Of all the old handheld consoles that are now often played through emulation, the Game Boy Advance is quite difficult to emulate efficiently. For this reason, machines such as the Retron SQ have a very limited compatibility list of GBA games that work with the hardware. There are a few flash carts available for the GBA and like with other systems these options make playing games on old hardware much more convenient and easy.…
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BongoBongo123 is an avid Zelda fan who also likes the odd game of Smash. His interests in gaming are broad but he loves a good Metroidvania or action RPGs.
HISPEEDIDO (GBC) Backlight Screen Kit Q5 (Laminated) Review
Unlike the Game Boy Pocket, the Game Boy Color has a few screen kits available that require no soldering to install. This article reviews one of them, and the HISPEEDIDO Q5 kit is also one of the cheaper ones available. At less than £50 (if you’re lucky), this option will backlight your Game Boy Color with a new, beautiful screen and there are touch options to change brightness and color, even if your soldering skill aren’t up to the job.…
Everdrive GB X7 Review
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color are systems that live on in many of our memories but many people don’t know that new games are unofficially still being developed, and released for these systems. Infinity, Dragonborne, and Kudzu are just some of the ‘homebrew’ titles that are being professionally released, and are whole new worlds for gamers to explore on their 8-bit handhelds.…
RetroSix GBA CleanScreen Kit (Laminated IPS) Review
The humble Game Boy has become known as a great device to mod, especially by adding a backlit screen. If you go for an IPS screen, you could choose a Chinese unbranded one from Aliexpress or eBay, or you could go for a premium branded version, such as the IPS screens offered by Retrosix from the UK.…
Game Boy Advance Screen Mods – A General Introduction
Game Boy Modding involves changing or adding features to old Game Boys usually to make them look and play better than when they were originally released. In the last ten years, the Game Boy modding community has really grown, and people especially seem fascinated by adding IPS screens to their humble old Game Boy. An IPS mod transforms the screen.…
5 Game Boy ROM Hacks And Translations Worth Your Time (And Money)
A ROM is a data file that makes up a game. It can be used with an emulator to play the game that is coded within it. ROMs are easily accessible on the internet, and you can also flash them off your own cartridge if you have the right equipment. While access to ROMs, and playing them from games that you don’t own is a very shady legal grey area, and is quite ethically questionable, there is no doubt that the ability to do this is great for game preservation, and allows players to experience rare games that they wouldn’t otherwise have had the opportunity to play.…
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Retro Review
The Game Boy Advance released in 2001 and like its predecessor, the Game Boy, it was a really popular handheld video game player. It’s definitive form is probably the GBA SP because of the front-light that it used (backlight in later models). There were probably 20 or 30 games on the GBA that I’d say are must-plays, which is a high amount of good games for any console, and the GBA excelled in quality software.…
Emulation And Piracy: An Overview
Using emulators to play games is a fun, often easier than expected, way to experience one of the classics in your collection. Once the chips stop working on your original console and you slash your last Stalfos in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, or stomp on your last Goomba in Super Mario 64, it may be time to resort to using an emulator to recapture that same feeling.…