This is a fan-made ROM hack, first released in May 2023 by “kkzero“, of the Super Game Boy-enhanced Kirby’s Dream Land 2 that converts the game for use on the Game Boy Color. And it certainly does this great game justice and really makes those colours pop! In fact: it is much more colourful, and looks even better, than the Super Game Boy version. So much so that it is definitely the best way to play Kirby’s Dream Land 2, IMHO.
Tag Archives: Boss Battles
Kirby’s Dream Land 2, Super Game Boy
The enhanced version of Kirby’s Dream Land 2 is a real treat on the Super Game Boy. While it only has one special border to choose from, it does have enhanced sound effects (like the sound of wind blowing on some levels), level-specific palettes, and even some special full-colour screens such as the title screen, menus and the ending.
Kirby’s Dream Land 2, Game Boy
First released in 1995 for the original Game Boy, Kirby’s Dream Land 2 continues the adventures of Kirby – after Kirby’s Dream Land and Kirby’s Adventure – adding three new animal friends to help Kirby as he sets out on a quest to restore seven stolen rainbow bridges and defeat the evil force known as “Dark Matter“.
Viewpoint, PlayStation
The 1996 PlayStation version of Aicom‘s classic isometric shooter, Viewpoint, was ported by Visual Concepts Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It features updated graphics and music, with the same basic gameplay elements of the original.
Space Gun, Arcade
Released into arcades by Taito in 1990, Space Gun is a first-person sci-fi horror shooter set on a crippled spaceship that has been overrun by killer aliens. It can be played by one or two players.
X-Men: Children of the Atom, Arcade
X-Men: Children of the Atom is the first in a series of fighting games from Capcom, based on characters from Marvel Comics. It follows the same conventions, and uses the same controls, as the Street Fighter II series and first came out in arcades in 1994 (1995 in North America and Europe).
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa, Sega Master System
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa is the sequel to the classic 1986 Sega arcade game, Fantasy Zone. Rather unusually, it came out first on the Master System, before later being released as an arcade game. Usually the opposite occurs, but in this case the Master System version was released in 1987 and the arcade version came out in 1988.
Continue reading Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa, Sega Master System
Castlevania Legends, Game Boy
Castlevania Legends is the third Castlevania game for the original Game Boy, first released by Konami in 1997. The story follows Sonia Belmont, a vampire hunter battling the first incarnation of Count Dracula.
Castlevania: The Adventure, Game Boy Color
This colour remake of Castlevania: The Adventure was released in European territories only in the year 2000, as part of the Konami GB Collection Volume 1.
Castlevania: The Adventure, Game Boy
Castlevania: The Adventure was the first game in the Castlevania series to be released for the original Game Boy. It was published by Konami in 1989.
The King of Grabs 