Good GB/GBC/GBA Shooters ?

Kid Panda

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Seconded on Project S-11
Darius R is also on gba for the Jp market.
 

SmokeMonster

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For those with GBAs & Ezflash carts, I made a pack of GB/GBC shooters converted to GBA using Goomba (2014-12 update). They run at 60fps and save states work. I also made a big pack of NES shooters for GBA using PocketNES.

Shoot 'em Ups Pack GBx.gba - mega.co link
Aero Star - GB
Burai Fighter Color - GBC
Chikyuu Kahihou Gun ZAS - GB
Crystalis - GBC
Dropzone - GBC
Magical Chase (ENG Translation) - GBC
Mercenary Force - GB
Nemesis - GB
Nemsis II - GB
Project S-11 - GBC
R-Type DX - GBC
Sagaia/Darius - GB
Solar Striker - GB
Space Marauder - GBC
Star Hawk - GB
SWIV - GBC

Press L+R in-game to access the Goomba menu for: restart (return to game-select menu), exit (reboot GBA), auto-fire, etc.

When flashing the packs with EZ Client: flash each .GBA file individually, manually enter a title (Rom name), select Save Size "SRAM_Type" and Save Size 64K Bits.
 
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opt2not

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Awesome. Thanks SmokeMonster! These will make my Gameboy Micro kick so much ass once I get my flashcart to arrive. :)
 

zxtec

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Trax for original GB is a pretty good tank shooter.
 

Electric Grave

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Gradius Galaxies is my favorite handheld shooter.

Thanks for the list of games!
 

AlexKidd86

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Steel Empire on GBA is great. It only came out in EUR/USA but it's worth importing.

I didn't realize they made a Steel Empire for Gba. Is it a remake or a port of the Genesis one? Played that version a lot as a kid. Probably one of the first shmups I ever played.

Gunstar Super Heroes is great as well.

What do you guys think of the Gba version of Metal Slug?
 

Electric Grave

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Not a remake, just a port and it looses due to translation meaning pixel count and colors. The 3DS remake is the way to go.

GBA Metal Slug is pretty cool, different but in a cool way.
 

Thunderblaze16

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Why was R-type III on GBA so awfully ported? They turned the rock music from the snes to just bleeps and boops.

One of the few ports that really pissed me off.
 

GhostSeed

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Why was R-type III on GBA so awfully ported? They turned the rock music from the snes to just bleeps and boops.

One of the few ports that really pissed me off.

There wasn't any source code to work with so the guys that did the port had to re-build the game from scratch.
 

420p

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Lilo & Stitch for GBA is a nice Metal Slug alternative.
 

opt2not

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Why was R-type III on GBA so awfully ported? They turned the rock music from the snes to just bleeps and boops.

One of the few ports that really pissed me off.
This port would be a good candidate to make one of those music restoration hacks I've seen for other GBA ports.
 

Igakajook

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I've heard very positive things about Mercenary Force for GB. Been meaning to give it a go for quite some time.
 

SmokeMonster

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For those with GBAs & Ezflash carts, I made a pack of GB/GBC shooters converted to GBA using Goomba (2014-12 update). They run at 60fps and save states work. I also made a big pack of NES shooters for GBA using PocketNES.

Shoot 'em Ups Pack GBx.gba - mega.co link
Aero Star - GB
Burai Fighter Color - GBC
Chikyuu Kahihou Gun ZAS - GB
Crystalis - GBC
Dropzone - GBC
Magical Chase (ENG Translation) - GBC
Mercenary Force - GB
Nemesis - GB
Nemsis II - GB
Project S-11 - GBC
R-Type DX - GBC
Sagaia/Darius - GB
Solar Striker - GB
Space Marauder - GBC
Star Hawk - GB
SWIV - GBC

Press L+R in-game to access the Goomba menu for: restart (return to game-select menu), exit (reboot GBA), auto-fire, etc.

When flashing the packs with EZ Client: flash each .GBA file individually, manually enter a title (Rom name), select Save Size "SRAM_Type" and Save Size 64K Bits.
Someone took down my pack, so here is a working link: https://mega.nz/#!0NdCwajb!mrpu5i7wdw7ogKc7UIic9BYTZF-UzMfq0ScoaMOdlB8
And here is a mirror if that goes down: https://firedrop.com/24505bb07c225c91
 
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