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Best game on the OG Gameboy that are not Link's Awakening or Super Mario Land 2
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Personally I think Mario Land 1 is better than Mario Land 2.
It's probably one of:
Tetris
Pokemon Red/Blue
Kirby's Dreamland 2
One of the Final Fantasy games
It's probably one of:
Tetris
Pokemon Red/Blue
Kirby's Dreamland 2
One of the Final Fantasy games
Really? The only ones i remember are metal gear solid and pokemon crystal... maybe thats because they were at the beginning of the exclusivity and then it was just assumed from there on? 🤷🏼♂️
there's a bunch of crap. mostly licensed games and (worse) ports of Game Boy games. you can count the number of GBC games worth playing on your fingers.
To me, GBC basically is the OG and I don't separate the two at all even after considering the GBC only games.
Yeah. Both the Oracle games, both the GTA games, MGS, the Harry Potter games, Pokemon Crystal, Perfect Dark, Turok, Tomb Raider, Conker, off the top of my head.
GBC had a lot of exclusives. But Pokemon G/S are not among them.
A lot of the best ones have been mentioned (Tetris, DK '94, Bionic Commando). Operation C is also awesome for a portable Contra. Battletoads, as well.
Operation C is quite good. I just recently played it for the first time with the Contra collection, so it's not even a nostalgic thing for me.
Kind of surprised no one has mentioned Belmont's Revenge which happens to be one of the most improved upon sequels ever.
Belmont's Revenge was mentioned above my previous post. That was a massive improvement. I would have bought it way sooner had I known. I was disappointed with buying the first GB Castlevania in 1990 and it turned me off from getting the sequel right away.
GameBoy Camera.
N64 is my favorite console of all time but GameBoy might be the greatest gaming hardware ever made.
You expect modern consoles, PCs and smartphones to do what they're designed for and told to do but you never knew what was next on GameBoy. GameBoy Camera is one such innovation.
SNES had Mario Paint. You could make graphics, music and animation but you wouldn't expect that on GameBoy. Sure, the slow D-Pad cursor for painting and other things is a major concession, but if you were really dedicated you could do some interesting art and animation.
The camera feature introduced me to the idea of putting myself into the game. Since GBCamera's release, I was never truly satisfied with playing a character that wasn't me. The games included with the peripheral are fairly basic by themselves, but when you're the final boss of Space Fever II it becomes a good time.
GBCamera along with the Game & Watch Gallery games are some of the best fanservice games before fanservice became a common way to appeal to Nintendo fans. There's Easter Eggs everywhere.
Digital cameras were hella expensive and only the best ones had color. GameBoy didn't care. It was cheap and had a lousy green screen you had to sit next to a house lamp to enjoy. And yet, GameBoy Camera still had enough to inspire creativity from its players.
N64 is my favorite console of all time but GameBoy might be the greatest gaming hardware ever made.
You expect modern consoles, PCs and smartphones to do what they're designed for and told to do but you never knew what was next on GameBoy. GameBoy Camera is one such innovation.
SNES had Mario Paint. You could make graphics, music and animation but you wouldn't expect that on GameBoy. Sure, the slow D-Pad cursor for painting and other things is a major concession, but if you were really dedicated you could do some interesting art and animation.
The camera feature introduced me to the idea of putting myself into the game. Since GBCamera's release, I was never truly satisfied with playing a character that wasn't me. The games included with the peripheral are fairly basic by themselves, but when you're the final boss of Space Fever II it becomes a good time.
GBCamera along with the Game & Watch Gallery games are some of the best fanservice games before fanservice became a common way to appeal to Nintendo fans. There's Easter Eggs everywhere.
Digital cameras were hella expensive and only the best ones had color. GameBoy didn't care. It was cheap and had a lousy green screen you had to sit next to a house lamp to enjoy. And yet, GameBoy Camera still had enough to inspire creativity from its players.
Some really good puzzle games on the Gameboy. Reiterating Mole Mania and Kwirk, adding Catrap and Kwirk's sequel, Amazing Tater. Pac-in-Time is a port of the Amiga classic Fury of the Furries, and the Gameboy version is much more faithful than it was on other systems. Adventures of Lolo also got one of its best versions.
But honestly, my favorite Gameboy software is LSDj. A chiptune sequencer that runs on the Gameboy and seems to exceed the capabilities of the Gameboy itself. Not to self-promote or anything, but just for illustration, here's my arrangement of the Mario Galaxy Ghost song done on there. It is very good software.
But honestly, my favorite Gameboy software is LSDj. A chiptune sequencer that runs on the Gameboy and seems to exceed the capabilities of the Gameboy itself. Not to self-promote or anything, but just for illustration, here's my arrangement of the Mario Galaxy Ghost song done on there. It is very good software.
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For Frog the Bell Tolls
It's the precursor to Link's Awakening that never released outside Japan.
It's the precursor to Link's Awakening that never released outside Japan.
In all technicality, despite the branding, Gold and Silver GBC-enhanced GB games. Only Crystal was a true GBC game.
There were actually hundreds.
Edit: already covered
It's improved upon but still not super fun to play. the ending in particular is bad.
i think the aesthetics (castles and music in particular) are better than the mechanics.
Most of my answers have already been given. Tetris, DK94, Kirby's Dream Land and the Wario Land games are all excellent. Pokemon Pinball is legit too, despite being sold as a GBC game it works on the OG hardware as well.
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned so I'm going to vote for Final Fantasy Legends 2.
Such a charmingly bizarre game.
Such a charmingly bizarre game.
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Heh, plenty of excellent games there.
Gargoyle's Quest II was awesome, for instance.
(also, how could Tetris be the best one when Puyo Puyo is on the console?)
Gargoyle's Quest II was awesome, for instance.
(also, how could Tetris be the best one when Puyo Puyo is on the console?)
Yeah, I definitely had crossed wires there lol.
But yes, even 114 (115?) exclusives is a lot.
Here's ya answer, people. What a great game. An action JRPG. I think it was the first one I actually played.
Molemania was going to be my pick, so thank you for mentioning it first.
I would be down for a sequel.
