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Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
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#1: Jan 5th 2011 at 9:25:14 AM

Ever since the release of the Nintendo DS and the announcement of the 3DS, I feel that the Game Boy, Game Boy COLOR, and even some of the Game Boy Advance games have been pretty under appreciated. So for Nostalgic Reasons, I thought it would be fun to discuss some of the best classic games for this console series.

Some of my top favorites are:

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Robotrekkie Since: Jan, 2011
#2: Jan 5th 2011 at 9:38:19 AM

All three Final Fantasy Legend games (Sa Ga in Japan) are very underrated. If you like RP Gs in general you should give it a try.

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#3: Jan 5th 2011 at 9:39:26 AM

Donkey Kong Land series. Sex on a handheld.

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#4: Jan 5th 2011 at 9:52:37 AM

Links Awakening. One of the darker titles in the Legend Of Zelda series, as far as storytelling goes. Great dungeons and items, good writing, and plenty of challenge. I highly recommend either version, vanilla or DX.

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#5: Jan 5th 2011 at 10:07:03 AM

For some reason, the music from the first level of Ninja Boy got written on my brain with a magic marker.

I'm not sure if I liked that.

And yeah, Links Awakening was a golden game. As were the first 2 Pokemon generations. And no-one could ever forget about Tetris.

Magus Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Jan 5th 2011 at 10:20:27 AM

Snow Bros. Junior was pretty chill.
I have fond memories of Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle, too. I went to Mexico on vacation in fifth grade and beat the entire game. Also, once I lost the manual and an NOA rep actually came to my house to replace it.
There was a Monster Rancher card game for the GBC or something that was a lot of fun, even though I never figured out the rules.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
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#7: Jan 5th 2011 at 5:44:47 PM

Its funny you mentioned Links Awakening because that's one of the few pre 2000 Legend Of Zelda games I still own.

Anyone remember Pocket Bomberman or Pac-Man Color Edition with Pac Attack? Those games were the bomb.

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#8: Jan 5th 2011 at 5:59:59 PM

Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow. That's right, all three. Had an original Game Boy (almost totally crapped out by now), Game Poy Pocket, and Game Boy Color. (And of course, a GBA) I could have traded to get all the Pokemon...but I was too lazy.

I picked up Super Mario Land from something at school in 5th grade, which was around 2001 or 2002. Still worked fine, but I never beat it. Around that time, I also found an old cartridge of Link's Awakening that my aunt had. Played the heck out of that thing.

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#9: Jan 5th 2011 at 6:01:13 PM

The Sonic Advance Trilogy. To paraphrase this Needs More Love entry on the page, whenever someone mentions Sonic's quality in recent years, they will only point out Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 and Shadow The Hedgehog; if asked about this trilogy, they will frequently answer with a blank stare.

edited 5th Jan '11 6:01:27 PM by Komodin

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#10: Jan 5th 2011 at 6:23:55 PM

I didn't think Sonic Advance was that good. It was better than Sonic Adventure DX, Adventure 2 Battle, Heroes, and Genesis, but I still

I found and dusted off my old gameboy pocket a few days ago, IT STILL WORKS! I now believe in Nintendodium. Super Mario Land 2, however, is the only game and I don't really care for the Super Mario Land games compared to the other 2D platform Mario titles.

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
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#11: Jan 5th 2011 at 6:29:43 PM

For me my favorites from the systems are...

  • Link's Awakening
  • The Oracle Twins but in particular Ages
  • All of the Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest Monsters games

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#12: Jan 5th 2011 at 6:41:24 PM

Way back before gaming companies were fixated on your handheld thinner, you could put a game boy in your shirt pocket and expect it not only to block a bullet, but to play Tetris afterwards.

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#13: Jan 5th 2011 at 6:45:05 PM

Oh somehow I forgot Breath of Fire 1 and 2, Shining Force 1, Golden Sun 1 and 2, Fire Emblem 6-8, SRW OG 1 and 2, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and the Phantasy Star Collection. Gameboy was good to me with RP Gs. Very good.

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#14: Jan 6th 2011 at 1:44:40 AM

I enjoyed Marble Madness back in the day.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#15: Jan 6th 2011 at 2:06:02 AM

>Pokemon Red version

HUH. Grating and repetitive music, hideous graphics (which includes UPSCALED dithering for "your currently fighting pokemon" images), all of this unforgivable when compared to the much earlier The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Then combine this with the lack of some Anti Frustration Features of later generations, and this is a quite awful game. Fortunately Yellow was a step in the right direction, and each generation was better than the last.

On the subject of things I like: Mainly the three Zelda games, but I also recall spending a lot of time on the simple but ever-catchy Tetris.

edited 6th Jan '11 2:13:35 AM by Medinoc

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#16: Jan 6th 2011 at 2:50:24 AM

My first two games were Wario Land and Kirby Dream Land. I'm still fond of them.

But the best games I had were, without a doubt, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Silver and Link's Awakening. The latter was my first experience with a Bittersweet Ending and I still think of it as one of the best Zelda games. Also it made me kind of a Link/Marin shipper.

edited 6th Jan '11 2:50:55 AM by Nyarly

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AceNoctali A lil' bentô ? from France Since: Nov, 2009
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#17: Jan 14th 2011 at 4:30:52 PM

My first portable console was a Game Boy Advance SP, so I grew on GBA and later DS games instead of GB games. I do own a rare few GBC games, though: Star Ocean: Blue Sphere, both Tokimeki Memorial Pocket games, and Yu Gi Oh: Dark Duel Stories.

That said, one GBC game I'd love to get my hands on one of these days is Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. I love Puzzle Games, and liked Panel De Pon when I played it.

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#18: Jan 14th 2011 at 4:49:50 PM

My first real game ever was the Game Boy Tetris Attack. Good times. I still have a large portion of my original Game Boy library, but, like an idiot, I sold Kirbys Dreamland long ago.

Luckily, I still have Kirbys Dreamland 2, which is still an excellent game.

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