Tag Archives: Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy games.

Another Bible, Super Game Boy

Another Bible is the fourth game in the Megami TenseiLast Bible‘ spin-off series and was originally released for the original Game Boy, in Japan only, in 1995. An English fan translation, by Aeon Genesis, was released in 2002 and the game is also Super Game Boy compatible, so that’s the version I’m showing here.

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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure, Game Boy

Developed by prolific Aussie studio Beam Software, and published by LJN/Acclaim Entertainment, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure is a simple-but-playable platform game based loosely on the 1989 film, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. It was released in North America in 1991 and Europe in 1992.

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Kirby’s Pinball Land DX, Game Boy Color

Kirby’s Pinball Land DX is brilliant ROM hack by “kkzero” that was first released in January 2022. What it does is modify the code of the original Game Boy game to make it playable on the Game Boy Color, in full colour. Which is pretty amazing.

This hack – and kkzero‘s other great Kirby hack, Kirby’s Dream Land 2 DX – turn what were once monochrome games into a riot of colour, and they seriously revitalise these great classics into games that are worth playing (or re-playing) again now.

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Kirby’s Dream Land 2 DX, Game Boy Color

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.

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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.

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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“.

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Mysterium, Game Boy

Developed by Maxis Software and published by Asmik Ace Entertainment for the original Game Boy in 1991, Mysterium is an obscure first-person dungeon-crawler in which you play an alchemist’s apprentice exploring a maze – called the Mysterium – in order to complete a test.

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Kirby’s Pinball Land, Game Boy

Kirby’s Pinball Land was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the original black and white Game Boy in 1993, and is – as the title implies – a digital pinball game starring Kirby, the ball-like protagonist of the Kirby series of video games.

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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.

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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.

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