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Name: | Digimon Racing |
Console: | Gameboy Advance (GBA) |
Release Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Namco Bandai Games, Namco Bandai Holdings, Bandai |
Genres: | Racing, Vehicular combat |
Digimon Racing is a racing video game developed by Griptonite Games and published by Bandai for the Game Boy Advance. Part of the Digimon media franchise and video game series, it utilizes Digimon 's characters and elements. Its gameplay largely resembles that of traditional racing games, but also utilizes elements of kart racing and action games. Its eleven playable characters can be increased to over 40 via Digivolution. Digimon Racing uses Mode 7 and voice acting. The game was initially announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003 and later exhibited at E3 2004. It was released on April 1, 2004 in Japan; April 30 in Europe; and September 13 in North America. It received mixed reviews from critics upon release, with criticism directed at its resemblance to other kart racers of the time and praise at some aesthetic and gameplay aspects.
There are two components for playing a gba Digimon Racing game on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the gba OS and software.
The second component is the Digimon Racing game itself to play on the emulator.
Step 1: you can start by downloading a reliable and bug free emulator. We’d suggest VBA-M – it’s open source, fast and one of the most frequently updated.
Once you have finished downloading VBA-M, extract the downloaded .zip file to a location, for example your Desktop. After, double click the visualboyadvance-m.exe file in order to start the emulator.
Your emulator will now be ready to play Digimon Racing. But now you’ll need to find the correct ROMs online. A ROM is essentially a virtual version of the game that needs to be loaded into the emulator.
Step 2: return to Visualboyadvance-m and hit File > Open. Navigate to the downloaded .zip file and double click it to open it. The game will now run on the emulator and you can play the game freely.
Tip: Saving games on an emulator functions a little differently. The integrated save system will not save your progress.
Instead, you’ll need to click File > Save State and then choose an empty slot. You can save your progress in whatever point you like within the game, not only on the official checkpoints offered by the game.
When playing in the future and you want to continue from your saved state, you can use File > Load State to load up the game from exactly where you last saved it.