Author Topic: Gameboy 20th Aniversary (Read 13658 times)

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:27:39 PM »

Um I'm not sure if you are allowed to post torents.PM me the site and edit that out.

Stratos · « **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:32:00 PM »

It's not illegal material. Torrents are not illegal unless they have illegal material in them.
If I linked to an OC Remix Torrent or a Torrent of public domain music it would be OK as well.
Besides, I linked to the site not a torrent. Not all the stuff on there is torrent either. It is an option for people who have a client like that. There are options for people w/o a torrent client.

Now if I linked to a site that had torrents for popular music and games, that would be illegal.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #27 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:34:32 PM »

Ok thanks for the clarifactions on the matter.

Stratos · « **Reply #28 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:37:05 PM »

No problem

I don't like to break the rules.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #29 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:41:18 PM »

Well that is nice to hear.

Hmmm is any staff taken my idea of a Gameboy retrospective into consideration?

Stratos · « **Reply #30 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:43:43 PM »

Quote from: Maxi on April 07, 2009, 05:41:18 PM

Hmmm is any staff taken my idea of a Gameboy retrospective into consideration?

I know they are planning a Super Metroid Podcast Edition soon. You should write them and see if we can at least get them to talk about it during the mail section for a good deal of time.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #31 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:48:20 PM »

Yeah thats a good idea.I would also like an article on it too.

Stratos · « **Reply #32 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:56:15 PM »

Your a news guy, can't you do a quick news article about the fact it is the anniversary to create awareness?

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #33 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:02:40 PM »

First of all I am not part of the staff.I just posted about this idea in the RFN#140 episode.So hopefully they take my idea into consideration.

Mop it up · « **Reply #34 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:04:15 PM »

I'm not really into portables so I don't own very many GB/C/A games, and had even less back in the day.

I don't remember when I got the Game Boy but it couldn't have been too early on as I didn't get Tetris with it. The game I got along with it was Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, which is a game of pure awesomity that I continued playing long after I discovered every little secret. It was a while before I bought a second game, which was Metroid 2. I played a little bit, didn't like it, and instead played through Wario Land again. Much Later I got Kirby's Dream Land, which has since mysteriously disappeared.

Despite the inhuman amount of time I've spent playing Wario Land, my favourite original Game Boy game is probably FaceBall 2000. It's too obscure for it to not be.

I still have that lovable little brick. If it weren't for it having a buildup of dirt under the screen cover, I'd probably still use it because I find it to be the most comfortable Game Boy system.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #35 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:11:46 PM »

I haven't had the opportunity to get Metroid 2.I got all of the Metroid games but Zero Mission,Fusion,and Metroid 2.I have Metroid and Super Metroid on the VC.I got the Prime Series on its respective consoles.

I would say the GB game that I played the most was Pokemon Red and Blue.

Mop it up · « **Reply #36 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:17:39 PM »

Personally I don't think that Metroid 2 has any worth today, so you aren't really missing anything. It has aged even worse than the NES Metroid. I understand that people feel they should try it because it's a part of the Metroid series, though all it is likely to do is cause you to realize just how much better the series got.

UncleBob · « **Reply #37 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:32:15 PM »

Am I the only one who thinks Metroid 2 is really a great game? It's a bit short, but the game makes up for it by giving you so much to explore and no map. Perhaps that's why people don't care for it, but I think it really sets the tone for the game.

Mop it up · « **Reply #38 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:47:07 PM »

Yes, the lack of a map is definitely a big factor. It might not have been so bad if there weren't so few landmarks, many places looked the same. Of course, this is mostly due to the limitations of the Game Boy and being in black-and-white. Also, you need to collect way too many missiles to beat the final enemy, made all the more frustrating by the difficult navigation.

Metroid 2 is the one Metroid game I'd like to see remade.

Stratos · « **Reply #39 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:48:37 PM »

I played Metroid 2 for a little bit when i won it off eBay a month ago but I'm saving it now for when it comes up on the RetroActive. I've got two Metroids so far in the game and it seems pretty interesting.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #40 on:** April 08, 2009, 12:35:38 PM »

Quote from: UncleBob on April 07, 2009, 07:32:15 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Metroid 2 is really a great game? It's a bit short, but the game makes up for it by giving you so much to explore and no map. Perhaps that's why people don't care for it, but I think it really sets the tone for the game.

You're not alone. I find the original Metroid to be about as playable as Berserk on the Atari 2600, but I think Metroid 2 still plays well. I don't think an in game map would have helped all that much since the game is pretty linear, but I admit I didn't actually finish it until Nintendo Power finally provided maps some time later. That's because I was some kind of video game chicken back then, though. I never wanted to do anything without knowing what was coming.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #41 on:** April 08, 2009, 01:36:20 PM »

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Personally I don't think that Metroid 2 has any worth today, so you aren't really missing anything. It has aged even worse than the NES Metroid.

I think it's aged much better than the first game but it is still quite dated. But for me it's entirely because it's too easy to get lost because of the lack of a map and the fact that everything is black & white. What I don't like about the NES game is that it's so stiff to control. Metroid II's controls seem tighter and a lot more like what I expect. It also has a real save system instead of passwords. It is an old game and certainly not timeless like Super Metroid but it feels quite playable.

But I think it's due for a Zero Mission style remake. That would be really cool. We deserve to at least see that game in colour, right? Most of the classic Gameboy games either got a DX GBC version or at least Super Gameboy colouring. And it would probably get the original back in print in some form, likely as an unlockable. Just make sure it uses sprites. Polygons would look so stupid.

I've realized I miss my GB Player. Being able to play every Gameboy game on my TV using my Hori Pad is just too cool. My Cube is at my parents' place so my brother can use it, since I can play my Cube games on my Wii and my Gameboy games on my GBA. But I just miss the GB Player. I should hook it up to my smaller upstairs TV as the smaller resolution would likely result in less pixelation.

Stratos · « **Reply #42 on:** April 08, 2009, 06:49:54 PM »

I want to get a GB Player but my Cube broke shortly before I got a Wii. When I have more money I plan to grab a new Cube and a GB Player because I would like to have another option for playing GB games at home.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #43 on:** April 08, 2009, 07:43:12 PM »

Yeah my cube broke after I got my Wii.I had the GB Player.

On that note what was some of your favorite accessories for the GB or what was a game that had a unique way of using the hardware. Wasn't there a Bomberman game for the GBC that used the system uniquely?

Stratos · « **Reply #44 on:** April 08, 2009, 07:48:52 PM »

I had a magnification/front light accessory that folded open. It took 4 AA batteries and made The Brick even larger.

UncleBob · « **Reply #45 on:** April 08, 2009, 08:15:25 PM »

You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?

I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.

Stratos · « **Reply #46 on:** April 08, 2009, 08:38:57 PM »

Quote from: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 08:15:25 PM

You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?

I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.

You need to share some of those, Uncle Bob. Send me the Q so I can continue to appreciate this brilliant console and behold all it's magical wonders.

The laser on mine just started to give out. It slowly stopped reading more and more games. I tried cleaning the laser but to no avail.

I left my cube at home for my little sister to enjoy when I was away at college for several years. My school was stupid and didn't allow TV's in the dorm rooms so I couldn't use it my first two years anyway except at home. Now they get rid of the rule AFTER I'm not in the dorms anymore.

UncleBob · « **Reply #47 on:** April 08, 2009, 08:43:31 PM »

I assume they allowed computers - should've hooked it up to a monitor.

Stratos · « **Reply #48 on:** April 08, 2009, 09:21:22 PM »

The cheapest I found one of those was $50 and I didn't want to pay the price of a full game to play what I felt I had a right to play. One person did that and another brought in a projector to his room. People found ways around it. I just played Gameboy and PC games. StarCraft, Unreal Tournament, Civilization 4, Battle for Middle Earth, Halo and Command & Conquer Generals were popular on the dorm LAN. We did have a big TV in the common room but games were only allowed on it during the weekends and due to certain biases the gamers were almost always given the short end of the stick compared to the sports fans who were always given priority of the TV.

I played a lot of the GBA Fire Emblems during that time.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #49 on:** April 08, 2009, 09:38:21 PM »

Quote from: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 08:15:25 PM

You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?

I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.

My laser stopped reading the disks.

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Author Topic: Gameboy 20th Aniversary (Read 13658 times)