Happy 14th Birthday GBA!

[HUELEN10]

Know what that mean? This awesome piece of kit just got his Bar Mitzvah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkwFhOLyHh0

Probably my favorite GBA LE period. Lock if old.

As for me, I will be playi Rhythym Heaven and Wario Ware Inc on my GB Micro. What about you?

 

[kittens]

The handheld I play most to this day. And lmao @ that commercial!

 

[Trago]

Super Mario Advance 4, Zelda: Minish Cap, and Pokemon Ruby were played for hours and hours of my time back then.

The Tony Hawk games on GBA were surprisingly good too.

 

[Reset]

The best Nintendo handheld, since it had the best library of games.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Was just thinking about how comfortable this was to hold in comparison to the 3DS.

 

[AzureTranquility95]

The first handheld game library to truly age like fine wine.

Very easy to get a library of 40+ games, comprised of games both old, new, and re-imagined. Metroid: Zero Mission, Kirby: Nightmare In Dream Land, Advance Wars, Zelda Minish Cap, and also some strong third party games like the Sonic Advance and Mega Man Battle Network series.

 

[Cathcart]

The system so nice I bought it...six times. Holy GBAs.

Also I always pronounce it "jeeba" and then people don't like me

 

[NormalFish]

Partial to the Color, myself, but the GBA has a fantastic library and was a keystone of my gaming experience as a squirt.

Spoiler

Every take this opportunity to play Mother 3.

 

[toythatkills]

As for me, I will be playi Rhythym Heaven and Wario Ware Inc on my GB Micro. What about you?

Just started a new game of Advance Wars in bed last night and was up way too late because of it.

Best console.

 

[mrmickfran]

Mega Man Battle Network was my life.

 

[GameE]

Technically the birthday was in march

 

[ryseing]

Time to go play some Sacred Stones.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

the holy trinity

 

[sixteen-bit]

Happy anniversary.

 

[Luigi87]

Damn...
First system I ever pre-ordered. I always remember going to sleep the night before thinking about how the next day of school would drag because I would want to get it so much, and then when I woke up my mother surprised me by going to the store with my pre-order and picking it up for me, so I would already have it.

Good times.

 

[Fireblend]

Beautiful console. I have such great memories of it.

I got it only recently (bought from a very generous GAFfer, in fact!), but I absolutely adore my backlit GBA:

Amazing library too, even if most of it were ports, it had great original games.

Mario & Luigi
The Golden Sun games
Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission
Megaman Zero series
Megaman Battle Network series
Advance Wars and its sequel
The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Mother 3

 

[Sevyne]

Many good times were had. My GBA got me through many boring work days. Lots of Metroid Fusion/Zero Mission at my old job. Had one of those Solar Paks for it too, so it would stay charged pretty much all the time (had a good window seat).

 

[entremet]

This was basically my Mother 3/Rhythm Tengoku machine.

I didn't really explore the library much. I wasn't a handheld person back then.

 

[Dagon]

The GBA is probably my favourite platform of all time. There were so many interesting games to stand alongside the faithful instalments in many great franchises.

I'm not much of a collector so I got rid of most of my games as I finished them. I still buy the occasional game to try out the ones I missed over the years. I wish piracy wasn't so rife on eBay as it really makes it so much harder to do. And it doesn't help that some of the games I missed (like Aria of Sorrow) are now really expensive.

 

[Luigi87]

Forgot I modded my GBA last year with a backlight kit. I'll be using it again in a few weeks for the FFV 4JF.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

When Nintendo were at their best. Pokemon Emerald <3

 

[Servbot24]

Mega Man was the king of this console. Those were the days. :')

 

[toythatkills]

This system is the home of the only Harvest Moon game I've ever loved. Friends of Mineral Town.

I've tried so many since then, including Rune Factory, but for some reason nothing has been able to compare to FoMT. Not even sure why. I think it might be the perfect balance between simplicity and complexity that the game has, with future entries not even coming close to achieving the same.

 

[Randomly Nameless]

One of my favourite systems and one that I have some mighty huge nostalgia for. Mother 3, Superstar Saga, Fire Emblem Blazing Sword, Warioware Twisted, so many classics.

 

[Trotski7]

I may be making a bold statement here but, I honestly think the GBA was my all time favorite gaming console.

I played thousands of hours on mine. All kinds of games, mostly RPGs/jRPGs. I played at dinner, at night, in the morning, under blankets and forts, outside, at parks, in school, on the crapper, etc.

I really loved the thing.

 

[AdanVC]

Such wonderful memories with this handheld. One of my favorites or I should say: my favorite. The original GBA the comfiest portable console ever made and I hope Nintendo returns to this design on their next handheld.

Everyone should play Wario Ware Touched. I'ts perfect and fun in every way.

 

[antitrop]

I remember how hard it was to find one at launch. I drove all over the city to get one. Worth it.

 

[itchyass86]

Yep! Time to go in a GBA binge and bust out Zoids Legacy and Advance Wars.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

The GBA is one of the greatest gaming platforms to ever come into the world. It will forever hold a special place in my heart.

 

[Enforced]

I love the handheld. So awesome. Also remember this?

The struggle. D:

 

[ViewtifulJC]

First thing I did was try to play Circle of the Moon

you couldn't see SHIT

 

[Ultima_5]

bar mitzvahs happen when you're 13

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

First thing I did was try to play Circle of the Moon

you couldn't see SHIT

I still remember sitting on the couch at an awkward angle so I was right under a nearby lamp. Parents taking you on a drive at night somewhere? Forget about it.

 

[TomShoe]

I remember wasting so much time on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. Good times.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Know what that mean? This awesome piece of kit just got his Bar Mitzvah!

That's at 13.

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

I wonder if they could've ported Starfox SNES to the handheld.

 

[bomblord1]

I'll be honest I had a GBA and I'm pretty sure I only owned 3 games for in it's lifetime. 2 Pokemon games and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.

 

[HUELEN10]

That's at 13.

I know!

The platinum one, which was made for the first anniversary of the GBA, came out today!

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I still remember sitting on the couch at an awkward angle so I was right under a nearby lamp. Parents taking you on a drive at night somewhere? Forget about it.

Had to sit RIGHT under the lamp in the living room to play that shit, or get one of dem struggle lights you can attach to it and use up more batteries like the ones posted above.

 

[true Gek]

Happy birthday! Last december I bought 2 GB Micro and one GBA SP to enlarge my collection. Such an awesome console!

Some of my favourite games:

- Zelda Minish Cap
- Metroid Fusion
- Castlevania Aria of Shorrow
- Wario Ware
- F-Zero GP Legend

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Alright, moment of truth, bros. Which of you dweebs owned one of these monstrosities?

 

[Bitanator]

Alright, moment of truth, bros. Which of you dweebs owned one of these monstrosities?

Me and my brother had that, I am not ashamed

 

[HUELEN10]

Step it up senpai.

I used a CFL on mine.

 

[Spikain]

It came out on March 21, 2001.

 

[ToastyFrog]

Wow, now GBA is old enough to pilot an Evangelion.

 

[ant1532]

GBA HAS THE MOST FANTASTIC DIRECTED COMMERCIAL FOR ANY VIDEOGAME SYSTEM

 

[RusselUp]

It came out on March 21, 2001.

Did release June 11th, 2001 in the U.S. though - so happy US 14th birthday?

 

[Soltype]

This game had me hooked at launch, it looked awesome(if you had light), and it sounded incredible.It was such a huge step up from the gameboy.I remembering hearing the game in headphones and just being blown away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUvFMk3Q97k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7RTrmE9hRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTEoU0N0x50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlQeuBm2aIY

 

[Dimmle]

More like Game Man Advance

 

[sixteen-bit]

GBA HAS THE MOST FANTASTIC DIRECTED COMMERCIAL FOR ANY VIDEOGAME SYSTEM

Here's the full-length version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOShg-ulzU8