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I've just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda's, Mario's and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So what's your favorite game?

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[–] CmdrModder@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago

Does Yoshi's Island count? I loved that game to death and it's ending makes me tear up as well.

[–] b_mcschmee@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Mole Mania is pretty fun. And Gameboy donkey Kong is pretty fun, and it's way more than just an arcade port. It's has way more levels and the format is different. It also has a pretty fun move set.

[–] bendeboy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Kirby's block ball was a great Gameboy game. I remember one I liked a lot called lock n' chase, name could be wrong but I'm sure it's close

[–] sludge@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

shantae for gbc! its a really cute sort of metroidvania thing.

[–] b_mcschmee@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately if you want to play on original hardware the og cart is like $600+ dollars, or there was a rerelease cart that is like $60.

[–] szczur@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That strange Lord of the Rings turn based strategy game.

[–] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Advance wars, I just picked up the reboot for the switch

[–] Thurgo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I prefer it to the sequels on the DS.

[–] AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dragon Warrior Monsters for the Gameboy Color was fantastic. It was somewhat similar to pokemon, but had some features that pokemon didn't get for several iterations, like having your monsters follow you around, monster breeding, and multi-monster fighting.

Magi Nation was also good, similar vein to both of them, but felt darker in tone. Although maybe that's just how it seemed to a much younger me.

[–] zannzen@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I had completely forgotten about this game until you just mentioned it. But wow I played this so much it was fantastic.

I remember getting another dragon warrior game and being confused why it wasn’t at all like Pokémon (was more of a jrpg party building game)

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[–] wren@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Apart from Zelda and Pokemon: Castlevania, Metroid, Fire Emblem

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Does GBA count? Cause FF Tactics Advanced games were awesome.

[–] RoquetteQueen@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Easily my two GBA favourites.

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[–] hiroyt@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Final fantasy Tactics Advance and Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones

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[–] szczur@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.

Honourable mentions for: Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.

[–] TheCulturedOtaku@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Here's a short list of my favorites:

  • golden sun
  • fire emblem

EDIT: I misread the post... updated for GB only

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[–] Valliac@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

The port of FF4 on the GBA was really good.

Original Gameboy, though, I played a LOT of the Tomogotchi game. I don't know why, but I loved that janky garbage pile of a game.

Wario Land 2 was a constant as well.

[–] Venutianxspring@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I loved kid Icarus. Played the shit out of the game when I was a kid. That a Kirby's Dreamland were my two favorites that I can recall right now.

[–] warg@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (GBC). I'm convinced it's what got me into JRPGs because of the similarities, despite being a western game. It was localized to my language (Swedish) which was not the case for most games (like pokemon), so young me could actually understand what was going on for once. I really like the art in it too.

If we're allowed GBA then Zelda Minish Cap or Lego Star Wars.

[–] Chernobob@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So I grew up playing James Bond 007 on my OG Game Boy. It wasn't the greatest game in the world but it provided hours of fun on car trips when I was a kid.

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[–] eskuero@lemmy.fromshado.ws 1 points 2 years ago

Fire Emblem 7 a.k.a The Blazing Sword

[–] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Pocket Bomberman (GBC), Wario Land (GB), Wario Land II (GBC), Bubble Bobble Old and New (GBA), Donkey Kong '94 (GB), Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB), Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA), Dr. Mario (GB), Tetris (GB), and Tetris DX (GBC), Mario's Picross (GB).

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Been playing road rash (GBC) and its nice

Kirby games are nice too

[–] scyrp@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wario Land 3 & 4
Advance Wars
Golden Sun
Dragon Quest 3

[–] sharkfeek@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That's a solid list. Very similar tastes

[–] Boabab@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Urbz: Sims in the City for the GBA (and also the DS).
This is such a hidden gem on the GBA and my favorite GBA game I had. Had great music as well!

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[–] AfterAll@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The GBA castlevania games own

[–] GeekyOnion@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I bought the various flavors of Gameboy just to play the slew of those games.

[–] MissTyata@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favourite GBA game was Metroid Fusion, I wish I still knew where it was

[–] TrickyNuance@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

If you own a Switch, it's playable on the GBA app with a Nintendo Switch Online membership.

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