The gameboy advance/colour had some of the best games.

[Isla]

I've just found my old gameboy advance and some of my old games.
I'm having a bit of a nostalgia trip right now. I remember half the reason I got into gaming and half of the games that I love were all on the GBA.

I love this console and to be honest all other handhelds don't even compare.

So escapists what was your first experience with handheld consoles?
And do you still play them now?

I take my ds everywhere. It's a great way to pass time waiting on a train or in the car.

 

[Cherry Cola]

GAMEBOY COLOR IS THE GREATEST THING EVAR

My entire childhood is in that tiny little electronic device.

I bought a Nintendo DS just so I could relive Pokemon Gold by getting the remake.

Alas, nothing compares to original glory.

 

[Trolldor]

Man. I had the original gameboy. The chunky ass piece of crap. I had the limited edition see-through case.

That had some rockin' games.

 

[marco75]

Advance Wars, Fire Emblem and King Of Fighters EX2 and the two Wario Ware games (Minigame Mania & Twisted) were my favorites. I still play with it to this day.

 

[Mallefunction]

Pokemon Crystal...so much nostalgia XD

 

[Scarim Coral]

I still remember playing tetris on my bro Gameboy and I currently own a DS (I waiting for Pokemon White and Okamiden to be release). The GBA had great games on it which my favourites were Golden Sun 1 and 2, Advance Wars and Fire Emblem Blazing Sword.

 

[Veloxe]

Good old GBC. I remember playing Dragon Warrior Monsters on it! God that game was awesome! I still have the cartridge and cry a bit inside whenever I try to plug it into my DS ; ;

 

[LeonLethality]

I can't begin to count the hours I spent playing Yggdra Union on the GBA...

Or really how much time I have spent on Nintendo handhelds in general.

 

[CrystalShadow]

I've got so many GBA games... Granted, some of them are re-releases of old SNES titles... But there's definitely some good stuff.

Yeah, the pinnacle of 2d gaming. Definitely. XD.

 

[sacredguyver]

... Golden Sun 1 and 2...

This. Aside from the Pokemon and Metroid games, Golden Sun was pure win. I can only hope that Dark Dawn lives up to the first two once I get it.

 

[Haxxle]

My first handheld was pretty much what the majority of my friends had: A gameboy colour. I pretty much just played the occasional Mario and grinded levels in Pokemon but after getting Golden Sun and a gameboy advance I was sold into handheld gaming.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Ahhh, those where the good days, Golden Sun and Fire Emblem always made sure that I had lots of fun

 

[Kenami]

The Golden Sun series are still some of the best games I have ever played. When I was younger I was all about hand held gaming.

 

[tahrey]

oh god, so many young people, it's like the children of the corn...

i had a game gear, damn your eyes. I can do Sonic 1 in my sleep and still consider the 8 bit version superior to the 16 ... also there's nothing finer than 2 player micro machines on one handheld.

(...and a gameboy pocket, which was actually damn good and very handy; I could never get with the low-reflectivity screens on the GBC or GBA (or the former's wierd colours, particularly with monochrome games), despite having "inherited" one of the later and a stack of decent games AND its forerunner to the R4 cart. Only things I've played to any length is Tony Hawks (on a stretch of very bright summer days) and Lady Sia (via an emulator; it was first on the list of available ROMs). Maybe there's a great library of awesome titles I'm missing... but I'm likely just to graduate directly to the 3DS anyway ... now, lets see what you guys have suggested so I can try them out on an emulator... So long as it isn't just "Pokemon!!!" (can't stand it, sorry) and "Mario!!!")

edit: advance wars, damn - that was one i was always envious of when others had GBAs and I stuck with the pocket because any time i'd be free to play, it was usually in poorly lit places.

 

[Don't taze me bro]

The GBA was great. My GBA collection was the only thing holding me back from upgrading my DS-lite to a DSi.

No GBA cart slot? No dice!

 

[Neverhoodian]

The Game Boy Advance had great games...but the unit itself sucked (at first anyway). Unless you were playing in broad daylight or directly under a lamp, the lack of a backlight made it hard as hell to even see what you were doing. Fortunately the SP version corrected this. I still have my SP around so I can play Pokemon Yellow from time to time (first generation all the way, don't give me all those newfangled Pokemon).

 

[Frankydee]

I recall my bro getting one of those 2nd gen gameboys that played in shades of grey. It was around that time that the color came out I opted to wait to get one of those instead.

And yea I have to agree I loved that thing. Some of the first games I played on it was a wario platformer and Pokemon blue. I loved that thing more than our 64.

 

[Irridium]

The Kirby gameboy and gameboy advanced games are pure brilliance and everybody should play them.

 

[Arkley]

I had a Game Boy.

I didn't like it as much as my Game Gear.

Flame away!

 

[Zaik]

Good old GBC. I remember playing Dragon Warrior Monsters on it! God that game was awesome! I still have the cartridge and cry a bit inside whenever I try to plug it into my DS ; ;

I lost mine

I remember I had played like 200 hours or something and bred some sort of superdragon that was destroying stuff at level 3. I miss that game.