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!
Dragon quest monsters (dragon warrior monsters in America)
This game was the bomb, I loved the monster breeding mechanics, you could breed monsters of different types to get entirely new ones.
On December 1st, new dragon quest monsters is coming out for switch
It looks really fun! I have a copy of the Japanese version. I was surprised to find out it was a Game Boy Color launch title!
Dragon Warrior Monsters.
I think I’m the only person who’s beaten the Monster Master fight enough times to know there’s a bug in it where he eventually gets strong enough that you get one shotted by him even if you’re cheating and using a Gameshark to keep your health in the 1024 hp range…
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets.
Are they good games? No
But they are well themed and have chiptune version of Jeremy Soule’s soundtrack. I like replaying the, from time to time.
Pokemon TCG for GB was arguably the best Pokemon RPG. I’ve not played the English fanlation of 2 yet though, so maybe that’s better.
I got this game recently and could not put it down! I ended up accidentally beating it. 😆
And that soundtrack… 😩
Donkey Kong (1994) - not really rare or obscure, but definitely not talked about enough.
It starts out like regular donkey kong but then it goes somewhat differently.
The colorization is only complete with SuperGameboy so it might be tricky to play that way but there is a colorization hack being worked on.Weirdly enough, my favorite Zelda game of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Weirder still, it’s the story that I really love, driven almost entirely by the fact that it’s the least Zelda Zelda game. No, I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
I mean it’s probably entirely nostalgia, but I still hear the in-game ballad in my head from time to time.
They remade it for switch. Totally worth buying again.
$60 for a 30 year old Game Boy game? I think I’ll have to disagree that it’s worth buying again.
It’s a full remake, not like a port or a rom
It’s a full remake of a Game Boy game from 1993, and it honestly kills my faith in humanity a little bit that 6 and a half million people were falling all over themselves to pay Daddy Nintendo that much for it.
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What? Is this meant to be ironic or something? They’re two of the most popular GBC games.
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For some perspective, the Oracle games are unpopular in terms of Zelda games. Zelda is one of the most widely popular video game franchises in history, though. So an unpopular Zelda game is still much more well known and well received than something more obscure.
The Oracles are some of the best selling and most well regarded GBC games in the system’s library, though they are overshadowed by Link’s Awakening DX and the glut of Pokémon games the Game Boy Color had on offer.
They never seem to be talked about in the context of Legend of Zelda games (in fact, seems like most handheld Zeldas get skipped), but they’re probably talked a lot about in the context of gameboy games.
Pac in Time was a great game, came bundle with my red original Game Boy. Turok 1 and 2 for Gameboy were loads of fun too
I used to like playing zoop on SNES. Fun little puzzle game,. If you enjoy Tetris, I think you’d like zoop.
Edit: my mistake I didn’t realize you’re talking handheld. Not sure zoop had a handheld console version.
No problem, I actually have a copy of Zoop for the original Game Boy! 😄
Pinball Tycoon was one of my favorites. great music, solid no-nomsense pinball gameplay. it even had a multi-player mode! never seen another soul talk about it.
God Medicine. Genuinely one of the best classic style JRPGs and the best RPG on Gameboy in my opinion. Absolute travesty that the west never ended up getting it originally.
Rockman/Megaman EXE
Gargoyles Quest was awesome. Love the music from Ocean games too - Hook and RoboCop come to mind.
James Bond 007 was one of my favorite Gameboy games.
I spent countless hours as a 4 year old trying to solve the puzzles and got through it by sheer determination.
I can still probably remember every path in the desert mission.
That was a great game. Played lots of it on my gameboy pocket, I remember there was a lot of spamming checking for hidden items and doors haha
Yup! There was a secret door you had to find in the first mission to continue. It was on the top right side of rectangular room.
There was also a secret GPS you can find in a mission before the desert one. It would let you know exactly where you were in the full desert map so you wouldn’t be lost.
I had so much playing that game.
