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?

  • MeowKittyWow@beehaw.org
    7·
    1 year ago

    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 :)

    • Phobos@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I second this! Donkey Kong 94 is a must play, and I feel like Wario is the true Game Boy mascot.

      Mole Mania also deserves a shout out. Another Shigeru Miyamoto game that gets even better on the Super Game Boy.

  • dark_stang@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    The Megaman Battle Network series on GBA is awesome. Replayed a few of them last year and they are still great.

      • dark_stang@beehaw.org
        0·
        1 year ago

        I have not played the steam remakes, but they appear to be the exact same games. So that would be a good way to play them if you don’t have the original games or ROMs for them.

  • BasidialTiger@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    The 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.

  • AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Dragon Warrior Monsters for the Gameboy Color was fantastic. It was somewhat similar to pokemon, but had some features that pokemon didn’t get for several iterations, like having your monsters follow you around, monster breeding, and multi-monster fighting.

    Magi Nation was also good, similar vein to both of them, but felt darker in tone. Although maybe that’s just how it seemed to a much younger me.

    • ADHDefy@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m so happy you mentioned Magi Nation. I just replayed that game not too long ago and still had a blast with it, though I def had nostalgia goggles on. lol

    • zannzen@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I had completely forgotten about this game until you just mentioned it. But wow I played this so much it was fantastic.

      I remember getting another dragon warrior game and being confused why it wasn’t at all like Pokémon (was more of a jrpg party building game)

  • Zana@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • sharkfeek@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Easily Dragon Warrior III. There was so much content and at the time there weren’t abundant guides and spoilers, and to not spoil the next person I’ll just say it’s like Pokemon Gold and Silver in terms of content and surprises.

  • Phlogistol@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    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 😁