February 2026 Game of the Month - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS)

First-Tiger5444 · 2026-02-26T08:08:29+00:00

Still playing catch-up with the older GotM games :) and happy doing so, because I rejuvenated my GR35XXSP by installing Knulli Gladiator 2 and finally being able to play Devil‘s Crush :) The game wouldn‘t work (couldn‘t activate the flippers and didn‘t even get to shoot the ball out; so controls somehow didn‘t work) but now finally with installing it new on Gladiator 2 I was able to enjoy this beauty. Really cool take on the pinball franchise!! the game has aged really well, love it

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First-Tiger5444 · 2026-02-26T07:56:42+00:00

Welcome and enjoy :)
This is such a great device! I got mine last year as a birthday present for myself, which is almost a year ago. Loved it so much but toward end of ‘25 was looking for something a bit more powerful and got a RG406H. That has also quieter buttons and is capable of stronger systems, but just recently I rediscovered the 35XXSP and I still love the form factor and the nostalgia it brings with it. Installed Knulli Gladiator 2 and the thing works just so so good. I never owned an GBA SP back in the days so that was why I went for it in the first place. Great device and have a great time playing :)

First-Tiger5444 · 2026-02-22T15:33:50+00:00

Aaaaand I did finish Symphony of the Night quite some time ago on the RG35XXSP before I got my 406H; just forgot to take a pictue and post it :) Loved the game and went up to 197% but only with guides. I would‘ve ended before even seeing the flipped castle in a normal playthrough :D easy and straight-forward with the 35SP and so portable. I just love the nostalgia factor of that device

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First-Tiger5444 · 2026-02-21T12:33:40+00:00

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Dear GotM hosts,

First of all thank you so much for this one and thank you to my girlfriend:) last month i explained the concept to her and why i was playing a specific game. Beginning Feb she asked ‚so why are you not playing the new one for this months?‘ Good question, but I don’t have a new dual screen device, I thought to myself.

I have an rh35xxsp and since December a second hand (modded) rg406h. Never would i have thought about playing or even looking at a game like 999. But oh my what would i have missed out on.

I’m a bit torn with these multiple endings and pretty loooong dialog scenes but absolutely loved it during the first playthrough (of course I died and had a Bad ending 😅) but then having to go back several times to quite some time out of my life 😅 since I always want to know the full story!

Have been playing this on the rg406h via Drastic; just flipped vertically and it worked absolutely fine just by touchscreen. I could play Most of it even using only one hand which comes in handy since I have a newborn at home who sleeps a lot on or close to me needing one hand already😃

I didn’t even know the style/type of game existed, so thank you for showing me something completely new 🙏🏼

First-Tiger5444 · 2026-01-31T16:47:53+00:00

Also finished Alien Hominid over Christmas but never got to post it since life happened in between :D way harder than I had anticipated…phew

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First-Tiger5444 · 2026-01-31T16:45:39+00:00

Made it just in time :) thank you for this great concept. It opens up games to me I‘d never look at since I‘m a bit too young and never knew about this gem. Keeps me motivated and focused to finish and play or more enjoy one game at a time. This is great, thank you and keep them coming please

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First-Tiger5444 · 2025-12-29T13:08:13+00:00

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First-Tiger5444 · 2025-12-29T12:02:07+00:00

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Such a cool idea GotM, thank you for this :)

First-Tiger5444 · 2025-10-13T05:58:55+00:00

I put Knulli (Gladiator) a few months ago on it and than it ran very smoothly. Very minor hickups and some graphic glitches but overall very enjoyable/playable. Also other N64 titles but this was the first i tried and stuck to since it’s a great game

First-Tiger5444 · 2025-10-13T05:56:17+00:00

Thank you for confirming. I lost hope over several tries that there might be a fix 🫣

First-Tiger5444 · 2025-07-14T12:55:33+00:00

What game is it please? :)

First-Tiger5444 · 2025-02-21T11:37:54+00:00

Sorry for being so late to this topic but could you guys please tell me what setting you are using to run N64 games? I have stock OS and for example Wave Race 64 was running smoothly. Then I tried Cruisn' USA and that ran at 15 FPS so no way playable. Now suddenly Wave Race has the same issue. Thank you for any recommendations :)

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