Submitted 1 year ago by drcouzelis@lemmy.zip to retrogaming@lemmy.world
The more rare, obscure, or just a guilty pleasure, the better. Maybe you grew up with it, maybe it’s just the nostalgia talking, any reason is fine.
I’m looking for a new game to play, but I’m running out of games to collect!
My favorite is games for original DMG, but you’re welcome to include Color it’ll advance games too!
Alfred Chicken. Impossibly difficult, with a ridiculous plot.
Played this on SNES and it’s way underrated
I actually got a copy of it last year! I fell in love with it on the first stage. I was like, why haven’t I heard of this game before??
I remember the adverts. They were pretty funny.
Dragon Warrior Monsters.
I think I’m the only person who’s beaten the Monster Master fight enough times to know there’s a bug in it where he eventually gets strong enough that you get one shotted by him even if you’re cheating and using a Gameshark to keep your health in the 1024 hp range…
Rebelstar: Tactical Command, In a nutshell it’s X-COM for the gameboy advance.
You know what was great and gets no love? Q*Bert for GameBoy was a really solid game that had a LOT of stage variety and even silly cutscenes. Literally the only thing it was missing was color. Highly recommend.
Elevator Action, fun platform shooter made in 1983. I spent countless hours playing this game with my babysitter.
Yooo the gba reboot is brutal! I remember playing the underground base level emulating with my psp eleven years ago. I love that game!
Here’s one I played a lot of and loved that I never hear about anywhere… Bionic Commando - 1992. A port of a Nintendo game I only got to try a few times, but the game boy version was better to me.
Plus it has a sweet soundtrack
I only ever really had the basics with my Gameboy sadly, but I had a lot of fun with Pokemon Red and Zelda Links Awakening (which I prefer to the DX version where they removed the fun teleporting glitch). Now I went this thread for other systems like PSX, lol.
But the DX version supported the Gameboy printer. How can you not love the Gameboy printer?!
In all seriousness though, the color dungeon and the tunics were fun additions.
I knew one kid that had the printer and I saw it in action one time. It was shit. 😂 Mostly it comes from nostalgia for Z:LA, it was the very first game in my life that was bought just for me with my new Gameboy Pocket (not color, I had the ice blue edition).
Wario Land 2 + 3 Were the first games I ever played on a Nintendo handheld. I still play them through once a year because of nostalgic reasons. Plus they are one of the most enjoyable Jump and Runs for me.
James Bond 007 was one of my favorite Gameboy games.
I spent countless hours as a 4 year old trying to solve the puzzles and got through it by sheer determination.
I can still probably remember every path in the desert mission.
That was a great game. Played lots of it on my gameboy pocket, I remember there was a lot of spamming checking for hidden items and doors haha
Yup! There was a secret door you had to find in the first mission to continue. It was on the top right side of rectangular room.
There was also a secret GPS you can find in a mission before the desert one. It would let you know exactly where you were in the full desert map so you wouldn’t be lost.
I had so much playing that game.
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A whole back when I got a Miyoo Mini, I went looking for original GB games that I missed. I found Cave Noire and it quickly became my favorite way to kill time. It’s simple (but not easy), being a Roguelike offers some variety, and it’s just fun.
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Boomer’s Adventure in ASMIK World.
I never figured out why they gave the world such a weird name, or didn’t just call it Boomer’s Adventure
Holy hell a little corner of my brain just lit up seeing “ASMIK World”. The cart is buried in boxes but I know what I’ll be emulating this weekend!
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Vegas Stakes - simple casino games, perfect time-killer for the format.
Wendy Every Witch Way - concept of reversing gravity has been used in other platformers since, but this might be the OG, and is very solid.
I actually got Vegas Stakes a few months ago! It’s such a relaxing game to waste some time with. :)
Radar Mission. I can hear the music in my head from both game types whenever I think about it, right down to the music when the carrier launches the fighter. I enjoyed both game types a lot, though I remember getting frustrated as a kid until I learned the nuances of the opponents.
I’m so happy someone other than me remembers Radar Mission. I too still get the music stuck in my head from time to time.
Radar Mission is the only US game I have a boxed copy of, it’s one of my favorite pieces in my collection. ❤️
And yes, the music gets stuck in my head every time I play it!
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I had an Itchy and Scratchy game (from the Simpsons). It was a mini golf game that was a lot of fun.
The Moomin game is great but nobody talks about it. The two Survival Kids games are incredible as well but damn they can be depressing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6rFyPKXGaw
Moomin’s Tale is beautiful.
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God Medicine. Genuinely one of the best classic style JRPGs and the best RPG on Gameboy in my opinion. Absolute travesty that the west never ended up getting it originally.
Warlocked for GBC - it was ambitious as hell, and has some quality scenario ideas.
I was trying to remember the name of this as soon as I saw the thread!
Played the heck out of this … gem?
Aside from a few classics I’m sure you’ve already played, I remember playing Wario Blast and Taz-Mania fairly often.
I haven’t played either one in years, so I don’t know how well they still hold up.
Is Taz-Mania for the Game Boy different than the Game Gear version? I had that one as a kid and I thought it was a really terrible game, even back then. But being a kid I played it because I only had a handful of games and driving to grandma’s house took a long time…
I just looked it up since I didn’t know but the Game Gear version definitely looks different from the Gameboy one I remember.
Yes, Wario Blast! It was actually my introduction to Bomberman.
For mine, I always enjoyed the original Mario Land and Kirby’s Dreamland, and always wanted the sequel to each, but never got them.
Thanks for the suggestions! I bought Taz-Mania back when it came out. I’ve enjoyed playing through it multiple times, and the sprites are really nice looking.
I think I have 3 out of the 5 Bomberman games for Game Boy… What makes Wario Blast stand out to you?
It’s the one I owned, haha.
I never played any of the other Bomberman games (until Super Bomberman R) so I’m not sure how it compares.
Cosmo Tank. Got it as a gift from my dad and loved it when I was a kid. I may have to revisit it myself.
This one! Played as a kid and didn’t get it. Played again later when I discovered emulation and smoked it. I was a stupid kid.
Ooh, I’ve been tempted to get this one! I love the psuedo 3D. But it always looked too hard.
I’ll put it on my list. 🙂
Ninja 5-0 for the GBA. I got out my collection recently and had no idea I owned it. It’s Elevator Action, but you’re a ninja.
Also pretty much the highest valued Game Boy Advance game at this time! 🤯
Oh wow. The box is long gone and I’d rather keep it, but that’s awesome.
It looks so much like Shinobi 3, which was my favourite Genesis game.
This is one of my favorite GBA games. The controls are so good.
Yeah it’s ridiculous how many ranges of movement they fit in. And I have no idea how I got it. I’m guessing it was a drunken stumble to the mall.
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Pac in Time was a great game, came bundle with my red original Game Boy. Turok 1 and 2 for Gameboy were loads of fun too
I didn’t have a Gameboy, but I did have an Atari Lynx and I would say for Atari it was Batman in color.
Falling sand games, specter supreme, escape velocity, gyromite.
Probably doesn’t hold up anymore, but no one really talks about “Kingdom Conquest”. It’s like a really tight minimalist version of the combined live action melee and big battle strategy of the Dynasty Warriors series - compressed to fit on a classic Gameboy.
Did you mean Kingdom Crusade?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiwuRlvXM_c
I actually have a copy, but haven’t really played it yet. It looks incredible!
Yes, I did!
It takes a minute to figure out the combat, and map contains, and which characters are strong against which. After that, it’s a great little time passer with a bit of strategy.
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Pinball Tycoon was one of my favorites. great music, solid no-nomsense pinball gameplay. it even had a multi-player mode! never seen another soul talk about it.
I used to like playing zoop on SNES. Fun little puzzle game,. If you enjoy Tetris, I think you’d like zoop.
No problem, I actually have a copy of Zoop for the original Game Boy! 😄
Konami’s Motocross Maniacs
Great time waster on the bus, it was my favorite in one of those “40 games in 1” bootleg cartridges
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ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I’ll throw Boxxle on the list. It’s one of the earliest GB games, so the graphics are pretty much what you’d expect. But it’s a great puzzle game that has a very simple premise, but requires you to perspective-shift and learn new strategies many times over as the difficulty progresses.
finkrat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep, Boxxle perfects Sokoban. Worth the play, if nothing for the catchy tunes and being rewarded with “YEAH!!” when you get it right