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"GBA could be over taken by PDA and Mobile phone games"

GBA users should be aware that the game features on both PDA's and Mobile phones is improving quickly. The software inside these devices is getting very clever, and there are more and more game's launching. Add in the fact the GBA screen is not that impressive (there are PDA's and phones with better screens), and it's possible that games could actually be better on PDA's and Mobile phone's over the next couple of years.

notattheworldcup wrote:
> what r u talking about. Palmtops graphics are ALREADY better than the
> terrible gba. Sure they ARE expensive but you can play TOMB RAIDER ON
> ONE. AND THATS GOT THE GRAPHICS OF A PS2. I SHOULD KNOW, I'VE GOT
> IT.

Lol! We believe you ;-)

Ya' fool.

maddmun wrote:
> but the costs of these phones are rising, and only have a few games.
> GBA + 10 games = £400
> First of all, each of these phones only has about 2 games, so, you
> need 5 phones to get the same amount, and the quality of these games
> are nowhere near as good as on a GBA, are you going to find games
> liker Metroid Fusion and Mario Kart on your Mobile? I didn't think so.

But on the new phones like the nokia 3410 you can download games

notattheworldcup wrote:
> what r u talking about. Palmtops graphics are ALREADY better than the
> terrible gba. Sure they ARE expensive but you can play TOMB RAIDER ON
> ONE. AND THATS GOT THE GRAPHICS OF A PS2. I SHOULD KNOW, I'VE GOT
> IT.

Really now. That's funny, because what you're doing is therefore illegal, because Tomb Raider hasn't been licensed to play on palmtops. Idiot, lying, n00b.

notattheworldcup wrote:
> what r u talking about. Palmtops graphics are ALREADY better than the
> terrible gba. Sure they ARE expensive but you can play TOMB RAIDER ON
> ONE. AND THATS GOT THE GRAPHICS OF A PS2. I SHOULD KNOW, I'VE GOT
> IT.

This post wins todays cake of approval for it's subtle mocking of what a complete fking moron newbie might say!

In Argos, you can get a GBA WITH a certain phone, so you hand beck trhe phone and get a free GBA!!!!

N-Gage.

gerrid wrote:
> You can play Tomb Raider on the GBA. I think there are two versions.
> And why would you want to play Tomb Raider anyway?

Ahh, some sense at last.

Your two year treatment is starting to pay off at last!

Well, there are a few factors:

1) If gaming becomes big on phones, then with the colour display and high resolution screens, it would take a miracle to get the cost below double what the GBA is.

2) Games won't be used on cartridges, or CDs, and will have to be downloaded via wap. I know this sounds rather stupid, but I'd rather have as many cartridges as I like than only space for ten games at a time.

3) GBAs are popular because they're cheap for little children. The children who have GBAs are unlikely to get phones as well, and nobody in their right mind would pay the enormous cost for a game-playing phone just for the game part.


The fact is, you could easily buy a GBA and a phone separately for cheaper than what they would cost together. I'm perfectly happy with Snake or Tetris, as they're the kind of games which are perfectly suited to phones. Pick up and play games, good for five minutes or hours. But Nokia are in the wrong court when they're aiming for portable gaming as well as phones - because they're two different markets.

You can play Tomb Raider on the GBA. I think there are two versions. And why would you want to play Tomb Raider anyway?

right, tomb raider on a mobile phone.

am i right in thinking this mobile phone is the size of a potatoe? and costs £11,000?