Need for Speed's impressive GBA games | minimme

[@minimme]

Hey guys this is a re-upload, when I first put it up it didn't come up in most peoples sub boxes sad reacc I read all your comments on the last vid and they were super nice many thanks much love :) also I want to announce that first comment extraordinare LandBox managed to land the first comment for the first time in ages well done, yet the vid got taken down lmao

[@SAILSANDPLUMES]

minimme i didn't sleep for this

[@AndrewMaksym]

I had liked the video when there was only 5 likes. I closed the window, did some homework and came back to youtube later. And I was like why's there deleted video in like playlist?

[@KevinTwiner]

Was awesome fun but a blocky mess

[@TheXppp1]

Well, this one didnt appear on my box either, i got here from your post informing about the reupload

[@itz.shu.]

Underground on the GBA actually gives me a lot of nostalgia, it was the first and only game I got when I got the handheld GB, and I chose it cause I was already into racing.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

That thumbnail will give me nightmares.

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

Its YOU! Woah. Hey golden bolt!

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

_he's dangerous_

[@ChaseMC215]

Well, because he keeps using Tony Hawk's face in every thumbnail for games that don't evem feature Tony Hawk!!!

[@thecreepycuck6036]

The Golden Bolt all his thumbnails are disturbing af but lowkey satisfying

[@expendableindigo9639]

Don't look up Aphex Twin's Windowlicker.

[@aidangarvey7049]

I love how much detail they put into customising the looks of a car you can barely see

[@TXFDA]

I mean to be fair, that's a lot of racing games. Even modern ones. You usually either stare at the back bumper of your car, or you're using a cockpit view where you MIGHT see the hood. Customizing the visuals of a car in a racing games is nearly pointless, but it's still fun to KNOW your car looks a certain way.

[@lucearthritis1660]

@@TXFDA no

[@thehwguy4293]

@@TXFDA I mean, you *could* watch your car in replay mode…

[@DemoniteBL]

@@TXFDA Cockpit view in tuning games is a sin. But you actually see a good chunk of your car in 3rd person, since your car isn't stationary and turns left and right all the time. You don't only get to see it from the back either, assuming the game allows you to look backwards.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Minime is now officially the GBA Guy.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Its between him and Stop Skeletons From Fighting, can't pick a favorite TBH.

[@averyjenson]

+scottthewaterwarrior why not both?

[@Lentoron]

(((((((((((((((::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[@aquid3622]

I mean, is that a bad thing? the GBA had so really fantastic games

[@TheDiego908]

It would be awesome if he turned into snesdrunk but with GBA. gbadrunk

[@CompleteAnimation]

I used to play a ton of Underground 2 on the GBA. I actually 100% it three times. That might just be young me playing what I had, but I legit thought it was great.

[@RafidW9]

I still think that game was the best racing game on the gba

[@mirasam3370]

lol same.

[@contron2611]

Yeah, I agree. That game was the bomb

[@TXFDA]

I mean, I just started playing it yesterday. It's over half way into 2021. I still enjoy it. I hate the minigames and drag racing to be honest, but the actual racing, drift challenges, and vehicle customization is enough fun that I actually put up with the few things I dislike, and am having fun. It also looks a lot better than you'd think based on this video. The game, being played on a small GBA or DS screen, looks a LOT better than it being played on a big KZbin video or emulator. Especially if it's on a GBA (as opposed to the DS) because the GBA has some motion smudging and stuff that helps blend some stuff together.

[@danielmcneary3947]

this video inspired me to start playing underground 1 on a GBA emulator, I am a crazy man

[@3nkidu465]

The same here

[@raelfert5268]

Already have it on real gba sp

[@expendableindigo9639]

I am playing Driv3r on a Game Boy emulator and it keeps crashing.

[@LANZD_]

I'm just looking for games for it

[@TXFDA]

I'll be honest, these games are the kind of games that actually look better on an actual GBA. The smaller screen helps, but the GBA also has some like, motion smudging and stuff that helps blend things together. Playing on a bigger screen with crystal clear graphics.....kinda makes it look worse.

[@LienzoPerdido]

The way this channel works is kinda odd. Whenever I see its thumbnails I click on them like I'm about to open a tab with only an image file (and then behold the beautiful art), ignoring the fact that I'm in KZbin (a video-only plataform). After the click, what I find is a video of the man minimme himself with graceful minimme-quality content in it; thing that, maybe is not the image that I was sold for, yet it is something that equals its passion. Shine on, you digital skater.

[@Laowaixianggang]

You deserve all the support you get, man. You're one of my favourite KZbinrs to throw on when I've had a long day and I just wanna chill out. You're informative, entertaining, and just plain funny without being ouvert or obnoxious about it and I think that's a really tough thing to master. Best of luck for the new year!

[@minimme]

appreciate this comment heaps man thankyou :)

[@RichardCraig]

9:04 - "Slipscreen", one of Marvel's forgotten heroes, lol

[@ZinhoMegaman]

I still think the GT series is much more suited to the GBA hardware, that F-Zero style with mode 7 tracks and car sprites. When I first saw that in 2001 I was really impressed by the quality of the car sprites and it's frames of animation.

[@noaht2005]

They are pretty good. I really like the soundtracks too

[@eightmegsandconstantlyswap8862]

_Affine texture warping intensifies_

[@yosoynacho]

Software rendered nightmare

[@justjoeblow420]

Only this nerd would know what causes the texture warping on the GBA. PS. You don't realize who this is but I know you mwahah

[@BMoney8600]

I remember playing through Carbon Own The City on my DS. It’s one of the few DS games I actually played all the way through

[@RichardCraig]

Has anyone else noticed weird similarities in GBA 3D titles and the way 3D looked on the 3DO? Similar texture warping, frame rates, polygon detail, texture resolution, etc. Even their CPUs are surprisingly similar.

[@LeoHwzrChannel]

Missed opportunity for 3DO releases on the GBA

[@Thelango99]

Yeah both the GBA and 3DO has CPU's based on the ARM architecture.

[@rexthesheep]

The similarities are probably more to do with the fact that GBA has no dedicated 3D hardware, meaning that you had to program the 3D engine to run in software entirely on the CPU, just like PC games before hardware acceleration became mainstream, which limits how much precision and detail you can get in the rendering, especially if you want a playable frame rate. I don't know much about how the 3DO works, but given other systems from the time lacking dedicated 3D hardware like the Sega 32X, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same case there too. It really puts into perspective just how revolutionary the PlayStation was in the console space, even if it seems so archaic now.

[@Thelango99]

@ sheepytina even the PS1 suffered from extreme affine texture warping and lacking a z-buffer which means it does not fully support perspective correction.

[@Thelango99]

Software 3d with no FPU is rip.

[@reallycool]

Sims 2 DS when?

[@krakenloco]

If only

[@epicsmurfyzz]

what a game Wow

[@emdotrod]

Bustin Out in GBA

[@maximvazhov6904]

Petscop 2 when???

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

nintendogs 2 when?

[@Flyingpapaya]

I need the thumb is HD so I can use it as a wallpaper

[@Flyingpapaya]

I FOUND IT thank you footdad

[@midnightdeluxegaming6582]

@@Flyingpapaya WHERE ._.

[@Flyingpapaya]

@@midnightdeluxegaming6582 official foot discord

[@hoy5570]

Review NFS in ds.

[@quarthmeat1884]

I've been waiting 2 whole hours for this. What has my life become?

[@sebastiankulche]

These GBA Need For Speed are underrated. Even if you have the PC version and you download the GBA version, is still fun. The tuning is good, the car selection also and you have a simple but effective gameplay :D Sorry for my english

[@FraPerry]

3:27 That background song.... It's just amazing, as the game it comes from. Nice video!

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Can someone upload the Gba version of Get low

[@LGF18]

I really appreciate these kind of videos. I love analyzing the tech in games from the pre-HD generations.

[@thrice1987]

I don't think I can agree. I guess graphics shouldn't matter that much but when they're so bad that they don't let you see where you're going, they become a huge deal. I could never get over that.

[@crawfy48]

Great video, I agree that for GBA the 1st is the best. As for DS, ProStreet - great physics, cool challenges, and they finally brought back music with vocals

[@Pilotgeek]

I really wish NFS Underground 2 kept the AMAZING physics engine from 1. Almost every racing game on both GBA and DS has super wack slidey crappy physics.

[@averyjenson]

I’m honestly so glad you look at games nobody else would. Always nice to find games that i could pick up for cheap or boot-up on an emulator

[@DSolymanH]

"Dang who is this cute girl in the video thumbnail?" *pays closer attention* "Oh...."

[@charallave1000]

One of the best "Demakes" In the Need for speed series is underground 2 for the ds. It had a good campaign, good custumization a it was challenging. Surely not a perfect game, but I consider to be one of the best ports for a portable console

[@therenegades7329]

True honestly I liked the psp version too it's fun

[@batmangovno]

You're committed to ruining art with your face aren't you, you...reverse Tarantino!

[@SphyramidGames]

The thumbnails crack me up! Also, when you get cocky, absolute comedy gold. Haha keep it up!

[@TXFDA]

I think my biggest issue with both GBA Underground games, is that they both include open side roads on the tracks. Open side roads that you CAN'T drive on. Meaning, I've lose many a race due to taking a wrong turn into an invisible wall because I thought I was meant to go down this super obvious open road, when I was actually meant to drive past it and take the NEXT corner. It's actually more of an issue in the first Underground, but Underground 2 does it a bit too. It's a little easier to deal with once you play for a bit and know what to look for as well as when you start memorizing the tracks a bit. But it's still obnoxious. I think the entire game would have done better if they just simplified the graphics. Take out the unnecessary side roads, make the wall and ground textures a little simpler and more cartoony instead of trying to do realism on a GBA. It would have cleared up the confusion, as well as making the entire thing look less like a pixel smudge. I definitely agree, that if they made these games with the V-Rally engine, they'd be SO GOOD. Like, I already like them, but maaaan, they'd probably be my favorite GBA games if they looked as good as V-Rally.

[@chrisis649]

I like how Mia was holding a GameBoy on the thumbnail

[@justin505k]

Need for speed underground 2 was such a fun game .... those customizations were insane for the time

[@HalberUngar]

Heyho. Watch many gba Videos from you. Great work! You look as a german guy^^ Very smart!

[@reyinsarcade]

Ive played this games for hours but never thought about uploading the gameplays in yt

[@tomasjanak4113]

Carbon: Own the City on PSP is the best handheld racing game

[@DriftxKingGTR]

Tomáš Janák Wrong, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition is.

[@MetalJody1990]

@@DriftxKingGTR Because of the super long loading times of Midnight Club 3, I have to disagree.

[@shutter-chan]

Yeah Carbon: OTC is one of the best, but I find Juiced 2 HIN much better overall.

[@Blueflag04]

what about underground rivals?

[@tomasjanak4113]

@@Blueflag04 Few repetetive tracks, I was quite disappointed with most wanted/ underground rivals. Carbon had nice free-to-explore city, Undercover for psp as well.

[@WhateverWhenever888]

I always love watching these, great job as always, its always impressive seeing what they do with the hardware they get given. Also congrats on over 40k subs, been here since under 10k, before the face *ahem* foot reveal ;)

[@minimme]

Thanks for sticking around yo!

[@NaCk210]

the best way to watch these GBA reviews is to shrink the screen

[@Mace2.0]

_THE V.1.01 PATCHED VERSION._ I remember playing NFS Most Wanted on the NO$GBA emulator. Yes, and people may question me, but I'm currently using either the real deal (aka: the no-backlight, REAL MAN'S GBA) or VisualBoy Advance. NFSU1: The graphics are using some sort of dithering technique, feeling like it's been interlaced. Kinda like the intro for Sonic 3D Blast to an extent. NFSPU: Bouncing off walls, huh? NFSU2: One step forward, 3 steps back. NFSMW: 7:08 Kinda looks like my car when playing this. NFSCOTC: Is that a fucking eraser or a Mustang?

[@newground5191]

In my opinion the first position is underground 2. Because if you complete 30% its stars interested. Fast cars, (rx7 just like a rocket), nice maps, (like a stadion) and average opponents. Music not boring, i thought. So, just played it a bit and you understanded what i mean. Sorry for my english, but i try hard

[@poniedzialek]

Absolutely love your GBA game reviews! Brings so much nostalgia. Keep up great work, and good luck with your channel :-)

[@djdeviantjehuty5066]

WOW, I love that funky music track from GTA Advance

[@jean-lucpicard2914]

Solid list. The first Underground is great, the menu fits the platform and the campaign is addictive. It's also very responsive.

[@Humane_resource]

Carbon own the city was fantastic on psp, just felt great, the wingman mechanic worked and was so fun and interesting to use

[@AndroidFerret]

This ports are incredible... Also the ds ports... Awesome whats possible on the gba...

[@monytontana5184]

Back in '05, when I couldn't afford a PSP... Underground 2 was my go to mobile racers. The fact they fit a stripped car customization feature was ambitious

[@jcdenton4902]

what there werent phones in 2005

[@monytontana5184]

@@jcdenton4902 "Back in my day, all we had was a stick." LOL, not "smartphones." the best gaming the average consumer could get on a phone then was probably Brick Breaker Deluxe. 8 bit gaming at its finest. One could've dropped $400 on a Nokia N-Gage, which played games comparable to PS1, but they weren't all that reliable.

[@jcdenton4902]

Ryan Bugg thanks i was really confused aha

[@JelloFluoride]

I didn't even realize how old this video was. I've been subbed for a while. 😆 Your content is timeless apparently.

[@Tomslipknot]

They definitely look a lot better on the gameboy micro due to the smaller screen, Great video :)

[@ItsTeeohh]

Thank you for existing, minimme

[@drummerdude476]

It’s so weird watching your videos and remembering you are still in a 5 digit sub count. Been around and will definitely stay around, love the stuff man!

[@neoqueto]

6:12 I think this is Felix Da Housecat - Rocket Ride (Soulwax remix), the song from the OST.

[@AymanTravelTransport]

Driv3r on GBA is even more impressive; how they managed to fit a 3D perspective GTA style game on that system is beyond me!

[@Tom2404]

I had Untergrund 2 for the GBA and I was very impressed because I had never seen 3D on that console

[@ThePoilkjmnb03]

Best videos to watch in 144p when my internet is shitty

[@CookieBird34]

Good video as always, and congrats on getting 40k+ subs! :)

[@D0N4R_]

I saw the notification of the first upload, but I don't watch videos when they come out, I watch them when I have time.

[@HeeminGaminStation]

Yeah that Avatar video reeled me in, so I looked at other videos and defiantly decided you were a creator to keep my eye on and I can firmly say it looks like you will keep up a very good trend!

[@ThaSwitcherTayTay]

2:23 They put the exhaust backfire on the wrong side

[@thingsiplay]

fantastic review compilation and comparison.

[@7ylerD]

Honestly, the esoteric subjects are one of my favorite parts of these videos.

[@turbocavalli]

Porsche unleashed on the gba is the polar oposite of tge pc version lol

[@Cobra_427]

I played through Most Wanted on the GBA so much as a kid, I had it on console but at the time loved the GBA version more because it didn't have the cop chases that I would get stuck on back then, I still have yet to go back and beat the console version

[@SianaGearz]

I was so sad you took the video down by the time i could watch it. I did get a notification!

[@sithlord2225]

Game: Has drift mode Minimme: *Drifts FWD like a boss*

[@Tur713]

You're putting out good shit! Algorithm pointed me in your direction with that Avatar video and I decided to stick around.

[@minimme]

thanks :)

[@rosse119]

Well done on hitting so many subscribers love watching your videos although for me it's the most graphically impressive games videos that I like the most.

[@valley_robot]

The 3D games on the GBA are incredible , credit to the programmers

[@KingLich451]

nice video and cool reviews, well done.

[@taitai4real]

You alway put the Grand a Theft Auto Advance as the background, so I guess I really like that

[@marlintheodorehippo2914]

man I love your videos honestly

[@simplysuperman6988]

8 year old me thought NFS Underground 2 on GBA was the best thing ever, safe to say it doesn't hold up well

[@NiklasO1988]

Can you confirm that's not Windowlicker by Aphex Twin instead of a generic midi rockbeat at 6:15. Aware that I sound like a crazy person but it really sounds like the breakdown.

[@Jagerbomber]

Didn't have any of these, but I had Driver 2 (and apparently the better Driver game on GBA, or so I heard recently). But it always kind of amazed me that that game even existed on the GBA. And I also had it on PS1 many years earlier and the translation of the game to the handheld was intriguing. Not necessarily overly exciting, but still - a massive 3D open world on GBA.

[@gogolplex74]

You should review DS and PSP versions of NFS games

[@Brawndo27]

“Most of the time I properly screwed up while racing is because I couldn’t even tell what i was looking at” sums up this game perfectly 😂 I was such a huge fan of the GameCube/PS2 versions of this game and was incredibly surprised when I found this at a game store on a vacation and played it a bunch.

[@awd03-v7v]

Nice vid. You should do a list on graphically impressive wii or/and 3ds games

[@tvandlust]

The thumbnail is A+

[@gumbaholic]

i'm a simple man. i see perfect dark in the cabinet, i click like.

[@exmortem7820]

The "fuck my shit up" button is a very innovative feature.

[@DmitriyK12]

Will you consider updating the series by taking a look at DS, 3DS, PSP, etc. versions of Need for Speed titles ; I really enjoyed playing with the Burnout series on the DS and PSP ?!

[@michaelwalker8250]

i'm happy someone did a fair gba need for speed review. the games were good for something like the gba. But i am happy i was introduced to those facts about the first underground. i'll have to play it again.

[@Kiwing4lyfe]

This is the first time I saw your face, lol Congrats btw, keep up man

[@gogolplex74]

You forgot to mention the Most Wanted soundtrack which consists of autistic screeching and is the same on DS

[@Pyro-Moloch]

I had Most Wanted for GBA. I remember genuinely enjoying it and playing through the campaign.

[@doomstasche5768]

Now, it seems like time to review the DS Need for Speed games, maybe?

[@ThePoilkjmnb03]

Best videos to watch when my internet is shitty Doesn’t matter if I watch in 144p

[@SolidSnake684]

It'd be awesome if you could cover the Corvette 50th Anniversary game for the GBA. Two seperate camping trips were spent on that game, and I kinda love it.

[@Gordonshumway86]

“I don’t feel like the drifting mode works super well here” is driving a fwd focus lmao

[@silviamills5218]

Who just beat underground 2 and came here looking for more NFS?

[@slappadabassist]

lol the button in Carbon that sends another car reeling towards you "most masochistic game feature"

[@suwooshi]

I absolutely loved the Underground games on the GBA as a kid.

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

Wow I think this is like the first 3D gba game where the cars are 3D and not pre-render sprites

[@quizzyssbu3156]

I loved Porsche Unleashed

[@levipayne801]

It was one of my first GBA games

[@rexthesheep]

I loved the GBA version of NFS Underground back in the day. I played it in an emulator, regrettably, but my cousin had the real GBA cartridge. It's a shame they didn't really keep the momentum going with Underground 2 and Most Wanted, because there was so much potential there.

[@darkprincesora8091]

Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City on Psp tells the story the best cause it has fully voiced cut scenes and all around the Ds and Psp version of Need for Speed Carbon are the best and the Psp version as a free room feature using the map from Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005) but the map is so different when ur driving that u cant tell its the Most Wanted map until u look at the mini-map and compare it to Most Wanted's map i would love to see a video of the all the DS and Psp Need for Speed games

[@cube2fox]

I think the graphics run on vertically and/or horizontally reduced resolution, which is clearly not the case for V-Rally.

[@jchan6969]

Use to play this game pretty often when I was 4. Back in those days

[@myrmeko]

You should try the Symbian NFS games. (from S60V3 especially) They are surprisingly good. The file extension is ".sisx". And you could combine that episode with the Java NFS games. Their extension is ".jar".

[@Hyper_Egret]

You are determined to make nighmare fuel thumbnails.

[@demondton96]

Best thumbnails in the business

[@hteekay]

I love this game back in the day. The gameplay feels really good despite the low framerate. I remember that you can "adjust" the amount of your turning by pressing UP + LEFT / RIGHT for slight turn, LEFT / RIGHT for moderate turn and DOWN + LEFT / RIGHT for extreme turn. Or was that only implemented on the DS version?