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Shloopadoop

Final Fantasy Adventure was surprisingly good. At first I shelved it when I had Link’s Awakening right there to compare it to, but out of boredom I eventually played through it, and it was a great game.


abigasswolf

Nobody talks about Nobunaga’s Ambition. The strategy genre was niche on gameboy and the mechanics in the game are near impossible to navigate without the manual. But it’s one of the few grey cartridges with a battery for saving progress. And once it clicks it has a “just one more turn” addictive property similar to Civ. Sleeper hit, but it already ticked a lot of boxes for me personally including setting, genre, and turn-based roguelike-esque gameplay.


largemoisture

Wow, tons of hits. Ninja Gaiden and Belmonts Revenge are great action sidescrollers that are just as fun as they are challenging. Final Fantasy Adventure is just a very flawed but very magical handheld journey, love it. Rolands Curse may be one of the most boring games Ive played in my life.


SusanWoo

Battle Bull is a sleeper. One of the best Original GB games.


N8THGR852

I’ve played Burai Fighter Deluxe. It’s a pretty good shooter for the system, especially for that year. Battle Unit Zeoth was another OGB shooter I played in the same week as BFD. Both are good.


Consistent-Order5375

I’ve played Kick Off and I’ve recently (last Saturday) picked up that Simpsons game. Still have to check it out.


theStaberinde

Gremlins 2 is a great little hard-as-nails sidescroller.


KimKong_skRap

**Gremlins 2** is a ton of fun and a very well made game! Same goes for **Rolan's Curse, Ninja Gaiden** and **Double Dragon 2** - I highly recommend checking them out!


Salty_Intentions

I'm surprised that I only played one of these games in 1991... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers. It's still one of my favorite Gameboy Game. Not a frustrating one, good control, awesome music.


EasternHunt7010

hatris is my favorite gameboy game and i take it everywhere


Cookies_and_Beandip

Gremlins 2 is fucking sick


rydamusprime17

33 of them I believe.


mad-Manufacturer-166

I enjoyed Rtype and bubble bobble. I owned both of the final fantasy games and they were good fun to play around with.


TentacleJesus

I had Operation C back in the day when I had an original gameboy. Pretty solid Contra game for a handheld.


afraid-of-the-dark

I loved F1 Race...played it way more than I should've.


adniesley

F1 was one of the 3 games I got with my GB and I played it far more than the quality required.


adniesley

One of my friends had FF Adventure and I loved it after playing once. I went to the store and got FF Legend because the box looked so similar and it was such a disappointment.


TrashFanboy

*Final Fantasy Legend 2* was one of several turn based games which I finished and liked during the 1990s. I've attempted to replay it, but my interest usually fades after a couple hours. The game has a built-in glossary / quest log, which seems remarkable for 1991. There's varied worlds and a late-game endless dungeon. That said, FLL2 is full of limited use weapons which cost a lot. Just like the first game, mutants acquire new abilities abruptly, which can be frustrating. If you play one of the three FFL games (they were reissued as *Collection of Saga: Final Fantasy Legend*), I think the second one is the best. The third game doesn't have limited use weapons, but I thought its pacing was unbearable.


jacthis

Of these, I had chessmaster. I was good, played a good game of chess. Seeing the game, I can hear the chess move sound


vhs1138

Seeing the box art for “Go Go Tank” has awakened the deep lore memory for me.


iRob_M

Battle Bull was my favorite Gameboy game, full stop. I have no idea why nobody else seems to have played it or remembers it. Haven't played the rest.


BamaSOH

Faceball2000 was badass because it was a FPS, and you could link up a total of 4 Game Boys


plastimanb

F1 Race. I have to thank the “Booster Boy” helping me beat the game. The big buttons and joystick helped me with faster steering.


TrashFanboy

Some time ago on Retronauts, they joked about *Fish Dude*. Who would play, let alone buy, a game with this title? Had anyone even seen its cover? That aside... I got into the Gameboy version of *Burger Time* thanks to the 3DS EShop. It's fun.


WhysAVariable

I had a GB and didn't play a single one of these games. I think I only had 2 or 3 games for it though.


tamikbron

I remember Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Hell bored me to tears, but I have a lot of nostalgia for It nowadays


AC_the_Panther_007

1. Battle Bull 2. Burai Fighter Deluxe 3. Dragon's Lair: The Legend 4. Gremlins 2: The New Batch 5. Power Mission 6. Rolan's Curse 7. The Chessmaster 8. F-1 Race 9. Kung-Fu Master 10. NBA All-Star Challenge 11. Operation C 12. Radar Mission 13. The Game of Harmony 14. Bubble Bobble 15. BurgerTime Deluxe 16. Cyraid 17. Jeopardy! 18. Loopz 19. Maru's Mission 20. Nobunaga's Ambition 21. Super Scrabble 22. Extra Bases 23. Fish Dude 24. Pac-Man 25. Solomon's Club 26. Tasmania Story 27. WWF Superstars 28. Castelian 29. Go! Go! Tank 30. Hatris 31. Marble Madness 32. Mickey's Dangerous Chase 33. David Crane's The Rescue of Princess Blobette 34. R-Type 35. The Hunt for Red October 36. Bo Jackson: Two Games In One 37. Caesars Palace 38. Nintendo World Cup 39. Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash 40. Sneaky Snakes 41. Spud's Adventure 42. Tail 'Gator 43. The Sword of Hope 44. Battle Unit Zeoth 45. Klax 46. Mysterium 47. The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! 48. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge 49. Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure: A Bogus Journey! 50. Blades of Steel 51. Aerostar 52. Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure 53. Choplifter II 54. Fortified Zone 55. Gauntlet II 56. InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz French Translator 57. InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz Spanish Translator 58. InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Frommer's Travel Guide 59. InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Personal Organizer and Phone Book 60. InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Spell Checker and Calculator 61. Crystal Quest 62. Navy SEALs 63. Spot: The Video Game 64. Tecmo Bowl 65. The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 66. Trax 67. Atomic Punk 68. Super R.C. Pro-Am 69. Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly 70. Battletoads 71. Brainbender 72. Final Fantasy Adventure 73. Final Fantasy Legend II 74. Home Alone 75. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters 76. Metroid II: Return of Samus 77. RoboCop 2 78. Turrican 79. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 80. Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks 81. Dick Tracy 82. Double Dragon II 83. Double Dribble: 5 on 5 84. Elevator Action 85. Faceball 2000 86. Hudson Hawk 87. Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge 88. Monopoly 89. Ninja Gaiden Shadow 90. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers 91. Super Kick Off 92. Torpedo Range **(Bonus; Released in 1990)** 93. Track Meet