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15,000 Retro Gamers Voted And Chose The Best Retro Handheld Of All Time (retrododo.com)
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[–] Nima@leminal.space 17 points 1 week ago (5 children)

it was not a remade SNES. that's what people assume but the GBA was a powerful little guy. and had some decent 3d capabilities that were solid for the time.

and it was backwards compatible with the original gameboy carts that pushed it to being extremely popular. and the library for it was massive as well.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If we’re considering backwards compatibility, then the DS should have won. Because it could do everything the GBA could, and more.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't think the DS could play original game boy carts, could it? if I am misremembering I'm gonna be mad for the me that didn't know that when I got a DS. lol

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Nah it couldn’t, the DS only supported its own and GBA cartridges.

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