/vr/ - Retro Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MnscS9_ZOw

My first Game Boy was an Advance, so I've been going back and playing the.original Game Boy's games.
Metroid II was great. I'm halfway through Link's Awakening - the gameplay is really good but I wish it didn't have so many Mario cameos, it cheapens the fantasy setting.

>>9014263
i wish i could be epic and not say pokemon but as someone born in 1991 it changed the way i thought about video games

beforehand i only saw the aesthetic value of video games, which at the time was a much worse and far more limited cartoon. action figures were superior, and if ANYTHING worth watching was on it was better than some stupid game. i would unironically watch the adventures of sonic over playing the actual sonic games any day.

but i felt pressured to play the pokemon game and pressured to beat it. almost dropped it within 60 seconds because regular games about jumping are bad enough, but a game about talking??!! this shit was my fucking birthday present, i got robbed! but forced myself to get my moneys worth and actually spent quality time with a game for once. learned the actual act of playing them was mechanically rewarding. the kind of thing my dad will never comprehend to his grave.

after that i liked kirby a lot. donkey kong was fun (not land, fuck those games). gameboy games were worth cents at the time so i had a lot of shovelware with gems mixed in, like batman, tmnt, and darkwing duck.

>>9014263
Outside of the Super Mario Land duo that were bundled in with my original DMG (was a very nice bundle with a Yellow DMG, the two games and a pretty sizeable carry case), my first Game Boy game was Links Awakening and it still stands as my favourite game on the system. The first two Pokemon generations are also top tier, to me.

Nowadays I play on a AGS-101 screen modded GBA, which is just gorgeous. (Pic related, I recently reshelled it and added some aethetic as fuck purple/blue buttons and trim to it)

>>9014263
When I was a kid, it was picrel or maybe Pokemon Red. Now it's Link's Awakening.

The GBC was my first game system ever, my parents were always super anti-video games until then. I was weirdly oblivious to what was popular when I had a gameboy as a kid, so I didn't play any of the Mario Land or Zelda games until years later.
Either way, loved:
Pokemon TCG
Mario Golf
Legend of the River King
Harvest Moon

I also played Pokemon Red, Yellow, and Gold
Pokemon Red blew my little mind, I had never played a game you could explore like that, with multiple cities and secret areas and what not, most of what I had played before the gameboy was PC crap like Rat Poker and Pipe Dream so the idea that a game could have an entire world was a completely new concept to me.

What are the good Japanese exclusives for the GB? The /v/ recommends list was pretty short.

>>9014263
Tetris

>>9014846
These are a few of the ones I've personally played and found pretty great.

Super Robot Pinball
Banishing Racer
Chalvo 55
Crayon Shin-Chan 4
For The Frog The Bell Tolls
Ganbare Goemon - Hoshizorashi Dynamite
Keitai Denjuu Telefang
Mobile Golf
Pokémon Trading Card Game 2
Pop'n Music GB - Animation Melody
Sakura Wars GB
Samurai Kid
Star Ocean - Blue Sphere
Survival Kids 2 - Dasshutsu!! Futago Shima!
Sylvanian Melodies - Mori no Nakama to Odori Masho!

Most of these, I think, have English translations out now.

Gameboy was for soiboys. I had a Gamate growing up and I LIKED IT.

>>9014263
I believe Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow to be the best handheld game ever made

Not including first party games, Heiankyo Alien. It's simple and I love it. It's the game to kill a little time with.

>>9016445
anon when you go to the post office do you see a red flag with a blue canton and like a white sun inside it

>>9014846
Is there a good list of games where I can buy the Japanese version and still play it? I know the Kirby games have no English text other than the title menu, for example.

>>9014263
I've put more hours into pokemon blue than any other gameboy game combined

I'm replaying Metroid II for the first time in decades. It's tight as fuck. Nice little game.

>>9016450
Based. Loved this version. Has so much charm

>>9016589
If you can't afford to buy games in your own country then just buy a flash cart. At that point you're just being driven by the urge to buy stuff, not play stuff.
Tldr: kill yourself import fag.

>>9016686
It's great. The level 1 music is pure 神曲. I have the SFC version and the FC version from Colombus Circle also but ty GB version is my favorite.

>>9016475
Not everyone is American, anon. Maybe I am Taiwanese.

>>9017025
But you aren't though

>>9016709
I specifically asked because I want to buy games I can still play. That's why it's important they have no English text, like Kirby.
Gameboy is region free, so if the version is 10× cheaper and just as playable in any language, what do I care?

>>9014263
I had this game and remember playing it quite a bit on road trips and around the house. Super fun game and the music is good.

any good horror games for the gba?

>>9014323
>I wish it didn't have so many Mario cameos
A Link to the Past also had a few Mario cameos, it was just how games used to be, SOVL and all.
And given that the remake is a toy/cartoon style, it feels like they were (and are) trying to avoid making a Zelda game that's too adult again. Twilight Princess was dark, but it wasn't actually a depressing game. Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening are much sadder games, and Nintendo seems to be trying to avoid making a game like that with their main IPs.
>>9014263
For GB/GBC
>Link's Awakening (DX)
For GBA, one of the following but I'm not positive which
>Metroid Fusion
>Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
>MegaMan Battle Network 3 (Blue, that was the one I had)

>>9018582
lol what? BOTW is one of the bleakest Zelda games ever and literally takes place in a post apocalypse.

>>9014263
Mega Man 3 to 5 for GameBoy are some of my favorites, the level design is so tight in those.

>>9018582
>And given that the remake is a toy/cartoon style, it feels like they were (and are) trying to avoid making a Zelda game that's too adult again.
The thing is with that diorama graphic style, it only applies with the actual ingame graphics. The cutscenes that take place in the "real world" actually do look like how an actual proper Zelda anime would look if Nintendo weren't cowards.

>>9014263
GB itself: Donkey Kong
GBC: Oracles Duology but I prefer seasons
GBA: Probably Fire Red or Emerald
They're all basic choices but enjoyable games

>>9018660
You know
I forgot BOTW was a game lmao, it doesn't help that it's easy to skip some of the really dark parts of it because the post-apocalyptic setting doesn't feel as bad as it actually is, it feels like "oh, cool, exploring ruins" unless you go through all the memories and shit

>>9014263
gb: mario land 2
gbc: link's awakening dx
gba: metroid zero mission
i should play more gb/gbc games, usually just stick to gba honestly

>>9016450
>Went to my local secondhand game shop circa 2018
>Saw Heiankyo Alien in a binder of GB games for about $5
>Had no idea what kind of game it even was, but since it was cheap and the cart was in good shape I bought it out of curiosity
>Almost instantly became one of my favorite GB games
>Flash forward to a few months ago
>They have another copy for about $30-$40

Feels good, man. I got my copies of Power Quest & Avenging Spirit the same way. Just wish I had the promo cassette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsiVHi22ZgI&t=21s

Here's a handful for you.
Mega Man III, IV and V are really good. Especially V.
Kirby's Block Ball is a fun break-out style game with Kirby elements.
Lufia: The Legend Returns is a great rpg, long as you don't mind all of the "randomized" dungeons being exactly the same but with palette swaps. Has a nice soundtrack, too.
The remake of Shining Force on the GBA is good, the story is a lot more fleshed out too, and the music is surprisingly good quality for GBA, though I think the original Genesis version has more charm to it.

Is there a good device I can use to play Gameboy games on the TV? Basically a HD Gameboy player is what I'm after, that I can use my physical games on.
Also Kirby's Dreamland 2 was my favourite

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I came to /vr/ a year or so ago and it was littered with gameboy threads. Today this is the only one I found. What happened? Does nobody on /vr/ care about gameboys anymore or did mods just get rid of most threads.

Also, play Shrek: Hassle at the Castle and Reekin' Havok by SNK. They are brutally difficult and look great. Don't tell anyone however. They are actual hidden gems and it would be great if they stayed as cheap as they are now.

>>9014263
Of games I owned as a kid? Final Fantasy Legends III.

Of games I bought as an adult? Battle Unit Zeoth or Solar Striker.

>>9022668
BUZ is so fucking good. Shame it's so short and easy but if it wasn't maybe I wouldn't have liked it as much. I have been avoiding Solar Striker but I'll pick it up based on your recommendation. At least the music sounds good.

>>9022689
Solar Striker is about the same but as a vertical shmup. It's a very simple, straight forward early GB game. I suggest it to anyone who has never played a shmup as it's a nice intro to the genre.

Mario land 1
Replayability is off the charts
Shooting stages are a great side track
Bonus games are fun
It's such a classic which doesn't get the love it deserves

>>9022702
Sounds perfect for me, thanks.

>>9022704
I wouldn't really say Super Mario Land has replayability, but ya it is something I can go back to every now and then to run through since you can easily beat it in 20 minutes and it doesn't grow tiresome as long as you don't overplay it.

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>>9022716
I occasionally replay Mario Land 1 for no other reason than the fact that music is amazing.

Some recommendations

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>>9024695
Based as fuck.

Outside of major titles this little puzzle shooter was ultra fun. It's in my top 5. Loved Even moms played the hell out of it.
Castlevania II belmonts revenge was soo good. Super Mario Land was obscure but good.

Burger Time Deluxe

Recently discovered Cave Noire, a Konami-developed Mystery Dungeon-style roguelike with bite-sized dungeons, and it's incredibly fun. It has a fan translation, though it's barely needed.

>>9024695
I can confirm James Bond 007 is worth it, but I haven't tried Daikatana out kinda curious how that turned out.

>>9014263
GB: The Amazing Spider-Man
GBC: Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories
GBA: Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure

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>>9016449
Based. He was my #1 on my Smash Bros wishlist after Alucard was deconfirmed. I had this whole concept about having him always steal the side special of the character he’d last KO’d.

They should have released this on the states

>>9027301
I got one of thems. It’s everything you imagine it to be.

>>9018017
metroid fusion kinda

>>9014507
Donkey Kong and Super Mario Land OG Game Boy versions were my first games. TY parents and grandma xmas 199X!

Donkey kong is still an amazing ass game. Somehow the game manages to be insanely good as a dumb kid AND an adult with a brain.

>>9026575
Has my investment in this game paid off yet?

>>9025576
I love this. It had a sort of card-based successor on GBA.

>>9014263
DK 94, Link's Awakening, Mario Land 2/ 3,
Mole Madness, Metroid II

>>9026575
what youtube faggot talked about this game last year?

75 bucks now? i own it already but i hate it when old shit i like gets expensive, especially if its faggot-ass "retro coomlectors/investors" fueling it.

i have the irrational fear of all my shit burning in a fire, etc so it pisses me off when over time many pieces of it become expensive to replace because of probably some long haired basement collection faggot.

>>9027413
It's comfy af because it's not very bright.