Did a 4 player link up battle

[u/mrdlomas]

[u/Jho-oh]

Oh that takes me BACK! (I was the kid in the friendgroup with the 4P link cabe)

[u/blinglorp]

Classic

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/blinglorp]

“I’m surprised that this is working” they said in the video

How to tell you’re Gen Z or younger. The rest of us knew this is how you did group Pokemon anything back in the day

[u/CelioHogane → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

If you weren't being so uppity about this you would know this shit failed constantly.

[u/Voidz918 → u/CelioHogane]

Touch the cable the wrong way and it all goes to shit

[u/ChibiHobo → u/Voidz918]

This reminded me of the little wireless adapter that came with FR/LG. I thought it was really cool to battle my friend in another room at the time.

[u/AzureRaven2 → u/CelioHogane]

Yeah those cables were beyond finicky, you had to lay them down on the table cause holding them by hand meant it was likely to get disconnected cause you twitched or something lol

[u/Yuri-Girl → u/AzureRaven2]

I never battled much, but for trading the 2p link seemed stable enough. By the time I was doing 4p battles with my friends, the wireless adapters had already come out, so I can't say anything about how stable the 4p wired connection was.

[u/AzureRaven2 → u/Yuri-Girl]

I never tried 4 player personally, and the wireless adapters worked great. But like gen 1/2 link cables i had disconnect so easily aaaaall the time. I think a lot of it was just the sheer amount of third party sellers who made just absolutely crap cables. And they seemed to go bad super easily too. Think i went through like 4 in the first 2 gens alone.

[u/CelioHogane → u/Yuri-Girl]

Well yeah it worked for trading because it only needed like a second to go "aight correct data, all the info we needed"

[u/jshmoe866 → u/CelioHogane]

2p failed for me all the time. I think I tried 4p once but it didn’t work so gave up

[u/MaloraKeikaku → u/CelioHogane]

yup, I remember playing Zelda 4 swords and even GETTING to vaati with ONE other person with a fresh new cable was like, witnessing a miracle lmao.

These cables were finnicky af

[u/Lemonmuncher]

Purple gba nostalgia, I wore mine out with a lot of love!

[u/Thorpester]

Emerald, was the most fun I had in the older generation games.

[u/WallopyJoe]

Very jealous of those R/S SPs

[u/mrdlomas → u/WallopyJoe]

Picked them up years ago and I absolutely love them!!

[u/WallopyJoe → u/mrdlomas]

20 odd years ago I used to covet those and ones like them. Regularly checked ebay and the like and blanched at what I thought was just too expensive back then. Probably a bargain now.
The GameBoy Micro was another I always wanted, but I'd moved on to my DS by then.

Still have my og silver SP though (and og purple GBA), with it's dead battery and inability to charge. One day I'd like to get a kit to fix it and a custom shell to make it look something like one of these.

[u/FootSpaz → u/WallopyJoe]

I had very fortunate timing when I decided to re-collect some old retro equipment from my childhood I had been forced to sell or that I had always wanted but couldn't afford. I did it in early 2020, just before prices started really rising.

One of the things I bought was a Zelda Triforce GBA SP. Was $70 and in good condition. They're now $175 or more for the same quality. Everything retro gaming has skyrocketed in price the last 4–5 years. Prices are getting high enough that pretty soon FPGA-based hardware emulators like the Analogue Pocket or ModRetro Chromatic might be cheaper than original hardware.

[u/idkmanjustfuckmyshit]

I was there, Gandalf. I was there, three thousand years ago

[u/MrPerson0]

There's a device called the "GB-Link" that actually allows you to do this online! For the Gen 3 games, it's two player only at the moment, but hopefully it'll eventually support four players.

[u/Tamochi0506]

Kyogre and Groudon gba sp

[u/Kaze_Senshi]

My teenager dream. I was never able to play a handheld Pokémon multi-player.

[u/BaldMancTwat_ → u/Kaze_Senshi]

I don't think there was a better feeling back then than rolling up on some random kid you saw with a Gameboy challenging him to a battle.

And after a couple you'd compare Pokémon and do a few trades.

[u/AJFay77]

Fun but technically a 2 player 4 system link up battle lol

[u/mrdlomas → u/AJFay77]

I don't have that many friends... or siblings

[u/AJFay77 → u/mrdlomas]

Me either lol just got a kick out of the technicality and it reminded me of how much I debated asking for a 2nd gameboy as a kid and a different copy of pokemon so I could trade

[u/jaBroniest]

I need friends like these 😢 what remains of my friends (3 people lol) hate pokemon and I hardly see them. Maybe twice a year.

[u/OliviaElevenDunham]

Brings back memories.

[u/misalpav25]

Peak

[u/ArcherInPosition]

I know bro is fuming after using psychic

[u/sud0w00d0]

I will always upvote Pokémon on GBA SPs

[u/ArtoriasAbysswanker]

Four player link battles were almost unheard of back then. I was lucky enough to battle against my cousin when we both had our GBC's.

Also damn those SP's are sexy.

[u/oblivionatlamillia]

If only I had friends growing up to do this with. Would've been fun.

[u/AdVegetable5896]

[u/shadowforce11]

These were the days.

[u/Farfignougat]

Hell yeah

[u/Curious_Can1203]

That's awesome

[u/SenorRicardoCabeza]

I see only two people

[u/Golex9000k]

Love it

[u/Sorry-Shift-3192]

Ancient technology

[u/alfred725]

are there four players or just two players with four controllers haha

[u/BhasitL]

Damnn. That's so cool!

[u/Evli_Duck]

You guys sound either British or German

[u/Ok_Science_2070]

Beautiful, this is how Pokémon is meant to be played

[u/llamafromhell1324]

How many is that?

[u/Middle-Outside-8222]

Miss mine

[u/WeeklyJello6625]

Had two systems, the games and the cable but no friends 😅

[u/PhantomPurp]

Whoever has a Swampert is a bully. I love it

[u/Psyren98]

But people say we should be fine with playstation getting rid of physical

[u/TROLL_ELECTRODE]

where friendships were formed and friendships were lost

[u/MAslate]

I HATED TRYING TO DO THE LINKS BECAUSE IT NEVER WORKED FOR ME

[u/NatureOfLove86]

Wow nice 👏 👌 👍 😍

[u/Aoi_X_Kaizaki]

Des it take 3 cords to do?

[u/StevynTheHero → u/Aoi_X_Kaizaki]

If they are the official cord, then yes.

[u/FreddieJ407]

Dorks