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I've essentially only emulated Pokemon games from my childhood and their romhacks previously. But now I'm looking to play things I just completely missed because I was too young, not born, or didn't have the system then.

So what are your favorites?

Emulating on Android with Lemuroid btw.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Should I do the SNES version or GBA?

[–] lynny 6 points 2 years ago

If you're doing emulation, just go SNES. GBA is only worth playing if you're going to play it on an actual GBA.

[–] EvilEwok 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are exceptions, but for most games, given a choice between SNES and GBA versions, the SNES one is better. Usually sound is severely compressed on the GBA and the visuals are washed out.

[–] lolola 2 points 2 years ago

Some of the GBA remakes also added in voice tracks, like Mario saying "Just what I needed!" whenever you get a mushroom, or Link doing his grunts and "hii-yahs" whenever you swing the sword. I guess I could see how some people might think those were neat, but I mostly found them annoying, especially given the quality of the GBA audio.