Recommend Some GOOD GameBoy Color Games!

[iPadCary]

I was lucky enough to score a GBC emu in the App Store before Apple yanked it.
Can you suggest some GOOD GBC games to use with it?

Once I have a long enough list, I'll go shopping around on eBay or wherever
so I can purchase the carts themselves & then make legitamate ROMs out of them.

Thanks ye!

[o.pwuaioc]

I was lucky enough to score a GBC emu in the App Store before Apple yanked it.
Can you suggest some GOOD GBC games to use with it?

Once I have a long enough list, I'll go shopping around on eBay or wherever
so I can purchase the carts themselves & then make legitamate ROMs out of them.

Thanks ye!

Bust-A-Move 4
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kirby Tilt n Tumble
Legend of River King
Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
Legend of Zelda: Oracles of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Lufia: Legend Returns
Magical Chase
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Walker
Motocross Maniacs 2
Pocket Bomberman
Project S-11
R-Type DX
Revelations: Demon Slayer
Samurai Kid
Shantae
Tetris DX
Toki Tori
Wendy: Every Witch Way

[iPadCary]

I'm none too thrilled by all of the Japanese stuff.
But thank you all the same for the suggestions.

Anything else, guys?
Thanks!

[Rickstilwell1]

The previous list is missing

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Donkey Kong Country
Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Pokémon Crystal
Dragon Warrior I & II
Dragon Warrior III
Mr. Nutz
Pac-Man Special Color Edition
Lufia: The Legend Returns

[iPadCary]

Mr. Nutz I like.
Thanks, man!

[FFStudios]

Seconding Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets. One of the only handheld games that I ever put any sort of time into, at least until I dropped my Gameboy into a toilet in Arizona and the left d-pad stopped working.

Also, Driver for the GBC was an excellent port too. Just be careful because it's soul-crushingly difficult.

[goob47]

I always found that when I first got an emulator like that, I'd load it up with all the popular games I didn't have, but I'd never play any until I got the real game on the original cartridge/disk or whatever. :|

[goob47]

Oh yeah, and the Wario Land games are good. Again, I recommend getting a real Game Boy. They aren't even that expensive nowadays, and you'll be able to play/download the games legally.

[FFStudios]

I can't do emulators on the whole unless my original copy is unreadable or my console is broken. In the first case I'm liable to scout another copy of the game and in the latter, I'm likely to just put the original disc in the computer anyway. Saves me a download.

[goob47]

I can't do emulators on the whole unless my original copy is unreadable or my console is broken. In the first case I'm liable to scout another copy of the game and in the latter, I'm likely to just put the original disc in the computer anyway. Saves me a download.

That's the way I am sometimes too. I really wish there was an emulator for the original Xbox, because my copy of Jet Set Radio Future doesn't even load anymore. :(

[iPadCary]

Seconding Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets.


Sorry, no can do.
The only thing I loathe more than Harry Potter is AIDS.





Also, Driver for the GBC was an excellent port too.
Just be careful because it's soul-crushingly difficult


Is it in first-person perspective?
Otherwise, I'm not interested.





Again, I recommend getting a real Game Boy.
They aren't even that expensive nowadays,
and you'll be able to play/download the games legally.


Whoa, whoa, whoa ....
Easy there, Banacek.
What do you think I specifically said in my OP?
Here, allow me to refresh your apparently short-term memory ....

*ahem*



Once I have a long enough list, I'll go shopping around on eBay or wherever
so I can purchase the carts themselves & then make legitamate ROMs out of them.


See?
To do anything else'd be illegal.
Now call off the hounds, o self-appointed policeman of the internet.

[FFStudios]

Sorry, no can do.
The only thing I loathe more than Harry Potter is AIDS.

Lame. It's a video game, not a lifestyle choice. You don't have to like Harry Potter to enjoy a great video game.

[iPadCary]

You don't have to like Harry Potter to enjoy a great video game.

What's that, now?!?

[Ro-J]

I was lucky enough to score a GBC emu in the App Store before Apple yanked it.

Crikey, a Great Barrier Casuariiformes at an apple store? Good on ya, mate.

7114

[Gamevet]

Donkey Kong


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYr944oLbMo

[DaveMMR]

I was lucky enough to score a GBC emu in the App Store before Apple yanked it.
Can you suggest some GOOD GBC games to use with it?

Once I have a long enough list, I'll go shopping around on eBay or wherever
so I can purchase the carts themselves & then make legitamate ROMs out of them.

Thanks ye!

Call me silly but if you're buying the games anyhow, it seems easier to just buy a GBC (or a GBA SP) and play it on there, no? Not even for the trouble of making legit ROMs out of them, but for having to use a touch screen to work a D-Pad and buttons. I dunno....

But anyway, yes Donkey Kong (original a [Super] Game Boy game but still all good.) And I kind of liked the Tony Hawk games on the GBC, maybe worth checking out if you ever enjoy the originals.

[Gameguy]

Call me silly but if you're buying the games anyhow, it seems easier to just buy a GBC (or a GBA SP) and play it on there, no? Not even for the trouble of making legit ROMs out of them, but for having to use a touch screen to work a D-Pad and buttons. I dunno....
I'm assuming he'll be playing them on the go, having a backpack full of game carts can be a bit annoying.

[Metalwario64]

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Donkey Kong Country

I absolutely do not recommend the GBC version of Donkey Kong Country. I got it recently, after seeing many good remarks about how it's such a spot on port and impressive for the system, but then I notice the physics and collision detection are atrocious. So many times have I missed jumps where I've obviously landed on an enemy, only for it to say I was hit by them because the hit boxes are too small. The jumping speed is too fast and has no momentum, and the frog jumps too fast and can't jump while moving forward unless its feet are on the ground, whereas the SNES and GBA versions let you jump while moving forward even if the frog is in mid hop. I've also heard the ostrich glides too slowly in this version as well.

It's clearly a remake based on the Land engine, rather than a port, and has so many issues with it that I got frustrated and bought the GBA version (which I had years ago, but sold when I sold a chunk of my GB collection that I've since bought back). Even though it could have been better, the gameplay is perfectly intact.

And it's not just me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdrbGNd4LiA (I know the guy's a bit annoying, but still)

[Rickstilwell1]

I absolutely do not recommend the GBC version of Donkey Kong Country. I got it recently, after seeing many good remarks about how it's such a spot on port and impressive for the system, but then I notice the physics and collision detection are atrocious. So many times have I missed jumps where I've obviously landed on an enemy, only for it to say I was hit by them because the hit boxes are too small. The jumping speed is too fast and has no momentum, and the frog jumps too fast and can't jump while moving forward unless its feet are on the ground, whereas the SNES and GBA versions let you jump while moving forward even if the frog is in mid hop. I've also heard the ostrich glides too slowly in this version as well.

It's clearly a remake based on the Land engine, rather than a port, and has so many issues with it that I got frustrated and bought the GBA version (which I had years ago, but sold when I sold a chunk of my GB collection that I've since bought back). Even though it could have been better, the gameplay is perfectly intact.

And it's not just me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdrbGNd4LiA (I know the guy's a bit annoying, but still)

It's not that bad if you liked the Donkey Kong Land series and see it as a successor to those though.

[Tanooki]

I'll just name a few

Dragons Lair a port of the laserdisc I kid you not, YouTube it.

Cannon Fodder popular PC, etc game, good on Gbc too.

Warlocked, basically Warcraft 12 stages per good or bad side, fun, plays surprisingly well.

Revelations the demon slayer, solid RPGs in the last bible megami tensei series.

[iPadCary]

@Gamevet
Looks great!
Thanks!

@DaveMMR
Ordinarily, you'd be right.
But I'm spoiled by iPad & it's 10+ hour battery life.
To have to switch back to AA/AAAs will seem, to me,
like an unwanted journey back to stone knives & bearskins.

@Gameguy
You are correct, Sir!

@Tanooki
I'll give "Dragon's Lair" a look see on YouTube.

Thanks, all!
And keep those suggestions coming!

[Metalwario64]

It's not that bad if you liked the Donkey Kong Land series and see it as a successor to those though.
Maybe the first one, which had the jumping issue and Diddy's rolling was too slow, but even that one had better hit detection, and Land 2 and 3 had near perfect physics with more natural jumping speed and spot on hit detection.

I remember in DKC Color I was in Winky's Walkway, and I kept trying to jump on that first Vulture as always, and it looked like I was landing square on it, but I was actually landing to the left of its hit box, so it kept killing me. I couldn't kill it until I landed perfectly in the center of it. I never had this problem in the SNES or GBA versions. I could let the jumping speed and such pass, but I can't stand such poor hit detection.

Funny enough, I just found out Amazon's product description (http://www.amazon.com/Donkey-Kong-Country-Game-Boy-Color/dp/product-description/B00004S9A0) mentions the poor hit detection. :p


One problem with the translation is quirky hit detection. In other words, players might think that they jumped on an enemy's head properly, but end up dying anyway. This is a small price to pay for so much Nintendo goodness in a portable package. --Robb Guido
Maybe it was passable back before the GBA version came out, but now other than nostalgia, there's no real reason to play this version. I only played it first this year, so I have no nostalgia and no more incentive to play it. Shame, because I like the 8-bit visuals and such, and I'm a huge fan of the GB Color, being my first Gameboy and all (played the original years before once though, my brother had one).

[Atarileaf]

You can't really compare harry potter to aids. aids kills people. harry potter just makes you wish you were dead.

[iPadCary]

Amen to that, Brother.
Amen to that ....

[o.pwuaioc]

You can't really compare harry potter to aids. aids kills people. harry potter just makes you wish you were dead.

You really can't compare the first three Harry Potter GBC/GBA games with the general Harry Potter phenomenon. They're not any worse as RPGs than any other. And this is coming from a person who isn't a fan.

[Tanooki]

So what's the name of this emulator anyway if it resurfaces? I want to try it, and it again makes me hate crapple for being so sensor happy over stuff.

[maxren]

I was lucky enough to score a GBC emu in the App Store before Apple yanked it.
Can you suggest some GOOD GBC games to use with it?

Once I have a long enough list, I'll go shopping around on eBay or wherever
so I can purchase the carts themselves & then make legitamate ROMs out of them.

Thanks ye!

Warlocked
Rtype DX
Crystalis
Bionic Commando Elite Forces