The Original Game Boy Suggestions (and General Thread)

[Anonymous No.3824738]

I recently got into Game Boy collecting
My collection:
>Link's Awakening
>Metroid II
>Super Mario Land
>Kid Icarus Of Myths and
>Tennis
>Tetris
>F-1 Race
I want to buy:
>Kirby's Dream Land
>Dr. Wily's Revenge
>Super Mario Land 2
>Pokemon Blue
>Golf
>Donkey Kong

Anything I should add? also general Game Boy discussion thread

[Anonymous No.3824775]

Who cares faggot.

[Anonymous No.3824787]

>Anything I should add?
Donkey Kong 94'
Dr.Mario
Tetris Attack
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Wario Land 2
Cave Noire
Game&Watch Gallery
Balloon Kid

[Anonymous No.3824789]

Wario Land. Right now.

After that:
Tetris DX
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Kid Dracula
Gargoyle's Quest
King of the Jews
Dr Mario
Duck Tales
Bionic Commando
Kirby's Dreamland
Adventure Island 2
Tipper Gore's Extreme Bass Fishing
Contra

[Anonymous No.3824795]

KDL is too short to be worth a buy, literally only four stages (and then again for hard mode). You're better off borrowing it or emulating it or something.

KDL2 is a much fuller experience and worth getting.

I'd strongly recommend the Mario's Picross games, they're really fun if you end up liking Picross. Here's some other favorites:

>Final Fantasy Legend 1 and 2 (SaGa 1 and 2)
>Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu)
>Faceball 2000
>X
>Castlevania Belmont's Revenge
>Quarth
>TMNT 3: Radical Rescue

[Anonymous No.3824801]

>>3824795
When you eat the monster meat or whatever in FFL games, how do you change back to normal? Is it absolutely necessary to do that? Do you learn their skills for good or what. I'm a little confused as to what you're supposed to do with that shit. Can you just play through the game without doing any of that shit?

[Anonymous No.3824843]

>>3824801
when a monster eats meat in FFL it has a chance to transform.

>The transformation is not randomized.

>The transformation is based what your mobster currently is and what type of meat it is eating.

>A monster's stats and abilities are static, and based on what type of monsters it is

>Monsters have specific families that share sprites, with a weakest to strongest hierarchy ex. Skeleton - Lich
>The monster's power level is based on tiers. It's actually possible to get a game breaking monster in the first world, that is OP for a majority of the game.

>Minor spoilers! To get t most powerful monsters you must have your monster eat the meat from one or more of the monsters undead Guardian beasts (turtle, dragon, tiger, or phoenix). Your monster will then be at the top tier permanently and all subsequent meat eating transformations will be into other top tier monsters.

Check this out to find the path to get the monster you eant

[Anonymous No.3824847]

Great Greed

[Anonymous No.3824849]

>>3824843
Whoops! Forgot my link...

https://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/563273-the-final-fantasy-legend/faqs/16731?print=1

[Anonymous No.3824851]

>>3824738
Mole Mania.
It's a fantastic action-adventure puzzle game.

[Anonymous No.3824860]

>>3824843
>It's actually possible to get a game breaking monster in the first world, that is OP for a majority of the game.

I love the SaGa games.
It's just so much fun to mess around with the game mechanics.

[Anonymous No.3824865]

>>3824849
>>3824843
Keep in that these rules only apply for the first game.
Monster transformation rules are different in each SaGa game.

[Anonymous No.3824891]

>>3824795
Is the original Kirby really not worth it? I was always put off by the lack of a save function

[Anonymous No.3824935]

Two underrated games for GB.

Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru/For Frog the Bell Tolls

A kind of prototype of link's awakening, that game uses this game's engine. More puzzle based then really focused on the "action" it's an extremely charming adventure game with lots of silly npcs. Requires a fan translation to play.

Trip World: A nice platformer by sunsoft. It seems to take some inspiration from gimmick. While not as brilliant as gimmick it's a pretty nice platformer with amazing music and art for the original gameboy.

Not underrated but the gameboy mega man games are great. The first three are kinda dull but IV and especially V are great.


>>3824795
>>3824843
>>3824849
>>3824860
You guys recommend the FFL/Saga games to someone not a huge fan of jrpgs? I love some like DQ and mother but these seem interesting.
>>3824891
I like it for what it is myself, a short but sweet little platformer. The game should take like 15-25 min to beat if I'm remembering right, saving shouldn't be necessary.

[Anonymous No.3825206]

Bump

[Anonymous No.3825595]

Speaking of which, is Donkey Kong Land worth playing? I enjoyed Donkey Kong Country Returns immensely, but I heard the graphics make it somewhat unplayable

[Anonymous No.3825648]

>>3824795
>X

Muh nigga! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who even knows that X exists.

Right now I'm thinking about doing a translation.
I even have the manual and box.

[Anonymous No.3825685]

>>3825595
Unless you're absolutely dying for more DKC it's probably not absolutely necessary. Like a lot of GB games its main selling point was DKC on the go. Though I hear it is pretty good for what it is.

[Anonymous No.3825712]

>>3825595
Only if you're playing on the OG gameboy, the sprites mix with background art and are really hard to make out. It's not as bad on the Pocket and not a problem at all on Color and Super Gameboy.

[Anonymous No.3826364]

>>3825595
DKL2 & 3 are amazing. I agree with the others about DKL1 though

[Anonymous No.3826378]

>>3824891
It's cheap and fun, but short and easy so a save function would have been completely redundant.

[Anonymous No.3826519]

>>3824935

It's hard for me to reccomend an RPG to a person who doesn't like RPGs, particularly one with obtuse/unusual mechanics like FFL, but my impulse is to do it anyways because they're such interesting games to me.

[Anonymous No.3826770]

Survival Kids

[Anonymous No.3826779]

>>3826770
This, picked up a KO from aliexpress a few months ago for $5 and loved it, definitely worth owning.

[Anonymous No.3826829]

Pokemon Gold works on the DMG. That counts right?

[Anonymous No.3826885]

>>3826829
Yeah it counts. I'll probably actually just get that instead of Pokemon Blue. I played Red on 3DS Virtual Console and it was fun for a bit but got tedious towards the end

[Anonymous No.3826889]

Can someone tell me if the original Nintendo developed Golf and Baseball are worth picking up? I like retro sports games but I'm wondering if they hold up in 2017

[Anonymous No.3826912]

>>3826885
PROTIP: Instead of Blue and Gold pick up Yellow and Crystal.

[Anonymous No.3826965]

>>3826889

>Ilike retro sports games

Damn, the world must be your fucking oyster

[Anonymous No.3827064]

>>3826912
This.

Yellow is superior to Red/Blue/Green.

You get all three starters. Bulbasaur, Squirtle, & Charmander.

You get a special Pikachu companion that's also like a digital pet.

AND you can battle Jessie & James.

[Anonymous No.3827074]

>>3825648
Doesn't it already have a translation?

I tried the game out and it was in English. and it sucks

[Anonymous No.3827079]

>>3827064
I would always use that team in yellow because anything else was "wrong".

But I did let them evolve.

[Anonymous No.3827087]

>>3824891

You can beat it in less than half an hour.

I like it. There's no copy power, but enemies die in one hit, so you don't just spam powers to win. You also get a code for hard mode when you finish.

[Anonymous No.3827102]

>>3827074
There's the US prototype, but it's far from complete.

[Anonymous No.3827109]

>>3824935
i'd recommend final fantasy adventure for being one of the best games ever imo

[Anonymous No.3827360]

>>3827102

Now what do you mean when you say that, do you mean the translation is incomplete, or it's just an incomplete game?

Because there's no title screen, an unskippable intro scene, and I can't seem to find any objective, just lots and lots of nothing with the occasional enemy.

[Anonymous No.3827361]

>>3824935

I feel like it's a bit inaccurate to liken it to Link's Awakening just because it has the same engine.

[Anonymous No.3827425]

>>3827360
The whole US version of X is incomplete.
Also, the the original Japanese release does have a title screen, and the option to skip the tutorial level.

The levels themselves are somewhat empty, but that's what the map is for. The objectives generally have at least one or two enemies nearby.

[Anonymous No.3827740]

Is the original Game Boy Wars worth playing?

[Anonymous No.3827745]

>>3826965
Lol, I'm helping everyone else by taking them off shelves

[Anonymous No.3828050]

>>3826912
I don't think Crystal works on the DMG.

[Anonymous No.3828112]

>>3824738
Game & Watch Gallery 1, 2, 3.
Mega Man III, IV, V.
The Game Boy Camera can be a lot of fun.
Kirby’s Pinball Land and Pokémon Pinball.
Pokémon Gold or Silver, and Red or Blue or Yellow.
Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Survival Kids.

[Anonymous No.3828132]

>>3826519
>>3827109
Okay but that leaves me with a question, do you recommend the original US release or is there some better, more accurate version?
>>3827361
I see where you're coming from, gameplay is pretty different, but I still think of it as a almost basis for what LA did.

[Anonymous No.3828195]

>>3826889
Golf yeah, baseball no

[Anonymous No.3828609]

>>3828050
Just use a gameboy color.

[Anonymous No.3828612]

>>3824738
Game & Watch Gallery

[Anonymous No.3828619]

>>3824738
James Bond 007
Mercenary Force

[Anonymous No.3828926]

>>3824738
Kid Dracula is pretty great!

[Anonymous No.3829916]

>>3828926
Too bad it's expensive AF

[Anonymous No.3829930]

>>3824789
>king of the jews

what lol

[Anonymous No.3829936]

>>3826912

so besides >muh starters

what makes yellow so much better?

[Anonymous No.3829958]

>>3824738

GBEverdrive

[Anonymous No.3829971]

>>3829936

Yellow is the "third version" with the least amount of updates.

Obviously, you start with Pikachu, and you can get all the other starters, and it has extra boss battles with Jessie and James, but those are the biggest changes.

The sprites are all re-drawn to look closer to the anime, personally I always thought the Red/Blue sprites had more personality to them.

Gym Leader teams have been tweaked, again, to better mimic the anime, mostly made worse in my opinion.

And lastly, the movesets of some pokemon have been tweaked, like Nidoran not needing to take fucking forever to learn double kick.

There's also a surfing pikachu minigame, but that can only be accessed if you won the prize pikachu from pokemon stadium, or if you're playing the virtual console version of the game.

You're not missing anything much by getting red or blue instead to be honest.

[Anonymous No.3830002]

>>3829971

I'm mostly curious what people would say. Pikachu is kind of a SHIT starter to be honest, and in R/B you can get one right off the bat in Veridian Forest anyways.

And yes, the sprites in Yellow are mostly just fugly.

[Anonymous No.3830004]

>>3830002
also the removed the "traditional" missing no. trick. I think you can still do it, it's just a lot more convoluted

[Anonymous No.3830215]

I like Super Mario Land, it's like the closest successor to the original Super Mario Bros 1 without being rom hack tier, if that makes any sense to anyone.

[Anonymous No.3830278]

>>3830002
The Pikachu in Yellow is totally OP.
Just like in the Annie-may.

[Anonymous No.3830312]

>>3827745
you're doing gods work. someone has to buy those sooner or later or theyll end up in a landfill.

[Anonymous No.3830313]

>>3829916
i got it for $1 at gamestop in 2007

[Anonymous No.3830330]

>>3830002
What? The sprites in yellow look great. Look closer to the official artwork and the poses are nice.

[Anonymous No.3830341]

>>3830215
I get you. I like the simplicity of it. Weirdly enough, despite the crappy physics, I probably like SML more than SMB

[Anonymous No.3830368]

when I was a kid I was given a hand me down dot matrix and a bootleg cart with 54 games on it. This was my intro to the Gameboy.

A lot of the games on it are jap card/tile games but here are some of my favourite picks

>All star challenge
>Battle city
>Bubble ghost
>Crystal quest
>Chess master
>F-1 boy
>Heianko Alien
>Hyper Lode Runner
>Rubble Saver 2
>Master Karateka
>Motocross Maniacs
>Othello
>Pitman
>Spot
>VolleyFire
>Castelian

The thing I love most about GB is the music. I just prefer it to most over systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYl5P9TzmA

[Anonymous No.3830462]

>>3824851
so excellent!

[Anonymous No.3830647]

>>3830330

Yeah the anime makes me feel safe :)
The original sprites were too creepy for me >.<

[Anonymous No.3830790]

>>3824738
Super Mario Land is really the best I'd say

[Anonymous No.3831023]

>>3824738
Is Links Awakening the biggest size GB title?

[Anonymous No.3832035]

>>3830790
>>3830341
>>3830215
>Super Mario Land Music
>That Ambassadors of Funk Remix

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nF92mu8X0

[Anonymous No.3832048]

>>3832035
>Ambassadors of Funk Super Mario Land

Nostalgia Bomb!

I remember hearing this on the radio in the early 90s.

During summer vacation my friends and siblings and I would get up and dance around like crazy whenever we heard this on the radio.

It felt like hitting the jackpot every time this song came on!

Good times.

[Anonymous No.3832518]

Tecmo Bowl on GB is pretty fun

[Anonymous No.3832537]

>>3831023
willing to bet that pokemon gold and silver beats it, or rather probably pokemon crystal for being the same thing plus 'more'.

But for straight GB I can't think of much larger.

[Anonymous No.3832690]

>>3832035
Thank you for sharing this with me

[Anonymous No.3833163]

Tetris

[Anonymous No.3833253]

>>3832537
dragon warrior monsters 2, gta, and the muppets are all bigger. but no point playing them when you can play pokemon instead

[Anonymous No.3833313]

>>3824738
Just beat SML1. The graphics are ridiculously tiny, it's too short, the control and collision detection are weird. Still it's surprisingly fun, but flawed as hell.

But SML2… I can't play it. The sprites are very detailed, but it feels like a literal bootleg. I can't play it, the control is just awful. Can't believe Nintendo made this turd

[Anonymous No.3833517]

>>3833313
>it feels like a literal bootleg

I've never heard that description before but it's pretty accurate. A highly functional bootleg, but still a bootleg.

I still don't get how so many people say it's the superior of the two.

[Anonymous No.3833535]

>>3833313
This is how I've always felt about SML2 too. Never understood why it seems to be so well regarded.

SML3: Wario Land, on the otherhand, is a masterpiece that seems to get overlooked for its (equally great) sequels.

[Anonymous No.3833554]

>>3833517
>I still don't get how so many people say it's the superior of the two.
Me neither, but to their defense, SML1 looks ridiculous today. Literally like Nokia 3310 game, with the only exception being smooth framerate. This is one of the cases where I legitimately had to adjust to graphics for some time, with those tiny blocks and stuff. I think any NES game, even the launch titles, look more fresh than this. And yeah the shmup stages are awful too.
When you remember that
1) SML2 had incomparably better graphics, huge sprites and pretty map—all in 1992
2) SML2 follows the Mario guidelines more closely: turtles don't blow up, power flower shoots forward, etc.
Then it becomes more obvious why people choose it.

Still, I must say, having grown up with the low-key masterpiece that was SML3 and then GBA with Metroid Fusion, Castlevania CotM, etc, I kinda got used to portables actually having good games. SML2 made me realize why they weren't taken seriously for so long. Because if Nintendo, of all companies, published this shit, then it's no wonder others followed their example.

[Anonymous No.3833580]

>>3833517
I have a coolstory to tell. I'm Russian, so I was used to shit like Super Mario 1–15 on Dendy. And after I saw SML on someone's GameBoy, for a long time I actually believed it was a bootleg and wondered how people played this shit. My most vibrant memory was how the power flower didn't even stay on the ground, I thought "they couldn't even get THAT right".
I literally learned it was a legit Super Mario game from the picrelated comic. The realization came slow to me. I used to play both SML3 and 1, the difference was just striking.

[Anonymous No.3833582]

>>3833535

I dunno man, Wario Land 2 was pretty good, but the first one was too damned slow and floaty, and it had the same problem as SML2 where the sprites were too big and the screen was too crunched.

>>3833554

It just looks like a black and white NES game to me, which is about what you can expect for a gameboy game.

Aside from the bomb turtles and the power ball, it doesn't seem that different from a regular Mario to me. In fact it feels closer in spirit to the original SMB1 than any of the games that came after it... but I guess nobody wants SMB1 successors anymore when the meme magic of Super Mario Bros Three captivated them.

[Anonymous No.3833601]

>>3833582
>It just looks like a black and white NES game to me, which is about what you can expect for a gameboy game.
These blocks are 8 pixels wide. Eight. It's bordering on Atari level, when you wonder "what the hell is this supposed to be". What's more, they just use line art for most stuff, VERY basic graphics, even for NES.
> In fact it feels closer in spirit to the original SMB1 than any of the games that came after it...
I agree and I also love it for this. That said, it does have flaws. I find it nigh impossible to aim jumps well while running, I was walking through most of the game. Plus you can't pick up shells, and the whole collision detection is quite a bit wonky.
>Wario Land 2 was pretty good, but the first one was too damned slow and floaty, and it had the same problem as SML2 where the sprites were too big and the screen was too crunched.
It's not too fast I agree, but it worked well. Big screen is needed for fast games. When it's slower, smaller screen is alright. Great graphics despite that, very smooth and well-drawn. Replaying it now with GBC palette.

[Anonymous No.3833604]

Figured this would be a good place to ask instead of making a thread of my own: I'm searching for a game I played around 1998 on the original Gameboy. It was a SHMUP style left-to-right game where you were an astronaut (or just a guy in some kind of spacesuit really), and you had to defeat a bunch of spaceships to progress through the stages. I've tried looking through the official library of games, but none of the names ring a bell

[Anonymous No.3833606]

>>3833313
DK94 >SML 3 > 1 > eating actual shit > 2

[Anonymous No.3833607]

>>3833163
Thanks man, not I like said I already have it. I'll be sure to pick up this hidden gem

[Anonymous No.3833613]

>>3833554
You can't bitch about SML1 having tiny graphics and SML2 having "huge sprites" when SMBDX had to deal with vertical scrolling.

[Anonymous No.3833636]

>>3833606
Huh, so I'm not alone in this after all. I turned it on, said "fuck", and turned it off in disgust. Then I couldn't believe myself, turned it on again, said "fuck" once more and turned it off.
It's literally Amiga Mario. I tried, I really tried, but I can't make myself play it. Even despite it has well drawn sprites which were gorgeous for the time.
>>3833613
> SML2 having "huge sprites"
I don't bitch about it though, it's OK by itself. But vertical scrolling is awful, they learned from this mistake in SML3
>when SMBDX had to deal with vertical scrolling.
So? Some other game made 10 years later for an updated console influences my opinion on others?
Yes, they had to use scrolling, but that's obviously because they had to preserve the original. And SML1–2 were new games.

[Anonymous No.3834178]

I'm surprised that this hadn't been mentioned yet...

Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company

[Anonymous No.3834379]

>>3832035
>>3832048
>>3832690
>Go, Mario, Go!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL27411ED2E8B82D9C&params=OAFIAVgG&v=YZY8bOzVQ7w&mode=NORMAL

[Anonymous No.3834647]

If you like Link's Awakening and Final Fantasy Adventure you should check out Ninja Taro.

[Anonymous No.3834686]

>>3833580
That's pretty funny actually

[Anonymous No.3834774]

>>3824738
tmnt 3's a metroidvania and one of the best original gameboy games.

[Anonymous No.3834835]

I'm sure some of these have already been recommended, but I'm too lazy to read dozens of replies.

>Bomberman series
Every one of these games for GB is fantastic. The Bomberman Max games are GBC only, but the others are either original GB or dual-mode carts. (dual-mode carts work on all GB hardware)

Be aware there's a lot of rebranding between regions, for whatever lame reason. I believe "Atomic Punk" is called Bomber Boy in Japan and Dynablaster in the EU, for example.

Bomberman GB3 is a Japan-only release. It's still playable with no knowledge of moonrunes, as the only text consists of brief instructions for how to clear each stage. (which is obvious thanks to accompanying visual demonstrations)

Most of these are affordable, especially if you import.

>Tetris variants
Tetris 2 (Tetris Flash in Japan) and Tetris Blast (Bombliss in Japan) are way more interesting than classic Tetris. Don't listen to the "They changed it, and now it sucks!" crowd. Tetris 2 may not play anything like Tetris, but that's exactly why it's a great sequel. Who wants to play bland Tetris over and over again?

Both games are dirt cheap.

>Final Fantasy Legend games
Which are shamelessly rebranded SaGa titles; but anyone with even a modicum of Internet trivia knowledge is probably already aware of this. Of all the RPGs present in the classic GB library, these are the only ones I keep coming back to. Most people would tell you to get FFL2 and ignore the others, but those people are idiots. All three games have their strengths and weaknesses.

Not very affordable unless you import.

>Gargoyle's Quest
A short, Zelda II-esque action-adventure game based on Ghosts 'n Goblins. I'd hardly say it's worth the USD$30+ that reseller scum are asking for it, but definitely pick it up if you see it at a yard sale or something. There's also a sequel ported from its original NES version. It's a Japan-only release, though.

[Anonymous No.3834856]

>>3833604

Could this be Adventures of Star Saver? I haven't played it much, so I have no idea what the boss fights consist of.

>>3826829
>Pokemon Gold works on the DMG. That counts right?

Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver were all DMG-compatible. Crystal was a GBC exclusive since it had more features that I assume only GBC hardware can pull off.

>>3827064
>Yellow is superior to Red/Blue/Green

Being able to get all the starters is really more of a novelty. It's not like any serious player really bothers to train and use them against the Final Four. Gen I has rather imbalanced typing that makes an all-psychic team objectively better than anything else. Plus there's the three legendaries you can obtain late in the game.

>>3829958

Way overpriced. In most cases, you'd spend less just buying all the individual GB titles that you actually want to play.

[Anonymous No.3835236]

Tetris 2

[Anonymous No.3835595]

>>3824789
Bionic for sure

[Anonymous No.3835914]

>>3834178
If anyone is mentioning that baby here it's me and this time I didn't even feel like contributing.

>>3830368
>The thing I love most about GB is the music. I just prefer it to most over systems.
That soundtrack you linked sounds pretty much like the NES, as most Japanese Game Boy soundtracks do. I guess this one is a bit better since it actually uses the stereo.

[Anonymous No.3836426]

I think that this thread could use a little Gameboy Demotronic!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-CAcjNQDwPo

[Anonymous No.3836428]

>>3836426
It still amazes me that the gameboy is capable of all this.

[Anonymous No.3836432]

>>3836426
>Original Game Boy

[Anonymous No.3836449]

>>3836426
What is that music. I have heard that before. It sounds like a C64 piece. A loader? From Jonathan Dunn?

[Anonymous No.3836467]

Chalvo 55

[Anonymous No.3836516]

>>3836432
Get over it.

[Anonymous No.3836520]

>>3836449
The music is original and made using the gameboy hardware by the Megaboys team.

[Anonymous No.3836679]

>>3836426
>>3836449
>>3836520
I knew it was from Commando. But it's Hubbard not Dunn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQuR1LHAVI

[Anonymous No.3836825]

>>3836679
Neat. Man the Commodore 64 really does have some funky music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkT180hNLE

[Anonymous No.3836839]

>>3836679
Now the Amiga!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jTyTABJV4cs

[Anonymous No.3836846]

>>3836679
Amiga!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwawZwoKUxU

[Anonymous No.3836848]

>>3836679 #
Now the Atari!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jTyTABJV4cs

[Anonymous No.3836946]

>>3836520
>Doesn't recognise one of Rob Hubbard's most famous tracks.
>Thinks it's by some demoscene shitters
>States this as a fact
Catching a ride on the retro bandwagon are we, buckaroo?

[Anonymous No.3837053]

>>3824738
Haven't read the other posts, so I might be repeating some. Sorry in advance.

I spent about $20 to buy a copy of X from a Japanese guy on eBay, and it's outstanding. Worth finding, if not for the gameplay, then at least the novelty of playing essentially Starfox on a Gameboy.

They might not be sexy, but the ports of old games like Centipede or Crystal Quest are great. Real pick-up-and-go.

Monster Max is one of those weird-ass English games with the isometric perspective. It's pretty fun when you get used to the odd-ball view.

When I get home in about 2 hours, if this thread is still up, OP, I'll make a few other suggestions.

[Anonymous No.3837138]

um is this a collector thread or is this actually about the games

cause I don't want to discuss games with collectors, their knowledge of games is shallow at best

kinda like to talk to people who actually play games

Anyway I played Final Fantasy Adventure for the first time and I enjoyed it much more than Sword of Mana. Really goes to show that some remakes go too far with reinventing the original.

[Anonymous No.3837350]

>>3837138
Maybe try, I don't know, reading the thread to see that.

We're discussing games. Was it really needed you asked this? We have collector threads, obviously those are where the collecting is discussed.

[Anonymous No.3837664]

Tetris 3

[Anonymous No.3837925]

>>3824738
Lolo?

[Anonymous No.3838490]

Tetris Attack

[Anonymous No.3838947]

>>3830647

>:D ;) ^^ >_< XP :´^()

you must be new

[Anonymous No.3839336]

>>3836426
Fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.3840628]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet.
It's kind of a "hidden gem".

[Anonymous No.3840652]

>>3838947
He's just shitposting. Apparently looking more like the official art is worse then the shitty art of RGB.

[Anonymous No.3841172]

>>3840628
Is this game any good. I've never played it before.

[Anonymous No.3841378]

>>3840628
>>3841172
Probably just some pretentious hipster indie game that has mediocre gameplay. Come back with a good game

[Anonymous No.3841384]

>>3841378
Yeah, it's probably some soviet brainwashing program.
Play it too much and you'll become a drooling liberal.

[Anonymous No.3843864]

I'm torn /vr/ Recently picked this one up.
I cant decide if I love this more than the original.
The OG has music and nostalgia over plus.
But plus has epic puzzles and a cute waifu.

[Anonymous No.3844040]

>>3843864
>But plus has epic puzzles and a cute waifu.
We're on a 18+ board here. Of course waifu is more important.

[Anonymous No.3844042]

>>3843864
Is this a port of the arcade game?

[Anonymous No.3844102]

>>3843864
I will pronounce it as "teTOlisu" from now on.

[Anonymous No.3844785]

>>3844042
Yes.

[Anonymous No.3844825]

Strted playing Kirby's Dreamland 2. It's cool, but the default GBC palette for it is horrendous, IMO. It gets colors right but kills the contrast.
Tried other ones, the one called "Special 2" in Gambatte works better IMO.

[Anonymous No.3845598]

>>3844825
>not playing in greyscale

[Anonymous No.3845705]

>>3845598
>not playing on original Game Boy hardware

normies get out

[Anonymous No.3845729]

>>3844825
did you try sgb?

[Anonymous No.3845740]

Did anon ever make a recommendations pic like he said he would in a collage thread awhile back?

[Anonymous No.3845904]

>>3845598
It's up to everyone's taste. Personally, though I used to stick with greyscale for "how the devs intended", I find that it makes things harder to see and often lacks contrast.
GBC palettes are great find for me because they can have 3 different palettes for 2 object layers and the BG. It makes it easier to distinguish the characters, the items and the background between each other.
I found this out recently by replaying SML3. I've beaten the game 2 times before, but trying it now with color suddenly felt so much better, giving a fresh feel to the whole game.
Last but not least, GBC bios has special assigned palettes for many games, so they're pretty much "official". These sometimes look awesome, like in DK'94… Sometimes not though.

[Anonymous No.3845909]

>>3845729
I haven't, but I see it doesn't add much to the game. It basically presents every world in different shades, like orange, green, etc. That's pretty pointless IMO.

[Anonymous No.3845925]

>>3840628

Wat game is that??

[Anonymous No.3846026]

>>3830330
No, JPN Red/Green looks closer to the original artwork because they are literally the Sugimori drawings

[Anonymous No.3846050]

>Daedalus Opus
Very neat little puzzle game where you're given a bunch of fucked-up shapes and have to fit them all on to a board. Starts simple with just a couple of shapes, but as the level goes on, it adds more shapes to your inventory that you have to use to complete the level. I think there were like 40-something boards.

>Ninja Taro
Interesting poor-man's Link's Awakening released in the handheld's earlier years, before LA refined the genre. Pretty fun game if you enjoyed LA though; Ninja Taro came out about 2 years before it, and feels like a very rough version of what GB Zelda became. A lot more action-based than Link's Awakening, even though the gameplay itself is on a slower pace.

Protip: If you find yourself back in the 1990s, always see what games the poor kids have. They often have weird budget titles and obscure cheap shit that end up being amazing hidden gems. I found out about both these games because I had a redneck trailer-dwelling friend whose single mom couldn't buy him the more expensive first-party titles everybody else had, so she'd get him secondhand shit from flea markets.

[Anonymous No.3846636]

> See people recommend DK '94
> What's the deal with it? Look it up on YouTube
> Huh? It's just 4 levels of the original DK in the video
> That can't be right
> MFW I realize it's actually only the intro

[Anonymous No.3846657]

>>3832035
Holy shit, that's Chessington in that video. I nostalged more for that than the music but the music was rad.

[Anonymous No.3846663]

>>3846026
The original RG art is fucking hideous. The only good thing is it unintentionally gave us one of the greatest sprites ever.

[Anonymous No.3846665]

>>3846636
I plan on buying that tonight on the eShop actually.

[Anonymous No.3846689]

>>3846663
That's like a mix of Jay Leno and count Chocula

[Anonymous No.3846690]

>>3843864
>Jaleco

Oh my god, a game where they didn't make hilariously horrendous box art!
That's how you know Tetris Plus is definitely something special.

[Anonymous No.3846723]

>>3846690
Only US covers were shit for Jaleco games, mostly for SNES

[Anonymous No.3847715]

Are there any decent flashcarts other than everdrive gb and edgb Chinese knockoffs?

[Anonymous No.3847732]

>>3847715
There's the Drag N' Derp, but it doesn't really have any advantages over the EDGB.

[Anonymous No.3847821]

>>3847715

The SmartCard is usable, but you'll definitely want to look into MottZilla's patches to enable multi-save support, as well as compatibility with certain ROMs: http://thegaminguniverse.org/ninjagaiden4/mottzilla/

[Anonymous No.3849305]

I know it's a meme buzzword, but I really think GB games are very comfy. The small screen and SD sprites give a very cosy feel.

[Anonymous No.3849327]

>>3846665
>eShop, ever
>Paying for ROMs
Literally disgusting. freeShop is a thing, mate.

[Anonymous No.3849654]

>>3846636
That was pretty much every kid who bought the game thinking they got an arcade port but got a full game with 100 levels and puzzles

[Anonymous No.3849659]

>>3849305
I get it. Going on a big adventure in Link's Awakening on such a small scale is soooo comfy

[Anonymous No.3850651]

>It's a yet another godawful conversion of a fighting game on GB
I started to appreciate KoF R1 more after this

[Anonymous No.3850773]

someone needs to make a montage pic for gb games. to sum up this thread or something.

[Anonymous No.3851423]

By no means what many of us are seeking but its a start and worth getting spread through the generals and /vr/.

[Anonymous No.3851493]

>>3830330

[Anonymous No.3851925]

>>3851423
>no Kirby, DK94, and games listed by series
literally hitler made this

[Anonymous No.3853348]

>>3851423
>SML1&2, no 3
>Skate or Die 2
>No Kirby's DL
>World Heroes

[Anonymous No.3853553]

>>3851423
Okay list, but why are the first three Mega Man GB games listed there when they're universally considered the worst? lol And kinda weird pairing the Final Fantasy Legends with Final Fantasy Adventure in one spot

[Anonymous No.3853570]

>>3853348
>>3853553
>Why are such-and-such games missing?

Think verrrrrrry carefully...

[Anonymous No.3853714]

>>3853570
And I did and I thought maybe it was a mag from 1992 or something, but
>"Metroid II: Way before Lara Croft…"
>Lara Croft
>1996
SML3: 1994
KDL2: 1995
Well excuuuuuse me

[Anonymous No.3854306]

What are some japanese only gb games worth getting?

[Anonymous No.3854351]

>>3854306

Noobow. Based off a Japanese candy mascot.

[Anonymous No.3854797]

>>3851423
>dr Mario
>golf
>top rank tennis
>killer instinct
>faceball 2000
>a nes game

I know the GB library is shit but what the fuck

[Anonymous No.3854938]

>>3840628

Looks like shit

[Anonymous No.3855227]

>>3854797
>GB Library is shit
>Link's Awakening
>Kirby's Dream Land
>DK 94
>Super Mario Land series
>Metroid II
>Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters
>Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow
>Tetris
>Gargoyle's Quest
>Final Fantasy Legend
>Game & Watch Gallery
>Improved ports of NES and arcade games
Nice try, kiddo