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Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 04:40am

Has anyone got this yet? I'm thinking about buying one next monnth but I'd like to see whether people think it's worth the money.

P.S. Rock 'N Roll Racing is released on the GBA next week.

Re: Gameboy Player
Post by crAsh on Jul 23rd, 2003, 08:01am

I got it and it trully rocks !
Trust me, this item is very addictive : playing F-ZERO MV with the Hori SNES style pad on the TV is one of the best things that happened in my gamer's life so far (this year I mean).
Obviously, if you don't have any GBA, it looses all its potential. But if you actually do have a GBA, it's a worthy item to buy.

The screen is smoothed (anti-aliased), colors are bright and clear, the sound is good and the controls (with the Hori pad) are excellent. But if you play with the official Gamecube pad, it's half as good, cuz the control cross...well....really sucks.

If ya need more explanations, don't hesitate to ask.
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by ~SPLASH~ on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:10am

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 08:01am, crAsh wrote:
Obviously, if you don't have any GBA, it looses all its potential. But if you actually do have a GBA, it's a worthy item to buy.

But if you play with the official Gamecube pad, it's half as good, cuz the control cross...well....really sucks.


Actually, I think it's the other way around. People who don't own a GBA and buy a GBA player will have the opportunity to play the games for the first time...ok, big screen does at an extra thrill for GBA'ers, but playing a game for the first time is probably even better

Yoiu play the games with the control cross (D-pad?). I just use the normal control stick, and I like it better than playing with any D-pad

Anyway, yes, it's a really good machine. I've got one myself..just because it doesn't need batteries is already a very huge determination factor..it costs as much as a Gamecube game..and batteries cost about 1/6th or 1/7th of a Gamecube game...so in the end, you will have more money
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:24am

So do the GBA games slot straight into the GBA Player?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by FluddyFlea on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:20am

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:10am, ~SPLASH~ wrote:
Actually, I think it's the other way around. People who don't own a GBA and buy a GBA player will have the opportunity to play the games for the first time...ok, big screen does at an extra thrill for GBA'ers, but playing a game for the first time is probably even better

Yoiu play the games with the control cross (D-pad?). I just use the normal control stick, and I like it better than playing with any D-pad

Anyway, yes, it's a really good machine. I've got one myself..just because it doesn't need batteries is already a very huge determination factor..it costs as much as a Gamecube game..and batteries cost about 1/6th or 1/7th of a Gamecube game...so in the end, you will have more money


Did you ever hear about rechargable batteries?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by Webmaster on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:20am

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:24am, Ninto wrote:
So do the GBA games slot straight into the GBA Player?

Yep. I love mine. Haven't had time to make videos for the site yet though.
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by Webmaster on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:23am

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:20am, FluddyFlea wrote:
Did you ever hear about rechargable batteries?

I've chosen to use my SP as the controller for the GB Player. No battery cost, and the same feel I was used to setting new times on FZMV.
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:36am

What colour GBA Player do you think would suit a Platinum Gamecube best? I don't want it looking out of place.... lol.

Also, can you save your game progress when you're using the GBA Player?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by Webmaster on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:05pm

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:36am, Ninto wrote:
What colour GBA Player do you think would suit a Platinum Gamecube best? I don't want it looking out of place.... lol.

Also, can you save your game progress when you're using the GBA Player?

Dunno about the color ... when I got mine, my shop told me that black was the only color GB Player available. I figure that's a lie, but it's all they had that day, so it didn't really matter. My purple GC isn't happy with it's black parasite, but oh well.

The GBA games play exactly as they would in a GBA, the GB Player just ports it to the television.
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by ED-209 Automated Police Unit on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:44pm

so what is this GBA player? Is it something that hooks up to a GC, or is it separate?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 2:39pm

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:05pm, Webmaster wrote:
Dunno about the color ... when I got mine, my shop told me thT black was the only color GB Player available. I figure that's a lie, but it's all they had that day, so it didn't really matter. My purple GC isn't happy with it's black parasite, but oh well.


Well I know that here they sell Indigo and Black GBA Players, though I can't seem to find any Platinum ones. I suppose a black GBAP would suit my GCN more than an Indigo one if I couldn't manage to find it in Platinum.
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 2:40pm

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:44pm, Mao Tse Tung wrote:
so what is this GBA player? Is it something that hooks up to a GC, or is it separate?


Yeah, it hooks up underneath your Gamecube and allows you to play GBA games on the TV. \m/ \m/
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by ~SPLASH~ on Jul 23rd, 2003, 3:46pm

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:05pm, Webmaster wrote:
Dunno about the color ... when I got mine, my shop told me that black was the only color GB Player available. I figure that's a lie, but it's all they had that day, so it didn't really matter. My purple GC isn't happy with it's black parasite, but oh well.

The GBA games play exactly as they would in a GBA, the GB Player just ports it to the television.

Japan is the only area that gets multi-colored GBA Players...the USA, Europe and Australia only got the black ones. So, for once, a shop isn't lying to sell

Fluddy F, yeah, I tried rechargables some time ago, but I didn't like it that I had to recharge them every day (I'm too hardcore, lol!)
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 26th, 2003, 01:53am

I have seen Indigo one's selling here in the UK though....

Re: Gameboy Player
Post by SimonC on Jul 26th, 2003, 02:21am

I bought a GB Player. It's works very well, but the GameCube pad isn't that well suited to FZ:MV.

And I also thought you could only get black outside Japan (I have a black Cube so it doesn't bother me ). Maybe it was a imported version?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by UHD on Aug 24th, 2003, 2:00pm

My 'Cube's black too so when I get my GBP, it will look good. Where do you get the Hori joypads?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by SimonC on Aug 25th, 2003, 01:25am

Two good sites are Lik-Sang and Play-Asia.

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=75&products_id=2467&

http://www.play-asia.com/paos-13-00a5604b.html
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by UHD on Aug 25th, 2003, 05:42am

Thanks.
I have a question though, will the GBP help to improve my times on FZMV?
Re: Gameboy Player
Post by SimonC on Aug 26th, 2003, 01:51am

Whether it gives you an advantage or not depends on you. I'm fairly sure it will, it probably does for me anyway (only with the HORI pad though).