/vr/ - Retro Games

I don't know if it's considered "good" but I recall Sims (the Urbz one I think) being surprisingly good. It had a storyline and less emphasis on the sandbox theme of the main series.

OP here, just to post some stuff I played and l liked on these systems. Most I discovered here.

>catrap
>chalvo 55
>shantae

>>2195359
What's this about?

>>2195369
dig holes
bury aliens
don't get eated

Metal Gear Ghost Babel

>>2195375
Dont listen to this guy, its shit.

Get Bust a Move millenium, its fun puzzlebobble action with sik 8-bit remixes of all the tracks

super mario land is interesting but shitty, tho i still recommend it, you can finish it in an hour

>>2195403
Super Mario Land isn't that bad at all. Even the tiny sprites are actually nice, especially since you can't see anything in front of you in SML2.

but it's super fucking short and quite easy, you can beat it in less than an hour easily

>>2182962

>>2195405
True true, I'm just saying that in case OP gets put off by the gb limitations, such as fake physics and simpler sprites, i find it cool, especially the weird-ass enemies, levels and music

The bubble bobble (not puzzle bobble, I've never been able to get into that. I'm more of the magical drop crowd) port is surprisingly good and full-featured. Don't think it does any multiplayer though which is one of the nicest things about that game in other versions.

Monster Max
Power Quest
Survival Kids
Warlocked

Parodius is pretty good. It's a bit slow and easy compared to the "full" games but its still fun.

>>2195414
if thats tetris bomb its one of my favorite games

>>2195541
It's the Jap version of Tetris Blast.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue

This game is a "metroidvania" starring the TMNT and basically is a proto SotN.

>>2195403
>Bust a Move millenium
Since the "android revolution" I've grown really tired of these kinds of games. I'll download it, but probably won't play too much.

>>2195375
Can I play it if I never played the PS1 game?

>>2195414
Is this tetris meets bomber man?

>>2195417
>>2195520
Downloaded them all.

>>2195994
Nice. Is it one screen based like the GB mega man games or is it a side scrolling game like the NES mega man games?

Both Bionic Commando's (Game Boy and GBC) are really good. Play/feel better than the NES one for sure

Elite Forces (the GBC one) has some weird stuff like voice clips and optional sniper sections, but the animation is godlike for the gameboy

Magi Nation
Metal Walker
Legend of the River King
Mario's Picross

>>2196009
Weren't all the GB Mega Mans scrolling? The ones I've tried were (II and V).

Not under rated, really, but if you don't know about the the Final Fantasy Legend games (Actually SaGa games) are really great RPGs.

>>2196116
My song of the year, all years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tK1aU2pYAg

I got a solid 45 hours out of Mario's Picross and it's made a full-on Picross nut out of me.

>>2196116
>Magi Nation

Came in here just to post this. Very fun game.

Motocross Maniacs.

Dragon Warrior 1 & 2

>>2195403
What are you saying? Ghost Babel is a great metal gear game on the GameBoy, plays a lot like Metal Gear 2 for MSX, including the ability to lean on walls.

>>2195342 don't you listen to him, in fact, avoid giving attention to anyone that only describes a game as "shit" without giving any real critic. I understand if he didn't enjoy the game but that doesn't apply to everyone, even more with a game most people praise it to be quite a surprise. Those who never played tend to see it as oddly port of the PS1 game (since the western release was titled as Metal Gear Solid, the Ghost Babel part is a japanese title), but they are mistaken, it's not related to the PS1 game at all. It just gives a different continuation to the first game of the series: Metal Gear for the MSX.

You don't have to play the PS1 game, but if you want some sense of continuity and a surprise, you could consider playing the first game on a MSX emulator. Still, Ghost Babel on its own is a neat play, try it out. The only part that was annoying is where you have to keep changing the color of your box to reach the correct conveyor belt, but nothing that some patience or a walkthrough won't do.

Nice little game made by the Shantae developers.

Sort of related, what's the best way to record music from a Game Boy? I want to get some extended versions of some GB songs I have trouble finding online. Would it be a Prosound Game Boy? Super Game Boy 1/2? Some kind of media player that can play the roms themselves?

>>2196570
>Some kind of media player that can play the roms themselves?
Yep, check this out.
http://www.zophar.net/music/gbs.html
This list is outdated as fuck by the way, you can find more stuff by looking up the file format on google.

>>2196573
Is there a way to make midi files off these?

>>2197139
no, unless you have actual talent and sequence the notes yourself

>>2195342
Comotank.

>>2197143
>talent
That I don't have.

Turok Rage Wars GBC was a lot better than you'd expect.
I'm probably wrong about this, but I remember it being somewhat like Metal Gear.

>>2197197
isnt it a sidescroller with limited ammunition

>>2197203
nah just checked ant that's turok 2
rage wars looks interesting

Kind of weird to call it underrated because of the franchise it belongs to, but Donkey Kong is surprisingly good. It wasn't a port of the original game, but a platform/puzzle. If you played Mario vs Donkey Kong on the GBA, this is more or less its predecessor.

Lufia 3. Amazing just how much they could fit on that cart.

>>2196116
>>2196116
Holy shit Metal Walker, that is a blast from the past, I entirely forgot about that game for a while

my collection of gameboy games I also have bomberman quest I got recently didn't feel like taking another photo.

>>2197483
I was pissed when I bought NES Classics Donkey Kong and only got three levels.

Aww yiss
Mutha
Fuggin
Gameboy thread.

>>2197651
>>2196116
>metal walker
what is dis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MZuhEQjK3U

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but any GB can play Jap games right? Thinking of buying Picross 2

Any other good Jap-only games that don't need translating?

>>2198364
This one actually has a full fan work, but it's playable without it.

There's the very first Super Robot Wars, but it does have a fan translation. If you've played one you've played them all.

Cave Noire's in the same boat, but it's very simple without a patch. You might need a little bit of a look into what does which thing (and even then it just takes a little trial and error), but it's very simple after that.

>>2198364
>look up Picross 2's patch
>done by a machine translator like Pokemon TCG's sequel

I get this was a fan work but, is it playable without Engrish?

>>2198364
I used to have a GBC and it could play american, euro and jp games without problems.
I don't know about the original gb tough...

>>2198364
yes all the gameboys before the DS were region free.

>>2198438
And even the DS is region free until you get to DSi-enhanced games on an actual DSi.

>>2198442
yeah, nintendo only went full-retard with the 3DS regarding region-locking.

>>2198517
>>2198442
Off-topic, but why is region locking even a thing?

>>2200032
I imagine it has something to do with not pissing off international Nintendo branches and foreign distributors. Given that time gaps between releases isn't common, they don't want people in territory B ordering the earlier release from territory A, thereby undercutting sales from Territory B Nintendo branch/larger distributors/retailers/etc in territory B. Maybe it also has something to do with copyright law? I know some arcade games were hardcore with the warnings, talking about legal issues if you were playing outside of the proper territory.

>>2200032
I imagine it has something to do with not pissing off international Nintendo branches and foreign distributors. Given that time gaps between releases isn't rare, they don't want people in territory B ordering the earlier release from territory A, thereby undercutting sales from Territory B Nintendo branch/larger distributors/retailers/etc in territory B. Maybe it also has something to do with copyright law? I know some arcade games were hardcore with the warnings, talking about legal issues if you were playing outside of the proper territory.

>>2198015
Metal Walker is a seriously great little RPG with very fun battle system.

>>2195375
Dude, Ghost Babel is fucking fantastic. Especially for a GBC game.

>>2195375
yep, games that everyone rates at least 9/10 sure are underrated

>>2200032
One reason is the same reason why Anime releases always get way delayed or with worse audio when they come out of Japan: More money is made from Japanese people buying Japan things, and if released too early/in the same quality Japan itself will import it's own products. Odd isn't it?

I would suspect regional pricing being a thing with games plays a part as well.

>pretty much this one

>>2195403
Super Mario Land is worth it for beating it and listening to that catchy ass ending theme

>>2196493
I never play GB/GBC beside Pokemon and this game now. It's so good.

Not really great, but a neat game. It's a first person game that plays like a dungeon crawler, and it has a very complex crafting system. However, you can softlock at certain parts of the game if you craft wrong.

Its not really underrated but more people
should definitely play it its also the first of the mana series Still have my complete copy

>>2195520
If you like Monster Max, also try Altered Space, Looney Tunes: Twouble, and The Adventures of Pinocchio. Don't bother trying to find a physical copy of the latter, though. I've had my eye out for over a decade now, but don't expect I'll ever have the luck. I doubt it really exists, only in 100-in-1 carts and rom sets.

If you like those kind of games, Solstice on the NES and Equinox on the SNES is from the creators of Altered Space, and in addition to Monster Max, Rare pretty much invented the isometric platformer with ZX Spectrum classics like Knight Lore, Alien 8, and Pentagram, as well as the fantastic Snake Rattle n' Roll on the NES. It's also on the Genesis/Megadrive, but I don't much care for that version.

Head over Heels has a modern freeware PC remake, and one popular take on the genre was the very first Batman game, made in 1986.

Also this one as well this one is actually
underrated but really fun also
Final Fantasy legend II don't play III though its bad
Another good Gameboy series
you should check out is
The Legend of the river king really fun Natsume
rpg

>>2196363
Dragon Warrior III for the Gbc is incredibly good

>>2201141
Three was awesome you shut your whore mouth.

>>2201141
three was best one...I have them all, and three was most interesting

>>2195520
Based Power Quest. Great game, stands up to NGPC fighters fine if it weren't for the small roster, but the rpgish story mode makes up for it. There's standard arcade mode also. Great music in places too. http://youtu.be/1Ew1vh_kT9E

>>2201163
>>2201175
Three had the best plot, but the worst gameplay.

>>2201163
Sorry I guys I should have specified
the only reason I don't like III is because
of the change in art style for the monster
because of it being handed off to the team who
made Mystic Quest nitpicky I know
but your right the game itself isn't bad

>>2201249
"Best plot" is a little strong, it was more like "made the most sense". Gameplay wise, I prefer it because leveling up was more traditional and weapons don't break.

>>2201271
I actually love the leveling system in Legend I
really weird reminds me of Final Fantasy II
leveling system the Japanese FFII not the American one

Game & Watch Gallery 2 & 3 are really great collections.
They're black carts so you'll get nice colors as well.

The Harry Potter games.

>>2195358
Great game, but that's for the GBA

>>2201317
I love it in theory, but then sometimes you go through a hundred fucking battles and your mutant won't gain a single fucking hitpoint and you can't really go any further in the game because any enemy attack is going to one-shot her and you grind and grind and the game just gives you a giant fucking middle finger in response

>>2196116
>>2200081
>>2197651

I'll be damned this Metal Walker game is alllllrite. Kinda like Pokemon except you have to smash them all.

heres some GB and GBC games I loved that I see rarely talked about here

Avenging Spirit
Battle Unit Zeoth
Blaster Master: Enemy Below
Kid Dracula
Magical Chase
Trax
Trip World

I think Lufia: The Legend Returns deserves more love, I like it just as much as Lufia 2.

>>2195342
I know Zelda games are not underrated, but I hardly know anyone who played through the Oracle games for the Gameboy color.

Two was really awesome, and there's also a DS Remake that has received a full fan translation a few years ago!

>>2203612
>>2201141
forgot reply

>>2196116
Kirby's Dreamland I & II
Link's Awakening
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Wario games
Survival Kids
Metroid II
Legend of the River King
Final Fantasy Legend games
Final Fantasy Adventure
Lufia games
Dragon Quest Monsters I & II
Deja Vu 1 & 2
Bomberman games
Yoda Stories

Kirby's Dreamland I & II
Link's Awakening
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Wario games
Survival Kids
Metroid II
Legend of the River King
Final Fantasy Legend games
Final Fantasy Adventure
Lufia games
Dragon Quest Monsters I & II
Deja Vu 1 & 2
Bomberman games
Yoda Stories

>>2195342
For The Frog The Bell Tolls/Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru. Never released in the west, but has a pretty good fan translation. The game is responsible for the engine behind the GB/GBC Zelda games, but has extremely simple combat.

It's not so much underrated as it is overlooked, but its a simple and charming game that is one of my favorites for the system.

Lufia: The Legend Returns is quite literally one of the best games ever.

>>2202834
>>2203809
The story is kind of cut and dry compared to Lufia 2, but godamn the gameplay is on point, ther eare many more characters and fucking EVERY DUNGEON is randomly generated!

>>2203610
The oracle games are probably the best 2D zeldas for me.

>>2195342
DuckTales 2 for Gameboy. It was a good port for the extremely rare NES game of the same name. Non-linear, great locales, good music. Panned by EGM in the day for whatever reason.

I know this gets looked down on here because of the kickstarter crowd and everything but I don't care.

Original Shantae best Shantae, and probably one of my favorite GBC games. Sure its nothing special now, but that whole overworld/platformer style experience was really fucking awesome back then.

its like a parody castlevania,

>>2204146

>>2204146
underrated does not mean obscure

>>2204180
Shantae is really neither.

OP just reporting to say that I'm addicted to Catrap and probabçy won't play all this other stuff in a while.I'm on level 75. Thanks for the list, though, will definitely download them.

>>2204187
Used to be hella obscure until the DSi game got all popular a few years ago.

Heck wasn't even released outside US.

>>2201108
Thanks for posting this, really getting into the game!

>>2197661

what happened to the label on Pokemon Red?

>>2196136
>>2196116
>start playing mario's picross
>suck at it at first
>get the hang of it by the end of the easy levels
>mfw go to sleep and wake up thinking about picross
>mfw dreaming about this shit
What have you done to me

>>2195414
>>2195541
>>2195548
Any differences between the jap and the western version?

Pic related is surprisingly good fun, if you want to be captain of the enterprise

>>2209568
Enjoy it anon.

You still have Mario's Picross 2, Mario's Super Picross, two DS picross games, and the Picross-e series on 3DS to get through, and after that there's the non-Nintendo offerings.

>>2209589
No anon pls

>>2209579
>Press A to diplomacy
>Press B to tea, earl grey, hot

>>2198417
Is it really?

http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2303/

>>2203798
>mfw the glorious colored version was cancelled

>>2209568
Yeah, Picross is addictive as shit. If you have an arcade emu, try Logic Pro and Logic Pro 2. LP2 always pissed me off but lots of people like it better than LP1.

For PC there is also the World Mosaics series. There's something like 6 or 8 of them now I think. Lots of time-squandering fun!

>>2209579
Just a port of the NES version. Played neither so I can't critique it.
The 25th Anniversary Star Trek is an original title for the GB, not a great game but I find piloting the Enterprise surprisingly addictive. Just the "on foot" segments can drag on for a bit without powerups.
>>2209624
lel

>>2196137
>>2196116
>Magi Nation

I knew I wasn't the only human alive who remembered it.

>>2195414
I got this recently.
It's a shame I don't have a super game boy to see the borders.

>>2209686
Some of us actually played the TCG.

Fucking Rayje's Belt ruined the game.

>>2197148
You mean cosmotank

And seconded

>>2209570
> 42 KB

>>2196570
Hey, I dunno if you're still in here, anon, but I amcapable of recording almost any GBS soundtrack playing clearly on an original GB. In fact, I've already ripped several soundtracks for myself and they sound 300x better than any emulated method.

I can do some extended song requests for you if you drop me a line. My email is in the name field.

>>2203627
YES the DWM games were addicting as fuck.

>>2209829
Bumping for anon to see.