There are approximately 100 GBA games that support the GBA Single-Pak Link multiplayer functionality. Out of these 100 titles, these are the 10 weirdest multi-boot modes from this already unique list of games.

Let’s be honest. You probably never played multiplayer Gameboy games because it is a bit of a hassle – you need link cables, each player their own Gameboy, a compatible game(s), a bunch of batteries. It is a lot of work so going through this hassle of Linking It Up better justify the means. Unfortunately, […]

Out of the 1,500+ games released for the Gameboy Advance, just over 100 of them featured a Single-Pak Link multiplayer mode. The Single-Pak Link mode, sometimes referred to as the Multi-boot feature, means that 2-4 players can play a multiplayer game by only needing 1 copy of the game. Each game’s Single-Pak link mode needed […]

Mario Party Advance does a lot with a little. There are eight 2-player competitive mini games through the Single-Pak link mode. Then, all 50 games can be gifted to linked GBAs and they can be played on that stand-by GBA until the power is turned off. Like the mini-games, Gaddgets (named after Prof. E. Gadd […]

Better known as R.B.I. Baseball here in the states, Famista Advance is an excellent baseball game and it features a creative Single-Pak Link multiplayer mode. Instead of providing a full simulated baseball game, players aim for targets on the field just like real life Top Golf. This compressed gameplay is a lot of fun and […]

The Single-Pak linkable mini games found in Sonic Battle have a lot going against it: 4 of the 5 games must be unlocked by grinding the single player campaign, all the GBAs including the host must be restarted each time, and none of this games are particularly any fun. The Minesweeper clone isn’t necessarily entertaining […]

Robopon 2 was available in 2 versions – Ring and Cross. Both versions featured the same Single-Pak Link multiplayer mode that supports 4 players in real time. Mixing a slide puzzle with classic Pipe Dream, the goal is to guide a moving skull to your opponent to cause damage. It isn’t the best game, as […]

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 1: The Table Game Collection is the first of 4 Volumes and features 4 Single-Pak linkable multiplayers games: Mahjong, Othello, Shogi, and Hanafuda. Unfortunately, you need to restart all GBAs if you want to switch games and English speakers will have a tough time with 3 of these 4 games.

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 3: The Itsudemo Puzzle features a Single-Pak link multiplayer mode that supports 4 players. This reaction-based puzzle game has players using a cursor to align stars into rows. It is a very simple yet surprisingly fun game, a sleeper hit and worth the hassle of connecting link cables.

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 4: The Trump is a Japan exclusive digital card game compilation that sports a Single-Pak link multiplayer mode for 4 players. There are 11 playable games in total (the 12th game is actually Solitaire so it isn’t accessible when linked) and you don’t really need to know Japanese to play. […]