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Hey, anons, recommend me gameboy games in the style of TLoZ: Oracle of Ages

Also, general recommendation thread

>> No.2546659

>>2546656

Rolan's Curse 1 & 2
Ninja Taro

>> No.2546682

>>2546656

Oracle of Seasons

>> No.2546693
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For the Frog the Bell Tolls

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>>2546656
survival kids 1 & 2

>> No.2546725

daikatana
no, seriously

>> No.2546731

The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening DX

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>> No.2546759

>>2546735
>>2546725
>>2546693
These are the ones I would post. Frog Bell's literally proto-Link's Awakening, Seiken Densetsu is Seiken Densetsu and Daikatana is somehow a fucking cool little game.

>> No.2546764

there's a crystalis game on gameboy but I heard it's not a very good port

>> No.2546765

I was going to make a thread asking basically the same thing OP.

To be more specific, are there any games that capture the feeling of world exploration as well as the GBC Zeldas? There's something really satisfying about steadily filling in each tile on the map.

>> No.2546771

battletoads in ragnarok world

>> No.2546848

>>2546659
I want to buy these but I'm still struggling with gargoyles quest. Rushifell's stage is hell.

>> No.2546858
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I really like the way top down games look on the gbc. Zelda and Survival Kids are ultra cute

>> No.2546864

>>2546682
this guy

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>>2546659
>Rolan's Curse 1
Holy shit, ive been looking for that game for a fucking decade, thank you!

>> No.2546902

>>2546764
>heard it's not a very good port
They butt fucked the music so that it's much worse quality, *and* it's also new music which doesn't fit with the game like the original does

The top-down view is also way zoomed in, which is really annoying

Overall, just play NES version.

>> No.2547262

>>2546659
I tried Ninja Taro and I really don't like it. It plays slow and the boss fights are shit.

>> No.2547372

>Strong recommendations
Bomberman Quest is a Zelda clone, but the pacing is a little too slow for me.

Ninja Taro and the Rolan's Curse series seem to be based on the same engine. I didn't really care for any of these games.

Final Fantasy Adventure - Pretty much a Zelda clone based on elements from Final Fantasy.

Ultima: Runes of Virtua series - Top-down dungeon raiding in an effort to collect runes and equipment upgrades. The dungeons involve a lot of puzzle solving.

>Weak recommendations
Atomic Punk and Bombman GB are top-down action puzzle games. There's a chance they may be appealing to classic Zelda fans.

Gargoyle's Quest - Alternates between top-down map exploration, and Zelda II-style side-view battle and dungeon sequences. Some people call it a Zelda II clone.

Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy Legend series - Just because they're top-down. They have random battles though.

>> No.2547393

>>2546656
Tell me about Link? Why does he wear the green beard?
Seriously, why is there green on his face? I'm not being facetious

>> No.2547415

>>2547393
It's actually grey for shading. This is a palette swap.

>> No.2547432

Rolan's Curse, both of them.
Bomberman Quest

Sylvan Tale It's Game Gear but close enough.

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>> No.2547659

Xena: Warrior Princess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXFCP3KwNvA

>> No.2547890

>>2547510
Great game

>> No.2547891

>>2547659
Hercules also. But both are bad IMO.

I prefer Quest for Camelot, in the same vein.

>> No.2547893

>>2546696
BTW there is now an english translation for SV2

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,16295.msg272596.html#msg272596

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>>2546725
>>2546759

>> No.2549127

Something about top down adventure games on the Gameboy is so cozy. They knew they couldn't impress mechanically so they just excel at what they are and do their best to be crative about it. They feel very pure.

NES didn't really get a huge variety of adventure games just because they're werent popular yet, so I feel like where the GB is where the "design over power" philosophy came through and let this humble little games shine

>> No.2549229

>>2546656
You mean cumbersome and requiring constant fucking with the inventory menu?

>> No.2549282

>>2549127
I agree. GB/C is my console of choice for that reason. Specially GBC... At the tail end of it's life they were really pushing it with amazing games like Mario Tennis and Shantae.

>> No.2549328

>>2549127
That's a very nice way to put it.

>> No.2549423

>>2547891
Critics don't seem to like it, but I remember I liked the movie, so I'll give it a try.

>> No.2549849

>I feel like where the GB is where the "design over power" philosophy came through and let this humble little games shine
This applies to the system as a whole. The GB is easily my favorite system just because they couldn't do a whole lot, so they perfected what they could do with a minimalist philosophy that produces games that are purely games and have no qualms about it.

>> No.2549886

>>2549849
I bet Japan still produced graphical adventures for it. But I agree, I love the simplistic game design.

>> No.2549887

>>2549423
You kind of have to separate your feelings for movies as well as for licensed games on other platforms with licensed GB games. Oftentimes the game is wholly different from the movie, or the devs took the opportunity to do their own outlandish thing with a game and then slap a skin of the license over it later. This makes it more variable, and you don't have to assume it's terrible like licensed games on any other console.

>> No.2549897

>>2549886
Even then, the low resolution and four shades mean that even they have to have been cut down to a streamlined experience. And it's not to say games are forced to look bad; on the contrary, the visuals can still be astounding. The parallaxing effect in Legend of the River King always blows me away, and the pseudo-3D of Dragonheart is great too.
Link's Awakening makes great use of the shading available to it as well.

>> No.2549983

Croc 2 is a top down adventure game and actually got better reviews than the PS1 version. Also, Adventures of the Smurfs.

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Quest brian's journey is similar but more rpg. I think the combat system is fun. However the rest of the game is pretty mediocre.