RetroGaming

James Bond: 007 was a surprisingly good game that I enjoyed way more than expected. I don’t know why I got the game, I was and have never been a fan of the series.

Here's one I played a lot of and loved that I never hear about anywhere... Bionic Commando - 1992. A port of a Nintendo game I only got to try a few times, but the game boy version was better to me.

Probably doesn't hold up anymore, but no one really talks about "Kingdom ~~Conquest~~ Crusade". It's like a really tight minimalist version of the combined live action melee and big battle strategy of the Dynasty Warriors series - compressed to fit on a classic Gameboy.

Cosmo Tank. Got it as a gift from my dad and loved it when I was a kid. I may have to revisit it myself.

I had an Itchy and Scratchy game (from the Simpsons). It was a mini golf game that was a lot of fun.

Elevator Action, fun platform shooter made in 1983. I spent countless hours playing this game with my babysitter.

Radar Mission. I can hear the music in my head from both game types whenever I think about it, right down to the music when the carrier launches the fighter. I enjoyed both game types a lot, though I remember getting frustrated as a kid until I learned the nuances of the opponents.

Warlocked for GBC - it was ambitious as hell, and has some quality scenario ideas.

Aside from a few classics I'm sure you've already played, I remember playing Wario Blast and Taz-Mania fairly often.

I haven't played either one in years, so I don't know how well they still hold up.

God Medicine. Genuinely one of the best classic style JRPGs and the best RPG on Gameboy in my opinion. Absolute travesty that the west never ended up getting it originally.

James Bond 007 was one of my favorite Gameboy games.

I spent countless hours as a 4 year old trying to solve the puzzles and got through it by sheer determination.

I can still probably remember every path in the desert mission.

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Quest for Camelot was a banger. I think it's in NSO actually. The sword swing sound effect is burned into my DNA.

Falling sand games, specter supreme, escape velocity, gyromite.

Vegas Stakes - simple casino games, perfect time-killer for the format.

Wendy Every Witch Way - concept of reversing gravity has been used in other platformers since, but this might be the OG, and is very solid.

Great Greed!!!

Lighthearted RPG with a really neat combat system, funny writing, and food puns everywhere! So awesome and I never see anyone talk about it.

Shout out to Hungry Goriya for her excellent review on this gem.

I didn’t have a Gameboy, but I did have an Atari Lynx and I would say for Atari it was Batman in color.

Pac in Time was a great game, came bundle with my red original Game Boy. Turok 1 and 2 for Gameboy were loads of fun too

You know what was great and gets no love? Q*Bert for GameBoy was a really solid game that had a LOT of stage variety and even silly cutscenes. Literally the only thing it was missing was color. Highly recommend.