I remember how strange it felt seeing the Sega Logo in an intro and then Sonic running on a Nintendo device. Only ten years before this was unthinkable.
The GBA was such (and is) such a fantastic platform. It really carried the torch of classic and colourful 2D gaming in a time when the mainstream gaming world had largely moved away from that.
Sonic Advance 1 focuses on platforming more than speed. Sonic Advance 2 focuses on speed more than platforming. Sonic Advance 3 combines the platforming and speed, but it is normally simple to tell when to go fast and when to stay on your toes.
Jet Set Radio GBA is hugely underrated. It was made by Vicarious Visions using the same engine they used in their highly critically acclaimed Tony Hawk GBA games. It's really good and captures the spirit and feel of the original. The character animation is fantastic too, mostly because the characters are 3D models instead of sprites.
It could have easily given Fire Emblem a run for its money. Sega had a decade to capitalize on it before Fire Emblem came to the West and they squandered it
Some really great RPG's to check out on tye GBA All three Castlevania games Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan heart Dungeons & Dragons eye of the beholder Final Fantasy games Fire Emblem sealed sword & The Sacred Stones Golden Sun 1 and 2 Kingdom Hearts Love Hina Advance English translation Lufia the ruins of lore Lunar Legend Magical vacation English translation Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Mega Man games including Megaman Battle Network 4.5 English translation Mother 1 & 2 Mother 3 which are all EarthBound Napoleon English translation a French game translated to English Oriental blue English translation Suikoden card stories English translation The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past Four Swords
Another great video. I love the GBA and the Sega releases on it. I also loved Astro Boy, Gunstar Super Heroes and Virtua Tennis. In fact, Virtua Tennis was one of my favorite handheld tennis games, until Virtua Tennis on the PSP. I fondly remember getting the Japan release of the GBA w/Final Fight, and just being totally blown away by how great everything looked. The link cable and download play was awesome too, w/Mario Kart, F Zero, etc. That Mario Bros Deluxe game that came out on the GBA is my favorite iteration of the Mario Bros arcade game as well, and wish it'd make its way to the Switch [and playable in same console multiplayer]. Portable Guardian Heroes was awesome too! Good memories.
Sonic Advance 3 is my personal favorite GBA game. Yeah, at a glance it looks the exact same as Sonic Advance 1 and 2, but its unique partner system alone makes it stand out. Plus, the level themes in Sonic Advance 3 such as Cyber Track and Chaos Angel are just amazing, which puts it above the rest to me.
I think Sega should bring those franchises back: Virtua Fighter Panzer Dragoon Sonic Sega Rally Outrun Crazy Taxi Jet Set Radio and many more. Believe it or not there are many Sega fans (I’m one of them) who want sequels for those games.
I think we’ve had enough of Sonic for now. (My bad) But I’ve heard others and myself want the other franchises back. And at the very least we’re getting the Panzer Dragoon remake and Streets of rage 4 so it’s a small start
mechashadow.I want the others to come back too and I can't wait to play them...but if Sonic were to leave,I'd be depressed for weeks on end.I think it be best if Sega gives Sonic a 2-3 year break.
My first exposure to Astroboy (Tetsuwan Atom) was a TV show from the 1960s. I didn't see much of him after I grew up, until the video games and the CG movie.
There was also a NiGHTS spinoff on the GBA! It was called NiGHTS Score Attack and the graphics were so much better than you’d expect from a handheld in that generation. You could download it on your GBA via a GameCube connection if you had certain Sega GameCube releases. In a way, it was kinda like DSiWare before DSiWare.
Capcom made a lot of great adaptations of some of their Arcade and Snes games to the Game Boy Advance. ...Sega on the other hand ...Yeah. Which is weird because most of the games they made specifically for the GBA were pretty good. Also in terms of 3D racers, I think EA did a better job with some of their Need For Speed games.
I really liked the GBA a lot as it was the right system at the right time for me. After SNK and Sega both had their issues, and with 3D games going in a direction that wasn't to my liking, the GBA was just what I needed. It was probably the system I was most active about buying games for when it was current. I learned of a few things I didn't know about here. I've played Astro Boy, but didn't love it as much as others. I'm going to give that one another shot, I think. I'm also going to revisit Sonic Advance. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either. But my perspective may be different now. It's something to look forward to. Good to see this list of titles. A shame about certain ones like Shinobi and Altered Beast. Gunstar Super Heroes was a blast, though.
Speaking of SNK and SEGA, apparently Dimps was run by someone from SNK who worked on Sonic Pocket Adventure, so SPA (just portable Sonic 2 with downgraded S3K music) is technically the first Sonic Dimps game.
There's definitely a special place in my heart for SEGA's GBA output. The Phantasy Star Collection was actually my first experience with the series, and I remember how excited I was to get three new (to me) retro RPGs. Also, I absolutely ADORE Gunstar Super Heroes, I honestly love it even more than the original game. And I've always wanted to set up two GameCubes with Game Boy Players on two TVs, running Shining Soul II, and link them together for big screen multiplayer
Streets of Rage never saw the day of light on the GBA. The SoR series was one of the franchise's that put Sega on the map not only that but put the entire beat em up genre on notice.
I bought Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon a month ago and I’ve been playing at least one battle a night on my GBA AGS-101. I can confirm this remake is absolutely awesome.
@@zackschilling4376 Here in EU the PAL version is much more valuable unfortunatelly...I pick it up in one local retro shop within the UK last year for £40 complete in box.
-Astro Boy is legit one of the best games on the GBA period. -Shining Soul 2 was still pretty enjoyable solo, but Shining Soul 1 absolutely needs multiplayer to be any good.
I've played Gunstar Super Heroes to death back when it came out because I loved the way you could switch between three shooting styles on the fly using B and/or the R buttons. Anyway, I don't think I ever ONCE noticed that hidden area at 6:24, like WHAT.
❗Just to say three things: 1️⃣I really enjoyed this Video. 2️⃣If anyone back in the 1990s had said Sega would release/publish games on a Nintendo (Handheld) Console, you'd have been laughed out of the playground. 3️⃣As regards a few of the Games mentioned in this Video: 🎮Altered Beast: GOTR/Comix Zone/SonicTH1/TROShinobi -I STILL think that the Mega Drive versions of AB and STH1 is the best version for each series so never bothered buying them for GBA, especially after later watching TH-cam Videos when re-starting my GBA Games Collection. -CZ was a great idea for a game but I found it too hard so didn't want to waste money. -TROSh is a DULL game. 🕹Guardian/Gunstar Heroes -Despite the acclaim they get, I never liked these games. They both look great but were not for me. I even bought both twice with years apart to make sure I didn't like them. 🦔Sonic Advance 1/2/3 -I had SA1 but still prefer the first MD game. I would mostly put this game on to play the Paper-Scissors-Rock mini-game which I find to be VERY ADDICTIVE! My favourite of the trilogy is SA3. 🤖Astro Boy: Omega Factor -My favourite Game on the GBA if I DON'T include ports of older Games. (Then, it would be 'Final Fight One') 🚕Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride -I sold this Game last year after thinking it was an OK game but I regretted selling it and luckily re-bought another one CIB.
My favorites from Sega's GBA liabary were the two SHining SOul games, SHining Force, and the Phantasy Star collection. I wish Sega would re-release more games in the current era. The Sega Ages lineup was fun as was the Sega Collection but I think Ages ended far too early and should have included a lot of Saturn and Dreamcast era games plus more Master System games and some Game Gear games.
iPlaySEGA It’s an absolute blast to play! It’s got that iconic Treasure feel, and it’s a treat for fans of Astro Boy/Osamu Tezuka’s works, with lots of references and characters to find.
I thought for sure you would show the Nights Into Dreams Demo for the GBA it's just a short Demo but it's a Sweet game it looks and plays great on the GBA.
Even though the DS and DS Lite have a GBA port it's still worth getting a GBA emulator for it due to simple unavailability (or egregious prices) of so many titles on the 2nd hand market.
Phantasy Star Collection was actually the first chance I had to play the games on them. Obsessed over the original for a week straight. Sonic Advance 3 was the CLOSEST to matching the Genesis originals, I felt, until Sonic 4.
Being a lifelong unashamed fan of RPGs, I make no secret of the fact that Beyond Oasis is my favorite game for the Genesis. It boggles my mind how it never came to GBA. It baffles me even more that to this day, it has STILL never received any kind of re-release.
It has been re-released though. It's on the mega drive/genesis collection for steam and every console, and it's on the mega drive/genesis mini (at least the UK one). I've just started playing it on my Switch, it looks fantastic on a big modern TV with the HDMI. A very pretty game
@@ReaverPrime I dunno, I think it looks beautiful as it is. And I much prefer beautiful pixel art to cartoon sprites like the Shantae game or the Ducktales remake. The sequel to Beyond Oasis on the Saturn looked gorgeous too. They need to re-release _THAT_ game as the only way you can play it currently is to get a saturn and a copy of the game. They shouldn't remake them. They should make a new sequel. With pixel art
I had my genisis for 30 years before I sold it I figured I hope it brings happiness to someone like it brought me back in the day I still have my game gear
The worst Sonic game for the GBA was the GBA version of Sonic 1 (Genesis/Mega Drive version) because of the slow-downs, glitches, bugs and screen crunches.
Great list! TBH, I don't understand how anyone could say that Gunstar Superheroes was a misstep. It's amazing! To me it was a nice complement to the original despite the changes. And like the original, it pushed the GBA hardware in amazing ways! Definitely worth anyone's time, imo!
Not quite Shining Force games but the Golden Sun titles were made by Camelot Software Planning, the studio behind many of the games in the Shining series (and I say the best of them too).
SEGA between 2002-2006 were still finding their feet as a Software only company. Bad decision on Outsourcing shows more than when they tried to keep their Brand relevant. Sometimes though, you have to realise that getting your name out there over having fewer games that show your Brand Quality is going to cost you more in the long run, and I think that is what they realised as of late.
Definitely agree with the Shining Force remake. For a while there I thought it surpassed the original, but I kind of lean back towards the Genesis version these days.
Don’t worry X. When it comes to “Space Channel 5” you’re not alone man 😂🤣😭. To this day I still don’t understand it since it first released on the Dreamcast.
Sega had a pretty decent showing on the GBA, although there's no question they put out a few stinkers. Personally I really liked Shining Force, the Sonic Advance games, the Puyo games, Columns Crown, Chu Chu Rocket, Gunstar Super Heroes and a few others. Clearly I liked Columns more than you! :) Out Run, Space Harrier and Super Hang-On were pretty well done for the time and a neat little package as well, but man, that After Burner, ugh, terrible. I appreciate what they attempted with Sega Rally and Crazy Taxi, but yeah, those were complete misfires. Maybe they should have worked with the team that did V-Rally 3!
It's suprising sega didn't develop nothing but stinkers on purpose for GBA hardware considering Nintendo and Sega were arch rivals for the better part of a decade.
Watched this one before it was re-uploaded. Should I watch it again and look for changes? Haha =D Sega's departure from the console market left me feeling sad about the company's future...but Sonic Advance and their GC releases kept me hopeful about the future! And if you're ever worried about Sega disappearing, just look at how many Sega arcade buildings there are in Japan! They're doing fine even without their name in front of a console.
There's more and more people being pretty vocal about PS2's library being 90% shovelware who completely disregard the fact that GBA's was like that as well, but I honestly think GBA was worse in that regard. There's more bad or just weak games on it than good ones without some weird artistic design like prerendered 3D models which just look ugly compared to 2D drawn sprites, at least in my opinion.
I remember being so shocked by Revenge of Shinobi, I was so taken off guard by what I was playing that I actually tried to return it saying it didn't work, as I was still on my first job at BK on the weekends during HS and didn't want to be wasting money on shit like that, but no go. Sonic Advance's THQ logo also threw me off and I ended up avoiding the whole series because of it haha.
Sega published the best fighting game in the Nintendo DS , Bleach Dark Souls (if y'all never play it. Get an emulator play it on a tablet in portrait mode with an ipega controller ..you'll thank me)
We didn't had much money back then but dang, Sonic Advance 1 was and still is fun. It's certainly one of my favorite GBA games and leagues above its successors.
One thing you forgot about with Sonic Advance 3 is that you play as two characters this time and you have different abilities depending on which characters you team up, so SAdv3 does have something that makes it distinct from the first two.
I didn’t even know sega had games on the advance just weird they never tried with another handheld I had the game gear even though that thing ate batteries my cousin tried to trade me a Atari lynx because he wanted a game gear
Because they allowed that poo poo of a game alien colonial marines to be released in what is the biggest lie in video game history and got the shoes sued off of them
Great video =) Interesting to see all the Sega titles on the system. Some great ones. Astro Boy was very good. Shame altered beast never got a proper sequel. Sega should atleast make some new installments in the old genesis style . Games like Super Shinobi series (Revenge, Shinobi 3) , Altered Beast, Ristar, Ranger X,Golden Axe would be great to see. Im glad Streets Of Rage 4 is upcoming. It probably wouldnt be that expensive to make sequels to those games with genesis style visuals, and it would fit perfectly. Double Dragon 4 did that a few years ago and it was fun. It takes alot of talent to pull that off though and Sega may not have that available anymore. Sonic Mania was awesome though, so I think they could put something nice together for those. Id also love to see sequels to arcade games like the original Space Harrier, Old style Shinobi, and maybe some of their super scaler games.
I considered it, but Sega didn't have anything directly to do with it. Treasure got the license and handled it from there. Since Treasure developed the first as well, I really don't consider it a "Sega game" in the traditional sense.
Ah shining force and souls. Even after Camelot left Sega, I felt the gba shining games gave us hope for Sega and Camelot to patch things up and fine tune the shining series. But that never happened. The shining soul games would be perfect for online multiplayer on the switch.
Yeah. I played the SF games on the Genesis to death. Never tried the Soul games, though. I know he doesn't have a high regard for them, but I think I'm going to give Soul 2 a try. It looks right up my alley for this vintage gaming.
Great video! I always liked the puzzle mode of Chuchu rocket! Great game on the Dreamcast but even better on the go with the GBA! Next video: Sega and the DS (?) I would like to hear your opinions on Project rub/Feel the magic and others!
Gotta give it to SEGA, all there games they had on the GBA really did have all that early 2000's Funk that i love so deeply and my 30 year old heart sings for the visual wether they be glorious, or a steaming pile of Sonic BOOM
Yeah....Sonic Advance 1, 2 and 3 all play very differently so I don’t know what you’re talking about. And while I had issues with 3, the partner mechanic was a good concept. Like a much more evolved Sonic and Tails from the Megadrive games. I also had zero Issues with them being annual releases, just meant more Sonic games to play back in those days (alongside Megaman Battle Network and Megaman Zero, two annual GBA franchises I also adored). It’s not like a 50 hour adventure each or anything so each entry still feels good. They also represented different feels. Advance 2 felt like the speedy stages of Adventure 2 (and brings the Homing Attack to 2D Sonic for the first time as well) while Advance 3 was clearly taking after Heroes.
Sega Arcade Gallery let me down. Sure they look and sound great, even play smooth. But each game is missing key elements to give it challenge. For instance, Super Hang On you can hold turbo basically forever without sliding, makes for a nice relaxing cruise but lacks intensity and challenge. I can point out simular issues with the others. They are just far too easy to compare to the real quarter munchers or any other port of those games for that matter. It's the only time Challenge was left out. Guess I could call them beginner versions.. I'm sure they could have done better, especially if GBA is as powerfull as 32X.
Great video! I love Sonic Advance1, but Sonic Advance 2 is my least favorite 2D Sonic. Annoying boss fights where you need to run, and the high-speed gameplay constantly gets interrupted by unfair obstacles. You should have mentioned the odd overworld hub thing in SA3 though.
This GBA era was full of Hit and Misses. While the portable features a lot of GEMS it also have lot of the crapware that nowadays floods cellphone app stores and also Nintendo Switch Eshop. I also got dissapointed by the new version of classics, the same happened on the Ps2, I remember a that awful Project Altered Beast, Kunoichi ripping off the Decent Newer Shinibi and a poor version of Golden Axe in Sega Ages 2500 and others (at least they had an amazing port of Dynamite Deka). Good reviews as usual.
I remember how strange it felt seeing the Sega Logo in an intro and then Sonic running on a Nintendo device. Only ten years before this was unthinkable.
There technically were Sega games on the NES, and in Japan they were fullly licensed by Nintendo
But wasn’t that before sega brought out the master system cause I was 4 or 5 when sega genisis came out
The GBA was such (and is) such a fantastic platform. It really carried the torch of classic and colourful 2D gaming in a time when the mainstream gaming world had largely moved away from that.
Sonic Advance 1 focuses on platforming more than speed.
Sonic Advance 2 focuses on speed more than platforming.
Sonic Advance 3 combines the platforming and speed, but it is normally simple to tell when to go fast and when to stay on your toes.
February 2002 saw what was laughable a decade earlier actually come to pass:
Sonic on a Nintendo platform.
Yeah but have you played the Mario World rom hack for the Genesis? It isnt as bad as Sonic Genesis
A decade earlier? More like a few years earlier
Jet Set Radio GBA is hugely underrated. It was made by Vicarious Visions using the same engine they used in their highly critically acclaimed Tony Hawk GBA games. It's really good and captures the spirit and feel of the original. The character animation is fantastic too, mostly because the characters are 3D models instead of sprites.
@CandyDude05 they also worked on the Xbox ports of Doom 3 and the 1993 port of the PC original of Doom and Doom ii.
Can't wait for DS and PSP versions of this, great job. Shining Force is so underrated, it's a shame that was the last time that name was used.
It could have easily given Fire Emblem a run for its money. Sega had a decade to capitalize on it before Fire Emblem came to the West and they squandered it
Best thing about Chu Chu Rocket on GBA, is that it includes 1500 puzzle levels made and uploaded by players of the Dreamcast version.
Astroboy is a gem, gameplay , graphics, the way the game pays tribute to the ozamu tezuka work and all his characters. A 2D masterpiece IMO.
Some really great RPG's to check out on tye GBA
All three Castlevania games
Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan heart
Dungeons & Dragons eye of the beholder
Final Fantasy games
Fire Emblem
sealed sword &
The Sacred Stones
Golden Sun 1 and 2
Kingdom Hearts
Love Hina Advance English translation
Lufia the ruins of lore
Lunar Legend
Magical vacation English translation
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mega Man games including Megaman Battle Network 4.5 English translation
Mother 1 & 2
Mother 3
which are all EarthBound
Napoleon English translation a French game translated to English
Oriental blue English translation
Suikoden card stories English translation
The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past Four Swords
zelda games are not rpg you dumdum metroid games are also rpgs with that logic
Another great video. I love the GBA and the Sega releases on it. I also loved Astro Boy, Gunstar Super Heroes and Virtua Tennis. In fact, Virtua Tennis was one of my favorite handheld tennis games, until Virtua Tennis on the PSP. I fondly remember getting the Japan release of the GBA w/Final Fight, and just being totally blown away by how great everything looked. The link cable and download play was awesome too, w/Mario Kart, F Zero, etc. That Mario Bros Deluxe game that came out on the GBA is my favorite iteration of the Mario Bros arcade game as well, and wish it'd make its way to the Switch [and playable in same console multiplayer]. Portable Guardian Heroes was awesome too! Good memories.
Sonic Advance 3 is my personal favorite GBA game. Yeah, at a glance it looks the exact same as Sonic Advance 1 and 2, but its unique partner system alone makes it stand out. Plus, the level themes in Sonic Advance 3 such as Cyber Track and Chaos Angel are just amazing, which puts it above the rest to me.
One of the coolest ways to start a day! Playing guitar and watching a new video of Sega Lord X.
The moment Sega made games for the GBA was the moment we all knew there was no turning back for them.
The dip in overall quality was obvious.
I think Sega should bring those franchises back:
Virtua Fighter
Panzer Dragoon
Sonic
Sega Rally
Outrun
Crazy Taxi
Jet Set Radio and many more.
Believe it or not there are many Sega fans (I’m one of them) who want sequels for those games.
killersheaven82.Sonic is still with us though.
I think we’ve had enough of Sonic for now. (My bad) But I’ve heard others and myself want the other franchises back.
And at the very least we’re getting the Panzer Dragoon remake and Streets of rage 4 so it’s a small start
mechashadow.I want the others to come back too and I can't wait to play them...but if Sonic were to leave,I'd be depressed for weeks on end.I think it be best if Sega gives Sonic a 2-3 year break.
ElectroChill Hex.I think that they all need to come back.
ElectroChill Hex.Vectorman belongs to blue sky's, and pulseman belongs to game freak.
I didn't know much about the astroboy franchise, but this astro boy is my favorite gba title!
My first exposure to Astroboy (Tetsuwan Atom) was a TV show from the 1960s. I didn't see much of him after I grew up, until the video games and the CG movie.
@@joesterling4299 There was a new programme from this millenium. It's already been over a decade and a half ago IIRC.
Baseball Advance was developed by Sega / Smilebit and published by THQ. Amazing baseball game for the GBA.
There was also a NiGHTS spinoff on the GBA! It was called NiGHTS Score Attack and the graphics were so much better than you’d expect from a handheld in that generation. You could download it on your GBA via a GameCube connection if you had certain Sega GameCube releases. In a way, it was kinda like DSiWare before DSiWare.
Capcom made a lot of great adaptations of some of their Arcade and Snes games to the Game Boy Advance.
...Sega on the other hand ...Yeah.
Which is weird because most of the games they made specifically for the GBA were pretty good.
Also in terms of 3D racers, I think EA did a better job with some of their Need For Speed games.
I really liked the GBA a lot as it was the right system at the right time for me. After SNK and Sega both had their issues, and with 3D games going in a direction that wasn't to my liking, the GBA was just what I needed. It was probably the system I was most active about buying games for when it was current. I learned of a few things I didn't know about here. I've played Astro Boy, but didn't love it as much as others. I'm going to give that one another shot, I think. I'm also going to revisit Sonic Advance. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either. But my perspective may be different now. It's something to look forward to. Good to see this list of titles. A shame about certain ones like Shinobi and Altered Beast. Gunstar Super Heroes was a blast, though.
Speaking of SNK and SEGA, apparently Dimps was run by someone from SNK who worked on Sonic Pocket Adventure, so SPA (just portable Sonic 2 with downgraded S3K music) is technically the first Sonic Dimps game.
There's definitely a special place in my heart for SEGA's GBA output. The Phantasy Star Collection was actually my first experience with the series, and I remember how excited I was to get three new (to me) retro RPGs.
Also, I absolutely ADORE Gunstar Super Heroes, I honestly love it even more than the original game. And I've always wanted to set up two GameCubes with Game Boy Players on two TVs, running Shining Soul II, and link them together for big screen multiplayer
I'm surprised with the amount of Sega GBA games I never knew existed. Wild seeing Altered Beast of all things getting a remake.
Streets of Rage never saw the day of light on the GBA.
The SoR series was one of the franchise's that put Sega on the map not only that but put the entire beat em up genre on notice.
The day of light, is that when Jesus comes back?
@arbereshe Hell yeah Double Dragon GBA - best DD in my opinion, and that FF One aint no slouch either
Never knew Sega had such a presence on the GBA. Man oh man!
I bought Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon a month ago and I’ve been playing at least one battle a night on my GBA AGS-101. I can confirm this remake is absolutely awesome.
I need to pick it up, but I did get the box and manual for like less than 10 bucks.
@@zackschilling4376 Here in EU the PAL version is much more valuable unfortunatelly...I pick it up in one local retro shop within the UK last year for £40 complete in box.
Exactly same for me, GBA AGS-101 with SF every night before sleep :)
Man that animation on Jet Set Radio is smooth as hell
Sonic spinball is an awesome game people just need to put some time into it
Pinball of the dead, actually caught my eye, along with a few others. I love collecting for the gba
-Astro Boy is legit one of the best games on the GBA period.
-Shining Soul 2 was still pretty enjoyable solo, but Shining Soul 1 absolutely needs multiplayer to be any good.
It’s funny everyone talks crap about pre-rendered graphics but I love them and would love to see what mortal kombat done today would look like.
I've played Gunstar Super Heroes to death back when it came out because I loved the way you could switch between three shooting styles on the fly using B and/or the R buttons.
Anyway, I don't think I ever ONCE noticed that hidden area at 6:24, like WHAT.
So many good games for GBA, amazing work~ ❤️
Chu Chu Rocket was my go to, great multiplayer too. Would love to see a modern remake.
I like how Pinball of the Dead got Rdiant Silvergun composer; Hitoshi Sakimoto to do the soundtrack for this game.
Was this posted up earlier, I seen it and the it was gone. Yay now it's back time to watch.
Yeah, I did a small edit on it.
❗Just to say three things:
1️⃣I really enjoyed this Video.
2️⃣If anyone back in the 1990s had said Sega would release/publish games on a Nintendo (Handheld) Console, you'd have been laughed out of the playground.
3️⃣As regards a few of the Games mentioned in this Video:
🎮Altered Beast: GOTR/Comix Zone/SonicTH1/TROShinobi
-I STILL think that the Mega Drive versions of AB and STH1 is the best version for each series so never bothered buying them for GBA, especially after later watching TH-cam Videos when re-starting my GBA Games Collection.
-CZ was a great idea for a game but I found it too hard so didn't want to waste money.
-TROSh is a DULL game.
🕹Guardian/Gunstar Heroes
-Despite the acclaim they get, I never liked these games.
They both look great but were not for me.
I even bought both twice with years apart to make sure I didn't like them.
🦔Sonic Advance 1/2/3
-I had SA1 but still prefer the first MD game. I would mostly put this game on to play the Paper-Scissors-Rock mini-game which I find to be VERY ADDICTIVE!
My favourite of the trilogy is SA3.
🤖Astro Boy: Omega Factor
-My favourite Game on the GBA if I DON'T include ports of older Games. (Then, it would be 'Final Fight One')
🚕Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride
-I sold this Game last year after thinking it was an OK game but I regretted selling it and luckily re-bought another one CIB.
I’m really enjoying your channel. High quality content. You are a professional sir. I am thankful for your channel!
I found that sega rally is much more playable/easier to see what's happening on the smaller screen of the gba micro
The port of Comix Zone was made of the same developers of Mortal Kombat Advance.
My favorites from Sega's GBA liabary were the two SHining SOul games, SHining Force, and the Phantasy Star collection. I wish Sega would re-release more games in the current era. The Sega Ages lineup was fun as was the Sega Collection but I think Ages ended far too early and should have included a lot of Saturn and Dreamcast era games plus more Master System games and some Game Gear games.
Astro Boy looks like fun! I'm still in love with Sonic Advance 1 and Gunstar Super Heroes.
iPlaySEGA It’s an absolute blast to play! It’s got that iconic Treasure feel, and it’s a treat for fans of Astro Boy/Osamu Tezuka’s works, with lots of references and characters to find.
I thought for sure you would show the Nights Into Dreams Demo for the GBA it's just a short Demo but it's a Sweet game it looks and plays great on the GBA.
Even though the DS and DS Lite have a GBA port it's still worth getting a GBA emulator for it due to simple unavailability (or egregious prices) of so many titles on the 2nd hand market.
Phantasy Star Collection was actually the first chance I had to play the games on them. Obsessed over the original for a week straight.
Sonic Advance 3 was the CLOSEST to matching the Genesis originals, I felt, until Sonic 4.
Being a lifelong unashamed fan of RPGs, I make no secret of the fact that Beyond Oasis is my favorite game for the Genesis. It boggles my mind how it never came to GBA. It baffles me even more that to this day, it has STILL never received any kind of re-release.
It has been re-released though. It's on the mega drive/genesis collection for steam and every console, and it's on the mega drive/genesis mini (at least the UK one). I've just started playing it on my Switch, it looks fantastic on a big modern TV with the HDMI. A very pretty game
@@duffman18 Mistake on my part. I meant remake. That game deserves the love and affection of a modern facelift.
@@ReaverPrime I dunno, I think it looks beautiful as it is. And I much prefer beautiful pixel art to cartoon sprites like the Shantae game or the Ducktales remake. The sequel to Beyond Oasis on the Saturn looked gorgeous too. They need to re-release _THAT_ game as the only way you can play it currently is to get a saturn and a copy of the game.
They shouldn't remake them. They should make a new sequel. With pixel art
SL you have so much passion for SEGA, its nice to see old skool fans. I feel like I'm not alone. Much respect bro. Keep on reviewing. 😁
I had my genisis for 30 years before I sold it I figured I hope it brings happiness to someone like it brought me back in the day I still have my game gear
Great video!
You only really missed on title “The Tower SP”
Which is a really great, really SEGA style building management sim.
Actually, that game is a port of the classic maxis game 'simtower'. Puplished, but not invented or developped by sega.
I found Crazy Taxi on the ground. It still works.
Alright! on time for breakfast also LOL Testicular Fortitude! I have never heard that in me life. I think i will start using that!
The worst Sonic game for the GBA was the GBA version of Sonic 1 (Genesis/Mega Drive version) because of the slow-downs, glitches, bugs and screen crunches.
I remember that Astro Boy game. There was another one on the PS2 but I heard some negative things about it.
Great list! TBH, I don't understand how anyone could say that Gunstar Superheroes was a misstep. It's amazing! To me it was a nice complement to the original despite the changes. And like the original, it pushed the GBA hardware in amazing ways! Definitely worth anyone's time, imo!
Never saw that Altered Beast game for the system....I guess I didn’t miss out lol
Not quite Shining Force games but the Golden Sun titles were made by Camelot Software Planning, the studio behind many of the games in the Shining series (and I say the best of them too).
SEGA between 2002-2006 were still finding their feet as a Software only company. Bad decision on Outsourcing shows more than when they tried to keep their Brand relevant. Sometimes though, you have to realise that getting your name out there over having fewer games that show your Brand Quality is going to cost you more in the long run, and I think that is what they realised as of late.
Definitely agree with the Shining Force remake. For a while there I thought it surpassed the original, but I kind of lean back towards the Genesis version these days.
Don’t worry X. When it comes to “Space Channel 5” you’re not alone man 😂🤣😭. To this day I still don’t understand it since it first released on the Dreamcast.
Sega had a pretty decent showing on the GBA, although there's no question they put out a few stinkers. Personally I really liked Shining Force, the Sonic Advance games, the Puyo games, Columns Crown, Chu Chu Rocket, Gunstar Super Heroes and a few others. Clearly I liked Columns more than you! :)
Out Run, Space Harrier and Super Hang-On were pretty well done for the time and a neat little package as well, but man, that After Burner, ugh, terrible. I appreciate what they attempted with Sega Rally and Crazy Taxi, but yeah, those were complete misfires. Maybe they should have worked with the team that did V-Rally 3!
It's suprising sega didn't develop nothing but stinkers on purpose for GBA hardware considering Nintendo and Sega were arch rivals for the better part of a decade.
Watched this one before it was re-uploaded. Should I watch it again and look for changes? Haha =D
Sega's departure from the console market left me feeling sad about the company's future...but Sonic Advance and their GC releases kept me hopeful about the future!
And if you're ever worried about Sega disappearing, just look at how many Sega arcade buildings there are in Japan! They're doing fine even without their name in front of a console.
I hope they eventually get another chance before I was a Sony guy I had mostly sega stuff while my brother had all the Nintendo stuff
Astro boy is fantastic!
There's more and more people being pretty vocal about PS2's library being 90% shovelware who completely disregard the fact that GBA's was like that as well, but I honestly think GBA was worse in that regard. There's more bad or just weak games on it than good ones without some weird artistic design like prerendered 3D models which just look ugly compared to 2D drawn sprites, at least in my opinion.
Do not get the Phantasy Star collection on the GBA. It's said to have a lot of issues.
Where getting spoilt!! , thank you lord sega 👍👍
Great video!!! Had a few of these great games for my GBA back in the day! Still pissed they screwed up Shinobi and Altered beast!!
I remember being so shocked by Revenge of Shinobi, I was so taken off guard by what I was playing that I actually tried to return it saying it didn't work, as I was still on my first job at BK on the weekends during HS and didn't want to be wasting money on shit like that, but no go. Sonic Advance's THQ logo also threw me off and I ended up avoiding the whole series because of it haha.
Sega published the best fighting game in the Nintendo DS , Bleach Dark Souls (if y'all never play it. Get an emulator play it on a tablet in portrait mode with an ipega controller ..you'll thank me)
Dark Souls and Blade of Fate both felt like a true sequel for 1996 Guardian Heroes. Awesome Treasure sprites and chaotic action!
Gunstar Super Heroes is great. I feel like people hate on it because it's not just a port of the original.
Sega was mostly incredible on the GBA!
We didn't had much money back then but dang, Sonic Advance 1 was and still is fun.
It's certainly one of my favorite GBA games and leagues above its successors.
Zombies and pinball...shoot, shoot,side,side,of the screen 😉
One thing you forgot about with Sonic Advance 3 is that you play as two characters this time and you have different abilities depending on which characters you team up, so SAdv3 does have something that makes it distinct from the first two.
dude you are on a roll with the releases
I just wanted to say...thanks...great work
Super Gunstar Heroes = awesome only true sequel to Gunstar Heroes!
Sonic Advance & Astro Boy Omega Factor was my shit back in the day
I didn’t even know sega had games on the advance just weird they never tried with another handheld I had the game gear even though that thing ate batteries my cousin tried to trade me a Atari lynx because he wanted a game gear
17:12 you not playing it right,that was a great game .
I never cared for the Sonic Adventure games, but Sonic Advance? That's the sweet stuff!
Phantasy Star Collection is a good one. Finally managed to beat the first Phantasy Star, if only barely, on it.
I had soo much fun with MonkeyBall on GBA. The flat shaded polygons work nice on the system.
As soon as I heard Treasure you had my attention. Have they made anything lately?
Update: Nothing since 2014. I wonder why.
Because they allowed that poo poo of a game alien colonial marines to be released in what is the biggest lie in video game history and got the shoes sued off of them
Could've sworn this was uploaded a couple of hours back
The GBA is awesome, I really liked the Sonic Advance trilogy on the console. I never thought I'd play Sonic on a Nintendo, but they were great games.
I have Comic Zone complete (with CD and all for the Genesis), you're better off with that version lol.
Great video =) Interesting to see all the Sega titles on the system. Some great ones. Astro Boy was very good. Shame altered beast never got a proper sequel. Sega should atleast make some new installments in the old genesis style . Games like Super Shinobi series (Revenge, Shinobi 3) , Altered Beast, Ristar, Ranger X,Golden Axe would be great to see. Im glad Streets Of Rage 4 is upcoming. It probably wouldnt be that expensive to make sequels to those games with genesis style visuals, and it would fit perfectly. Double Dragon 4 did that a few years ago and it was fun. It takes alot of talent to pull that off though and Sega may not have that available anymore. Sonic Mania was awesome though, so I think they could put something nice together for those. Id also love to see sequels to arcade games like the original Space Harrier, Old style Shinobi, and maybe some of their super scaler games.
TheConsole Killer.Sonic mania was a fan made game.Sega didn't make it.
@@hypergoon1152 Maybe thats why it was so good. ha ha
TheConsole Killer.Yeah.
You forgot Advance Guardian Heroes. While not as good as the original on Sega Saturn, it's still fun to me.
I considered it, but Sega didn't have anything directly to do with it. Treasure got the license and handled it from there. Since Treasure developed the first as well, I really don't consider it a "Sega game" in the traditional sense.
Ah shining force and souls.
Even after Camelot left Sega, I felt the gba shining games gave us hope for Sega and Camelot to patch things up and fine tune the shining series. But that never happened.
The shining soul games would be perfect for online multiplayer on the switch.
Yeah. I played the SF games on the Genesis to death. Never tried the Soul games, though. I know he doesn't have a high regard for them, but I think I'm going to give Soul 2 a try. It looks right up my alley for this vintage gaming.
Astro Boy Omega Factor is probably the best GBA game, hands down.
GAME OVER YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Great video! I always liked the puzzle mode of Chuchu rocket! Great game on the Dreamcast but even better on the go with the GBA!
Next video: Sega and the DS (?) I would like to hear your opinions on Project rub/Feel the magic and others!
Wow they actually port four Sega Dreamcast (ChuChu Rocket, Crazy Taxi, Space Channel 5, Jet Set Radio) games to the GBA? That's impressive indeed.
I had a sonic game on Nintendo DS, I'm an og sega guy and that game was fast & nice👌🏾
Everyone loves the afterburner tune....
It's a classic.
Gotta give it to SEGA, all there games they had on the GBA really did have all that early 2000's Funk that i love so deeply and my 30 year old heart sings for the visual wether they be glorious, or a steaming pile of Sonic BOOM
Yeah....Sonic Advance 1, 2 and 3 all play very differently so I don’t know what you’re talking about. And while I had issues with 3, the partner mechanic was a good concept. Like a much more evolved Sonic and Tails from the Megadrive games. I also had zero Issues with them being annual releases, just meant more Sonic games to play back in those days (alongside Megaman Battle Network and Megaman Zero, two annual GBA franchises I also adored). It’s not like a 50 hour adventure each or anything so each entry still feels good.
They also represented different feels. Advance 2 felt like the speedy stages of Adventure 2 (and brings the Homing Attack to 2D Sonic for the first time as well) while Advance 3 was clearly taking after Heroes.
Sega Arcade Gallery let me down. Sure they look and sound great, even play smooth. But each game is missing key elements to give it challenge. For instance, Super Hang On you can hold turbo basically forever without sliding, makes for a nice relaxing cruise but lacks intensity and challenge. I can point out simular issues with the others. They are just far too easy to compare to the real quarter munchers or any other port of those games for that matter. It's the only time Challenge was left out. Guess I could call them beginner versions.. I'm sure they could have done better, especially if GBA is as powerfull as 32X.
Great video! I love Sonic Advance1, but Sonic Advance 2 is my least favorite 2D Sonic. Annoying boss fights where you need to run, and the high-speed gameplay constantly gets interrupted by unfair obstacles. You should have mentioned the odd overworld hub thing in SA3 though.
Gonna love the Sonic advance... Great stuff my friend....
Great idea for a video SLX. Big GBA fan here as well as Sega.
This GBA era was full of Hit and Misses. While the portable features a lot of GEMS it also have lot of the crapware that nowadays floods cellphone app stores and also Nintendo Switch Eshop.
I also got dissapointed by the new version of classics, the same happened on the Ps2, I remember a that awful Project Altered Beast, Kunoichi ripping off the Decent Newer Shinibi and a poor version of Golden Axe in Sega Ages 2500 and others (at least they had an amazing port of Dynamite Deka).
Good reviews as usual.
This is the only channel that I like the video before I even watch said video. I’m never wrong too.
Why did THQ publish many of these games?