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Offline hudsonhawk

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GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« on: May 16, 2007, 05:44:59 PM »
So, with the GBA Micro under $50 now, I was thinking about grabbing one for a "backup" system.

But having been spoiled by the suspend features of the DS and PSP, I'm not sure I'm willing to put up with games I can't quicksave or suspend.  Obviously Fire Emblem and Zelda have great setups, and I've heard FFVI has a nice quicksave system similar to what Kingdom Hearts had.

Any other good ones?  

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RE: GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2007, 07:08:42 AM »
IIRC, Golden Sun 2 has a suspend feature where you can put the game into sleep mode by pressing L + R at the same time.
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RE: GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2007, 07:19:06 AM »
I couldn't recommend a GBA Micro any more.  It takes a lot of flack, but it is the absolute best way to play GBA games.
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RE:GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2007, 07:30:33 AM »
Good to hear.  When I had a DS I didn't really like playing GBA games on it - not sure why, the letterboxing + the cartridge jutting out, GBA games just never felt at home on it for me.

For the price of a single console game, it seems like a no-brainer.

Thanks for the tip on GS2, I've heard good things about that series.

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RE: GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2007, 11:42:13 AM »
One of the Metroid games (either Zero Mission or Fusion) had one of those.
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RE:GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2007, 09:04:40 AM »
Wow, you're 100% correct Pale - this is a great piece of hardware.

It's too bad it didn't seem to do very well - it could have given new life to the GBA.  I'd love to have seen them expand the Classic NES series and really push that with this - it's great for quick, ultra-portable retro gaming.

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RE: GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 08:08:31 AM »
I picked Drill Dozer back up last night, made use of its sleep feature, and remembered this thread, so... there you go.  You might not like the bulky rumble cartridge sticking out of your micro, though.

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RE:GBA games with good quicksave / suspend systems?
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2007, 02:05:10 AM »
The best quicksave system and suspend systems I ever saw was the Advanced Wars and Fire Emblem series since it saves after ever move and suspend the game by making a suspend point or the L+R+start+select combo.
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