Episode 363: Game Boy Advance (Patreon)
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Good thing we did the "gaming in 2001" episode a few weeks back to help soften the blow of this revelation. The Game Boy Advance doesn't seem like it should be 20 years old, and yet, here we are. We're getting to the point of the systems I cut my teeth on as a professional reviewer hitting 20, and I've gotta say, it's a doozy. But at least we'll always have our memories... until they start leaking from our elderly minds, anyway.
Description: Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Adam Pawlus turn back the hands of time 20 years to the dawn of the GBA, Nintendo's tiny portable powerhouse. The soaring highs! The eye-straining lows! The many, many hardware iterations and Super NES ports! Art by Nick Wanserski; edits by Greg Leahy.
Music selections:
- 03:47 - F-Zero Maximum Velocity: Title Theme
- 11:07 - Golden Sun: Sailing the Karagol Sea
- 23:34 - Wario Land 4: Title Theme
- 37:23 - Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance: Offense and Defense
- 41:19 - Rhythm Tengoku: The Bon Odori
- 53:44 - The Legend of Zelda Four Swords: Vaati's Palace / Konami Krazy Racers: Ganbare Dochu
- 1:04:53 - Castlevania Circle of the Moon: Fate to Despair
- 1:12:30 - Metroid Fusion: Serris Boss Theme
- 1:19:36 - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire: Victory Road
- 1:28:43 - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: Snow Dancing in the Schoolyard
- 1:38:19 - Mother 3: Unfounded Revenge
- Closing - Mother 3: A Certain Someone's Memories