The more rare, obscure, or just a guilty pleasure, the better. Maybe you grew up with it, maybe it’s just the nostalgia talking, any reason is fine.
I’m looking for a new game to play, but I’m running out of games to collect!
My favorite is games for original DMG, but you’re welcome to include Color it’ll advance games too!
Donkey Kong (1994) - not really rare or obscure, but definitely not talked about enough.
It starts out like regular donkey kong but then it goes somewhat differently.
The colorization is only complete with SuperGameboy so it might be tricky to play that way but there is a colorization hack being worked on.
I played the shit out of Donkey Kong Country 2 on my GBC as a kid. A lot of it with that crappy night light attachment that ate batteries and gave me motion sickness playing at night in the car.
Donkey Kong. I think people just think it’s a port of the arcade game because it has the same first few levels but it becomes something more afterward and is incredibly fun.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Great game
There are colorized versions available, made by community, but really well done.
HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the DX romhacks you’re referencing, IMO they enhance SML/SML2 to the point where it’s just better to play the hacks instead unless you’re stuck on a monochrome GB.
Super Mario Land DX - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4477/
Super Mario Land 2 DX - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/
(Original ROMs to patch required, not at same site.)
Weirdly enough, my favorite Zelda game of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Weirder still, it’s the story that I really love, driven almost entirely by the fact that it’s the least Zelda Zelda game. No, I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
I mean it’s probably entirely nostalgia, but I still hear the in-game ballad in my head from time to time.
I had no idea, guess I’ll have to do a little early Christmas shopping lol. Thanks!
$60 for a 30 year old Game Boy game? I think I’ll have to disagree that it’s worth buying again.
Not weird at all! It’s actually my favorite Zelda game too. 🙂 I think I’d actually say Majora’s Mask is even more not-Zelda. 😄
…also Marin > Zelda 👀
Hah, I actually agree with you now that you mention it: Majora’s Mask is indeed even more not-Zelda lol. That game was a hell of a time.
Thank you for your bravery lmao. But I’m 100% with you, Marin a thousand times over Zelda. The fandom will likely beg to differ though hahaha
Funny enough it was Link’s Awakening that led all the games after that being more story oriented. It also started the trope of the long trading quest
As a kid I got a lot of mileage out of The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle. It was honestly nothing special but it was a fun if very basic game. Password-based and not all that difficult for an adult.
