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"Why you should just have a PSone instead!"

Let's face it, the Game Boy Advance has just crap graphics, and it can't play all games on backward capability!

GBA sucks!

For 2d the GBA is more powerful than the PSone. The GBA can do some polygonal 3d like in pilot wings (polygons combined with mode 7), although there is no 3d acceleration. The GBA is more powerful than the SNES- It has a 32 bit CPU compared to 16bit. However I think they could of made it a little more powerful for the smae costs. There was DOOM for the snes and it will also be released for the GBA.


i.e GBA rocks but aint ahead of it's time.

The Ps-One is portable. You can get battery packs, but like i said (see previous message), they're quite big.

The PSone has a very big setback though. You cant take it everywhere becuase it needs a power source so scraficing the graphics on gba doesnt matter because its so portable.

and have you seen the size of the battery pack !!

you'd have to have it strapped to your back... you'd look like a ghostbuster!

The PSOne isn't really portable, is it? You can't very well hold the controller in both hands, and the PSOne at the same time as well.

The GBA has a tremendous amount of support, and there are some truely top class games coming out for it.

Right, as the proud owner of an import GBA id just like to make a few corrections to some of the previous posts, and i might through in a few sarcastic remarks about the level of maturity here as well ("GBA Sucks"... wow, what an educated opinion).

For a start the GBA can play all UK, US and Jap GBC Games EXCEPT there are about 4 jap games (that ive never heard of) on which the sound doesnt work. i think this bug may have been fixed for US/UK release.

Secondly, the claim that the GBA can play most PS games is laughably obsurd. the GBA is NOT a 3d machine, however it is capable of pseudo 3d graphics. currently the GBA can do three types of pseudo 3d graphics.

Mode 7 - games like f-zero, mario kart (where a 2d image is angled to look like its 3d)

Voxels - a long forgotten technique (superseded by polygons), this is used for games that have no upper texture (eg ceilings) and are based in open air surroundings (eg tribes). this technique is currently being used to make Offroaders for the GBA.

Im not sure whether the third is the same as mode-7 but it includes first person shooters. it differs from voxels as it can include roof textures (eg Ecks Vs Sever), but you can only move on a 2d plain (forward, back, side 2 side) NOT up and down (which is possible with Voxels)

i would go on but ive forgotten what my point was, bye....

::runs away screaming like a girl::

And I hope this newbie realises he's made a fool out of himself (I was gonna say a 4 letter word beginning with T)

Seriously:

GBA can play ALL games that were out on UK and US Gameboys apart from one Disney game which I think is Tarzan.

Secondly:

The GBA has a longer battery life, it can play most PS games on it (as long as they're ported straight to cart that is) and it's handheld, so you don't need seperate controllers and extra wires to play it.

Also the GBA can play 4 player games with just one cart as long as there's a link cable for each Gameboy.

Thirdly:

The PSOne is a ripoff and the only way to play it portably is to buy a 4 inch screen which costs a lot and isn't really worth it!

PSone too expensive, have a GBC instead!

PSone has better games, and a bigger variety of them; and it has a WAY more comfortable controller than that square toy!

GBC is better than that scabby piece of circuits!