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The GBA SP Classic, reviewed.

Remember that gigantic inflatable Spider-Man I picked up in the carnival article? I still haven't found the correct spot for it. Amazing, I know, it being a 7' bulky inflatable Spider-Man and all. Looks like it'd make a great pool raft. I don't have a pool. The preceding was an obvious lead-in to this article on the Game Boy Advance SP Classic, the retro-themed portable system complete with a nice library of classic NES titles. I'm definitely down with this one, even after blowing so much cash on games I'll play 1-3 times. Judging from the Amazon-100 poll in the last entry, I'm not the only one who likes licking this machine. More stuff coming to the blog tonight...

Posted by Matt on 07/18/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 211 comments

the last gameboy i owned was the original, and i had kinda been wanting an SP anyway, but when i saw the nes version, that was it.

some of the places around here like ‘software, etc.’ or ‘babbages’ or ‘gamestop’ or ‘EB Games’ is offering a deal for the new ones were you can trade in your old GBA or SP and pay only $70 or so for the NES SP. at ‘software, etc.’ you could actually trade in your nintendo 64 for the same deal if you wanted to.

super mario world is damn addicting, and i love being able to whip it out anywhere, with the safety of being able to save it at halfway checkpoints and such.

anyway, maybe its just cuz i’m an old school nintendo fan that’s new to the gba, but i think the NES SP and all the new iterations of the classic games are totally worth whatever price, just for the portability and style.

-me

Chestnuts roasted by salamander @ 07/19/2004 5:02 AM

I blew $20 for Super Mario Bros. Deluxe when I first saw it (used) a few months ago, and the damn scaled screen was extremely annoying, though it was nice to have the Lost Levels… I found the "newer" SMB for $16 at W-M and bagged the last one… whew! Namco Museum is a pretty good deal, nowadays you can find it on the bargain bins for $10. To me, nothing beats playing Galaga on my NES with the NES Advantage joystick, but to carry around my favorite games is just heaven.
What Nate said reminds me of BTTF2…
"You mean you have to use your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy!"

Chestnuts roasted by phillip @ 07/19/2004 5:32 AM

if they really wanted to make it retro, theyd designed games so you have to blow on the cartridge before you insert it LOLZ

Chestnuts roasted by sonmanic @ 07/19/2004 5:45 AM

Oh God…you sound like me. The Gameboy Advance didn’t interest me in the slightest, not even when my nephew got one. And then…I looked into the holy Gamestop flyer and saw the goodness that was Classic NES.

I’m so weak. But isn’t it gorgeous?? I took it to work and showed it off like a proud gamer mama.

Chestnuts roasted by Thistle @ 07/19/2004 7:17 AM

I watched the advert and was a bit miffed when he said the N E S system, i’ve only ever heard it called a NES as all one word.

Chestnuts roasted by Gorm @ 07/19/2004 8:31 AM

I didnt even THINK of Ice Hockey! I would love to be riding the bus somewhere and scream in delight after taking the puck to the crease with the fat guy that sorta looks like Mario.

Chestnuts roasted by pulseczar @ 07/19/2004 10:27 AM

*re-reads the article, and listens to the song* Thanks, Matt! Now I"m going to have that song in my head all day! (not that that’s a bad thing, mind you. Cheezy 80′s songs rule!) :)

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 07/19/2004 10:28 AM

I think the skinny guy in "Ice Hockey" looks like the hot dog from "Burgertime" with pads and skates on.

Chestnuts roasted by fraggot @ 07/19/2004 10:29 AM

I’ve loved the site for a long time. Very happy you got the job of your dreams, but that last article, although I enjoyed it, seemed a bit too commercial-like for my taste. If you start giving rave reviews for Nickelodeon’s crappy Party Blast game, you will have lost some of us dedicated readers forever. Stay objective and never, please never, sell out.

P.S. Was it that Sponge Bob love-fest from February that got you the job? Nice work. (cough)

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 07/19/2004 10:33 AM

I cant wait for these "Dead Like Me" ads to go away. that show is so stupid.

Chestnuts roasted by Danny-o @ 07/19/2004 10:35 AM

I already have a GBA, but I still want this SP thingy. It looks real cool!

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragonrider @ 07/19/2004 11:01 AM

I want a NES-style game based on X-E.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/19/2004 11:42 AM

Yeah, that ‘Dead Like Me’ ad keeps crashing my browser. And this isn’t the only site to use it either!!

I don’t get Showtime, so I’ve never seen the show. Still, the sooner the ad goes away the better.

Chestnuts roasted by 4thDown @ 07/19/2004 12:12 PM

Alright! Now my battle’s with the blood boiling fighting tactics of Zelda II’s Iron Knuckles can fit in my pocket.

I want them to release River City Ransom…. and Dusty Diamonds All-Star Softball.

Matt. you should do a review on Dusty Diamonds… it’s full of tripped out characters and a leet team of Amazon Warrior Gals.

Chestnuts roasted by JonnyRBee @ 07/19/2004 12:18 PM

Hey, kingklash. How do you make a video game based on a website? An even better question would be, how do you make a game based on a site that reveiws out-of-production candy and cartoons about Snoopy making popcorn?

Chestnuts roasted by fraggot @ 07/19/2004 12:21 PM

Three things:

1) the price in canada is probably 29.99 at zellers and wal-mart, which could buy me three packs of cigarettes here. ($8.25!!) soo…

2) if you won/heard of/play "animalcrossing" (not if you are a macho man though), you can play excite bike, tennis, pinball, and wario’s woods & DK in one shot, but you have to luck out recieving these games in the game. and..

3) "Dead Like Me" is a great show, but you have to be able to appreciate rolling inner monologues from the main character. But, it’s a love or hate kinda show, which I am looking forwards to seeing again.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 07/19/2004 12:24 PM

It might be fun if it was set up like an old Game & Watch game. Products roll down a conveyor belt and you have to reveiw them with as many synonyms for "crap" as possible before the product hits the ground.

Chestnuts roasted by chocoholic @ 07/19/2004 12:26 PM

Pedro — I have no stock in Nintendo, or vice versa. I gave a + review because I liked the product. If by your comment you mean the article wasn’t riddled with hilarity — I’ll take that one, but it really wasn’t meant to be. This was just a review of something I liked and believed many who read this site would as well. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/19/2004 12:40 PM

They better make no mistake about Birdo being a transvestite again. It’s not that controversial.reakdown of the games I picked up.

Is there a chunk of text missing here? Or maybe it’s my browser …

Chestnuts roasted by Al Boondy @ 07/19/2004 12:42 PM

Heh, i’ve got that Zelda’s collector’s edition dealy. Which means i have the first two zeldas plus ocarina of time and majora’s mask all on my cube.

Chestnuts roasted by Collectors @ 07/19/2004 12:42 PM

Funky

Chestnuts roasted by MNc @ 07/19/2004 12:50 PM

I have the Classic SP….It’s awesome. The Classic series games themselves are overpriced, but the NESP is perfection.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/19/2004 12:53 PM

I swear Matt, I had a dream last night where you and I were fighting weird zombie things. You were saying that you had broken up with someone named alex or some other name like that and I told you not to dye your hair pink anymore. You rule.

Chestnuts roasted by collectors @ 07/19/2004 12:57 PM

PS, please oh please, for us die-hard zelda fans, its ganon not gannon. :)

Chestnuts roasted by collectors @ 07/19/2004 1:01 PM

Oh yeah….

Am I the only one that starts singing "The Who’s" song "Who are You?" when those commmercials come up?

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/19/2004 1:06 PM

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