DNF by Liam Doolan 2 days ago Image: via Twitter (ForestIllusion) Nintendo preservation website Forest of Illusion has acquired the “infamous” Mario Kart XXL tech demo – a pitch by Denaris Entertainment Software for the Game Boy Advance, dating back to April 2004. It’s now been made available to download. The German development studio (founded ...
photo: Luke Plunkett You’ll have seen a lot of Reggie Fils-Aime news lately. The man has a book out that tells stories about the notoriously secretive video game industry, so that’s to be expected. Much of it is instructive, some of it emotionallysometimes even a little puzzling. However, one section simply has me upset. It’s ...
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube One of the most requested GBA localisations is the 2006 cult-hit RPG Mother 3. We heard in February how much the game’s producer Shinichi Kameoka would “love to see” this particular entry get a worldwide release, but why exactly hasn’t it happened? In the latest episode of the Kit ...
Image: via YouTube (Macho Nacho Productions) A new Kickstarter campaign by IntecGaming aims to convert the Game Boy Advance into a console-like experience. Its ‘GBA HDMI Kit’ has so far raised just over $10,000 USD (with a goal of $49,697) and promises to be highly portable, easy to operate and a fun DIY device. It ...
Image: Nintendo Life Super Mario Sunshine is arguably one of the best 3D Mario games ever released, but have you ever wondered what it might look like if it was ported across to the Game Boy Advance around the same time as its original GameCube release in 2002? If you have, wonder no more – ...
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Last week, new footage of the original 1996 Tomb Raider game running on Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance was shared online. As you might already know, it’s part of ‘OpenLara’ – a classic Tomb Raider open-source engine that’s seen the game ported across to all sorts of platforms. The latest ...
gif: Timur Gagiev / Kotaku Here’s a port I never expected but is real now and available for download today: Tomb Raider for the Game Boy Advance handheld console. It’s true. And this wild porting is only possible thanks to the flexible open source project “OpenLara”. Tomb Raider Running on a Game Boy Advance comes ...
Image: via Timur Gagiev on YouTube The Game Boy Advance – a 32-bit handheld system released in 2001 – managed to get some 3D-like games up and running, but we don’t think we’ve ever seen one that looked this amazing. Presenting ‘OpenLara’ – aka the original Tomb Raider game running on the Game Boy Advance. ...
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Have you ever wondered what it would be like to jam the full power of the Game Boy Advance into a Tiger Electronics handheld gaming system from the ’80s? Probably not, but one guy who always wanted to make his dreams come true was hardware modder and creator Chris ...
Image: Nintendo Life You might remember F-Zero Climax, hmm…perhaps not! It was a game released on Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance way back in 2004 and has never been localised outside of Japan. It also happens to be the most recent entry in the series, which is now over 17 years ago. While an official localisation ...
