I couldn't find a thread on this so I hope it doesn't exist already.I want to find a good list of the best (or just top) original Game Boy games. Not color. Not advance. Original. I know Pokemon Red/Blue is on there for me as well as Super Mario Land 2. But I need help making a good list.
Best Original Game Boy Games
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Posted 09 January 2007 - 11:34 PM
*Zelda - Link's Awakening (the first version was for the original GB; GBC and GBA have a custom color setting for it)*Battletoads (there were two games, both were good)*Metroid II - Return of Samus (GBC and GBA have a custom color setting for it, but the cartridge is B&W)*Megaman IV & V (the others don't make the cut, IMHO)*Final Fantasy Legend III (was named like that here. I was told that it originally comes from the Saga series)*Gargoyle's Quest (if I didn't liked this, I wouldn't have a Red Arremer fansite 
)Can't think of any other right now...
)Can't think of any other right now...
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Posted 10 January 2007 - 11:11 PM
Link's Awakening is the best original GB game. Period. There's a reason it was on top of the Nintendo Power Charts (yes, #1) from basically the time it came out until nearly the end of them even keeping charts anymore... one of the Pokemons finally passed it up.Final Fantasy Legend III is probably the best turn-based RPG (yes, it is the original Saga series).Final Fantasy Adventure is a great action RPG, but of course Sword of Mana for GBA, the remake, is a lot better.The Adventures of Lolo series was good on the NES, and its puzzles are about as good on the GB.Donkey Kong for the GB adds a lot to the original game and is truly a classic.Gargoyle's Quest is pretty cool, yea.Wario Blast was one that I always liked, but it's not necessarily a stellar classic.The Donkey Kong Land series is legit.Kirby's Dreamland 2 was pretty fun, and the original KDL I play just for nostalgic purposes.James Bond 007 was one of the later titles in B&W, and I found it pretty good.Wizardry games and Ultima games are all good too.The GB has some pretty decent titles, really. People don't give it enough credit. Hope that's a decent enough list for you! 
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 05:37 AM
Thanks this is great! All very helpful. I forgot to mention in my first post how much I loved Link's Awakening.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:05 AM
If you loved Link's Awakening already, I suggest that you try FF Adventure and James Bond 007 as your first options for new games to play on it. Those are really the best quality games that I think resemble Link's Awakening fairly enough.EDIT: of course, the GBC Zelda games are awesome too, but I am guessing you played those already, and they don't belong in this thread anyway.Thanks this is great! All very helpful. I forgot to mention in my first post how much I loved Link's Awakening.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:17 AM
To be honest, I have to say that my favorite original GB game is Mortal Kombat II. It really was a slickly-done fighting game, and I still consider it one of the high-water marks for simplicity of control, character combinations, and so forth.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 05:50 PM
kirby's dreamland had always been my fav.mega man 3 was a pretty solid onemetroid was tons of funbut who can fortget the zeldashe steals my heart away
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 06:31 AM
BattleToads is sooo cool 
) I love that game, the way toads fighting sooo funny )
) I love that game, the way toads fighting sooo funny )
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 08:49 AM
The Final Fantasy Legends games, Zelda, and the Mario Land games were best.
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 09:46 AM
I would say Pokemon Red cause it has a glich in it and you can get 100 rare candies , its so awsome
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 05:14 PM
Pokemon Red is mentioned in the initial post :rolleyes:And I forgot to add Samurai Shodown, the only GB fighting game I feel like replaying.
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Posted 13 January 2007 - 10:59 AM
Link's Awakening was awesome - one of the top Zelda games, design-wise. After that, I'm a strong advocate of Kirby's Dream Land. Mario Land 2, too.
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Posted 13 January 2007 - 02:24 PM
My favorite was Link's awakening, but i didn't play many games...
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Posted 14 January 2007 - 01:07 AM
Link's Awakening is the best. . . Metroid II is awsome. . . and Pokemon Red & Blue. . . You know. . .
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 07:05 AM
Megaman V is the best GB game.Pokemon R&B are good,too.
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 10:10 PM
mario holds it down for gb... all the mario land series... plus ff go hard too
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Posted 16 January 2007 - 05:16 AM
Man, the best Gameboy games, huh? Old school stuff was awesome, and though I know most of these have already been mentioned, I just can't help but add to the praise.1. Zelda: Link's awakening - It was a fun, quirky little Zelda game, and I loved it! It's hard for me to decide whether I like this one or Link to the past better, but man, this one gave me hours of gaming enjoyment!2. Demon's Crest - For no reason other than it just had addictive gameplay.3. Pokemon Red - I would play this one and lose track of time. So much so that I'd often go missing and leave my parents in a nervous fit because they couldn't find me :)4. Tetris - I was never any good, but this, in my opinion, made puzzle gaming a reality in the US!
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Posted 16 January 2007 - 07:06 AM
Yeh pretty much. I would just add a few in there like Crystalis and Pokemon Crystal.Man, the best Gameboy games, huh? Old school stuff was awesome, and though I know most of these have already been mentioned, I just can't help but add to the praise.1. Zelda: Link's awakening - It was a fun, quirky little Zelda game, and I loved it! It's hard for me to decide whether I like this one or Link to the past better, but man, this one gave me hours of gaming enjoyment!2. Demon's Crest - For no reason other than it just had addictive gameplay.3. Pokemon Red - I would play this one and lose track of time. So much so that I'd often go missing and leave my parents in a nervous fit because they couldn't find me :)4. Tetris - I was never any good, but this, in my opinion, made puzzle gaming a reality in the US!
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Posted 17 January 2007 - 02:49 AM
You mean Gargoyle's Quest? Because Demon's Crest is a SNES game (also starred by Firebrand2. Demon's Crest - For no reason other than it just had addictive gameplay.
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Posted 17 January 2007 - 02:59 AM
harvest moon-I think thats an original..
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 03:37 PM
i'd take pokemon...probably the most succesful game boy game ever....
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 06:08 PM
-pokemon blue-tetris-mario and the six golden coinsall i can name
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 09:13 PM
I could only think of one "Zelda Link's Awakening". It was an old classic and I really enjoyed the puzzles it gives me. I could even keep BowWow by doing the screen skipping techinique.
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 09:16 PM
The game i was addictited to as a kid was battletoads. now that was a fun game
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 05:21 AM
well i played batman.... it was ok...
