As per the article:

Before anything could be done to potentially decrease Superfest’s extreme durability, the brand’s parent company, VEB Sachsenglas Schwepnitz, went bankrupt after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

and Wikipedia:

With the political change, the GDR glass industry and its scientific institutions began to be wound down.

this would appear to be a result of East Germany being annexed into the capitalist West Germany, which happened 9 November 1989 – 3 October 1990.

Without commenting on East Germany, the annexation was handled terribly, and it’s the reason AFD is rising in popularity in eastern Germany these days.

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Thanks for the tips, I’ll try to keep them in mind for the next time. :)

I have all the games you mentioned already, but I appreciate the recommendations. I’ve spent a lot of time looking though “Top games for the GBA” lists, and hoarded a lot of games to play.

I’m probably going to play Golden Sun next. As much as I liked Crash, I kind of need a break from platformers. xD

Spyro 2: Season of Flame interests me though quite a bit, since it’s a different kind of platformer compared to Crash 2. I have kind of a Spyro itch that needs scratching sooner or later. I’ve heard bad things about the GBA Spyro games though, but all of them while hanging out in PS1 Spyro trilogy speedrunners streams, so I should probably take them with a grain of salt.