-Type universe.
Pick up for no more than 1 dollar. | video-games_retro-gaming-microconsoles |
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