Gba on rails shooter series#

Sure, modern emulators today can make it run even better, but the work here is nothing short of incredible. Just fitting the assets required into the cart doubtless took extensive efforts, and then they had to get this thing running at a stable framerate! XXL sprints at ludicrously smooth speeds. Fernando Velez and Guillaume Dubail, were hired by Atari to make the game, and the pair managed to squeeze an impressive rendition of Asterix & Obelix onto a cartridge with less space than even some early mobile phones. That’s right - a two-person development team made a fully functional 3D platformer for the GBA. Where many Game Boy Advance ‘ports’ were nothing more than 2D demakes of 3D games, this random tie-in to a French comic book you’ve probably never heard of declared “We’ll make 3D work on the GBA!”ĪLSO READ: This Forgotten PS1 Alien Game Seriously Needs A Remaster Recently, the mainline console version of XXL received a “Romastered” re-release, but sadly its most technologically impressive entry is one you’d have to dig deep into the depths of the internet to find. Yet none are quite as impressive as the GBA spin-off for Asterix & Obelix XXL (also known as Kick Buttix in a few regions - that’s not a typo). It’s equally highbrow in artistic and historical inspiration and lowbrow with unrelenting silliness, resulting in a perfectly off-center, ahistorical comedy romp that’s surprisingly fit for some great games - even a Tabletop RPG! Based on the French comic Asterix, created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in the 70s, the games follow the same general premise: Two Gaulish warriors from an insurgent village make a mockery of Julius Caesar’s legions during the Gallic Wars.

Gba on rails shooter series#

Asterix & Obelix is a hugely prolific series of games that our American readers maybe haven't heard of.