Both these games were really really good. I beat both of them on my game boy advanced - definately my favorite GBA games ever. These were up there with pokemon red and blue as games that were so good i would break out my gameboy even though there was a perfectly good SNES or N64 sitting right there.

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"the girl at Kolima Crossing giving Isaac a Hard Nut for rescuing her"

lol, i remember seeing that and thinking "wtf?"

What is a good GBA emulator? I own the cartridge, but i'd rather look at a big screen

Kyrillion

Russian Federation748 Posts

June 12 2012 17:57 GMT

#28

I'll never forget the music. Everyone should listen to Venus Lighthouse Theme, Kolyma Forest, Mystical Shaman Village and Isaac Battle Theme, to name only four (the names are not official).

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

June 12 2012 17:59 GMT

#29

Ah Golden Sun, played and love this as a kid but before I had internet I got stuck in one of the final towers, had absolutely no idea where to go sigh and never finished it.

Oh and to make it better I lost that save due to my GBA running out of batteries as I was saving and corrupting the data. The day when I learned to dual save, although I'm not sure if that would have made a difference.

Might have to emulate it now, got nostalgic. Think I still have the physical game somewhere but I'm not touching GBA again.

Digitalis

United States1043 Posts

June 12 2012 18:08 GMT

#30

This was a gameboy advance RPG close to my heart, I remember slaving away beating this and Lost Age trying to hide the gameboy from my parents who caught me playing at like 3 am under the covers.

Antiochus

Canada548 Posts

June 12 2012 18:48 GMT

#31

I remember being stuck trying to figure out how to finish certain parts of this game for days at a time. The two most memorable, as they were the longest, was when I was stuck on the part of the game at gaia rock and trying to get into Lemuria in lost age. At gaia rock I could see where I needed to go but there wasnt any path there. Apparently I had never gotten that psynergy that reveals hidden ground back at air rock. I think I had progressed as far as you possibly can in that game with out that hidden terrain reveal ability.

As for getting into lemuria I had apparently ignored those little kids telling you how to get into lemuria as they were idiot little kids, how would they know how to get into lemuria? Apparently I was the idiot there.

Juliette

United States6003 Posts

June 12 2012 19:12 GMT

#32

Will read over again when i have leisure time

But i fucking LOVED that game. The sequel was good too but not the same

Lunchador

United States776 Posts

June 12 2012 19:20 GMT

#33

On June 13 2012 02:09 BajaBlood wrote:
"Dullahan uses Djinn Storm!"
"Oh, that doesn't sound good"
...
"Oh, WTF!"

The Lost Age endgame:
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Doom Dragon uses Djinn Storm!

"buh...?"

Doom Dragon uses Outer Space!

"gwaaaaaa?!?"

epoc

Finland1190 Posts

June 12 2012 20:04 GMT

#34

Played the first one and loved it when I was little. Somehow I missed the 2nd maybe I had just bought ps2 or something. Despite the hate for 3rd I think it's pretty damn good. Only gripe being the lack of difficulty

fallenknight

Canada19 Posts

June 12 2012 20:07 GMT

#35

The Golden sun games were some of the best iv ever played, not to forget either the music was so damn good and the story is pretty fantastic. So many happy memories =)

OlorinTheWise

United States173 Posts

June 12 2012 20:40 GMT

#36

On June 13 2012 00:09 Archas wrote:

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... Huh? There are no missable Djinn. Which one are you talking about?

He's probably thinking of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn where there are a number of permanently missable Djinn.

All Bogs

Netherlands104 Posts

June 12 2012 21:02 GMT

#37

On June 13 2012 02:48 TheFish7 wrote:

What is a good GBA emulator? I own the cartridge, but i'd rather look at a big screen

Personally, I'm quite happy with Visual Boy Advance. Keep in mind that the GBA's screen has a tiny resolution, so playing any games in full screen is going to look borderline atrocious.

To me, Golden Sun really felt like "the game that didn't care it was just for GBA". The visuals are pretty amazing, and hell, it doesn't even sound like a GBA game. The music's just awesome, for the most part. My favourite tune would be the one that plays on Crossbone Isle.

SlowBullets

United States839 Posts

June 12 2012 21:06 GMT

#38

LOVE THIS GAME!!!

Thanks for this blog.