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« Thread started 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.
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« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Gameboy Player
« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 on: Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:24am »

So do the GBA games slot straight into the GBA Player?
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« Reply #4 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?
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Re: Gameboy Player
« Reply #5 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.
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« Reply #6 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.
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« Reply #7 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?
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« Reply #8 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.
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« Reply #9 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?
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« Reply #10 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.
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« Reply #11 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/
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« Reply #12 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!)
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« Reply #13 on: Jul 26th, 2003, 01:53am »

I have seen Indigo one's selling here in the UK though....
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« Reply #14 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?
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