Game boy Balloon Kid Donkey Kong Gargoyle's Quest Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kwirk   Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3 Mega Man 4 Mega Man 5 Metroid 2   Super Mario Land Super Mario Land 2   Game Boy Color Resident Evil Gaiden

GAME BOY

Ballon Kid

One of the starting lineup of games for the good old original Game Boy. It's an unofficial spin-off of "Balloon Fight" for the NES. You go through stages avoiding obstacles and collecting bonus balloons. If one balloon pops then controlling the girl gets more challenging. If they both pop you need to hurry up and pump up new ones. Without balloons the girl can run around fast and jump high, but most stages have long pits so you need to be quick to restore your balloons. Tapping down a few times pumps up more balloons. The only time you're required to 'attack' is during boss battles. It's a pretty cool game despite what its first impression may give you. It's fun to control the girl with her balloon.

Donkey Kong

This is surely one of the best Game Boy games. It's a heavy extension to the Donkey Kong arcade classic. The game starts out like normal Donkey Kong, but just when you think you've beaten the game, the real game begins. It turns into a stage-based action/puzzle type of game. The goal of each stage is to get the key to open the door to the next stage. The challenge comes in with figuring out how to get the key and how to bring it back to the door. There are various obstacles and enemies in your way, as well as tools and various other things to assist you. This game can get quite addicting. Ah, and it is supported by Super Game Boy. That would explain why these screen shots are displayed in different pallets. (Note: a GBS archive hasn't been made for Donkey Kong yet)

Gargoyle's Quest

This game is much similar to the Gargoyles Quest titles which came out for the NES. Maybe its my fetish for Game Boy, but I like this title much better than the NES versions. Your job is to guide the famous gargoyle, Firebrand, across The Ghoul Realm to defeat the evil which plagues it. Capcom sure likes to screw us by making their best games so short! This game and SNES Demon's Crest have only like 5 stages.

Kirby's Dream Land

This game is EXCELLENT. It's up there with Metroid and Mega Man as one of the best platformers for Game Boy. Kirby is a ball of puff. He sucks up enemies and spits them out as damaging stars. If you press up you can fly around, then spit out a cloud of air at enemies. The experience of playing Kirby's Dream Land is like playing a cartoon. The graphics are very cartoony and well animated. Throughout stages you're treated to short cinematics to add to the adventure of passing through the stage. The play control is excellent; it's so fluid. My only complaint is that the game is short.

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Nintendo picks it up a notch and created an EXCELLENT sequel that tops the greatness of the first. Great new features have been added. Sucking up certain enemies gives Kirby special powers or weapons. Joining Kirby on his quest are three companions: a hamster, an owl and a fish. Kirby rides them; each give him different advantages. When Kirby gains a new power, so does his companions. This game is much longer than the first. Stages are now separated by "worlds", and you have the ability to come back to any previous stage. And you might have to, because in each world you have to find a secret crystal. Collecting all the crystals allows you to progress to the final stage.

Kwirk

One of the starting lineup of games for the good old original Game Boy. Kwirk is one of those typical maze games. However it adds new things to make things interesting, like a second playable character (in some stages), flipping walls, and the ability to fill in pits with blocks. It gets addicting for a while. There's just one song that plays throughout the whole game. After some hours of gameplay you'll be humming it in your sleep! ^^;;

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge

Soon after the release of Mega Man 3 for the NES, the famous first Mega Man title was released for Game Boy! Consider it a watered-down remake of Mega Man 1 for the NES. It's the shortest Mega Man title ever released. The stages are complete remakes, showing almost no similarities to the NES version. They totally excluded Bomb Man and Guts Man, leaving the other four of the villain robots in the first stage select. Along into Dr. Wily's stage you battle four of Mega Man 2's villain robots in a quick battle royale. Overall, it's still very much a traditional awesome Mega Man title.

Mega Man 2

The stage select consists of Clash Man, Metal Man, Wood Man and Air Man from Mega Man 2 for the NES. The next stage select consists of Top Man, Magnet Man, Needle Man and Hard Man from Mega Man 3 for the NES. All stages are remakes from the NES versions; somewhat close to the original versions. Compared to every other Mega Man title of the Game Boy series, this one is the easiest - really easy, I might add. Yeah, that's pretty much it; this is another typical Mega Man title.

Mega Man 3

Mega Man 3 is a definitely improvement over parts 1 and 2! The music is AWESOME. Seriously. Sometimes I would turn on the game just to stand still and listen to the music. The graphics and animation are fantastic. It starts out with Spark Man, Snake Man, Gemini Man and Shadow Man. The second set is Skull Man, Dive Man, Dust Man and Drill Man. Overall, it's a very fun Mega Man title.

Mega Man 4

Capcom picked it up a notch! Mega Man 4 is yet another great-looking, entertaining game. They added new features like the power blaster (when you hold down attack) and a "P chip" system so you can buy power-ups from Dr Light.

Mega Man 5

Capcom went an interesting direction with Mega Man 5. Instead of copying robot bosses from NES titles, they made a whole new set exclusive to this release. The new robot bosses are based on the planets of the solar system. As usual, the graphics are incredible and push the Gameboy to its limit. New features include a power fist (when you hold down attack) and a supportive cat robot called Tango.

Metroid II: The Return of Samus

Nintendo did it again! They managed to push the most quality possible out of what the system can handle. At first glance, Metroid 2 is looks like such a simplistic, limited game; but its so well put together that it can kick some ass! The music blends so well with the eerie 8-bit 4-color atmosphere. The gameplay is exactly like NES Metroid with the exception of some new abilities that Samus came pick up. You don't progress further into the game by picking up a new ability that allows you to get past a certain area, instead there's the flood system! The flood system blocks the entrance to the next stage with lethal water. The only way you can make this flood drain is by defeating all the metroids in the current stage. I find this game so entertaining. I love to play it over again every blue moon. The manual scan is 1.75 MB and it contains 17 JPG images.

Super Mario Land

The first game for Game Boy! Super Mario Land started it all. It's not a super great game, but it held its ground well until part 2 came out. Unlike other Mario games, in this one a flower gives Mario the ability to shoot these black balls that bounce off walls. It's an unusual power, but the 'bouncing off walls' aspect provided for some interesting gameplay.

Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins

This sequel is a MUCH better improvement from Super Mario Land 1. Oh no! Wario has taken over Mario's castle and locked the door with a special lock. Mario's only means of unlocking it is to collect six golden coins. Each coin is guarded by a tough foe; Mario must travel through each of their realms to challenge them. Oh! What suspense. ;D Mario can gain the power of Fire Mario or Rabbit Mario. Rabbit Mario can flap his ears to slowly glide down after a jump.

Resident Evil Gaiden

Excellent!! Finally, there's a serious, bloody game for Game Boy (besides Mortal Kombat). Resident Evil Gaiden answers the question, "So what would a popular 3D game look like if it was made for 2D 8-bit Game Boy?" And I think they did a damn good job. This game has the best graphics and animation I've ever seen on Game Boy. The battle system is somewhat RPG-ish. You can equip different weapons and armor (which you need to find laying around). Battles take place in a separate sequence. Attacks revolve around a 'moving target' system. The target is constantly moving from left to right. You have to press the fire button when the target is aligned directly in front of the zombie. If you enter battle when multiple zombies are visible, then in the separate battle sequence you'll have multiple zombies to deal with. The only drawback about the game is that after a while it gets repetitive, most particularly the battles since they don't offer much variety. Overall, it's a great game. I'd recommend it to any classic gaming fan.