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WolfLink, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

The GBA had a multiplayer Zelda game, and every GBA Mario game came with a multiplayer version of the og Mario Bros. Arcade game.

An even less common connector could be used to connect a GBA to a GameCube. The uses of that one (as far as I’m aware):

  • using Pokemon XD to battle two GBA Pokemon games using the GameCube 3D graphics
  • a multiplayer Zelda game entirely based around the gimmick of using the GBA as a controller
  • using a GBA Metroid to unlock bonus power ups in the GameCube Metroid
Spezi,

I think local multiplayer absolutely peaked with the Nintendo DS. The download games where you could play with one cartridge, multiplayer without wifi, pictochat. Today you have to subscribe to shitty online services or at least play through wifi, which completely annihilates the possibility to play in a car, bus or train without a router.

WolfLink,

The sweet spot of not needing an adapter for multiplayer, but also only needing one cartridge, and no internet or subscription.

Soggy,

Nintendo fully panicked over the prospect of child predators and put a ton of barriers up for player interaction.

Spezi,

I think it was more about making money with subscriptions by incentivizing getting Nintendo Online to play against your friends. I bet they profited massively during corona from this business model.

Soggy,

Killing Pictochat, Street Pass, and in-game voice chat has nothing to do with subscriptions.

Spezi,

I thought you meant local multiplayer without wifi

lightnsfw,

That’s something to be concerned about so good on them. Kids shouldn’t be communicating with randos online unless their parents can oversee it.

Username,
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, a multiplayer RPG where each player has can control their inventory etc. using the GBA.
ouRKaoS,
  • Traveling to an island in Animal Crossing, where you could bury random items and get sacks of Bells in return, up to 10k for a single item.

That’s how I paid off my house.

Zoomboingding,
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Phantasy Star Online and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle used the link cable to GBA for mini games and a portable Chao garden

Honytawk, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

Some newer games only needed one game to play with 4 players.

I believe Mario Kart was one of them, then some other game with a motorcycle looked from the side.

I played those on the Gameboy Advance with the nieces and nephews during family parties.

dch82,

Ah yes the cable with a hub in the middle for additional branches to be connected on to

nevemsenki, do games w Day 9 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

bionicjoey,

Ave, true to Caesar

Schmuppes, do games w Day 9 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Godspeed, Courier.

graymess, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

It was the only two-player game everyone definitely had.

MarcomachtKuchen, do games w Day 8 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

I get why the poor perfomance got the game some negative reviews, but I don’t get the batmobile hate at all. I love my little tank and thought the game had some great passages for it.

All that aside I enjoyed a lot of the story missions as well and liked the plot and how much of an impact your story progression had on the open world.

The_Cunt_of_Monte_Cristo,
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I loved Batmobile riddles.

RealFunAtParties,

Yeah idk, the Riddler making you do time trial batmobile races kind of feels like the Joker forcing you to do taxes. I didn’t mind them from a gameplay perspective, it just seemed kind of silly.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I do think the Combat got a bit old with the Batmobile. But that’s just my personal opinion. I do like all the other things the Batmobile introduced, like the riddler riddles and the races (not to mention how fun it is to just destroy the environment)

The plot though is amazing. If I had to pick between it or Arkham city (my other favorite) I don’t know which one I would pick. It would be a difficult decision

KeefChief13, do games w Day 8 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Must be nice to play everyday.

SidewaysHighways,

Ain’t nothing to it but to do it

Glitch,

Facts

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I’m cheating a little bit by posting screenshots I took a few days ago, but I’m a college student and I’m not scheduled to start classes again until next month. So playing is like the only thing I really have on my plate right now besides a few pet projects. I try to get at least an hour in though on games to help clear my mind and relax (though, there’s probably better ways to do that)

13esq, do games w Day 8 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

These types of “Day X of Y until I forget” posts used to piss me off on Reddit, but here I’m just glad someone is providing content.

ivanafterall,
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Day 1 of posting comment replies to the comments I’ve been reading until I forget to post a reply.

SidewaysHighways,

Day 0 of

MyNameIsAtticus, (edited )
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50% of it is just me wanting to share the screenshots. I considered just dumping the screenshots without much context, but this way I feel like I’m building a habit around it and i feel like it’s easier for people to find, if they really want too for some reason, a screenshot they missed. I totally get why it would be irritating though. A lot of them on Reddit I feel like we’re really low effort posts

Transporter_Room_3, do games w Day 7 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots
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I’ve seen almost that exact sight so many times…

For a second I thought it was 2012 again and I was curled up under my blanket with some hot chocolate to play skyrim and watch some cartoons.

And I was in my 20s.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Skyrim really is a magical experience like that. I wish I was old enough to experience it on launch in the early 2010s just so I could experience that with the rest of the community for the first time

Transporter_Room_3,
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I didn’t get it right away, since I try not to buy anything in the first month it’s out so I get a good feel of the game. Also, you know… poor. But mostly the first thing.

But holy shit the videos of dragon fights… I had to fight an impulse buy.

Since then I’ve spent over $100 on various copies for various consoles and my computer, all on sale. It may not seem like much, but when 95% of my library was purchased during sales and events… That’s a lot.

It’s not perfect, but there are so many mods for it, you can tailor it to whatever you want. Personally, I like a bit of survival mechanics like food/water and temperatures/wetness. I also like the older oblivion style of magic combat.

Bethesda may not have made the greatest video game of all time, but at this point it might as well be the best fantasy RPG-lite sandbox I’ve played. The only thing that could make it better is a settlement system like fallout. I like to build.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Survival is what I went for on this Modpack too. I have survival Mode enabled, along with a whole bunch of clothes and stuff for warmth. I’ve been trying to to get the Campfire and Frostfall mods to work but they won’t load in game for some reason so I may just have to give up

I would kill for a settlement system like Fallout 4’s or a C.A.M.P System like Fallout 76. Even just a revamp of Heart fire using the new system might be enough to get me to buy a 4th rerelease of Skyrim

MasterBuilder,

Well, i haven’t neen much of a gamer for years (got too adicted to WoW), but just started again this year. I am amazed by Skyrim, and am now modding it up.

I also just got Cyberpunk 2077, and will get into it soon.

NOT_RICK, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.
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Wasn’t there a way to link with the IR blasters on the GBCs too? I never tried it but I’ve heard it was possible

hopesdead,
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I’ve only seen that done for the TCG to do trades. Odd how a video game series turned into a franchise with a trading card game got a video game adaption of the trading card game.

The_Picard_Maneuver,
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I remember trying that over and over, then reverting back to the more reliable link cables.

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4,

Only on games that were designed to use the IR. It was limited to Mystery-Gift-type quick transfers due to the low data speed and the need to keep the systems pointed directly at each other.

Atherel, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

We had even one to connect 4 Gameboys and played “super rc pro am”, oh the nostalgia

prettybunnys,

Oooooh rc pro am AND micro machines ought to be remade

ValenThyme,

RC pro am in the big bathroom with 4 stalls, passing the link cable under the dividers. Best way to skip class ever. Only ever managed 4 players a couple times but it was amazing.

IIRC you only needed like one copy of the game, too??

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4,

Each player needed a copy of the game. Game Boy Advance had a bootloader that could receive data to run a multiplayer game with no cartridge.

Found this list: https://www.mygamer.com/gba-single-pak-linking-games/

Stalinwolf, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.
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I had the green Gameboy, but this makes me wish I had chosen yellow. Yellow looks sharp.

Zozano,
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Shout out to all my transparent purple homies.

ShunkW,

I was a transparent purple homie. Ended up having to write my name on it because all my friends were too and we didn’t wanna accidentally switch them up. One of the group was notorious for not taking care of his shit and I didn’t wanna end up swapping with him on accident and getting a janky boi

CuriousRefugee, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

I remember it for Pokemon, but also for those Zelda games that were a pair - Oracle of Ages/Seasons? But I don’t think it let you do much, just continue a game save when you finished one of the two games.

dinckelman,

Four Swords came with Link to the Past too. Never played it, but it’s exclusively multiplayer, as far as I know

ouRKaoS,

Four Swords is the most competitive co-op game I have ever played. It’s brutally fun, but you’re going to want to punch your friends in the throat after about 30 minutes.

www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/06/11/the-gang#

This comic is an accurate description of the experience.

ryven,

The Oracle games didn’t actually use the link cable, they had a password system.

TheSchatz,

It had both! You could use either a link cable or a password to continue your game in the opposite title, and to bring over the rings you had from the original save. At the jeweler’s shop, the red snake was for password transfers and the blue snake was for link cable transfers!

ryven,

Oh thank you! I knew the password existed because I was able to do it with only one system, I did not remember having the other option!

shasta, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

Yeah PVP Street Fighter!

iamkindasomeone, do gaming w I only ever used it for Pokemon, but I'm sure there were other uses.

Oh I remember these. It was hard to get to a seat on the school bus because there were cables connected all across the aisles.

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