100 GBA games you should play on your Miyoo Mini V2

Selected and tested 100 GBA games, only a handful had some issues! Deliberately left Pokemon, Mario, and other popular games, and selected games that are often overlooked.
Miyoo Mini V2 comes with built-in emulators and A LOT of ROMs (though many of the games tested here were not preinstalled). I still used the default settings for this test, did not switch to Onion OS, and did no tweaks to the emulation settings. This is done on purpose to test how accessible Miyoo Mini V2 actually is for the average player, and will see which games are difficult to emulate for a comparison with its performance on the Onion OS later.
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Note: This tier list of GBA games is only based on the first few minutes of the emulation.
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Games tested:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Advanced Guardian Heroes
0:22 Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising,
0:33 Adventures of Jimmy Neutron
0:45 Altered Beast - Guardian of the Realms
0:58 Alien Hominid
1:11 Ant Bully
1:22 Army Men Advance
1:34 Asterix & Obelix XXL
1:47 Astro Boy Omega Factor
2:01 Avatar the Last Airbender
2:17 Banjoo Pilot
2:28 Battlebots - Beyond the Battlebox
2:40 Beyblade G-Revolution
2:52 Bionicle - Maze of Shadows
3:00 Boktai 2 - Solar Boy Django
3:13 Bomberman Max 2 - Red Advance
3:24 Broken Sword - The Shadow of the Templars
3:38 Cima - The Enemy
3:53 Car Battlers Joe
4:05 Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
4:18 Choro Q Advance 2
4:32 Chu-chu Rockets
4:45 Contra Advance - The Alien Wars EX
4:59 Crash Bandicoot 2 - N-Tranced
5:15 Crayon Shinchan - Arashi o Yobu Cinemaland No Daibouken
5:32 Donkey Kong - King of Swing
5:46 Danny Phantom - The Ultimate Enemy
6:02 Denki Blocks
6:15 Demikids
6:27 Digimon Battle Spirit 2
6:41 Dogz 2
6:56 Donkey Kong Country 3
7:09 Dragon Ball Z - Buu's Fury, 7:23 Dragon Ball Z - Supersonic Warriors
7:37 Drill Dozer
7:51 Duel Masters - Shadow of the Code
8:03 Duke Nukem
8:17 Dynasty Warriors Advance
8:27 Elemix!
8:43 F-Zero GP Legend
8:55 Final Fantasy VII
9:07 Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones
9:19 Gran Turismo Advance 3
9:30 Golden Sun 2
9:45 Gunstar Future Heroes
9:59 Hamtaro Ham-Ham Games, 10:12 Hamtaro Rainbow Rescue
10:29 Hello Kitty Happy Party Pals
10:42 Hot Wheels World Race
10:54 Jackie Chan Adventures - Legend of the Dark Hand
11:07 Karnaaj Rally
11:23 King of Fighters EX 2
11:37 Kurukuru Kururin
11:50 Lego Island 2 - The Brickster's Revenge
12:05 Lady Sia
12:21 Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
12:28 Legend of Zelda a Link to The Past
12:43 Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
12:57 Lufia the Ruins of Lore
13:12 Lunar Legend
13:26 Medabots
13:36 Medabots AX
13:52 Megaman Battle Chip Challenge
14:05 Metal Slug Advance
14:20 Monster Rancher Advance 2
14:32 Mother 3
14:45 Mr. Driller 2
14:59 Naruto Ninja Council 2
15:09 Ninja Five-O
15:23 Onimusha Tactics
15:36 Pinball of the Dead
15:51 Pokemon Pinball
16:03 Prince of Perisa - Sands of Time
16:16 Rave Master - Special Attack Force
16:31 Rebelstar Tactical Command
16:44 River City Ransom EX
16:55 Riviera the Promised Land
17:07 Robopon 2
17:20 Sabre Wulf
17:33 Shaman King
17:46 Scurge Hive
17:59 Shining Force - Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
18:14 Shining Soul II
18:26 Sigma Star Saga
18:41 The Sims 2 - Pets
18:49 Sonic Advance 2
19:04 Spongebob Squarepants - Lights, Camera, Pants
19:15 Star Wars Episode III
19:30 Super Dodgeball Advance
19:43 Sword of Mana
19:51 Tales of Phantasia
20:04 Tekken Advance
20:14 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
20:27 Urbz - Sims in The City
20:40 V-Rally 3
20:52 Virtua Tennis
21:06 Wario Land 4
21:20 Yggdra Union We'll Never Fight Alone
21:33 Yu-gi-oh! - The Sacred Cards
21:47 Zoid Legacy
22:00 Zone of the Enders - Fist of Mars
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[@RetroDaddyPH]

Many things great about this video. The fact that you alphabetized it so that we can all easily mark the games as favorites in order. The fact that you did not include pokemon or mario games as those are almost always included in any list anyway. Lastly, you showed us a short gameplay of each games. Liked and Subscribed for sure!

[@monospacechannel]

Glad you liked it, and thanks a lot for the support!

[@happyszzzzs2173]

Why does it feel like we are watching you grow from a kid to a legend

[@monospacechannel]

Wow, really appreciate the support!

[@hudsonball4702]

So it always was with youtube greats.

[@joelevi9823]

I can watch this kinds of videos for hours

[@monospacechannel]

Deliberately left Pokemon, Mario, and other popular games.Tried to test a variety of different games including those that are often overlooked! Our Compatibility list is up and running! linktr.ee/monospacecompatibility

[@ryanbane]

As ETA Prime would say - I did this "for reasons" :)

[@monospacechannel]

My top 10 would have been very biased on the games played during my childhood! lol. Would have been a couple of Pokemon games, Megaman Battle Network, Yu-gi-oh, FF tactics, and Harvest Moon I guess!

[@ItsBeenTooLong]

@@monospacechannel sir, you have good taste in your Top 10, just gotta add the two fire emblem games 😂

[@luckylucson]

@@ItsBeenTooLong as a kid I couldn't wrap my head around Fire Emblem's strategy but it's definitely something I very much enjoy now!

[@ItsBeenTooLong]

@@luckylucson I didn’t get into Fire Emblem until like a year after Melee, I was like I wonder what games these characters were from, and from day 1 I got hooked, put so many hours into Sacred Stones and the other one, sadly Fire Emblem Three Houses is decent, I’m not a big fan of Japanese high school simulators (in this case academy simulators)

[@jfroco]

Excellent video. Thank you very much. Great selection of games. GBA has such a great catalog, considering you left out the heavy hitters. Questions: is it possible to play at the correct aspect ratio ? Did you notice any lag? Thank you, again.

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks for watching! You can definitely change the aspect ratio, and I haven't noticed any lag so far

[@NickDyers]

Boktai is the sole reason for me to buy my first gba. Nice to see newer generation can also experience this game even with knockoff emulator/modded game

[@monospacechannel]

Boktai is such a unique game!

[@lucasfelipe8349]

But i think that you can't enjoy Boktai as much with the miyoo mini... Because of the Sun thing

[@NickDyers]

@@lucasfelipe8349 oh, about that particular solar thing, i've heard that community have patched a solar sensor mod to Boktai rom so we dont need to use actual cart/sensors to play it on emulator device such V90 or miyoo mini. Worth to try!

[@lucasfelipe8349]

@@NickDyers Really? Well thanks for the advice

[@laurentlhoest8324]

Great video done with care. I would also suggest those extra games: Konami Krazy Racers (the sound might glitch a little) Maniac Racers Advance Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

[@yekimrelssek2929]

Great video my boy! Your a mad man so many games! Which is one you actually enjoyed playing for the first time?

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks! It's probably CIMA the enemy, really fun and has a unique gameplay

[@yekimrelssek2929]

I'll have to check that out. Thank You!

[@atiq8987]

i love the music in these old games

[@monospacechannel]

there is really a charm to it!

[@spoonsVSforks]

You’re content has been exactly the type of videos I was looking for! However if I may request can you do the same type of video for the retroid

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks man! Gonna do it, but will wait for the Retroid Pocket 3 to arrive,n

[@francobru6667]

here in Brazil it is worth a lot of money for what it is and its size. I'm looking at videos to see if it's worth buying the mini portable console

[@monospacechannel]

The miyoo is most likely one of the cheapest ones. And it's pretty much worth it!

[@dannyvickers8278]

i absolutley love this console. onion os makes it even better too. you wont regret it

[@gtPacheko]

Gastei R$396 no meu Miyoo Mini Plus e tô esperando chegar. Falar que tô animado é pouco.

[@Cyko..]

Wow, that's wild. I tried Medabots AX thinking maybe you got a bad copy or something and sure enough, not only did it crash, but it froze my Miyoo Mini up too! Holding down the power button didn't help! it eventually made it back to the game list but it was still frozen there! My only option was to unplug the battery (I have v2) and I really don't like doing that as the wires are very thin, and you could bend a pin trying to plug it back in! I got lucky and I won't be trying this game again!

[@monospacechannel]

Wow, I thought I might have had a bad copy too. Looks like Medabots AX just can't run on the Miyoo Mini. Thanks for testing further!

[@dobbybobby9122]

Got to love a bit of Mr driller 😃

[@yongyea4147]

It's hard to play with shoulder button games.... But I still love mine

[@yongyea4147]

Army man advance is fun

[@monospacechannel]

Yeah definitely! Really tiring as well lol

[@azurestrike6551]

ty for the recommendations. please do this for all the available emulators on the miyoo!

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks for watching! Gonna do the SNES one real soon

[@bigmikeportnoy]

Amazing!! a question, How Did You Install Broken Sword?? Love that game

[@monospacechannel]

just find the ROM and transfer it to you micro sd card!

[@ahmadfarhan3462]

Does it comes with Maio games?

[@junliu4424]

Min dosent

[@user-ot4nz7tb7j]

Great video! What game is on your thumbnail tho looks cool?!

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks! The game is Mother 3

[@yukinaminamoto]

Thank you so much for this video I can find GBA games I like to play on GBA emulator

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks for watching!

[@xauthegamer]

How many games are preloaded in the GBA emulator? and how many did you put inside? Amazing video as always!

[@monospacechannel]

Usually they come with hundreds if not thousands of GBA games!

[@ewerton8463]

9:24 the game is called GT advance 3, not gran turismo

[@monospacechannel]

thanks for the correction! pretty convinced that was only an abbreviation!

[@ahmadfarhan3462]

how long does the battery last?

[@ivarozan2118]

Was the glitches on some games because of too many games or just because they were bigger games?

[@BrandonNielsen87]

Some of these games are very expensive if you want to buy authentic cartridges of each of them. This is why emulator handhelds are more affordable, and often a blessing. Those that say "Dang, that emulator handheld is expensive!" Well, they have no idea how expensive retro games are, especially the Gameboy cartridges. I dare you to look at the price of Ninja Five-0 cartridge in ebay.

[@monospacechannel]

100%. I have huge regrets for selling my old cartridges just because I thought I won't play them again. Turns out a few decades later you long for that trip to memory lane.

[@dean7730]

Super smooth

[@dre6036]

Is there no super Mario 3 or any super Mario games?

[@zombee38]

I'm getting mine tomorrow!

[@monospacechannel]

I would be really excited if I were you!

[@Cyko..]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@tristanheron4144]

You are missing a lot of great beat em ups. Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure, TMNT, Double Dragon Advance, Final Fight One and Gekido Advance.

[@monospacechannel]

dang it, completely forgot Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure and Double Dragon Advance

[@LtdMusic]

Hey! Does anyone know where i can find a list of the games that are included from the get go? Thanks!

[@SALMORE]

can you do a Similar video on Mame games ? i would like to see how the big aracde games perform on it , like Crusin & California speed

[@ondrejsvinciak557]

thank you 😉

[@monospacechannel]

You're welcome!

[@felipeandrademeza2164]

Why my miyoo mini v2 looks horrible when i open gba games?

[@FabioSpelta]

Man would you bother fiddling with the anti-latency features of retroarch and report how well (or not) do they work? Especially the run-ahead feature, how many frames of latency can you remove (for instance) on the NES emulators? Also the auto frame delay feature would be cool, assuming it's actually in that build. Hope this is a good idea for a video. Thanks either way!

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll see if I can test them!

[@dabitto8]

Great video, can you do one with snes games running on the Miyoo mini?

[@monospacechannel]

Thanks! Yup its already on my list of upcooming videos!

[@gnewland98]

Do these all come preloaded? And the ones from the SNES and PS vids?

[@monospacechannel]

The miyoo mini comes with thousands of preloaded games. A lot of gba and snes games, but unfortunately only around 10 ps1 games. For the video I also installed the games on my own as some are not preloaded

[@jakcarn4184]

Will more games be added or is it just that in the package? Thanks

[@monospacechannel]

You are gonna need to install the games yourself!

[@shanelle1997]

What is the game that you are playing in the title screen?

[@monospacechannel]

it's mother 3!

[@jatinjani7522]

From where to download these roms games

[@Zentsey]

Thx a lot

[@monospacechannel]

and thanks for watching

[@SUGMalaysia]

Cima is sooo underappreciated.

[@monospacechannel]

Definitely, they might have been more successful had they chose a better name though

[@SUGMalaysia]

@@monospacechannel Agreed

[@Justanobody8472]

Why did almost no one play Ffta ?

[@Jaques2go]

Are there any games unsuitable.for 12 years old boy. I just bought this for my grandson and now I'm.worried there may games too violent...if there are can you turn them off?

[@monospacechannel]

Hmm it depends on what games your grandson play. Out of the box there aren't too many new games preinstalled. Older games usually have less violent graphics, so I would say it shouldn't be too concerning

[@Davidson640]

Can you combat and trade in pokemon with miniyoo

[@hafizurr]

where can i get rom for gba for download

[@thewise_1one856]

How come on my miyoo all the gba games play but the screen be glitchy😭 how do i fix it?

[@monospacechannel]

Did you use a filter perhaps? Try tweaking some of the settings, might have accidentally switched something on or off

[@thewise_1one856]

@@monospacechannel i fixed it thank you, i jst took out the sd card and put it back in. It happened when i had jst recieved it, it worked fine after i put reinserted the sd card back in.

[@raimored]

Anybody try Racing Gears advance on this thing and have issues? My experience was it getting stuck in the initial Start Screen where the racing team symbols scroll across the screen. Only once have I gotten it to proceed to the game. I now have a save state which allows me to play. Game plays well, at least I can’t notice anything wrong with it. Edit: Menus are a bit laggy

[@darkridearts]

Ran into a few bad dumps of that rom over the years. Might be that?

[@WitchDoctor87]

Can toy play legend of zelda minish cap on it and does it run pretty well?

[@monospacechannel]

Definitely, it should run minish cap smoothly!

[@athos4059]

Does any of you guys have an annoying occational flash in the middle of the screen while playing gba on the miyoo? any idea how to fix that?

[@monospacechannel]

I have never experienced that. Hmm might be a firmware issue though

[@athos4059]

@@monospacechannel Updating the Operating System might fix it?

[@athos4059]

@@monospacechannel i installed Onion Os and now the problem is gone. Screen Tearing it is called. I m so glad i can play fire emblem now :)

[@chilldedede]

Not adding metroid zero mission or fusion is a crime

[@arbzm7935]

Hi!can we play 2 player mode?like trading pokemon and battle to other player?

[@arbzm7935]

Are they pre installed game?or you need to download it?

[@monospacechannel]

The Miyoo has no WiFi so looks like multiplayer is not possible! As for the games, a lot of games are already preinstalled on the Miyoo Mini, but for this vid I downloaded most of them on my own.

[@anci9295]

I know the aspect ratio is not correct for GBA and GBA is what I would probably mostly play on a retro device, would this still be a good option it if that was the case? I really like the look of miyoo mini and now there's a plus version(which still isn't on stock lul)

[@monospacechannel]

I had no issues with the slight difference in aspect ratio, and still had a blast playing gba games in the miyoo mini. It's super small and pocketable, so it's great if you only need to play gba games

[@mikedavid1945]

bro medabots and megaman data link were so under appreciated i swear

[@monospacechannel]

Definitely, too bad they weren't too successful

[@RetroMannGaming]

Very nice. How did you achieve 4:3 with GBA games?

[@Phoenix_1991]

probably just stretched them.

[@moltes47]

mother 3 is only in japanese on the miyoo :( ?

[@monospacechannel]

You can install them on your own!

[@rizzwan2378]

Hi sir can the console run Digimon world ?

[@monospacechannel]

Surely!

[@lostworldvideogames]

Is there any chance you have or could test Rule of Rose on a device that supports PlayStation 2? I want to buy a device for my wife to play that game but the websites are unclear if it will play.

[@monospacechannel]

Ps2 ganes are difficult to emulate, so probably the higher ends handheld is your best bet, but let me see if it works on the retroid pocket 2+!

[@bhirawamaylana466]

Just asking is the Pokemon ROM hack and bunch of GBA ROM hack I own will works here ?

[@monospacechannel]

They should work just fine

[@antjuanyoung8605]

Darn it wish it had mario tennis power tour

[@antjuanyoung8605]

In fact I'm not even sure if I saw any mario games for the gba

[@monospacechannel]

You can always find and install the games on your own though. As for this video I deliberately left out Mario and Pokemon games!

[@antjuanyoung8605]

@@monospacechannel that's good to hear, I recently ordered a miyoo mini plus, they sold out fast. I placed an order for it and then the next day they we're all sold out. Should be getting it at the end of March hopefully.

[@ajcics]

I don't know why everyone loves this thing. From someone who owns one.... It has the build quality of a powkiddy v90. Trigger buttons are horrendous, the buttons and dpad are cheap and if you drop it at all on a solid surface day goodbye to your screen. Give me the rg280v any day over this thing.

[@monospacechannel]

Not the best build quality, or performance. But i would say it's form factor makes the Miyoo Mini really fun. I could play it with one hand if i want to!

[@todoroki4418]

Can the Miyoo mini handle DS or PSP games?

[@monospacechannel]

Haven't tried it, but Miyoo Mini should not have enough power to run them!

[@lemonkid2543]

How can i get a miyo mini for 60$ in stock i never see it in stock lol

[@BrandonNielsen87]

I would wait for Miyoo's next release. There was a rumor that the new version might come out around the 22nd of this month, and it's a little bigger than this handheld.

[@monospacechannel]

Yeah seems like they only made a very limited stock. Better go for other handhelds for now!

[@RyukiEXE]

Safe to say that the majority of GBA games play super smooth? No sarcasm intended!

[@monospacechannel]

Yup, the majority does play super smooth! a shame a couple still won't work

[@lucasdiasguitarrista]

Just bought mine... This handheld is so beautiful, I'm just afraid it's screen is too small to play...

[@monospacechannel]

The screen is fine for me as older games have huge texts! The buttons however, are kind of awkward for your hands if you intend to play for more than a couple of hours

[@albionpucciarelli1910]

I was soo looking forward to medabots then nekt minute 😅

[@monospacechannel]

Lol, not sure why it didn't work

[@Retronize84]

Watch this video at 2x!

[@poppers7317]

Advance Wars 1 > Advance Wars 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is one of the best games on GBA

[@samhuang683]

wrong aspect ratio?

[@joculp]

It's 4:3, so yeah, a little off for gba

[@johnaguilon5505]

Wish i can get one in the philippines

[@monospacechannel]

Pretty sure banggood delivers to phiilippines bro!

[@skullkid7674]

Did anyone else find contra to be really hard

[@guts5874]

faz mais videos como este, so que de outra plataforma, NEO GEO

[@monospacechannel]

vai fazer um para o snes em breve!

[@jackgame8841]

beyblade is cool af

[@ray5330]

no matter the handheld, you shouldnt play LotR - Fellowship of the Ring. Its the most broken game Ive ever seen

[@Gustavo-rb9qq]

Oloko

[@kaizer3000jp]

Too bad it doesnt support kingdom hearts…

[@nolosenidea8373]

dammit! ONLY THREE GAMES DONT RUN!? too bad to kingdom hearts, but medabots and sims BLEH! nobody cares

[@nolosenidea8373]

and too bad to dont put the megaman zero the trilogy 1 2 3 and 4

[@monospacechannel]

with the amount of megaman games on gba, probably i could make a vid for all megaman games on gba!

[@shocktriple]

Nobody cares about Medabots? Lol kid nowadays

[@nolosenidea8373]

@@shocktriple yeah right, and medabots can run very weeeeeell in the miyoo mini v2 with a crash, JAJAJJAJAJAJJAJAJA

[@yzx9122]

Can I import my old gba save files on that? ,sav file. is it works with gbarunner2?

[@wuzihuzi]

can you play it at original GBA aspect ratio?

[@monospacechannel]

Definitely, you can change the aspect ratio