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I will try to fit in a faq in every issue for the previous issue.. (Kinda like a reader's letters section) My thanks go out to Jeff Frohwein at WWW.DEVRS.COM for making GB Bookmaker, by doing so he's made my life a ton easier. As i said, welcome, this ezine will be released monthly in gb rom format and will cover news, products and any other stuff i add to pad the ezine, as well asshameless plugs for sites i frequent. HOTLINKS www.subport.org A great gb site run by the great Ego_UK,most of this ezine will be loosely basedoff his site for a while until i get established www.zophar.net another great site for general emu news and tools www.devrs.com Jeff's site, has tons of info on gb coding and dev news www.gameboy.com heh-heh, big N's official gb site.. www.songpro.com site of the gb based mp3 player (rumoredto work on classic gameboy) Random act of RANTING SECTION Remember when 'legend of zelda: links awakening' first came out? many people called it the biggest, most complex gameever for the gb. They were right, until pokemon, i know allot of ppl out there hate pokemon, but it is the biggest Classic gb game (which means it runs on the big old grey cased monster with the yellowish screen). But lets think back abit, to when the gb first arrived, was the game that proved the gameboy could handle extended complex games 'legend ofzelda'? No it wasn't, the very first game that showed a large, complex game world on the hand held unit was 'metroid2: return of samus'; This game pulled you into a huge maze of subterranean cities, caverns and enemies that filled the screen, and a ton of items to collect. The entire game fit into 256k worth of rom, and was expansive and detailed, especially for a unit that sported four shades of yellow! When legend of zelda was released, it doubledthe size of the rom to 512k and was justas intricate, game play wise, the main difference between metroid and zelda wasall the dialog. And if you take a good look, there is almost no difference between pokemon and zelda, except for the massive amount of dialog. Does more dialog really make games better? I mean metroid did fine with out it right? Wellsome say most of metroid's story is covered in the manual that comes with the game, and samus didn't have anyone she needed to talk to either. Yet n contrast, zelda couldn't possibly fit a whole story into the manual with out giving away the ending, and neither could pokemon. Plus, pokemon didn't exactly have you going on a 'kill'em all, let the scientists figure out what they were' type mission, i mean metroid was pretty straight forward. By comparison, zelda and pokemon have you taking those delightful quest within a quest scenarios. my point is, dialog isn't everything, how many characters inpokemon actually say anything of value? only a handful.. and how much of the dialog in zelda is really needed? not all that much. Don't get me wrong, i like taking marin into the crane game just as much as the next guy, but the game would have been fine with out it. So what do you, the gamers, want? a whole bunch of dialog that makes a game a little more diverting, or a game that blows away barriers and gives you that warm-fuzzy feeling that only a plasma rifle tearing a hole in your enemy can bring? Because such a game would be cheaper to make, since it is smaller in size and demands more performance from the processor for the game itself, instead of cpu hungry memory management. How many GBC games can you cram into a gb pocket? Some of the best games out now are gbc only games, metal gear solid, perfect dark, daikatana are all good examples. So if you stick any of these games into a gb pocket, they display a nice little graphic basically saying, screw you, go buy a gbc. I bought my gbc the minute ithit the shelf, but many ppl still have hope that Big N will support their triedand true hand held and release more games compatible for cgb (classic gameboy) and gbp (gameboy pocket/light).I'm sad to say, no dice. Take a look at the future releases in the nintendo power and on the gameboy web site, almost no games a scheduled for release in the cgb or gbp categories, of a few games are 'compatible', but you'll be missing out on some great new feature orsome 'hidden level'. this really is a sad state of affairs, especially with the gba (gameboy advance) looming overhead. Look, i like my old, cinder brick sized classic gameboy, and i don'twant to spend another 100 smackers just for the gba, cuz i just 'invested' in a gbc (gameboy color). for a ten year old system, the cgb is still in wide spread use, and it's getting more and more difficult to find new or used games for it. I really hope the gba doesn't go theway of the jaguar, virtual boy and sega saturn, and not for Big N's sake either.also, the release of the gba is being delayed, in hopes every dupe out there (like me) will go out a buy gbcs and then trundle back to the store (like me)when the gba is released. Preview, the GBA In the most recent issue of nintendo power, a magazine i love jacking off too, big n 'officially' released detailsand illustrations of the forth coming Gameboy Advance. From the pics, you can see that the gba has a horizontal stance, this is in complete contrast to the well known vertical orientation of the cgb, gbp and gbc. Big n says that bymaking the gba this way allows for a larger, higher res screen (rumored to beback lit) and make game control easier. I remember using many ppls gamegears andthink that the thick, bulky hand held would die soon enough. And if you remember, the gamegear went the way of most sega consoles and eventually failed. The gba also sports topside L and R buttons like the old snes and the start/select buttons are put near the cross pad. With two new buttons, i wouldhave expected them to be placed with theA and B, but the fact they are topside gives me hope we may see flight sims and'power steering' for racing games, but I'm not holding my breath. The new position of the start/select buttons is one thing i actually like, especially since they decided to go with horizontalconfiguration for the unit, it will makeit easy to get to the start/select without throwing your thumb out of joint(which is exactly what you would have todo to reach the buttons if they were putin their traditional place, under the screen) I have a small collection of screen shots of games running off the gba, and all i can say is; "Watch out playstation!", the gfx are clean, uncluttered (except for text, which was oversized for visibility) and the 3d gfxlook really well made. This makes sense,since the gba is based off a 32bit processor (just like the PSX) and because the screen is attached to the unit, this allows for nice, error-free, optimization of gfx. If any of you have played around with demo carts and emulators, you've prolly seen the fatality/b.s.i (shameless plug detected)game called MiG 21, expect stuff like that to be the norm in new gba games, and expect games to be longer and more responsive. I have no what kind of soundhardware the gba has, but it might not be too much to hope for cd quality stereo or even 3d sound (with ear plugs). There maybe a chance the gba will play mods/spc7 music native, and i have high hopes it will be able to use mp3 formats. For those of you who want your gb to be an mp3 player now, goto www.songpro.com. The gba's casing is given that IMac look that is all too popular right now, but it doesn't effectthe power of the gba one bit. The gba will run off two AA sized batteries for power, and is said to last 20 hours or more with just the two. I personally userechargeable alkaline batteries from rayovac (hmm, another plug, i should be paid for this..) and they last a little over the 18 hour mark with even power hungry games (some older cgb games are known to drain batteries like dracula ata blood bank) and some of the new power storage technologies are promising increasing performance from 'enhanced' batteries. All in all, the gba looks very promising and is a unit I'm willingto shell out the 100 bucks for when it hits stores next year, but till then I'mgonna get as much mileage out of my gbc as possible. Game review section would go here.. sorry, this month i have no reviews of games, but i will include a coupla reviews of freeware/shareware gb emus and legal demos that they can run.. EMU Seen No$GMB Hailed as one of the best gb emusavailable, it boasts well made cgb/gbp support and will play gbc games. GBC emulation is what every one wants, and they get it with this emu, but it has a 5 minute time limit, so just as your getting into the game (and before you think to save) the game is unloaded and a nice little screen informs you that your limit is up. I would only ask for one thing of the author, please dump a snapshot of the game's progress just before the screen, just so i can get back in and save it. I do want to point out two things, first, if you try to by pass the registration, your autoexec is altered so you have to press the space bar tons of times just to get your computer to load windows.. the author has made a routine in no$gmb that maliciously alters your computer's behavior, and he could get sued for it. Second, pay the damn 5 dollars! Is it that much to send the guy 5 stinking bucks for such a good emu? hell, my babysister gets five dollars every week, andshe's not toiling over code, figuring out how the hell a gb works and creatinga clean, reliable emu! Hello GB This emu is the only other progthat has reliable gbc emu, but since it runs off windows, it has bugs and is notas well featured as no$. if you don't want to pay for a great emu, you can usethis rather decent emu for free. Dboy Dboy recently made a comeback, i don't really know how much has been improved, but i know that allot of ppl use this emu. It has had good sound, smooth emulation and clean, if quirky video. this emu is freeware too. Rom reviews MiG 21 This game is here for graphics. Wow, did you know a gameboy could do THAT? only one level, but man, those gfx! Fire Gear This came before MiG 21, but it's from the same guys. This game reminds me allot of thunder force for the genesis. The Horrible Demon 1 and 2 The first game was short and sweet, go down one screen and throw a rock (oops, did i give it away?). The second game is a little more advanced. :) Little Fantasy Nice RPG, nicely detailedstory and gfx. This one is worth the time to play. Clay Ahh, remember when your mother was so proud when you shot those poor littleduckies to hell? Relive those fond childhood moments. Dan Laser Nicely made and smooth scrolling shoot'em up. Nice gfx, cool items and lots of enemys (even tho they are repetitive). Jet Pak DX Wow, jet pack on some sort ofoverdose, and it fits in your pocket! This game has a nice ending for a homebrewed game. Star Tex Short, but fun, cool gfx, good sound and a story line! Reminds me of solar wind for pc. I like the mission based objectives, it's very wing commander like. Yars Revenge Classic game converted to gb format, only runs in some emus. Mad Mall Mario like platformer, fun gfx,bouncy music and some creative enemys. Mean mister mustard Tough to master, butmister mustard is a well made puzzle/action game. Just remember to slide into the baddies from behind. Exit planet dust Based of the first Robotech saga, Macross. Obviously a fan of robotech and not just the Macross series. Same author also made (or was involved with) Downward Spiral, based off the 3rd Robotech saga, The Next Generation, which in japan had nothing to do with Macross. Well kiddies, that it for this month, most of the zine was just me ranting. Next month i promise some good stuff, more details on GBA, a Q&A section and some game reviews, staring with some of the classics. And maybe some newbie stuff. You can contact me thru armored@hotmail.com, keep in mind that I'm not gonna answer many emails directly, just the ones with good q's. A̯jjDNjgA Bj&( ( ĭjBj( ( j̯jjdBN̯jj TjfBN̯jj0 Bj ̯jཱྀāEffo\j`0~p\jtBjzD|jA(  NĎjA `XZZF f䎊vv:dv&fMOD"pjyDjZAN̯jjN|jDAN .̯j( 7$j/C .`X0jj|yDjA$ N̯jjd$ N̯j . .jA .\N$M .Vq5(  `XcFaA `X jj C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\OCT2000.gbok1tjA( 4$j jqA4$j4jDA4j t  /C j `Xj