Select bit-Generations games (GBA) $12 at Play-Asia

[CheapyD]

Dotstream (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-49-en-15-bit%2Bgenerations-70-1fhw.html)
Soundvoyager (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-77-2-49-en-15-bit%2Bgenerations-70-1fi2.html)
Dialhex (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-77-3-49-en-15-bit%2Bgenerations-70-1fhy.html)
Boundish (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-77-5-49-en-15-bit%2Bgenerations-70-1fhx.html)
Digidrive (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-77-4-49-en-15-bit%2BGenerations-70-1fi1.html)

All bit-generations games (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-19-49-en-15-bit+generations.html)

EDIT: added digidrive!

[RollingSkull]

You forgot about Digidrive! (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66-77-4-49-en-15-bit%2Bgenerations-70-1fi1.html)

[Droogs]

any suggestions on which ones to get?

[Apossum]

any suggestions on which ones to get?


here you go, the official bit gen thread has lots of opinions and descriptions of these:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127471&highlight=Generations


I own all of those but Boundish. they're all good for different reasons, but my favorites are Digidrive and Dialhex

[Vectorman0]

Dotstream is amazing, I would get that one first. Orbital is great too, but it's not one of the $15 titles. I got both of these at $25 and they were well worth it.

[Droogs]

I went ahead and ordered digidrive. Can't wait to finally try one o these out.

[moe11888]

I just ordered Dotstream. I've always wanted to try it.

[depward]

Dotstream is amazing fun. Definately recommend that title. Orbital is also very addictive...

[jousley]

any suggestions on which ones to get?
Dotstream is amazing. Don't expect super graphics or anything...but I tell you, I love it. Its one of the rawest, most simplistic gaming experiences Ive had in a while....and I mean this in a purely positive way. The lines almost seem to be coming alive. Try it, and you will understand. Its like a spiritual experence when the game suddenly "clicks" with you.

[bruin]

Soundvoyager is definitely the best, followed by Orbital.

[RollingSkull]

I find the fanatically religious devotion to these games to be generally unfounded.

Then again, I'm a Digidrive kinda guy.

[Rocko]

Tempted to try Dotstream, but these seem so love it or hate it.

[waxHead]

Tempted to try Dotstream, but these seem so love it or hate it.

I've found the videos on YouTube to be very convincing, they look much more fun when you actually see what you get to play:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bit+generations&search=Search

[thetoxicone]

Wish I had the extra cash for this but for anyone buying these I thought I'd give someone a bonus. I'm not going to get around to using my strikebang promotion $10 off 50 playasia coupon so I post it here for the first taker to get. The code is RP-FWF-MLD

[waxHead]

Wish I had the extra cash for this but for anyone buying these I thought I'd give someone a bonus. I'm not going to get around to using my strikebang promotion $10 off 50 playasia coupon so I post it here for the first taker to get. The code is RP-FWF-MLD

THANKS!!! :D

I was contemplating buying four games, but was looking for a code, and you posted that exactly when I was looking to checkout ;)

[Droogs]

i would have ordered more with a coupon, dang.

[Rocko]

Interesting. Watched some videos and dotstream looks fun!

[Masterkyo]

I'll jump on the deal if it drop down $10 Each.

[flybrione]

I ordered Dialhex and Dotstream to try out. They looked like the ones I would enjoy the most. Thanks for the info Cheapy! I have never heard of these games before today.

[thetoxicone]

THANKS!!! :D

I was contemplating buying four games, but was looking for a code, and you posted that exactly when I was looking to checkout ;)

no problem, I've got some bills to pay so I knew the coupon would never be used by me

[brianmoy]

Cool sounding titles for games I've never heard of. I'll have to look those up in my Nintendo Powers as they seem to be popular in this thread.

[bruin]

Cool sounding titles for games I've never heard of. I'll have to look those up in my Nintendo Powers as they seem to be popular in this thread.You probably wont find them in NP, they're Japan release only.

[Yoshimi]

Everything is now discounted a further 20%! This is a sale listed as running 3/30 through 4/5, but prices are already discounted. For example, Bitstream and the other sale games are now $11.92 instead of $14.90.

[wampa8jedi]

This is an amazing price for these, guys--I'd bite while you still can.

[monkeypox]

thanks cheapy... I jumped on dialhex and colorstream. been meaning to try them out.

[Justin42]

I have to agree, the games are quite fun. I wish I had waited but they were still a good deal at $15.

Too bad Orbital and Coloris are still just a bit over what I'd want to pay...

[lorne]

Dangit, Dotstream went up to $24.90 just as I was gonna order.

[Droogs]

dotstream is back up to 24.90...wierd

[David85]

Is there anywhere that shows / explains what these "games" are?

[Droogs]

I just looked up videos on youtube for actual gameplay footage and some of them have commentary

[bruin]

Is there anywhere that shows / explains what these "games" are?
There's a thread in DS/GBA for them - http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127471

[Justin42]

Woah, the games are starting to sell out (Sound Voyager is gone, for example, with "out of print/out of stock")-- if you're on the fence, you'd best order soon...

[dditto74]

It also says that Dotstream is at a higher price right now at $24.90 and doesn't work with the 20% off sale.

[Rocko]

Damn, I wanted Dotstream.

Oh well. Picked up Boundish.

[BIG5]

Only Digidrive, Dialhex, and Boundish are at the lower, $12-ish price. IGN pretty much panned Boundish, and couldn't figure out Digidrive. Can anyone reccommend one of these 3 games? I'm tempted to get one for the unique cart and packaging alone, but I might as well get one that is playable.

[RollingSkull]

Voltaire would declare Boundish to be the best of all possible Pongs. You want to see what modern day creativity can do to about 6 or so completely different iterations of Pong? Boundish is the way to go.

Dialhex is a falling block puzzler where your blocks are one-sixth wedges of hexes. You rotate the hexes and try to create hexes of the same color in an effort to create a perfectly ethnically homogenous group of triangles so that they may then be exterminated.

Man, the rhetoric on that one turned dour FAST.

I'm the board's resident Digidrive fanboy: Only BitGen game I'd pay $10 for. It is very different, but you basically direct traffic at an intersection, sorting thingies. Collect enough thingies of the same ethnicity at a direction to toss them into the oven for fuel. Direct a launcher to that lane to use that fuel to launch yer space thingy. Space thingy distance traveled is your score/win condition.

I like it, but mostly for the Vs. CPU mode.

[escapekey]

Is there anywhere that shows / explains what these "games" are?

IGN had a couple of previews for these games:

Part 1:
Boundish
Dotstream
Dialhex
http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/720/720397p1.html

Part 2:
Coloris
Orbital
Digidrive
Soundvoyager
http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/723/723008p1.html

From the little information they have, it looks like Dotstream and Oribital are their favorites (although Oribtal isn't part of the cheap deal). They panned Soundvoyager, although it seems like it would be pretty interesting. They were very confused about Digidrive, and esentially admitted that they didn't really understand the gameplay mechanics. The others look like fairly standard puzzle games.

I picked up Dotstream. Looks like that's the one that would interest me the most.

[Rocko]

Wish Dotstream was still cheap... blah!

[Apossum]

Only Digidrive, Dialhex, and Boundish are at the lower, $12-ish price. IGN pretty much panned Boundish, and couldn't figure out Digidrive. Can anyone reccommend one of these 3 games? I'm tempted to get one for the unique cart and packaging alone, but I might as well get one that is playable.


IGN must've spent all of one minute with Digidrive. It's tough to describe past "directing traffic" but you'll pick up on it after about 15 minutes.

Like all the other Bit Gen games, there's a huge "zen" element to it.

[Kerig]

Wish Dotstream was still cheap... blah!

Seconded. I would definitely pick up Dotstream and Dialhex together if Dotstream was still cheap. Waiting for it to drop back in price.

[Rocko]

With another price drop at Playasia not looking good, I spotted this (http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-games/pid-1004438534/) at Yesasia. Dotstream dropped to 19 dollars for one reason or another, and a CAG in the free stuff forum has posted $5 off YesAsia coupons.

Note it says it ships within 21 days, and that it cannot be cancelled or returned.

[garfep]

It has to be $25+ for free shipping.

[Rocko]

My bad, didn't look too close.

Still a deal, I'd say, as shipping is only $3, so it'd come to $17 with the $5 off.

[Kerig]

I'm resurrecting this thread to find Dotstream used and/or cheap. While I'm turning over the threadgrave, I might as well mention that a few Bit Generation games are only $9.90 right now:

Dialhex
Digidrive
Boundish

Personally, I'm only interested in getting Dotstream, but not for the prices out there ($24.90).

Maybe someone who lives in Japan (who could that be on CAG? :lol:) has come across it lately?

PM me if you've got any leads...

[jer7583]

Digidrive is awesome.

[Rocko]

Digidrive looks confusing as hell.

I still want a cheap Dotstream. :/

[Yoshimi]

I love Dotstream! BTW, the Bit Generations games are perfect for playing on a GBA Micro...

[bordjon]

I'm resurrecting this thread...

... and you just made me spend 35 bux on three more of these games! Now all I need is coloris and soundvoyager...

[jer7583]

Digidrive isn't that confusing if you find a good FAQ or video tutorial.

Basically group the like shapes together as long as you can and use the launcher icons to send the puck flying when you have fuel stocked. Plus throwing a different peice into a pile of peices while you have 3 fuel things stocked doubles that fuel and spreads it to the others. Once you get in the groove, it's an amazing game.

[Kerig]

... and you just made me spend 35 bux on three more of these games! Now all I need is coloris and soundvoyager...

hah, side-effects are always guaranteed on CAG :)

As good as I've heard it is, is Dotstream really worth Rocko and I spending $29 shipped on it? There's got to be a better deal than that.

I should have jumped on it when it was $19 from Yesasia, now they don't seem to have any Bit Gens in stock anymore.

[zenintrude]

any free shipping codes for play-asia?i have digidrive, dialhex, and boundish in my cart for $28, but i would rather not pay for shipping...

[bordjon]

As good as I've heard it is, is Dotstream really worth Rocko and I spending $29 shipped on it?

Honestly I wouldn't spend that much on it just to play it. I've played it about the same amount of time as I have orbital which probably only amounts to about 4-5 hours. I was playing them lying in bed while my wife would read for a while (that's how I get much of my portable gaming done :) ) That was probably a year ago and I haven't gone back to them since. But as a collector there was something nice about the games and their packaging that made me want to get the rest of them eventually. So if you are wanting them for collection sake I don't know if you'll find them cheaper - they may just become scarce.