Yo /vr/ Can we get a GB/GBC recommendation thread? I'm actively scouting out old gems to play, and the GBC was always one of my favorites. I just finished survival kids and am seriously stoked for more.

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Anonymous Mon Oct 5 12:55:12 2015 No.2720629 [Reply] [Original]

Yo /vr/

Can we get a GB/GBC recommendation thread?

I'm actively scouting out old gems to play, and the GBC was always one of my favorites. I just finished survival kids and am seriously stoked for more.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 12:59:32 2015 No.2720632 Adventure of Lolo Bomberman Quest Donkey Kong Link's Awakening Super Mario Land 2 Those are some games that I enjoyed and played much.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:15:28 2015 No.2720658 >>2720632 >Donkey kong Isnt that a watered down port of DKC?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:19:39 2015 No.2720668 >>2720629 Metal Gear Solid aka Ghost Babel I like this better than anything MGS on consoles.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:21:14 2015 No.2720670 File: 58 KB, 595x456, tumblr_nd8js9Rscm1rpkkuqo1_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2720668 This So much this.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:27:00 2015 No.2720679
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>>2720668
Thirding this. Ghost Babel is legitimately incredible.

What kinds of games do you like OP? I'm a pretty big fan of FF Legend, but it's not everyone's bag.

Metal Walker is another weird but cool little RPG with an interesting battle system

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:30:16 2015 No.2720685 >>2720658 No, he meant Donkey Kong '94 which is a remake of the arcade Donkey Kong.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:35:51 2015 No.2720692

>>2720679
Anythings fine honestly, I'm looking to try the best the GB has to offer.

To sum up a list, I've played:

Pokemon R/B/Y/G/S/C
Pokemon Pinball
Pokemon TCG
Links Awakening
Oracle of ages/Seasons
Metroid II
Kirby Dreamland
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Shantae
Ghost Babel
Survival kids

And a bunch of ports like Battleship and Asteroids

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:36:51 2015 No.2720695 >>2720692 Oh and Tetris, obviously.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:48:39 2015 No.2720710

>>2720692
I would recommend Dragon Warrior 1+2 and 3, those were both really good. FF Legend obviously, as well as Legend 2. Legend 3 is decent, but more of a standard RPG where as the first two have early versions of the SaGa system.

Harvest Moon on GBC was a lot of fun if you're into farming sims and cuteness

Legend of the River King 1 and 2 are also personal favorites. Very relaxed feeling to them, but an interesting fishing "combat system"

Pokemon Puzzle League. If you like Tetris, PPL is a really good version of a similar puzzler called Panel de Pon and is excellent with tons of features and modes.

Gargoyle's Quest is really good

Lufia is pretty great

Tomb Raider. I only tentatively recommend this one. I had a lot of fun with it, but many didn't at all. I'm also a big TR fan. It feels like a weird blend of Tomb Raider and 2D Prince of Persia. There's a lot of back tracking and many areas feel very similar, but somehow that never bothered me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:19:48 2015 No.2720740 >>2720629 Monster Rancher Battle Card Survival Kids All the Final Fantasy games Tetris Plus

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:26:34 2015 No.2720750

>>2720692
Recommending some stuff people generally forget to recommend:

The Harry Potter games
Hamtaro - Ham Ham Unite
Wario 2 and 3 (ok those are pretty popular actually, but I didnt see them mentioned here yet)
Quest - Brian's Journey (i personally like it better than Quest64, not sure how everybody else feel like on this one)
Kid Dracula
MegaTen Last Bible/Devil Children

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:36:01 2015 No.2720758

>>2720750

>Harry Potter

I WAS going to say something about this, but didn't.

The HP games are pretty good. I think I held off because while I like the HP sorcerer's stone game, I preferred the GBA version, and since we get in trouble for that around here, I held off.

The GBC version could have at least added a Quidditch part, but oh well. The first be is still awesome.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:49:17 2015 No.2720778

>>2720758

I feel like some people might avoid them thinking theyre just more shovelware, but for some reason theyre so much fun to play. Hamtaro is like that too.

I like the GBA version better as well, but the GBC version still is pretty solid in my opinion.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 15:15:03 2015 No.2720819
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OP here

I know its supposed to be the "inferior" version compared to the NEs, but hot damn I'm having fun with Crystalis.

>>2720710
I'll check out Harvest moon and DW for sure, I love pannel de pon and own the SFC version, s I amy check out PPL. (played the 64 version before) But I prefer 2D planes, so.

>>2720750
I have actually played the HP GBC rpgs, they're great. and wow I forgot to mention, yes I have played SML and Warioland1-4

>Demi kids
Thanks for reminding me, I'll add it to the top, I've been wanting to play this one for a while, how close to traditional SMT is it?

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 15:36:35 2015 No.2720842

>>2720819
>how close to traditional SMT is it
It has a lighter atmosphere but story is pretty cool still. A bit too easy though, so dont expect much on that side. There are two versions each one having a different MC, representing the chaos/order routes.
Oh, and the main system of getting new monsters is negotiating, not auctions. There are some minigames and quests where you get monsters too. Still a pretty fun game imo.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 08:53:48 2015 No.2722206 >>2720668 >>2720670 >>2720679 Ghost Babel so much. Does anyone remember if there were VR missions?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 09:27:45 2015 No.2722232 >>2722206 When you beat the game you could replay the missions with alternate objectives.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 09:31:38 2015 No.2722238 >>2720750 >Wario 2 and 3 Please, don't forget Wario Land 1. I like this one actually way more than Wario 2.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 09:34:13 2015 No.2722241 File: 44 KB, 422x189, 1442946524891.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Lufia 3

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 09:47:42 2015 No.2722252 Bionic Commando is one of my favorites.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 10:03:12 2015 No.2722275 Return Of The Ninja great Shinobi/NG-style sidescroller for GBC

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 12:57:22 2015 No.2722481 File: 10 KB, 480x360, 0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2722206 Yes, the game has a dedicated VR mission mode. And yes, the game is awesome. Best of MGS meets the best of MG >>2722232 That too

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 14:14:18 2015 No.2722610 File: 11 KB, 200x204, daikatana cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2720668 >>2722275 And while we are talking about ninjas and stealth games, let's not forget that Daikatana is actually a good game on the GBC.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 14:22:20 2015 No.2722623 What is it about Gameboy color sprites that look so appealing. I instantly cum when I see shit like >>2722241

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 14:38:02 2015 No.2722647 >>2722610 I've never played it on GBC. I have on N64 Having watched some gbc gameplay videos of it, it looks decently entertaining. I might emulate it later to give it a better assessment though.

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 14:49:59 2015 No.2722663
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>>2722623
First of all, the GBC is a beautiful 8-bit system. It has a color plaette as big as the SNES.
And second, this is only a theory, this was the last resort for pixel artists. By the time the GBC came out 3D was in full swing. Everything artists learned to do wasn't needed anymore. At least no in home consoles, so they turned to the Game Boy Color.
But that is only my theory. I can't back it up. I probably could by tracking the credit history of pixel artists and look if they actually went from SNES to GBC, but I am too lazy.
But as a matter of a fact a lot of talented people worked on the later and bigger GBC games.

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 14:59:52 2015 No.2722692

>>2722663
I'm not a pixel artist, and don't know the history of the system and developers, but I love its graphics from a technical view. The huge system palette, paired with the seemingly "low" per tile restrictions allowed for a lot of creativity, artists trying to "beat" the system. Creativity often comes from restricted environments, not just on consoles, but even outside of computers. write poems with a limited number of syllables or avoiding certain letters, compose music from a given number sequence, make a movie without sound, or in this case, drawing with restrictions on color density, but not total palette. It's a shame that systems fall out of fashion, because frankly, I think the GBC has a lot to offer still.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:05:23 2015 No.2722712 File: 60 KB, 500x500, 51VJW33985L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I was pleasantly surprised. I played nothing but GBC and GBA as a kid, I'll try to wrestle through my thoughts to get some recs for you.

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:07:59 2015 No.2722720

>>2722692
because it got a bit lost in my rambling: In a way the SNES provides "too much" freedom, if you will. You got so many colors, virtually no limits on the palettes, for backgrounds or sprites, you can get away with automatically digitizing artwork and other boring stuff. Artists interested in pixelation love the constraint, as it's the foundation of their entire craft

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:22:06 2015 No.2722752

People aren't mentioning FF Adventure 1, even with the brand new adaptation coming out.

Here are some good ones I can remember:

Dragon Warrior Monster
Super Mario Land 2: The 6 Golden Coins
(First one too)
Mario Golf/Tennis

You know what? Just fuckin take it

http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Boy_Color

http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Boy

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:38:05 2015 No.2722794

>>2722752
>You know what? Just fuckin take it
>http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Boy_Color
>http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Boy
Okay, I accept your challenge. I recommend games not features on these lists.

Obelix, vey well executed platformer, that looks and controls good and sounds even better.

Knight Quest
Great Greed
Two of the better RPGs on the system. Very funny.

Ninja Taro, overlooked action-adventure. Biggest problem is the slow walking speed, everything else is fine.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:39:39 2015 No.2722797 >>2722794 while you're at it, add them to the list, with a bit of a description

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:41:04 2015 No.2722805 >>2722797 and purge the ones that don't belong on there, like the Oracles or Marios

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:42:35 2015 No.2722810 >>2722797 I use that wiki all the time, it's a pretty good database but still needs work. >>2722805 I disagree, for the sake of them being staples of the platform

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:46:45 2015 No.2722825 >>2722810 Is this about recommendations, or games almost everybody suffered through due to peer pressure? Why do you want to make people actually interested in the platform suffer as well?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:51:38 2015 No.2722837 >>2722825 contrary to popular belief, people actually liked those games

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:54:08 2015 No.2722847 >>2722837 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:56:00 2015 No.2722852 >>2722837 they're ok games, but nothing I'd recommend. The platform has a lot of actual cool stuff, so you don't need to bother with them

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 15:57:56 2015 No.2722860 Harvest Moon 1/2/3 is great if you're into those kind of games.

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 22:01:21 2015 No.2723474
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I just nabbed a Game Boy Light on eBay, and now I need some games that'll look good on the thing.

This is what we're working with here.

What are some games, GB only, that maybe are typically considered too dark, or at least don't suffer from that trend early games had where they leave the background totally white for memory and unoptimization's sake?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 22:06:39 2015 No.2723485 File: 1.79 MB, 2592x1936, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I strongly recommend getting a Tommy Hilfiger Game Boy Color because women get wet when you walk by with it in your pocket.

Anonymous Tue Oct 6 22:29:52 2015 No.2723542

What was the tank game where you would go to various places in Europe and fight other tanks. You would choose a tank and go around destroying as many tanks as possible and in the background you'd see famous landmarks such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and that fancy church with all the multi-colored spires in Russia and such.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 00:07:40 2015 No.2723721 Tryna find my old GBC. It's around here somewhere.

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 02:52:59 2015 No.2723872

>>2722752
You, I like. Seconding Dragon Warrior Monsters and Final Fantasy Adventure.

Also:
Warlocked
Robopon
For The Frog The Bell Tolls
Magi-Nation
Revelations: The Demon Slayer
the Mega Man GB games
Castlevania Adventure
Castlevania Legends
...and probably a few I'm forgetting somewhere along the lines. I'm not going to say any of these are flawless, perfect, or mindblowing, but I had fun with them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 02:54:02 2015 No.2723873 File: 308 KB, 900x900, favprite gbc games.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] heres my favorite gbc titles

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 02:55:00 2015 No.2723874 >>2723872 Almost forgot... Pokemon TCG 1 and 2. Surprisingly enjoyable.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 03:03:27 2015 No.2723878 >>2720658 Donkey Kong Land was it's own game and was fun. 2-3 are what you described though.

>>	Ziggy !fJMyvXO.mA Wed Oct 7 04:27:46 2015 No.2723943 In Biozombie Crazy B has a Gameboy Camera, and at 1:07:23 you can hear him playing a game. What game is it, v? https://youtu.be/obvfnlwuF1k?t=1h7m23s

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:08:06 2015 No.2724391 >>2723873 Could be me if you remove the Hamtaro game and Pokemon Silver. Mario Tennis was the shit back in the day with its RPGish feel and game progression. One of my all time favorites for the system.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:12:26 2015 No.2724401 >>2724391 How you unique. You both love popular games.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:23:37 2015 No.2724421 >>2724391 For one, that's pokemon crystal not silver, shitlord. And two (i'm not that guy) but Hamtaro and Pokemon are kickass games. YOUR OPINIONS ARE SHIT jk you're entitled to whatever dumb crap you want

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:24:44 2015 No.2724425 Monster Max

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:32:07 2015 No.2724436 File: 30 KB, 324x290, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Turrican. Kind of a cross between Contra and Metroid.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 12:42:34 2015 No.2724452 >>2724436 Is it any different from other turricans?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:08:22 2015 No.2724612 File: 575 KB, 1280x1448, dkgbc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2724436 Forget Turrican, get the Duke.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 20:13:31 2015 No.2725212 File: 32 KB, 512x768, 2007BR3166.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bumping Most of these things are monochrome. I bet it'd be kickass for GB games. Also I'd like to call attention back to >>2723474

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 21:27:42 2015 No.2725372

Not Mentioned Yet:
Deja Vu I & II
>Point & click detective games (NES remake)
Kirby's Dream Land 2
>Superior sequel that actually lets you get enemy powers
Mole Mania
>Miyamoto's puzzle adventure baby that no one remembers
Power Quest
>Fighting mech RPG, simple but entertaining
Contra: The Alien Wars
>Easier than the consoles but still fun
Mario's Picross & Picross 2
>Puzzle shit, very casual and comfy

Seconding:
Mario Golf
MGS
Link's Awakening
Dragon Warrior anything
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (Intense Mode has the most difficult computer I know of in the series)

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 21:44:34 2015 No.2725401 >>2722752 >Dragon Warrior Monsters got the chance to play this recently. I'm not sure why anyone would recommend this over DWM2. 2 is just a lot better.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 21:50:58 2015 No.2725412 File: 168 KB, 400x400, Belmonts_Revenge3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2723872 >Castlevania Adventure >Castlevania Legends Adventure sucks, Legends is mediocre. Pic related is awesome though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:06:54 2015 No.2725943 File: 80 KB, 500x503, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2720629 Fun punch out clone

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:09:02 2015 No.2725945 >>2725412 Both the games had some DAMN good fuckin' music though. But you are right. Belmont's Revenge is top notch.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:33:41 2015 No.2725960 >>2720758 the chamber of secrets had a quidditch minigame that game was so much fun

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:46:40 2015 No.2725972

>>2725960

I do recall that, however, The Quidditch from Sorcerer's Stone on GBA was superior and honestly, those were the best parts.

I haven't played the gba version of Chamber of Secrets. but I have on gbc.

I will say it's a lot smoother and more aesthetically pleasing than SS

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:53:51 2015 No.2725980 File: 78 KB, 640x632, 1444294431897.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2725943 This is a fun Punch Out clone but it's not retro o t r e t r o

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 04:54:42 2015 No.2725981

>>2725972
it also let you play with up to 3 characters, had a more organized battle interface, a bestiary, more equipment and more sidequests. The only bad things about it were that some areas of the castle were trimmed down and the Forbidden Forest was pretty shitty compared to SS. And the final boss battle was a fucking joke. You spend the whole game grinding your shit for OP spells and then you're only allowed to swing a sword? srsly?

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 05:00:24 2015 No.2725986

>>2725981

Yeah, that was some shit. Though, I admit, I beat SS more times than CoS and by that, I mean I beat SS 5 or 6 times and CoS once.

And it's funny, because I can't stand Harry Potter, but holy fuck, the gameboy games are never anything short of a damn good time.

I look at Harry Potter and Pokemon in the same regard.

I'm in it for the gameboy games.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 10:44:33 2015 No.2726280 File: 40 KB, 400x357, 37503_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2723872 >Revelations: The Demon Slayer I came into this thread to post this. >TFW your first SMT game before you knew what SMT was

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 17:21:29 2015 No.2726825 Just got a Gameboy recommend titles, want something mario but i don't know what games that are good. played mario 3 ages ago maybe want something similar or same.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 19:04:30 2015 No.2726974 >>2726825 Mario land 2 is probably closest to that, 1&3 are worth playing and wario games too.

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 19:49:22 2015 No.2727068
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Getting some monochrome GB games soon and trying to decide what to play them on.
The only hardware I own already is some GBAs. (original, front-lit SP, and back-lit SP).
I was figuring I'd just use the back-lit SP but I'm wondering if getting a GB Pocket would be better.

The GBP has a bigger screen (relative to the size of the GB area on a GBA screen) and I see people saying the back-lit SP screen having a low response time (ghosting). But the that's only ever mentioned in comparison to the front-lit SP, which I don't think I want to use due to the overall look of the screen.

So I'm left wondering how the ghosting on a back-lit SP compares to the ghosting on a GBP.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 19:54:40 2015 No.2727076 File: 69 KB, 383x362, dropping in.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I don't know how much discussion this is going to get over there, so I thought I'd bring it here too. >>2727069

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 19:59:29 2015 No.2727083 >>2722647 It's not perfect (playing as the other characters is kind of annoying, since they can't use as many weapons) but it's a fun game and worth playing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 11:33:46 2015 No.2728128 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFKmsyFouBI

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 18:53:36 2015 No.2728846 >>2720658 >>2723878 Donkey Kong Land was also way harder than DKC.

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