Best Gameboy Advanced Games All The Time

New games with next gen graphics are not always better. Sometimes it's the old games with 16-bit graphics are the best. Not because modern games are suck, but because old games have something that modern games doesn't have. What is that? It's the nostalgic feeling, did you remember that time when you finally catch Mewtwo in cerulean cave? Or maybe you still remember that time when you have to save Princess Peach in Bowser castle? Just like everyone said graphics don't matter, it's the story that matter.

Before there was PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Wii. We used to be play video games on some of the great old consoles like Gameboy Advanced, NES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and many else. There are no 4K graphics or 60 fps back then, but we still enjoyed it. And sometimes we still missed them. Who doesn't remember that time when you sitting in front of the TV with your friends playing games for an hour? Or maybe you still remember that time when you have to blow your cartridge or spin the disc before putting it into the console? Well if you still missed it, don't worry because there are lots of emulator out there. But this time we're gonna talk about the good old Gameboy Advanced and some of the best game that you should play in your Gameboy Advanced. Let's start the list.

1.  Pokemon Ruby/ Sapphire/ Emerald

Did you like Pokemon games? If you do then you should totally play this one. Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, And Emerald or RSE are the third installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The games were first released in Japan in late 2002 and internationally in 2003. Pokémon Emerald, a special edition version, was released two years later in each region.

In this game you will be playing as Brendan. A Pokemon trainer who just moved to Littleroot Town, a small city in Hoenn region. Just like any other Pokemon games, Ruby and Sapphire's gameplay is the same. You will traveling around Hoenn region while collecting a gym badges from gym leaders and finally become a Hoenn Champion, The different is, in Ruby and Sapphire there will be new legendary Pokemons that you should catch in order to save Hoenn from their wrath.

2. Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Super Circuit is a kart racing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. The game is the third installment in the Mario Kart series and the first for handheld consoles, following Mario Kart 64 (1996). It was succeeded by the console game Mario Kart: Double Dash, which was released for the GameCube in 2003.

If you familiar to the Mario Kart series, then you must know this one. There are lots of new features or game modes in this game such as Mario GP (where you have to compete against 7 karts in a different classes), Time Trial (where you should finish any of the forty courses in a fastest  time possible), Quick Run (where you can choose any course with customized rules such as changing the item frequency or the number of laps in each race), VS, and Battle (where you fights against up to 3 human-controlled opponents using items scattered throughout a battle arena)

3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past and Four Swords

This is an action-adventure game co-developed by Nintendo and Capcom and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the ninth installment in the The Legend of Zelda video game series. The game was released on December 2, 2002, in North America; on March 14, 2003, in Japan; and on March 28, 2003, in Europe and Australia. The cartridge contains a modified port of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System) and an original multiplayer-only game titled The Legend of Zelda: Four swords

The main protagonist in this game is our good old friend Link. In this game he have to rescue Princess Zelda and defeat Ganon. This game also features multiplayer where you can play with your friends saving Princess Zelda and then get the triforce.

4. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the popular Final Fantasy series, the game shares several traits with 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, although it is not a direct sequel. The player assembles a clan of characters, and controls their actions over grid-like battlefields. Players are mostly free to decide the classes, abilities, and statistics of their characters.

There are so many Final Fantasy game, and Tactics Advanced is probably the best. Why? because not like any other Final Fantasy game, Tactics Advance offer a great strategy with so many character and a great graphic in that time. Also the gameplay is really challenging.

5.  Advance Wars

Advance Wars is a turn-based tactics video game developed for the Game Boy Advance by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released in North America on September 10, 2001 with a later release date on Japan and Europe, but the game release was put on hold in both Japan and Europe region due to the following day's September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

Everyone says that Nintendo's games are so childish and no one will ever played it. Well, they're wrong, because Advance Wars is a game that totally worth to play. This game will push your brain to think. Yes, this is a strategy game and the objective is to defeat enemy army. There are two ways to defeat an opponent: destroy every one of the opponent's units on the map or capture the opponent's headquarters. However, some maps have specific objectives, such as capturing a certain number of cities to claim victory.

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The History Of The Internet

We now live in a golden age of technology, there are so many technology or inventions that help us in so many way like smartphone, computer, television, etc. But there's one technology or invention that keep the world go round. Without this technology, our life will stop. What is that? Yes, it's the Internet. Today we use internet for almost everything. From searching for a job, find your way home, find your homework's answer, or maybe you just want to play games with people around the world!

You can do everything with the internet, but unfortunately not everyone can accessed the Internet. Probably because the area is too far away to reach the Internet network, the lack of attention from the local government, and many more. But did you know? The history of the internet began with the invention of a computer network technology in 1960. Well, no time to spare, let's look at history more detail through the following explanation.

The History Of The Internet

It's all began in august 1962, and the creation of the Internet was first suggested by someone named J.C.R Licklider of MIT Massachutts Institute of Technology. The initial concept called "Galactic Network" by himself. He argues about how the global network that enables people to access data and programs from anywhere. In October 1962 he headed the computer research program at ARPA which is part of the United States Defense Department.

The project of ARPANET was to design a form of network, reliability, and how much information can be transferred, which ultimately all the standards that they set, become a pioneer of development of a new protocols that we know by TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

The initial purpose of the construction project was for military purposes. At that time the US Department of Defense (US Department of Defense) to make a computer network system that is spread by linking computers in areas vital to address the problem of a nuclear attack and to avoid the occurrence of centralized information, which in the event of war can be easily destroyed.

In 1966 Larry Roberts developed the concept of computer networks. Then he plans a network called ARPANET which was published in 1967. In 1969 ARPANET had involved four computers connected.

The history of the internet begins with the first computers located at the University of California Los Angeles, the second computer at Stanford Research Institute, a third computer is located at the University of California Barbara and fourth computer located at the University of Utah. In 1971, the number of computers connected to the ARPANET reached 14 units. This year also the Telnet and FTP protocols successfully constructed. In 1972, Larry Roberts and Bob Kahn introduced ARPANET at ICCC conference held in Washington.

In 1972, the history of the Internet developments explains Ray Tomlinson write programs that enable electronic mail is sent to the network ARPNET. It was he who designed the conversion of "user @ host." In the same year the ARPANET uses NCP to transfer data. In the same year ARPA are changed its name to DARPA. The additional letter D comes from the Defense. At this year's international ARPANET connects first with the University College of London and the Royal Establishment in Norway.

In 1978, Unix to Copy Protocol found in Bell labs. This program is useful for file transfer. In 1979 a news group named USENET operates on the basis of UUCP. Its creator is Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis (both students at Duke University) and Steven Bellovin (from the University of North Carolina).

Users from around the world join this discussion group to discuss network issues, politics, religion and various other topics. In 1982 the DCA or the Defense Communications Agency and DARPA formed a protocol called TCP / IP on the ARPANET. Furthermore, the US Department of Defense declared TCP / IP as a standard. That's when the internet is defined as a collection of connected networks using TCP / IP as a protocol.

In 1983, was John Postel and Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partidge develop the Domain Name System (DNS) and  proposed user@host.cdomain shaped observation systems. DNS was introduced in 1984 on the internet by mentioning the names of such types of domains .gov, .mil, .org, .net and .com.

In 1986, TCP / IP became available in workstation and PC. This year, the National Science Foundation funded NSFNET backbone Internet capacity of 56 kbps and regulate the Internet is only intended for research purposes and the government that are not commercially viable.

In 2000, The Internet is growing so rapidly, this can be evidenced by the emergence of billions of websites in the world. And digital business has become a trend of the development of the internet.

Internet history has proved that technology is developing very rapidly from 90's to the present. There are so many people who use the internet, and comes billions of sites that can be found easily. The Internet can be a place of education for all, as well as entertainment effective and easy to implement.

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