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By far the best of these was Game & Watch Gallery Advance for the GameBoy Advance, this cartridge offers the best choice and value for money of any of the games, already unlocked with the game are :
- Fire
- Rain Shower
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Mario’s Cement Factory
- Boxing
- Donkey Kong 3
A further 14 are unlockable through achieving a certain score on the unlocked games and therefore earning stars - the more stars you earn the more games you can unlock, some are then displayed in the main menu, the rest are in the ‘Museum’, most are only playable in Classic mode. If like me, you’re probably never going to get the required stars to unlock them all, there is another way. If you own an emulation handheld such as the excellent Anbernic RG351M or the Powkiddy RGB10 Max simply do a Google search for ‘Game & Watch Gallery Advance save files’ and you will find that people have uploaded save files containing all the unlocked games, simply download the file, rename the file extension to .srm and copy it to the same folder as the game making sure the file names match exactly. You should then be able to enjoy all the unlocked games! I did this on my handhelds and I can confirm it works a treat! Save files are also available online to obtain the locked games on Game & Watch Gallery 2 & 3 for GameBoy Color.
For your information the unlocked games on GBA are : Chef, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Octopus, Fire Attack, Manhole, Tropical Fish, Mario’s Bombs Away, Parachute, Bombsweeper, Climber, Safebuster, Lifeboat and Zelda.
This gives you a huge choice and is a very affordable way of enjoying these excellent titles, as I previously mentioned the reproduction of them in classic mode is spot on and works perfectly, being old school I always prefer to play them this way but the Modern mode is also available offering updated graphics.
One of my favourite GameBoy Advance games (especially with the unlocked games) this is very highly recommended for fans of the series and is great fun…….TRJ RATING : 5/5
First a bit about these machines, these were different from the rest of the Game & Watch series in that they had two proper mini controllers attached with a proper D-Pad, when not needed these controllers could be wound in and stored inside the machine, therefore two player gameplay was possible, unlike the standard Game & Watch machines. Game A is the single player game and Game B is the two player game. The machines are built to an excellent quality and have a really great look, design and feel to them.
Now onto Donkey Kong Hockey, the premise behind this game is a simple one, score more goals past Donkey Kong than he does past you! Not as easy as it sounds however as you need fast reactions to block Kong’s shots at you and return them, also sometimes the referee will be rather naughty and block your shots too, something else to watch for. The controllers work really well, feel great and are really responsive, the game is really addictive and great fun to play, well worth picking one up if, like I did, you can find one on eBay in mint condition at a decent price.
TRJ RATING : 4.5/5
To make you aware as a postscript, the other two titles in the series, Donkey Kong 3 and Boxing are also playable on the excellent Game and Watch Gallery Advance on the GameBoy Advance, review of this game coming soon, stay tuned!
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