As someone who programs 3D on the GBA, that Open Lara is beyond amazing :)

@MrHal900

2 жыл бұрын

Correct! I was thinking of you when I saw it. Is that engine something you may want to try to port your games into GBA?

@RetroGamerBB

2 жыл бұрын

Same dev is working on the 3DO port 😎

@_.Alucard._

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment everywhere

@goatintuxedo2206

2 жыл бұрын

Then work on 3d homebrew games and release them please. The machine has so much potential.. i still have that resident evil 2 demo from Raylight Studios i think. Games like Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal, Open world games, ect.. PLEASE..OH PRETTY PLEASE !!

@MaxOakland

Жыл бұрын

How do you even DO 3D on GBA. Is it all sprites?

I love demakes.. the simple fact of going back to an older console and utilizing everything that it has to offer now that time has passed.. such a great way to see how far we've come❤

Absolutely blown away at the technical proficiency on display with open Lara. Excited for this to maybe bring a new generation of devs to the GBA hardware

I absolutely love demakes! If i was any good at coding or had any reasonable connections with coders, I’d have so many ideas to explore XD It’s so heartwarming to see a new wave of coders giving new life to the Color and Advance with homebrews, ROM hacks, fan games, and demakes. Hopefully there’s a bright future for all of us!

@goatintuxedo2206

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so much with you on this.. I wish the Raylight Studios games would see the day. Just playing Payback on GBA blows my mind ! ..too bad the camera angle is horrible.

@goatintuxedo2206

Жыл бұрын

@IsaacInfernape2000 but i never liked Payday.. 😉 playable zones are too small. I'm GTA free roam style fan.

@scottthewaterwarrior

Жыл бұрын

@@goatintuxedo2206 Payback is amazing, not just in terms of the graphics and open world, but the physics! Think the only other GBA game that surpasses it in terms of the physics engine is Robot Wars Extreme Destruction. Also I agree the camera angle in Payback isn't great, its too zoomed in (likely for frame rate reasons) though it would be a lot more bearable if you didn't die in one hit.

@goatintuxedo2206

Жыл бұрын

@@scottthewaterwarrior the camera is the main problem in this game while using grenades.. you can't see where you throw them and when you advance a bit to see, it blows up in your face. Other than that, i really dig the engine and the exploration aspect is well exploited.

I remember TI calculators were the prime place for a homebrew demakes. I was part of those programmers back in the 90s. You guys may have played some of my games too if you're old enough. ASM for life!

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, back when retro coding meant Z80 . Now it is ARM.

Thank you for sharing my GBA Minecraft!

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making it!! Great work! :)

8:23 Great video! Oh man that's heartbreaking that this Another World GBA port never got a full release. It's stunning, so impressive it runs on hardware. Can of coke to ya Foxy!

I'm sorry to be hyper observant, great video BTW awesome selection of games, but when you show yourself on cam, I can't help but notice that the door that should be behind you is actually covering your mic, it's a really interesting visual effect you added there, very trippy once you notice it.

@RetroBreak

10 ай бұрын

I recorded this as I was moving house so everything is fake, I was in a spare room using a green screen to make it seem like I was on my regular space! 😅

Subbed the moment you mentioned Thunderforce 3 is one of your favorite game of ll times ! Great video and content ! Keep it up !

Thank you for video ! I was recently looking for great GBA homebrew since I got my everdrive ! 👌

Your homebrew videos are really useful

Well presented, narrated, straight to the point and a great selection of software. Excellent video!!

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you enjoy some of my other videos too :)

Just found your channel and subscribed. Keep up with the GB, GBC, and GBA videos. Love the homebrew stuff also. Thanks.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! :D Loads more GB videos coming so hope you enjoy :D

7:53 the Helicopter game was itself based on an even older win3x game called SF-Cave, I remember bc I made a version for msdos called UrthWurm

Nice, great video...you helped me find out about great roms

I am blown away by the tomb raider port, amazing stuff

Love this kind of stuff so fascinating and incredible how creative people can be! Thanks for the great video and keep up the good work. Just found your channel and podcast and have really been enjoying them.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad you're enjoying the videos and podcast! Recording the next podcast episode tonight! :D

Awesome video, would love a physical release for Another World GBA to happen in the future (Flashback too?). Getting some of these on my Everdrive.

These are really cool, it just comes to show what the GBA is actually capable of

Absolutely cool, thanks for sharing 🥰

Holy shit! Elite! I really hope someone somewhere has got this on a cartridge! Just got Another World on a cart and it’s super impressive! Great vid!

The GBA already has an insanely impressive port of Quake thanks to Randy Linden! Elite on GBA is neat, but the NES version is nothing short of a miracle.

Ok I just found this channel and I really like it :)

This is so interesting. People might think there is no reason to demake already old school games, but there is. Great video.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that there are people interested in remaking games for older systems! even if it is just as a hobby!

Such an interesting video, my favs: open lara, another world & elite port. I would have loved to see something like elite with some real effort on the gba. Seems like there really is still some potential for unbeaten tracks in that system

@goatintuxedo2206

2 жыл бұрын

Ever tried Elite Frontier on PC ?

Another World still looks like it is from another world. It is so unique and technically brilliant. Like a time traveling flash-game, god I miss these.

You should have put open lara last, I was so spoiled by this insane gem of a port I couldn't be bothered checking out the rest

Hope you all enjoyed the video! Check out my previous GBA Demakes video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6J11auPf6XHf8o.html And check out the games mentioned using these links: Luminesweeper - pineight.com/lu/#download Minecraft - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=1527 Cosmic Smash - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=1395 Tyrian - web.archive.org/web/20080625061600/www.freewebs.com/worldtreegames Another World - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=1279 Thunder Force 3 - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=599 Quake - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=653 Elte - Elite - The New Kind v1.7.1 Bust A Move -gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=376 Hellicopter game - Sputter Dash - pdroms.de/files/nintendo-gameboyadvance-gba/sputter-dash Super star soldier - Super Star Shooter Advance - www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/05/super-star-shooter-advance-gba.html Mortal Kombat - www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=1548 Trailblazer - pdroms.de/files/nintendo-gameboyadvance-gba/trailblazer-advance Sonic - info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_GBA Tomb Raider - xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/files/gba/

I loved ur last video about vf gba, love playing that 2012 demo wish it was finished or had better hit detection

When RetroBreak said Tyrion, my brain just expected to hear "Lannister" after it 🤣

Not sure if it's in your original remakes video (since it's an official port) but James Bond 007: Nightfire is insanely faithful to the console version. It has some differences to make up for what they couldn't do but those differences fit in perfectly.

Cool I already have most of these gba videos Specially that sonic one had me had to watch it x2

wow, i liked it i am subscribing

What amazes me is how powerful the GBA is for 3d graphics!!

You got me so excited when you started talking about Thunder Force 3 on the GBA........only to immediately break my heart. You have no idea how excited I got when you first started talking about it. But, then, you brought up the Hudson Soft car I am Star Soldier port and all was well. I need to download it ASAP. Can’t aIt to give it. Go on my GBA sp101. It will bring on a whole new lever of challenge on that tiny screen. Lol

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

I got myself so excited too! So sad about that one! :(

I LOVE stuff like this! It's maybe worth mentioning that someone ported Pump It Up to the GBA using the Stepmania engine, I think, so like... If there's any rhythm game fans around...

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh I didn’t know about that! I’ll look it up! Thanks!

you have a lot of favourite games of all time

Hello! Honestly Im feeling awful today, so Ill just leave a quick comment and like! Thanks for the new portion of GBA ports!

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for leaving a comment even though you weren't feeling great! Hope you're feeling better now?

@KISSbestfan

2 жыл бұрын

A classic example of getting wet socks. I should avoid bigger puddles. Although I spent last two days in bed and I guess the cold is gone by now. Time to go back to work (sadly) :P

To truly appreciate how impressive OpenLara is, you gotta try it on a machine with slightly imperfect emulation. I do the vast majority of my GBA gaming on a Powkiddy V90. The hardware isn't the most powerful for some titles. 3D games and anything with video footage are likely to lag or crash. Even the Sonic 1 proof of concept you've shown here struggles on it. OpenLara is a different story entirely. I was expecting horrendous framerate issues and audio stuttering galore. Instead, it's absolutely perfect. I guess it goes to show how far GBA homebrew has come if programmers can optimise the code that brilliantly. :)

3:10 Cosmic Smash is one my favourites on the Dreamcast, with MSR!

That Tomb Raider looked incredible.

i'm too happy, that you have covered the tyrian gba port as well. tyrian on gameboy (both color and advance) is a very important invention for handheld gamers!

@austinovanmeter6151

Жыл бұрын

Find any other cool gba stuff?

@RetroBreak

Жыл бұрын

Just finished streaming a bunch of interesting GBA games! Will be showcasing them in this weeks video! :D

@goodmoaning587

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroBreak yes!

Ah yes, all these games are a fine addition to my collection.

The cosmic smash port fits since there are official Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5 demakes for the gba

the sonic port for android is also flawless,love it!

Open Lara blows my mind. I can't believe that's even possible.

Very cool. Makes me really wish I could score a GBA Micro at a reasonable price.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

It’s such a nice handheld! Hope you manage to find one someday!

@RetroPlus

2 жыл бұрын

I got a pink one in slightly scuffed condition for £25, if you look for long enough you'll probably find one for a good deal

wow. whoever made that tomb raider GBA port could probably also make a Crysis DS port. absolute wizardry!

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

You've made me want to research DS homebrew ports now! There must be some out there! :D

Someone needs to reprogram the camera angle for Payback. The game looks amazing (probably the best 3d for GBA) but is not fun to play due to the fact that we don't see where we throw grenades or at what ee are firing. BTW: There really is a demand and most of us are willing to pay 20-40$ for new GBA games. The market isn't dead, developers. Keep it up !

You got a gizmondo?? Love to see a video about that one 👍👍

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I've been thinking of doing a video on it for a while now, but I dont think it would get many views...

@franzbinett9416

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBreakyes, i understand. But maybe sometime in future including it in a video of extremely rare consoles.

I always wanted to see Smash Bros. get ported over to the GBA. It had enough inputs to make it work plus the 4-way link cables for full multiplayer.

i have no idea what should be so impressive about lumines, its such a simple game

Being a huge fan of Tomb Raider and Resident Evil, I would’ve loved playing these on the GameBoy.

Theres an official release of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance for the GBA that is crazy, can't believe they did it

Elite is not a PC game originally.. it goes way further back than that - the Acorn BBC Model B I think!

Man that Tomb Raider is a miracle

Tyrian 2000 was my all time fave MS DOS game back on the windows 95 computer, I still remember the good ol' days when I used to get the monthly PC magazine and it had a demo of Tyrian 2000 which contained a whopping 7 fully stages with an advert to buy the full game... it wasn't until the year 2010 when I even realized a GBA rom was made for it and I got a Super Card SD that had to decrypt the GBA rom file of Tyrian 2000 so it could run on it and I was mind blown but how much it had even having a full mission mode or something that let you quit each level and get more progress to other stages. After a few years later the battery of it died and It's as shame the modern Everdrive GBA can't run this game as I'd love to live my childhood again... that and if I could put it in a certain folder it would be with the GBC fanmade windows 95 display screen rom that really will take me back to the old days ^^

I LOVE demakes for weak 3D capable consoles, or even 2D translations of 3D games for weaker systems.

Some great stuff here. I am quite tempted to give GBA coding another go. I only looked at it really briefly back in the early 2000s. But with so many new GB/GBC developers appearing, GBA may be a good way to go to stay unique.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see what you come up with for the GBA! There’s a few new games being worked on that I know of, but nowhere near the amount on the original GB! Start now before a “GBA Studio” gets made!

@Jfjdnanfjf

2 жыл бұрын

Always dreamed of Super Smash Bros on GBA. It was planned but never happened. After seeing that Tomb Raider it seems completely possible.

0:48 if that had come out back in the day, id bet we'd have gotten some kind of switch like device instead of the gamecube.

I can't remember if you've covered it before but there's a fun little version of Lumines for the DMG developed by MicroByte that you can download for free. I play it quite often.

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

I've downloadied it, but dont think i've mentioned it on a video before.. Lumines should be on everything! :D

Hey Brotha I love work👊 #Retro #GBA lately I been Trying Homebrew and rom hacks I got quite a few games from watching your channel Thank You! question If I may? That Super Star Shooter is there any websites that has english translate option? Or info on the game Rom even a physical copy? I love Shooters...

that "thuderforce 3" demo is not actually the genesis version but thunder spirit for the snes (and the gba would have made the exact same game as the snes but without the slowdowns)

Wow! Elite!

The helicopter game has a version for the thumby too (the thumby is the world’s smallest video game console).

Was Another World finished? I seemed to get stuck shortly after the cage drop and getting the gun.

Another World is selling me on the idea of buying a flash cart

Cosmic Smash on GBA coulda been great

7:48 and 0:12 reminds me of Gamejams and other amazing indie games

looking at all these polygon games for the GBA, would you say its graphical capabilities were almost on par with the Saturn?

Do you have the links for super star solider advance and elite

How would I play homebrews on my actual gba Is there a special loadable cartridge Or a place to buy homebrews??

This is a cool video, but is it a demake if they ported from a 16bit console to a 32bit handheld?

Have you seen the Another World iPod classic port?

If only even 10% of these demakes are anything more than 2-10 minutes of gameplay.

I am pretty curious to see how those developers port these games? Are they using official Nintendo devkit or homebrewibs?

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

A bit of both I think? Some of them have links to source code or developers websites if you want to learn mode

NGage Tomb Raider port chilling out and similar to the PS1 version. Still for GBA it is pretty cool. Otherwise impressive stuff some of these. Lumines on GBA is something but Minesweeper. That's like Pupo Pupo Tetris levels great value/combining the two.

@RetroBreak

Жыл бұрын

The NGage port is super impressive for the time!

I wouldn't recommend that version of Elite. It's impressive, and the controls seem well thought out, but it has a couple problems. For one, some of the stars don't move. They appear to move when you maneuver your ship, but are otherwise stationary. While it could be argued that this is realistic as distant stars wouldn't appear to move, the stars in Elite are supposed to move. Looking for points that AREN'T moving, or moving contrary to the rest of the stars is how you spot distant objects like ships, asteroids and space stations. When you have a bunch of stars not moving, it makes it harder to spot stuff. Secondly, I had an enemy ship right in the center of the crosshairs and all my shots were missing. This wasn't a distant enemy either, it was close enough to see the colors of the ship. I had to aim outside the ship to get my shots to register. Which is a shame as it would be a good port if these problems were fixed. There's another Elite port to the GBA by the same person, but I can't recommend that one either. It starts you in the middle of a fight rather than docked as every other version does, and it seems really flaky. As for playing the "original" version, the very original for the BBC Micro was slow and would probably seem tedious by today's standards. As would pretty much all of the 8-bit versions. Don''t get me wrong, I loved playing Elite on my C64, but fast it was not. After destroying an enemy, I used to switch to a different view just so that it wouldn't have to render the explosion, slowing down the game. Also not recommended, the Amiga/ST versions, or the DOS version. The Amiga/ST versions are fast and smooth, but they lack depth. Friendly ship encounters were removed, so every ship you come across is an enemy, which basically turns the game into an arcade shooter, rather than a simulation. It feels "empty". The original DOS version is in ugly CGA 4-color mode. Elite Plus has nicer graphics, but did away with the keyboard controls for things like hyperspace, so you're forced to use the icons rather than pressing a key. Also, both games are hard to get running at the proper speed in DOSBox. If you turn up the cycles until they're nice and smooth, the enemy ships dart around so fast that you can't hit them, they can drain your shield in a couple seconds, but the shields also recharge much faster than they should. Turn the cycles down to get a playable speed and the games get choppy. There's the Archimedes version, which is regarded as great since you're no longer the center of attention and other ships go about doing their own thing. I couldn't figure out how to use a joystick in the emulators and I can't play it using mouse control. If you want an updated version, there's Elite: The New Kind for Windows. It's a modern version of the BBC Micro original. It looks great and plays very well. If you want something even newer, I recommend Oolite. Despite the author's claims that it's not a copy of Elite, it is 100% a copy of Elite in everything but the name. Same star maps, same planet names, same cargo options, same ship equipment, etc. However it has the option of easily adding extras to the game. Want rings on some of the planets? Just drop the rings add-on into the Add-ons directory and the game will use it. I have to say that it can be unfair at times though. It's not unusual to get jumped by a swarm of 10+ pirates. And the one time I encountered a Thargoid ship, it was just continuous laser fire from it until I was dead. Not sure how you're supposed to survive that...

10:11 NES also got a port which is more impressive!

GTA 5 on mobile. Red dead Redemption 2 on mobile. let's go. no need to wait for 20 years to impress us that time

How it's possible: new decompression and programming techniques and technologies not available during GBA era.

It's still disappointing to realize just what the GBA was capable of, but most devs and publishers were too preoccupied with cranking out loads of shitty, fake-3D isometric licensed junk. There was even a tech demo for _Resident Evil 2_ that one studio made as a proof of concept and it played fairly smoothly, but nope; apparently what we needed instead was a 487th 3/4 top-down view game based on a Nickelodeon cartoon.

It’s sad that MK II tech demo looks better & more feature complete than the Mortal Kombat Advance we actually got…

I sat down but I'm actually on the toilet. Instead of relaxing do you mind if I tense so I can cleanse myself of these inner demons that live inside my guts?

@saki3963

4 күн бұрын

get help

@zimzam9166

4 күн бұрын

@@saki3963 no u

I don't find the Mortal Kombat port that impressive; Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance managed to cram a 3D fighting game on the GBA with rotating arenas and sprite scaling to make opponents look like they're getting closer or farther away, and I think that's way more impressive.

At the end of Thunder Force 3 you said that the last few games were much more fleshed out... then you showed Mortal Kombat, the equivalent of a tech demo. Definitely not fleshed out.

Guys, I have an Analogue Pocket with an SD card. I wanted to play Tyian, but as I see it's only a .bin file. How can I play it on the Pocket's openFPGA? Currently I only have a non-gba Everdrive, so that's not gonna work. Thanks!

My fav systems are nomad modded and gba modded, 2 best all time

Unrelated but have a look at 'Thunder Striker' released this week on Switch...it looks like an attempt at a Solar Striker clone/sequel...seems to me like your kind of game (DMG look)

@RetroBreak

2 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

Some absolute gems in here, unfortunately I've been having some trouble getting a few to work on my everdrive (chopper and Tyrian specifically). Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips? In the meantime I will just keep playing luminesweeper which is awesome!

@_Platinum-

2 жыл бұрын

Tyrian is working but no sound (even on emulator) :( chopper is working great on everdrive 1.15 update. Also I renamed .bin to .gba

No Skyroads? I've always wanted to port that to GBA. But technically not a demake....

cant seem to find a link to the helicopter game :(

People have been trying to open Lara since the first game.

Trailblazer probably originated on the Commodore 16, not the Commodore 64

Lumines? Is that how you say that? I've never attempted to say it aloud.

@suntannedduck2388

Жыл бұрын

I always hear it as Lu min nes or I guess nis but never know how it's actually said. It is spelt Lumines of course so I assume it's how it sounds literal and lowercase wise (compared to other titles of games where sounds are like capitals for other titles or extent of accent).

Take my money!!!

Hey does anyone mind telling me how to install the bust a move demake on the gba?

Luminous

The GBA Port of Tomb Raider let me have a open Mouth for 1 min O.o How the hell can it looking so similar, when the GBA can't even produce real 3D Graphics O.o

Waiting for a Smash Bros.gba