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Any other Gameboy ports that went above and beyond like this game?

>> No.6993808

>>6993798
OP here, port probably isn't the right word. Adaptation rather.

>> No.6993810

>>6993798
>>6993808
The Rare Donkey Kong Land games, depending on how you view them

>> No.6993849

>>6993798
Ninja Gaiden Shadow
https://youtu.be/9RqeMwKF-1k
Kung Fu Master
https://youtu.be/F-Y-_YSaipw
Balloon Kid
https://youtu.be/4MnscS9_ZOw
Bionic Commando
https://youtu.be/g4R8VNVsq9I

Is GBC allowed?
If so. Dragon's Lair
https://youtu.be/4XiUvMowedA

>> No.6993856

The GB version of Lock n Chase is fantastic

>> No.6993859

>>6993798
Super Mario Bros Deluxe

>> No.6993862

>>6993810
>Donkey Kong land
completely forgot about that game’s existence

>> No.6993876

>>6993798
>>6993810
>>6993849
>>6993856
Game Boy has a lot of oddities in terms of this kind of thing. I mean... what is Donkey Kong? A remake? A reimagining? A reboot? A port? Donkey Kong Land seems more obvious as a 'port' but it's also not the same levels in the same order and the game is overall very different. There was also plenty of things like the aforementioned Lock 'n Chase that's essentially a sequel with the same name and promoted as a portable version. Weird shit.
Game Boy didn't have that many straight up ports now that I think about it. Porting from NES directly isn't great because of resolution differences. Some arcade games got direct ports. Besides that, I don't know. A lot of games basically had to be remade entirely to play on Game Boy.

>> No.6994101

>>6993798
>>6993808

It's a full-blown remake 2bh, but done with such class and skill that not even contrarians would talk shit about it

>> No.6994138

>>6993859
This, fantastic port although the GB aspect ratio makes some of the lost levels absolutely impossible without knowing them inside out already.

>> No.6994516

>>6993798
The King of Fighters 95
https://youtu.be/7xWgid7Bg0I

>> No.6994993

Is this a troll thread? Have none of you ever played this game?

>> No.6995471

>>6993798
Even six year old me thought the multiple death animations were mind blowing

>> No.6995475

>>6993876
Donkey Kong Land is a new DKC game for gameboy. It not a port at all.

>> No.6996842

>>6993798
This is unarguably one of the top five GB games. It's also not a port.

>> No.6996847

Oof dk94 is amazing. I only found out about it a couple years ago.

>> No.6996908

>>6994101
It's like FFVII Remake: not a remake at all but rather a completely different game. But in this case the game is good.

>> No.6996915

It took me a long time to get to the donkey kong land games. I was a huge fan of the first two dkc games, but I had seen the graphics and figured the dk land games were probably mediocre messes. Not the case at all. Somebody actually gave a fuck when making those games. Enough that I remember saying that to myself more than once playing through dk land one. Id say those cloud platform levels are harder than anything in dkc1. Gameplay and level design wise it holds up to the snes games. Graphics are obviously weak but its on the gameboy they did what they could. The amazing part is that Rare didnt just phone it in for some quick cash. soundtrack, level design everything was obviously worked on to make the best game possible.

>> No.6996921

>>6993798
i remember playing this for the first time. I already played the NES one hundreds of times, and for some reason i just wanted to see what the GB version was like. i thought i was done in the final level, then more game just showed up out of nowhere.

>> No.6996958

>>6993798
the Daikatana GBC version is unironically good

>> No.6997525

>>6993810
Very accurate

>> No.6997673

>>6993798
Heiankyo Alien. Boulder Dash. There's a few that improved on the original games.