MiSTer FPGA - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas / Game Boy Advance
Next up on the Halloween countdown series, is The Nightmare Before Christmas for Game Boy Advance. Unlike most mediocre movie tie-in games on the platform, this MetroidVania style game is actually enjoyable. It's not especially difficult- I'd say probably about as challenging as Master of Darkness for Sega Master System (a blatant Castlevania clone), but has enough variation to the gameplay to keep the player engaged, along with a strong visual presentation and somewhat decent sound for the system. A couple silly sound effects detract from the experience a bit (picking up health items and using the "Frog Gun", for example), but besides that I found myself enjoying this quite a bit. The animation is well done here, and it makes a good effort in portraying the source material. This game takes place before the movie and is considered a prequel story.
I plan on returning to finish this one in a livestream sometime.
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Game Boy Advance core 06-22-2020 build - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
A.K.A: ティム・バートンナイトメアー・ビフォア・クリスマス パンプキン・キング
Filter: Gaussian Sharp 06 // Gamma: Pure 110
Played using an NTT Data SNES controller via BlisSTer/LLAPI
Settings: Integer Scaled to 1080p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card
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00:00 - Settings
00:49 - Title/Intro
05:30 - Gameplay
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Live gameplay streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/WalrusFPGA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WalrusFPGA
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None of this would be possible without the constant hard work of Sorgelig. It cannot be overstated how much he has done and continues to do for this project, since its beginning. You can support him either at his Patreon in the link below, or on Paypal, depending on your preference. MiSTer is a paradigm shift in how we can experience these classic games. This is a long-term preservation project that will continue to grow so that gamers today and in the future can experience these excellent systems as accurately and lag-free as possible. Donating what you can will help keep the updates coming. Thank you.
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SmokeMonster's overview video of this core: https://youtu.be/Ht6rqhnxv5E
Github link for this core: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/GBA_MiSTer
MiSTer Forum/Wiki/Github (source, guides and info): http://MiSTerFPGA.org
Classic Gaming Discord for live chat/help: https://discord.gg/UDu5ztY
(go to the rules-faq-roles channel for info on how to see the MiSTer channels in there, etc)
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I have personally ordered all my parts from https://www.MiSTerAddons.com and have been 100% satisfied with the quality and service there. (North American seller. If in a different region, check list linked above for best local shipping rates.)