European Gameboy games

[goldenband]

I've read that Yannick Noah Tennis = Jimmy Connors Tennis (with a different celeb endorsement obviously), and looking at YouTube gameplay videos that appears to be correct.

Also, Hugo = Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, no?

[Jorpho]

I thought Daikatana GBC was completely unreleased. But I was wrong. Carry on, nothing to see here...

[goldenband]

I've spotted two missing European exclusives (or at least non-US releases) for the monochrome Game Boy that need to be added:

Legend of Prince Valiant
Little Indian in Big City / Un indien dans la ville

Meanwhile, two very rare exclusives seem to be renamed sprite hacks of existing games: Australian exclusive Agro Soar = We're Back, and Swedish exclusive Bamse = the PAL-only Baby T-Rex.

So is this a complete list? That is, I count 73 titles that were released in the EU, but not the US:

Adventures of Lolo
Alien Olympics
Asterix
Asterix & Obelix
Bataille Navale (France) aka Schiffe Versenken (Germany)
Battle of Olympus, The
Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper
Blues Brothers Jukebox Adventures, The
Bomb Jack
Boulder Dash
Castle Quest
Choplifter III
Cool Hand
Dropzone
European Super League
FA Premier League Stars 2001
FIFA '98: The Road to the World Cup
Fire Fighter
Football International
Game Boy Gallery
Hammerin' Harry
Hugo 2
Jelly Boy
King of Fighters: Heat of Battle
Lawnmower Man
Legend of Prince Valiant
Lemmings 2: Tribes
Lingo
Little Indian in Big City / Un indien dans la ville
Lucky Luke
Lucle
Magnetic Soccer
Matthias Sammer Soccer
Maus, Die
Max
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
Monster Max
Montezuma's Return (non-GBC version)
Mr. Nutz
On the Tiles
Othello
Ottifanten (Otto's): Baby Bruno's Albtraum
Out to Lunch
Palamedes
Parasol Stars
Parodius
Pinball Deluxe
Pinball Mania
Pocket Bomberman (non-GBC version)
Pop'n Twin Bee
Populous
R-Type II
Reservoir Rat
Rodland
Sea Battle
Sensible Soccer: European Champions
Smurfs Nightmare, The
Smurfs Travel Around the World, The
Spirou
Splitz
StarHawk
Sunsoft Grand Prix
Super James Pond
Super Kick Off
Thunderbirds (Gerry Anderson's)
Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil (aka Tim: der Sonnentempel)
Tintin in Tibet
Tip Off
Trip World
V-Rally
Waterworld
World Beach Volley
Worms

[theclaw]

Meanwhile, two very rare exclusives seem to be renamed sprite hacks of existing games: Australian exclusive Agro Soar = We're Back, and Swedish exclusive Bamse = the PAL-only Baby T-Rex.

I haven't played them. But I'm pretty sure the same game concept with four sets of sprites, cut scenes, title screen...
Don't know about any level design changes.

[goldenband]

I haven't played them. But I'm pretty sure the same game concept with four sets of sprites, cut scenes, title screen...
Don't know about any level design changes.

Ack, you're right -- I read that at one point and promptly forgot it. OK, Baby T-Rex is off the list. Thanks!

[theclaw]

Not bad. Smurfs Nightmare was converted to GBC in the US.

We didn't get the monochrome version of Pocket Bomberman either.

[goldenband]

Found another one to cut: Garfield Labyrinth = The Real Ghostbusters (US) = Mickey Mouse IV (JP) in the Crazy Castle series.

EDIT: Huh, how did I keep overlooking SparTonberry's post?! He already cited that, so I've implemented his other changes too (no more McDonaldland, Mickey Mouse or Pop Up).

[goldenband]

I find it hard to believe that there was a monochrome release of Gift, since the game was published in 2001 and I think the last European monochrome GB release was in 2000. Can anyone prove it existed?

EDIT: I think I'll just go ahead and cut it.

[goldenband]

I'm not really doing much with the Euro GBC exclusives, but I just caught an issue on the GBC list. Elevator Action (aka Elevator Action EX) was released in a reskinned version in the US, as Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage.

EDIT: Added a few games to the GB list:

Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper
Game Boy Gallery
King of Fighters: Heat of Battle
Othello
Pocket Bomberman (non-GBC version)

EDIT #2: And another four to add, bringing us to 71 (!) titles:

Lingo
Lucle
R-Type II
World Beach Volley

EDIT #3: Adding Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil to the main list, bringing us to 72 titles. There's an alternate German title (Tim: der Sonnentempel), but I don't see any evidence that it was released under the English title used for other releases on the SNES and GBC.