Play Dead To Rights (U)(Rising Sun) Online

Dead to Rights on the Game Boy Advance came out in 2004 from Namco, a time when handhelds were full of ambitious, scaled-down versions of console action games. It tried to bring the gritty, cinematic brawling and shooting of its bigger siblings to the small screen, fitting right into that era of portable experiments.

You control Jack Slate, an undercover cop fighting through a corrupt city. The main goal is to clear areas of armed enemies, room by room, to uncover a conspiracy. You use a mix of hand-to-hand combat, disarming foes, and shooting with a limited lock-on targeting system. The pacing is deliberate, often requiring you to take cover and pick your shots carefully due to the stiff controls and aggressive enemy fire. It feels like a rough but earnest attempt to cram a third-person shooter into a GBA cart, where every cleared screen brings a small, hard-won victory.