Retrogamers?

[HashiriyaS14]

I've been playing a lot of classic game boy stuff recently, mostly emulated.

I'm halfway through a re-play of Link's Awakening, as I never did the DX version and it's been 12 years since I touched the game. After that I'm going to play through Oracle of Ages and Seasons, anyone ever try those?

I'm also playing through Phantasy Star Collection. The first game is admittedly sorta boring, but it must've been neat for the time with the Wolfenstein 3D-esque dungeons.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Link's awakening may very well be my favorite Zelda of all. It has a great atmosphere to it that defies it's Gameboy status. The rotating color palettes for the DX version that were nothing more than a technical limitation were made to work brilliantly. The dungeons are top-notch. The sound is also top-notch. It's just a ton of fun to play. I wish Phantom Hourglass had been for the DS what Link's Awakening was for the Gameboy.

The Oracle games are a lot of fun, too. I have them both. They were the first Capcom-developed Zelda games. They hold true to a lot of what is established gameplay-wise in Link's Awakening. You definitely want to "link" your saves (either done with a code or a GBC link cable) because that's the only way you see the real final boss fights, plus your progress carries over from one game to the next. Doesn't matter which you play first, though. Ages has some really fun time-travel puzzles that hearken back to the dark-world/light-world stuff from after you get the Moon Pearl in LTTP.

There's a GBA-only shop in both games that sells two useful items: a Gasha seed, and a ring that stops your own bombs from harming you. So if you're emulating it you'll want to run it on a GBA emulator rather than a GBC emulator.The shops were added to promote the GBA, which was brand new at the time of the games' original release. Neither item is super useful, but it's a neat addition.

[HashiriyaS14]

So if you're emulating it you'll want to run it on a GBA emulator rather than a GBC emulator.The shops were added to promote the GBA, which was brand new at the time of the games' original release. Neither item is super useful, but it's a neat addition.

Yeah, I'm running it on Visual Boy Advance, which is IMO the best GB/GBC/GBA emulator available.

I wonder if the save linking will work in emulation, there must be some way to do it.

I remember back when I imported my first GBA, I got it within 48 hours of the Japanese launch and I had it for like 6 months before the American version came out. Memories.

[marlin29311]

During college I was playing a lot of old NES, SNES and Sega games. Went through all the Metroids, FFIII, Chrono Trigger, Shining Force, Castlevania, etc. It was a nice step away from the games of today where they just change the paint job, slap on a new title, and charge you 60 bucks for a "new" game. Granted, there some excellent games, but lately everything that comes out feels like a recycled version of something I've already beaten.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Link saving should work in emulation. There's a password system you can use to transfer your upgrades. It's a little more tedious than the link cable, but still worth it.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

I bought both those games and still play them when i'm on the pot from time to time...other than ocarina of time and the snes version...they are by far my favorite.i tried the wii one but i just couldn't get into it.