I’ve just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda’s, Mario’s and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So what’s your favorite game?
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Buncha youngins with your GBAs.
My favourite OG gameboy game was Kirby’s Dream Land. Played and replayed it many times. Even had one of those attachments to magnify it and light up the screen when it got dark :)
I remember the day I got my worm light for the gbc. Everyone was peasants.
I still have mine! Found it the other day
I highly recommend Pleasant Dreams: The Welcoming Play of Kirby’s Dream Land. I got it on one of the mega Itch.io charity bundles and was intrigued. It was the highlight of the night for me, unexpectedly.
I’d never played Kirby’s Dream Land, but I loaded it up the next chance I got, and Couture nailed it. It’s an absolutely perfect introduction to gaming for non-gamers.
Ooh thanks for pointing it out. Looks like I have it from a bundle too, haha. I will give it a read.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Has to be one of the best GBA games made
The non-pokemon ones I played the most were:
DMG: Kirby’s Dreamland 2
GBC: Shante
GBA: Drilldozer
Platformers to me always felt like the best suited games to handheld games, and I love the bright colorful art styles. Drilldozer is definitely my all time favorite. If you can find a copy, I’d highly recommend it! The rumble pack cartridge is so cool.
One game I never see get talked about it daedalian opus on the original game boy, I used to love that little puzzle game when I was young. I wonder if it would hold up haha.
Wario land, Metroid 2, Donkey Kong 94 are all great
The port of FF4 on the GBA was really good.
Original Gameboy, though, I played a LOT of the Tomogotchi game. I don’t know why, but I loved that janky garbage pile of a game.
Wario Land 2 was a constant as well.
Advance Wars.
Here’s a short list of my favorites:
EDIT: … didn’t read the post properly. Updated the list for only game boy games *facepalm
Most of these aren’t Gameboy games…
You are correct – I misread the post. Here is my amended list:
I have been playing Motocross Maniacs off and on for 30 years or so. Back when we had a magazine rack in the bathroom we eventually just left the Game Boy sitting in there.
I will never not shill advance wars 1 and 2 Great gameplay, great artstyle, great everyting
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.
Honourable mentions for: Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.
Monster Max. It’s an isometric exploration platformer/puzzle game with a rock’n’roll theme that I absolutely adored as a kid. It was only released in Europe, so it might be interesting to all you US guys 😁
battle city
Never sleep on Wario land
I was given a copy of Azure Dreams for the Gameboy Color, this thing had no picture on the cartridge anymore and was a piece of paper with the word Azure Dreams written on it. I remember playing the absolute shit out of that game. I still have it, but haven’t played it in decades.