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?
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 in one of the mega Itch.io charity bundles and was intrigued. It was the highlight of the bundle 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.
The Megaman Battle Network series on GBA is awesome. Replayed a few of them last year and they are still great.
Do you know if the Steam remake was any good?
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.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Has to be one of the best GBA games made
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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.
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.
Been playing road rash (GBC) and its nice
Kirby games are nice too
I will never not shill advance wars 1 and 2 Great gameplay, great artstyle, great everyting
Advance wars, I just picked up the reboot for the switch
Wario land, Metroid 2, Donkey Kong 94 are all great
Tail 'Gator is my hidden gem OG GB game, fun platformer with a great soundtrack.
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 😁
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 would recommend that you check out Golden Sun.
Gosh! This takes me back! What a great game!
I saw this thread and immediately felt the need to recommend this game as well! was one of the only games I had the guidebook for as a kid. one of my favorite games for the gameboy.
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.
Also, Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.
