Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company (Gameboy)

[theclaw]

Anyone here familiar with tracking down obscure B&W Game Boy games? Looks interesting from pics.

It's listed as R0 here due to lack of info. I've yet to find even an image of the English version's cart/box. Let alone for sale. So I don't have the least bit of clue on its value. Isn't really clear whether this is a US or EU release either. Could it be like the NES game, which for sure didn't come out here?

Feel free to make recommendations of tricky to find titles with longevity. A lot of GB stuff is short by modern standards.

[JSoup]

Looks interesting! Never known of the game myself. Might be a ROM floating around that could provide more information.

[Shou]

I have the JP version of this game, decent but a bit slow paced.

[josekortez]

Played it on the GP2X and it's actually a lot of fun. Better than the PSP game by far.

[theclaw]

I wouldn't mind having Great Greed either. That seems difficult to find as well.

[Einzelherz]

I wouldn't mind having Great Greed either. That seems difficult to find as well.

Is it? My brother got it new and didn't like it so I adopted it. It's one of my favorites and it angers me that Lameboy doesn't emulate it well.

[Ed Oscuro]

Better than the PSP game by far.

I wonder if either game shares development staff with the original arcade game (people from the classic R-Type / Hero Tonma / Ninja Spirit / Dragon Breed etc. era).

[wyethin]

Did someone mention obscure B&W Game Boy games?

I've never seen a copy of Hammerin' Harry for sale but then I haven't looked particularly hard. It always struck me as Yo! Noid with a less interesting protagonist. I've never seen a US box shot of the game either and I've developed a (no doubt unfounded) suspicion it was never released here at all. All of the mentions I've seen of Hammerin' Harry have been similar to this one -- semi-mystical.

Curiously, one game I've noticed becoming harder to come by: Power Racer.

[GrandAmChandler]

Hammerin' Harry was never released in the USA.

For all things USA GB, including Great Greed & Power Racer, check out http://www.gbdb.org

[Cers]

Hammerin' Harry was never released in the USA.

But a rom does exist...

[GrandAmChandler]

But a rom does exist...

Sure does! But it never made it to retail.

-GAC-

[theclaw]

Opened a can of worms, huh? It didn't occur to me the GB Hammerin' Harry would be THAT wildly out there to try and obtain.

[Steve W]

Curiously, one game I've noticed becoming harder to come by: Power Racer.

Wow, I never thought anyone would put out a clone of a '70s arcade game like that in the GameBoy era. It looks slightly more advanced than the Atari 2600 game Dodge 'Em or the TI-99/4A game Car Wars.

[theclaw]

Is there a good place to post "want ads" letting people know you're interested in purchasing games like this?

[Ed Oscuro]

Is there a good place to post "want ads" letting people know you're interested in purchasing games like this?

The Buy & Sell subforum should be open for you already

Wow, I never thought anyone would put out a clone of a '70s arcade game like that in the GameBoy era. It looks slightly more advanced than the Atari 2600 game Dodge 'Em or the TI-99/4A game Car Wars.

It's not a clone, it's a port. Though I don't recall Tecmo being behind the original of Head-On.

[AbnormalMapping]

Anyone here familiar with tracking down obscure B&W Game Boy games? Looks interesting from pics.

It's listed as R0 here due to lack of info. I've yet to find even an image of the English version's cart/box. Let alone for sale. So I don't have the least bit of clue on its value. Isn't really clear whether this is a US or EU release either. Could it be like the NES game, which for sure didn't come out here?

Feel free to make recommendations of tricky to find titles with longevity. A lot of GB stuff is short by modern standards.

Cattrap - if you've ever seen a cat attack a roll of toilet paper, than you don't need me to explain why mummies are the victims of random, unexplained furry hate crimes in this one of a kind puzzle game. More levels than any game needs, and level select is available from the start.

Ultima: Runes of Virtue 1&2 - Okay, take Zelda and Ultima, combine them together, and...actually, it's nothing like Fable at all. It's more like Lolo: The action RPG.

^ Hours after I wrote that sentence, I realized I probably don't have the time to do the subject justice. If nobody else covers it, I'll return to it next time I drop by.

I love the b/w Gameboy.