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
    6·
    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 :)

  • dark_stang@beehaw.org
    4·
    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
        1·
        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
    4·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe
    4·
    1 year ago

    If you’re playing Gameboy specifically, and not including Advanced, then I played a ton of Marble Madness. I never beat it, but it is pretty fun physics-y platformer.

    If you are including Advanced, then Metroid Fusion is a classic. Atmospheric, and beautiful sprite work. Genuinely scary in parts, and leads right into Dread if you like the gameplay.

  • frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
    3·
    1 year ago

    I was also going to say MMBN, but since that’s been said, I’ll say Golden Sun. Loved both of those games to death.

    Breath of Fire 1 and 2 are also great (although technically SNES ports).

    • vinzen@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Golden Sun is my all-time favorite! I wish I could relive the thill I felt for the first and second games

      • TheCulturedOtaku@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        Same here! They made a DS one as a third installment, but the story leaves off in the middle, and the sense of awe just isn’t there. Not the same anyway as 1&2. Especially 2, when you [SPOILER] play the “bad” guys

    • Rin@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • Phobos@kbin.social
      1·
      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.

  • Phlogistol@beehaw.org
    2·
    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 😁

  • Bubacxo@dataterm.digital
    2·
    1 year ago

    Metroid 2, because there’s a reason there have been so many fanmade remakes of it…

    But I also dug Ultima Runes of Virtue 2… If you ignore the canon. Superior to the SNES version IMO.

    Mysterium was also nifty.