Bullethell GBA

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:13 pm

Oh damn.

http://gba.pqrs.org/bulletgba/

Better than any GBA/DS company made, that's for sure.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:07 pm

How can you tell what's going on on such a little screen?

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:47 pm

CMoon wrote:How can you tell what's going on on such a little screen?

Bullet GBA was mentioned here before and I don't remember this being brought up. Older handhelds had crappy screens, but they still came out with killer shmups like Nemesis and the GG Aleste games because they were designed around the handhelds. Now handhelds are better designed and more powerful than before and they still get treated like you can't tell what's going on, despite how they are designed to lack blur and provide excellent visibility.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:55 pm

I'm sure it would be cool plugged into a GBA Player and played on the TV.

This solfware appears every now and again on shmup forums. I wish I could afford a flash cart.

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:10 pm

CMoon wrote:How can you tell what's going on on such a little screen?

If you hold your handheld at the same distance your monitor/tv is located, then yes, it's hard to see what's going on. It's designed to be held closer to the eye, thus covering a big field of your vision.
The only part I don't like about BulletGBA is the lack of precision. You can't move a pixel or two, because the thing you control moves too damn fast

It's a nice engine though, I would consider turning it into a full game if something similar existed for the DS.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:27 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I'm sure it would be cool plugged into a GBA Player and played on the TV.

Or just go ahead and emulate it. I mean, its freeware, so it´s perfectly legal.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:18 am

I prefer Vulkanon because I don't have to tate my system. I only have my DS for playing GBA stuff so it's a bit sillier to tate. Plus I'm left handed so the top is attached where I'd be trying to hold it.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:22 am

i've tried both in gpsp (gba emulator on psp) ... stretched, it takes up about 80% of the psp's screen space. they are nice little games, but the screen's definitely too small to be able to tell what's going on/ make it enjoyable.

i prefer playing mars matrix in cps2psp

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:56 pm

Never really had a problem tating it, and it's so well rendered on screen you never feel cheated. It's an amazing dodge sim, and my favourite portable STG evar.

majik989s · Post by **majik989s** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:00 am

Man... I bought a g6 Flash card and a GB Micro so I could play BulletGBA. It is amazing, honestly. The micro in tate mode is no problem, the game runs flawlessly on the GBA and looks great.

I guess you could complain about the tiny screen but I just learned to look for the bigger gaps between bullets.

I wish I had a better vocabulary to convey how grand this game is on the micro, but alas I am pretty much verbally inept. Please play this game and enjoy it's simple genius.

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:39 am

So.... what exactly is necessary to play this?

It looks neat, but I dunno anything about "flash carts" or whatever that is....

I'd love to try this, and something like this would be great when Im on the go, or standing in line at a convention.....

EDIT:

Tried it (still playing) with a GBA emulator.

Holy HECK this game is nuts.

Whoever came up with "BulletMorph" mode is obviously a crazed lunatic.

This is a great find, indeed.

Gotta get me a portable version for my DS.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:10 am

there seem to be a port for the DS on the works, but so far, nothing... if you wanna play it on the DS or on the GBA, you need a flash cart, in which you "burn" the game, and off to play the game you go... i have it installed in my cart (XGFlash2), and play it from time to time.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:26 am

BulletMorph is by Kenta Cho. There's a demo applet there. It's an interesting idea but I don't think it really works... the patterns just end up getting messy.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:30 pm

FrederikJurk wrote:
Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I'm sure it would be cool plugged into a GBA Player and played on the TV.
Or just go ahead and emulate it. I mean, its freeware, so it´s perfectly legal.

That doesn't mean it would be any less cool

A GB Player is how I play all my GBA games (I don't actually own a GBA unit). It's great for Gradius Galaxies.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:16 pm

Yeah I consider the GBA player WELL worth the money. Games like castlevania Circle of the moon are easier to see. That game is so hard to see if you are playing in shadow. If you REALLY want a good time you can buy either the Pelican or Hori controllers that mimic the snes game pad. The player offers 3 screen filters and 2 resolution steeings. I really like mine I would like to play this game on the TV.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:19 pm

alternately , play gba games on psp. gpsp is an amazing emulator. fullspeed w/ sound, no frameskip for most of the gba library, including 3d titles. it's amazingly impressive

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:49 pm

Is there a GBA emulator in which I can actually play this game un-tated, so it plays as a vert instead of a hori?

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:30 am

Download version 5.0.... it's more worth a while, has even boss theme at end of each shooting level, it feels like fighting TLB!

http://gba.pqrs.org/~tekezo/gba/bulletgba/index.html