The Worst NFS Ever - GBA Ports

[@LEXXPortPatrol]

This was a lot of fun to watch, thank you for having me!! :)

[@IfYouInsist]

Looking forward to binging your channel. Don’t know how the algorithm never sent me your way all these years. That’s that niche stuff I love.

[@M3TR01DFANBOY]

You are male.

[@Bardia006plus1]

can we just appreciate this guy's patience for these type of games?respect

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much! patience is definitely necessary when playing these LOL

[@not_kjb]

Lol!

[@elhehe8476]

Yeah but AVGN has been playing shitty games on the internet first, so…

[@brziperiod]

​@@elhehe8476 yeah but he walked so blue could run. Plus, he's been kinda teasing about hanging up the jacket. I mean he's got a kid now

[@LiquidCooledListerine]

Considering the specs of the GBA, it's actually impressive on how devs managed to port (albeit limited) NFS games, and somehow managed to make them look kinda decent! I'm looking forward to the "The Worst NFS Ever: Java Ports" video!

[@adultmoshifan87]

GBA Underground is a good time but I personally would’ve used sprites and scrolling track, like the GBA Mario Kart and OutRun games, so we have something that plays as well, and has as good a framerate, as those 2. When Sega arcade game Thunder Blade was ported to the NEC PC Engine, they worked around the console’s lack of sprite scaling by letting you move your helicopter up and down!

[@SudeennnSam]

The inclusion of English subtitles are always appreciated by ur international viewers, like me. Keep it up!

[@BlooTeg]

I think even for my english viewers it helps hahahah thank you so much!

[@BlueBolt70]

Underground 2 on the GBA was most definitely a technological marvel for its time. It's insane how much effort was put into a game you could carry with wherever you go in the early-to-mid 2000s. My big brother played the heck out of it back then, along with Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on GBA.

[@tilburg8683]

For real.

[@Piombo65]

I played that too. It was fun. 100% completed

[@TheSuperZOS]

I genuinely hope you do the Java ports They're the most hilarious thing ever

[@BlooTeg]

I'll see if I can get them working, but I'll admit I'm scared of those

[@Detrash_real]

​@@BlooTegafter the ds video now i the fear is obvious

[@Nicktechnoo]

Love the detail of the "BlueTagAdvance" on the GBA gameplay screen 😂 Also HOLY SH*T I didn't expect an ol' naughty cameo 😍

[@BlooTeg]

I'll probably use Gnawty as the viewer whenever something like that happens from now on hahaha

[@Doshiba]

These games are really impressive technically speaking Because making a 3D game that is playable on the GBA takes a lot of creativity

[@maszkalman3676]

Yeah but there were other 3d games on the gba and better like driver 3 and asterix and obelix xxl and a james bond game...

[@khoris8166]

One thing make me impressive about NFS Carbon GBA is.. It has original map layout. Unlike mostwanted on GBA because it took from previous NFS games

[@Luka9S9]

Amazing video as aways blue, loved the little border to make it look like it was on a GBA and the certain cameo, also, the payback rating is just fact, keep the great work blue, I'll totally be looking forward for you review of the DS games (or of **that** DS game), thanks for entertaining us once more by going into those obscure games.

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much Luka, I appreciate that!

[@AcerSense]

I have a love hate relationship on GBA ports of NFS games... Something about these gba nfs games feels... Like a guilty pleasure of mine

[@BlooTeg]

I feel the same!

[@koromo-chan]

By watching this video makes me remember my childhood like I used to play all the NFS games that was presented here. On the other hand, as you grow older you'll notice the downsides of each games but as a kid you don't pay attention to those and just enjoyed the game. I remember there's a glitch in NFS Underground 1 or 2 where if you choose a lock car and press A for like 15 - 20 times you'll get to use that car, I remember doing that in Nissan 350z. But I am not entirely sure now since it's that was a long time ago.

[@Flanvenus]

Calling the gba nfs as bad just feels wrong-

[@TabletZombie]

Fun fact: Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed was released in 2000, while the Game Boy Advance was released in 2001 (1 year after Porsche Unleashed’s release). So the GBA version of Porsche Unleashed was released in 2004 (even though it has a 2003 copyright.)

[@huntata2360]

I had MW for the GBA and I remember feeling so proud of myself for beating it. Then I eventually got it for the PS2 and felt shame.

[@BlooTeg]

you should definitely feel proud for beating it!

[@huntata2360]

Thank you, I will try. :)

[@sp0nge1337]

Somewhere in my deep memory I can recall a mobile phone Java version of NSFU2.

[@HisaoNakaii]

bad? yes. Ambitious? absolutely. Nostalgic? probably. Hotel? Trivago.

[@mahdihanif1393]

In GBA and NDS games, blacklist NFS most wanted is different than original version, except Razor

[@RandomCarfromNFS]

Imagine if they were in og version

[@erxer1]

The story for own the city is insane. Definitely recommend playing any of the versions fully (preferably the psp version since that's the most fun of the bunch)

[@TheCringeofTheCentury]

It's a good day when Blue uploads

[@BlooTeg]

trying to make a better friday for everyone!

[@LordSandwichII]

I showed this NFS: Underground to my student and he was all like "it's too blurry, I can't see anything!" Kids these days don't even know they're born! 😔

[@hirochi0362]

can't wait for the Distance and Split/Second videos. you make great content. keep it up!

[@PotatoChipsLeysClassic]

I feel bad for all of the people who couldn't play the pc versions and had to play these games

[@BlooTeg]

Imagine having Most Wanted GBA as your first experience

[@CookieRevenge]

@@BlooTeg You'd probably be happy since you don't know better.

[@sebastiankulche]

It actually happen with me in the past but with the PSP version.

[@Misty25939]

The GBA port was actually pretty decent. I really enjoyed it as it pretty much played like a slow ps1 game. I still have my physical copy of it for GBA and ps2.

[@RandomCarfromNFS]

@@BlooTeg i did....

[@thunderbro7]

The GBA ports actually look much better than I thought they would, and they are definitely technically impressive... but man they look like they would be hard to play, especially the earlier ones.

[@MidnightLycanroc2007]

8:49 that face of sara, is she mad or is trying to help the protagonist to drive again lol

[@georgenotrussell]

this is a certified hood classic. great job

[@BlooTeg]

THANK YOU GEORGE

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

6:22 looks like they didn't even bother to rotate the cars by their center... instead it looks like it's pivoting from the back 👀

[@BlooTeg]

LOL you're right, I didn't even notice that

[@88VLEXX]

Well, it's sleeping time w/ Bluetag on the screen. Keep it up dude,always a pleasure!

[@BlooTeg]

Let's goooooooo!

[@NeoTechni]

that rap in the main menu would be enough for me to stop playing it immediately.

[@Helomyname]

the career mode of Porsche Unleashed is "Evolution" - the single player is just a quick race. And there is more than 2 cars.

[@BlooTeg]

Yes, the evolution mode let's you pick from two or three cars each race you do, that's what I meant

[@mutantlavalampderg412]

As a fun fact, Texaco used to sell copies of Porsche Unleashed in single level things, demos i think, i had 2 i think

[@seeps9353]

I'm very curious how this channel will evolve and adapt. I'm already used to the new blue boy. So glad I found this channel early. Imagine If I found Summoningsalt this early on?

[@BlooTeg]

definitely some changes coming, sadly I've been in the middle of a process and it's hard to focus 100% on the channel, but I will!

[@Zolega89]

This was my childhood! Of course, I'm not talking about the ports!

[@MrHumbuck]

I had the GBA version of both Underground 2 and Carbon. I feel like I didn't play U2 much for some reason (I might've got stuck on a race I think), but I completed Carbon. The tracks and cars all felt pretty samey to me and the story was a bit odd, but it was alright- much better than my memories of NFS Nitro. It's impressive to me that they managed to get 3D racing games on the advance at all, but it was definitely _way_ better for 2D games. Good video!

[@galaxycraft007]

Let's see how good this video is. Edit: It was good. Might watch a few more of your videos.

[@juvenite75]

you know what this kind of reminds me? that NFS Carbon for old java phones. Playing that game on a nokia c2-01 past bedtime is such a scuffed but treasured memory I have.

[@CookieRevenge]

what we went through, to have fun with such games on certain platforms. nowadays you can have better graphics on your smartphone than on my first pc with pentium III and 1Ghz.

[@BlooTeg]

that's actually insane to think of; if you told kid bluetag that he would be able to play NFS MW on his phone in the future, he wouldn't believe it

[@CookieRevenge]

@@BlooTeg My PC struggled and i optimized the shit out of it by tweaking stuff in the OS and so on to use it almost up to 2009. Now i'm happy to have a rig where i don't have to bother about such things. Btw could you please cover some more ps one games? Especially some good or obscure ones. Since you like racing games, what about the ridge racer series? Gameplay and soundtrack are very unique. As something obscure i would think of overboard or world scariest police chases.

[@BlooTeg]

definitely! ridge racer is going to be a big video, I'm pretty sure I never played any of them!

[@RandomCarfromNFS]

@@CookieRevenge you should've gotten a new graphics card.

[@muddweller21]

I love seeing these vids pop up in my notifcations, wonderful work as usual my man

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much my dude!

[@naidedossantos500]

Americans review in every racing game=Worst Racing Game Ever

[@rileykazama3145]

I never knew Need for speed underground had a DS port

[@BlooTeg]

Oh I think only UG2 has a DS port!

[@andy_bg234]

10:17 is funny that he sneaks up Need for speed payback in the worst

[@dlbutters7164]

I remember when i used to buy gaming magazines in the early 2000's and being impressed by the screenshots of these GBA ports and imagining them running smoothly etc... 🤣

[@ariiiiiiiiiiiii7356]

The reason underground 2’s music was so terrible was probably because they had to use that storage for other parts of the game. Everything else got better for the cost of bad music

[@Abvoyx]

YAY,another bluetag collab,congratulations blue tag!

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much!

[@Servio01]

you know today is a good day when BlueTag uploads.

[@BlooTeg]

friday upload friday upload friday upload

[@AdagioDensetsu]

Hey!!!!! This is indeed now the NFS channel

[@BlooTeg]

I'll do my best to keep it at one per month, but next week is definitely not a racing game!

[@AdagioDensetsu]

@@BlooTeg Thanks Mr Tag!!!!

[@PlusIvIinuS]

I had the NFS GBA version and remember the gear shift sound was more closely related to a g#nshot than a transmission shift. And you were always shifting

[@elyaskimo8574]

I’m so happy that u reached 17.1k from 500 and I wish the best for you

[@BlooTeg]

Hell yeah! thank you so much!

[@charallave1000]

Oh, you're in for a treat when you get to NFS on the DS

[@BlooTeg]

can't wait...

[@CR_250]

I remember playing NFSU2 on the GBA. But mine had a bug where the save data would be completely wiped. Never completed that game due to that.

[@hereskyubi3333]

Oh God, Most Wanted DS...

[@GRIMEYtheFATMAN]

It does help with course navigation in the GBA Porsche Unleashed a little if you played the PC version, and realize the GBA version roughly uses the same course layouts (even the menu UI is based on the PC version)...

[@BlooTeg]

fun fact: I have only played the PS1 version which people say is the worst lmao

[@GRIMEYtheFATMAN]

@@BlooTeg Was my first version, too, and I never understood the hate for the PS1 version, which not factoring in mods, I felt was better than the PC version...

[@watch_kitty]

6:35 BLUETAG CLASSIC CAMEO! BLUETAG CLASSIC CAMEO!!!!!1!

[@Mopgonpblr]

I didn't notice anyone mentioning it but Porsche Unleashed was released in 2004 so it's not that odd that some of its features appeared in Carbon

[@CosmykTheDolfyn]

Porsche Unleashed has way more cars to unlock and they actually start feeling different as you go along - it is just a massive pain to do unlock them and requires hours of grinding in Evolution mode. One of the cars has a massive glitch that allows you to accelerate forever, so... Cool. (Trust me, as the poor soul who actually did a speedrun of the GBA Porsche Unleashed at SGDQ once and has spent waaaaay too much time playing it).

[@trevortrillingham]

Nfs underground for GBA was amazing after coming from Porsche unleashed it's was huge improvement

[@olzhas1one755]

I think you'd be better off reviewing each game, or at least doing the PSP ones separately. PSP games can get pretty massive (in general, not just the NFS ports).

[@BlooTeg]

I'll probably go with that!

[@Is-wunny]

Ah yes, Synthesized voices on the GBA, My Favorite

[@keemy_28]

lol i used to remember that i used to go crazy over these games when i was a child. i didn't sleep until I got my favorite car.

[@ferrari3399]

Nice video! NFS the run on 3ds was surprisingly good, played it over 50 hours back then 😅

[@shifty1927]

I remember getting underground 2 and thinking it was wack. Maybe cause i already had the real thing cause me and my pops were already on like version 2 of the turbo e36 328i. Which by 2007 was the worlds first to break the 1000whp mark and first to run 9s. That and being 15 i probably thought i was too cool for it.(yea im old)

[@BlooTeg]

I totally get that lol

[@RiC3R69]

That green mouse 😂 I miss that sht

[@BlooTeg]

LOL

[@aqop5548]

Most wanted gba music is extreme (especially track 2 which it became a meme)

[@Axerol]

Holy shit I didn't expect to see LEXX here

[@BlooTeg]

same

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

It sucks the Gba Porsche actually resembled the Pc version unlike the abomination the ps1 got

[@BlooTeg]

I only played the PS1 version but it seems like people hate that one, I really wanna try it again for a video!

[@rafaumtgavioli]

The Most Wanted GBA port is the same used for cell phones before Android or iOS. I had this Most Wanted for my Sony Ericsson K790i back in 2007

[@roflBeck]

I did recently get my hands on 2 though. I think I agree it's the best. Handling got better again (you can hold drifts in races now) and the career is better. Although 1 looks a bit nicer...

[@maxxtoan8596]

I can said these ports basically a discount version that even it free you still want to get refund.Good job btw I also like to see you review the og NFS era as well (from1st game to Hot Pursuit 2)

[@BlooTeg]

definitely will!

[@matrixmeditator]

Own the city was a hit on my bus ride home in my middle school years. DS local share was OP tbh.

[@SummonerArthur]

TL:DW - They arent that bad

[@BlooTeg]

agreed.

[@serbukmomogi]

i still remember being 5, playing my nfs underground on my gba sp, good times... that and Xmen 2 are my fav gba games

[@Alyx0.2]

Special guest is fun and all but you are plenty special enough for me already. Love the vids. Keep doing your thing.

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much!

[@emaheiwa8174]

I wish these were as good as the Tony Hawk GBA games

[@BlooTeg]

maybe another series of games on the gba to take a look at?

[@BowsettesFury]

Only played carbon on the PSP. Still kind of aggravated me that they changed the story but it’s w/e. I knew better than to play any NFS game on a Nintendo handheld. 😂

[@88qwop]

as usual, great video! you are one of the better videogame reviewers, thanks for creating such awesome content!!

[@Bobmarleytronjr]

I miss the days when I had to hook a light to my Gameboy to play nfs

[@adamburch1296]

Not that's its a huge deal. But Porsche Unleashed on GBA came out between UG and UG2 on GBA in mid 2004. A weird stopgap game, and it kind of feels it. It's the only game I didn't play on GBA growing up and I'm kind of glad I didn't.

[@myusdmcavalier]

Wait till you see the java ports!

[@austinstringfield8854]

I vaguely remember playing Porsche unleashed and carbon on the gameboy but kid me didn’t think the graphics didn’t look bad for some reason. Definitely doesn’t look like I remembered.

[@pablodelgado7919]

These GBA NFS games were so goddamn bad it was fun

[@BlooTeg]

agreed.

[@monkeeeee2666]

Da pra sentir o sotaque brasileiro a quilômetros hahaha. Ótimo video, mano. Keep up with the good work!

[@BlooTeg]

muito obrigado!

[@ronaldovindas3094]

Can´t wait to see the Ds and PSP Ports

[@adamk9652]

6:00 MW GBA was the first game I ever tried on an emulator. Installing & playing it on my school issued iPad 10+ years ago during english when we had a archaic substitute (that could not tell the difference between Dolphin and M$ Word) brings back memories. And yeah it was terrible, and not worth the effort it took to install (on a non-jailbroken device) but it helped pass the time at least🤣

[@myrmeko]

I may be the only one in the comments, but i've played before all the GBA NFS games. Going to university i spent a lot of time in the subway and we were required to have a graphing calculator. Since i'm really into tech (mostly the unusual and unnecessary), i got the best one on the market, the TI Nspire CX CAS. Obviously the firmware was modded, so i spent all the time playing the GBA NFS games on that. Idk even why i did that. They ran pretty bad, because my calculator wasn't overclocked (i still wanted some battery left for the actual courses), but i finished all of them except Porsche and Carbon. Porsche because it was extremely boring and Carbon because i've already played the PSP version and i wasn't interested in the story a second time. I played all NFS games except a few: Hot Pursuit PS2, Rivals, Payback, Unbound and Nitro. All for different reasons. HP PS2 because i'm not interested in that kind of NFS games (didn't like the originals either, besides Porsche, that one i really like because of the environments). Rivals because it runs like shit, gameplay is shit, it's buggy and it's generally shit. Payback because i missed the god damn sale and i'm not paying full price on that. And Unbound because in don't like the shit artstyle, the shit music and the shit design choices (wtf even is that Fortnite pose after each race, it's so unncecessary and cringe). Nitro because i don't want to, although i know it's a fun game and kinda underrated, i don't like the aesthetic. Oh, and i played every single variation of each game i played. Like Most Wanted on PS2, GC, PC, GBA and Java (and/or Symbian, depending on the game). I haven't played the BrewOS games. I don't have a Zeebo or a BrewOS phone. And there is no competent emulator right now. Only early development ones. And technically i haven't played ths Xbox One and PS4 versions because i don't have those, but it simply doesn't matter in the modern era of gaming. But yeah, i played pretty much everything there is to play in terms of NFS games. I have a weird, stupid and unhealthy collection of physical NFS games. I don't have all of them, especially the ultra expensive ones. I mean, one day... Edit: Reading this again "Idk even why i did that." is complete bullshit. It was just an excuse to feed my NFS addiction.

[@BlooTeg]

That's some major work there! Respect for finishing them all!

[@agent_evandrake8027]

Dude, Carbon: Own the City was fire as fuck when I was a kid. It definitely didn’t age well, but I have some ✨N O S T A L G I A✨for this game. Good shit!

[@traviswilliams1710]

3:00 TOO THE WINDOWWWWW TO THE WALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TempoLOOKING]

HELLo fuck magots welcome to train school.😂

[@JakubDurana]

Maybe you could play the games fully, make a video on each one and then rank them in some final result video of handheld nfs games. This was fun and entertaining to watch btw, keep the shit up and running :D

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much!

[@sonicthejetsetbeat7465]

The port wasn't half bad in my opinion. Specially the GameBoy Advance was actually the first handheld that could ever run games in 3-D and the music sounded outstanding from a handheld console! Specially when you heard Get Low by The Ying Yang Twins playing through the GameBoy Advance. Now THAT Caught me by a surprised! Even though the GameBoy Advance cut few parts off from that song.

[@MosCowfromrussia]

What’s the point of having a person in a video😂

[@Decay_theory]

saying the gba ports of NFS is the worst, is like saying someone with no legs is a terrible runner, like, yeah, your not wrong, but at the same time, its moreso impressive that they got that far in the first place

[@megalinc]

I miss the old realistic 3D castor

[@FreaLuuv]

Yaaay, old avatar is represented as viewer

[@BlooTeg]

probably what'll happen to it from now on!

[@FreaLuuv]

@@BlooTeg Let's go, you didn't forget the green boi 😭

[@Ironcan-kw9ls]

I use to play underground 2 GBA and finishing it in a day scene the game is corrupt and didn't save my progress, and playing it over and over again.

[@brziperiod]

I had UG1 i believe. I remember that disegelma.

[@GoGetttas]

So u tellin me every click you hear LIL JON BUDADEMDEMDEM BUDADEMDEMDEM BUDADEMDEMDEM 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luizluan.]

Dorondondon tchunjaranjaranran

[@BlooTeg]

TURUWINDOOOOOOOU DURUAU

[@MosCowfromrussia]

Also, review Midnight club LA Remix

[@M1DNYT3_RS]

Played them on the GBA Emulator for Nokia 6600 in my childhood. In comparison with mobile games of that age it was a huge step forward to be honest. But the Most Wanted was a complete trash, every other game was pretty enjoyable, given the fact that it was running on a phone.

[@aircooledgaming]

You gotta play Carbon on the PSP, it's actually half decent. Or at least that's what 8-year-old me thought because all I had back then was a PSP.

[@blaco7933]

This game takes me the vibe of PS1 like Puppet combo games

[@BlooTeg]

old graphics have that same "feel" to them NFS horror game soon?

[@blaco7933]

@@BlooTeg Carbon own the city have a Death and in the final we are one of killers of your brother (yes we kill the brother, because he is a Motherfucker)