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[Versabane]

Did a half hearted sweep over the searches for Gameboy and only came up with topics similar to this, but not as refined, close/delete as seen fit.

Well, so recently I've gone nostalgia on my old gameboy and gameboy color and long story short,I want to try out all those shiny games that I could not afford back in the days.
I realize that i could download an emulator, but that's just not the same, and I also doubt that it's legal, ROMs also do not raise in collectors value over the years, in case I should ever sell them.
SOOO, teh intarnets came to my rescue, got a few sites similar to ebay in my country choak full of epic games. The good thing is the availbility, I feared that I could only find a few of them and just buy those, the bad, well. I'm far from wealthy enough to buy them all, so i ask you Escapists, what are you're favourite games/what should i buy?

I got: Harvest moon (lol), Links awakening DX.

Ill cover the obvious choices: The first few Pokémon games, the Zelda games, perhaps a few Mario related ones.

If you feel like it, you can also add some games for the N64, as I just realized I got one hidden somewhere wich is probably going to be valuable in not too long. Or other old consoles.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

Mortal Kombat, we have that for our gameboy, and some thing with mr game and watch or something like that, just a whole lotta mingames, i cant really remember using it that much other than those 2 games.

Ther theonly 2 i ever remember on the old Gameboy other than pokemon

 

[The Infinite]

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 2
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Super Mario Land
I would definitely add those to your list.

 

[Snotnarok]

I'm not sure who "ur" is but I've yet to meet him!

Pokemon Red/blue
Wario Land games
Kirby
Megaman X-Treme

 

[mikecoulter]

Pokémon Red/Yellow/Silver.

In fact, I may buy a new Gameboy just to play Yellow again...

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

James Bond 007
Link's Awakening

Ah, memories.

 

[Versabane]

I'm not sure who "ur" is but I've yet to meet him!

Gah, I blame the tedious language code of MMORPGs for that one.

EDIT: And even in the subject!

 

[Fingolfin High-King of the Noldor]

Fire Emblem Blazing Sword will always be my favorite game of all time. And naturally the first 5 pokemon games. And Super Mario World 2.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Pokemon Yellow
and the first game that I've ever played:
Space Station Silicon Valley

P.S. If GBA games are allowed too then i HAVE to add: Fire Emblem and Golden Sun

 

[TimeLord]

Pokemon Yellow (Best of the 3), Red and Blue
Lord of the Rings (GBA)
Super Mario Bros

 

[Mozza444]

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

The best thing is i have a GBA emulator on my phone now

EDIT: Ooooo This is old gameboy...
In that case, Pokemon.

 

[Fenreil]

Metroid II: Return of Samus

One of my first gameboy games and one of the ones we played over, and over, and over, and over...

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

Donkey Kong Country on the Gameboy Colour is just too good!

I'm proud to own it.

Plus Dragon Warrior Monsters was a fantastic monster raiser than I completed loads of times.

EDIT: Wario Land 2 and 3 are must have too!

 

[Proteus214]

I've had various Super Mario Land 2 themes stuck in my head for the past two days now.

I'm almost embarrassed to admit how many hours I put into that game.

 

[EzraPound]

Uhhh... I'm sure there are lots I've missed -- the Game Boy was one of the greatest platforms ever, contrary to popular belief amongst those who only played it for Pokémon -- but these are all good, particularly if you select those which have personal appeal.

Oh, and before you ask:

-- Street Fighter II's controls are rendered (quite effectively) by the 'A' and 'B' buttons executing different types of punches and kicks (three each, like the arcade version) depending on how hard you press them
-- Daikatana is an excellent Zelda-style adventure game, albeit only available in Europe or as a freeware rom on John Romero's website
-- Worms Armageddon is ported effectively onto Game Boy, with its only fault being the ineptness of its AI, which may warrant passing over it

-- Harvest Moon 3 has been excluded from this list because of its idiosyncratic design (you have to choose between harvesting crops or raising livestock)
-- The Donkey Kong Land series was excised because of the existence of Donkey Kong Country for the GBC -- a better pixel-by-pixel translation of the (overrated) SNES totem
-- The first Super Mario Land isn't bad -- pick it up if you're a Mario fanatic, by all means -- but does suffer from floaty controls and general underdevelopment compared to its sequels

Really, really great games not Mario/Zelda/Pokémon: Wario Land II; Wario Land 3; Metal Gear Solid; Final Fantasy Adventure; Tetris/DX

Operation C
Pokémon Red/Blue
Pokémon Gold/Silver
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Heroes of Might and Magic II
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
Metroid II: The Return of Samus
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening/DX
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Dragon Warrior Monsters 1-2
Dragon Warrior I & II (bundle)
Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Legend I-III
Alice in Wonderland
Worms Armageddon
Metal Gear Solid
Wario Land II
Wario Land 3
Mega Man I-V
Mega Man Xtreme 1-2
Kirby's Dream Land 1-2
Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble Part 2
Street Fighter II
Double Dragon
Wizardry
Daikatana
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Country
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Shadowgate Classic
Deja Vu I and II
Harvest Moon GB/C
Harvest Moon 2
James Bond 007
Sensible Soccer
Mario's Picross
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
Tetris/DX
Crystalis
Shantae

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

Me and my brother have got a drawer full of these games, it's really unorganised though so I'll just say Pitfall and Captain America and the Avengers.

 

[Rishtaka]

Pokemon Red, Dragon Warrior Monsters, Vegas Stakes (taught me how to play poker) and the Final Fantasy games, especially Final Fantasy Legend 2. That game was epic.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

The obvious Pokemon and Super Mario Land.

Plus Dragon Warrior Monsters was a fantastic monster raiser than I completed loads of times.

Aye.

On the GBA, I enjoyed more Pokemon, as well as Spyro and Scooby Doo: Mystery Mayhem, which was surprisingly pretty good.