I am so corrupted by the internet, when I saw the orange GBA, at first I thought it was filled with beans.
Castlevania Circle ofthe Moon, and Aria of Sorrow. Metroid Fusion and Zero mission, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, Advance Wars 1+2, Golden Sun 1+2, Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
i have wasted more time than i would like to admit playing the pokemon pinbal ruby on a gba when i was a kid
Mother 3, Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga, Wario Land 4, etc
The only annoying thing is the English translation is unofficial so its a little hard to find a version someones flashed to a cart sometimes.
It never had a western release so that one is Roms or nothing. If you can get a translated ROM flashed to a cartridge it is actually a better experience, the battle system has a bit of a rhythm element to deal extra damage and most emulators have a hard time syncing the input to music as precisely as can be needed.
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls was a decent remake, and may be my favorite version of FF1.
Also seconding Golden Sun (get both; the first one is only half of the damn game) and Zelda: The Minish Cap. @Tingle may or may not shame you for collecting kinkstones, though.
I had a GBA but I don't think I had any games butPokemon Ruby, Emerald andd Leaf Green.
Minish Cap is the most underrated Zelda Title, Pokemon Pinball for the Color and the Advanced are great time wasters.
Mega Man Zero 1-4, Wario Land 4 (and 3 if you can find GBC games), Mario Kart Super Circuit, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, I can't remember if Minish Cap was on there or if that was a DS game. Tactics Ogre.
I haven't played them but I've heard good things about the Mega Man Battle Network series.
All of the SNES mario all-stars, yoshi, and donkey kong games have solid ports.
Minish Cap was GBA! Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks were the two DS games.
Semi-related, but can anyone vouch for the Switch remake of Link's Awakening?
It's very very much not worth the price of admission. It's a gameboy game with updated graphics. Play 3D Dot Game Hero instead.
Mother 1&2 collection in case you're curious about other games in the series.
The Sonic Advance series can be fun.
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Game and Watch Gallery 4 is good for quick, repetitive games
There are cartridges that let you put rom on the gba https://www.ebay.com/itm/202850371726
goddamn why have I never thought of this...
i just found my gamecube with the gba adapter too....:thinkin-lenin:
So I'm assuming that you have to load the ROMs yourself with that thing, is there a USB port on the cart with which to do that?