Any 'Must Experience' Games for the Original Gameboy?

[Deleted member 15737]

My mother-in-law cleaned out some stuff, and my wife came back with an original gameboy (in an awesome banana yellow) and two games: Pochahontas, and Pagemaster.

I assume these two are duds. I also assume theres a decent mario game, and of course the OG tetris and pokemon. But are these must plays/experience? I grew up on NES and am very familiar with all those IPs. Are any of the original gameboy games worth hunting down, or should we just sell (or display) the gameboy?

 

[Fat4all]

Gargoyles Quest 1 and 2 are aces

 

[Salty Catfish]

Link's Awakening.

 

[Theswweet]

Link's Awakening isn't too long, and for my money is by far the best game on the system.

 

[Fat4all]

oh man, i love this soundtrack

Gargoyle's Quest Music (Game Boy) - Hell Field (Overworld Theme)

Track 6 / 19 (Complete Soundtrack)Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins (US)レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝 (JP)(^Red Arremer: Makaimura Gaiden)Platform: Nintendo Game BoyDeve...

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[SolidChamp]

Star Trek The Next Generation

What an awesome "bridge simulator", given the limitations of the hardware.

 

[hikarutilmitt]

Belmont's Revenge
Revenge of the Gator
Link's Awakening
Operation C
Super Mario Land 2
Heiankyo Alien

 

[Deleted member 18021]

Catrap is great.

 

[Deleted member 15737]

Link's Awakening.

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Yeah, good one. Didnt mention I played the remaster of this twice, so I feel ok with that, unless the OG is considered superior and noticeably different.

 

[micerush]

Donkey Kong '94 is one of the best puzzle platformers on any system.

 

[Haze]

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

 

[Phediuk]

Smurfs for the amazing music by Alberto Gonzalez

 

[KingPat]

Tetris

Links awakening (or just wait for switch version or download the dx version for 3ds)

Castlevania adventures

Super Mario land series

 

[RecRoulette]

Link's Awakening is great but if you're gonna play it on the Switch later this year you could probably hold off.

Final Fantasy Legend II and III (aka SaGa 2 and 3) are pretty awesome RPGs

 

[Fat4all]

the Harvest Moon games are great

 

[Violence Jack]

Super Mario Land 2 was the only Mario game that I never got sick of. It's by far my favorite on the Gameboy.

Maybe TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan as well

 

[Dyle]

X is worth playing just to marvel at how they managed to make it run on the gameboy

 

[ghostcrew]

Links Awakening for sure. It's amazing.

I'm playing through Final Fantasy Adventure/Mystic Quest (depending on your region!) at the moment in the Collection of Mana and it's absolutely great. Always wanted it as a kid and never got it. It holds up.

Super Mario Land 1 and 2 are both great.

Donkey Kong is excellent on Gameboy.

Ducktales if you don't own the NES version. It's the same game and it's excellent whatever platform you play it on. This was my childhood.

Metroid 2 is essential.

 

[Shinobido Heart]

 

[Fat4all]

if you like puzzle games, Mario's Picross is legit

 

[Bumrush]

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

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This. So freakin good

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Loved Kirby's dreamland 2 back in the day. Spent many an hour on it.

Donkey Kong 94 is a must have as well.

 

[Haze]

This. So freakin good

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The space and lego levels alone make it worth playing

 

[Salty Catfish]

Yeah, good one. Didnt mention I played the remaster of this twice, so I feel ok with that, unless the OG is considered superior and noticeably different.

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The GBC one? As far as I know that's just the base game colorized, so you're good.

 

[TimeFire]

Dragon Quest I & II are GBC games but are backwards compatible with the original GB. They're pretty cool JRPGs, especially from a historic perspective.

 

[TheDestructiveSquirrel]

Link's Awakening
Super Mario Land
Warioland
Kirby

Metroid 2 so you can rage at everything looking the same without colour :p

 

[Rosebud]

nvm

 

[Post Reply]

Link's Awakening for sure

Sword of Hope I & II (more specifically II though) were also games I loved on the Game Boy as a kid

 

[Anth0ny]

Link's Awakening
Donkey Kong 94
Pokemon RBY
Pokemon GSC
Metroid 2
Mario Land 2

 

[THErest]

I'll second Donkey Kong '94.

Utterly fantastic.

 

[lake]

Bionic Commando
Mario's Picross

 

[Kurdel]

Donkey Kong was a favorite of mine growing up. Neat puzzles, the collectables that entice you to 100% a level, mario handstands, this game has it all!

 

[skeezx]

Donkey Kong 94 is seriously one of the best games ever made.

as good as GB's library is i'd say that's the only one dead set 'essential'

 

[Deleted member 15737]

Donkey Kong '94 is one of the best puzzle platformers on any system.

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Definitely gonna try this before deciding its fate. Also mario 2: 6 golden coins.

I forgot it doesn't have a backlight.

 

[Camjo-Z]

X, because it's got crazy visuals for the Game Boy and is pretty fun to boot.

 

[DIE BART DIE]

Link's Awakening, Donkey Kong 94, Super Mario Land 2 and the Final Fantasy games are the obvious ones.

Great Game Boy Color games that will also work on the OG Game Boy:

Pokémon Gold/Silver
R-Type DX
Wario Land II

 

[Douche McBaggins The 4th]

Roland's Curse 2 is a really good zelda type game. The first one isn't that good though.

 

[Procheno]

Donkey Kong Land

 

[Alpheus]

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

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Loved Kirby's dreamland 2 back in the day. Spent many an hour on it.

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Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Super Mario Land 2 were my jams. Also Donkey Kong Land but I played it on a super Game boy so objects were more distinguishable. The music from all these games slap tho.

 

[Crayon]

Donkey Kong may have been the most interesting gameboy game I played.

 

[nachum00]

Wario Land 1 And 2

 

[BurritoBushido]

You've just unwittingly created a Donkey Kong '94 thread

 

[Blader]

You must experience how utterly impossible the Batman Forever and Star Wars games are.

 

[out_of_touch]

Mole Mania is supposed to be really good. One of Miyamotos more obscure projects

 

[ghostcrew]

Pokemon Pinball is really good. It's a good pinball game but it's got the catching/collecting hook from Pokémon Red/Blue. Technically a GBC game but I played it on regular GB back in the day.

 

[Firebrand]

oh man, i love this soundtrack

Gargoyle's Quest Music (Game Boy) - Hell Field (Overworld Theme)

Track 6 / 19 (Complete Soundtrack)Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins (US)レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝 (JP)(^Red Arremer: Makaimura Gaiden)Platform: Nintendo Game BoyDeve...

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For a dog you've got pretty good taste.

 

[virtua_44]

Wow! Adding some of these games to my list of stuff to check out!

I've only played two. Tetris and Donkey Kong (1994). Both are incredible. Tetris is Tetris and there are better versions of it out there, but DK94 is a fully-fledged puzzle-platformer game that really surprised me after I got it free from Club Nintendo. The movement is surprisingly fluid. Puzzles are moderately challenging and very fun!

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

Catrap is great.

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Jesus, what a blast from the past. Must be almost 25 years since I've seen this.

 

[Chakoo]

Lots of good ones mentioned. Just want to eco duck tales and mole mania as a must.

Not covered (I think), I would recommend the fan translated version of "The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls".

 

[RestEerie]

super mario land 2: 6 golden coins