Original Game Boy

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I am a bit of a retro handheld freak, and one of my special interests is the original Game Boy/Game Boy Color. Anybody have any stories/experiences regarding these, or games recommendations? I have around 50 Game Boy games.

Hello! I grew up with the original Game Boy, (I have every single Nintendo system made and released in the USA...retro gamer here) I don't know if you ever played any of the original Pokemon series, but they are a classic (that makes me feel very old come to think of it )
There was also a Tamagotchi game I was fond of back in the day, don't know if virtual pets are your thing, but if they are, it's worth checking out.
Don't know if you have a 3DS, but Nintendo is slowly releasing really old retro games in the eshop for it, the original Metroid is on there, along with Super Mario World for the Game Boy, excellent games. Or you can probably find them on Ebay and play them like they were meant to be played, on the Game Boy
If I come across any more recommendations I'll post them

While I like to play old school games just as much as new ones, I'm not sure I really know about many Gameboy games you probably don't already have. Here's what I've played, though:

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Super Mario Land
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
Pokemon Pinball
Zelda: Link's Awakening/DX
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Kirby's Dream Land
Rampage
Metal Gear Solid(alternatively titled Metal Gear: Ghost Babel)
Haven't tried it myself but Metroid 2: Return of Samus might be good

I definitely have more GBA games, but of course those are a bit different.

I wonder if "Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters" for the original Game Boy will be in the 3DS e-shop soon to promote the new Kid Icarus Uprising. I still own the cartridge though and played it on the Gamecube:Game Boy Player recently. The OP should have one of those since it's by far the best way to play GB/GBC/GBA games.

Ugh, I tried to play Megaman Battle Network 2 on my Gameboy player earlier and couldn't get it to work. Of course, that's really more a problem with the cartridge(and cartridges in general).

This board got me to download an emulator and play the Pokemon Trading Card game. I loooooove that game
Well, that's for the Game Boy Colour though XD

Do you have the Gamecube component video cables? The Game Boy Player runs all cartridges in 480p with the component cables.

By the way the later Gamecube models are inferior and don't even support component video.

If you get a second hand original gameboy, be careful. They get a lot of dust under the screen and as they have no back light, in natural conditions they are hard to see.

Nah, it's really nothing wrong with my Gamecube or cables or anything like that, since it seems everything else and other Gameboy games I have work. Just that this one game seems to be beyond cleaning and just doesn't want to work past the title screen.

I still play Gameboy, but have to roll the batteries and shake the whole thing until it works and goes on. I think it doesn't have much time left.

Original Game Boy games currently in possession:

All Star Challenge
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2
Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario
Pipe Dream
Power Racer
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
Super Mario Land
Tetris 2
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Wheel of Fortune


Used to own, but lost:

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Tetris

Oh, I difinetely remember the original Game Boy. Loved Castlevania Adventure, Donkey Kong Land, Operation C, Tennis, and many others. It was the handheld of my childhood. Good times!

My Game Boy is right here, perfectly functional after almost (really, almost) two decades.

It was my first experience with video games. My mom got me a blue Game Boy for Christmas (with English language games, were there many German releases back then anyway?) and I was captured. I'm not exactly sure what year that was... I had to have been either 6 or 7 years old, so 1994 (likely) or 1995.

I harboured no interested in TV back then because I had trouble understanding the audio and the images on screen were hard to take in (in case of shows for older children) or bored me (watching 5 minutes would have been a miracle).

However, being able to manipulate moving images by pushing buttons? Now that was amazing.

Consequentially, I spent a lot of time playing it. Not obsessively so my mom never had to restrict it. I enjoyed playing but I didn't have the attention span necessary to play more than half an hour to an hour perhaps.

For the longest time, my favourite game was Kirby's Dream Land 2. Hamsterpower!

I have two original Game Boys. One red (mine), one green (my dad's). It's funny, I got the red one for my birthday, along with Kirby's Dream Land and Yoshi's Cookie (both awesome games, by the way). My dad stole my GB to play it so much that for his birthday, he got the green one and Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (another great game). And then, guess what? He almost never played it, so it fell into my hands. And both of them still work with no troubles, and both screens are completely intact!

Games I have for GB and GBC (which I also own):
Kirby's Dream Land
Yoshi's Cookie
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Pokemon Red
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Silver
Pokemon Crystal
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

Yeah, I love Pokemon. And I still play all those games, except Pokemon Silver because the battery in the cartridge died and it doesn't save any more

I remember them back when I was eight. I remember wishing I had one and I didn't get one until I was 13. But it was the Game Boy Color one.

I have all these games:

Game Boy:

Alleyway
Bart Simpson’s Escape From Camp Deadly
Beauty and the Beast: Board game adventure
Bomberman
Game Boy Camera
Game and watch Gallery
Game and Watch Gallery 2
Game and Watch Gallery 3
Jurassic Park
Kirby's Block Ball
Kirby's Dreamland
Kirby's Dreamland 2
Kirby's Pinball Land
Kirby Star Stacker
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Marble Madness
Mario's Picross
Mickey’s Dangerous Chase
Pocket Bomberman
Rampage World Tour
The Rugrats Movie
Rugrats Time Travelers
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2
Tiny Toons Babs Big Break
TMNT II: Back from the Sewers
TMNT Fall of the Clan
Wario Land




GBC:

102 Dalmatians
Aladdin
Bob the Builder: Fix it Fun
Cruis’n Exotica
Kelly Club+
Kirby's Tilt N Tumble
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy
Mickey's Racing Adventure
Mickey Speedway USA
M&M's Mini Madness
Pong
Rugrats: Totally Angelica
The Simpsons The Night of the Living Treehouse of Horor
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Tarzan
Toy Story Racer
Walt Disney's Magical Racing Tour+
Wario Land 3


GBA:

All Grown Up
Animal Snap
Bomberman
Classic NES series: Ice Climber
Classic NES series: The Legend of Zelda
Classic NES series: Zelda II+
The Chronicals of Narnia
Disney Princess
Frogger Advnture
F-Zero Maximum Verity
F-Zero GP Legend
Game Pack: Candy Land, Origional memory, Chutes & Ladders
Game Pack: Operation, Mouse Trap, Simon
Game and Watch Gallery 4+
GBA video: Sonic X
GBA Video: Nicktoons Collection 1
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
Krazy Racers
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Lion King 1 ½
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario Party Advance
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Mario Pinball Land
Monopoly
Muppet Pinball Mayhem
Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy
Nicktoons Racing
Pac Man Collection
Pac Man Pinball
Pac Man World
Pokemon Pinball
Rugrats: Castle Capers
Rugrats Go Wild
Rugrats: I Gotta go party
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Pinball Party
Strawberry Shortcake: Summertime Adventure
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Wario Ware Inc.
Wario Ware Twisted
Wolfenstein 3D
Aggravation/Scrabble Junior/Sorry
Battleship/Risk/Clue
Connect Four/Perfection/Trouble



I have beaten Link's Awakening DX so many times. I found it to be the easiest Zelda game ever.

I'm a retro gamer myself and I've always liked the Game Boy. Most of the games people have listed here already are already good ones and are worth playing through.
Others I recommend:
Final Fantasy Legend series and Final Fantasy Adventure
Rayman and Rayman 2
Bubble Bobble
Any of the Bomberman games
Bust-a-Move 4
Bust-a-Move Millennium
Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong GB
Donkey Kong Land series
Grand Theft Auto 2
Mario Tennis
Any of the Mega Man games
Bionic Commando
Any of the Castlevania games
Metroid II

I'm sure there are more good games, Game Boy and Game Boy Color had a bunch of good games.