GBA/SP questions

[jethro jazz]

ive had a GBA nigh on a year now yet have only purchased 4 games. i have:

advance wars
bomberman tournament
zelda lttp
golden sun

anything else seriously worth me investing in? particularly lesser known jap and US title would be nice

also, wheres the cheapest place to get an SP nowadays?

and if i bought a flash linker, could i only play GBS roms or are there emulators (unlikley, i know )
how much would a flash linker cost and where sould i get one?

thanks

[Halo]

Made in Wario/Warioware isn't uncommon and Japanese, but it's damn good.
Super Dodgeball is a fun game if a bit shortlived.
Ninja 5-0/Ninja Cop is also great fun while it lasts. Gets a bit frustrating quickly though.

If you buy a Flash Linker you can emulate NES, Master System and Spectrum off the top of my head.

[Mr Ono]

Wario Ware
Pokemon Pinball (Sapphire or Ruby)
Bubble Bobble Old & New
Mario Advance 2
Mario Kart Advance
Metroid Fusion
Streetfighter Alpha 3

[dreamylittledream]

Any of the Castlevania games...

Oh and Sonic Advance naturelment

(and if you can wait a month or so Advance Wars 2, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Golden Sun 2)

[jethro jazz]

If you buy a Flash Linker you can emulate NES, Master System and Spectrum off the top of my head.

hmm, i was hoping to hear SNES and mega drive. any chace of this do you think? also how easy is it to get roms running on a flash linker and how much do they cost.

thanks for the games suggestions btw, keep them coming

[Halo]

If you buy a Flash Linker you can emulate NES, Master System and Spectrum off the top of my head.

hmm, i was hoping to hear SNES and mega drive. any chace of this do you think? also how easy is it to get roms running on a flash linker and how much do they cost.

There is no chance at all that anyone will ever get the Megadrive/SNES running at a playable speed on the GBA. A GP32 will play both fine, however, as it has a much faster processor.

Flash Linkers are designed to run roms so they are easy enough to use, although mine rarely gets out of the cupboard. Get the F2A one since it is the best one. Dunno where to get 'em any more or the prices though.

[jethro jazz]

so it will easily run GBA roms? can you store more than one on the cart and switch between them easily?

from what ive heard, the GP32 only runs mega drive games at 95% with no sound and SNES emulation on it is virtually unplayable.

still, how much is one of those?

[choddo]

Very roundabout way of finding out if you can pirate GBA games

[jethro jazz]

not really, i noticed that it boasted about developing your own games and i thought as the GP32 runs emulators it might be possible to do the same thing on a GBA. but obviously not

again, wheres the cheapest place to get an SP nowadays?

[choddo]

Quite hard to get much quids off. Special Reserve were selling them for 80 I think.

[jethro jazz]

ive ordered a pretty torchic sp now but still not sure what software to get other than:
Warioware
Pokemon Pinball (Sapphire or Ruby)
Bubble Bobble Old & New
Mario Advance 2
Mario Kart Advance
Metroid Fusion
Streetfighter Alpha 3
Sonic Advance

also, does anyone know where i can get a uk charger from?

[yashiro]

Just in case anyone is thinking of getting a new UK SP soon you might wanna wait tilll the 24th Oct.

[jethro jazz]

i saw them but im gonna go for the torchic one because its rarer and ill be the only person i know with one

anyone know anything about getting a replacement charger and cheap games?

[Siri]

For a replacement charger and battery, go to www.consoleplus.co.uk, I got one for my US GBA for about 20 quid or something, and it's working well.

As for games, I guess www.play.com has them rather cheap, as does www.gameseek.co.uk, but you can get those prices pretty much anywhere around the internet, 30-odd quid seems to be the norm.