I've been on a retro kick recently (see my PS2 game ripping thread) and have been researching and weighing options in regards to playing GBA games.
I'm trying to think of a solution that will allow me to play them portably and then also on the tv, or maybe a separate way of playing on TV?
These are the options as I see it:
- buy a GBA
- the cheapest option, but the screen is dim as all hell, and I would need to figure out some kind of rechargeable battery situation
- buy a GBA SP
- Not much more expensive, is front(?) lit, and is rechargeable. BUT I hate the form factor. I just hate it. Also I heard the screen isn't as good as I remember.
- Buy a Retron 5
- pretty expensive, but will allow me to play them on the TV. I probably would never use the other ports tho, so seems like a bit of a waste :\
- Wait for the Analogue Portable
- as expensive as the Retron 5, and with the dock probably even more so. BUT, its perfect in every other way (the form factor I would prefer to be more GBA based, but I'll take GB.
I know the gameboy player exists, but I sold my Gamecube around 12 years ago, and buying one for this seems like something a crazy person would do.
Have I missed any options? Is anyone else seeing the GBA carts disappearing from second hand stores and worrying they'll miss a piece of gaming history? Which one makes the most sense?
I'm trying to think of a solution that will allow me to play them portably and then also on the tv, or maybe a separate way of playing on TV?
These are the options as I see it:
- buy a GBA
- the cheapest option, but the screen is dim as all hell, and I would need to figure out some kind of rechargeable battery situation
- buy a GBA SP
- Not much more expensive, is front(?) lit, and is rechargeable. BUT I hate the form factor. I just hate it. Also I heard the screen isn't as good as I remember.
- Buy a Retron 5
- pretty expensive, but will allow me to play them on the TV. I probably would never use the other ports tho, so seems like a bit of a waste :\
- Wait for the Analogue Portable
- as expensive as the Retron 5, and with the dock probably even more so. BUT, its perfect in every other way (the form factor I would prefer to be more GBA based, but I'll take GB.
I know the gameboy player exists, but I sold my Gamecube around 12 years ago, and buying one for this seems like something a crazy person would do.
Have I missed any options? Is anyone else seeing the GBA carts disappearing from second hand stores and worrying they'll miss a piece of gaming history? Which one makes the most sense?