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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!

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[–] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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...

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[–] Grangle1@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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. They really out a full on survival game on a Game Boy. Complete with multiple endings, open world and hunger and thirst mechanics.

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[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Probably doesn't hold up anymore, but no one really talks about "Kingdom ~~Conquest~~ Crusade". 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.

[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did you mean Kingdom Crusade?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiwuRlvXM_c

I actually have a copy, but haven't really played it yet. It looks incredible!

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I had an Itchy and Scratchy game (from the Simpsons). It was a mini golf game that was a lot of fun.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

I actually got Vegas Stakes a few months ago! It's such a relaxing game to waste some time with. :)

[–] mrguy132@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Rebelstar: Tactical Command, In a nutshell it's X-COM for the gameboy advance.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Falling sand games, specter supreme, escape velocity, gyromite.

[–] Wyattburp@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I didn’t have a Gameboy, but I did have an Atari Lynx and I would say for Atari it was Batman in color.

[–] Gerbler@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Quest for Camelot was a banger. I think it's in NSO actually. The sword swing sound effect is burned into my DNA.

[–] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Great Greed!!!

Lighthearted RPG with a really neat combat system, funny writing, and food puns everywhere! So awesome and I never see anyone talk about it.

Shout out to Hungry Goriya for her excellent review on this gem.

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[–] Nipah@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Avenging Spirits. When I was younger, a friend and I loaned each other a bunch of our games. Sadly, he ended up moving away before we managed to swap back, and he got the better end of the deal when it came to the games. However, I did get left with a copy of Avenging Spirits... the game is a bit strange but its very fun and the sprite work is just adorable.

The game has you playing as a spirit who can possess enemies. You start off with a few you can possess, and then you gain more choices as you progress. Or so I believe... I wasn't all that good at the game back in the day, so I don't remember getting too far in it.

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