Ultimate Arcade Games - GBA Game (Retro Fam)

I've played a lot of computer reversi and this seems to be the best computer opponent possible. It may actually play optimally which means it is nearly impossible to beat at "average" setting and above. I have to play on "easy" and I still lose more than half of the time. My only complaint is that it takes the computer a while to move, which probably has to do with the depth of the "thinking" it does to figure out the best move to dong you with. The games are all easy to figure out if you've ever played them before so you won't find yourself looking at the manual at all. It has memory so you can save your games, character and statistics. I'm pretty sure you can also turn the music off (it's annoying). The sound effects are nice to have but about half of them are ok and the other half are annoying (the game lets loose an Anime style scream every time you lose a game). In a nutshell, the games are smart and hard to beat even on the easy settings (at least for a novice player) so this should give anyone plenty of practice at some great games.

I thought I might be able to add a little information here. This game pack is great and as others have mentioned, 2 people can play any game either on the same game boy or with 2 GBAs linked together with a link cable. We had a little trouble getting 2 GBAs linked up but for some reason reversing the cable did the trick (plugging one end into the other gameboy).When the description says "Demo mode" it means that you watch the game play itself. The onscreen help is just rules - there aren't any strategy hints included with the exception of a simple tutor mode in Chess where it will give you simple hints. The background music is annoying - I wish it would remember when you turn it off.Chess is well done (switch the board to "standard view"). I am not a execellent chess player so I can't comment on the chess playing ability of the game. You are able to take back moves if you get yourself into trouble. Chess additionally includes 100 "puzzles" for you to solve like finding checkmate in 2 moves or whatever. The chess game is not on a clock (which I prefer).I have played most games of Reversi. I have beat the computer 2 out of about 100 times but I am hopeful I am getting better. The backgammon seems to be pretty easy to beat and there is no doubling cube. We played a couple of linked games of "Sink the Ship". This is like battleship except every round you get 1 shot per ship that isn't sunk. So at the beginning you pick 5 shots to do.The Mahjong is probably fun but th.