Max Payne on GBA is wild—somehow they crammed all that slow-motion gunplay and moody noir storytelling into a tiny cartridge. You start off in a dingy apartment, bullets flying, and within minutes you're diving sideways in bullet time like some kind of action movie. The controls take a second to get used to (it is a GBA), but once you nail the rhythm, popping headshots while mid-air feels stupidly satisfying.

Don’t expect the full console experience—some of the grit gets lost in translation—but the comic-book cutscenes and Max’s gravelly inner monologue still nail that bleak, revenge-drunk vibe. The levels are shorter, obviously, but that actually works for handheld play. Just don’t get cocky—even on easy, this game will wreck you if you charge in guns blazing.

It’s impressive how much atmosphere they squeezed into this little thing. You’ll catch yourself leaning into turns like it’s a big-screen shooter.