5 Unique GBA Hidden Gems

The GBA is freaking awesome. Emulating gba games is freaking awesome. The gba had a freaking awesome library of games. But some of those games don’t get talked about much, they kinda fly under the radar. And today I’m going to show you 5 of my all-time favourite gba hidden gems that are 100% dweeb-approved!

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- MUSIC CREDITS -
Intro: Captive Portal - Intro For A Nonexisting Video Game
Outro: RoccoW - Chipho instrumental
Background Track by Bryan Fletcher

- CHAPTERS -
00:00 The GBA is freakin' awesome
00:33 Why I LOVE the GBA
02:23 Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan
04:27 The Pinball of the Dead
06:22 TMNT
08:14 Invader
10:14 Juka and the Monophonic Menace
12:54 Wrap up

#gba #retrogames #hiddengems #emulation

[anothorestes]

Please do more of these! It's easy to find "top 100" lists and the best of the best, but so many good titles get lost in the fray

[ThoriqMuthohari]

This is a legit Hidden Gems list because I've never heard of most of these games (except TMNT, which I love) being talked about for appreciated.

[jrdoughty]

This i think is the next best content I really want to see from retro creators like you. Thanks to recommendations from creators like you, I got a retro system. Now I'm on the next step of what do I put on it, and this is SUPER helpful

[historymaker]

These are a great selection and I had only heard of one of them before. I'm definitely going to try some of these out on my miyoo mini. GBA emulation is what got me back into gaming in my teenage years, and it was early youtube recommendation like this that helped me discover a ton of great games on the platform I would never have known about otherwise. I highly recommend the Summon Night Swordcraft Story games, as well as Shining Soul II. And don't sleep on the Hamtaro series - the gba games are so much fun!

[mr.n]

You should make more videos about your favorite games and talk about it. Its quite interesting and fun to watch! Maybe your favorite SNES or PS1 games next?

[crystal_is_cozy]

Wow, Juka and Invader look amazing! I’m definitely picking them up

[pcaviator]

Pinball of the Dead is one of my all time favorite GBA games. It's similar to Devil's Crush or Alien Crush pinball.

[BandoidView]

This is great! Thank you! I bought a Powkiddy RGB10S A while back just to use specifically as an upscale GBA. I'm definitely going to try out this Juka game.

[sleazyfox]

All of what you showed i have never seen in all of the retro reviews I've seen on yt. And all of them looks good. Truly showed hidden gems.

[markredblue]

1. Great list!
2. Agreed. The Game Boy Advance (GBA) remains one of the GOAT handheld systems ever engineered and produced (original and clamshell release).
3. Genuinely hoping that the GBA library is made more accessible and available for everyone to enjoy.
4. I also recommend the following GBA titles: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) developed by Griptonite.
5. The aforementioned LoTR titles are decent "Diablo Clones" for the GBA! Only downside, not enough save slots for characters :(
6. Sorry for the wall of text; this video feels like an endorsement for the Powkiddy X55, haha! (Now I'm tempted to get one myself lol)

[Stinger]

GBA was an enhanced portable SNES and had 2 of my favorite upgraded beat-em-ups: Double Dragon Advance and Final Fight One.

[ptabyte]

Dude, please make more GBA hidden gems videos. I will consume them all.

[davidshotwell]

WoW! I'm a huge GBA fan and I rarely if ever see someone bring up a worthwhile "hidden" gem that I've not heard about....much less actually wanted to Play. now looking for Juka and the Monophonic Menace to play. You Sir have gotten a new Subscriber.

[Ranma]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the sequel Battle Nexus from the 2003 series are also great beat em ups! Love those when I was younger, shout outs to my man Leo!

[roachknightzequ]

Golden sun. First played it on a long plane flight. The whole rest of my trip was jumping back in every night

[WMARUoriginal]

Pinball of the Dead is one of my all time favorites, but wow I totally missed out on the other four. What a great series, please continue!

[jackdoobie]

Congrats on unlocking 30K with this fine entry. Definately going to check out that House of the Dead pinball game, played the hell out of HotD on my Sega DreamCast back in the day. Favorite TMNT Casey Jones, I was him for Hallowwen two years ago, a friend of mine 3D printed me his mask and I filled a kid''s golf bag with sporting equipment/weapons. Hardly anyone knew who I was. Keep up the fine content TD.

[josephbradshaw]

My current fav on the GBA is Defender of the Crown. I like the strategy games, so I'll check out Sea Trader.

[marumisu]

Holy crap. Juka looks like a full on modern indie game. I think I'll definitely try Sea Trader, Invader and Juka. I've tried going through emulation libraries starting from A to see which games are good, but so many are bad that I usually just end up giving up on looking for those hidden gems.

[NorbertRoche]

This Sea Trader game is much like Uncharted Waters for NES and SNES! So cool!