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 Game Boy
This is a short wikipedia introduction for the Game Boy.
Nintendos Game Boy handheld was first released in 1989. The gaming device was the brainchild of long-
time Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi, who was the person behind the Ultra Hand, an expanding arm toy
created and produced by Nintendo in 1970, long before Nintendo would enter the video game market. Yokoi
was also responsible for the Game & Watch series of handhelds when Nintendo made the move from toys to
video games.
When Yokoi designed the original Game Boy, he knew that to be suc-
cessful, the system needed to be small, light, inexpensive, and durable,
as well as have a varied, recognizable library of games upon its release.
By following this simple mantra, the Game Boy line managed to gain a
vast following despite technically superior alternatives which would have
color graphics instead. This is also apparent in the name (conceived by
Shigesato Itoi), which connotes a smaller sidekick companion to Nin-
tendos consoles.
The original gray Game Boy was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989.
Based on a Z80 processor, it has a black and green reflective LCD screen,
an eight-way directional pad, two action buttons (A and B), and Start and
Select buttons. It plays games from ROM-based media contained in small
plastic detachable units called cartridges (sometimes called carts or Game
Paks).
As part of the fourth generation of gaming, the Game Boy competed with the Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx,
and the TurboExpress. Despite these other handheld consoles, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The
Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, have both combined sold 118.69 million units worldwide.
Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within a few weeks.
The game that pushed the Game Boy into the upper reaches of success was Tetris. Tetris was widely popular,
and on the handheld format could be played anywhere. It came packaged with the Game Boy, and broadened
its reach; adults and children alike were buying Game Boys in order to play Tetris. Releasing Tetris on the
Game Boy was selected as #4 on GameSpys 25 Smartest Moments in Gaming.
The original Game Boy was one of the first cartridge-based systems that supported more than four players at
one time (via the link port). In fact, it has been shown that the system could support 16 simultaneous players.
However, this feature was only supported in Faceball 2000.
Game Boy continues its success to this day and many at Nintendo have dedicated the handheld in Yokois
memory. Game Boy celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2004, which nearly coincided with the 20-year anniver-
sary of the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). To celebrate, Nintendo released the Classic NES
Series and an NES controller-themed color scheme for the Game Boy Advance SP.
In 2006, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said on the rumored demise of the Game Boy brand: No, its not
true after all. What we are repeatedly saying is that for whichever platform, we are always conducting research
and development for the new system, be it the Game Boy, or new console or whatever. And what we just told
the reporter was that in thinking about the current situation where we are enjoying great sales with the DS and
that we are now trying to launch the Wii, its unthinkable for us to launch any new platform for the handheld
system, including the new version of the GBA... Perhaps they misunderstood a part of this story, but as far
as the handheld market is concerned [right now] we really want to focus on more sales of the DS; thats all.
In 2009, the Game Boy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, 20 years after its introduction. As
of June 6, 2011, Game Boy and Game Boy Color games are available on the Virtual Console service on the
Nintendo 3DSs Nintendo eShop.
 CONTENT
Game Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
You are Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Game Boy Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Unlicensed Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Multicarts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

EverDrive-GB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
System Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Play it Loud! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Limited Editions/Promos/Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Game Boy Pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Limited Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Special Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Game Boy Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Super Game Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Oddities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Game Boy Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Popular Mods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Checklists
US Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
EU Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
JP Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
8 Reference Guide

Reference Guide
These are web sites that I use a lot for pictures/screenshots, reference and much of the information. If I have
not used wikipedia on a game description, then I have tried to credit it at the bottom of the text.
I can recommend all of these websites, as they are very informative and fun to look through. If you are the
owner of one of these sites and feel that i have done you wrong, then please send me an e-mail and i will make
the necessary change to your wish.

NintendoAge

NintendoAge.com is dedicated to Nintendo collecting, gaming, homebrews and and

peer-to-peer collaboration.

Used for rarity score

A great Nintendo database with a huge community. If you collect or like Nintendo then I highly recommend
to be part of, maybe, the biggest Nintendo community online.
http://nintendoage.com/

ConsoleVariations.com

This is our site with all the console colors and variations.
The ultimate console Database!

Used for some info and pictures on consoles.

A detailed site on known versions of variations on video game systems. A very interesting and fun site with
loads of information and pictures.

http://www.consolevariations.com/

Game Boy Collecting

Used some info and pictures on consoles.

A site similar to ConsoleVariations.com, but is only dedicated to the Game Boy line. The site is at the moment
under construction and is a little barren, but if they continue on this path, the site may be a huge resource for
system collectors down the line.

http://gameboycollecting.weebly.com/

GameBoy Hardware Extra

A great list (not used in the book) on the different hardware used in carts, like extra clock battery, rumble, etc.

https://m.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/3gd77s/looking_for_a_list_of_game_boy_and_gba_games_that/
 Reference Guide 9

GameFAQs

Founded in 1995, GameFAQs has over 40000 video game FAQs, Guides and
Walkthroughs, over 250000 cheat codes, and over 100000 reviews.

Used for pictures and the review score

A great webiste regarding many of games released with loads of information, faqs
and pictures.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

RF Generation

The Classic and Modern Video Games Database

Used for information on checklist

A giant database including a huge source of information on most video game systems. Highly recommend-
ed.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/

Moby Games

MobyGames is the oldest, largest and most accurate video game database for
games of every platform spanning 1979-2014.

Used for information and some pictures

A good site for information and pictures on much of the games released.

http://www.mobygames.com/

Emuparadise

Looking for video games? Youve come to the right place!

Used for some pictures

A giant site for emulators and Roms.

http://www.emuparadise.me/

GameBoy Galleria

Tribute to Mr. Gunpei Yokoi

http://www.imgcab.com/gameboy/gameboy0.html
10 Game Boy Games

Game Boy Games

This is the main portion of the book. A collection of every official GB game with cover art, title screen, a
screen-shot and some information about the game. Some games are missing from the pages (as is the case
of the four variation release of Were Back!. In North-America the game was released as a movie tie-in with
Were Back!. In Australia, the game was called Agro Soar. And in Europe the game was released as both
Bamse and Baby T-Rex). If games only had minor differences in release I would count those games as one.

Page Break-Down
This is a break-down on what the pages consist of:
C B G E A

Baseball 5.5
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Sports

Baseball is a game where the player can pitch, hit, field,

and run just like in a real baseball game. The player
can choose between USA and Japan modes, two dif-
ferent teams, and among a line-up of unique players.
It is one of the first games to have launched with the
Game Boy, along with Super Mario Land and Tetris. Rarity US: 1
The background music is different than the NES ver-
sion.

D F I G

A. Cover-Art
This represent the cover art of the game. I used GameFAQs for much of these pictures. If the game did
get a North-American release I would choose the North-American cover over the European or Japa-
nese. If the game only had a Japanese and European release, then a European cover would be present.
The Japanese cover is only present if this was the only release of the game.
B. Info
This is the Info box. I used mainly wikipedia for help for information on the Developers and Pub-
lishers. I suspect some of the information is wrong, as often the developer credited is actually
the makers of the original game, e.g. arcades or original console release, and not the one who did the
Game Boy port for example. In the info or trivia section, I wanted some content that would reflect
on what the game is about, or an interesting part of trivia. If I used another site for information and
did a direct transcript, I would try to credit the source material. The credit is in italic.
C. Title Screen
This is a screenshot from the title screen of the game, found wherever. More often then not on gam-
etrailers.com. If the game had Super Game Boy features I would use a color screen-shot.
D. Screen-shot
This is a random screenshot from the game. I mainly used gametrailers.com. I only use black and white
screenshots because I would like it to reflect the games origin. Even though the original Game Boy
does not feature black and white, but a more yellowish pea soup color.
 Game Boy Games 11

E. Web Reviews
The review score SHOULD and MUST be taken with a grain of salt. I used the review score from
GameFAQs.com, cause` they can often be seen as fair, as they usually are reviewed by several
users. Though, some of the more obscure games often had few reviews, and could be seen as biased.
If the site did not have a review, i would not include one, as seen on the many unlicensed games.
F. Rarity
In this section I used the rarity score found on nintendoage.com. The rarity scale goes from 1 (com-
mon) to 10 (rare). The nintendoage has a very good NES rarity section were they cover, if not all, but
most of the NES games. Their Game Boy section is lacking though in games covered. About 20% of
the North American Game Boy games are missing from the rarity scale, and no European and Japanese
games are included. As such, the rarity section are lacking a bit in this book, but I found Nintendoage
was the best place to gather rarity scores from. Remember, you should just take these scores with a
grain of salt, and should only be used as a refrence point, and not to be taken all too literally.
G. Release
These indicate what type of release the game has. J Japan, N North-America and P PAL/Europe.
As with the game Baseball featured here, it had a world wide release. Which is why every letter is
present.
H. Super Game Boy
If a game feature some sort of Super Game Boy features, the Super Game Boy logo will be present. But I also
included the logo if the logo was present on the box-art, even though it has no Super Game Boy features. For
a complete list of Super Game Boy games and their featires, look at the Super Game Boy pages.

. I. Multiplayer
If they game feature link cable functionality, the Game Link logo would be present.

Game Paks
Each video game is stored on a plastic cartridge, officially called a Game Pak by Nintendo. The cartridge
provides the code and game data to the consoles CPU. Some cartridges include a small battery with SRAM,
flash memory chip, or EEPROM, which allows game data to be saved when the console is turned off. If the
battery runs out in a cartridge, then the save data will be lost, however, it is possible to replace the battery with
a new battery. To do this, the cartridge must be unscrewed, opened up, and the old battery would be removed
and replaced. This may require desoldering the dead battery and soldering the replacement in place. Before
2003, Nintendo used round, flat watch batteries for saving information on the cartridges. These batteries were
replaced in newer cartridges because they could only live for a certain amount of time.
Excluding game-specific variations, there are four types of cartridges compatible with Game Boy systems:
class A-B-C-D. The original Game Boy games are class A. Class B are Games for the Game Boy Color and
Game Boy. Class C is Game Boy Color. And Class D is Game Boy Advance.

Grey cartridges
(Also known as class A) are compatible with all Game Boy systems, excluding Game
Boy Micro. All original Game Boy games are of this type. Some of these cartridges
are in alternative colors, such as red or blue for Pokmon Red and Blue, and yellow
for the Donkey Kong Land series. The games on these cartridges are programmed in
black and white; the Game Boy Color and later systems provide selectable color pal-
ettes for them. Some grey cartridges that were released between 1994 and 1998 have
Super Game Boy enhancements. Even fewer grey cartridges were released with built-in
features that made them protrude from the slot, but included the notch to be compatible
with the original Game Boy (notably the Game Boy Camera)
12 3-Pun Yos Umaban Club

8.0 3 Choume no Tama: Tama and

Friends - 3 Choume Obake Panic!!
Developer Tom Create
Publisher B-AI
Release date (jp) August 5, 1994
Genre Action

Players take the role as a little cat running through a

city, trying to avoid cars and dogs while finding all his
animal friends.
Players can increase the amount of hits they can take
by playing a few mini-games.

videogamegeek.com

5.1 3-Pun Yos Umaban Club

Developer Hect
Publisher Hect
Release date (jp) October 16, 1992
Genre Sports

Sanpun Yos Umaban Club is a Japanese horse rac-

ing video game developed and published by Hect for
the Game Boy exclusively in Japan. It was released in
Japan on Oct 16, 1992 and never saw a release in an-
other territory. The game allows players to place bets
on horse races.

6.5 4-in-1 Fun Pak

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Interplay, (jp) Imagineer
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) September 1992
Genre Compilation

4-in-1 Fun Pak combines four board games to play

against the CPU or another player. The include titles
are Chess, Checkers, Reversi and Backgammon. Each
game features a number of different difficulty settings
(1 being the easiest, 6 being the hardest), with simple
black and white visuals and a challenging CPU oppo-
Rarity US: 3
nent to take on. Multiplayer is available, either using
the same Game Boy between two players or using the
system link option to play with two Game Boys.
 99 Nendohan: Eitango Center 1500 13

4-in-1 Funpak: Volume II 6.1

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Interplay
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Compilation

4-in-1 Funpak: Volume II gives players, like its pred-

ecessor, four family-friendly games in one cart. There
are some differences, however. First, of course, the
selection of games differs. The games are Solitaire,
Dominoes, Cribbage and Yacht (using Yahtzees rules).
Players can play against the CPU or a second player,
Rarity US: 3
using the same Game Boy or, if they have the game
link cable, two Game Boys. Unlike the previous cart,
there is no skill selection.

99 Nendohan: 2.1
Eitango Center 1500
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) July 10, 1998
Genre Edutainment

99 Nendohan: Eitango Center 1500 is an Edutainment

game, developed by C-Lab and published by Imagi-
neer, which was released in Japan in 1998.
The game is a dictionary that allow Japanese speakers
have access to an affordable database of English words
along with their pronunciations.

alexandershen.com
14 The Addams Family,

5.1 Aa Harimanada
Developer Atelier Double
Publisher ASK Kodansha
Release date (jp) July 23, 1993
Genre Sports

Aa Harimanada is based off of a famous manga/anime,

with three different versions on three different plat-
forms; GameBoy, GameGear and MegaDrive.
What is most surprising is that the Game Boy version
plays completely differently from its 16-bit counter-
part. Whereas the Genesis game is fighter flavored, on
Nintendos handheld its a standard sumo wrestling
game. Gameplay is conventional for the genre.
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5.1 The Addams Family

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean, (jp) Misawa
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

The Addams Family is a side-scrolling platformer

based on the movie of the same name. The player takes
the role of Gomez who searches for his missing family
members. To find them he has to explore six different
parts of the mansion, e.g. the forest or the graveyard,
which are basic platform levels: the player moves from
Rarity US: 3
left to right while jumping a lot and avoiding enemies.
In contrast to the other versions of the game he has
weapons to his disposal, e.g. a throwing knife.

4.4 The Addams Family:

Pugsleys Scavenger Hunt
Developer Enigma Variations
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

The Addams Family: Pugsleys Scavenger Hunt, based

on the second animated series, was released on all
three of Nintendos systems at the time. The game is a
side scrolling platformer adventure game that plays in
Rarity US: 6 a very similar way to the previous Addams Family ti-
tle. The game plays in a non-linear way in so much that
the player can choose which level to attempt by enter-
ing whichever door they choose in the Addams house.
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Adventure Island 6.9

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) April 23, 1992
Genre Platformer

Adventure Island, released as Adventure Island II on

the NES, is the second game in the series. The rules of
the game are the same as those in the original Adven-
ture Island, with the main new feature being the addi-
tion of an inventory system. Before the player begins a
stage, he can choose which of Higgins animal friends
Rarity US: 3
to bring (if he has rescued any), as well as whether or
not he should bring one of the stone hammers he has
accumulated.

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Aliens in Paradise
Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) April 23, 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

The rules of the game are not very different from

those of the previous game. This time, Higgins can
now crouch, an ability he did not have in the previous
games. However, he loses the ability to backtrack dur-
ing a stage. Unlike the previous game, the boss does Rarity US: 3
not move to a different stage when the player loses a
life.

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Adventures of Lolo 6.9

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Imagineer, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Puzzle

As Lolo, king of eden land, players have to puzzle

their way through numerous screen-sized rooms. In
each room, they have to collect all heart frames in or-
der to open a treasure chest which contains the key to
the exit.
Different terrain types and enemies have to be avoided
or used to the players advantage to get all the heart
frames. Some enemies dont hurt them at all, others
only awaken once all heart frames are collected.
16 The Adventures of Star Saver

4.6 The Adventures of Rocky

and Bullwinkle and Friends
Developer Imagineering
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Platformer

The game consists of only three levels, although gen-

erally with multiple sections. The first level, Frostbite
Falls, has the player controlling Bullwinkle, the sec-
ond, on the Moon, uses Rocky, and the final one, the
Abominable Manor, uses Bullwinkle again. Before the
Rarity US: 3 final section, a bonus level has Bullwinkle running to
the end of a football field to catch Rocky, while avoid-
ing and head-butting football players on the way, can
grant the player an extra life upon completion.

6.3 The Adventures of Star Saver

Developer A-Wave
Publisher Taito Corporation, (jp) King Records
Release date (us) March 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

A police officer named Tony and his sister are forced

to go inside an unidentified flying object by a group of
aliens who are planning to invade the galaxy.
Tony finds himself stranded on a strange planet where
nothing is familiar (and without his sister). However,
Rarity US: 4 a mech that has a vast knowledge of telepathic skills
saves him and empowers Tony with the ability to take
on the aliens army.

6.4 Aerostar
Developer Vic Tokai
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

The player controls a futuristic airplane that can only

fly over certain roads. However, the aircraft can ascend
and descend into other roads at the cost of being able
to use firearms.
There are a variety of power-ups in the game; in-
Rarity US: 4 cluding missiles and lasers. Large bosses challenge
the player in each level. Graphic details in the game
include coastal streets, futuristic levels with instant-
death spikes, jungles, and a fight in outer space.
 Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving 17

After Burst 7.0

Developer Dual
Publisher NCS
Release date (jp) October 26, 1990
Genre Action

Players control a combat robot as they make their way

towards their ultimate goal: destroying the enemy orb.
Each level only has one screen to blast hostile robots,
solve challenging platforms, and manipulate a series
of short puzzles.
30 stages await players as they look forward to a boss
battle on every tenth stage. A weapon is available; its
gunfire can be altered by changing the angle of the
gun. The game also feature a multiplayer function.

Aguri Suzuki F-1 7.5

Super Driving
Developer Pixel
Publisher LOZC G. Amusements
Release date (jp) May 28, 1993
Genre Racing

Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving, named after the Japa-

nese Formula 1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was released for
the Game Boy handheld, exclusively in Japan. In the
game, the player can control a kart and a Formula One
car.

Akazukin Cha Cha 6.4

Developer Access
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) April 28, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Akazukin Chacha, based on the shjo manga series by

Min Ayahana, is a role-playing game released on the
Game Boy.
The game can be played in color and includes a special
border with the Super Game Boy accessory on the Su-
per Famicom.
18 Alfred Chicken

5.9 Aladdin
Developer NMS Software
Publisher THQ, (eu) Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) October 1995
(eu) December 8, 1994
Genre Platformer

Disneys Aladdin is one of several video games based

on the film. The player controls Aladdin, who must
make his way through several levels based on loca-
tions from the movie: from the streets and rooftops of
Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders and the Sultans dun-
geon to the final confrontation in Grand Vizier Jafars
Rarity US: 3
palace. The Sultans guards and also animals of the
desert want to hinder Aladdin in his way. He can de-
fend himself with his sword or by throwing apples.

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6.6 Alfred Chicken

Developer Twilight
Publisher Mindscape, (jp) Sunsoft
Release date (us) February 1994
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Alfred Chicken is a series of platform games, origi-

nally created by Twilight. The player takes the role of a
chicken named Alfred who must find his way through
bizarre levels full of balloons, telephones, cheese and
other strange elements.
Rarity US: 5 The Game Boy game was the original version. Two
revisions exist; the monochrome original, and a Super
Game Boy version with a level select feature, the latter
was developed by Hookstone and released by Sunsoft.

5.9 Alien Olympics 2044 AD

Developer Dark Technologies
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) September 1994
Genre Sports

In this video game, extraterrestrials perform unortho-

dox Olympic-like events in the year 2044. Players gets
to control one of these extaterrestrials; they can choose
up to eight different species. For example, there is this
a caterpillar-like alien that is very good at shooting
events but terrible at racing events.
Some of the events include: 100 Qbits Sprint, Laser
Leaping, Big Bounce, Laser Skeet, 200 Qbits Splurge,
Lunge Leap Splat, Toxophilly and Flob Flop.
 Alien 19

Alien vs Predator: 4.4

The Last of His Clan
Developer ASK Kodansha
Publisher Activision, (jp) ASK Kodansha
Release date (us) November 1993
Genre Beat em-up

The Predator must traverse several side-scrolling lev-

els on his way to the Alien queen, while destroying Al-
iens in all their forms - facehuggers hatched from eggs,
chestburster aliens and fully grown warriors. Various
weapons are available: the standard weapon are the
wrist blades. Ammunition for the shoulder cannon, the Rarity US: 4
cutting disks and bombs must be picked up.

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Alien 4.7
Developer Bits Studios
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action

The Game Boy version of Alien differs significantly

from the console games based on the third Alien film.
Unlike the more shooter-oriented action on the con-
soles, this title is played from a top-down perspec-
tive, with a greater emphasis on exploration, acquiring
items to beat limited puzzles, and survival.
Rarity US: 4
As Ripley, players must navigate the corridors of the
Fury 161 prison, searching for items to aid their es-
cape.

All-Star Baseball 99 8.0

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) May 1998
Genre Sports

All-Star Baseball 99 is the first handheld entry in the

All-Star Baseball series and differs from its N64 coun-
terpart. It is instead closely based on the handheld ver-
sion of Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball.
The game features six different modes: exhibition
games, a full season (either all 162 games of the 1998
season or various shortened runs), the 97 playoffs, the Rarity US: 6
97 All-Star game as well as the Home Run Derby, and
a batting practice mode.
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22 Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure

6.7 Alleyway
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Breakout

Alleyway is a Breakout clone and one of the first four

games developed and released for the system. The
name Alleyway references the in-game gateway that
the players spaceship (represented as a paddle) must
pass through. While Alleyway is a portable clone of
Breakout, it adds several new features, including alter-
Rarity US: 1
nating stages, bonus rounds, and hazards for the player
at later levels.

4.9 Altered Space:

A 3-D Alien Adventure
Developer Software Creations
Publisher Sony I., (jp) Epic/Sony., (eu) Hi Tech Expressions
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle, Adventure

The basic concept is that the player is an astronaut

trapped on an alien spaceship who has to try to find his
way out while avoiding aliens and continually replen-
ishing his oxygen supply. This was the first isometric
Rarity US: 3 view game on the Game Boy - a style made popular by
games such as Knight Lore on the ZX Spectrum and
Solstice on the NES and finally Equinox.

7.3 Amazing Penguin

Developer Natsume
Publisher Natsume
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

The character controls a penguin who must clear 40

levels worth of action. There are a certain amount of
lines with switches and dots that need activating. Once
all the lines are cleared, so are any enemies that are
remaining in that level. A strict time limit make players
lose their lives in addition to bumping into an enemy.
Rarity US: 5
There is no regularity to the movement of the charac-
ter, giving an element of luck to the game.
 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 23

The Amazing Spider-Man 4.7

Developer Rare
Publisher LJN, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Beat em up

Spider-Mans most dangerous super villains have dis-

covered his secret identity, Peter Parker, and kidnapped
his wife, Mary Jane. The action game takes the player
through various city locations, battling an assortment
of minor thugs, animals, and a supervillain at the end
of each level who, through intermission scenes, will
Rarity US: 4
taunt Spider-Man as to the whereabouts of his wife.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 4.5

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) August 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-adventure

The game was different from the original The Amaz-

ing Spider-Man game, in that along with its action-ad-
venture theme, Spider-Man also had to collect various
objects located in each level in order to solve puzzles.
A collection of supervillains, the Hobgoblin, Lizard,
Graviton, Carnage, and Mysterio, have framed Spider- Rarity US: 5
Man for a bank robbery and thus he must survive sev-
eral side-scrolling levels in order to clear his name.

Amazing Tater 7.4

Developer Atlus
Publisher Atlus
Release date (us) February 1992
Genre Puzzle

While Amazing Tater might not have what it takes to

reach cult classic status, it is one of the hardest to find
Game Boy games of all time. This puzzle platformer
is a part of the Japanese Puzzle Boy series (and the US
releases, Kwirk and Spuds Aventure), but most non-
collectors have never even heard of it.Shop for Amaz-
ing Tater on eBay Rarity US: 8

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24 America dan Ultra Quiz Part 2

7.6 America dan Ultra Quiz

Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 23, 1990
Genre Game show

America dan Ultra Quiz is a series of Japan-exclu-

sive video games based on the game show of the same
title, broadcast on Nippon Television.
This game was the first in the series.

8.2 America dan Ultra Quiz

Part 2
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 20, 1991
Genre Game show

America Oudan Ultra-Quiz 2 is the second in the Game

Boy series. It was published by Tomy Corporation and
released in Japan in 1991.

9.0 America dan Ultra Quiz

Part 3
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) November 27, 1992
Genre Game show

America Oudan Ultra-Quiz 2 is the third in the Game

Boy series. It was published by Tomy Corporation and
released in Japan in 1992.
 Amida 25

America dan Ultra Quiz 8.7

Part 4
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) October 29, 1993
Genre Game show

America Oudan Ultra-Quiz 2 is the fourth and last in

the Game Boy series. It was published by Tomy Cor-
poration and released in Japan in 1993.

Amida 5.3
Developer Sofix
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) October 23, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Amida is a Japanese ladder climbing puzzle game. The

game requires players to navigate the main character
safely across several pre-set bridges. Each bridge is
composed of a number of obstacles that the charac-
ter will blindly navigate into. The player can utilize
an animated platform to redirect the main character as
they move through the stage. The game features ten
main levels. Each level is further sub divided into 10
separate levels (ex. 1-1, 1-2, etc.) similar to other plat-
form games like Super Mario Bros.

Animal Breeder 8.5

Developer J-Wing
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) September 11, 1997
Genre Role-playing, Strategy

Animal Breeder is a role-playing/breeding game de-

veloped and published by J-Wing for the Game Boy
platform. Animal Breeder was only released in Japan.
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8.0 Animal Breeder 2

Developer J-Wing
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) May 15, 1998
Genre Role-playing, Strategy

Animal Breeder 2 is another creature-breeding RPG.

The game is a little bit like Monster Rancher and a
Tamagotchi combined. Players start off by picking
from a basic selection of creatures, some of which
include a tiger, a turtle, a peahen, a snake, in a total
of 223 different pets. The replayability factor is very
high, considering that each and every creature needs,
at the very least, several hours to bring it to peak form.
Players could easily spend 10+ hours on each animal.
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5.3 Animaniacs
Developer Factor 5
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) July 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Platformer

The game features four main levels, which can be en-

tered in any order. The player must reach the end of
each level and beat the boss to obtain a piece of movie
memorabilia. After clearing all four levels, players
travel to the final level where they must fight Pinky
and the Brain. Players control Yakko, Wakko, and Dot,
Rarity US: 5
switching control between them to use their respective
powers accordingly.

6.0 Another Bible

Developer Dice
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) March 3, 1995
Genre Turn-based strategy

Another Bible, part of the media franchise Megami

Tensei, is a turn-based strategy game in which play-
ers move their characters on tiles and fight enemies.
The gameplay loops through three types of segments:
preparation for battles, battles, and towns. During the
preparation segments, players choose which characters
they want to send out, and during the town segments,
players buy and sell items and collect information that
is required for getting to the next area.
 Arcade Classic No. 1: Asteroids / Missile Command 27

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! 7.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) April 7, 1995
Genre Sports, Strategy

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! is a Japan-exclusive Super Fam-

icom and Nintendo Game Boy soccer game based on
the TV anime of the same title.
On release, Famicom Tsshin scored the Game Boy
version of the game an 18 out of 40.

Arcade Classic No. 1: 7.4

Asteroids / Missile Command
Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Compilation

This is a compilation of two classic arcade games on

one pack: Asteroids and Missile Command.
The games can also be played on the Super Game Boy
Peripheral and has altered graphics from the original
versions. Rarity US: 2

Arcade Classic No. 2: 8.2

Centipede / Millipede
Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1995
(eu) August 1995
Genre Compilation

A compilation of two classic games, Centipede and

Millipede ported over to the Game Boy system with
original gameplay. It is also compatible with the Super
Game Boy Adapter with backgrounds made to resem-
ble their original arcade casings. Rarity US: 2

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7.9 Arcade Classic No. 3:

Galaga / Galaxian
Developer Namco
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Namco
Release date (us) September 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Compilation

A compilation of two classic arcade titles, Galaga and

Galaxian ported over to the Game Boy and features
original gameplay features. It is also Super Game Boy
compatible complete with background borders that
Rarity US: 2 replicate their original arcade machine casings.

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6.9 Arcade Classic No. 4:

Defender / Joust
Developer Williams
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Compilation

Arcade Classic 4 is a compilation and port of: Joust

and Defender.
The games can also be played on the Super Game Boy
Peripheral and has altered graphics from the original
Rarity US: 2 versions. It does not feature the ability to use the Link
Cable, but does have an option for two friends to take
turns for each game.
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5.8 Arcade Classics:

Super Breakout / Battlezone
Developer Black Pearl Software
Publisher Black Pearl Software, (eu) Atari
Release date (us) October 1996
(eu) October 1996
Genre Compilation

A compilation and port of the classic Atari games, Bat-

tlezone and Super Breakout. Each version features the
original gameplay and recreated graphics utilizing the
Super Game Boy peripheral. The controls have been
changed to suit the Game Boys control scheme.

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 Aretha II 29

Aretha 7.7
Developer Japan Art Media
Publisher Yanoman
Release date (jp) November 16, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Aretha is a role-playing game released to an exclusive-

ly Japanese market. It was originally released for the
Game Boy and later ported to the Super Famicom as
Aretha the Super Famicom in 1993. The game was the
first title in the game series of the same name.
Aretha tells the story of Ariel; the granddaughter of a
wise old grandmother who has been turned a ten-year-
old and was given a simple task: hone her magic skills
to fight the ultimate battle against evil.

Aretha II 7.7
Developer Japan Art Media
Publisher Yanoman
Release date (jp) September 27, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Aretha II continues on the story from the original game.

People enjoyed peace and prosperity when Ariel right-
fully regained her throne. However, two adventurers
conspired to destroy Arethas kingdom.
A unique feature the game uses is the ability to get
special items called souls after battles, and then to
use them to forge the players own armor.

Aretha III 7.9

Developer Japan Art Media
Publisher Yanoman
Release date (jp) October 16, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Aretha III is another game in the series not released

outside of Japan. The game is still a role-playing game.
Players take the role of a girl (older and cuter than the
one from Aretha and Aretha II), who wander trough
cities, forests, fields and so on and fight with countless
hordes of enemies - turn after turn.

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7.5 Asmik-kun World 2

Developer Cyclone System
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date (jp) May 24, 1991
Genre Action

Unlike its predecessor, Boomers Adventure in AS-

MIK World, this game was never released outside
Japan. Like its predecessor, the game is an excellent
example of the trap-em-up genre, which also includes
games like Heiankyo Alien and Space Panic.
In the game, players has to build a road from the en-
trance to the exit in each level. An enemy has come to
kidnap the children on a certain world and the roads
are intended for the children to be escorted back home.

6.2 Asterix
Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Astrix is a platform game based on the eponymous

comic books, where the short and mustached Gaul has
to progress through levels located all across Europe,
fighting Romans and various aggressive animals along
the way, to rescue his friend Obelix before Caesar
throws him to the lions.

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6.9 Asterix & Obelix

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Platformer

Being the predecessor of Asterix and Obelix for SNES,

this game features the same story as its later counter-
part - however the level design was massively changed,
doesnt offer a 2 player mode and level codes were
added only for the GameBoy Color version.
In the game, players can select Asterix or Obelix and
move them through various levels while beating up
Roman soldiers, collecting coins and avoiding gaps or
other obstacles.
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Asteroids 6.6
Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

Players take the role of a spaceship pilot trapped in a

gigantic asteroid cloud and pulverize incoming aster-
oids with the ships photon cannon. When all asteroids
are destroyed, the player can then move on to the next
round. In addition to the asteroids, the player will also
face an Alien Robot Saucer which shoots randomly
Rarity US: 5
across the screen.

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Astro Rabby 7.2

Developer Cyclone System
Publisher IGS
Release date (jp) October 12, 1990
Genre Action

The concept of Astro Rabby is that the player is a rab-

bit who has to travel through certain top-viewed levels
with automatic scrolling. Since the number of usable
platforms are severely limited in this game, learning
to control the players jumps becomes a primary asset.
Landing on platforms causes the block to break due to
the excess force that the player puts on it. Sometimes,
power-ups are given that will extend the relatively
short time limit that Astro Rabby offers.

Atomic Punk 7.2

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) October 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle, Action

Atomic Punk, released in Japan as Bomber Boy and

in Europe as Dynablaster, is part of the Bomberman
series. It was the first game of the series to be released
on the Game Boy.
There are four modes of gameplay in Atomic Punk, in-
cluding two single player modes and two multiplayer Rarity US: 6
game modes.
32 Avenging Spirit

4.2 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Developer Equilibrium
Publisher THQ, eu) Nintendo, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a standard platformer

based on the cartoon series of the same name (which
itself is based on a movie series). The hero Wilbur Fin-
letter has to travel through eleven side-scrolling levels
in order to stop the evil Doctor Gangrene who runs
over the town with his killer tomatoes.
Rarity US: 5
The goal of each level is to find the hidden tomato
can and the level end within the time limit. In three
instances, there is also a boss fight.

7.0 Avenging Spirit

Developer Jaleco
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

In Avenging Spirit the protagonist is a spirit out for re-

venge. He has been murdered by a group of gangsters
and his girlfriend has taken hostage by them.
In side-scrolling fashion, the game features six differ-
ent stages - the city, the rooftops, a factory, the city
Rarity US: 7 sewers and two levels dealing with the mobsters base
of operation. The player is able to possess enemies,
20 in all, and use any skills or weapons they have, to
complete the level.

8.1 Ayakashi no Shiro

Developer SETA Corporation
Publisher SETA Corporation
Release date (jp) May 25, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Ayakashi no Shiro (Castle of Ayakashi) is a role-

playing video game for the Game Boy. It was never
published outside Japan.
The gane is a turn-based dungeon crawl. Players move
the protagonist through first-person dungeons where
randomly occurring battles happen. When combat
begins, the player is given several options through a
menu system to fight the enemies.
34 Bakenou V3

7.1 Bakenou TV 94
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date (jp) October 28, 1994
Genre Gambling

Bakenou TV 94 is a horse betting game, developed

by Graphic Research and published by Asmik Ace En-
tertainment, Inc, which was released in Japan in 1994.

7.6 Bakenou V3
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date (jp) December 17, 1993
Genre Gambling

Bakenou V3 is a horse betting game, developed by

Graphic Research and published by Asmik Ace Enter-
tainment, Inc, which was released in Japan in 1993.

8.3 Bakuchou Retrieve Master

Developer TOSE
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) October 15, 1998
Genre Role-playing, Sports

Bakuchou Retrieve Master is a fishing sim, developed

by TOSE and published by Konami, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1998.
In the game, the player character is using his summer
vacation to go on a journey and catch the fabled black
bass.
 Balloon Kid 35

Bakuchou Retsuden Shou: 7.7

Hyper Fishing
Developer n/a
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) July 24, 1998
Genre Sports

Bakuchou Retsuden Shou: Hyper Fishing is a Sports

game, published by Starfish, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1998.
The goal of the game is to become the greatest fisher-
man of all time.

Balloon Kid 7.4

Developer Pax Softnica
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 5, 1990
(eu) January 31, 1991
Genre Platformer

Balloon Kid, a flying platform game, is the sequel to

Balloon Fight. Designed by Yoshio Sakamoto, it is
one of the few first-party Nintendo games that were
not published in Japan, until Nintendo licensed it to
Sanrios subsidiary Character Soft for reprogramming
and publishing it to the FamiCom as Hello Kitty World
Rarity US: 4
exclusively in Japan. Less than ten years later after its
original release, a Game Boy Color edition with a few
new features titled Balloon Fight GB was also released.

Banishing Racer 7.3

Developer Jaleco
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) July 26, 1991
Genre Platformer

Banishing Racer allows the player to take control of

an animated car against numerous enemies that must
be jumped on to defeat, in a fashion similar to Super
Mario Land. The player has three lives before being al-
lowed to continue or start over. One hit kills the player
and forces a restart from the beginning of the level.
The car model used within the game looks very similar
to a Subaru 360.
 Bart Simpsons Escape from Camp 37

Barbie: Game Girl 3.4

Developer Imagineering
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

In this platform game, Barbie must find an outfit for

her date with Ken. The environment features a shop-
ping mall level, an underwater level, and other worlds
to explore. The game is also centered on collecting
gems and pearls to fend off opponents.
Enemies in the game include the usual sharks found Rarity US: 7
in underwater levels in addition to jellyfish. Moving
cubes of sugar must also be defeated in the game.

Bart Simpsons 5.0

Escape from Camp Deadly
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

In Bart Simpsons Escape from Camp Deadly, the

player controls Bart as he escapes from an unpleas-
ant summer camp run by ruthless counselors. The plot
of the game bears a strong similarity to the Simpsons
episode Kamp Krusty in the sense that they both re- Rarity US: 3
volve around Bart and Lisa staying at an evil summer
camp. However, that episode did not air until 1992, a
year after the game was released.

Baseball 5.5
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Sports

Baseball is a game where the player can pitch, hit, field,

and run just like in a real baseball game. The player
can choose between USA and Japan modes, two dif-
ferent teams, and among a line-up of unique players.
It is one of the first games to have launched with the
Game Boy, along with Super Mario Land and Tetris. Rarity US: 1
The background music is different than the NES ver-
sion.
38 Bass Fishing Tatsujin Techou

6.9 Bases Loaded

Developer TOSE
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) July 1990
Genre Sports

This portable version of Bases Loaded is loosely based

on the title for the original NES. In this scaled down
version Major League teams are replaced with two
teams representing the East and West Coast Divisions.
With two Game Boy units and a Video Link cable
players can go head to head - although each player will
Rarity US: 2 also need their own game cartridge. Single players can
enjoy a quick pickup game by selecting an unofficial
game of 1 to 9 innings.
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7.5 Bass Fishing Tatsujin Techou

Developer n/a
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) June 21, 1996
Genre Sports

Bass Fishing Tatsujin Techou, one of the many Sequels

to the 1986 MSX game, The Black Bass, is a fishing
video game. It was published by Starfish and released
in Japan in 1996.

4.1 Batman Forever

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) August 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Action-platformer

This game is a hybrid of side-scrolling platformer and

one-on-one fighter. The player makes way through lev-
els that include some platform jumping elements, but
take on opponents one at a time like in a fighting game.
The players arsenal includes a lot of nifty bat-gadgets
(one has to be chosen before the level starts) and a col-
Rarity US: 3
lection of fighting moves that are unleashed with spe-
cial button combinations. In contrast to the console/
DOS version, there are no puzzles to solve.
 Batman: The Animated Series 39

Batman: Return of the Joker 6.2

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) May 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Batman: Return of the Joker for the Game Boy is a

platformer in which the Dark Knight must cross four
levels to confront his arch-enemy, the Joker.
The first three of the stages (Sewers, Machine Shop
and Train) can be tackled in any order, but the final
level only opens up once the others are completed. In Rarity US: 4
each, Batman has to face obstacles like traps, conveyor
belts, moving platforms and many henchmen.

Batman: The Animated Series 7.0

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Batman: The Animated Series, based on the TV series

of the same title, is an action-adventure platformer.
The player can switch between Batman or Robin to
gain access to character-specific abilities. Batman uses
a grappling hook to scale heights, Robin walks across
ceilings, and both characters can perform wall jumps.
Rarity US: 5
A SNES version was also planned, but the game was
ultimately released under the title The Adventures of
Batman & Robin.

Batman: The Video Game 7.0

Developer SunSoft
Publisher SunSoft
Release date (us) June 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action-platformer

Batman, also known as Batman: The Video Game,

is a platform game loosely based on the 1989 film of
the same name. The game contains three action stag-
es and one shooting stage where Batman shoots mis-
siles aboard the Batwing. It takes place in several well
known places from the movie such as the Axis chemi-
Rarity US: 3
cal factory, the Flugelheim Museum, and the Cathe-
dral.
40 Battle Bull

7.1 Battle Arena Toshinden

Developer Betop
Publisher Nintendo, (eu) Laguna, (jp) Takara
Release date (us) November 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy version of Battle Arena Toshinden is

a 2D versus fighting game, instead of 3D. The game
features all the eight fighters present in the console/PC
version (Eiji, Kayin, Sofia, Rungo, Fo, Mondo, Duke
and Ellis), but drawn in super-deformed graphics.
Rarity US: 4 Each character has its own special moves and a des-
peration move (which can only be used when the char-
acter has 10% or less of his or her health).
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7.7 Battle Bull

Developer Jorudan
Publisher SETA Corporation
Release date (us) January 1991
Genre Action

The player controls a driver of an excavation vehicle

as he competes in a 48-level tournament of drilling
things. Players may kill rival drivers only by pushing
huge stones at them. Most of the other stones are a
permanent part of the underground cavern; while oth-
ers can be used to eliminate the opponents. Money is
Rarity US: 6 earned after each level for the purpose of upgrading
the players vehicle. A kill ratio is required to be met
in order to reach the next stage. Otherwise, the player
remains in the current level.

7.6 Battle City

Developer Nova Games
Publisher Nova Games
Release date (jp) August 9, 1991
Genre Shooter

Battle City is a multi-directional shooter first released

in 1985 for the FamiCom. It is a successor to Namcos
1980 Tank Battalion, and would be succeeded itself by
the 1991 Tank Force. The player, controlling a tank,
must destroy enemy tanks in each level, which enter
the playfield from the top of the screen.
The Game Boy version is more challenging, as the
screen is too small to display the whole map and only
enough to display one part of it; for this reason, a radar
was added.
 Battle Dodge Ball 41

Battle Crusher 7.6

Developer Sun L
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) January 25, 1995
Genre Fighting

Battle Crusher is a fighting game published by Ban-

presto and released only in Japan in 1995. The game
features a single player progression mode and a two
player versus mode. It features twelve different play-
able characters, including some characters from the
Gundam and Ultraman franchises.

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Battle Dodge Ball 7.5

Developer Sun L
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) October 16, 1992
Genre Sports

Battle Dodge Ball (or Battle Dodgeball) is a dodgeball

game from Sun L and Banpresto that pits heroes and
villains from the Gundam, Ultraman and Kamen Rid-
er universes against each other in dodgeball matches.
Similarly to Technoss Super Dodge Ball, each com-
batant has a health meter which depletes whenever
they are hit by the dodgeball. Stronger throws cause
more damage and once a characters HP is depleted,
they leave the arena.
giantbomb.com

Battle of Kingdom 8.4

Developer Lenar
Publisher Meldac
Release date (jp) December 13, 1991
Genre Board game

The object of the game is to lead a kingdom through

various battles using the format of a traditional board
game. In order to advance to the next battle, players
must destroy at least 92% of the monsters on the bat-
tlefield. Each stage represents a battle in a high fan-
tasy campaign to save the world from an unknown evil
force (that resides in a skull castle). Players can acquire
gold mines to increase wealth and construct buildings
like stock rooms and bridges while not battling.
42 Battle Pingpong

8.3 The Battle of Olympus

Developer Radical Entertainment
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

The Battle of Olympus is an action game with light

role-playing elements. It is set in ancient Greece and
casts the player in the role of Orpheus, whose girl-
friend, Helene, has been kidnapped by the demonic
ruler of the netherworld called Hades. Orpheus must
consult the powerful gods and have their help in order
to defeat Hades and free Helene.

mobygames.com

8.3 Battle Pingpong

Developer Quest
Publisher Quest
Release date (jp) August 31, 1990
Genre Sports

In Battle Pingpong the player can battle against ten AI

enemies in a table tennis game. Those opponents rep-
resent ten countries which are humorously depicted,
e.g. the USA athlete wears a cowboy hat. The goal of
a single-player game is to beat all of them. Regarding
gameplay, the player only has to hit the ball with the
correct timing and can perform a few basic moves. The
game is played in a first-person perspective: only the
table tennis racket is visible.
mobygames.com

7.4 Battle Space

Developer n/a
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) December 25, 1992
Genre Strategy

Battle Space is a strategy game developed by Sofel and

published by Namco for the Game Boy platform.
It came as a pack-in game that came with the Barcode
Boy accessory.
 Battleship 43

Battle Unit Zeoth 5.7

Developer Jaleco
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) July 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

Players control a Zeoth mech through five stages

throughout New Age City. The odd-numbered stages
are horizontal scrolling stages while the even-num-
bered stages are short, vertically aligned Platform stag-
es, each stage ending with an end boss fight. The Zeoth
is capable of leaping all the way to the top of the screen
Rarity US: 3
and can fire in four directions (left right, up and down).
While the mech starts with a standard Vulcan Canon,
the player can equip it with two upgradable weapons.

Battleship 6.9
Developer Pack-In-Video
Publisher Mindscape, (jp) Use Corporation
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Strategy

Battleship: The Classic Naval Game is a Battleship

variant. On a 8x8 grid, both players place four ships
of varying size. Each round one player guesses a grid
of the opponents board and is told if it was a hit. The
winning condition is to sink all enemy ships first. The
speciality of this variant are a few extra weapons with
Rarity US: 4
a limited usage which can bomb multiple fields at
once. There is also a radar which reveals four fields of
the enemy board.

Battletoads 6.3
Developer Rare
Publisher Tradewest, (jp) NCS
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) February 25, 1993
Genre Action

Battletoads is an action game originally released by

Rare in 1991 exclusively for the Game Boy handheld
game console from Nintendo. Despite having the same
title as the original Battletoads game, Battletoads for
Game Boy is a completely different game with other
levels. It was never ported to any other systems.
Rarity US: 3
The player controls Zitz and it is only a single player
game.
44 Battletoads in Ragnaroks World

6.3 Battletoads & Double Dragon:

The Ultimate Team
Developer Rare
Publisher Tradewest, (eu) Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Beat em up

The Ultimate Team is a crossover of both Technos Ja-

pans Double Dragon and Rares own Battletoads game
franchises, although Technos had little or no credited
involvement in the production of the game outside
Rarity US: 6 of the Double Dragon license. The game features the
characters from the Double Dragon series, Billy and
Jimmy Lee and the three humanoid toad protagonists
from the Battletoads game.

6.6 Battletoads in
Ragnaroks World
Developer Rare
Publisher Tradewest
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Beat em up

The game is a port of the NES version of Battletoads.

In the game, two space mutant warriors known as the
Battletoads, Rash and Zitz, embark on a mission to de-
feat the evil Dark Queen on her planet and to rescue
Rarity US: 6 their kidnapped friends; Pimple and Princess Angelica.
The original game was developed in response to the
interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.

3.7 Beavis and Butt-head

Developer Torus Games
Publisher GT Interactive Software
Release date (us) March 1999
(eu) 1998
Genre Platformer

MTVs Beavis and Butt-Head is based on the animated

TV series of the same name. The plot is that the two
kids want to join a gang, but first they have to free their
leader from prison. So the player takes their role (al-
ways one at a time) in their quest to travel all the way
from school to prison.
Rarity US: 5
This is an action game in which the basic goal to find
the exit without dying. Pretty much all living things
drain the protagonists life bar when touched.
 Beetlejuice 45

Beethoven: 4.0
The Ultimate Canine Caper
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper is a 2D plat-

forming game featuring the eponymous St. Bernard
and based on the 1993 movie Beethovens 2nd. The
game was released shortly after the movie as a tie-in.
A US release was planned but canceled (I think).

Beetlejuice 4.3
Developer Rare
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) January 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The game begins with the player taking control of Bee-

tlejuice as he attempts to get rid of all the ghosts that he
invited into Lydia Deetzs house (where she lives with
her mother and father). He must then rescue Lydia
from the evil Astoroth. Using bio-exorcist magic, play-
ers must defeat undead creatures through the cemetery
and even inside the Neitherworld. Players can also ride Rarity US: 4
on a mine cart and a Pogosnake (that operates in a sim-
ilar fashion to Super Mario Worlds Yoshi).

Berlitz French Translator 6.9

Developer Imagineering
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Edutainment

Berlitz* French Translator is a French translator for

the Game Boy. Users type in an English word and it
translates it to French.

Rarity US: 4
46 Best of the Best: Championship Karate

7.3 Berlitz Spanish Translator

Developer Imagineering
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Edutainment

Berlitz* Spanish Translator is a French translator for

the Game Boy. Users type in an English word and it
translates it to Spanish.

Rarity US: 5

4.6 Best of the Best:

Championship Karate
Developer Loriciels
Publisher Electro Brain, (eu) Loriciels, (jp) Micro World
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Best of the Best Championship Karate is a realistic

fighting game. After players choose their fighter for his
parameters (strength, stamina and resistance), they can
choose from 55 different moves. They can now train
Rarity US: 4 their fighter at a gym before the real fights. To mas-
ter the game, one must alternate training and fights, as
training improves stamina, strength and resistance.
mobygames.com

8.8 Bikkuri Nekketsu Shin Kiroku!

Dokodemo Kin Medal
Developer Million Corp.
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) July 16, 1993
Genre Sports

Crash N the Boys: Street Challenge features the same

basic gameplay engine and mechanics found in the rest
of the Kunio/Nekketsu High games. The player con-
trols a character in side-scrolling levels and try to de-
feat opponents using an arsenal of attacks and special
moves. Unique to this game is that in order to clear the
five stages, the player must also accomplish a series of
sport-themed objectives.
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 Bill Elliotts NASCAR Fast Tracks 47

Bill & Teds Excellent Game Boy 5.7

Adventure: A Bogus Journey!
Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) August 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action, Puzzle

Bill & Teds Excellent Game Boy Adventure: A Bogus

Journey! is an action-puzzle game based on the Bill &
Ted films released by LJN for the Game Boy in 1991.
Each level takes place on a single screen. Players must
collect scattered time fragments while jumping plat- Rarity US: 4
forms, climbing ladders or ropes, and avoiding ene-
mies.

Bill Elliotts NASCAR 7.7

Fast Tracks
Developer Distinctive Software
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 1991
Genre Racing

Using a point of view from inside the car or the outside

behind the car and lets players choose from three dif-
ferent types of cars (Ford, Chevrolet or Oldsmobile).
Players can also run for the championship, consisting
of eight races, running the same four tracks twice over
which include Daytona, Atlanta, Watkins Glen and Rarity US: 3
Sears Point, competing against fifteen different oppo-
nents including Bill Elliott.
mobygames.com

Bionic Battler 6.5

Developer Toei Animation
Publisher Electro Brain, (jp) Use Corporation
Release date (us) November 1992
Genre Action

Bionic Battler is an action game developed by Toei

Animation released on the original Game Boy in 1992.
In Bionic Battler there are two playable characters and
five different levels to play in. The levels are com-
prised of maze like structures and the goal is to destroy
the other mechs that occupy the maze. The game sup-
ports one or two players. Rarity US: 4

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48 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

7.6 Bionic Commando

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The Game Boy version follows the same plot as the

NES version, changing the present-day setting of the
NES version with a futuristic one. Like the NES ver-
sion, the player must navigate through the overworld
map to move from level to level with a transport heli-
copter, called DX-3 Turbocopter. A difference from
Rarity US: 4
the NES version are the players encounters with en-
emy transport vehicles.

6.8 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Developer Arc System Works
Publisher Angel
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Action-adventure

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is an interesting little

adventure/action title. Players roam around and talk
with familiar characters to complete simple tasks, then
spring into action as Sailor Moon. The slow pace may
get annoying but works well for a Game Boy title.

classicplastic.net

7.6 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R

Developer Angel
Publisher Angel
Release date (jp) April 22, 1994
Genre Action-adventure

The follow up to the first Game Boy game addresses

many of the previous titles problems: it plays faster,
there are actual attacks, theres a lot more variety and
graphics have been bumped up as well.

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 Blades of Steel 49

Black Bass: Lure Fishing 7.6

Developer Hot B
Publisher Hot B
Release date (us) January 1994
Genre Sports

Black Bass: Lure Fishing is a 1992 fishing game for

the Game Boy. There are only two lakes to fish at and a
limited set of lures, unlike the SNES game Super Black
Bass. Casting is done on an overhead view with a me-
ter for the direction and another meter for the shadow
of the fish. Trout, pike, catfish, and the infamous black
bass can all be caught in this game. Rarity US: 3
Each game originally came with a 40-page instruction
manual and a precautions booklet.

Blades of Steel 6.0

Developer Konami
Publisher Ultra Games, (eu) Palcom Software, (jp) Konami
Release date (us) August 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Sports

Based on the arcade game, Blades Of Steel is a hock-

ey arcade action game (gameplay doesnt require the
need to worry about statistics or provide the ability to
customize teams.) Two players can play against each
other, or one player against the computer. In one player
mode there are single game and tournament mode op-
Rarity US: 2
tions. From time to time a fight may break out, which
will provide a close up view of the two players.
mobygames.com

Blaster Master Boy 7.0

Developer Aicom
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

Blaster Master Jr., known as Blaster Master Boy in

North America and Bomber King: Scenario 2 in Ja-
pan, is an action video game developed by Aicom and
published by Sunsoft. The game was released in 1991
for Game Boy. The game is a sequel to Robowarrior, a
spin-off title in the Bomberman series by Hudson Soft.
Rarity US: 6
However, the game was marketed in western territo-
ries as a game in the Blaster Master series by Sunsoft.
50 Blodia

6.2 Block Kuzushi GB

Developer OeRSTED
Publisher Pow
Release date (jp) December 29, 1995
Genre Breakout

Block Kuzushi GB is a Breakout game, developed by

OeRSTED and published by Pow, which was released
in Japan in 1995.
The title Block Kuzushi is referred to any Japanese
game that contains Breakouts ball and paddle game-
play.

4.4 Blodia
Developer n/a
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) April 20, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Blodia is a puzzle game with similarities to sliding

block puzzles. Each level is composed of a number
of tiles and every one has a part of a pipe (straight or
angular) on it - except one which is just a black hole.
In one tile a red ball starts rolling and all tiles it rolls
through become blank.
The goal of each level is to let the ball roll through all
pipe parts without meeting the hole or a blank tile. To
ensure this, the player can move the parts while using
the hole as buffer.

5.4 The Blues Brothers

Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) June 1992
(eu) May 19, 1993
Genre Platformer

The Blues Brothers is a video game based on the band

The Blues Brothers, where the object is to evade police
in order to make it to a blues concert.
The characters have the ability to pick up objects (gen-
erally boxes) and either put them down to stand on
Rarity US: 6 them, or throw them at enemies. Each level is a varia-
tion on the jumping theme, with the characters finding
a necessary attribute (e.g. a guitar) somewhere in the
level.
 Bo Jackson: Two Games In One 51

The Blues Brothers: 7.5

Jukebox Adventure
Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) December 16, 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Jukebox Adventure is the sequel to The Blues Brothers.

Once again, the player has to choose a favourite Blues
Brother and take him through different side-scrolling
platform levels. He needs to collect records and use
them as defence by throwing them towards enemies.
There are also power-ups that can be gathered until the
jukebox to progress to the next level is found.
mobygames.com

Bo Jackson: 5.6
Two Games In One
Developer Equilibrium
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) June 1991
Genre Sports

Its two games in one -- players can play either base-

ball or football in this game headlined by Bo Jackson.
In baseball, players can participate in all the major
parts of the ballgame, such as pitching, hitting, and
fielding. The field is displayed in 3D using an engine
called 3-D Sensation. In football, the field is dis- Rarity US: 3
played as an overhead view in 2D with tiny players
running around -- a sharp contrast to the graphic style
of the baseball portion of the game.

Boggle Plus 6.2

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Parker Brothers
Release date (us) February 1992
Genre Board game

Boggle Plus is a game for the Game Boy based on the

popular board game. Players can play classic Boggle,
where they must form words of at least three letters
from a board filled with randomly generated letters.
Other modes of play include Big Boggle, where there
are more letters; Categories, where players must find
words that are related to a topic; Anagrams, which Rarity US: 3
calls for them to unscramble words; and Use All, in
which the goal is to use every letter on the board.
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52 Bomberman Collection

6.4 Bomb Jack

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Action

In Bomb Jack, the player controls Jack, who must

collect all the bombs in order to complete the current
round and go onto the next one. Making Jacks task
difficult are numerous enemies such as birds, mum-
mies, turtles, and orbs.
The more players progress through the game, the more
difficult it becomes, as enemies travel more quickly to
get them.
mobygames.com

8.3 Bomberman Collection

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) July 21, 1996
Genre Compilation

Bomberman Collection is a compilation video game

released for the Game Boy. It was only released in Ja-
pan and features the 3 game boy bomberman games in
1 pack; Bomber Boy, Bomberman GB and Bomber-
man GB 2.

bomberman.wikia.com

7.0 Bomberman GB
Developer A.I
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Hudson Soft
Release date (us) April 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Action

Bomberman GB 2 is the second Bomberman GB game.

It was released in North America and Europe as Bomb-
erman GB due to the previous game being released un-
der the title Wario Blast featuring Bomberman!.
In single player, the main objective is to defeat the en-
Rarity US: 4 emies that lurk in the cave and find the exit when done.
Mode A, which requires the player to simply destroy
all the enemies, and Mode B, which requires the player
to defeat the enemies in a certain order.
54 Bonks Adventure

7.6 Bomberman GB 3
Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) December 20, 1996
Genre Action

The game retains its original maze-like gameplay.

However, at the beginning of each stage, an objective
is displayed that must be completed to clear it. Every
fifth level involves collecting gems on the map, and
if the player collects enough, two bell items will ap-
pear near the exit. These two items will offer the player
help during the boss fight. After defeating a boss, it
will leave behind Bomb Capsules that can be used in
the shop to purchase extra abilities.

7.0 Bonks Adventure

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Bonks Adventure is a prehistoric platform game where

players are in control of a large bald headed caveman,
guiding him through the levels taking out all manner
of strange prehistoric creatures that get in their way.
The game is not unlike other platform games of the
era. Though its unique in that Bonk can climb walls
Rarity US: 5
and swing on rope with your teeth and the only method
of attack is head butting enemies - straight forward or
dive bomb style.

7.7 Bonks Revenge

Developer A.I
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Although this shares the same name as the second

Bonk game for the TurboGrafx-16, this is actually a
brand new adventure. Its pretty much the same as the
other games in the series, where the player takes on
the role of cave boy Bonk. While most of the levels are
completely new, the game reuses features from the first
Rarity US: 5
two in the series.

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 Boomers Adventure in ASMIK World 55

Booby Boys 4.3

Developer Nichibutsu
Publisher Nichibutsu
Release date (jp) June 25, 1993
Genre Action, Puzzle

Booby Boys is a refinement of the alien-trapping for-

mula in Heiankyo Alien (also by Nihon Bussan), ex-
cept the main goal of each stage is to collect a number
of treasure chests, collect the key afterwards, and exit
the stage. Digging holes to trap enemies is incidental
to the treasure collecting: although players get points
for defeating each enemy.
The game has also appeared in almost identical incar-
nations on the FamiCom under the same name.
chrismcovell.com

Boomers Adventure 5.7

in ASMIK World
Developer Dual
Publisher Asmik Corp. America, (jp) Asmik Ace Ent.
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Action, Puzzle

Boomers Adventure in ASMIK World, known in Ja-

pan as Teke! Teke! Asmik-kun World is an example
of the trap-em-up genre, which also includes games
like Heiankyo Alien, Space Panic, and Lode Runner.
This video game stars Boomer, a pink dinosaur, who
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traps enemies by digging holes and letting the enemy
fall in them. Boomer can also dig out items and keys
needed to complete the levels.

Boulder Dash 6.6

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Victor Interactive Software
Release date (eu) 1990
Genre Action, Puzzle

Players take the role of Rockford, and he have to dig

through monster infested caves in search of diamonds.
In each level players must collect a certain number of
these diamonds, in order to open a portal to the next
stage. Enemies can be squashed by falling boulders,
which are released when the ground below them is
removed or they are pushed onto empty ground, but
these boulders can also squash Rockford. In later lev-
els, difficulty is increased by many puzzle elements
and shorter time limits.
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7.3 Boxxle
Developer Atelier Double
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) February 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle

Boxxle is a Sokoban clone, with the plot being that the

player must maneuver boxes in a warehouse in order
to make enough money to woo his desired girlfriend.
The game features over 25 levels with 10 sub-levels
each one. Players can always choose the order in which
Rarity US: 3 they want to complete the sub-levels, but they have to
complete all sub-levels in order to advance to the next
main-level.

7.6 Boxxle II
Developer Atelier Double
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) June 1992
Genre Puzzle

In this sequel to Boxxle, Willys girlfriend has been

kidnapped by a UFO and now he wants to earn enough
money to buy a rocket and rescue her.
The new levels are the major difference between
Boxxle 2 and its predecessor as there are no graphical
changes to speak of. To solve all these levels, the play-
Rarity US: 6 ers once again have to push crates onto certain spots,
which is made difficult by the fact that they can only
push but not pull them.

7.1 Brain Drain

Developer Visual Impact
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan, (eu) Bandai
Release date (us) March 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Puzzle

Brain Drain is a puzzle game in which the player has

to recreate a pattern, consisting of different symbols
like apples or hearts, which is shown in the corner
of the screen. The main playing field consists of said
symbols, but randomly switched around. The player
controls a frame which encloses four of the symbols.
Rarity US: 4
When pressing a button, the symbols are rotated clock-
wise around the frame. The levels have to be solved
within a time limit.
 Bram Stokers Dracula 57

Brainbender 6.9
Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher Electro Brain, (eu) Gremlin Graphics, (jp) Acclaim
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle

In Brain Bender, mirrors are manipulated in order to

get them to reflect a laser beam into some balls of gas
and destroy the satellite. The game features 120 differ-
ent puzzles to solve.

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Bram Stokers Dracula 3.6

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) September 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Bram Stokers Dracula for the Game Boy is a 1993

video game that bears a closer resemblance to platform
games such as Super Mario Land than horror films.
The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan
Harker. Harker must free himself from Draculas cap-
ture, follow him to London, and end his reign of terror.
Rarity US: 4
It was voted to be the 21st worst video game of all time
according to FLUX magazine though it was also voted
best underrated gem game by 6y magazine.

BreakThru! 7.1
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Spectrum Holobyte
Release date (us) January 1995
Genre Puzzle

In the game, the player must move the cursor amongst

a grid of different shaped squares. All squares must be
removed, and squares can only be removed if they
are directly touching two or more squares of the same
shape. Once squares are removed, blocks then shift
downward and either to the left or right, to fill in the
blanks. The game ends when either all blocks are re- Rarity US: 5
moved, or time has run out.
58 Bubble Bobble Part 2

7.5 Bubble Bobble

Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) March 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

Bubble Bobble is a platform game. Enemies must be

cleared from a level to go to the next one. The player
can jump and collect items for points (such as fruit).
The real power Bub have however is the ability to blow
bubbles. These bubbles can be as platforms to leap on,
or to trap enemies. Enemies trapped in a bubble must
Rarity US: 4
be popped by jumping into them, wherein theyll turn
to fruit. Additionally, power-ups sometimes float by in
bubbles.

7.1 Bubble Bobble Part 2

Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

While it was never released in the arcade, two versions

of the game were developed independently from each
other (for the NES and Game Boy formats), with each
game receiving a different story line as a result. In the
Game Boy version, a character named Robby has to
rescue people from a village, who, according to this
Rarity US: 6
versions intro, have been captured by a skull char-
acter. Gameplay remains largely unchanged from the
other games in the series.

7.0 Bubble Ghost

Developer Opera House
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) November 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle

Bubble Ghost needs to blow a bubble out of his crea-

tors castle. The task is to guide him so as to direct the
bubble through the gaps in each room. The bubbles
direction is affected by which part of the ghost hits it.
Candles, fans, and other obstacles serve to make little
Rarity US: 4 Bubble Ghosts task harder. Bubble Ghost is invinci-
ble, but the bubble is prone to bursting if it hits any-
thing at pace.
 Bugs Bunny Collection 59

Bubsy II 5.0
Developer Accolade
Publisher Accolade, (eu) Telstar
Release date (us) August 1998
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Similarly to Sonic games, Bubsy moves very fast and

can also jump very high. Bubsy kills the enemies by
jumping on their heads.
Like the original, the Genesis and SNES version are
virtually identical, however, the Game Boy version is
drastically different, with different level design and Rarity US: 4
only black and white graphics, unless played on a Su-
per Game Boy, which applied very basic coloring.

Bugs Bunny Collection 6.6

Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco
Release date (jp) December 19, 1997
Genre Compilation

The game consists of the first two Bugs Bunny Crazy

Castle games, which were released in Japan as Mickey
Mouse and Mickey Mouse II.
The games feature Super Game Boy enhancements.

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The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 6.0

Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco
Release date (us) March 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle

This was the first in the Crazy Castle series of Bugs

Bunny games for the Game Boy. The object of the
game is to move Bugs around the 80 levels of a cas-
tle and collect all of the carrots. Preventing Bugs
progress are the usual Warner Bros. characters, such as
Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Sylvester. Bugs him-
Rarity US: 2
self does not have any attack moves, but players can
find various objects like anvils and boxing gloves to
thwart their enemies.
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6.2 The Bugs Bunny

Crazy Castle 2
Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco, (eu) Laguna
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Puzzle

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, known in Japan as

Mickey Mouse II and known in Europe either as Hugo
or simply Mickey Mouse, is the sequel to The Bugs
Bunny Crazy Castle.
Rarity US: 3 Bugs Bunny must save his girlfriend Honey Bunny
from Witch Hazels enemy-filled castle. There are 28
levels with keys to collect.
 BurgerTime Deluxe 61

Burai Fighter Deluxe 7.0

Developer KID
Publisher Taxan, (jp) Taito Corporation
Release date (us) January 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

Burai Fighter Deluxe is an scrolling shooter game with

two modes of play. Most levels are side- and vertical-
scrolling with pre-designed layouts. A few levels are
different, though: top-down perspective, with a rand-
omized layout.
The game is identical to the NES version. The De- Rarity US: 6
luxe part refers to the added versus multiplayer mode
through the link cable functionality that is included
with this Game Boy release.

BurgerTime Deluxe 6.8

Developer Data East
Publisher Data East
Release date (us) March 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

The object of the game is to complete a number of

hamburgers while avoiding enemy foods. When main
protagonist, chef Peter Pepper, the players character,
walks the length of an ingredient (bun, meat patty, to-
mato, etc.), it falls one level. If it lands atop another
ingredient, the latter in turn falls one level. A burger is
Rarity US: 5
completed when all vertically aligned ingredients have
been dropped out of the maze and onto a waiting plate.

Burning Paper 6.6

Developer Pixel
Publisher LOZC G. Amusements
Release date (jp) February 26, 1993
Genre Puzzle

In Burning Paper players take control of a guy who is

standing on the top of a building. On the front of the
building there are multiple signs or posters that hang
on it. Bugs will crawl up the building and shoot projec-
tiles at the player.
The goal is to burn pieces of the signs to make them
fall down and eliminate the bugs. Players manipulate a
crosshair on the screen which indicates where the laser
will fire.
62 Bust-a-Move 3 DX

7.5 Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Taito Corporation
Release date (us) February 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Puzzle

Like in Tetris in reverse, players shoot bubbles at an

array of different-shaped bubbles stuck in an ever de-
scending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by
three to make them disappear.
This edition contains both puzzle challenges and nor-
Rarity US: 4 mal progressive stages.

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7.5 Bust-a-Move 3 DX
Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Puzzle

Bust-A-Move 3 DX is the same game as Bust-A-Move

99. Besides the obvious differences because of techni-
cal limitations of the platform, e.g. the bubbles have to
differentiated from of their shades instead of colour, it
also has less playing modes. Only the arcade mode (a
port of the original arcade version with the main sin-
Rarity US: x gleplayer campaign or the possibility to challenge an
AI opponent) and the challenge mode (beating a series
of 25 levels as fast as possible) are available.
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6.6 Buster Brothers

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Shooter

Pang, or Buster Brothers, is a platform game which

consists of 50 levels in total. The goal is to destroy
the balloons which bounce around the playfield. To ac-
complish this, players can shoot hooks which travel
upwards, and blow up any balloon they touch. De-
pending on their size, they either split on two smaller
Rarity US: 7
ones, or evaporate if theyre at their minimum size.

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 Capcom Quiz: Hatena? no Daibouken 63

Caesars Palace 5.8

Developer Magnin and Associates
Publisher Arcadia Systems, (eu) Ocean, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (us) June 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Gambling

This game allows players to play in the Caesars Palace

casino. They can wander around the casino and play
video poker, roulette, blackjack, the Big Six money
wheel, or 3 types of slot machines. Players bet and win
chips and then exchange them for money whenever
they like. The interaction is done via a cursor, every-
Rarity US: 2
thing is viewed from first-person perspective.

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Capcom Quiz: 9.3

Hatena? no Daibouken
Developer n/a
Publisher Capcom
Release date (jp) December 21, 1990
Genre Game show

Capcom Quiz: Hatena? no Daibouken is a trivia game

published by Capcom for the Game Boy platform. It
features characters from several Capcom games and
series.
This was the first game that former Capcom producer
(planner at the time) Shinji Mikami worked on after
joining the company.

Captain America 5.8

and The Avengers
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) February 1994
Genre Beat em up

Captain America and the Avengers is a side-scrolling

beat em up in which four Marvel Comics heroes
(Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Vision)
take on the evil Red Skull, who, by assembling a team
of super-villains, seeks to conquer the world.
Rarity US: 7
The game consists of five stages, primarily focusing
on side-scrolling brawler gameplay, but some of the
levels also feature side-scrolling shooting stages.
64 Captain Tsubasa VS

6.6 Captain Tsubasa J:

Zenkoku Seiha Heno Chousen
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) September 14, 1995
Genre Sports

Captain Tsubasa J: Zenkoku Seiha e no Chousen, part

of the popular long-running Japanese manga, anima-
tion, and video game series, is a soccer game devel-
oped and published by Bandai for the Game Boy plat-
form.

8.2 Captain Tsubasa VS

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Tecmo
Release date (jp) March 27, 1992
Genre Sports, Strategy

Captain Tsubasa VS is a soccer simulation game re-

leased in Japan on the Game Boy. Captain Tsubasa
VS was developed by Graphic Research and was pub-
lished by Tecmo. Tsubasa VS features both a single
player campaign mode and a vs. human mode.
The game is similar to a game like NFL Head Coach
where the player takes the role of overseeing a soccer
team. The player can choose the player locations on
the field as well as other options.
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7.3 Card Game

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) June 15, 1990
Genre Gambling

Card Game is, what the title say, a Card game, devel-
oped by Marionette and published by Coconuts Japan,
which was released in Japan in 1990.
 Casper 65

Casino FunPak 6.3

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Interplay
Release date (us) January 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Gambling

In Casino FunPak, players walk around in a casino,

partaking in a multitude of games and competing in
tournaments to earn as much money as they can. Play-
ers can play Roulette, Video Poker, Slot Machines,
Blackjack and Craps. The tournament mode contains
a large tour of the five games.
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Casper 4.0
Developer Bonsai Entertainment
Publisher Natsume, (eu) Laguna
Release date (us) November 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Mini-games

Casper is a mini games collection based on the 1995

movie of the same name. Casper is a ghost with three
evil uncles, who have turned the dad of Caspers hu-
man friend Kat into ectoplasm. The goal is to bring
him back to the living.
In order to complete the game, the first four mini games Rarity US: 4
have to completed three times with increasing difficul-
ty, after which the fifth and sixth come into play.

Castelian 5.6
Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Triffix, (eu) The Sales Curve, (jp) Hiro
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

Castelian, originally created by John M. Phillips and

released in the late 1980s for various home computer
systems as Nebulus, is a platform game with some dis-
tinctive unique features. The player character, a small
creature called Julius, is on a mission to destroy eight
towers that have been built in the sea, by planting
Rarity US: 5
bombs at the towers peaks. The progress is hindered
by enemies and obstacles, which Julius has to avoid in
order to reach the top of the tower.
66 Castlevania II: Belmonts Revenge

6.9 Castle Quest

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Board game, Strategy

Castle Quest is board strategy game mixed with magic

battle confrontations. The game is like a chess clone
with fantasy creatures that fight with playing cards.
The goal is to topple the opponents king. A player con-
trols a small army (with units like orcman, karate man,
warrior etc) on a small chess board. If two pieces meet
on the same square, they fight on special screen with
a playing-card roulette. Depending on the cards that
each unit gets they will do damage to an opponent.

7.3 Castlevania II:

Belmonts Revenge
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) August 1991
(eu) November 26, 1992
Genre Platformer

Set fifteen years after the events of Castlevania: The

Adventure, Dracula returns and kidnaps Christopher
Belmonts son Soleiyu at his coming of age feast, and
turns him into a demon. With Soleiyus mystical pow-
Rarity US: 4 ers, Dracula retakes human form and rebuilds his cas-
tle, forcing Christopher to confront Dracula once again
to save his son and Transylvania.

6.5 Castlevania Legends

Developer KCE Nagoya
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) March 11, 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Platformer

The story begins in Transylvania in the year 1450. In

the game (although not the series overall canon), So-
nia Belmont is the first Belmont to confront Dracula.
She also meets Alucard who seeks revenge against his
father Dracula. After Draculas defeat, he swears to
Sonia that as long as there is evil in the world, he will
Rarity US: 5
be resurrected, and in response she swears her family
will always defeat him. The game was also the first
game in the series timeline until Lament of Innocence.
 Catrap 67

Castlevania: The Adventure 5.6

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 15, 1989
(eu) 1990
Genre Platformer

Set a century before the events of the original Castl-

evania, the player controls an ancestor of Simon Bel-
mont named Christopher Belmont who goes on a quest
to defeat Dracula.
The game consists of four stages, and unlike other
Castlevania games, there are no sub-weapons, but Rarity US: 2
hearts are used to restore health. Each stage also has a
time limit in which to complete the level.

Catrap 7.6
Developer Asmik Ace Entertainment
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment, (jp) ASK Kodansha
Release date (us) September 1990
Genre Puzzle

Pitman, also known as Catrap in the US, is a puzzle-

platformer originally developed for the Sharp MZ-700
computer in 1985. The word Catrap refers to the fre-
quent amount of times the player is trapped and needs
to reverse their movements and the two anthropo-
morphic cats the player must manoeuvre to advance
through the levels. The game is credited with having Rarity US: 5
originated the time-rewind mechanic, which later ap-
peared in titles like Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Prince
of Persia: The Sands of Time, Braid and Pullblox.

Cavenoire 7.7
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) April 19, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Cave Noire is a roguelike. The game evolves around

four quests (killing monsters, freeing fairies or collect-
ing gold/orbs) with ten difficulties each. The difficulty
determines how big the target number is, the stats the
player starts with and what monsters are encountered.
Starting a quest creates a randomly generated dungeon
where the player has one chance to reach the goal -
death means a new dungeon has to be created. Beating
a difficultly level unlocks the next; this is also the one
thing the game saves.
68 Centipede

6.3 Centipede
Developer Accolade
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

In Centipede, the player is trapped in the Enchanted

Forest. Armed with only a magic wand to ward off the
forests insect denizens, all of which apparently are at-
tacking in the player in continuous waves.
The player must use the magic wand to shoot sparks
Rarity US: 7 at approaching insects to score points by pressing the
controller button. If the player is bitten by an insect,
the player will be temporarily paralyzed and lose one
of the three starting magic wands.

6.3 Centipede
Developer Morning Star Multimedia
Publisher Majesco
Release date (us) 1998
Genre Shooter

The Game Boy Centipede has a horribly convoluted

history it was first released as a monochrome title
by Accolade in 1992, which was followed in 1995 by
a compilation title with Super Game Boy support (Ar-
cade Classic No. 2: Centipede & Millipede), published
by Nintendo and developed by The Code Monkeys.
Rarity US: 4 Majesco later picked up the license, disabled Millipede
and the Super Game Boy features, and released sepa-
rate versions for monochrome Game Boy and Game
Boy Color in 1998.

7.1 Chacha-Maru Panic

Developer n/a
Publisher Human Entertainment
Release date (jp) April 19, 1991
Genre Action

Chacha-Maru Panic is an Action game, published by

Human Entertainment, which was released in Japan in
1991.
The game feature four-player games via the Four Play-
er Adapter
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Chachamaru Boukenki 3: 7.8

Abyss no Tou
Developer n/a
Publisher Human Entertainment
Release date (jp) August 2, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Chacha-Maru Boukenki 3: Abyss no Tou is a role-

playing game developed by Human Entertainment and
released on Game Boy.

Chalvo 55 7.3
Developer Japan System Supply
Publisher Japan System Supply
Release date (jp) February 21, 1997
Genre Puzzle, Action

Players take the role of a robot who has to collect 5

gems in each area of an enemy spaceship before mov-
ing on to fight the guardian of that area. Players cant
jump, but a tap of the A button transforms the robot
into a continually-bouncing sphere that can destroy
blocks and most enemies. The B button allows players
to push special wheeled blocks and springs for posi-
tioning in the levels.

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Championship Pool 7.4

Developer Bitmasters
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) November 1993
Genre Sports

Championship Pool is a pool game where players can

8-ball or 9-ball pool tournament that starts off with the
BCA Regional Championship where the player must
defeat 32 opponents in a first to four games match. If
the player loses against any of the 32 opponents, they
are then eliminated from the tournament. The winner
of that then goes onto the World Championship. Rarity US: 4

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70 The Chessmaster

6.3 Chase H.Q.

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Taito Corporation, (eu) Bandai
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, the

job is to patrol the streets and track down five crimi-
nals. Players are given a mission briefing before they
start which gives information on the suspect and what
car they drive. Then they drive across the city without
crashing into other cars, and catch up with the crimi-
Rarity US: 5
nals car. To arrest the suspects, players must keep
bumping into their car until it is no longer functional.
And they have to do this under a strict time limit.

6.3 The Chessmaster

Developer Park Place Productions
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions, (eu) Nintendo, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) January 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Board game

The Chessmaster is a game where the player has the

chance to play against the CPU controlled Chessmas-
ter at a standard game of chess.
To play the game the player must pick up the chess
pieces with there hand cursor and place it in the de-
Rarity US: 3 sired location, within the rules a standard chess game.
There are 16 different difficulty levels that includes 2
beginner levels, 13 standard levels, and a infinite level.

8.5 Chibi Maruko-Chan 2:

Deluxe Maruko World
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) September 13, 1991
Genre Adventure

Chibi Maruko-Chan 2, based on the Shjo manga se-

ries written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura, is an
Adventure game, developed by Kid and published by
Takara, which was released in Japan in 1991.
 Chibi Maruko Chan 4: Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama 71

Chibi Maruko-Chan 3: 7.0

Mezase! Game Taishou no Maki
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) March 27, 1992
Genre Action

Chibi Maruko-Chan 3: Mezase! Game Taishou no

Maki is an Action game, developed by Kid and pub-
lished by Takara, which was released in Japan in 1992.

Chibi Maruko Chan 4: 7.7

Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) August 7, 1992
Genre Mini-games

Chibi Maruko-Chan 4: Korega Nippon Dayo! Oujisa-

ma is a board game, developed by Kid and published
by Takara, which was released in Japan in 1992.

Chibi Maruko Chan: 8.0

Maruko Deluxe Gekijou
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) May 26, 1995
Genre Mini-games

Chibi Maruko-Chan: Maruko Deluxe Gekijou is a

mini-game, developed by Kid and published by Taka-
ra, which was released in Japan in 1995.
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8.7 Chibi Maruko Chan:

Okuzukai Daisakusen
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) December 7, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Chibi Maruko-Chan Okozukai Daisakusen! is a Role-

Playing game, developed by Kid and published by
Takara, which was released in Japan in 1990.

7.3 Chiki Chiki Machine M Race

Developer n/a
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) March 27, 1992
Genre Racing

Based on the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Wacky

Races lets players join their favorite characters on a
wild race where only their wits, their driving skills and
their bag of dirty tricks will get them across the finish
line first.

7.0 Chiki Chiki Tengoku

Developer n/a
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) April 28, 1995
Genre Puzzle

Chiki Chiki Tengoku is a Puzzle game, published by J-

Wing, which was released in Japan in 1995. The game
plays like Tetris.
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Chiky Kaih Gun ZAS 8.3

Developer T&E Soft
Publisher T&E Soft
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Shooter

Chiky Kaih Gun ZAS is a vertical scrolling shooter.

The gameplay is done in a style similar to Gradius and
R-Type.
As a complex scrolling shooter, this game attempts to
emulate multiple dimensions using the limitations of
the Game Boy console. The parallax backgrounds and
elaborate detailing in the sprites help to create a unique
Game Boy experience; any distinctions between the
scenery and the bad guys are clearly shown through
different shades of the same color.

Choplifter II 7.0
Developer Beam Software
Publisher JVC Musical Industries, (jp) Victor Interactive
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

Choplifter II: Rescue Survive, a shoot em up, was the

first Choplifter title for the Game Boy.
The gameplay revolves around piloting a rescue heli-
copter into hostile territory and rescuing hostages.
Enemies like birds, fighter jets, and even ammuni-
tion fired from various weapons can harm the players Rarity US: 3
helicopter. Saving more hostages than the scenario re-
quires will allow players to collect extra points.

Choplifter III 6.9

Developer Teeny Weeny Games
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Shooter

In this second installment of the Choplifter Game Boy

series, it is once again the players job to fly their heli-
copter through enemy territory to rescue hostages. The
helicopter does not only take damage from enemy fire,
but also from contact with buildings, trees, walls etc.,
which makes some levels difficult to navigate.
Enemies can be destroyed by either using the helicop-
ters standard weapon, or more powerful weapons that
can be picked up throughout the levels.
74 Chou Majin Eiyuuden: Wataru Mazekko Monster 2

8.0 Chou Majin Eiyuuden:

Wataru Mazekko Monster
Developer Alpha Unit
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) December 12, 1997
Genre Role-playing

Chou Majin Eiyuuden: Wataru Mazekko Monster is

based on the anime Chou Majin Eiyuuden Wataru and
released on the Game Boy.
The goal of the game is to hatch a creature from an egg
and raise it. More creatures can also be obtained.

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7.8 Chou Majin Eiyuuden:

Wataru Mazekko Monster 2
Developer Alpha Unit
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) August 7, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Chou Majin Eiyuuden: Wataru Mazekko Monster 2

is a creature collecting/breeding game developed by
Alpha-Unit and published by Banpresto for release in
Japan on the Game Boy.

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7.1 Chousoku Spinner

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) September 18, 1998
Genre Action

Chousoku Spinner is an action game based on an ani-

me and was only released in Japan.
The object of the game is to have yo-yo battles, buy
new yo-yos, and upgrade current yo-yos. Chousoku
Spinner contains RPG like elements such as traveling
to various locations, talking to other characters, earn-
ing money to buy new items, and a story.

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Chuck Rock 5.7

Developer Spidersoft
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Chuck Rock, set in a fantasy prehistorical Stone Age-

era, is a side-scrolling platformer. Chuck fights of a
variety of dinosaurs using his belly-buster attack and
a jump kick. Occasionally he has to pick up and throw
rocks to defeat enemies and allow him to jump to
greater heights.
Rarity US: 5

Cliffhanger 3.5
Developer Spidersoft
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Cliffhanger is based on the 1993 Stallone movie. The

game consists of side-scrolling action. The hero can
walk, run, jump, punch, and kick while jumping. Fur-
ther, he can perform special feats as the situation re-
quires, such as crossing a rope suspended from two
cliffs. One of the biggest threats in this game is nature
Rarity US: 5
as Gabe must defend against wolves and birds, snow
falling off cliffs and structures, and falling rocks.
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Collection Pocket 3.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Naxat Soft
Release date (jp) November 21, 1997
Genre Mini-games

Collection Pocket consist of mini-games. The game

was published by Naxat Soft and released in Japan in
1997.
76 Contra: The Alien Wars

7.3 College Slam

Developer Iguana Entertainment
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) March 1996
Genre Sports

Part of the NBA Jam series of basketball games, Col-

lege Slam allows players to choose from over 40 real
college teams and take part in head-to-head games,
tournament games, and season-long play. The game-
play is arcade-style two-on-two fast action featuring
backboard shattering wild dunks, power-ups and other
Rarity US: 3 crazy moves. The game also features fight songs from
all the available teams.

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7.3 Contra: The Alien Wars

Developer Factor 5
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Run and gun

Contra: The Alien Wars in North, known as Probotec-

tor 2 in Europe and Australia, is a port of the SNES
game, Contra III: The Alien Wars. In this version, the
level structure had been altered, many of the enemy
bosses were removed, and Stage 4 of the original game
(the Air Battle level) was removed. A strafing ability
Rarity US: 4
was included to compensate for the absence of rotation
in both top-view stages, and a password feature was
added.

8.0 Cool Ball

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Takara, (eu) Infogrames
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

Cool Ball, or Pop-Up, is a basic action game in which

the player takes control over a bouncing ball. The
goal of each one-screen level (the background themes
progress from the big bang all the way to the future)
is simple: bouncing between platforms, collecting as
many points as possible and above all the exit key
Rarity US: 7
which opens up the way to the next level. Of course
there are various hazards to overcome, mostly in the
form of special platforms like sticky or angled ones.
 Cool Spot 77

Cool Hand 7.4

Developer Tarantula Studios
Publisher Take-Two Interactive
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Gambling

Cool Hand, also released for Game Boy Color as Las

Vegas Cool Hand, is a Casino game. The game fea-
tures blackjack, cribbage, and solitaire.
The player starts out with a certain amount of pretend
money that can be used to practice for the real casino.
A complete instruction manual in addition to the on-
line help provided within the cartridges helps first-time
players how to play each and every individual game.

Cool Spot 5.9

Developer NMS Software
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Cool Spot, featuring the Cool Spot mascot for the soft
drink brand 7 Up, is platformer in which the player con-
trols Cool Spot, who can jump, and attack by throw-
ing soda bubbles in any direction. In each level the
player must rescue other cool spots, who look exactly
alike, from their cages. In order to do so, the player
Rarity US: 4
is required to collect a certain number of spots that
changes as the game progresses. Spots are placed
around the level in large quantities.

Cool World 2.4

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Cool World is a action platformer based on the film of

the same name. Players control Frank Harris, chief of
the Cool World police department. He must prevent
Holli Would from entering the real world. Players ac-
complish the levels by shooting doodles and collecting
coins. Gameplay is set by 4 World with 4 levels each.
Rarity US: 5
78 Crayon Shin-Chan 2: Ora to Wanpaku Gokko Dazo

7.5 Cosmo Tank

Developer Asuka Technologies
Publisher Atlus
Release date (us) September 1990
Genre Shooter

The player controls an armoured fighting vehicle from

either a first-person perspective or a third-person per-
spective; depending on the level design. All games be-
gin on a planets surface with an overhead view. When
the player enters a tunnel, the view switches to first-
person. After destroying the Life Core inside a tunnel,
Rarity US: 3 the player travels to a new planet through a vertically
scrolling stage.

6.9 Crayon Shin-Chan 2:

Ora to Wanpaku Gokko Dazo
Developer n/a
Publisher Banalex
Release date (jp) October 22, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Crayon Shin-Chan 2: Ora to Wanpaku Gokko Dazo

is an action platformer for the Game Boy starring the
popular anime character Shin-chan. This is the sec-
ond installment of the Game Boy Crayon Shin-Chan
series.

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7.6 Crayon Shin-Chan 3:

Ora no Gokigen Athletic
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 26, 1994
Genre Action

Crayon Shin-Chan 3: Ora no Gokigen Athletic is an

Action game, published by Bandai, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1994.
 Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora no Gokigen Collection 79

Crayon Shin-Chan 4: 7.6

Ora no Itazura Dai Henshin
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) August 26, 1994
Genre Platformer

Crayon Shin-Chan 4: Ora no Itazura Dai Henshin is a

platformer, developed and published by Bandai, which
was released in Japan in 1994.
The game has Super Game Boy features.

Crayon Shin-Chan: 7.6

Ora no Gokigen Collection
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) December 20, 1996
Genre Action

Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora no Gokigen Collection is an

Action game, published by Bandai, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1996.

Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora 8.2

to Shiro ha Otomodachi Dayo
Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) April 9, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Shiro ha Otomodachi Dayo

is an action platformer for the Game Boy starring the
famous anime character Shin-chan.
80 Cult Jump

5.9 Crystal Quest

Developer NovaLogic
Publisher Data East
Release date (us) September 1991
Genre Shooter

Originally a mouse-driven game in which the player

controls a small, circular spaceship which must travel
around the screen collecting crystals. This task is made
more difficult by the aliens which constantly swarm
out from the portals on both sides of the screen. These
can be shot down by the ships gun (which has un-
Rarity US: 6 limited ammo) or eliminated by activating one of the
players limited supply of smart bombs, which will
clear the screen of all current enemies.
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6.1 Cult Jump

Developer Sun L
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) September 10, 1993
Genre Game show

Cult Jump is an adventure trivia game. It feature vari-

ous Weekly Shonen Jump characters like: Taluluto;
Son Goku; Kujo Jotaro; Kenshiro; Taison Maeda; Ry-
otsu Kankichi; Momotaro Tsurugi; among many oth-
ers from seven different animes.
There are 50 long stages where the player needs to an-
swer the questions posed by the opponents to survive
and move on. A password will be displayed after beat-
ing each of these stages.
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2.7 Cultmaster:
Ultraman ni Miserarete
Developer Minato Giken
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 12, 1993
Genre Game show

In Cult Master: Ultraman ni Miserarete players test

their knowledge of the Ultraman tokusatsu series in a
quiz game.
The game share similarities to the game Cult Jump.
 Cyraid 81

Cutthroat Island 3.1

Developer Software Creations
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) January 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

Based on the feature film of the same title, the game

casts players in the role of renegade treasure hunter,
Morgan Adams. The gameplay involves players scroll-
ing along the screen and sword fighting pirates and oth-
er scoundrels one on one with various different attacks.
When the game was first released, it featured a promo- Rarity US: 5
tion by which players could find hidden treasure chests
in the game and enter a contest to win real world prizes.

Cyraid 6.3
Developer SAS Sakata
Publisher Nexoft, (jp) Epoch
Release date (us) March 1991
Genre Puzzle-platformer

Players take control of Warrior or Fighter (no difference

between characters) as they rescue their mother Nata-
sia from an evil scientist who tries to conquer Earth
from his fortress Cyraid. Chase her captor across four
stages containing multiple rooms, smashing blocks
and kicking ladders to reach energy pods that reveal an
exit to the next room. There are extra lives and upgrade Rarity US: 4
pods that can be collected to increase speed, destroy
dense blocks, jump, and shoot missiles.
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82 Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions

6.8 Daedalian Opus

Developer Vic Tokai
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (us) July 1990
Genre Puzzle

The game is essentially a series of 36 jigsaw puzzles

with Tetris-like pieces known as pentominos that must
be assembled into a specific shape. The puzzles start
off with rectangular shapes and simple solutions, but
the puzzles quickly grow more complex, with odder
shapes like a rocket ship, a gun, and even enlarged
Rarity US: 2 versions of some of the pentominoes themselves. Each
level is timed, and once the timer is started it cannot be
stopped until the level is finished.

6.1 Daffy Duck:

The Marvin Missions
Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) January 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Platformer

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions is a action game for

the SNES and Game Boy. The game involves Duck
Dodgers in the 24th and a Century, as told in the
classic Looney Tunes stories created by Chuck Jones.
Rarity US: 5 Four levels of alien landscapes and high-tech bases
full of strange enemies await Daffy. He is equipped
with a ray gun and a jetpack.

8.7 Dainiji Super Robot Taisen G

Developer Winkysoft
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) June 30, 1995
Genre Strategy

Dainiji Super Robot Taisen G is a remake of the Super

Famicom game 2nd Super Robot Wars. However, it
was not part of the Classic canon to the timeline of
the series.
The game is a turn-based strategy game, developed by
WinkySoft and published by Banpresto, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1995.
 Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabou 83

Daikaij Monogatari: 8.6

Miracle of the Zone
Developer Birthday
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) March 5, 1998
Genre Role-Playing

Daikaijyuu Monogatari: Miracle of the Zone is a role-

playing game, developed by Birthday and published
by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1998.

Daiku no Gen-san: 6.0

Robot Teikoku no Yabou
Developer n/a
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) March 25, 1994
Genre Platformer

Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabou, also re-

leased as Carpenter Genzo Robot Empire, take Ham-
merin Harry to the final frontier - outer space. The
basic gameplay is much the same as its predecessor,
although its a bit more difficult. At a few points, play-
ers will be accompanied by some robot helpers, who
show up at specific points in each stage to spring them
over walls or supply extra firepower.
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Daisenryaku 6.5
Developer n/a
Publisher Hiro
Release date (jp) June 12, 1991
Genre Strategy

Daisenryaku is a traditional military turn-based strat-

egy game. The game uses fake hexagons; the hexa-
gons are in fact square. There are two rivals in every
scenario, black and white - and four sides are in
game: US, USSR, FRG and Japan, each with specific
units, based on realistic warfare, for example Mig-23,
Su-24, T-80. Bradley, F-15, F-16.... Like in other Da-
isenryaku games, each side has to produce units such
as infantry, several types of tanks, helicopters, etc.
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 Darkwing Duck 85

Darkman 5.4
Developer n/a
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) December 1992
Genre Action

Based on the film by Sam Raimi. Players take the role

of Peyton Westlake, returned from the dead as the
many faced Darkman, seeking his revenge against
mobster Robert G.Durant. Tying into the plot of the
film, Darkman wears masks of various gangsters who
are responsible for his disfigurement, but his disguise
dissolves after being exposed to sunlight for too long. Rarity US: 5

Darkwing Duck 7.1

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) February 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Darkwing Duck is a platformer based on the Disney

television series Darkwing Duck. The game is essen-
tially a slightly stripped-down version of the 1992
NES game.
It is a platformer with a couple of elements similar to
Capcoms Mega Man video game series. The game- Rarity US: 4
play is based on typical platforming while using a Gas
Gun to take down enemies.

David Cranes 6.2

The Rescue of Princess Blobette
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Absolute Entertainment, (jp) Jaleco, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle-platformer

The Rescue of Princess Blobette follows the titu-

lar protagonists as they attempt to rescue Princess
Blobette from her imprisonment from a castle tower.
The game features the same puzzle-platforming game-
play mechanics as the NES game A Boy and His Blob. Rarity US: x
Controlling the boy, the player must feed the blob dif-
ferent flavored jelly beans to transform it into different
tools to traverse the castle.
86 Dead Heat Scramble

6.0 Days of Thunder

Developer Argonaut Games
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Racing

Days of Thunder is a NASCAR racing simulation game

loosely based on the 1990 movie Days of Thunder. The
game utilized elements from the movie, using a movie
license from Paramount Pictures for its graphical ele-
ments, plot, and music soundtrack.
Rarity US: 5 Players take the role of Cole Trickle against his rivals
on 8 tracks, based on real-life counterparts. The rac-
es are all on ovals, although the exact lengths, corner
types and gradients are varied.

6.9 Dead Heat Scramble

Developer Copya System
Publisher Electro Brain, (jp) Copya System
Release date (us) December 1990
Genre Racing

In this racer players choose between a dune buggy, a

sand rail vehicle, and a off-road truck. All races are
strictly against the clock while the driver navigates
through blockades on the road and other drivers that
want to defeat the player. All of the ten courses must
be unlocked in a linear fashion; all the races take place
Rarity US: 3 in a tube. Few power-ups exist in them game; includ-
ing a chance to increase the players nitro boost. No
penalties are given for bumping into the other drivers;
unlike real life.

4.8 Dennis the Menace

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) February 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platfomer

Dennis the Menace is a multiplatform video game

based on the 1993 movie of the same name. The object
in all versions of the game is to defeat a burglar who
managed to find Dennis town via the local railroad
connection. Stages include Mr. Wilsons house, the
great outdoors, a boiler room, and eventually the big
Rarity US: 7
boss battle with the burglar himself. Using his trusty
slingshot and peashooter, Dennis got to make his way
through five levels in order to save the day.
88 Dexterity

7.7 Desert Strike:

Return to the Gulf
Developer Ocean
Publisher Malibu Games, (eu) Ocean Software
Release date (us) February 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Shooter

Desert Strike is a shoot em up originally released for

the Sega Genesis in 1992. The game was inspired by
the Gulf War and depicts a conflict between an insane
Middle Eastern dictator, General Kilbaba, and the
Rarity US: 4 United States.
GamePro gave the it a positive review, saying it has
almost everything that made the original title great.

7.9 Dexterity
Developer SNK
Publisher SNK
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle

Dexterity, known as Funny Field in Japan, is a puzzle

game by SNK that was released for the Game Boy in
1990. It is a game that consists of a square floor cov-
ered in seven rows and eight columns of tiles (56 tiles
in total). The goal of the game is to flip all of the light
tiles into dark tiles. There are several enemies as the
Rarity US: 3
level advances. The game has a total of 30 rounds.

5.9 Dick Tracy

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) December 1991
Genre Platformer

Stylistically, the Game Boy version bears a strong re-

semblance to the side-scrolling mode of the NES ver-
sion. The gameplay itself is purely level-based plat-
forming, foregoing the overhead driving sequences of
its NES counterpart. Dick Tracy can punch and use the
same weapons, as well as grenades. This game also
Rarity US: 5 shares some common music with the NES version.
Each of the five levels contains 12 hidden pieces of a
photograph used to solve a puzzle at the end of each
level.
 Dig Dug 89

Die Maus 5.0

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1997
Genre Puzzle, Action

Die Maus is an action/puzzle game based on the Ger-

man childrens television show Die Sendung mit der
Maus (The show with the mouse).
Players control both main characters of the show, the
mouse and the elephant, in a search for the duck who
has disappeared. The levels of the game are isometric
puzzles. Both characters must reach the exit using and
combining their different abilities.
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Dig Dug 8.0

Developer Now Production
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Maze

The objective of Dig Dug, originally a 1982 arcade

game, is to eliminate underground-dwelling monsters
by inflating them with an air pump until they explode,
or by dropping rocks on them. There are two kinds of
enemies in the game: Pookas and Fygars.
The players character, Dig Dug, is able to dig tun- Rarity US: 4
nels through destructible environments. Dig Dug will
be killed if he is caught by either a Pooka or a Fygar,
burned by a Fygars fire, or crushed by a rock.

Dino Breeder 7.5

Developer Digital Kids
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) August 22, 1997
Genre Strategy

Dino Breeder is a virtual pet game. The game starts

with the player being able to choose one of six different
dinosaur eggs. Once players have chosen a dinosaur it
can be fed, trained, or get into a battle. Dinosaurs have
a set amount of hit points and if they are taken down to
zero they will die leaving players the option to start the
whole game over or start again at the last checkpoint
with the current dinosaur.

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90 Dirty Racing

7.6 Dino Breeder 2

Developer n/a
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) June 5, 1998
Genre Strategy

Dino Breeder 2 is another virtual pet game, published

by J-Wing, which was released in Japan in 1998. It is
the second game in the Dino Breeder series

8.3 Dirty Racing

Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) January 8, 1993
Genre Racing

Dirty Racing is an overhead view with Grand Prix-style

cars similar to Micro Machines on a series of courses
while avoiding obstacles and taking out opponents.
The game has three difficulty levels: Taking It Easy
(easy), Hazardous! (medium), and Totally Dirty (hard).
At the shopping cut scene, players can purchase tires
along with engine boosts and nitro.

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7.2 Dodge Boy

Developer TOSE
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) December 6, 1991
Genre Sports

Dodge Boy, a dodge ball game, features both single

player and two player modes.
The feature a Test Match mode and a World Cup mode.
Test Match mode is much like an exhibition mode.
Once Test Match has been chosen there is an option to
play a one set match or a three set match. World Cup
mode features a password save system to keep track
of the players progress. The World Cup Mode is struc-
tured in a tournament style.
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 Donkey Kong Land 91

Donkey Kong 8.3

Developer Pax Softnica
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) June 28, 1994
(eu) September 24, 1994
Genre Platformer

Donkey Kong is loosely based on the 1981 arcade

game of the same name and its sequel Donkey Kong Jr.
The game was known under the working title Donkey
Kong 94 before the release.
Like in the original arcade and NES version, the player
takes control of Mario and must rescue Pauline from Rarity US: 2
Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Jr. makes a guest appear-
ance in the game on some levels, helping his father
hinder Marios progress.

Donkey Kong Land 7.1

Developer Rare
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) June 26, 1995
(eu) August 24, 1995
Genre Platformer

Donkey Kong Land is the portable spin-off of the

original title, Donkey Kong Country for the SNES,
which spawned its own series alongside the main se-
ries. Donkey Kong Land was enhanced for the Super
Game Boy and was packaged with a banana yellow
cartridge which was later used for its sequels. Many
Rarity US: 2
of the games backgrounds elements, character models,
and sound effects were directly ported from the SNES
version onto the Game Boy, retaining the same style.

Donkey Kong Land 2 7.5

Developer Rare
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) September 1996
(eu) November 28, 1996
Genre Platformer

Donkey Kong Land 2 stars Diddy Kong and Dixie

Kong in their conquest to rescue Donkey Kong from
Kaptain K. Rool and the Kremling Krew. While its
stage names are borrowed from Donkey Kong Coun-
try 2: Diddys Kong Quest (except for Castle Crush,
which became Dungeon Danger; and Haunted Hall,
Rarity US: 2
which became Krazy Koaster), the level designs are
brand new.
92 Donkey Kong Land III

7.5 Donkey Kong Land III

Developer Rare
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 27, 1997
(eu) October 30, 1997
Genre Platformer

Donkey Kong Land III (initially planned for release

with the subtitle The Race Against Time) is the third
and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land trilogy of
games for the original Game Boy. Like the other
games in the series, Donkey Kong Land III served as
the portable counterpart to the SNES game Donkey
Rarity US: 1
Kong Country 3: Dixie Kongs Double Trouble!. In
this case, Donkey Kong Land III is both a remake and
a partial follow-up to the SNES version.
 Doraemon Kart 93

Doraemon 2: 7.3
Animal Wakusei Densetsu
Developer Agenda
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) December 19, 1992
Genre Action

Doraemon 2: Animal Wakusei Densetsu is an action

game, developed by Agenda and published by Epoch,
which was released in Japan in 1992.

Doraemon Kart 7.7

Developer Epoch
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) March 20, 1998
Genre Racing

Doraemon Kart is a kart racing game for Game Boy.

There are three modes; a story mode, a versus mode
and a time attack mode.
Playable characters include; Nobita, Doraemon, Shi-
zuka, Takeshi, Suneo and Dorami (unlocked in story
mode).

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Doraemon no GameBoy 7.7

de Asobouyo DX10
Developer n/a
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) November 27, 1998
Genre Mini-games

Doraemon no GameBoy de Asobouyo DX10 is a Do-

raemon mini-game collection for Game Boy, published
by Epoch, which was released in Japan in 1998.
94 Double Dragon

8.0 Doraemon:
Taiketsu Himitsu Dogu!!
Developer SAS Sakata
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) March 1, 1991
Genre Action

Doraemon: Taiketsu Himitsu Dogu!! is an action

game, developed by SAS Sakata and published by Ep-
och, which was released in Japan in 1991.

6.8 Double Dragon

Developer Techns Japan
Publisher Tradewest, (jp) Techns Japan, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Beat em up

The Game Boy version of Double Dragon features

gameplay similar to the NES version, but with com-
pletely different level designs and all of the main char-
acters moves available from the start. The enemies are
the same as the NES version, but some of the characters
such as Abobo and Chin were given new techniques.
Rarity US: 3
The main game mode is still single player, although
the game ends after the fight with Willy, with Jimmy
not appearing in the main game.

6.8 Double Dragon II

Developer Techns Japan
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Techns Japan
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Beat em up

Although it is the second Double Dragon game re-

leased for the Game Boy, it is unrelated to the arcade
and NES game Double Dragon II: The Revenge. The
game is a localization of the 1990 Japanese Game Boy
game Nekketsu Kha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rant Hen,
which was part of Techns Japans Kunio series. The
Rarity US: 3
graphics, music, and storyline were changed for the
English version of the game.
 Double Dribble: 5 on 5 95

Double Dragon 3: 3.2

The Arcade Game
Developer The Sales Curve
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) August 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Beat em up

Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game is a port of the

1990 arcade game, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta
Stone. Developed by Sales Curve, the game was criti-
cized for its difficulty and the shop system (which was
modified to allow two coins per level). Rarity US: 3

Double Dribble: 5 on 5 6.9

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Double Dribble is a basketball action game for one or

two players. Players can select different time limits for
games and select teams. Gameplay is entirely action,
so no time needs to be spent customizing the teams or
with statistics. Players control each player on the team
one at a time (the player with or about to receive the
Rarity US: 3
ball will be player controlled, with the computer taking
over the other players temporarily.)

Double Yakuman 6.1

Developer Imagesoft
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) March 19, 1993
Genre Board game

Double Yakuman is a traditional mahjong game, de-

veloped by Imagesoft and published by Vap, which
was released in Japan in 1993.
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7.3 Double Yakuman II

Developer Imagesoft
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) September 17, 1993
Genre Board game

Double Yakuman II, the third entry in the Double

Yakuman series, oddly enough, is another mahjong
game, developed by Imagesoft and published by Vap,
which was released in Japan in 1993.

7.8 Double Yakuman Jr.

Developer Imagesoft
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) August 19, 1993
Genre Board game

Double Yakuman Jr., second game in the series, is a

mahjong game, developed by Imagesoft and published
by Vap, which was released in Japan in 1993.

8.7 Downtown Nekketsu Koushin-

kyoku: Dokodemo Daiundoukai
Developer Million Corp.
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) July 24, 1992
Genre Action

In this Nekketsu High game, a wealthy school prin-

cipal has placed a challenge for all the school gangs
to compete in a special obstacle course composed of
4 different challenges that the players and their team
must overcome.
The game uses the same engine and basic gameplay
mechanics featured in other Nekketsu High games,
with the only change being the goals of the game.
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Downtown Special: Kunio-Kun 7.3

no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou!
Developer Techns Japan
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) December 22, 1993
Genre Beat em up

This is a Japanese-only sequel to the classic beat em

up/rpg hybrid River City Ransom. The game takes
place in the Edo period of Japan, making it a prequel
really, as the players take control of an ancestor of
Kunio tasked with saving the life of his ill friend. Ku-
nimasa must traverse the Japanese countryside beat-
ing the collection of gang members and other assorted
baddies in the same way as in River City Ransom.

Dr. Franken 5.8

Developer MotiveTime
Publisher Kemco, (eu) Elite Systems
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

Dr. Franken features Franky, a Frankensteins monster

on a mission to collect the scattered body parts of his
girlfriend, Bitsy.
The game uses a password-based saving system to
save the players progress. It consist of seven floors
where various items and parts of Bitsy is hidden. Keys Rarity US: 3
and special items is needed to access additional areas
to find more body parts and equipment required to res-
urrect Bitsy.

Dr. Franken II 6.9

Developer MotiveTime
Publisher Jaleco, (eu) Elite Systems
Release date (us) October 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Platformer

Dr. Franken II is a platform game in which the lead

character, Franky, must escape the castle in which he
is trapped in order to search for pieces of a gold tablet
which will help him to stave off debt.
Like its predecessor, there are many trap doors, mon-
sters, and other obstacles that need to be overcome. Rarity US: 6
Keys are needed to unlock new areas of the game,
which can be found in the far reaches of the level.
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7.4 Dr. Mario

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) April 30, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Dr. Mario, designed by Gunpei Yokoi, focuses on the

player character Mario, who assumes the role of a doc-
tor and is tasked with eradicating deadly viruses. In
this falling block puzzle game, the players objective is
to destroy the viruses populating the on-screen playing
field by using colored capsules that are dropped into
Rarity US: 2
the field. The player manipulates the capsules as they
fall so that they are aligned with viruses of matching
colors, which removes them from play.

7.0 Dragon Ball Z:

Goku Gekitouden
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) August 25, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitden is the second install-

ment in the Goku RPG series. It features five playable
characters, as well as Gokus Super Saiyan transfor-
mation. Goku Gekitden takes place immediately af-
ter Son Gokus battle with Vegeta, and ends with Son
Gokus final battle with Frieza.
In Goku Gekitden, moving about and fighting is real
time, unlike its predecessor.

7.4 Dragon Ball Z:

Goku Hishouden
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) November 25, 1994
Genre Role-playing

Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishden is the first installment

in the Goku RPG series. Despite the title, the game
starts out during the end of Dragon Ball with Gokus
fight with Piccolo at the World Martial Arts Tourna-
ment and ends with the battle against Vegeta in Dragon
Ball Z.
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Dragon Slayer Gaiden: 8.3

Nemuri no Oukan
Developer Falcom
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) March 6, 1992
Genre Role-playing

A spin-off from the successful Dragon Slayer series

by Falcom, Dragon Slayer Gaiden casts players once
again as the nameless knight who must clear dozens
of dungeons and save the land from the ever-present
dragons.
Gameplay differs somewhat from the original Dragon
Slayer in that there are now outdoors areas, as well as
NPCs that send players on specific quests.

Dragon Slayer I 7.0

Developer Falcom
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) August 12, 1990
Genre Action role-playing

Dragon Slayer, originally released in 1984 for the PC-

8801, etc., is commonly considered one of the progeni-
tors of the action RPG genre. The premise is similar to
Roguelikes: the player takes control of a knight who
must fight his way through large overhead maze-like
dungeons. Unlike roguelikes, the combat in the game
is fully action-oriented: the player must approach the
monster and bump into it in order to inflict damage,
at the same time trying to avoid its blows.
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Dragons Lair: The Legend 3.5

Developer MotiveTime
Publisher Ubisoft, (jp) Epic/Sony Record, (eu) Elite Systems
Release date (us) January 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle, Platformer

The Game Boy version for Dragons Lair is actually a

port of the 1985 ZX Spectrum game, Roller Coaster,
with its protagonist replaced by Dirk the Daring. Dirk
must collect all lifestones scattered all around the
game world (by walking or jumping) to finally save
Princess Daphne. The game world is divided in several
Rarity US: 4
screens which can be freely navigated and are a little
wider than Game Boys screen.
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100 Dropzone

5.4 DragonHeart
Developer Torus Games
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) May 1996
(eu) October 1996
Genre Action

Dragonheart is based on the 1996 fantasy film of the

same name. The player controls Bowen the dragon
slayer, through eight levels fighting many dragons and
encountering characters from the film, such as Gilbert,
Kara and King Einon. The exploration is presented in a
1st-person-view and the battles are presented in a side-
Rarity US: 5
scrolling view. The player can get information about
the current quest from peasants that are found in the
many villages and houses throughout the game.

6.1 Dropzone
Developer Eurocom
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

Dropzone is basically a Defender variant, closely rec-

reating the gameplay of the original Defender with its
speedy scrolling and frantic gameplay.
The player controls a spaceman with a jet-pack, flying
across a barren landscape whose skies are inhabited by
a number of different aliens, from the simple Planter
to the slowly advancing Blunder Storm or the quick,
aggressive Nemesite.

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7.3 DuckTales
Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) November 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

DuckTales, a port of the NES game, involves Scrooge

McDuck traveling around the globe collecting treas-
ure and outwitting his rival Flintheart Glomgold to be-
come the worlds richest duck.
The Game Boy version features the same gameplay,
Rarity US: 2 music and levels of the original console release, though
the layout of each level was changed to accommodate
the handhelds lower resolution screen.
 Dungeon Land 101

DuckTales 2 7.8
Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Like its predecessor, DuckTales 2 is non-linear and al-

lows the player to choose and complete all levels in
any particular order. Scrooge can now use his cane to
interact with various objects, such as pulling levers,
firing cannons and using springy flowers to cross large
gaps. Other new mechanics include hooks that Scrooge
Rarity US: 4
can hang from and rafts that can move Scrooge across
water.

Dungeon Land 3.7

Developer Random House
Publisher Enix
Release date (jp) December 15, 1992
Genre Strategy

Dungeon Land is a random dungeon strategy game,

developed by Random House and published by Enix
Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1992.

DX Bakenou Z 8.0
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date (jp) April 17, 1992
Genre Gambling

DX Bakenou Z is a horse related gambling game, de-

veloped by Graphic Research and published by Asmik
Ace Entertainment, Inc, which was released in Japan
in 1992.
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5.9 Earthworm Jim

Developer Eurocom
Publisher Playmates
Release date (us) September 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Earthworm Jim, first released as a 1994 Sega Genesis

game, is a run and gun platforming game, featuring an
earthworm named Jim in a robotic suit who battles evil.
The Game Boy version is a compressed and scaled
down version. It was hindered by the lack of color,
Rarity US: 4 lack of graphical detail due to both processor and small
screen size, choppy animations, and a lack of buttons,
which made it hard to control.

6.6 Eijukugo Target 1000

Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 28, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Eijukugo Target 1000 is a edutainment game, devel-

oped by C-Lab and published by Imagineer, which was
released in Japan in 1997.

7.0 Eiken 2-Kyuu Level no

Kaiwa Hyuugen 333
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) October 31, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Eiken 2-Kyuu Level no Kaiwa Hyuugen 333 is a

edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1997.
 Elevator Action 103

Eitango Target 1900 5.0

Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) December 13, 1996
Genre Edutainment

Eitango Target 1900 is a edutainment game, developed

by C-Lab and published by Imagineer, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1996.

Elevator Action 6.9

Developer Natsume
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

Elevator Action, originally released as a 1983 arcade

game, has players assume the role of a spy infiltrating
a 30-story building filled with elevators. The player
is pursued by enemy agents who appear from behind
closed doors. These agents must be dealt with via force
or evasion. Successful completion of a level involves
Rarity US: 4
collecting all the secret documents and traversing the
building from top to bottom.

Elite Soccer 4.9

Developer Denton Designs
Publisher GameTek, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Elite Soccer lets the player choose from 24 National

teams including the U.S., England, France, Brazil
among others, in a chance to play in the World Cup
tournament and win the coveted trophy.
The main gameplay is the same as others with an over-
head view with a third-person perspective for penalty Rarity US: 6
kicks. The rules and regulations can be changed to suit
the players style of choice.
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104 Extra Bases

8.2 Extra Bases

Developer Namco
Publisher Bandai, (jp) Namco
Release date (us) April 1991
Genre Sports

Extra Bases, Famista in Japan, has a single player and

two player mode. In both modes either five or nine in-
nings can be chosen. There are 14 different selectable
teams in the Bandai League and are all represented
by just a letter of the alphabet.
The game features a password save system. There are
Rarity US: 4 two different stadiums that can be chosen to play in:
City or Park.

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 F-15 Strike Eagle 105

F-1 Race 6.4

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 3, 1991
(eu) October 10, 1991
Genre Racing

F-1 Race features racing in one of two Formula One

cars around a variety of tracks near world capitals and
landmarks. Gameplay is similar to that of Namcos
Pole Position. Finishing in first, second, or third results
in a podium finish; players must win on each track to
advance to the next.
Version released in Europe and North America includ- Rarity US: 1
ed the Four Player Adapter for four player gameplay.

F-15 Strike Eagle 7.6

Developer NMS Software
Publisher MicroProse
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Flight simulation

The seven missions featured in this simulation of F-15

flight are all real-life missions the plane was originally
used in. They take in the Middle East and Asia in the
1970s and early 1980s, and have air and ground targets
to destroy. Players have machine guns, guided missiles
and bombs at their disposal. There is an arcade mode
Rarity US: 5
and 3 further difficulty levels. The game features 3 en-
emy aircraft and 3 types of enemy SAMs.
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F1 Pole Position 6.8

Developer Natsu System
Publisher Ubisoft, (jp) Varie
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Racing

F1 Pole Position is a Formula One racing video game

released for the Game Boy by Ubisoft. The game is
originally known in Japan as Nakajima Satoru Kansh
F-1 Hero GB 92: The Graded Driver which is the se-
quel to Nakajima Satoru Kansh F-1 Hero GB.
In comparison to its prequel, the game has a more re- Rarity US: 8
alistic approach due to the licensing by Foca to Fuji
Television. Modes available are the usual: grand prix,
training, multi player, and options.
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6.4 Faceball 2000

Developer Xanth Software
Publisher Bullet-Proof Software
Release date (us) December 1991
Genre First-person shooter

Faceball 2000, a port of MIDI Maze by Xanth, is a

first person shooter maze game. James Yee, owner of
Xanth, had a vision to port the game to the Game Boy.
With support from Michael Park, graphics rendering
techniques and communication protocol knowledge
was passed on to Robert Champagne, the games pro-
Rarity US: 4 grammer. George Miller was hired to re-write the AI-
based drone logic, giving each drone a unique person-
ality trait. It is notable for being the only Game Boy
game to support 16 simultaneous players.

7.9 Family Jockey

Developer Use corporation
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) March 29, 1991
Genre Sports

Family Jockey, originally a FamiCom release, is a

horse-racing sim in which the player chooses a horse
to ride and wins races to rake in prize money. The rac-
es get progressively harder and there are some raising
sim aspects to help the horse run faster and make sure
their stamina bar lasts longer.

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8.7 Family Jockey 2:

Meiba no Kettou
Developer Use corporation
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) August 27, 1993
Genre Sports

Family Jockey 2: Meiba no Kettou is a horse racing

game, developed by Use and published by Namco,
which was released in Japan in 1993.
 Famista 3 107

Famista 2 7.8
Developer n/a
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) July 30, 1992
Genre Sports

Famista 2, the sequel to Extra Bases/Famista, is a base-

ball game developed and published by Namco for the
Game Boy. The game was only released in Japan.
The name of the series is a play on FamiCom.

Famista 3 7.6
Developer n/a
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) October 29, 1993
Genre Sports

Famista 3, another entry in the baseball series of games,

is published by Namco, which was released in Japan
in 1993.

Fastest Lap 8.0

Developer KID
Publisher NTVIC, (jp) VAP
Release date (us) February 1992
Genre Racing

In this game players take the role of a F1 race car

driver who wants to make it to the top. The gameplay
involves players doing qualifying laps and then rac-
ing opponents in the main races. The game is played
from a top down perspective. Players can also tweak
their cars engine and tires to suit the circuit they are on.
There are four main teams they can race for. Rarity US: 6

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108 Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge

6.6 Felix the Cat

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft, (eu) Sony Electronics
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Felix the Cat, based on the cartoon character, is a video

game released for both the NES and Game Boy. The
player controls Felix the Cat as he sets out to defeat the
evil mad Professor who has kidnapped Felixs lovely
girlfriend, Kitty.
Rarity US: 7 The Game Boy version plays virtually the same as the
NES version, but features fewer levels.

6.4 Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge

Developer System 3
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Racing

Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge , a port of the Sega Gen-

esis game, F1 Hero MD, is a racing game. The player
takes the role of a Ferrari team driver whos objective
is to become an F1 Champion during the standard 16
round season. The player competes against 25 compu-
ter opponents representing different F1 teams. Every
Rarity US: 5
round consists of a qualification race (1 lap) and a
main race (5 laps).

5.3 The Fidgetts

Developer Game Over
Publisher Jaleco, (eu) Elite Systems, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (us) October 1997
(eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle, Platformer

The Fidgetts is a side-scrolling platform puzzle game

in a similar vein as The Lost Vikings. The player can
switch between two Fidgetts to get past obstacles. One
of the Fidgetts can jump higher to reach objects or lo-
cations otherwise unreachable. Fidgetts can lift and
drop items to help them climb over obstacles. Within
Rarity US: 6
each level the player must get both Fidgetts to the exit
before a time runs out.
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 FIFA Soccer 96 109

FIFA International Soccer 4.0

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) February 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

FIFA International Soccer feature 48 international

teams. Players have complete control over their teams
action on the field, as well as the strategic decisions
that need to be made by the coach on the sidelines.
The game feature five-player action with a Multi-Play-
er Adapter. Rarity US: 3

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FIFA Soccer 96 5.9

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) December 1995
(eu) 1996
Genre Sports

FIFA 96, the third entry in the FIFA Series at a whole,

had the tagline; Next Generation Soccer.
GamePros brief review of the Game Boy version stat-
ed that it may be the best sports title of the year for the
handheld systems. All the moves - like tackles, head-
ers, and bicycle kicks - are included along with count- Rarity US: 4
less teams from the U.S., Europe, and South America.

FIFA Soccer 97 7.5

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) November 1996
(eu) 1997
Genre Sports

This version of FIFA 97 is different from its console

counterparts. Besides the obvious graphic and sound
limitations, this version does not feature any nation-
al leagues, instead offering 51 international teams to
choose from plus the all-star THQ Tornados.
It still features the traditional game modes, Exhibition, Rarity US: 5
Tournament, Playoff and League along with the stand-
ard set of rules and moves from the world of soccer.
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110 Fighting Simulator: 2-in-1 Flying Warriors

4.8 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Sports

The 98 edition of the FIFA series for the Game Boy

differs very little from its immediate predecessor by
the same developer. It features the same isometric
gameplay graphics, the same teams (51 national teams
plus the all-star THQ Tornados) and the same game
modes: exhibition matches, tournaments (group stage
plus knockout stage), playoffs (only the knockout
stage) and a league mode. Changes are an entirely new
menu frontend and revised controls.

7.9 Fighting Simulator:

2-in-1 Flying Warriors
Developer Culture Brain
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (us) April 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

Fighting Simulator: 2-in-1 Flying Warriors is an fight-

ing game for the Game Boy in the Flying Dragon se-
ries. The game also feature a beat-em-up mode.

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7.7 Final Fantasy Adventure

Developer Square
Publisher Square
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1993
Genre Action role-playing

Final Fantasy Adventure, later released in Europe as

Mystic Quest, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first
game in the Mana series.
Originally being developed under the name Gemma
Knights, features gameplay roughly similar to that of
Rarity US: 2 the original The Legend of Zelda game, but with the
addition of role-playing video game statistical ele-
ments.
 Final Fantasy Legend II 111

The Final Fantasy Legend 6.8

Developer Square
Publisher Square
Release date (us) September 30, 1990
Genre Role-playing

The Final Fantasy Legend, known in Japan as Makai

Toushi SaGa, is the first game in the SaGa series and
the first role-playing game for the system. Square
translated the game into English for worldwide release
and renamed it, linking it with the Final Fantasy series
to improve marketing.
The Final Fantasy Legend is Squares first game to Rarity US: 1
sell over a million copies; the Game Boy version alone
shipped 1.37 million copies worldwide as of 2003.

Final Fantasy Legend II 7.3

Developer Square
Publisher Square
Release date (us) November 1991
Genre Role-playing

Final Fantasy Legend II, originally released in Japan

as Sa*Ga2: Hih Densetsu, the second game of their
SaGa series, is a role-playing game.
The game is set in a fantasy world where the player
assumes the role of one of eight different characters
of varying race and gender who leaves on a journey to
find their lost father and discover the secret of Magi, Rarity US: 2
a substance created by the gods that holds powerful
magic.

Final Fantasy Legend III 7.4

Developer Square
Publisher Square
Release date (us) August 1993
Genre Role-playing

While the title retains many similarities to its pred-

ecessors in terms of style and gameplay, the games
development was headed by series newcomer Chihiro
Fujioka.
The story combines fantasy and sci-fi elements, with
the player assuming the role of three characters who
were sent back in time to prevent a massive global Rarity US: 2
flood caused by a being known as the Pureland Water
Entity from destroying the world.
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8.3 Final Reverse

Developer Shouei System
Publisher Toei Animation
Release date (jp) April 12, 1991
Genre Shooter

Final Reverse is an shoot-em-up, developed by Shouei

and published by Toei Animation, which was released
in Japan in 1991.

6.8 Fire Fighter

Developer Teeny Weeny Games
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

In this game players take the role role of a fireman

who has to rescue babies from burning buildings. The
gameplay involves him putting out fires with his hose
in order to proceed past to save the babies. There are
various things that can harm him including wind up
toy soldiers and jack in the boxes which can be killed
with his fire Axe. The babies are saved by him picking
them up one at a time and returning them to his truck.
Each level has more babies for you to save and more
enemies to kill.

6.5 Fish Dude

Developer Salio
Publisher SOFEL, (jp) Towa Chiki
Release date (us) April 1991
Genre Action

The player is Fish Dude a medium size fish in a

small area. The Laws of Nature are brutal: eat or be
eaten. The player must eat other, smaller fishes and
avoid stronger enemies: bigger fishes, and birds. When
Fish Dude eats fish, he will become stronger and can
defend himself against larger fish. The player has only
Rarity US: 7 3 lives. Losing them all results in a game over.

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 Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe 113

Fist of the North Star: 10 Big 5.2

Brawls for the King of Universe
Developer Shouei System
Publisher Electro Brain, (jp) Toei Animation
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Fighting

Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of

Universe is a fighting game. The player takes control
of Kenshiro or one of ten of his adversaries from the
series; Heart, Shin, Jagi, Uighur, Souther, Raoh, Falco,
Han, Hyou, and Kaioh.
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114 The Flash

6.1 Flappy Special

Developer n/a
Publisher Victor Interactive Software
Release date (jp) March 23, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Flappy Special is a port of Flappy. The game itself

is a puzzle game in which the player controls a mole
who has to push a blue stone on an specially marked
place. The stone can only be pushed, but not pulled.
While Flappy does not care about gravity, the blue and
red stones do: they fall down if pushed off an edge.
This has to be used to clear a path for the blue stone
and to crush enemies which try to hurt Flappy. Touch-
ing them or being crushed by a stone results in the loss
of a life.

6.0 The Flash

Developer Equilibrium
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) March 1992
(eu) 1991
Genre Action-platformer

Based on the 1990 TV show, The Flash is a side-scroll-

ing platform/fighting game featuring the fastest man
alive. The player must guide the Flash through thirteen
levels and stop The Trickster from blowing up the city.
Flash runs from left to right and using his jumping and
Rarity US: 5 punching abilities must defuse bombs, beat up thugs,
navigate obstacles and battle bosses, all while com-
pleting each level within a time limit.
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8.3 Fleet Commander Vs.

Developer n/a
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) August 2, 1991
Genre Strategy

Fleet Commander Vs. is a Strategy game, published

by ASCII Entertainment, which was released in Japan
in 1991. While it supposedly depicts a battle between
two fictional countries, the game is largely recognized
to be a recreation of one of the crucial naval battles that
occurred between Japan and the United States near the
end of World War II. Players control a Japanese fleet
of heavy cruisers, battleships, submarines and aircraft
carriers.
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 Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island 115

The Flintstones 5.2

Developer Twilight
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) December 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

In The Flintstones players take the role of Fred, try-

ing to save Pebbles and Bam Bam from the antagonist
Cliff Vandercave. The game feature dinosaurs, Bronto-
saurus Burgers, and Barney, Wilma, Betty, and Dino. It
contains forty five stages of action based on the movie
of the same name.
Rarity US: 3

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The Flintstones: 6.7

King Rock Treasure Island
Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) February 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

In The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island, Fred

Flintstone finds a treasure map during work. In order
to find said treasure, he needs to solve seven levels,
some ending with a boss battle. These are traditional
side-scrolling platform levels in which Fred has to Rarity US: 7
jump over gaps and dodge enemies. His weapon of
choice are axes which he throws at an angle.
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Flipull: 6.8
An Exciting Cube Game
Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Puzzle

Flipull, or Plotting, is a tile-matching puzzle video

game based on an arcade game which goes by both
names. The game bears strong graphical and some
gameplay similarities to Puzznic.

Rarity US: 3
116 Foreman for Real

6.7 Football International

Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai, (jp) Tonkin House
Release date (eu) 1991
Genre Sports

Football International, known as Soccer in Japan, is a

soccer game with top-down perspective. It was devel-
oped by Tose for the Game Boy handheld, which was
released in 1991.
The game consists of exhibition games and tournament
games. In World Cup mode, one plays until one beats
all other seven teams. Eight national teams are rep-
resented in the game; Germany, Italy, France, Spain,
England, Brazil, Japan, and United States.

5.8 Foreman for Real

Developer Software Creations
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) September 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

George Foreman endorsed this boxing game with a

3rd-person view similar to Punch Out. A full range
of punches and jabs are available, with full round-by-
round scoring from the judges. Players can choose
from 3-12 rounds, and there are 2 camera views as well
as an automatic switch option.
Rarity US: 4
Players can play simple exhibition matches or tourna-
ments, or launch into a career mode.

7.1 Fortified Zone

Developer Jaleco
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Run and gun

Fortified Zone was ahead of its time in allowing the

player to switch between characters during game play.
Each character has their own strengths and weak-
nesses: Masato uses all the special weapons, but can-
not jump. Mizuki can jump, but cannot use the special
weapons. A top-down shoot-em-up, the game had four
Rarity US: 3
multi-room levels, titled Field, Jungle, Caves and
Complex. At the end of each level the player faces a
boss character.
 Franky, Joe & Dirk: On The Tiles 117

Frank Thomas 6.6

Big Hurt Baseball
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) December 1995
(eu) 1996
Genre Sports

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball for Game Boy adapts

the console versions gameplay and options to the ca-
pabilities of the handheld system.
While based on the 1995 MLB season, the game does
not have a MLB license, so there are no real team Rarity US: 3
names used. It does however have a MLBPA license,
so features real player names and their statistics.

Franky, Joe & Dirk: 5.6

On The Tiles
Developer Audio Visual Magic
Publisher Elite Systems
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Franky, Joe & Dirk: On The Tiles is a sliding puzzle

game that features character from three Elite Systems
games: Dr. Franken, Joe and Mac and Dragons Lair.
The player is presented with a picture based on one
of the above mentioned games which is scrambled
at the start of a game. The players task is to recreate
the original picture by sliding the tiles around one at a
time.
mobygames.com

Frisky Tom 7.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Nichibutsu
Release date (jp) July 14, 1995
Genre Action

Frisky Tom is based on a 1981 arcade game by Nichib-

utsu. The object of the game is to provide enough water
for a shower by crawling along a network of plumbing
pipes and picking up/replacing loose pieces. Various
types of mice are the games antagonists, trying to
thwart Tom in different ways: knocking pipes loose to
disrupt the water flow, jumping down to fall on him,
or setting a bomb to blow up the entire plumbing ar-
rangement.
118 Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren GB: Tsukikagemura no Kaibutsu

6.7 Frogger
Developer Majesco Sales
Publisher Majesco Sales
Release date (us) August 1998
Genre Action

Frogger is a port of the 1981 arcade game by Konami.

The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes
one by one by crossing a busy road and navigating a
river full of hazards.
By 2005, Frogger in its various home video game in-
carnations had sold 20 million copies worldwide, in-
Rarity US: 4 cluding 5 million in the United States.

8.0 Fushigi no Dungeon:

Furai no Shiren GB:
Tsukikagemura no Kaibutsu
Developer Aquamarine
Publisher Chunsoft
Release date (jp) November 22, 1996
Genre Role-playing

Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren GB, part of the

Mystery Dungeon series, is a role-playing roguelike
game, developed by Aquamarine and published by
ChunSoft, which was released in Japan in 1996.
 G1 King! 3-Hitsu no Yosouya 119

G-Arms: Operation Gundam 7.5

Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) May 18, 1991
Genre Action

G-Arms: Operation Gundam is an Action game, pub-

lished by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1991.
The game is played in a top down view where players
walk around in their Gundam SD suit and shoot other
mecha enemies.

G1 King! 3-Hitsu no Yosouya 7.6

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (jp) March 26, 1993
Genre Sports

G1 King! 3-Hitsu no Yosouya is a horse racing game,

developed by Graphic Research and published by Vic
Tokai, which was released in Japan in 1993.

Gakken Kanyouku: 7.8

Kotowaza 210
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) January 30, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Gakken Kanyouku: Kotowaza 210 is a edutainment

game, published by Imagineer, which was released in
Japan in 1998.
This game let users learn about idioms and proverbs
at a junior high school level. They can teach themself
on stuff like grammar, etc.
120 Gakken Shiaza Jukugo 288

8.6 Gakken Rekishi 512

Developer Sun-Tec
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) May 29, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Gakken Rekishi 512 is another edutainment game in

the same series as Gakken Kanyouku: Kotowaza 210.
The game was developed by Sun-Tec and published by
Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1998.

7.8 Gakken Shiaza Jukugo 288

Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) January 30, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Gakken Shiaza Jukugo 288 is a edutainment game and

another in the Gakken series of games. It was pub-
lished by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in
1998.

7.2 Game & Watch Gallery

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) May 1997
(eu) August 28, 1997
Genre Compilation

Game & Watch Gallery, known in Japan as Game Boy

Gallery and in Australia as Game Boy Gallery 2, is the
second game in the series in Europe and Australia and
the first in Japan and North America.
This game features Game & Watch games in two styles:
Rarity US: 3 Classic and Modern. It features four games; Manhole,
Fire, Octopus, and Oil Panic.
 Game Boy Gallery 2 121

Game Boy Gallery 7.0

Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (eu) April 27, 1995
Genre Compilation

Game Boy Gallery is the first game in the series. Un-

like other games in the series, this game has neither
Modern nor Classic modes; the looks are Modern
with generic characters, but the gameplay is Classic-
style.
It features five games; Ball, Vermin, Flagman, Man-
hole, and Cement Factory.

Game Boy Gallery 2 6.9

Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) September 27, 1997
Genre Compilation

Game & Watch Gallery 2 is the third game in the se-

ries. The game features Game & Watch games in two
styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions
of the original games, and Modern, which gives the
games a different visual style using characters from the
Super Mario Bros. series.
It features six games; Parachute, Chef, Donkey Kong,
Helmet, Vermin, and Ball (unlockable).

Game Boy Wars 7.7

Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) May 21, 1991
Genre Strategy

Game Boy Wars, a turn-based war simulator, is a port-

able follow-up to the 1988 FamiCom game Famicom
Wars, making it the second game in Nintendos Wars
series.
As the commander, players must direct their forces to
either destroy all the enemy forces or capture the en-
emys capital city. In pursuit of this goal, players at-
tempts to take control of the cities, factories, airports,
and harbors on each map.
122 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 2

7.6 Game Boy Wars Turbo

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) June 27, 1997
Genre Strategy

Game Boy Wars Turbo is an enhanced version of the

original Game Boy Wars. The main new feature in Game
Boy Wars Turbo is that the CPU now has a better deci-
sion-making algorithm during its turns, allowing battles
to proceed swifter than in the original. Turbo also fea-
tures 50 new maps, as well as Super Game Boy support.
An alternate version of Game Boy Wars Turbo was re-
leased as a promotional giveaway by Weekly Famitsu
featuring a set of maps submitted by readers of the
magazine.

8.1 Game de Hakken!!

Tamagotchi 2
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) October 17, 1997
Genre Strategy

The game is separated into two modes: one where

players is in control of Mikachu, and the Tamagotchi
care mode. When players controls Mikachu, they can
walk around a small village and look for items, visit
other houses, and talk to Professor Banzo. The Tam-
agotchi care segment is identical to that of the first
Tamagotchi GameBoy game.

tamagotchi.wikia.com

8.1 Game de Hakken!!

Tamagotchi Osucchi to Mesucchi
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) January 15, 1998
Genre Strategy

Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Osucchi to Mesucchi

is based on Mesutchi and Osutchi, a collective Tama-
gotchi released in 1997.
The game starts with Mikachu choosing one out of
three Tamagotchi Eggs. Different Tamagotchi Charac-
ters hatch from different Tamagotchi Eggs. Minigames
include; Rock-Paper-Scissors, Nervous Breakdown,
and Exercise.
 Gamera: Daikaijuu Kuuchuu Kessen 123

The Game of Harmony 7.3

Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) February 1991
Genre Action, Puzzle

The player controls a round spacecraft, and must work

to clear all globes from the screen within a time limit.
The playing field wraps around at the edges, so a globe
or the ship traveling off the left edge (for example) will
re-appear on the right. Globes come in three different
types, and those of the same type will disappear when
they collide, whereas differing-type globes will pro- Rarity US: 5
duce small pods, of the third type. Pods can be col-
lected for more energy, but if they are not picked up
quickly, they will turn into globes.

Gamera: 6.6
Daikaijuu Kuuchuu Kessen
Developer KID
Publisher Angel
Release date (jp) March 3, 1995
Genre Action, Fighting

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, released to coin-

cide with the movie of the same title, is essentially a
turn-based battler, in a similar vein to the Pokemon
games for the same console. Its battle system is similar
to that of an RPG game, but other than that, the simi-
larities end there. Gameras enemies are Gyaos, Gui-
ron and Viras.

godzilla.wikia.com

Ganbare Goemon: 8.3

Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) December 25, 1991
Genre Platformer

Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru! is the first

game in the series released for a portable system.
Gameplay is similar to the FamiCom game Ganbare
Goemon! Karakuri Dch.
Only Goemon is playable, and the game consists of
him rescuing Ebisumaru; Sasuke and Yae do not make
appearances.
124 Gargoyles Quest: Ghosts n Goblins

7.8 Ganso!! Yancha-Maru

Developer n/a
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) July 11, 1991
Genre Platformer

Ganso!! Yancha-Maru is a handheld entry in the Yan-

chamaru/Kid Niki series. Despite appearing on a port-
able platform, the game is a much more appropriate
successor to the original arcade game than either of its
two Famicom sequels. Its a whole new game rather
than a port, with twelve levels spread over four differ-
ent worlds. The level designs may feel a bit more like
Super Mario Bros., complete with breakable blocks
which will occasionally drop items.
hardcoregaming101.net

7.6 Gargoyles Quest:

Ghosts n Goblins
Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action-platformer

Gargoyles Quest: Ghosts n Goblins is a platform/side

scrolling adventure with mild role-playing elements.
The main character Red Arremerm or Firebrand, made
his debut in the video game series Ghosts n Goblins.
Rarity US: 3 The game consists of two types of areas: an overhead
view, and individual, side-scrolling, battle levels which
feature a boss at the end.

5.0 Gauntlet II
Developer Tengen
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Hack and slash

Gauntlet II, originally released as a 1986 arcade game

by Atari, is a fantasy-themed hack and slash.
The Game Boy version was praised by the German
Play Time magazine for its technical implementation
(including 8-directional scrolling), faithful recreation
Rarity US: 6 of graphics, and for evoking nostalgic feelings with
similar sound effects, however this version was criti-
cized for difficult-to-recognize sprites and its techni-
cally weak theme music.
 GB Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou Jr. 125

GB Genjin Land: 7.7

Viva! Chikkun koku
Developer A.I
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) April 22, 1994
Genre Action

GB Genjin Land: Viva! Chikkun Kingdom is an ac-

tion game released for Game Boy, developed by A.I
and Published by Hudson Soft on April 22, 1994 ex-
clusivelly in Japan. It is part of Bonk Series and it is
minigames.

GB Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou Jr. 8.1

Developer n/a
Publisher Sammy Corporation
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Gambling

GB Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou Jr. is a gambling game,

published by Sammy Studios, which was released in
Japan in 1994.

Gear Works 6.6

Developer Teque Interactive
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

This top-down puzzle game starts with a screen featur-

ing a number of different cogs at different parts of the
screen, and a grid of pegs (which become less com-
plete on later levels). Players task on each level is to
use a number of gears of one of 3 different sizes to
ensure that all the pegs are linked together. All this has
Rarity US: 6
to be completed before the engine overheats.

hardcoregaming101.net
126 Gekitou Power Modeler

7.5 Gegege no Kitarou:

Youkai Souzoushu Arawaru!
Developer Act Japan
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) December 13, 1996
Genre Action role-playing

Gegege no Kitar: Ykai Souzoushu Arawaru!, based

on the 1960 manga series, is the one of the oldest
Gegege no Kitar games and the only game for
Game Boy. It is very smilar to the Pokmon game se-
ries.

gegegenokitaro.wikia.com

7.8 Gekitou Power Modeler

Developer Japan System Supply
Publisher Capcom
Release date (jp) November 27, 1998
Genre Fighting

Gekitou Power Modeler is an fighting game where

the player fights using model robots. It was developed
by Japan System Supply and published by Capcom,
which was released in Japan in 1998.

8.4 Gem Gem

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (jp) March 29, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Gem Gem is a puzzle game, developed by Graphic Re-

search and published by Vic Tokai, which was released
in Japan in 1991.
(; ^ ^)

The player progresses in the game by turning squares.

There is also some role-playing elements where mon-
ster appears, but with a rock-paper-scissors combat
style.

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 Genjin Kotts 127

Genjin Collection 8.7

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) November 22, 1996
Genre Compilation

Genjin Collection is a collection of the 3 Game Boy

titles; Bonks Adventure, Bonks Revenge, and GB
Genjin Land. The game was published by Hudson and
released in Japan in 1996.

Genjin Kotts 8.9

Developer KID
Publisher B-AI
Release date (jp) March 24, 1995
Genre Platformer

Genjin Kotts is an platformer, developed by Kid and

published by B.I., which was released in Japan in
1995. The game has a similar tone and gameplay as
the Bonks series.

Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruga 7.8

Developer Sun L
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) November 27, 1992
Genre Action

Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruga, also known as Gan-

baruga, is an action game, developed by Sun L and
published by Tomy Corporation, which was released
in Japan in 1992.
The game is based on the shnen mecha anime series
of the same name. The anime is also known by the dub
name Energy Bomb and Rocket Kidz.
128 Gerry Andersons Thunderbirds

4.8 George Foremans KO Boxing

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

George Foremans KO Boxing is a multi-platform

boxing game produced by Acclaim, featuring boxer
George Foreman. Players take the role of Foreman,
go through a series of twelve rounds against different
boxers and try to win the championship title belt.
Rarity US: 4 All versions, except for the Game Boy, can be played
with two players. A password system is used to save
the progress.

7.4 Gerry Andersons

Thunderbirds
Developer KID
Publisher B-AI
Release date (jp) February 12, 1993
Genre Adventure

Gerry Andersons Thunderbirds is an adventure game,

developed by Kid and published by B.I., which was re-
leased in Japan in 1993. The game is based on the 1964
British science-fiction television series, Thunderbirds.

7.0 The Getaway: High Speed II

Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Williams
Release date (us) December 1995
Genre Pinball

The Getaway: High Speed II is a handheld version of

the Williams pinball machine, the basic gameplay is
a pinball board with racing themes such as roads and
on-ramps, hitting various bumpers and targets to gain
a higher score.
There is also a mini-game if they player can hit a spe-
Rarity US: 7 cial ramp on the board that takes the player to a driving
game, something like OutRun, dodging traffic to gain
points.
mobygames.com
 Ginga 129

Ghostbusters II 7.6
Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Activision, (jp) HAL Laboratory
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

New Ghostbusters II for the NES is not a port of the

Game Boy version, or vice versa. In the game, the
player is presented with four Ghostbusters to choose
from: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, or
Winston Zeddemore. The objective of the game is to
trap all the ghosts in an area until an arrow appears
Rarity US: 6
which alerts the player where to travel to next. A boss
appears at the end of each stage. The game has 5 stages.

Ginga 8.0
Developer Hot B
Publisher Hot B
Release date (jp) December 14, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Ginga is a collection of twelve mini games; Ghost: This

game is played on a 6x6 grid with tiles of varying pic-
tures. The goal is to turn all tiles. Pressure: This time
the player has to click match two tiles. Race: Match-
ing two stones. Array: Tile combination. The Patience
variants Gold, Nestor, Pyramid and Double. 15Puzzle
and Change are standard sliding puzzles. Peg solitaire.
And a variant of the classic Knights tour.

mobygames.com

Go Go Ackman 7.6
Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) August 25, 1995
Genre Maze

Go Go Ackman is a maze game based on the manga

of the same name. It was published by Banpresto and
released in Japan in 1995.
130 Go! Go! Tank

9.2 Go! Go! Hitchhike

Developer Ocarina System
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) July 10, 1998
Genre Strategy

Go! Go! Hitchhike is a board traversing strategy game

published by J-Wing and released only in Japan in
1998 for the Game Boy.

giantbomb.com

7.4 Go! Go! Tank

Developer Copya Systems
Publisher Electro Brain, (jp) Copya Systems
Release date (us) May 1991
Genre Action, Strategy

The games narrative is as follows: A peaceful nation

has been invaded by an enemy army. The tank will roll
forward on its own and climb up any wall that is only
a single block highanything taller and it will crash
into it and turn around, taking damage. An airplane
must be controlled in order to gather the blocks needed
Rarity US: 3 to climb the walls. The map is essentially a race to the
top of a hill. Puzzle-solving and shooting enemy tanks
are a part of the gameplay.

5.9 Goal!
Developer TOSE
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

Goal!, released as J.Cup Soccer in Japan, is a port of

the NES game of the same name. Unlike other soccer
games on the Game Boy, Goal! uses a diagonal top-
down view for the gameplay.
The game was also released as Takeda Nobuhiro no
Rarity US: 3 Ace Striker in Japan. The only difference is that it was
licensed/endorsed by Takeda Nobuhiro.
 God Medicine: Fantasy Sekai no Tanjou 131

God Medicine: RE-RELEASE

6.6
Fantasy Sekai no Tanjou
Developer KCE Nagoya
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) July 20, 1993
Genre Role-playing

God Medicine features standard RPG elements. The

three characters can level up through battle and equip
weapons and armor. Spells can be learned, as well as
Maphu attacks.
The game was re-released in 1998 through the Nin-
tendo Power service, adding Super Game Boy support
and featuring a bestiary for encountered monsters; this
version was called God Medicine Hukkokuban.
132 Golf

5.7 Godzilla
Developer Compile
Publisher Toho, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) October 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

Godzilla is a port of an edition from the MSX console.

Also the international version is slightly different from
the Japanese version (different in-game character de-
signs and behavior of the enemy characters).
The game is a 2D side-scrolling video game where
Rarity US: 4 Godzilla can only walk around or climb ladders, vines
or crystals. The main point of each room is to destroy
all of the boulders.

5.9 Golf
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Sports

Golf features two challenging 18 hole courses where

players are able to play a round of golf, and allows
players to choose a club, adjust stance and control the
swing. The game features three alternating views; an
overhead long-range view of the entire hole, an over-
head medium-range view from the balls current loca-
Rarity US: 2
tion, and an overhead close-range view of the green.
Gameplay modes include 1 player, or 2 player play
with a link cable.

8.3 Gradius:
The Interstellar Assault
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, also known as Nem-

esis II, is the second Game Boy game in the Gradius
series.
The game retains the traditional horizontal scrolling
Rarity US: 5 gameplay from the Gradius series. Once again the
player takes control of the Vic Viper and flies through
five different stages destroying Bacterions army.
 Great Greed 133

Grander Musashi RV 7.4

Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) July 24, 1998
Genre Sports

Grander Musashi RV, based on the Japanese manga

and anime series, is a fishing game. The game was de-
veloped by TOSE, published by Bandai and released
in Japan in 1998.

Great Greed 7.5

Developer Namco
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) April 1993
Genre Role-playing

Great Greed is an environmentally-themed role-play-

ing game. The games plot deals with a protagonist re-
ferred to as Sierra Sam. Sam, a resident of the real
world, is transported to the fictional world of Greene
in order to prevent Bio-Haz from continuing to pollute
Greene, a world of seven nations. Sam finds himself
stuck in Greene because Microwave, who brought him Rarity US: 6
there in the first place, lost her power in the previous
battle. Sams adventures range from collecting debut
records to helping to expose a corrupt politician.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch 5.4

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) January 1991
(eu) April 23, 1992
Genre Platformer

Gremlins 2: The New Batch, released in conjunction

with the movie of the same name, is a side-scroller fea-
turing Gizmo.
Gizmo can equip a variety of weapons from a pencil to
a toolbox to use against different Gremlins and other
vermin such as spiders, bats and rats. There are also Rarity US: 3
traps that hurt Gizmo. Gizmo can be hit by an enemy
or trap multiple times before he loses a life.
134 Hammerin Harry: Ghost Building Company

7.7 HAL Wrestling

Developer Human Entertainment
Publisher HAL Laboratory, (jp) Human Entertainment
Release date (us) December 1990
Genre Sports

Hal Wrestling, a 2D wrestling game, is a spin-off of

the Fire Pro Wrestling series. The player fights in a one
on one match (game has two types of matches: single
match and 4 vs 4 elimination match) against a CPU
controlled opponent. Characters use various wrestling
throws, holds, etc.
Rarity US: 4

mobygames.com

7.7 Hammerin Harry:

Ghost Building Company
Developer Tamtex
Publisher Irem
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Hammerin Harry: Ghost Building Company, the se-

quel to Hammerin Harry, has Harry fighting more
than just workers. He has to defeat an army of ghosts
in a series of environments, including construction
site, sewer, airship, jungle, and finally, the headquar-
ters where he meets the evil ghost building machine.
Rather than using his mallet, Harry can obtain a spiked
ball which does more damage than the mallet.
mobygames.com

6.8 Harvest Moon GB

Developer Victor Interactive Software
Publisher Natsume, (jp) Victor Interactive Software
Release date (us) August 1998
Genre Life simulation, Role-playing

Harvest Moon GB is the second game in the Story of

Seasons series and the first portable Harvest Moon
game. At the beginning of the game, the players de-
ceased grandfather visits them as a spirit and asks them
to take over his farm. He implores them to succeed him
as a Ranch Master, stating he will check on the player
Rarity US: 4 at the end of each winter to determine his progress.
The player must develop their farm by growing and
selling crops, and raising livestock to reach this goal.
 Hatris 135

Hatris 6.4
Developer Bullet-Proof Software
Publisher Bullet-Proof Software
Release date (us) May 1991
Genre Puzzle

Hatris, also released as an arcade game, plays similarly

to Pajitnovs previous Tetris, in that game objects fall-
ing from the top of the screen must be arranged in spe-
cific patterns to gain points and to keep the play area
clear. In Hatris, hats of different styles fall from the top
of the screen and accumulate at the bottom. To elimi-
nate hats from the play area, five hats of identical style Rarity US: 4
must be stacked. Different style hats stack differently.
136 Heavyweight Championship Boxing

9.0 Hayaoshi Quiz:

Ouza Ketteisen
Developer n/a
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) July 31, 1998
Genre Game show

Hayaoshi Quiz: Ouza Ketteisen is a quiz game, pub-

lished by Jaleco Entertainment, which was released in
Japan in 1998.

6.1 Heavyweight
Championship Boxing
Developer TOSE
Publisher Activision, (jp) Tonkin House
Release date (us) September 1990
Genre Sports

Heavyweight Championship Boxing is known as Box-

ing in Japan. Once the player chooses a boxer, the
other challengers must be defeated in order to gain the
title. Points can be distributed and re-distributed on the
fighters health meter, stamina, and how fast he moves
Rarity US: 4 around in the ring. Either uppercuts or normal punches
can be used to wear down the opponent in the game.

6.6 Heiankyo Alien

Developer Hyperware
Publisher Meldac
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Maze

Heiankyo Alien was originally developed and released

as a computer game in 1979, and was then published by
Denki Onky Corporation as an arcade game in 1980.
The player controls a Heian period police officer who
must defend the capital city from an alien invasion by
digging holes in the ground and filling them back up
Rarity US: 2 after an alien falls inside. The player scores points for
every alien trapped, and the quicker the hole is filled up
after the alien falls in, the higher the points are scored.
 Heracles no Eik: Ugokidashita Kamigami 137

Heisei Tensai Bakabon 5.7

Developer n/a
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) February 28, 1992
Genre Action

Heisei Tensai Bakabon is an action game, published

by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1992. The
game is a port/sequel of an identically-titled FamiCom
game and is based on the Heisei Tensai Bakabon man-
ga license.

Heracles no Eik: 6.6

Ugokidashita Kamigami
Developer SAS Sakata
Publisher Data East
Release date (jp) December 27, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Glory of Heracles is a Japanese role-playing game se-

ries based in the world of Greek mythology, with the
Greek hero Heracles as the title character of each game.
Ugokidashita Kamigami - The Snap-Story is the fourth
game of the series and is the only spinoff of the se-
ries. It is the only other game in the series that features
Heracles as the main playable character. The story is
set shortly after the events of the first game.

Hercules 5.1
Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) July 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Platformer

Disneys Hercules is based on the animated movie of

the same name. Besides the source material, there is
no connection to the movie-based games on other plat-
forms.
The player takes the role of Hercules who has to travel
through nine levels in order to prove himself a worthy Rarity US: 4
son of Zeus. Regarding gameplay, this is a standard
side-scrolling platformer.
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138 Hiden Inyo Kikoho: Ca Da

8.5 Hero Shugo!! Pinball Party

Developer n/a
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) January 12, 1990
Genre Pinball

Hero Shuugou!! Pinball Party is a pinball game, pub-

lished by Jaleco Entertainment, which was released in
Japan in 1990.

8.6 Hiden Inyo Kikoho: Ca Da

Developer n/a
Publisher Yonezawa PR21
Release date (jp) November 22, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Hiden Inyou Kikouhou: Ca Da is a puzzle game, devel-

oped by Outback and published by Yonezawa PR21,
which was released in Japan in 1991.

7.4 Higashio Osamu Kanshuu

Pro Yakyuu Stadium 91
Developer n/a
Publisher Tokuma Shoten
Release date (jp) August 9, 1991
Genre Sports

Higashio Osamu Kanshuu Pro Yakyuu Stadium 91 is

a baseball game sponsored by Japanese Baseball Hall
of Famer Osamu Higashio. The game was published
by Tokuma Shoten, which was released in Japan in
1991.
 High Stakes Gambling 139

Higashio Osamu Kanshuu 7.4

Pro Yakyuu Stadium 92
Developer n/a
Publisher Tokuma Shoten
Release date (jp) July 17, 1992
Genre Sports

Higashio Osamu Kanshuu Pro Yakyuu Stadium 92 is

another baseball game sponsored by Osamu Higashio.
The game was published by Tokuma Shoten and re-
leased in Japan in 1992.

High Stakes Gambling 7.4

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Electro Brain
Release date (us) June 1992
Genre Gambling

The player, as an secret agent named Pete Rosetti, go

undercover as an inteprid gambler. He must turn the
Mafia from filthy rich to dirt poor in a series of gam-
bling games in order to arrest them.
The initial rounds of the game involve blackjack, poker
and slot machines; with the final confrontation being
done on five-card draw poker. For a price, players can Rarity US: 3
also buy special cheating tools.

Hit the Ice 7.9

Developer Williams
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Sports

Hit the Ice is a hockey video game originally released

by Williams to arcades in 1990. The game can be played
by one or two players. There are three game modes:
Championship, VS. Play and Shot Race. Champion-
ship is a tournament against the other teams. VS. Play
is an exhibition game. The player is the Reds and the
computer is the Blues. Finally, Shot Race is different Rarity US: 6
from the other two options. A maximum number of
goals is set and the player to score that many goals first
is the winner.
140 Home Alone

7.9 Hitori de Dekirumon!

Cooking Densetsu
Developer Jorudan
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Cooking Densetsu is a cooking based RPG for the

GameBoy. Its a short and simple game with a fun
premise. Battles are done quiz-style, so if players dont
speak Japanese they will struggle with that aspect a
bit. The overall difficulty is very low, especially since
some of the recipes (spells) will basically give players
infinite HP, and some battle options will tell them the
correct answers to the quiz questions.
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5.3 Home Alone

Developer Imagineering
Publisher THQ, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action-platformer

The Game Boy version of the game, similar to the

SNES and NES versions, require for the player to
evade confrontation with the Wet Bandits. Similar to
the SNES version, the player has to gather up various
items in the game and then dump them into a laundry
chute to deposit them into a safe. There are four levels
Rarity US: 2
in all, each taking place in a different area of the house,
as well as each having a different item that the player
must recover.

5.0 Home Alone 2:

Lost in New York
Developer Imagineering
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a game based

loosely on the 1992 film of the same name. The game
was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendos con-
soles available at the time. Mechanically the three ver-
Rarity US: 2 sions are identically, with the Game Boy version being
virtually identical to the NES version aside from the
monochrome graphics and lowered resolution.
 Hong Kong 141

Hon Shogi 6.5

Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 25, 1994
Genre Board game

Hon Shogi is a board game based on shogi gameplay.

It was published by Imagineer, which was released in
Japan in 1994.

Hong Kong 7.4

Developer Onion Software
Publisher Tokuma Shoten
Release date (jp) August 11, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Hong Kong is a Shanghai variant in which players

must remove specified tiles from a pattern. The player
can select which pattern from which to draw tiles as
well as inputting a three letter code which offers sev-
eral thousand possible combinations of the tiles within
that pattern.
Because the game is not a true version of Shanghai it
is named after another Chinese city - Hong Kong - in-
stead.
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Honmei Boy 8.4

Developer n/a
Publisher Nichibutsu
Release date (jp) October 7, 1994
Genre Sports

Honmei Boy is a horse racing game, published by

Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1994.
142 Hook

7.7 Hon no Dkyji:

Dodge Danpei
Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) April 24, 1992
Genre Sports

Hon no Dkyji: Dodge Danpei is a dodgeball game

that is based on a shounen serialized manga about a
highschool dodgeball team. The game was published
by Hudson and released in Japan in 1992.

5.6 Hook
Developer Painting by Numbers
Publisher Sony Imagesoft, (eu) Ocean
Release date (us) April 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

In Hook, based on the 1991 film by Steven Spielberg,

the player controls Peter Pan who is trying to rescue
his children from Captain James Hook. This version
differs from the version of the game by Ukiyotei.
While also a platformer, the title by Painting by Num-
bers also includes flying levels as well as one-on-one
Rarity US: 3
fight scenes.

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5.4 Hudson Hawk

Developer Ocean
Publisher Sony Imagesoft, (jp) Epic/Sony Records
Release date (us) December 1991
Genre Platformer

In this platformer based on the 1991 comedy/action

film of the same name, the player takes on the role
of Eddie Hawkins, known as Hudson Hawk, the
worlds greatest cat burglar. He is sent on a mission
to steal three Da Vinci artifacts. Walking through vari-
ous levels in this platform game, the player must avoid
Rarity US: 4 sounding alarms. In addition, security guards and dogs
show up to hamper the mission. Hudson Hawk can
pacify the enemies by punching them or throwing a
ball at them.
 The Humans 143

Hugo 2 4.5
Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Laguna
Release date (eu) 1997
Genre Action

Hugo 2 is based on early episodes of Interactive Tel-

evision Entertainments TV show Hugo, part of the in-
ternational Hugo franchise. The player guides the titu-
lar protagonist (a small, friendly troll named Hugo) to
save his wife and children from the evil witch Scylla.
The game includes five levels which are directly based
on mini games from the TV show; Underwater snor-
keling, Snowboarding, Forest and Ice cave. The fifth
level is unlocked after beating the other four.

The Humans 5.3

Developer Imagitec Design
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

The goal of The Humans varies per level, but is usually

to bring at least one of the player-controlled humans
to the designated end area, marked by a red tile. To do
this, the player must take advantage of the humans
ability to build a human ladder and use tools, such as
spears, torches, wheels, ropes, in later levels, a witch
Rarity US: 5
doctor.

The Hunchback 8.1

of Notre Dame
Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) March 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Mini-games

Disneys The Hunchback of Notre Dame is essentially

the same game as the PC version, but features two new
mini games (Catch the Fool and Picture Puzzle).
In turn, the mini games Le Food Fight and Inside
Outwords were removed. Rarity US: 4
The mini games are: Chiseler, Djali Bowling, Catch the
Fool, Upsy Daisy, Picture Puzzle, and Wheel of Fortune.
144 Hyper Black Bass 95

6.8 The Hunt for Red October

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) June 11, 1992
Genre Shooter

Based on the movie of the same name, players control

the Red October during its run for freedom. The game
plays as an underwater sidescroller. The Red October
submarine can move in any of four directions. The A
button fires torpedoes horizontally towards the right
and the B button fires missiles vertically, upwards. Ad-
Rarity US: 3
ditionally, the Caterpillar drive (invisibility) may be
activated for short periods of time.
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8.6 Hyper Black Bass 95

Developer n/a
Publisher Black Label Games
Release date (jp) October 20, 1995
Genre Sports

Hyper Black Bass 95 is a fishing game in the famous

Black Bass series. The game was published by Black
Label Games and released in Japan in 1995.

5.9 Hyper Lode Runner:

The Labyrinth of Doom
Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) February 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle, Platformer

Hyper Lode Runner is based on Lode Runner, a very

popular computer game, which was released in 1983
by Broderbund.
The graphics are updated from the original, and have
Rarity US: 3 bigger sprites with a Japanese anime feel compare to
the original. As a result, the visible playing area is lim-
ited and the game has to scroll.
 In Your Face 145

Ikari no Yousai 2 7.1

Developer n/a
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) February 21, 1992
Genre Shooter

Ikari no Ysai 2 is set after the happenings of Forti-

fied Zone. The two special agents Masato Kanzaki and
Mizuki Makimura receive a new important mission:
destroying the ultimate weapon the enemy is develop-
ing in its secret base.
While the basic gameplay concept is unchanged from
the predecessor, there are two major differences: the
characters can be moved diagonally and, besides health
pick-ups, there are no power-ups anymore.

In Your Face 8.0

Developer Jaleco
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) December 1990
Genre Sports

In Your Face, a basketball game, allows one or two

players mode. Each mode consists of two different
game modes: 1 on 1 or 2 on 2.
Each of the modes allow: Character selection: four
characters available. Rules selection: Losers Out (if
the opponent scores players get the ball) and Win-
ners Out (if players score they keep the ball). Time or Rarity US: 4
Score: Minutes (1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes); Points (10, 15,
20 or 25 points).
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The Incredible Crash Dummies 5.0

Developer Software Creations
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) November 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

Although it shares the same name, this game greatly

differs from the NES version and other platforms.
Players take the role of crash dummy Slick, trying
to earn money. The better they do, the more money
they earn. If they dont earn enough, they must redo
the level. The levels vary with events like diving off a
Rarity US: 5
building as a movie stunt, driving a car to test air-bags,
skiing down a mountain, etc. Up to two players can
play, alternating.
146 InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Frommers Travel Guide

5.6 Indiana Jones

and the Last Crusade
Developer NMS Software
Publisher Ubisoft, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (us) July 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

As in the movie (and the more famous graphic adven-

ture), the task is to find the Holy Grail. Before this can
be done Indy must find the Cross of Coronado, a shield
and a diary.
Rarity US: 5 This makes for a four-level arcade adventure combin-
ing climbs, exploration (with several routes through
each level, and some traps) and puzzles.

5.7 InfoGenius Productivity Pak:

Frommers Travel Guide
Developer NovaLogic
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1991
Genre non-game

Frommers Travel Guide is a travel guide developed

and published by Gametek for the Game Boy platform.
There are two functions that map out locations once
users put in an address. Emergency: Maps out local
police stations, hospitals and fire departments. Streets
Rarity US: 4
and Avenues: Maps out surrounding streets.

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7.3 InfoGenius Productivity Pak:

Personal Organizer and Phone Book
Developer Imagineering
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre non-game

InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Personal Organizer and

Phone Book is a personal organizer for the Game Boy.
It also has a phone book that users can add phone num-
bers and addresses into.
Rarity US: 4

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 Initial D Gaiden 147

InfoGenius Productivity Pak: 4.1

Spell Checker and Calculator
Developer Imagineering
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1991
Genre non-game

InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Spell Checker and Cal-

culator is a spell checker for the Game Boy. It also has
a calculator.

Rarity US: 4

Initial D Gaiden 8.1

Developer MTO
Publisher Kodansha
Release date (jp) March 6, 1998
Genre Racing

Initial D Gaiden is the first video game in the Initial

D series based on the Japanese sports manga series
written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. The game
was developed by MTO and published by Kodansha,
which was released in Japan in 1998.

International 8.0
Superstar Soccer
Developer KCE Nagoya
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) October 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Sports

International Superstar Soccer for the Game Boy

brings the popular console soccer series to the hand-
held systems. In the game players can play any of 36
national teams in an International Cup.
Players can choose various formations and stances for Rarity US: 6
their team and switch players before the match starts
and during half-time.
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148 Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal

7.7 Ippatsu Gyakuten:

DX Bakenou
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date (jp) May 17, 1991
Genre Gambling

Ippatsu Gyakuten: DX Bakenou is a gambling game

based around horse racing. It was developed by Graph-
ic Research and published by Asmik Ace Entertain-
ment, Inc, which was released in Japan in 1991.

5.5 Iron Man and X-O Manowar

in Heavy Metal
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) August 1996
Genre Action

This game is a linear beat em up Final Fight type

game with the choice to play as one of two comic book
heroes: Iron Man or X-O Manowar. The game follows
the pattern of sidescrolling action in each level with a
comic book boss at the end of each.
Rarity US: 6
The video game was also adapted into a 2-issue comic
book crossover featuring the two heroes teaming up to
save the world.
 Ishido: The Way of Stones 149

Ishida Masao 8.3

no Tsumego Paradise
Developer n/a
Publisher Pony Canyon
Release date (jp) December 21, 1990
Genre Board game

Ishida Masao no Tsumego Paradise is a board game,

published by Pony Canyon, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1990.

Ishido: The Way of Stones 7.8

Developer Nexoft
Publisher Nexoft, (jp) ASCII Corporation
Release date (us) November 1990
Genre Puzzle

Ishido is a solitaire board game played with tiles, simi-

lar to Shanghai. The objective is to place all of the tiles
onto the board and obtain the highest possible score by
following specific rules of play. There are ways to play
that can dramatically increase the score, which makes
the game very strategic in nature. Additionally, when
desired, the player can get an oracle reading by asking Rarity US: 4
a question, which is answered when the player makes
a very elegant play (four-way match).
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Itsudemo! 8.8
Nyan to Wonderful
Developer Yoshidayama Workshop
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) June 26, 1998
Genre Strategy

Itsudemo! Nyan to Wonderful is a Strategy game, de-

veloped by Yoshidayama Workshop and published by
Banpresto, which was released in Japan in 1998.
150 J-League Live 95

8.5 J-League Fighting Soccer:

The King of Ace Strikers
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher IGS
Release date (jp) December 27, 1992
Genre Sports

J-League Fighting Soccer: The King of Ace Strikers

is a Japan-exclusive soccer simulation video game for
the Game Boy and FamiCom.
The Game Boy version (released almost 5 months be-
fore the start of the inaugural season of the J. League)
was the first title officially licensed by the J. League.

7.5 J-League Live 95

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Electronic Arts Victor
Release date (jp) April 21, 1995
Genre Sports

J-League Live 95, licensed by/based on the Japan Pro-

fessional Football League, is a soccer game, developed
by Graphic Research and published by Electronic Arts
Victor, which was released in Japan in 1995.

8.2 J-League Supporter Soccer

Developer n/a
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) June 26, 1998
Genre Sports

J.League Supporter Soccer is a Sports game, pub-

lished by J-Wing, which was released during the 1998
FIFA World Cup. The game features all the national
teams that took part in the 1998 World Cup, including
J.League clubs.
 Jack Nicklaus Golf 151

J-League Winning Goal 6.0

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Electronic Arts Victor
Release date (jp) April 2, 1994
Genre Sports

J-League Winning Goal is a soccer game released for

the Game Boy and FamiCom that revolves around the
J-League. There is an exhibition, a season mode, a
playoff mode, and a practice mode. The object in the
game is to win the championship so that the players
chosen team can be called the greatest team in all of
Japan.

Jack Nicklaus Golf 7.7

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Tradewest
Release date (us) May 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Jack Nicklaus Golf brings Accolades golf series to the

Game Boy with a selection of courses from the compu-
ter versions and most features and options also present.
Four courses are available: Jacks Greatest, Cas-
tle Pines and Desert Mountain as previously seen in
Greatest 18 Holes and Muirfield Village from Unlim- Rarity US: 4
ited. Gameplay modes are skins (for two to four play-
ers) and stroke play (for one to four players).
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James Bond 007 7.0

Developer Saffire
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 9, 1998
(eu) January 29, 1998
Genre Action-adventure

The gameplay of James Bond 007 is presented from a

top-down perspective. As James Bond, the player con-
trols an arsenal of weapons and items. Bond must use
items at the appropriate place and time to either sneak
past impossible odds or to solve a mission.
The player can perform fist and karate moves. The Rarity US: 3
game is played across 11 levels, and also incorporates
gambling minigames, such as Baccarat and Blackjack.
152 Janshirou

7.8 Janken Man

Developer n/a
Publisher NCS
Release date (jp) December 27, 1991
Genre Action

Janken Man is an Action game, published by NCS,

which was released in Japan in 1991.
The theme of the game is Janken, the Japanese equiva-
lent of Rock Paper Scissors.

8.3 Janshirou
Developer n/a
Publisher Sammy Corporation
Release date (jp) March 27, 1992
Genre Board game

Janshirou is a mahjong game, published by Sammy

Studios, which was released in Japan in 1992.

8.0 Janshirou II:

Sekai Saikyou no Janshi
Developer n/a
Publisher Sammy Corporation
Release date (jp) March 18, 1994
Genre Board game

Janshirou II: Sekai Saikyou no Janshi is another mah-

jong game in the Janshiour series for the Game Boy.
The game was published by Sammy Studios, which
was released in Japan in 1994.
 Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure 153

Jantaku Boy 8.7

Developer n/a
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) January 24, 1992
Genre Board game

Jantaku Boy is a mahjong game, published by Namco,

which was released in Japan in 1992.

Jeep Jamboree: 7.4

Off Road Adventure
Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) July 1992
Genre Racing

Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure involves Jeep

Wrangler vehicles. The object is to race laps around a
muddy race track while trying to get first place. There
are twenty tracks to race in; each with a timer that forc-
es the player to race fast.
Rarity US: 6
The game was later recycled for use in the video game
Race Days.

Jelly Boy 5.8

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Jelly Boy is a platformer in which the player controls a

pink blob with transformation abilities. In comparison
to the SNES version, the Game Boy version has a dif-
ferent level design.
The gameplay mechanics are the same, though: the
blob has the standard abilities to jump and punch en-
emies. Collecting power-ups transform him into other
forms with different abilities, e.g. a balloon which al-
lows him to float.
154 Jeopardy! Platinum Edition

8.1 Jeopardy!
Developer Data Design Interactive
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) March 1991
Genre Game show

Jeopardy! is a conversion of the TV quiz show, the

first of several versions released for the Game Boy. It
features an accurate representation of the games rules
and a reservoir of more than 1500 answers and ques-
tions in around 300 categories.
The answer categories include history, geography, arts,
Rarity US: 3 sciences, politics, pop culture, and more, most with a
heavy US focus.

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5.9 Jeopardy! Platinum Edition

Developer Data Design Interactive
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) December 1996
Genre Game show

Jeopardy! Platinum Edition is another Jeopardy game,

but with Super Game Boy features. Aesthetically, the
game looks like the previous entry in the series. Many
of the contestant (there are about a dozen to choose
from) are the exact same ones from the 1991 version.
The main game is exactly like one would expect, with
the game board sporting 6 columns of 5 questions
each. Theres also a double jeopardy round after the
first round and a final jeopardy question after that.

5.9 Jeopardy! Sports Edition

Developer Data Design Interactive
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) May 1994
Genre Game show

This handheld version differs from its Game Gear ver-

sion though it does run along the same lines. While
it does feature sports related questions ranging from
football to baseball and soccer, it does not feature any
digitized voices or likeness of either contestants or
Alex Trebek, instead opting for generic cartoon-like
Rarity US: 4 characters instead.

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 Jetsons: Robot Panic 155

Jeopardy! 8.0
Teen Tournament
Developer Data Design Interactive
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) December 1996
Genre Game show

This game is based on the Teen Tournament version

that would occasionally run on television.
The same rules apply as in normal Jeopardy!: Pick
a question, answer correctly, get money, repeat until
victory (or defeat). There are just more teen-friendly
Rarity US: 5
questions. Although the answers may be difficult for
todays teens.
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The Jetsons: Robot Panic 6.5

Developer Act Japan
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) April 29, 1993
Genre Platformer

This is a multi-character platformer based on The Jet-

sons cartoon. Players can choose from either Elroy,
Judy, Jane, and finally George in the final level. Each
character has their own special tool to help them ad-
vance through their level. The robots have gone ber-
serk, and are making a mess all over town. George is
Rarity US: 7
called in to help, but the rest of the cast have to deal
with the robots at each of their own locations first.
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Jikuu Senki Mu 7.2

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) September 13, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Jikuu Senki Mu is a role-playing game, published by

Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1991.
156 Jinsei Game

7.0 Jimmy Connors Tennis

Developer NMS Software
Publisher Ubisoft, (jp) Misawa
Release date (us) May 1998
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

Jimmy Connors Tennis, released as Yannick Noah

Tennis in Europe, features the name and likeness of
American world-number-one tennis champion Jimmy
Connors.
The player can compete in an ATP World Tour at one
Rarity US: 7 of three difficulty levels, or just practice hitting tennis
balls. The 1998 Game Boy version of the game allows
two-player competitive play over a Game Link Cable.

9.0 Jinsei Game

Developer n/a
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) June 23, 1995
Genre Board game

A Jinsei Game is the Japanese equivalent of The Game

of Life, a board game that allows multiple players to
compete to get the best life (as measured by monetary
gain).
This version of a Jinsei Game was published by Taka-
ra, which was released in Japan in 1995.

9.0 Jinsei Game Densetsu

Developer n/a
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) June 28, 1991
Genre Board game

Jinsei Game Densetsu is a Jinsei/Game of Life game,

developed by Advance Communication Company and
published by Takara, which was released in Japan in
1991.
 Jordan vs. Bird: One on One 157

Joe & Mac 6.2

Developer MotiveTime
Publisher Data East, (eu) Elite Systems
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Joe & Mac, also known as Caveman Ninja, was origi-

nally released as a 1991 platform game for the arcades
by Data East. The NES and Game Boy versions are
much downgraded versions of the original arcade ver-
sion, and lack the option of choosing levels.
The objective of the game is to rescue a group of wom- Rarity US: 7
en who were kidnapped by a rival tribe of cavemen.

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One 5.0

Developer Imagineering
Publisher Electronic Arts, (jp) Electronic Arts Victor
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One is a basketball game by

Electronic Arts first released in 1988.
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls and Larry Bird
of the Boston Celtics were the only two players in the
game, which allowed the player to participate in a one-
on-one basketball game. Mini-games included a slam Rarity US: 6
dunk contest (utilizing Jordan) and a three-point con-
test (utilizing Bird).

Judge Dredd 3.6

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) June 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Judge Dredd is loosely based on the 1995 film Judge

Dredd, which was a spin off from the Judge Dredd
strip from 2000AD. The game was a multi system re-
lease so it fits the standard console jump/shoot/duck
formula although it does add some unique twists such
as wounding enemies so that they surrender and can
Rarity US: 5
be arrested.
158 Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan

6.2 The Jungle Book

Developer Eurocom
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

One of several games released in 1994 based on the

Disney film The Jungle Book, the version is similar in
design to the Genesis version, but has a unique set of
levels.
In each of the 10 platforming stages, jungle boy Mowg-
Rarity US: 2 li has to collect a certain number of jewels to advance.
Most of them are scattered over the level, but some are
dropped by killed enemies.

3.7 Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan

Developer Sun L
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Action

Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan is a 1994 action game based

on the Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan manga and anime,
featuring a comedic take on Edgar Rice Burroughss
Tarzan character. It was released in the middle of the
mangas anime TV series adaptation. A game was also
released on the Super Famicom.

6.9 Jungle Strike

Developer Ocean
Publisher Malibu Games, (eu) Ocean
Release date (us) June 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Shooter

Jungle Strike is the direct sequel to Desert Strike: Re-

turn to the Gulf and is the second instalment in the
Strike series. The game is a helicopter based shoot em
up, mixing action and strategy.
The plot concerns two villains intent on destroying
Rarity US: 4 Washington, D.C.. The player must use the helicopter
and occasionally other vehicles to thwart their plans.
 Jurassic Park 159

Jungle Wars 4.8

Developer Atelier Double
Publisher Pony Canyon
Release date (jp) June 21, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Jungle Wars is an unconventional role-playing game

starring intelligent animals, rather than humans. The
game was developed by Atelier Double and published
by Pony Canyon, which was released in Japan in 1991.
It got a sequel on the Super Famicom titled Jungle
Wars 2: Kodai Mahou Atimos no Nazo.

Jurassic Park 6.7

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action adventure

Jurassic Park, a port of the NES game of the same title,

is a 1993 video game based on the film and novel of the
same name. Much like the movie and novel which it
is based on, Dr. Alan Grant is trapped at Jurassic Park
located on Isla Nublar. The parks power has been cut
out because of a computer malfunction, and the dino-
Rarity US: 3
saurs are roaming free. Grant must complete a series of
missions that will eventually lead to him escaping the
island without being killed by the dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park Part 2: 7.2

The Chaos Continues
Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) December 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Run and gun

Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues is a 1995 video

game and a non-canonical continuation of the Jurassic
Park series. The player controls Grant, whose vehicle
at Jurassic Park has stopped functioning as the result
of an intentional power outage. The game is played Rarity US: 4
across four zones on different parts of the island. En-
emies include raptors and pterosaurs.
160 Kaij- Godzilla

8.1 Kaeru no Tame

ni Kane wa Naru
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) September 14, 1992
Genre Action role-playing

This obscure Japan-only action RPG was the basis for

several key gameplay elements in Links Awakening.
The player takes on the roll of Prince of Sabure who,
along with his childhood rival, Prince Richard, embark
on their quest to rescue the Princess of Mille-Feuille,
whose kingdom has been invaded by the Croakian
army led by King Delarin.
The game received an English fan translation in 2011.

5.3 Kaij- Godzilla

Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) December 17, 1993
Genre Action

Kaij- Godzilla is a fighting/adventure/action game

by Bandai. In the game, hundreds of monsters have
arisen in the land of Japan and it is up to Godzilla
to fend them off. The player must maneuver the nu-
clear giant through the stages and wage a cataclysmic
war. Stamping out the human machines that sought to
block the players path, Godzilla must fight the endless
hordes of demons. Fighting one after another, almost
in succession.

7.9 Kaisen Game: Navy Blue 90

Developer Use Corporation
Publisher Use Corporation
Release date (jp) December 7, 1990
Genre Strategy

NavyBlue 90, just like its predecessor, uses the classic

Battleship playing principle: two players place ships
on a 8x8 grid and then, in turns, guess a position on the
opponents grid. The goal is to hit all ship parts first.
There are a few extra weapons available which allow
to scout enemy grids or hit multiple grids at once.
The main difference to the predecessor is that players
have to choose their equipment before the match starts:
three ships and which/how many extra weapons.
 Kandume Monsters 161

Kamen Rider SD: 7.9

Hashire! Mighty Riders
Developer n/a
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) August 20, 1993
Genre Racing

Kamen Rider SD: Hashire! Mighty Riders is a racing

game based on the Kamen Rider SD anime series. The
game wa published by Yutaka, which was released in
Japan in 1993.

Kandume Monsters 6.8

Developer n/a
Publisher IMax
Release date (jp) March 27, 1998
Genre Stategy

Kandume Monster is the prequel to Lil Monster, an

obscure Game Boy Color RPG. Inspired by Pokemon,
players make a monster beat up other monsters with
a deck of attacks chosen at random, in the vein of
Mega Man Battle Network.
The game was published by IMax, which was released
in Japan in 1998.

Karakuri Kengou 7.0

Den Musashi Lord
Developer TOSE
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) April 27, 1991
Genre Action-adventure

Karakuri Kengou Den Musashi Lord, based on an an

anime series by Studio Pierrot, is an action/adventure
game developed by TOSE and published by Yutaka for
Game Boy and FamiCom platforms.
162 Kaseki Sousei Reborn

7.0 Karamuchou no Daijiken

Developer Freeqsoft
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) December 19, 1997
Genre Action

Karamuchou no Daijiken is an Action game, devel-

oped by Freeqsoft and published by Starfish, which
was released in Japan in 1997.

8.2 Kaseki Sousei Reborn

Developer Freeqsoft
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) July 17, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Kaseki Sousei Reborn is a role-playing game, devel-

oped by Freeqsoft and published by Starfish, which
was released in Japan in 1998.

9.0 Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku

Developer n/a
Publisher King Records
Release date (jp) August 27, 1993
Genre Sports

Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku is a horse racing game,

published by King Records, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1993.
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Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku 7.5

EX 94
Developer n/a
Publisher King Records
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Sports

Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku EX 94 is a horse racing

game, published by King Records, which was released
in Japan in 1994.

Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku 6.8

EX 95
Developer n/a
Publisher King Records
Release date (jp) April 14, 1995
Genre Sports

Katsuba Yosou Keiba Kizoku EX 95 is a Sports game,

published by King Records, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1995.

Kattobi Road 6.9

Developer Now Production
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) October 8, 1993
Genre Racing

Kattobi Road is a racing game, developed by Now Pro-

duction and published by Namco, which was released
in Japan in 1993.
164 Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball

8.6 Keitai Keiba Eight Special

Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 18, 1994
Genre Sports

Keitai Keiba Eight Special is a horse racing game,

published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1994.

7.3 Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents

Major League Baseball
Developer Software Creations
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 17, 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Sports

Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball was

first released as a 1994 SNES baseball game. Due to
cartridge space, there is only one stadium. Unlike its
predecessor, the Game Boy ports players have stats
Rarity US: 3 from the 1996 season, but they play in the 1997 sea-
son. It also has both a Major League Baseball and a
Major League Baseball Players Association license- a
first for a Ken Griffey Jr. game on a Nintendo console.

8.5 Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba

Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) March 25, 1994
Genre Role-playing

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba is a A JRPG based on the man-

ga and anime of the same name about a young samurai
in a modern city.
Banpresto published Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba for the
Super Famicom, Game Boy and Sega Game Gear in
1994. The portable versions are side-scrolling action
games, whereas the Super Famicom action RPG uses a
top-down perspective.
 Kid Dracula 165

Kibihara Hinshutsu Eibunpou: 9.5

Gohou Mondai 1000
Developer Sun-Tec
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) April 22, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Kibihara Hinshutsu Eibunpou: Gohou Mondai 1000 is

a edutainment game, developed by Sun-Tec and pub-
lished by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in
1998. The game teaches the english language for Japa-
nese people.

Kid Dracula 7.8

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) March 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Kid Dracula is a comical gothic-themed platform-

er, and a spinoff to Castlevania. It is simultaneously
a remake and a sequel to the 1990 FamiCom game
Akumaj Special: Boku Dracula-kun.
This game is a sequel to the events of the original
Boku Dracula-Kun. Galamoth (called Garamoth in the Rarity US: 6
game) has returned and it is up to Kid Dracula to stop
him once again.

Kid Icarus: 7.3

Of Myths and Monsters
Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 5, 1991
(eu) May 21, 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters is the sequel to

Kid Icarus on the NES. The game features the core
gameplay mechanics of its predecessor. Players ex-
plore two-dimensional environments while collecting
items and fighting monsters. The objective is to reach Rarity US: 5
the end of three stages the underworld tower, the
overworld and the sky world tower each of which is
separated into three areas and a labyrinthine fortress.
166 Killer Instinct

7.2 Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack

Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) January 8, 1992
Genre Strategy

Kikou Keisatsu (Armored Police) Metal Jack is

based on the sci-fi anime of the same name, which fo-
cuses on a mecha-enhanced police force of the future,
similar to Patlabor.
The game, released by Takara, is a war simulation
game that loosely follows the series storyline.

6.3 Killer Instinct

Developer Rare
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 1995
(eu) November 1995
Genre Fighting

Initially released to arcades in 1994, the Game Boy

port was made with cuts that were necessary due to
the systems limitations. As a result, neither Cinder nor
Riptor are featured and the moves were severely al-
tered due to the more limited controls of the portable.
The game supports some colouring when played in a
Rarity US: 3
Super Game Boy, which also allowed for a two player
versus match to be played by inserting a second con-
troller.

6.6 The King of Fighters 95

Developer SNK
Publisher Nintendo, (eu) Laguna, (jp) Takara
Release date (us) February 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy version of The King of Fighters 95 is a

port of the Neo Geo fighting game, with a special guest
appearance by Nakoruru of the Samurai Shodown se-
ries.
The game received a 62.00%, based on only one re-
Rarity US: 5 view on GameRankings.
 Kingdom Crusade 167

The King of Fighters: 7.4

Heat of Battle
Developer SNK
Publisher Laguna, (jp) Takara
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Fighting

This version only includes 17 of the 29 characters in

the original version. Characters exclusive to the Game
Boy version includes Orochi Iori and Orochi Leona
from The King of Fighters 97, a stronger version of
Chizuru Kagura, the final boss of the game, Goenitz,
and Mr. Karate (Takumas persona in the original Art
of Fighting).

Kingdom Crusade 8.1

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Electro Brain, (eu) Ocean
Release date (us) November 1992
(eu) 1991
Genre Strategy

Kingdom Crusade, known as The Legend of Prince

Valiant in Europe, takes places during a hypothetical
apocalyptic battle between a dark, evil army and a
light, good army. Players can take either side and both
kingdoms units are of equal strength to each other.
Each player must either destroy all of the opponents
Rarity US: 6
units or capture all the castles in order to win the game
and to defeat his or her opponent.

Kingyo Chuuihou! 2 8.2

Gyopichan o Sagase!
Developer KID
Publisher B-AI
Release date (jp) November 27, 1992
Genre Board game

Kingyo Chuuihou! 2 Gyopichan o Sagase!, based on

Goldfish Warning!, a shjo manga by Neko Nekobe, is
a board game, developed by Kid and published by B.I.,
which was released in Japan in 1992.
168 Kininkou Maroku Oni

6.7 Kingyo Chuuihou! Wapiko

no Waku Waku Stamp Rally!
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) December 14, 1991
Genre Board game

Kingyo Chuuihou! is a board game, developed by Tom

Create and published by Yutaka, which was released in
Japan in 1991.

7.8 Kininkou Maroku Oni

Developer Winkysoft
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) December 8, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Kininkou Maroku Oni is the first installment in the

long-running Oni RPG series. The game spawned four
sequels on the Game Boy, two for the Super Famicom,
and at least one more for the PlayStation.
The game was later fan translated into English by ai-
shasha and Stardust Crusaders with help from Spot
Translations.

5.4 Kinnikuman:
The Dream Match
Developer n/a
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) September 12, 1992
Genre Fighting

Kinnikuman: The Dream Match, based on a manga se-

ries created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi
Shimada, known as Yudetamago, is a fighting game
for Game Boy and released only in Japan. It was pub-
lished by Yutaka, which was released in Japan in 1992.
 Kirbys Dream Land 169

Kirbys Block Ball 7.5

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1, 1992
(eu) 1995
Genre Breakout

Kirbys Block Ball, a spin-off from the Kirby series, is

a Breakout clone; the player controls paddles along the
screens edge to knock a bouncing ball, Kirby, into de-
structible bricks. The games 55 levels include power-
ups, bonus rounds, and minigames.
The developers spent half a year revising the gameplay Rarity US: 4
to match Kirbys signature characteristics.

Kirbys Dream Land 7.5

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) May 1, 1995
(eu) August 3, 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Kirbys Dream Land is both the first video game in

the Kirby series and the debut of Kirby himself. Being
the inaugural Kirby title, it created many conventions
that would appear in later games in the series, includ-
ing Kirbys basic moves. However, Kirbys trademark
copy ability would not appear until Kirbys Adven-
Rarity US: 1
ture. The game was designed by Masahiro Sakurai,
who intended it to be a simple game that could be easy
to pick up and play.

Kirbys Dream Land 2 8.1

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) July 31, 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Kirbys Dream Land 2 continues the adventures of

Kirby from Kirbys Dream Land and Kirbys Adven-
ture, adding three animal friends to aid Kirby in battle.
Like Kirbys Dream Land, Kirbys Dream Land 2 s
visuals are grayscale and two-dimensional. However,
when played on the Super Game Boy, there is a special Rarity US: 2
border with Kirbys animal friends, and the graphics
are drawn in limited color.
170 Kirbys Star Stacker

7.3 Kirbys Pinball Land

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Pinball

The game stars Kirby as the ball, while it features three

pinball tables, each owned by a classic boss of the
Kirby series: Wispy Woods, Kracko, and Poppy Bros.
Senior.
The game is played much like that of pinball, with two
Rarity US: 1 flippers used to help keep Kirby in play as he bounces
off walls, bumpers and enemies, scoring points by do-
ing so.

7.4 Kirbys Star Stacker

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) April 1997
(eu) August 28, 1997
Genre Puzzle

Kirby Star Stacker is similar in many respects to other

puzzle games that were around at the time of its re-
lease, most notably, Dr. Mario and Tetris The goal of
the game is to earn as many stars possible by matching
pairs blocks, that fall from the top of the play area.
There are three types of blocks, all based on Kirbys
Rarity US: 5
friends from Kirbys Dream Land 2: Rick the hamster,
Coo the owl, and Kine the fish. Stars are scored by
sandwiching the stars between two matching blocks.

3.1 Kitchen Panic

Developer Bits Laboratory
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) May 10, 1991
Genre Action

Kitchen Panic is an action game, developed by Bits

Laboratory and published by Coconuts Japan, which
was released in Japan in 1991.
 Kizuchida Quiz da Gen-San Da! 171

Kiteretsu Daihyakka: 6.5

Bouken Ouedo Juraki
Developer n/a
Publisher Video System
Release date (jp) July 15, 1994
Genre Action

Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Bouken Ouedo Juraki, based on

a science fiction manga series by Fujiko Fujio, is an
action game, published by Video System, which was
released in Japan in 1994.

Kizuchida Quiz 8.7

da Gen-San Da!
Developer Tamtex
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Game show

This is fairly simplistic puzzle game. As Gen (Ham-

merin Harry) moves forward across the board, he
needs to answer questions within a brief time limit, or
risk losing HP. As players progress, they can play quick
mini-games to gain extra money, and use that cash for
items, which can allow them to recharge health, stop
time, or pass a question they dont know.

hardcoregaming101.net

Klax 7.2
Developer Tengen
Publisher Mindscape, (jp) Hudson Soft
Release date (us) July 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle

Klax, originally designed by Dave Akers and Mark

Stephen Pierce, is a multi-pltform puzzle game. The
object is to line up blocks into rows of similar blocks to
make them disappear, to which the object of Columns
is similar.
Atari Games originally released it as a coin-op follow Rarity US: 4
up to Tetris, about which they were tangled in a legal
dispute at the time.
172 Koi Wa Kakehiki

7.0 Knight Quest

Developer Lenar
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) July 1992
Genre Role-playing

Players take control of a young man named Will who

wants to become a knight. After successfully complet-
ing his first quest for the king, he is allowed to serve
him as a knight and take on more quests in which he
has to free the land of evil monsters and wizards.
Knight Quest is a single-person RPG with turn-based
Rarity US: 5 battles. Players can explore the land from a top-down
perspective, enter houses, inns and shops to rest, buy
equipment or receive information on their current quest.
mobygames.com

5.7 Koi Wa Kakehiki

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Pony Canyon
Release date (jp) July 21, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Koi Wa Kakehiki is a puzzle game, developed by

Graphic Research and published by Pony Canyon,
which was released in Japan in 1991.

8.0 Konami GB Collection

Vol. 1
Developer TOSE
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) September 25, 1997
Genre Compilation

Konami GB Collection is a series of video game com-

pilations for the Game Boy (later Game Boy Color)
composed of four volumes.
Volume.1 include:
Gradius (originally released as Nemesis)
Dracula Densetsu (Castlevania: The Adventure)
Konami Racing (originally released as F1 Spirit)
Contra (released in North America as Operation C)
 Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 173

Konami GB Collection 7.5

Vol. 2
Developer TOSE
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) December 11, 1997
Genre Compilation

Volume.2 include:
Twinbee Da!! / Pop n TwinBee
Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
Motocross Maniacs
Guttang Gottong (Loco-Motion)

Konami GB Collection 8.0

Vol. 3
Developer TOSE
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) February 19, 1998
Genre Compilation

Volume.3 include:
Gradius II: The Return of the Hero (originally released
in Japan as Nemesis II and Gradius: The Interstellar As-
sault in North America and Europe)
Dracula Densetsu II (Castlevania II)
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibken (Antarctic Adventure)

Konami GB Collection 7.9

Vol. 4
Developer TOSE
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) March 19, 1998
Genre Compilation

Volume.4 include:
Parodius Da! (Parodius)
Quarth (Block Game)
Konamic Sports (Konamic Sports in Barcelona)
Frogger
The series features Super Game Boy palette and bor-
der support, with game descriptions and instructions
provided by the girls from Tokimeki Memorial.
174 Koro Dice

7.7 Konchuu Hakase

Developer Ocarina System
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) August 28, 1998
Genre Strategy

Konchuu Hakase is a strategy game, developed by

Ocarina System and published by J-Wing, which was
released in Japan in 1998.

7.0 Koro Dice

Developer A-Wave
Publisher King Records
Release date (jp) December 7, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Koro Dice is a puzzle game, developed by A-Wave and

published by King Records, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1990.

7.8 Koukiatsu Boy

Developer KCE Shinjuku
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) July 2, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Koukiatsu Boy is a Role-Playing game, developed by

Konami Computer Entertainment Shinjuku and pub-
lished by Konami, which was released in Japan in
1998.
 Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Chugaku Eitango 1700 175

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: 8.3

Chugaku Eijukugo 350
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) July 25, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Chuugaku Eijukugo 350

is a edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and pub-
lished by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in
1997.

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: 9.3

Chugaku Eitango 1700
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) June 27, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Chuugaku Eitango 1700 is a

edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and published
by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: 8.6

Kanji Mondai no Seifuku
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) August 29, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Kanji Mondai no Seifuku

is a edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and pub-
lished by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in
1997.
176 Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Rika Anki Point 250

9.3 Koukou Nyuushideru Jun:

Rekishi Nendai Anki Point 240
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) September 26, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Rekishi Nendai Anki Point

240 is a edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and
published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1997.

9.3 Koukou Nyuushideru Jun:

Rika Anki Point 250
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) October 1, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Koukou Nyuushideru Jun: Rika Anki Point 250 is a

edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and published
by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1997.

4.4 Krustys Fun House

Developer Audiogenic
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) October 27, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Krustys Fun House, originally released as Rat-Trap

on the Commodore Amiga, is a puzzle game based on
The Simpsons.
The player directs small rats to an extermination area
through complicated maze-like levels. Each level is a
Rarity US: 4 puzzle in which a number of rats must be exterminat-
ed. Using different objects and obstacles, Krusty must
create a path for the rats to follow and guide them to-
wards an extermination device.
 Kung-Fu Master 177

Kuma no Puutarou: Takara 9.2

Sagashi da Ooiri Game Battle!
Developer Eleca
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) February 29, 1996
Genre Action

Kuma no Puutarou: Takara Sagashi da Ooiri Game

Battle! is a action game, developed by Electronics Ap-
plication and published by Takara, which was released
in Japan in 1996.

Kung-Fu Master 6.1

Developer Irem
Publisher Irem, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Beat em up

Kung-Fu Master has similar gameplay to the arcade

game, but with a completely different plot, setting, set
of enemies and stages. Some of Thomass new abili-
ties are back-flip kicks and small bombs dropped by
enemies. The flat levels were modified into stages with
different platforms and objects in an urban city style
Rarity US: 5
similar to Vigilantes. The English version was modi-
fied from the Japanese version, by changing the look
of Thomas and add small enemies in the final stage.

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai 7.4

Gulliver Boy: Kuusou Kagaku
Puzzle - Puritto Pon
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) April 28, 1995
Genre Puzzle

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy: Kuusou Kagaku

Puzzle - Puritto Pon is a puzzle game adaptation of the
Gulliver Boy anime series for the Game Boy.
The game was developed and published by Bandai,
which was released in Japan in 1995.
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7.0 Kwirk
Developer Atlus
Publisher Acclaim, (eu) Nintendo, (jp) Atlus
Release date (us) March 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action, Puzzle

Kwirk, known in Japan as Puzzle Boy, is an action/

transport puzzle game. The game has three game
modes: Going Up?, Heading Out?, and Vs. Mode, each
one with its own set of rules. The object is to get from
one end of the room to the staircase on the other by ro-
tating turnstiles, moving blocks, and filling holes with
Rarity US: 2
blocks.
 Last Action Hero 181

Lamborghini 7.4
American Challenge
Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) April 1994
(eu) 1993
Genre Racing

Starting out with just a basic Lamborghini and $6000,

the players aim is to rise to the top of the 4 divisions of
racing through success on 60 racetracks across Ameri-
ca. In each division there are 20 rival racers, up to 3 of
which compete in each race at a time. Rarity US: 6

mobygames.com

Last Action Hero 3.3

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action

The 1993 action/comedy/fantasy film Last Action

Hero received a unique adaptation for portable sys-
tems. Like other versions, the game combines side-
scrolling action and driving, but has unique levels and
gameplay mechanics.
The bulk of the game consists of side-scrolling plat- Rarity US: 5
forming. The player controls action hero Jack Slater
who has to find the level exit before the timer runs out.

The Lawnmower Man 2.1

Developer The Sales Curve
Publisher The Sales Curve, (jp) Coconuts Japan
Release date (eu) November 1993
Genre Action

The Lawnmower Man is based on the 1992 movie of

the same name (itself loosely based on a Stephen King
short story).
The player takes the role of either Pierce Brosnans
character Dr Angelo or the minor character Carla Par-
kette, who becomes Angelos love interest late into the
movie. The game alternates genres, having side-scroll-
ing shooter stages that are connected by interstitial
shoot em up sequences through cyberspace.
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8.6 Lazlos Leap

Developer Hect
Publisher DTMC, (jp) Hect
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Puzzle

Lazlos Leap is a puzzle game, purported to have been

designed by one Professor Lazlos, a mathematician
and Game Boy player. In Japan, it was released with
the simple title Solitaire.

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7.4 Legend
Developer n/a
Publisher Quest
Release date (jp) May 31, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Legend is a role-playing game, published by Quest,

which was released in Japan in 1991.

7.3 Legend of the River King GB

Developer TOSE
Publisher Natsume, (jp) Victor Interactive Software
Release date (us) August 1998
Genre Role-playing

Legend of the River King, known as Kawa no Nushi

Tsuri 3 in Japan, is a unique RPG that includes basic
leveling elements as well as a integral fishing compo-
nent. The gameplay primarily consists of fishing; how-
ever, there are also random battles. Mostly, the pro-
tagonist performs quests involving catching fish for
Rarity US: 3 various NPCs.

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The Legend of Zelda: 8.8

Links Awakening
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) November 18, 1993
Genre Action-adventure

Links Awakening began as a port of the SNES game

A Link to the Past, developed after-hours by Nintendo
staff. It grew into an original project under the direction
of Takashi Tezuka. It is one of the few Zelda games not
to take place in the land of Hyrule, and does not feature Rarity US: 1
Princess Zelda or the Triforce relic. Instead, protago-
nist Link begins the game stranded on Koholint Island,
a place guarded by a creature called the Wind Fish.

Lemmings 6.8
Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean, (jp) Imagineer
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

The goal is to rescue the Lemmings across 120 levels

of fast-paced puzzling. These creatures simply walk
blindly through the world in the hope of reaching safe-
ty at the end of the level - unfortunately these levels
include steep drops, gaps in the ground, barriers and
rivers amongst other hazards.

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Lemmings 2: The Tribes 7.0

Developer DMA Design
Publisher Psygnosis
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Puzzle

The sequel to Lemmings has a plot describing how the

Lemmings have split into 12 distinct tribes, each of
which has their own landscape and their own cultural
identity - they include Egyptian, Circus and Highland.
However,
The gameplay remains mostly the same as the original
game, requiring the player to lead a certain number of
lemmings to their exit by giving them the appropriate
skills.
184 Lingo

5.1 Lethal Weapon

Developer Eurocom
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) April 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Beat-em-up

Lethal Weapon is a side-scroller, in which the player

choose one of the two police partners (Mel Gibson or
Danny Glover) and battles it out with criminals around
the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Bat-
tles are resolved via fists, guns and grenades. It is con-
sidered by gaming enthusiasts to be extremely difficult
Rarity US: 5
and frustrating in the fact that punching an enemy is
more effective than shooting an enemy.

8.2 Lingo
Developer PCSL Software
Publisher Altron
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Game show

Lingo appears to be based on the French version of

the show (titled Motus), but fortunately, there is an
English option in the game, which makes it very much
playable for English-speakers (and changes the title to
Lingo).
It was programmed by PCSL, an Irish game house, and
published by Altron Corporation for the Game Boy in
Europe.
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6.2 The Lion King

Developer Dark Technologies
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) April 1995
(eu) December 8, 1994
Genre Platformer

The 1994 Disney film The Lion King received a unique

adaptation on Nintendo 8-bit systems. While based on
the 16-bit version, it adapts only a few of that games
levels directly, while others are completely new or just
based on the general concept.
Rarity US: 3 Players control the young lion Simba through nine lev-
els, most of which are side-scrolling platform affairs.

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Little Master: 9.0

Likebahn no Densetsu
Developer Zener Works
Publisher Tokuma Shoten
Release date (jp) April 19, 1991
Genre Strategy, Role-Playing

Little Master is a series of three tactical role playing

games released on the Game Boy and Super Famicom
in Japan.
Likebahn no Densetsu is, like the three others, a tacti-
cal role playing game released in Japan in 1991.

Little Master 2: 9.0

Raikou no Kishi
Developer Zener Works
Publisher Tokuma Shoten
Release date (jp) March 27, 1992
Genre Strategy, Role-Playing

Little Master 2: Raikou no Kishi, the second in the

series, is a tactical role playing game, developed by
Zener Works and published by Tokuma Shoten, which
was released in Japan in 1992.

The Little Mermaid 6.1

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) February 1993
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The Little Mermaid is a single player side-scrolling ac-

tion game where players control Ariel on a quest to
defeat the evil Ursula, the sea witch.
The game begins underwater, where Ariel can shoot
bubbles to trap her foes and throw them. She can also
dig through sand to find treasure and pick up sea shells Rarity US: 4
to break open treasure chests. Treasure chests contain
power-ups to increase her bubbles power and range.
186 Looney Tunes

7.9 Lock n Chase

Developer Data East
Publisher Data East
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Maze

Lock n Chase is based on the 1981 maze arcade game.

The games main character is a thief. The object of the
game is to enter a maze and collect all the coins and, if
possible, any other treasure that may appear. The thief
must then exit the maze (a vault) without being ap-
prehended by the policemen. The thief can close door-
Rarity US: 5
ways within the maze in order to temporarily trap the
police and allow him to keep his distance from them.
Only two doors can be closed at a time.

7.2 Looney Tunes

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

This side-scrolling game allows the player to control

different Looney Tunes characters and their different
abilities to advance through the levels, seven in all. The
player can use Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig,
Taz, Speedy Gonzalez, Roadrunner and Bugs Bunny.
Rarity US: 2

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6.6 Loopz
Developer Argonaut Games
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) March 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle

Loopz is a puzzle video game originally designed and

programmed created by Ian Upton for the Atari ST in
1989. The main focus is on the playing board where
random pieces of different shapes are presented to the
player. A shape is either a single square containing a
straight line or 90 corner or a combination of multiple
Rarity US: 4
such squares. The player must then try to make loops
out of them. Once a loop is completed, all pieces in-
volved disappear.
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The Lost World: 6.9

Jurassic Park
Developer Torus Games
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) December 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Action

In The Lost World, the players unnamed character

must prevent smugglers from removing the islands
dinosaurs. The game features eight levels, including
jungles and a laboratory. The players character must
collect 10 objects in each level, such as dinosaur eggs, Rarity US: 5
data discs, and DNA vials. The game includes a pass-
word feature, and is compatible with the Super Game
Boy.

Lucky Luke 6.1

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

Players take the role of Lucky Luke, the lonesome

cowboy who draws his gun faster than his shadow. In
a received telegram he read that Jesse James, Billy the
Kid, Pat Poker, and The Dalton Brothers have escaped
from jail. Lucky Luke, as the law keeper, have to catch
them and return them back, finishing 12 levels of the
game. Players guide Luke through levels by walking,
jumping, climbing and ducking. There are also objects
to collect such as dynamite (which can be used to re-
veal hidden paths), revolver barrels, and other items.

Lucle 8.1
Developer Vic Tokai
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Vic Tokai
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Puzzle

In LUCLE, players controls a space ship which is

stranded on a foreign planet. In order to leave it, they
needs to find one energy field per level. The biggest
problem is how the ship is built: two round cockpits
connected with a stiff rod. One of the cockpits is al-
ways fixed while the other one can be rotated around
it. By alternating between the two cockpits the ship
moves around the level, but this makes it harder to
navigate tight passages. Each level has to be solved
within a time limit and there is no number of lives.
188 Lunar Lander

7.4 Lunar Lander

Developer n/a
Publisher Pack-In-Video
Release date (jp) September 21, 1990
Genre Action

Lunar Lander is a space exploration game based

around three separate stages; Lift-off: Players fly their
space shuttle into outer space by following the guid-
ance arrows displayed on the screen. Landing: Similar
to Lunar Lander gameplay. Exploration: Once play-
ers have landed, an astronaut steps out on the surface,
armed with a metal detector. The task here is to find
five different kinds of metal ore and bring them to the
lander before they run out of air or time.
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 Madden 95 189

Mach Go Go Go 7.6
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) August 8, 1997
Genre Racing

Mach Go Go Go is based on the 1997 series of Speed

Racer. It was released by TOSE and Tomy for the
Game Boy (with Super Game Boy support) in Japan.

Madden 95 7.2
Developer Halestorm
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

The Madden Football series makes its debut on the

Game Boy with Madden 95. Unlike most games in the
series since 1993, this one does not include a NFL li-
cense, and thus features generic team names. The in-
cluded teams, stats and schedules are however based
on the 1994 NFL season.
Rarity US: 3
Gameplay during a game is seen from the top, with the
field scrolling vertically.
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Madden 96 6.6
Developer Halestorm
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) October 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

The game is closely based on its immediate predeces-

sor. Like the earlier game, this one is not licensed from
the NFL, and features generic team names, but with
teams, stats and schedules based on the 1995 NFL
season. Both the new expansion teams Carolina and
Jacksonville as well as rule changes like the two-point
Rarity US: 3
conversion are incorporated.

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8.0 Madden 97
Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) November 1996
Genre Sports

Madden 97 is the last appearance of the series on the

original Game Boy. Coming from developer Tiertex,
it is based closely on their Madden 96 for Game Gear,
with similar menus and options, but with platform-ap-
propriate graphics and no digitized speech. Like ear-
lier Game Boy titles in the franchise, Madden 97 does
Rarity US: 3 not feature an NFL license, so offers only generic team
names. Still, teams and stats are based on the 1996
NFL season.

7.5 Magical Taluluto-kun

Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) June 15, 1991
Genre Platformer

Magical Tarurto-kun is a side-scrolling platform-

er based on the anime series of the same name. The
player takes the role of Edojou Honmaru, a kid who
can summon the hero Tarurto in his quest of fighting
evil. During gameplay he needs to pick up an power-
ups; this causes Tarurto to walk behind Edojou and
grant him an extra hit before dying. Other than that if
offers the traditional platforming experience: jumping
over gaps,a voiding obstacles and killing enemies by
punching them.

8.0 Magical Taluluto-kun 2:

Raiba Zone Panic!!
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) July 10, 1992
Genre Platformer

Magical * Taruruuto-kun 2: Raiba Zone Panic!! is an-

other action game based on the anime series of the
same name. The game was developed by Tom Create
and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan
in 1992.
 Mahou Kishi Rayearth 191

Magnetic Soccer 5.1

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Magnetic Soccer is a European-exclusive Game Boy

game released in 1992. The concept of the game is
based on the board game of table soccer.
Each team has eight players (one goalkeeper, two at-
tackers/defenders, and three midfielders). When the
player moves a row, all of them are moved at once un-
like on an actual table soccer set. Stopping the ball and
performing powerful shots is only one aspect of the
game.

Mahou Kishi Rayearth 7.7

Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) June 2, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Mahou Kishi Rayearth is a turn-based RPG that is

based on the manga/anime of the same name, featuring
three schoolgirls who are transported from modern day
Tokyo to the magical world of Cephiro. Magic Knight
Rayearth saw multiple games released in the mid-90s
during the height of the anime adaptations popularity
and each is entirely distinct. This is one of the games
released based on the series.

Mahou Kishi Rayearth 2nd: 8.0

The Missing Colors
Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) October 27, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Mahou Kishi Rayearth 2nd: The Missing Colors is an-

other role-playing game based on the Magic Knight
Rayearth series. The game was developed by Pandora
Box and published by Tomy Corporation, which was
released in Japan in 1995.
192 Makai-Mura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness

8.0 Mahoujin GuruGuru:

Yuusha to Kukuri no Daibouken
Developer KID
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) April 28, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Mahoujin GuruGuru: Yuusha to Kukuri no Daibouken

is a role-playing game based on the anime Mahoujin
GuruGuru, a parody of JRPGs. It was developed by
Kid and published by Takara, which was released in
Japan in 1995.

3.7 Makai-Mura Gaiden:

The Demon Darkness
Developer Sun L
Publisher Capcom
Release date (jp) April 16, 1993
Genre Adventure, Platformer

The NES game, Gargoyles Quest II, was ported to

the Game Boy in 1993 in Japan only, under the name
Makaimura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness. This port
was an enhanced version of the original title contain-
ing two new levels. It was scheduled to be released in
North America in July 1993 but was later canceled.

6.1 Malibu Beach Volleyball

Developer TOSE
Publisher Activision, (jp) Tonkin House
Release date (us) March 1990
Genre Sports

Malibu Beach Volleyball lets players compete in two

on two beach volleyball matches. Players can choose
to play as either the men or womans team of four dif-
ferent countries which are the United States of Ameri-
ca, Japan, Italy, and Brazil.
The gameplay involves the typical set of rules for vol-
Rarity US: 3 leyball. Players try to score points by getting the ball to
land on their opponents side of the court.

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6.4 Marble Madness

Developer Tengen
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) May 21, 1992
Genre Action, Puzzle

The idea of this arcade game is deceptively simple:

Players guide a marble down a path without hitting
any obstacles or straying off the course. The game is
viewed from an isometric perspective, which makes it
harder to stay focused on the direction the ball is to
follow. There are tight corridors to follow and enemies
Rarity US: 3
to avoid. There is a 2-player mode in which players
must race to the finish; otherwise they race against the
clock.

8.5 Marchen Club

Developer n/a
Publisher Naxat Soft
Release date (jp) September 25, 1992
Genre Strategy

Marchen Club is a Strategy game, published by Naxat

Soft, which was released in Japan in 1992.

7.8 Marios Picross

Developer Jupiter
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) March 1995
(eu) July 27, 1995
Genre Puzzle

Marios Picross is the first in a series of Mario themed

Picross titles. It is a collection of nonogram logic puz-
zles featuring Mario as an archaeologist.
Nonograms are number puzzles where logic is used to
find the solution. Clues are provided along the sides of
Rarity US: 5 the playfield grid, telling the player how many squares
to fill in each row and column. With logic the player
can figure out exactly which squares of the grid to fill.
 Marus Mission 195

Marmalade Boy 8.3

Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) January 27, 1995
Genre Strategy

Marmalade Boy is a dating sim game that was re-

leased only in Japan and based on a popular anime of
the same name. The game was originally released on
the Game Boy system, and later released on the Super
FamiCom. The player assumes the role of Miki. As
Miki the player must try and win the affections of one
of three characters: Yuu, Ginta, and Kei.

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Marus Mission 6.5

Developer TOSE
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) March 1991
Genre Action-platformer

Marus Mission, known in Japan as Oira JaJaMaru!

Sekai Daibouken, is the first game from the Jajamaru
series, aside from the loosely related Ninja Taro, to be
released in North America, until the release of Ninja
JaJaMaru-kun through the Virtual Console. The sound-
track, as well as many sprites and some cut-scenes of
the North American version are different from the Rarity US: 4
original Japanese.

Masakari Densetsu: 7.3

Kintarou Action-Hen
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) August 7, 1992
Genre Action

Masakari Densetsu: Kintarou Action-Hen is an action

game, developed by TOSE and published by Tonkin
House, which was released in Japan in 1992.
196 Master Karateka

8.8 Masakari Densetsu:

Kintaro RPG-Hen
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) October 28, 1994
Genre Role-playing

Masakari Densetsu: Kintarou Role-Playing-Hen is a

role-playing game, developed by Tomcat System and
published by Tonkin House, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1994.

3.1 Master Karateka

Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai Shinsei
Release date (jp) December 28, 1989
Genre Action

Master Karateka is an enhanced port of Karateka,

in which players take the role of a Karate hero as he
scrolls across several screens fighting each one of Aku-
mas henchmen in succession until he reach Akuma.
The GameBoy version replaces all graphics and
cramps the action into smaller screens, featuring dif-
ferent enemies and challenges. Furthermore, players
can customize their heros stats at the beginning of the
game to better suit their fighting style.
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6.4 Matthias Sammer Soccer

Developer Jupiter
Publisher Laguna, (jp) Tomy
Release date (eu) 1997
Genre Sports

J League: Big Wave Soccer, Matthias Sammer Soc-

cer in Europe, is a soccer game featuring the Japanese
soccer league with its 14 teams, including the special-
ity of a penalty shootout in case of a draw result. The
player directly controls the athletes on the field; either
the one in ball possession or, if the opponent has it, the
one nearest. There is the possibility to participate in the
league, a training match or an all-star match where the
athletes of the different teams can be switched around.
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 Max 197

Maui Mallard 7.0

in Cold Shadow
Developer Bonsai Entertainment
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) August 1998
Genre Action-platformer

This is a port of Donald in Maui Mallard, first released

for the Sega Genesis in 1995. As the detective Maui
Mallard, Donald Duck on the trail of a long lost Idol,
which has recently vanished. Early on, Maui can also
switch between his normal self and Ninja Maui, and
with all the creepy voodoo enemies hell encounter Rarity US: 4
throughout his adventure, hes going to need all the
help he can get.
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Max 7.2
Developer A-Wave
Publisher Infogrames, (jp) King Records
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

In Max, sequel to The Adventures of Star Saver, the

player takes control over Max and has to save the gal-
axy from the evil Draco. He has to free seven planets
which equal seven side-scrolling platforming levels.
Besides the ability to shoot and jump, he also has a
climbing rope which can be shot vertically upwards,
clings into the level architecture and pulls Max up.
After the third contact with the numerous enemies or
their bullets, Max dies. Power-ups consist of two up-
grades for the gun.

Medarot: Kabuto Version 9.0

Developer Natsume
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 28, 1997
Genre Role-playing

Medabots is a series of collect-em-all RPGs. In true

collect-em-all fashion, each game has two versions
that are named after the first Medal that the player re-
ceives: Kabuto and Kuwagata. The games involve cre-
ating robots from several parts and pitting them against
the opponents in 3-on-3 combat.

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7.8 Medarot: Kuwagata Version

Developer Natsume
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 28, 1997
Genre Role-playing

The second version of the Medarot games on Game

Boy. The games follows Hikaru Agata in his early
teens. One day when Hikaru takes his dog, Bonaparte,
for a walk in the park, the dog scares off a member of
the Roborobo Gang who drops a Medal in the proc-
ess. Hikaru picks up the medal, but when he goes to
turn it in at the local Select office, is told he can keep
it. Hikaru receieves a Tinpet and set of Parts from his
father, which then becomes his first Medabot.
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8.8 Medarot Parts Collection

Developer Natsume
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 20, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Medarot Parts Collection is a series of complementary

Medabots games that are mainly focused on Robattles
and obtaining Medaparts and Medals for Medabots.
Each game contains all parts and Medals that appeared
in separated versions of their related titles and can be
traded between the main games, helping to complete
collections. In this game, the main character is in a set-
ting that appears to be a dream.

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9.0 Medarot Parts Collection 2

Developer Natsume
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) May 29, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Medarot Parts Collection 2 was released for Game Boy

in 1998. It is basically the same as the first Medarot
Parts Collection, but with a different main character
and the story looking more like it is real instead of a
dream.

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Mega Man: Dr. Wilys Revenge 6.9

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Dr. Wilys Revenge is an action and platform game in

same vein as the NES Mega Man games. The player
is tasked with completing a series of four stages in
any order desired. Beating a stages boss will earn the
player a special weapon that can be selected at will
and used throughout the rest of the game. Dr. Wilys
Rarity US: 3
Revenge specifically takes components of the original
Mega Man and Mega Man 2, including their enemies,
stage aesthetics, and Robot Masters.

Mega Man II 7.0

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Mega Man II follows Mega Man as he pursues his

arch enemy Dr. Wily, whose most recent ploy for
world domination involves the theft of an experimen-
tal time machine. Mega Man confronts both Wily and
a number of enemies from his past, not to mention a
new and mysterious robot named Quint. Just like other
Rarity US: 3
Game Boy games in the series, Mega Man II marries
the features of two consecutive NES titles, in this case,
Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3.

Mega Man III 7.4

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Mega Man III follows the title character Mega Man

as he fights the evil Dr. Wily, whose latest attempt to
conquer the world involves sucking energy from the
Earths core to power a new machine. Along with foes
from his past, Mega Man must contend with the next
robot in Wilys line of Mega Man Killers, Punk. Like
Rarity US: 4
its two consecutive predecessors on the Game Boy, the
game combines elements from two previously released
NES titles: Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 4.
 Mega Man V 201

Mega Man IV 7.8

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Laguna
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Mega Man IV continues the quest of the protagonist

Mega Man in a never-ending struggle with his long-
time nemesis Dr. Wily, who sends out a disruptive radio
signal to cause a rampage, city-wide destruction from
dormant robots. Mega Man IV features the traditional
action platforming gameplay of the prior games while
Rarity US: 5
introducing one new feature, the ability to purchase
items with power-ups found throughout each stage.

Mega Man V 8.3

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Laguna
Release date (us) September 10, 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Mega Man V is the fifth and final game in the Game

Boy version of the original Mega Man series. The game
follows the adventures of the protagonist Mega Man as
he must defend the Earth from a group of powerful
robots from outer space called the Stardroids. Mega
Man V was also unique from the previous Game Boy
Rarity US: 5
Mega Man games as it features original and unique
bosses rather than recycling those from the original
NES Mega Man games.

Megalit 8.8
Developer ASCII Corporation
Publisher Takara, (jp) ASCII Corporation
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Strategy, Puzzle

The object of Megalit is to solve a series of increasing-

ly difficult puzzles through six rounds. Each round is
divided into five stages. Controlling the hero who has
been turned into a round stone, players must reposition
a stacked mound of oblong blocks so that each indi-
vidual piece can freely touch the ground. The blocks
Rarity US: 5
may only fall one level at a time, otherwise they will
break upon impact and the player will automatically
lose the stage.
202 Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II

4.1 Megami Tensei Gaiden:

Last Bible
Developer Multimedia Intelligence Transfer
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) December 25, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Revelations: The Demon Slayer is a side-game (gaid-

en) of the Megami Tensei (Megaten) universe. Unlike
all other Megaten games, this game is not set in mod-
ern-day or futuristic Japan. On a distant planet, a race
resembling humans possess the ability to call upon a
power called Gaia. The player takes the role of a young
boy who learns the arts of Gaia. However, the land is
in danger - an evil force is approaching.
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5.1 Megami Tensei Gaiden:

Last Bible II
Developer Multimedia Intelligence Transfer
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) November 19, 1993
Genre Role-playing

Unlike most Megaten games, Last Bible II is set in a

fantasy world, on a planet Gaia with a medieval cul-
ture. Players can recruit demons they encounter in ran-
dom battles and then summon them to fight for them.
The moon phase influences the conversations with the
demons, and players have to choose the correct an-
swers to their questions in order to recruit them.

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9.1 Meitantei Conan:

Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken
Developer Act Japan
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) December 27, 1996
Genre Adventure

Meitantei Conan: Chika Yenchi Satsujin Jiken is the

first game based on the manga Detective Conan. It is
an original story, although the amusement park theme
is constantly revisited in the franchise, especially in
anime and game form. The game has three different
murder cases, each corresponding to one of the attrac-
tions in the amusement park: the roller coaster, the hor-
ror house and the huge maze.
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Meitantei Conan: 9.4

Giwaku no Gouka Ressha
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) August 7, 1998
Genre Adventure

Meitantei Conan: Giwaku no Gouka Ressha is another

adventure/detective game based on the anime Detec-
tive Conan. The game was published by Bandai, which
was released in Japan in 1998.

Mercenary Force 6.4

Developer Lenar
Publisher Meldac, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) October 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Shooter

Mercenary Force is an unconventional shootem up set

in Japans Edo period and inspired by Japanese history
and mythology. When Japan is invaded by the minions
of a dark lord, the shogun sets out to hire the best war-
riors in the land to combat the enemy.
The game consists of six levels, seen from an an- Rarity US: 5
gled top-down/side-view perspective, with the screen
scrolling automatically to the right.
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Metal Masters 6.9

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Electro Brain
Release date (us) December 1993
Genre Fighting

The player controls a robot, the starting robot is a very

basic model, to which the player can add improve-
ments with credits earned during gameplay. There are
four areas that each robot is graded on, body, left arm,
right arm, and legs. There are several different combi-
nations of various parts that can be added to the play-
ers robot for optimum fighting status. During a fight, Rarity US: 6
each area mentioned above is represented by its own
health meter. The objective of the player is to deplete
the health meters of each area.
204 Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands!

7.6 Metroid II: Return of Samus

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) May 21, 1992
Genre Action-adventure

Metroid II: Return of Samus is the second installment

and the first handheld title in the Metroid series. The
story follows the protagonist and playable character
Samus Aran, who is sent on a mission to exterminate
the Metroid creatures from their home planet SR388
before the antagonistic Space Pirates obtain and use
Rarity US: 3
them. The gameplay involves killing a fixed number of
Metroids before the player can advance deeper through
the planets tunnels.

7.6 Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! US RELEASE

Developer Kotobuki Systems

Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Kemco
Release date (us) May 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Puzzle, Action

Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! is a puzzle/action game

hybrid. It is the sixth game in the Mickey Mouse-based
games on their Crazy Castle series and the only title to
be released in North America under its original title.
To save his friends, Mickey has to collect puzzle piec-
Rarity US: 4 es that completes images of his Disney friends. To do
this, Mickey has to wave his wand over crystals which
conceal not only pieces of the image, but also items
and even an occasional enemy.

6.5 Mickeys Dangerous Chase

Developer Now Production
Publisher Capcom, (jp) Kemco
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The player takes the role of either Mickey Mouse or

his girlfriend Minnie. On the way to deliver a present,
Pete came along and stole it. The gameplay is a general
side-scrolling action game where players destroy en-
emies with Super Mario World-like blocks. However,
the gameplay deviates from the standard Super Mario
Rarity US: 2
type of platforming by not allowing Mickey/Minnie to
stomp on the enemys head.
 Micro Machines 205

Mickeys Ultimate Challenge 7.6

Developer Designer Software
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions
Release date (us) May 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer, Puzzle

Mickeys Ultimate Challenge is a puzzle game where

players must complete challenges to beat the game. Play-
ers must go through a series of challenges in various rooms
of the castle in order to collect magic beans and items.
Each task is a different puzzle, given by a specific
character. Daisy, for instance, will ask help to clean Rarity US: 4
the castles paintings hanging on a wall. The task is in
fact a memory game, where Mickey or Minnie must
clean the pictures matching pairs.

Micro Machines 7.6

Developer Mindscape
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) January 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Racing

Micro Machines, originally released in 1991 on NES,

is the first game in the series laid the foundation of
the gameplay: a top-down racing game with miniature
vehicles. The race tracks are unconventionally themed.
For example, some races take place on a billiard table
while others occur in a garden.
Rarity US: 4

Micro Machines 2: 8.6

Turbo Tournament
Developer Codemasters
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1996
Genre Racing

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament is the second

game in the Micro Machines series. Like its predeces-
sor, it puts the player behind the steering wheel of an
extremely small car. The races take place in locations
such as a table, a treehouse, and more.
206 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

8.2 Midori no Makiba

Developer TOSE
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 21, 1996
Genre Racing

Midori no Makibao is a racing game based on Green

Meadow King, a manga and anieme series by Tsu-
nomaru. The game was developed by TOSE and pub-
lished by Tomy Corporation, which was released in
Japan in 1996.

5.1 Mighty Morphin

Power Rangers
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a side-scrolling

action game with five levels, each consisting of two
segments. In the first segment, the player will control
one of the five original Power Rangers as they fight
Rarity US: 3 the Putty Patrollers throughout the stage in order to
reach their goal. When the player reaches the end of
the level, they will control the Megazord and fight a
giant monster.

6.3 Mighty Morphin

Power Rangers: The Movie
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) August 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Beat-em-up

The Game Boy version is a single-player side-scrolling

action game similar to the SNES version. The player
can choose to play as any of the six rangers, who will
start off each stage as a Ninja Ranger. By defeating en-
Rarity US: 6 emies throughout each stage, mainly Putty Patrols, and
accumulating enough Thunderbolt items to fill up the
power gauge, the player can transform their character
into a Power Ranger.
 Milons Secret Castle 207

Mikineko Holmes 7.8

no Kishi Michi
Developer n/a
Publisher ASK Kodansha
Release date (jp) February 15, 1991
Genre Adventure

Mikineko Holmes no Kishi Michi is an adventure

game, published by ASK, which was released in Japan
in 1991.

Milons Secret Castle 7.0

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (us) March 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-adventure

The Game Boy version is mostly identical to the NES

version. There are some obvious differences between
the Game Boy and NES versions. The room sizes are
smaller, likely due in part to the smaller available
screen size. As a result, many hidden items and plat-
forms are not in the same absolute position, but can
be found in roughly the same relative position. Also,
every item costs a little less money than in the NES
version.

Miner 2049er 7.3

Developer Big Five Software
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Platformer

Miner 2049er is a port of a 1982 Atari 8-bit game by

Bill Hogue. As Bounty Bob, the players goal is to in-
spect every section of each mine in search of the evil
Yukon Yohan while avoiding the various radioactive
creatures that inhabit the mine. As Bounty Bob walks
over a section of flooring, it fills in. To complete the
level, every section of flooring must be filled in. Each Rarity US: 6
level is timed and must be completed before the player
runs out of oxygen.
208 Mini 4 Boy

5.7 Minesweeper
Developer Arc System Works
Publisher Pack-In-Video
Release date (jp) December 13, 1991
Genre Puzzle

The objective of Minesweeper is to clear a rectangular

board containing hidden mines without detonating
any of them, with help from clues about the number of
neighboring mines in each field. The game originates
from the 1960s, and has been written for many com-
puting platforms in use today.
Three main game modes are available, differentiated
by the size of the minefield: 9x7, 12x12 and 18x14.
Clearing a minefield takes the player to another one of
the same size, but with more bombs to clear.

8.3 Mini 4 Boy

Developer n/a
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) December 27, 1996
Genre Strategy

Mini-4 Boy is a strategy game, published by J-Wing,

which was released in Japan in 1996.

8.3 Mini 4 Boy II

Developer n/a
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) September 26, 1997
Genre Strategy

Mini-4 Boy II is a strategy game, published by J-Wing,

which was released in Japan in 1997.
 Mini-Yonku GB: Lets & Go!! 209

Mini-Putt 7.2
Developer n/a
Publisher A-Wave
Release date (jp) April 26, 1991
Genre Sports

Mini Putt is a miniature golf game that offers 4 cours-

es, Deluxe, Classic, Traditional and Challenge. Up to
4 players can either play a game or practice any hole
on any course. Each course offers its own difficulty
level. Deluxe and Challenge have difficult hills and
course layouts. The Challenge being the more difficult
course. The Classic offers animated bridges and other
obstacles. The traditional is the standard miniature golf
course which requires well placed bank shots.
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Mini-Yonku GB: 6.6

Lets & Go!!
Developer Jupiter
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) May 23, 1997
Genre Strategy

Mini-Yonku GB: Lets & Go!! is a strategy game, de-

veloped by Jupiter Multimedia and published by ASCII
Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Mini-Yonku GB: 7.5

Lets & Go!! All-Star Battle MAX
Developer Jupiter
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) June 19, 1998
Genre Strategy

Mini-Yonku GB: Lets & Go!! All-Star Battle MAX

is a strategy game, developed by Jupiter Multimedia
and published by ASCII Entertainment, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1998.
210 Missile Command

6.8 Miracle Adventure of Esparks

Developer Sun L
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 11, 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The Miracle Adventure of Esparks is a side scrolling

action platformer. Players take the role of the title hero
who must run and jump his way through six differ-
ent stages. Players begin the game with only a sword,
but the beams fired from it with each thrust represent
their primary method of attack. They have two differ-
ent projectile trajectories; one that shoots a single burst
forward at a fast rate, and a slower triple shot that also
fires diagonally.
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6.8 Missile Command

Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) March 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

This game is based on the original arcade game Mis-

sile Command, in which aliens are attacking the Earth.
In this version of the game players control two anti-
missile silos and have to shoot down the incoming ene-
my firepower in order to defend several different major
Rarity US: 5 cities (such as Cairo or Moscow) that have come under
siege. Cities consist of six different buildings, which
the player has to try and prevent their destruction.

9.3 Mogu Mogu Gombo:

Harukanaru Chou Ryouri Densetsu
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) June 16, 1995
Genre Role-playing

MoguMogu Gombo: Harukanaru Chou Ryouri Denset-

su is a role-playing game, published by Bandai, which
was released in Japan in 1995.
 Mole Mania 211

Mogura de Pon! 8.6

Developer n/a
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) April 15, 1994
Genre Action

Mogura de Pon! (Pong in the Mole) is a whac-a-

mole game, published by Athena, which was released
in Japan in 1994.

Mole Mania 7.8

Developer Pax Softonica
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Puzzle

Mole Mania, one of the least known works of Shigeru

Miyamoto, is a puzzle game. In the game, Muddy
Mole has to move a black ball to a gate at the end of
the screen in order to get to the next screen. He can
push, pull, and throw the black ball. Muddy can also
dig into soft ground to find underground paths around
Rarity US: 3
obstacles. Choosing where to dig is a crucial element
of the games various puzzles, as creating holes in the
wrong areas could hinder the players efforts.

Momotaro Collection 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) August 9, 1996
Genre Compilation

Momotaro Collection is a compilation cartridge. The

game consists of Super Momotaro Dentetsu II and
Momotaro Thunderbolt. The game was published by
Hudson and released in Japan in 1996.
212 Momotaro Dengeki: Momotaro Thunderbolt

9.0 Momotaro Collection 2

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) December 6, 1996
Genre Compilation

Momotaro Collection 2 feature two more classic Mo-

motaro games on one cartridge. The compilation con-
sists of Momotaro Densetsu Gaiden and Momotaro
Thunderbolt 2. The game was published by Hudson
and released in Japan in 1996.

8.5 Momotaro Dengeki:

Momotaro Thunderbolt
Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) December 16, 1994
Genre Action

Momotarou Dengeki: Momotaro Thunderbolt is a ac-

tion game starring Momotaro. It was published by
Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1993.

8.6 Momotaro Dengeki 2:

Momotaro Thunderbolt
Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) December 16, 1994
Genre Action

Momotarou Dengeki 2 is the sequel to Momotaro Thun-

derbolt. The game was published by Hudson, which
was released in Japan in 1994. The game has Super
Game Boy features.
 Momotarou Dentetsu Jr.: Zenkoku Ramen Meguri no Maki 213

Momotaro Densetsu Gaiden 8.4

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) December 26, 1991
Genre Role-playing

This game is based on famous Japanese folk tales.

Momotar is a boy who was found in a huge peach.
In this game, players dont play directly the story of
Momotar, but control three other popular characters
from Japanese folklore, playing three separate stories.
Despite being primarily a game for kids, this is a full-
fledged Japanese-style RPG with levels, party manage-
ment, world map traveling, dungeons, towns, weapons
and armors, and turn-based combat against randomly
appearing enemies.

Momotarou Dentetsu Jr.: 7.5

Zenkoku Ramen Meguri no Maki
Developer Make Software
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) July 31, 1998
Genre Board game

Momotarou Dentetsu Jr. - Zenkoku Ramen Meguri no

Maki is part of the huge Japanese Momotaro Dentetsu
(Momotar Electric Railway) series of board game-
style video games; in which players travel by rail, ship,
and airplane; attempting to acquire wealth through
business transactions buying properties; and dealing
with rival entrepreneurs and nemeses such as the God
of Poverty.

Money Idol Exchanger 7.5

Developer Face
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) August 29, 1997
Genre Puzzle

Money Idol Exchanger (known as Money Puzzle Ex-

changer in the USA) is a puzzle game created in 1997
by Japanese video game developer Face for the Neo
Geo MVS arcade system. Athena Co. Ltd. ported it to
the Game Boy that same year.
The game is a stacking game similar to the Magical
Drop, Astro Pop, and Puzzle Bobble series whereby
players race to prevent a perpetually falling array of
coins in different values from filling up the screen.
214 Monster * Race

7.2 Monopoly
Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Parker Brothers, (eu) Konami, (jp) Tomy
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Board game

This is an adaptation of the classic board game Mo-

nopoly. The game can be played by up to four players.
Any number of positions can be taken over by com-
puter opponents. The game comes with eight different
opponents, which are selected from a portrait gallery.
During gameplay, the board is seen from the top. Mov-
Rarity US: 2
ing tokens are displayed in a special animation in the
center of the board, as is a hand throwing the dice.
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8.2 Monster * Race

Developer n/a
Publisher Koei
Release date (jp) March 6, 1998
Genre Role-playing, Racing

Monster Race is a Koei published monster collecting

and racing game in the vein of Pokmon. It was re-
leased in Japan on both the Playstation and Gameboy.

9.2 Monster * Race Okawari

Developer n/a
Publisher Koei
Release date (jp) October 2, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Monster Race Okawari is the second game in the Mon-

ster Race series, exclusively released for Game Boy in
1998.
 Monster Maker 2: Uru no Hiten 215

Monster Maker 8.8

Developer n/a
Publisher SOFEL
Release date (jp) December 22, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Monster Maker is the first video game adaptation based

on the popular CCG in Japan. The SOFEL games,
Monster Maker and Monster Maker II for the Game
Boy, is RPGs that used cards for their combat system.

Monster Maker 2: 9.0

Uru no Hiten
Developer n/a
Publisher SOFEL
Release date (jp) March 19, 1993
Genre Role-playing

Monster Maker 2 is another role-playing game, and the

second in the series. The game wa published by Sofel
and released in Japan in 1993.

Monster Maker: 8.7

Barcode Saga
Developer Jorudan
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) August 10, 1993
Genre Strategy

Monster Maker: Barcode Saga is a strategy video game

for the Game Boy released only in Japan in 1993. It is
preceded by Monster Maker and Monster Maker 2.
The game was one of the few games compatible with
the Game Boy accessory Barcode Boy. Scanning game
cards and other barcodes would allow the player dif-
ferent features in the game.
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7.5 Monster Max

Developer Rare
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) January 1995
(eu) December 1994
Genre Action-adventure

Monster Max is a single-player adventure game that

is presented from an isometric perspective, similar
to Ultimates Knight Lore. Players control the player
character and guitarist Max as he attempts to defeat
evil villain Krond, who threatens to ban all music from
the world. The game is split into 29 levels in which the
player must complete a number of challenges in order
to progress, such as solving puzzles, jumping over ob-
stacles, gathering objects, and defeating opponents.

8.3 Monster Truck

Developer Another
Publisher Varie
Release date (jp) October 19, 1990
Genre Racing

Monster Truck is a racing game, developed by Another

and published by Varie, which was released in Japan
in 1990.

6.5 Monster Truck Wars

Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action, Racing

Monster Truck Wars is a top-down racing game with

the vehicle of choice being monster trucks. The player
can choose from six unique trucks each with their own
unique traits and race on several different winding
track - providing the player can qualify for the race.
Rarity US: 6 The better the player does in races, the more money
they can accumulate to buy upgrades and repair their
monster truck.
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Montezumas Return 5.0

Developer Utopia Technologies
Publisher Take-Two Interactive
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Platformer

Montezumas Return is, in contrast to to the PC game

of the same name, not a completely new adventure but
closely based on the design of the original Montezu-
mas Revenge. While some of the 150 levels are di-
rectly ported over, the majority are new. Another major
difference is that the camera is closer to the action, i.e.
the levels scroll instead of fitting into a single screen.
The premise is the same as always: The player takes
the role of an adventurer who explores a pyramid in
order to steal all its treasures.

Mortal Kombat 4.5

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) September 13, 1993
(eu) 1994
Genre Fighting

Mortal Kombat, originally released as a 2-player ar-

cade title, is a side-scrolling fighting game. Fighting
is set as one-on-one combat, allowing each player to
perform a variety of punches, kicks, and special moves
in order to defeat their opponent. When the opponent
faces their second round loss, the winner can perform
Rarity US: 2
a finishing move called a Fatality on the loser. The
Fatality is a move unique to each fighter that graphi-
cally kills the loser in a blood-soaked finale.

Mortal Kombat II 6.3

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) September 1994
(eu) October 27, 1994
Genre Fighting

The Mortal Kombat fighters, plus several new ones,

return for a tournament held by the evil Shang Tsung
of the Outworld.
To win the main tournament, the player must beat each
of the other human players, before taking on Shang
Tsung, Kintaro and finally Shao Kahn. Players have a Rarity US: 2
range of punches and kicks available, as well as flying
kicks, uppercuts, roundhouses, and the special moves,
which vary for each player.
218 Mortal Kombat 3

6.5 Mortal Kombat

& Mortal Kombat II
Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Starfish
Release date (us) November 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Compilation

This compilation combines the Game Boy versions of:

Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II.
On an unrelated note, Saturn version was planned un-
der the title Mortal Kombat I & II Duo, but ultimate-
Rarity US: 7 ly unreleased.

4.7 Mortal Kombat 3

Developer Software Creations
Publisher Williams
Release date (us) November 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Fighting

Mortal Kombat 3 on the Game Boy, only nine of the

original 15 fighters (Kano, Sonya, Sub-Zero, Cyrax,
Sektor, Sheeva, Sindel, Kabal and Smoke) are avail-
able, only five stages exist, there are no button-link
combos, and no finishers outside of Fatalities and Ba-
balities. The sole Game Boy game to be rated Rated
Rarity US: 4
M by the ESRB, this version does not include much of
the gore seen in its parent systems but kept some of the
burning Fatalities.

6.8 Motocross Maniacs

Developer Konami
Publisher Ultra Games, (eu) Palcom Software, (jp) Konami
Release date (us) January 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Racing, Platformer

The games concept is quite simple; the player controls

a motorcycle moving one way horizontally, much like
in a platform game. When a level has been completed
within its time limit, the player starts on the next.
With only eight different levels and fairly simple game-
Rarity US: 2 play, the games complexity is not too different from
other Game Boy games released during the introduc-
tion of the system. Despite this, Motocross Maniacs
requires quite some skill to master.
 Mouse Trap Hotel 219

Mouse Trap Hotel 6.7

Developer Imagineering
Publisher Electro Brain
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Action

The object of this game is to take Maxie the Mouse

as he tries to visit his girlfriend. Unfortunately, she is
located in a penthouse while Maxie dwells in the base-
ment. By finding the exit in each level, he draws closer
to being with his girlfriend. Side-scrolling segments
with some vertical elements are an expected part of the
game. Getting hit by mousetraps and enemies causes Rarity US: 4
Maxie to lose his energy. Maxies tail comes in handy
when it comes to destroying enemies.
220 Mr. Do!

7.4 Mr. Chins Gourmet Paradise

Developer Romstar
Publisher Romstar
Release date (us) October 1990
Genre Platformer

Mr. Chins Gourmet Paradise is a side-scrolling plat-

former where players take the role of Mr. Chin, who is on
a mission to feed his Momos to turn them into peaches.
The goal of each levels is to turn all of the enemies
into walking peaches and then eat them. Mr. Chin can
drop bowls on the ground. If he place one bowl on the
Rarity US: 4 left and one on the right, a laser will fire between the
two bowls, and any enemies will be caught between,
transforming into peaches.

8.2 Mr. Do!

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) November 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

The Game Boy version includes the original arcade

version, as well as an enhanced mode with new levels,
power-ups and graphics.
The object of Mr. Do! is to dig tunnels through the
ground and collecting cherries. The title character, Mr.
Rarity US: 6 Do, is constantly chased by monsters and the player
loses a life if Mr. Do is caught by one. A level is com-
plete when all cherries are removed, all monsters are
destroyed, EXTRA is spelled, or a diamond is found.

8.6 Mr. Go no Baken

Tekichuu Sube
Developer n/a
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (jp) April 1, 1994
Genre Strategy

Mr. Go no Baken Tekichuu Sube is a strategy game,

published by Taito Corporation, which was released in
Japan in 1994.
 Ms. Pac-Man 221

Mr. Nutz 7.3

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Mr. Nutz is a side scrolling, 2D platformer, first re-

leased for the SNES in late 1993. The player controls
Mr. Nutz, an anthropomorphic red squirrel, through
six themed levels. The end goal is to stop Mr. Blizzard,
a yeti, who is the final boss and is trying to take over
the world by using his magic powers to turn it into a
mass of ice. Ammunition, in the form of nuts, can be
collected and thrown at enemies.

Ms. Pac-Man 6.9

Developer Namco
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Maze

Ms. Pac-Man, a port of the 1982 arcade game from

the Golden Age, introduced a female protagonist, new
maze designs, and several other improved gameplay
changes over the original Pac-Man.
The gameplay of Ms. Pac-Man is very similar to that
of the original Pac-Man. The player earns points by Rarity US: 2
eating pellets and avoiding ghosts. Eating an energizer
causes the ghosts to turn blue, allowing them to be eat-
en for extra points.

Muhammad Ali 5.5

Heavyweight Boxing
Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

In this boxing game, players control Muhammad Ali

where they have to fight a series of opponents in an at-
tempt to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
The game has two modes, Single Fight, standard exhi-
bition mode, and World Title Trial, career mode. Rarity US: 4
 Mysterium 223

Mulan 5.3
Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) October 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Action

As Fa Mulan players will follow the storyline of the

Disney animated movie starting from army training.
They will progress through other scenes, like avoid-
ing detection, saving Shang, sneaking past the Mongol
army, getting through the palace and stopping Shan Yu.
This is a scrolling game with some puzzle elements. Rarity US: 4
Players can throw things at enemies to stun them but
mostly, they are trying to make their way past an en-
emy to achieve their goal.

Mysterium 6.7
Developer Maxis
Publisher Asmik Corporation of America, (jp) VAP
Release date (us) July 1991
Genre Role-playing, Strategy

As a alchemist players must solve a set of mazes to

prove their worth. To solve the mazes they must trans-
form the items which are found in the maze into some-
thing more useful. For example, a piece of iron turns
in a glass key when dropped in a pool of fire. Thus, if
players want to pass a glass door, they have to find a
pool of fire and a piece of iron. These transformations Rarity US: 3
are not random, but sometimes require multiple stages.
If they keep good notes, theyll find out all possible
transformations.

Mystical Ninja 6.5

Starring Goemon
Developer KCE Nagoya
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) April 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Action-adventure

Featuring gameplay similar to the Super Famicom title

Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijrokub no Karakuri Man-
ji Gatame, the game presents a new story in which Yae
has been kidnapped by the Black Ship Gang.
The game feature three charactersGoemon, Sasuke, Rarity US: 5
and Ebisumaruwho can walk, jump, attack, and
throw weapons throughout five stages of play.
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7.5 Nada Asatarou &

Kojima Takeo no
Jissen Mahjong Kyoushitsu
Developer n/a
Publisher Gaps
Release date (jp) December 25, 1998
Genre Board game

Nada Asatarou & Kojima Takeo no Jissen Mahjong

Kyoushitsu is a mahjong board game, published by
Gaps, which was released in Japan in 1998.

8.7 Nada Asatarou no Powerful

Mahjong: Tsugi no Itte 100 Dai
Developer Affect
Publisher Yojigen
Release date (jp) December 23, 1994
Genre Board game

Nada Asatarou no Powerful Mahjong: Tsugi no Itte

100 Dai is a mahjong board game, developed by Af-
fect and published by Yojigen, which was released in
Japan in 1994.

5.9 Nail n Scale

Developer IMax
Publisher Data East, (jp) IMax
Release date (us) April 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action, Puzzle

In Nail n Scale, the player controls Spike, a skilled

climber. In each level, the player uses climbing spikes
to navigate through the level to the door at the end of
each level. The climbing spikes are also used to break
bricks that block the path. There are 51 levels in all,
with a boss on every tenth level.
Rarity US: 6
Each boss has his own unique weakness that must be
exposed by the players before he can be defeated.
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Namco Classic 8.1

Developer TOSE
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) December 3, 1991
Genre Sports

Namco Classic is a golf game released only in Japan

for the Famicom and Game Boy. The game takes the
then-standard golf game template and stays the course,
changing very little to the formula.
The game is different in that the player can customize
their own golfer character, or choose from a selection
of odd-looking pre-generated characters, including a
robot.

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Namco Gallery Vol. 1 8.0

Developer TOSE
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) July 21, 1996
Genre Compilation

Namco Gallery is a series of three compilations for

Game Boy containing Game Boy versions of Namcos
arcade and console games. It is split into three volumes
and they are all enhanced when played on a Super
Game Boy.
Vol-1 includes four different games: Battle City. Ga-
laga, previously only available for the Game Boy in
Galaga & Galaxian. Mappy, ported to the Game Boy
for the first time. And Namco Classic.

Namco Gallery Vol. 2 7.6

Developer TOSE
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) November 29, 1996
Genre Compilation

Namco Gallery Vol. 2 is the second in a series of clas-

sic game compilations for the Game Boy.
It includes four different games, all enhanced for the
Super Game Boy, one of which is an all-new title: Gal-
axian, previously only available for the Game Boy in
Galaga & Galaxian. Dig Dug. The Tower of Druaga.
And Famista 4, an exclusive entry in Namcos baseball
series.
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226 Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun: Ganmadan no Yabou

8.0 Namco Gallery Vol. 3

Developer TOSE
Publisher Namco
Release date (jp) July 25, 1997
Genre Compilation

Namco Gallery Vol. 3 is the last in a series of classic

game compilations for the Game Boy. It includes four
different games. Only one of them appeared on the
Game Boy before, the other being new ports from the
Famicom. Sky Kid (new port). Babel no T (new port).
Family Tennis (new port). And Jantaku Boy.
The cartridge, and the previous in the series, includes
in-game instructions and high scores for all games that
are saved via password.
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9.1 Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun:

Ganmadan no Yabou
Developer Daft
Publisher Enix
Release date (jp) March 25, 1994
Genre Beat em up, Platformer

Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun: Ganmadan no Yabou is

a brawler platformer released in 1994 for both the Game
Boy and Super FamiCom. It is based on the first arc of
the Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun manga and anime.
The game is a mix of brawling and platforming. The
player character, Shintaro, has a quick punch move
and a charged-up beam attack, and fights various sub-
bosses as he makes his way through levels.

8.7 Nanonote
Developer n/a
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) August 7, 1992
Genre non-game

Nanonote is a electronic organizer, published by Kon-

ami, which was released in Japan in 1992.
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Navy Blue 98 8.0

Developer Use Corporation
Publisher Shouei System
Release date (jp) February 20, 1998
Genre Strategy

Navy Blue 98 is the fourth and last game in the series

of Japan-exclusive battleship-based video games. The
game was developed by Use and published by Shouei,
which was released in Japan in 1998.

Navy SEALs 5.2

Developer Ocean
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action-platformer

Players control a succession of the USAs elite fighters

with the aim of destroying missiles held by terrorists.
The Game Boy version of this game differs from the
home computer version released around the same time.
The level layout is different, there are no ladders lad-
ders or ropes and players dont have to place bombs. Rarity US: 5
This is possibly due to technical or game pack memory
limitations of the Game Boy.
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NBA All-Star Challenge 6.3

Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) February 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Sports

NBA All-Star Challenge is the first game in the series

of the same name, offering one-on-one basketball fea-
turing licensed NBA players. The game features five
different mini-games based on real-life one-on-one
playing modes. All can be played by two players via
the link cable.
Rarity US: 2
The modes are: One On One, Free Throws, Horse, Ac-
curacy Shootout and Tournament.
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NBA All-Star Challenge 2 5.2

Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) May 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

The sequel, NBA All-Star Challenge 2, was released

exclusively for the Game Boy. The gameplay is large-
ly the same, the main change being the graphical en-
hancements from the original Game Boy game.
Before each game, the player can choose between 27
real-life athletes, one from each NBA teams 1991 ros- Rarity US: 2
ter. All games can be played by two players via the
Game Boy link cable.

NBA Jam 6.7

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) November 24, 1994
Genre Sports

NBA Jam is a two-on-two basketball game. The origi-

nal arcade version of NBA Jam features team rosters
from the 1992-93 NBA season. More up-to-date ros-
ters were available in port released for the Game Boy
in 1994.
GamePro commented of the Game Boy version, Ob- Rarity US: 2
viously the GB is far too limited a system to capture
more than a fraction of what made NBA Jam an arcade
smash, but at least it has that fraction.

NBA Jam: 6.3

Tournament Edition
Developer Torus Games
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) June 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

The update named NBA Jam Tournament Edition

(commonly referred to as NBA Jam T.E.) feature up-
dated rosters, new features and easter eggs combined
with the same gameplay of the original. The GameBoy
version offers a complete roster of teams and players, Rarity US: 3
though players can only pick two line ups, not the 8
that is featured in the other conversions.
230 Nectaris GB

6.6 NBA Live 96

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) March 1996
(eu) January 22, 1996
Genre Sports

This handheld version of its console cousins differs

in graphics and gameplay. While it does feature the
full NBA license including team names and logos, it
doesnt feature any real players names, but instead au-
thentic numbers instead. There are also only two de-
fault colors for teams (black & white) and features a
Rarity US: 3
limited set of offensive and defensive plays that can
be selected.
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8.6 Nectaris GB
Developer Tam Tam
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) February 27, 1998
Genre Strategy

Nectaris GB is part of the Nectaris series, occasion-

ally released as Military Madness. The series is sci-
fi-themed, hex map turn-based strategy games for a
variety of systems.
Nectaris GB was one of the few games to support Hud-
sons GB KISS LINK infrared modem.

8.6 Nekketsu Kk Dodgeball Bu:

Kyteki! Dodge Soldier no Maki
Developer Million Corp.
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) November 8, 1991
Genre Sports

This is a GameBoy sequel of the classic Super Dodge

Ball game for the NES.
The basic gameplay is the same as in other Dodge Ball
games in the Nekketsu Kunio Kun series, with 3-on-3
side-scrolling matches of dodge ball in which the char-
acters can use special moves and other abilities ac-
cording to their stats in order to defeat the other team.
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Nekketsu! Beach Volley 8.4

dayo Kunio-Kun
Developer Million Corp.
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Sports

The Nekketsu gang hits the sands for a grand tourna-

ment of beach volleyball. As usual the game mechan-
ics have been somewhat modified from other volley-
ball games in order to include the classic gameplay
elements from the Nekketsu series that involve adding
beat em up elements to each sport. Players can per-
form special throws and bomb shots as well as collect
special power-ups that increase their teams abilities.

Nekojara Monogatari 8.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Kemco
Release date (jp) December 14, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Nekojara Monogatari is a dungeon crawling RPG.

Players take control of a boy who woke up one day to
find himself transformed into a cat. He learns that the
royal heirloom of Cat Land has been stolen. He reluc-
tantly goes on an adventure to retrieve it, as it is the
only way to turn back.

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Nemesis 7.5
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami, (us) Ultra Games
Release date (us) April 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

Nemesis is the first entry in the long-running Gradius

series on the Game Boy. Its side-scrolling shootem up
gameplay follows the series template closely. Players
control the Vic Viper through five levels, most based
on levels in earlier entries, for a kind of greatest hits
of the series. There is a cave level, the mandatory Moai
Rarity US: 4
stage, a Gigeresque organic level, a graveyard and a
high-tech base. Besides the classic core ship in the first
level, all boss enemies are entirely new.
232 Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special

6.3 Nettou Garou Densetsu 2:

Aratanaru Tatakai
Developer Sun L
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy version of Fatal Fury 2 features super

deformed style graphics and, like the SNES ports, al-
lows the player to use the four boss characters. Howev-
er, due to the Game Boys limited hardware, all voices
have been removed, but in their place the characters
have speech bubbles when performing a special attack
or Desperation Move. The text in the intro, post match
dialogue, and character endings are in Japanese, while
the character names, credits, and menus are in English.

7.3 Nettou Real Bout

Garou Densetsu Special
Developer Gaibrain
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) March 27, 1998
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy version of Real Bout Fatal Fury Spe-

cial was released only in Japan. The game feature
simplified graphics and two-button gameplay. This
version features only 12 playable characters: a roster
which consists of Terry, Andy, Joe, Mai, Blue Mary,
Duck King, Kim, Jin Chonrei, Billy, Yamazaki, Lau-
rence, and Krauser. Geese Howard appears as a hid-
den character, as well as Iori Yagami from The King of
Fighters series.

7.2 Nettou Samurai Spirits:

Zankuro Musouken
Developer Betop
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) August 23, 1996
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy port of Samurai Shodown III: Blades

of Blood feature Super Game Boy support capabilities.
Unlike the arcade and console versions, the Game Boy
port lacks Kyoshiro Senryo and Gaira Caffeine but
adds Jubei Yagyu back to the roster as a hidden final
boss exclusively for the game. The port also builds on
adding three exclusive Samurai Shodown III borders
for Super Game Boy users.
234 NFL Football

5.0 The New Chessmaster

Developer Park Place Productions
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) April 1993
Genre Board game

The New Chessmaster is a board game, developed

by Park Place Productions and published by Hi Tech
Expressions, which was released in 1993. The game
lets players play in one of 16 different skill levels from
Newcomer to Grandmaster. A Teaching mode allows
them to examine all possible moves more easily, let-
Rarity US: 4 ting them play out then reverse any scenario.

3.6 NFL Football

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Sports

NFL Football is a football game based on the Ameri-

can NFL. The player can only participate in exhibition
matches and has the choice between 28 teams which
differ slightly in speed. Before a play, the player has
the option between several tactical approaches and
then the player directly controls the active athlete who
Rarity US: 2 is marked with an arrow. After a ball throw the control
switches to the receiving athlete and the player has to
catch it. Punts and kickoffs are automated.
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5.9 NFL Quarterback Club

Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

NFL Quarterback Club is an American football game

for multiple platforms that features quarterbacks from
the NFL. The Game Boy version simulate the NFL
Quarterback Challenge and feature 13 quarterbacks,
including Troy Aikman, Warren Moon, Jim Kelly and
John Elway. Players select one of them and compete
Rarity US: 3
in four different events representing different quarter-
back skills: Speed and Mobility, Accuracy, Distance
and Read and Recognition.
 NFL Quarterback Club 96 235

NFL Quarterback Club II 6.7

Developer Condor
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) March 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

This version of NFL Quarterback Club 95 is a take of

Acclaims other 16-bit versions, with the same amount
of teams, 28 in all, and has pre-season, playoffs and
a season mode as well, but is missing the simulation
mode, QB challenge and the Build you own QB
mode that the console versions feature. It also has only
20 different running and passing plays per team.

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NFL Quarterback Club 96 6.8

Developer Condor
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) October 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

The handheld version of NFL Quarterback Club 96

differs from its console versions not only in terms of
graphics, but also gameplay. While this version does
still feature a full NFL license and a full season mode,
the number of plays that can be called have been re-
duced compared to its console cousins and there are
Rarity US: 2
only seven players per team on the field as well as the
absence of Practice mode.
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NHL Hockey 95 6.6

Developer Malibu Games
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) June 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

NHL 95, also known as NHL Hockey 95, was EA

Sports third licensed ice hockey game, promising the
fastest action in the series to date.
When GamePro reviewed the GameBoy version they
said that the impressive graphics and selection of
modes are outweighed by the frustration generated by
the limited two-button control.
236 Nichibutsu Mahjong: Yoshimoto Gekijou

3.3 NHL 96
Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) July 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Sports

NHL 96 is a hockey game and part of EA Sports an-

nual series licensed by the National Hockey League.
This iteration of EAs NHL franchise had fighting re-
turn to the gameplay in addition to adding double mi-
nor penalties. It features all the rosters and teams from
the 1995-96 season.
The cover features Detroit Red Wings captain Steve
Yzerman and New Jersey Devils captain Scott Stevens
battling for a puck.

8.0 Nichibutsu Mahjong:

Yoshimoto Gekijou
Developer n/a
Publisher Nichibutsu
Release date (jp) November 18, 1994
Genre Board game

Nichibutsu Mahjong: Yoshimoto Gekijou is part of the

Nichibutsu Mahjong game series.

7.3 Nigel Mansells

World Championship Racing
Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher GameTek, (eu) Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1992
Genre Racing

The game was pitched somewhere in between a full-

blown simulation like F1 GP and action games like
Continental Circus. Only 12 cars were in each race,
which could last from between 3 and 20 laps.
Before each race players can customize wing down-
force, gear ratio, tyre selection and fuel load choices
pitstops are a standard feature of the longer races.
 Nikkan Berutomo Club 237

Nihonshi Target 201 7.2

Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) December 13, 1996
Genre Edutainment

Nihonshi Target 201 is a edutainment game, developed

by C-Lab and published by Imagineer, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1996.

Nikkan Berutomo Club 7.5

Developer n/a
Publisher IMax
Release date (jp) June 26, 1998
Genre Simulation

Nikkan Berutomo Club is a simulation game, pub-

lished by IMax, which was released in Japan in 1998.
The game is one of a handful that has a real-time clock.
It use the MBC3 mapper and a crystal oscillator to keep
an accurate clock even with the game boy off.

Ninja Boy 5.7

Developer Culture Brain
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (us) November 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action

Ninja Boy, known in Japan as Super Chinese Land, is

the first game in the handheld series of Culture Brains
Super Chinese series. The games hero is Jack, a ninja
who wants to save a princess.
Ninja Boy uses the gameplay formula of Kung Fu He-
roes. The player must fight through a number of en- Rarity US: 4
emies to unlock a door, which allows the player to ad-
vance to the next stage.
238 Ninja Gaiden Shadow

7.3 Ninja Boy 2

Developer Culture Brain
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (us) April 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action role-playing

Ninja Boy II is the second game for the Game Boy in

the Super Chinese series. Unlike the first Ninja Boy,
Ninja Boy II features role-playing video game ele-
ments, similar to Super Chinese 2.
In the previous game, the world has been saved and an
Rarity US: 6 intergalactic conference has been called. Alien invad-
ers came in and kidnapped all the dignitaries. Ninja
warriors Jack and Ryu must help the people of Future-
land defeat the alien overlords.

8.0 Ninja Gaiden Shadow

Developer Natsume
Publisher Tecmo
Release date (us) December 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Ninja Gaiden Shadow, a spinoff of the Ninja Gaiden

series, is set three years before the events of the first
Ninja Gaiden, the player controls Ryu Hayabusa, who
must save New York City from the forces of Garuda.
The game features simplified play mechanics com-
pared to those used in the NES trilogy. In contrast to
the variety of ninja arts and power-ups available in the
NES games, Ryu only has a basic sword attack and a
Fire Wheel attack.

7.7 Ninja Taro

Developer NMK
Publisher American Sammy, (jp) UPL
Release date (us) September 1992
Genre Action-adventure

Ninja Taro it is part of the Ninja Jajamaru-kun series.

Players explore the world map, do quests for the people
who live in the towns, find treasure chests in order to
become stronger instead of earning experience points
and hunt inside caves to destroy major enemies. There
is no puzzle solving or currency used in the game;
Rarity US: 7 making it more straightforward than the games in The
Legend of Zelda series. Most weapons are obtained by
killing enemies.
 Ninku Dai-2-Tama: Ninku Sensouhen 239

Ninku 8.4
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) July 14, 1995
Genre Action

Ninku is an action game based on the Japanese manga

series written and illustrated by Kji Kiriyama. The
game was developed by TOSE and published by Tomy
Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Ninku Dai-2-Tama: 7.7

Ninku Sensouhen
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) November 24, 1995
Genre Action

Ninku Dai-2-Tama: Ninku Sensouhen is another ac-

tion game based on the Ninku mange. The game was
developed by TOSE and published by Tomy Corpora-
tion, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Nintama Rantar GB 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) December 27, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Nintama Rantarou GB is a role-playing game, pub-

lished by Culture Brain, which was released in Japan
in 1995.
240 Nintendo World Cup

7.6 Nintama Rantar GB:

Eawase Challenge Puzzle
Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) June 19, 1998
Genre Puzzle

Nintama Rantarou GB: Eawase Challenge Puzzle is a

puzzle game in the Nintama Rantar series. The game
was published by Culture Brain and released in Japan
in 1998.

7.6 Nintendo World Cup

Developer Techns Japan
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Techns Japan
Release date (us) June 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Sports

Nintendo World Cup is a port of the NES game released

in North America and Europe under the same name.
The game was released as Nekketsu High School Soc-
cer Club: World Cup in Japan.
In the game players always steer only one character,
which they choose before the match starts. They can
then give simple orders to their team-mates, like pass,
tackle and shoot.

9.0 Nippon Daihyou Team:

Eikou no Eleven
Developer Jupiter
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) May 22, 1998
Genre Sports

Nippon Daihy Team: Eik no Eleven is a soccer sport

simulation with main focus on Japanese National team
and their participation in World Cup 1998 which was
in France. It features the real names of all 32 players
representing the Japanese National team. This game
can be considered as a re-release of J League: Big
Wave Soccer (released almost three years earlier).

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 Nontan no Issho: Kuru Kuru Puzzle 241

Nobunagas Ambition 6.6

Developer Koei
Publisher Koei
Release date (us) March 1991
Genre Strategy

Nobunagas Ambition, loosely based on Nobunaga

no Yab and Nobunagas Ambition II, is a turn-based
strategy game which can be played in different modes.
Gameplay is similar to Koeis better known Romance
of the Three Kingdoms game.
The game takes place during the Japanese Warring
States period. As the title suggests, the player is tasked Rarity US: 4
with achieving Oda Nobunagas ultimate goal: the
conquest and unification of Japan.

Nontan no Issho: 8.6

Kuru Kuru Puzzle
Developer Access
Publisher Victor Interactive Software
Release date (jp) April 28, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Nontan to Issho: KuruKuru Puzzle was released exclu-

sively in Japan and is based on the Nontan books for
younger children that follows the eponymous mischie-
vous kitten and his animal friends on their adventures.
The game is a twist on the standard block-stacking
puzzle game.

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Noobow 7.2
Developer n/a
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) December 11, 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Noobow is a Game Boy game based on a license of

the eponymous Noobow, a mascot for a line of cute
merchandise. In the game, various items are littered
around the world, and its the players job to waddle
Noobow over and use the item, either for obvious
means, like creating a platform, or more trickier ones,
all in the interests of completing a rather adorable goal
at the end of a stage.

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242 Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta 1996

5.3 Oddworld Adventures

Developer Saffire
Publisher GT Interactive Software
Release date (us) December 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Action-adventure

Oddworld Adventures is a port of the PlayStation

game, Oddworld: Abes Oddysee. The game is a sig-
nificantly cut-down version of Abes Oddysee, with
only a few similar levels and a condensed plot (Abe
starts out as a native Mudokon, so the opening levels in
RuptureFarms are absent from this version).
Rarity US: 3
The game is essentially a side-scrolling, puzzle-solving
game. Players need to get to get all the temple lights lit
then get through the temple to save the paramites.

7.9 Olympic Summer Games:

Atlanta 1996
Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) June 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Sports

The Olympic Summer Games was released on the

Genesis, SNES and Gameboy in 1996 to tie in with
the centennial Olympic Games being held in Atlanta,
USA.
The gameplay of Olympic Summer Games is mostly
all button mashing in style, with the exception of the
Skeet and Archery events.

4.5 Oni II: Innin Densetsu

Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) February 28, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Oni II: Innin Densetsu is part of a series of games set in

Feudal Japan, mostly RPGs. In this role-playing game,
Takanomaru is asked to get rid of an evil demon that
has struck Kyoto castle.
The game was developed by Pandora Box and pub-
lished by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in
1992.
 Oni IV: Kishin no Ketsuzoku 243

Oni III: Kuro no Hakaishin 7.2

Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) February 26, 1993
Genre Role-playing

In the third Oni game on the GameBoy, the hero, Toki-

wa Maru, open a storehouse out of curiosity and awake
the God of Destruction which has been sealed away.
The game was developed by Pandora Box and pub-
lished by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in
1993.

Oni IV: Kishin no Ketsuzoku 7.9

Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) March 11, 1994
Genre Role-playing

The hero of Oni IV: Kishin no Ketsuzoku is a boy who

lives in the village of Sound Onimaru. One day he
notice a strange voice and his quest begins.
The game was developed by Pandora Box and pub-
lished by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in
1994.

Oni V: Innin no Tsugumono 8.6

Developer Pandora Box
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) March 24, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Oni V: Innin no Tsugumono is the final Game Boy re-

lease in the Oni series.
The game was developed by Pandora Box and pub-
lished by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in
1995.
244 Operation C

8.4 Onigashima Pachinko-Ten

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) February 8, 1991
Genre Gambling

Onigashima Pachinko-Ten is a gambling game, devel-

oped by Marionette and published by Coconuts Japan,
which was released in Japan in 1991.

7.7 Operation C
Developer Konami
Publisher Ultra Games, (eu) Palcom Software, (jp) Konami
Release date (us) February 1991
(eu) May 21, 1991
Genre Run and gun

Operation C is the first portable installment in the Con-

tra series and features gameplay and graphics similar
to the NES versions of Contra and Super C.
The game has a total of five stages, many of which
share design similarities to Super C (the NES version
Rarity US: 4 of Super Contra). The three odd-numbered stages (1, 3,
and 5) are played from a side-view perspective, while
the two even-numbered ones (2 and 4) are top-view.
 Othello World 245

Othello 6.1
Developer n/a
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Kawada
Release date (eu) 1990
Genre Board game

Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player

tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his
color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc
on the board by selecting a location where the oppo-
nents discs will become trapped between two of his
discs. The trapped discs are flipped over to the players
color. The game ends when the board is filled or time
runs out, and the player with the greatest number of his
color discs on the board wins.
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Othello World 8.5

Developer Dice
Publisher Tsukuda Original
Release date (jp) September 30, 1994
Genre Board game

Othello World, also released for Super FamiCom, is

an Othello/Reversi board game simulation from Dice
Creative and Tsukuda Original. The game has a fairy-
tale literature theme to it as characters as diverse as
Lewis Carrolls Cheshire Cat and The White Rabbit,
as well as traditional characters like Little Red Riding
Hood and the seven Dwarves, challenge the player to
Othello duels before they are allowed to proceed on-
wards.
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Otogi Banashi Taisen 9.2

Developer Sun L
Publisher Yojigen
Release date (jp) August 4, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Otogi Banashi Taisen is a role-playing game, devel-

oped by Sun L and published by Yojigen, which was
released in Japan in 1995.
The game has Super GameBoy features.
246 Out of Gas

7.0 Ottos Ottifanten:

Baby Brunoss Nightmare
Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Action

Ottos Ottifanten: Baby Brunos Alptraum is an action

game with puzzle elements based on the Ottifants fran-
chise. As the title suggests, the game is set in one of
Baby Brunos nightmares. An evil magician kidnaps
Brunos beloved teddy bear Honk and now Bruno has
to cross 128 levels in order to get Honk back. To beat
those isometric levels, Bruno needs to meet conditions
like solving puzzles or collecting items.
mobygames.com

6.5 Out of Gas

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher FCI
Release date (us) August 1992
Genre Action

In this video game, the players spaceship is out of gas.

Eric and his unnamed girlfriend need to stop on certain
tiles in order to refuel so they can return home from
their date in outer space. This gas allows the celestial
cruise to regain full power. However, these gas tanks
must be collected in the proper numerical order or they
Rarity US: 7 cannot be used, similar to the gameplay found on the
NES version of Fun House.

7.3 Oyatsu Quiz Mogumogu Q

Developer n/a
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) September 26, 1997
Genre Game show

Oyatsu Quiz Mogumogu Q is a trivia/game show

game, published by Starfish, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1997.
 Pac-In-Time 247

Pac-Attack 7.4
Developer Now Production
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) December 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Puzzle

Pac-Attack is a puzzle game in the vein of Columns

and Dr. Mario. It was adapted from Cosmo Gang the
Puzzle, an arcade game released in the previous year.
The original releases on the SNES, Genesis/Mega
Drive, Game Gear, and Game Boy all share a simi-
lar interface and graphics (although these vary slightly
due to different consoles technical limitations) and
they all have the same soundtrack (except for puzzle
mode on SNES version).

Pac-In-Time 6.0
Developer Kalisto Entertainment
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) February 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Platformer

Pac-In-Time is an offshoot from the normal variety of

Pac-Man games, in that it does not confine Pac-Man
to a maze-like board. Rather, the player controls Pac-
Man through various side-scrolling levels, obtaining
many different items along the way; the plot does take
elements from the earlier Pac-Man games, such as the
objective to collect a certain number of pellets before
exiting a level.

Pac-Man 6.7
Developer Namco
Publisher Namco
Release date (us) April 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Maze

Pac-Man is a port of the immensely popular 1980 ar-

cade game. The player controls Pac-Man through a
maze, eating pac-dots. When all pac-dots are eaten,
Pac-Man is taken to the next stage. Four enemies
(Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying
to catch Pac-Man. If an enemy touches Pac-Man, he
loses a life. Near the corners of the maze are four larg-
er, flashing dots known as power pellets that provide
Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the enemies.
248 Pachi-Slot Kids

8.8 Pachi-Slot Hisshou

Guide GB
Developer n/a
Publisher Magifact
Release date (jp) January 27, 1995
Genre Gambling

Pachi-Slot Hisshou Guide GB is a pachinko game,

published by Magifact, which was released in Japan
in 1995.
Pachinko is a type of mechanical game originating in
Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade
game and much more frequently as a gambling device,
filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that
of the slot machine in Western gaming.

7.4 Pachi-Slot Kids

Developer n/a
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) June 18, 1993
Genre Gambling

Pachi-Slot Kids is a pachinko game, published by Co-

conuts Japan, which was released in Japan in 1993.

7.6 Pachi-Slot Kids 2

Developer Aisystem Tokyo
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) June 10, 1994
Genre Gambling

Pachi-Slot Kids 2 is a pachinko game, developed by

Aisystem Tokyo and published by Coconuts Japan,
which was released in Japan in 1994.
 Pachi-Slot World Cup 94 249

Pachi-Slot Kids 3 7.7

Developer Aisystem Tokyo
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) March 24, 1995
Genre Gambling

Pachi-Slot Kids 3 is a pachinko game, developed by

Aisystem Tokyo and published by Coconuts Japan,
which was released in Japan in 1995.

Pachi-Slot World Cup 94 7.4

Developer n/a
Publisher IMax
Release date (jp) July 29, 1994
Genre Gambling

Pachi-Slot World Cup 94 is a pachinko game, pub-

lished by IMax, which was released in Japan in 1994.

Pachinko CR Daiku 7.8

no Gen-San GB
Developer n/a
Publisher Telenet Japan
Release date (jp) March 13, 1998
Genre Gambling

Pachinko CR Daiku no Gen-San GB is a pachinko

game based on the Hammerin` Harry series. The
character, Gen, gained quite a bit of popularity as a
pachinko mascot for Sanyo Bussan Co. There are sev-
eral different releases, including several on home plat-
forms, including Pachinko CR Daiku no Gen-San GB
for the Game Boy, Sanyo Pachinko Paradise 4 for the
PlayStation, and Sanyo Pachinko Paradise 7 and 10 for
the PlayStation 2.
250 Pachinko Kaguya Hime

6.1 Pachinko Data Card:

Chou Ataru-kun
Developer n/a
Publisher Boss Communications
Release date (jp) January 28, 1999
Genre non-game

Pachinko Data Card: Chou Ataru-kun can apparently

calculate the the results of a pachinko machine and is
supposed to be used in cooperation with the pachinko
machine.
The game was published by Boss Communications
and released in Japan in 1999.

7.5 Pachinko Kaguya Hime

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) October 9, 1992
Genre Gambling

Pachinko Kaguya Hime is a pachinko game, devel-

oped by Marionette and published by Coconuts Japan,
which was released in Japan in 1992.

8.6 Pachinko
Monogatari Gaiden
Developer Atelier Double
Publisher KSS
Release date (jp) June 23, 1995
Genre Gambling

Pachinko Monogatari Gaiden is a pachinko game,

developed by Atelier Double and published by KSS,
which was released in Japan in 1995.
 Pachinko Time 251

Pachinko Seiyuuki 7.7

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) December 13, 1991
Genre Gambling

Pachinko Seiyuuki is a pachinko game, developed by

Marionette and published by Coconuts Japan, which
was released in Japan in 1991.

Pachinko Time 5.1

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) December 8, 1989
Genre Gambling

Pachinko Time is the first of many, many Game Boy

pachinko titles. And it, in turn, appears to be a spiritual
follow-up to Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun, a Fami-
Com game previously published by Coconuts Japan.
Pachinko Time offer up more than 100 different imagi-
nary pachinko machines. The rules are simple: Play-
ers have two numbers to work with. One is their finite
number of balls, and the second is the score they have
to whittle down by hitting targets.
gameboyworld.com

Pachiokun 6.9
Developer Soft Machine
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) November 19, 1993
Genre Gambling

Pachiokun is the first in the Pachiokun Game Boy se-

ries, starring Pachio-kun, the star of many games cre-
ated by Coconuts Japan.
The game was developed by Soft Machine and pub-
lished by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan
in 1993.
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8.0 Pachiokun 2
Developer Aisystem Tokyo
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) November 25, 1994
Genre Gambling

The second Pachio-kun game on the Game Boy, about

a sentient pachinko ball that loves playing pachinko.
The game was developed by Aisystem Tokyo and pub-
lished by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan
in 1994.

7.3 Pachiokun 3
Developer Aisystem Tokyo
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) April 28, 1995
Genre Gambling

The final entry in the Game Boy Pachiokun subseries.

The game was developed by Aisystem Tokyo and pub-
lished by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan
in 1995.

9.0 Pachiokun Game Gallery

Developer n/a
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) November 29, 1996
Genre Compilation

Pachiokun Game Gallery collects all previous Pa-

chiokun games for Game Boy into one cartridge.
Included on this cartridge: GB Pachiokun, GB Pa-
chiokun 2, GB Pachiokun 3, and Pachiokun Puzzle
Castle.
 The Pagemaster 253

Pachiokun Puzzle Castle 8.5

Developer Marionette
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) April 22, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Pachiokun Puzzle Castle is a puzzle game set in the

Pachio-kun series. The game was developed by Mari-
onette and published by Coconuts Japan, which was
released in Japan in 1994.

The Pagemaster 5.6

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Fox Interactive, (eu) Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

The Pagemaster was released in conjunction with the

1994 film of the same name. The player guide the char-
acter through a selection of literature genre-themed
levels, ranging from horror to adventure and fantasy
worlds. Players can use magic or stomp enemies to
death by jumping on their heads.
GamePro praised the diverse gameplay, detailed graph-
ics, and atmospheric music, but remarked that the poor
control ruins the entire experience.

Painter Momopie 7.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Sigma Enterprises
Release date (jp) December 7, 1990
Genre Action

In Painter Momopie the player has the important task

to wipe all the castle floors. The castle is divided into
several rooms which have to be finished within a time
limit one after another. Those rooms have varying lay-
outs with more open spaces, tight gangways or dead
ends - but every field is dirty. Cleaning is the simple
matter of walking over a tile and if everything is clean,
the level is done. However, there are also ghosts walk-
ing around the rooms which kill the player at touch.
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254 Panel Action Bingo

6.1 Palamedes
Developer Natsu System
Publisher Takara, (jp) Hot B
Release date (eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle

Palamedes is a puzzle game requiring players to match

the dice they are holding to the dice at the top of the
screen. Using the B button, players can change the
number on their dice, then throw the dice using the
A button when it matches the dice at the top of the
screen, which wipes the target dice off the screen.
There are three modes of play: The standard single
player mode, a tournament mode in which players
duel a number of CPU-controlled opponents, and a
two player mode.

7.3 Panel Action Bingo

Developer Locus
Publisher FCI
Release date (us) November 1993
Genre Strategy

The players goal is to compete with a cat to navigate

and claim squares on a Bingo card, with either num-
bers or letters pseudorandomly arranged in 1 to 25 or
A to Z. This directly contradicts the number order of
real Bingo where the numbers range from 1 to 75. Also
contrary to standard Bingo, the card is shared by both
the cat and bird, and the squares are claimed by moving
to the next square of numerical/alphabetical order and
pressing the A button. The game is more about plan-
ning and strategy than flat out luck of ordinary Bingo.

8.7 Panel no Ninja Kesamaru

Developer SAS Sakata
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) May 2, 1992
Genre Puzzle

Panel no Ninja Kesamaru is a puzzle game, developed

by SAS Sakata and published by Epoch, which was
released in Japan in 1992.
 Paperboy 2 255

Paperboy 6.1
Developer Tengen
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action

Paperboy is a port of the 1985 arcade game by Atari.

The object of the game is to deliver papers to the cus-
tomers while inflicting as much damage as possible to
the houses of the non-customers. To make things more
difficult, numerous obstacles get in the way including
construction workers, rogue tires, skateboarders, dogs
Rarity US: 3
and cats, cars, and even the occasional tornado.

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Paperboy 2 5.7
Developer Tengen
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) April 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

While Paperboy debuted in arcades and was subse-

quently ported to home systems, this game was only
released for consumer systems. The game is much like
the original: the player controls a paperboy (or paper-
girl) who must navigate a bizarre series of obstacles,
or strange houses like a haunted house, while trying to
Rarity US: 3
deliver the morning paper to various customers on a
street (though unlike its predecessor, papers had to be
delivered to houses on both sides of the street).

Parasol Henbee 7.4

Developer SAS Sakata
Publisher Epoch
Release date (jp) November 16, 1990
Genre Action

Parasol Henbee is an action game based on the a Japa-

nese anime series of the same name. The game was
developed by SAS Sakata and published by Epoch,
which was released in Japan in 1990.
256 Parodius

6.4 Parasol Stars:

Rainbow Islands II
Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

Parasol Stars is a sequel to Rainbow Islands and tech-

nically the third game in the Bubble Bobble series. Un-
like many other games in the series, Parasol Stars was
never released to arcades - it was first released on the
TurboGrafx-16, and has been ported to a number of
other home systems.
The game is more of a take on Bubble Bobble than it is
on Rainbow Islands.

8.2 Parodius
Developer Konami
Publisher Palcom Software, (jp) Konami
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

Parodius is a shootem up and is the second title in

the Parodius series produced by Konami. The Game
Boy port shows the ages of the playable characters,
and only has 8 stages, which include stages 16, and
10 from the arcade game. Stage 3 was moved to Stage
4. The Game Boy version of stage 3 also has a hidden
stage.
The game was re-released in color as part of the Kon-
ami GB Collection Vol. 2.

7.0 Patlabor: The Mobile Police

Developer n/a
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) August 25, 1990
Genre Adventure

Patlabor: The Mobile Police is an adventure game

based on the anime and manga franchise, known in
North America as Mobile Police Patlabor. The game
was published by Yutaka, which was released in Japan
in 1990.
 Peke to Poko no Daruman Busters 257

Peetan 8.1
Developer Inter State
Publisher Kaneko
Release date (jp) December 27, 1991
Genre Puzzle

The games protagonist finds herself laying as many

eggs as she can, in hope to propel her hatch-lings back
to safety from a hungry wolf. By carefully laying the
eggs above from the see-saws, they slowly work their
way down the level and depending where they land,
changing the angle of the see-saws or launching the
chicks higher. If the wolf manages to get hold of a
chick, a quick lay of the egg on his head will release it,
otherwise its swallowed up.
Cauterize@retrocollect.com

Peke to Poko no 7.6

Daruman Busters
Developer Birthday
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) August 3, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Peke to Poko no Daruman Busters is a puzzle game,

developed by Birthday and published by Banpresto,
which was released in Japan in 1991.

Penguin Land 5.4

Developer Atelier Double
Publisher Pony Canyon
Release date (jp) March 21, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Penguin Land, originally released in 1985 for the

SG-1000 and MSX, is part of the Doki Doki Penguin
Land series of puzzle platform games. All games in
the series feature a very similar formula whereby play-
ers guide an egg to the bottom of a level by moving
or destroying blocks. The egg cannot fall more than a
certain distance, nor can it come into contact with an
enemy or it will break and the player will lose a life.
258 Penta Dragon

6.5 Penguin Wars

Developer ASCII Corporation
Publisher Nexoft, (eu) Nintendo, (jp) ASCII Corporation
Release date (us) July 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action

Penguin Wars is a port of an 1985 arcade game by

UPL. The player controls one of five animals and plays
games against all the other animals. The participating
animals find each other on opposite sides of a square
table with five balls on each side. The object of the
game is to roll those balls over the table. As soon as
all ten balls are on one players side, that player loses
the game.

5.7 Penta Dragon

Developer Japan Art Media
Publisher Yanoman
Release date (jp) July 31, 1992
Genre Shooter

Penta Dragon is an action shooter that plays similar to

the Pocky & Rocky games in which players control a
character on foot. Unlike other shooters Penta Dragon
does not scroll on its own and is guided by the player.
There are a total of 7 stages with a final boss fight at
the end. Stages are laid out in a maze like manner with
players being able to explore.

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7.9 PGA European Tour

Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) April 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

European Tour is best thought of as a remake of the

original game, rather than a sequel as such.
GamePro gave it a rave review, saying that it deliv-
ers almost everything that made its 16-bit relative the
best. They applauded the selection of courses, effec-
Rarity US: 3 tive controls, strong realism, and the graphics, going
so far as to state that when played on the Super Game
Boy the game looks almost as good as the Genesis
version.
 Picross 2 259

PGA Tour 96 7.5

Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) November 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Sports

PGA Tour 96 for the Game Boy is the second and last
entry in the EA Sports golf series on Nintendos hand-
held, following on from PGA European Tour. Com-
pared to other versions, it offers a different selection of
playing modes, licensed golfers and courses, and also
has its own style of graphical presentation.
The game includes five licensed courses: Avenel,
Woodlands, Scottsdale, Summerlin and Sawgrass.
mobygames.com

Picross 2 7.8
Developer Jupiter
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) October 19, 1996
Genre Puzzle

Picross 2 for the Game Boy is a Japan-exclusive col-

lection of nonogram logic puzzles. Unlike Marios
Picross, Picross 2 contains a world map. Also, the
pictures are larger, consisting of four 15x15 picross
boards. Also exclusive to Japan, Nintendo released
eight volumes of Nintendo Power branded Picross
games known as Picross NP that were only available
via the Nintendo Power service.

Pierre le Chef is... 5.2

Out to Lunch
Developer Mindscape
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Out to Lunch is a side-scrolling platformer that re-

volves around a French chef who has to try to collect
ingredients for his dishes by going to different coun-
tries to catch them as they have escaped.
The objective is to capture a set number of ingredients
before time runs out. Ingredients must be caught in a
net and emptied into the levels cage.
260 Pinball Dreams

9.0 Pinball Deluxe

Developer Spidersoft
Publisher GameTek
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Compilation

Pinball Deluxe is a compilation of the following

games: Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies.
The game was developed by Spidersoft and published
by GameTek, which was released in Europe in 1995.

6.4 Pinball Dreams

Developer Spidersoft
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Pinball

Pinball Dreams is a pinball simulation game originally

released for the Amiga in 1992. The games four tables
(three in this version) each had a theme, as do most
real life pinball & Panchinko machines.
Boards include; Ignition, themed around space ex-
ploration. Steel Wheel, themed around steam trains
and the Old West. And Nightmare, themed around a
graveyard, ghosts, demons, nightmares and generally
evil things.

7.0 Pinball Fantasies

Developer Spidersoft
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) February 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Pinball

After the success of Pinball Dreams on several sys-

tems, a sequel featuring four new tables was created.
The gameplay is much the same as the first game, with
realistic physics, multi-player options and a high score
table to aim for.
Rarity US: 4 The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly
gave the Game Boy version a 4 out of 10, citing a lack
of excitement in any of the tables, overly simplistic
graphics, and annoying sound effects.
 Pinball: Revenge of the Gator 261

Pinball Mania
Developer Spidersoft
Publisher GameTek
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Pinball

Pinball Mania is a port of the DOS/Amiga original. All

four tables are present and clearly based on the original
ones, but with lower graphical and audio presentation.
However, there are also major and minor differences in
the table design, most notably almost the whole center
part of the Jailbreak table was removed. Other exam-
ples are one missing center paddle on the Kick-Off and
Jackpot tables.

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Pinball: 7.6
Revenge of the Gator
Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher HAL Laboratory
Release date (us) March 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Pinball

The theme of Revenge of the Gator is to score as many

points as possible without having the players pinball
eaten by the gator.
The player launches the ball from the Shooter Lane
and with the flippers that he uses to hit the ball around
screen hitting targets and rolling through lanes to score
points.

Pingu: Sekai de 8.0

Ichiban Genki na Penguin
Developer Tom Create
Publisher B-AI
Release date (jp) December 10, 1993
Genre Action

Pingu: Sekai de Ichiban Genki na Penguin is an action

game based on the British-Swiss stop-motion clay ani-
mated childrens television series.
The game was developed by Tom Create and published
by B.I., which was released in Japan in 1993.
262 Pipe Dream

5.4 Pinocchio
Developer NMS Software
Publisher Black Pearl Software, (eu) Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) October 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Puzzle, Adventure

Disneys Pinocchio is a platform puzzle adventure

game based on Walt Disneys animated feature film
Pinocchio. The game uses intertitles between levels to
convey the story, in the form of a childrens storybook.
Pinocchio travels from home and must choose to go
to School or Easy Street. He then travels from Strom-
Rarity US: 3
bolis marionette show to Pleasure Island and then into
the sea, where he saves Geppetto from inside Monstro
and they escape.

7.6 Pipe Dream

Developer Bullet-Proof Software
Publisher Bullet-Proof Software
Release date (us) September 1990
Genre Puzzle

Pipe Mania is a puzzle game developed in 1989 by The

Assembly Line for the Amiga. It was ported to several
other platforms and got the name Pipe Dream. In the
game, players must connect randomly appearing piec-
es of pipe on a grid to a given length within a limited
time. The pieces are offered in random order, and there
Rarity US: 4 are seven different types - straight lines going horizon-
tally or vertically, corners rotating in each of the four
directions, and cross-over pieces which carry the flooz
straight across horizontally and vertically.

2.0 Pit-Fighter
Developer Tengen
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) June 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Fighting

Pit-Fighter was originally released as a 1990 arcade

game by Atari, notable for its early use of digitized
live actors.
Players select one of three fighters (Buzz, Ty or Kato)
to take on anyone who dares. At the conclusion of a
Rarity US: 4 match, players are individually awarded a Knockout
Bonus, Brutality Bonus, and a Fight Purse.
 Pocahontas 263

Play Action Football 5.0

Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1990
Genre Sports

Play Action Football was released exclusively in

America. The game is based off of NES Play Action
Football. The game is an American football game, and
is seen through a vertical perspective. The goal of the
game is to get a higher score then the opponent. Scores
are accumulated by thinking strategically and getting
the ball to the field goal at the other side of the field.
The opposing team will do all they can to stop players
from following through with their goal.
nintendo.wikia.com

Pocahontas 5.0
Developer Black Pearl Software
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) April 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

In this incarnation of the Disney cartoon; Pocahontas,

along with a tag team partner in her raccoon friend,
Meeko, she goes about her homeland, helping her ani-
mal friends. As so is done, she will acquire animal spir-
its which will help her become stronger and bless her
with new abilities. But soon enough she meets John
Smith, and as an inevitable consequence has to prevent
a war between his and Johns people.
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Pocket Bass Fishing 9.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Bottom Up
Release date (jp) April 24, 1998
Genre Sports

Pocket Bass Fishing is a fishing game, published by

Bottom Up, which was released in Japan in 1998.
264 Pocket Bomberman

8.0 Pocket Battle

Developer n/a
Publisher Sigma Enterprises
Release date (jp) April 28, 1992
Genre Strategy

Pocket Battle is a strategy game, published by Sigma

Ent. Inc., which was released in Japan in 1992.

7.3 Pocket Bomberman

Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Platformer

Unlike most Bomberman titles, Pocket Bomberman

features sidescrolling platformer gameplay that re-
volves around using bombs to box in enemies and blow
them to bits. Once all enemies are defeated, Bomber-
man has to go to the door at the end of the stage to
complete the level. There is a total of 5 worlds and 25
levels. These worlds include a jungle world, an ocean
world, a wind world, a cloud world, and a world with
the name of Evil.

7.5 Pocket Densha

Developer n/a
Publisher Coconuts Japan
Release date (jp) October 30, 1998
Genre Simulation

Pocket Densha is a part of the Densha de Go! series

of arcade train simulation games. The game was pub-
lished by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan
in 1998.
 Pocket Golf 265

Pocket Family GB 8.6

Developer Outback
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) August 9, 1998
Genre Strategy

Pocket Family GB is a strategy game, developed by

Outback and published by Hudson, which was released
in Japan in 1998.

Pocket Golf 6.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Bottom Up
Release date (jp) September 25, 1998
Genre Sports

Pocket Golf is a golf game which uses only top-down

perspective for both long distance strikes and puttings.
The game supports single-player mode which lets
players test their skills against an AI player in a 1-on-1
match or a tournament, and two-player mode via link
cable which lets them compete in match play or stroke
play mode. While the golf course terrain is taking ma-
jority of the screen, the right side shows the character
and power meter players use to strike the ball, as well
as overview of the current hole, or wind direction.

Pocket Kanjirou 5.5

Developer Jupiter
Publisher Shingakusha
Release date (jp) January 10, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Pocket Kanjirou let Japanese players learn Chinese

for use in elementary school. Players can also connect
with another player to battle on who knows most Chi-
nese.
The game was developed by Jupiter Corporation and
published by Shingakusha, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1998.
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6.0 Pocket Kyorochan

Developer Jupiter
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) February 27, 1998
Genre Action-adventure

Pocket Kyorochan, developed by Jupiter Multimedia

and published by Tomy Corporation, is based on the
a Japanese cartoon bird/parrot that serves as a mascot
for a brand of Morinaga chocolate known as Choco-
Ball. In the game, players explore the town, play mini-
games, and have their own personal Kyorochan to di-
rect via a cursor and suggestions. Thats about it...

CGR Undertow

9.0 Pocket Love

Developer KID
Publisher KID
Release date (jp) July 18, 1997
Genre Simulation

Pocket Love is a bishoujo game for the Game Boy.

Starting the second year of high school, the players are
the protagonist. Their new life starts from the first day
of school (April 14th) and ends when they confess their
love to one of the heroines on Christmas (December
25th). At the beginning of each week, players select
two activities to work on and try your best at for
each day of the week. The activity selected will raise
the appropriate stat (studying raises knowledge, per-
sonal grooming raises looks).

8.6 Pocket Love 2

Developer KID
Publisher KID
Release date (jp) March 13, 1998
Genre Simulation

Pocket Love 2 is another entry in the simulation game

series. The game was developed and published by Kid,
which was released in Japan in 1998.
The special edition of both Pocket Love and Pocket
Love 2 came in a bigger box with a music CD.
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Pocket Mahjong 8.2

Developer n/a
Publisher Bottom Up
Release date (jp) July 25, 1997
Genre Board game

Pocket Mahjong is a mahjong game, published by Bot-

tom Up, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Pocket Monsters Midori 8.1

Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) February 27, 1996
Genre Role-playing

Although it is commonly believed that the first re-

leases in the Pokmon series were Pokmon Red and
Pokmon Blue, the Blue version of the game actually
made its debut under a different title and was known as
Pokmon Green. The games were originally released
in Japan as Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Mon-
sters Green. Due to numerous glitches and bugs in
these original versions of the game they were amended
and re-released as the more commonly known Red and
Blue versions.

Pocket Puyo Puyo Tsu 8.5

Developer Compile
Publisher Compile
Release date (jp) December 13, 1996
Genre Puzzle

The follow-up to Puyo Puyo is, like its predecessor, a

falling block game in which the goal is to combine four
or more blocks (Puyos) of the same type, which then
disappear. The remaining Puyos will then fall down
and can produce combos which can cause special
blocks (Nuisance Puyos, that can only be destroyed by
eliminating adjacent Puyos) to appear on the enemys
field.

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8.3 Pocket Shogi

Developer n/a
Publisher Bottom Up
Release date (jp) September 11, 1998
Genre Board game

Pocket Shogi is a board game, published by Bottom

Up, which was released in Japan in 1998.

7.7 Pocket Stadium

Developer n/a
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) December 14, 1990
Genre Sports

Pocket Stadium is a baseball game, published by Atlus,

which was released in Japan in 1990.

7.5 Pokonyan!
Yume no Daibouken
Developer n/a
Publisher Toho
Release date (jp) August 5, 1994
Genre Action

Pokonyan! Yume no Daibouken, or Pokonyan! Big

Dream Adventure, didnt sell too well because the
game had a small print run, was aimed exclusively at
very young children, and is fairly difficult.
The game is one of the three Japanese exclusive Game
Boy games to have custom soundtracks tailored to the
Super Game Boy when used. It may also be one of the
rarest Game Boy games produced.
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Pokmon Blue Version 8.6

Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) September 28, 1998
(eu) October 5, 1999
Genre Role-playing

Pokmon Red and Blue are the first installments of the

(overseas) Pokmon series. The player controls the
protagonist from an overhead perspective and navi-
gates him throughout the fictional region of Kanto in
a quest to master Pokmon battling. The goal of the
games is to become the champion of the Pokmon
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League. Another objective is to complete the Pokdex,
an in-game encyclopedia, by obtaining the 150 avail-
able Pokmon.

Pokmon Red Version 8.6

Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) September 28, 1998
(eu) October 5, 1999
Genre Role-playing

Red and Blue are mostly identical. The most apparent

difference are the five-six exclusive Pokmon found
only on the different version of each game. Splitting
the game into two versions apparently came from
the game designer, Satoshi Tajiri, long-time friend,
role model, mentor, and fellow Nintendo developer;
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Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto suggested creating
multiple cartridges with different Pokmon in each,
noting it would assist the trading aspect.

Pokmon Yellow Version: 8.6

Special Pikachu Edition
Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 19, 1999
(eu) June 16, 2000
Genre Role-playing

Pokmon Yellow Version is an enhanced version of

Pokmon Red and Blue. Like Pokmon Red and Blue,
Yellow takes place in the region of Kanto, which fea-
tures habitats for 151 Pokmon species. The objectives
remain the same as well, though some differences ex- Rarity US: 1
ist along the way. The most notable is the inclusion of
Pikachu as the only available Pokmon to start with.
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8.5 Ponta to Hinako no

Chindouchuu: Yuutou Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Naxat Soft
Release date (jp) December 20, 1990
Genre Action-platformer

Ponta to Hinako no Chindouchuu is an Action-plat-

former set in Japanese mythology. The game was pub-
lished by Naxat Soft, which was released in Japan in
1990.

7.7 Popn TwinBee

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Shooter

Popn TwinBee is a remake of the classic top-down

shooter TwinBee. The game uses the classic gameplay
mechanics for the genre, with players controlling their
craft as the background scrolls vertically towards the
end of the stage and trying to survive and destroy all
enemies with their laser shots. Twinbee features a se-
lectable power-up system in which players must shoot
the bell power-ups to select which type of upgradethey
want depending on the shade of grey they take.
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6.2 Populous
Developer Enigma Variations
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Strategy

Populous is designed by Peter Molyneux and released

originally for the Amiga in 1989. It is regarded by
many as the first god game.
Played from an isometric perspective, each level being
a piece of land which contains the players followers
and the enemy followers. Player need to defeat the en-
emy followers and increase their followers population
using a series of divine powers before moving on into
the next level.
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Popeye 5.5
Developer Sigma Enterprises
Publisher Sigma Enterprises
Release date (jp) April 20, 1990
Genre Action, Maze

Popeye is a Japan-exclusive Game Boy game based on

the Popeye cartoon characters. The scenario is a maze
and the player controls Popeye who has a time limit to
collect some hearts, find Olive Oyl and save SweePea
which only appears somewhere to be saved after the
hearts were collected and Olive found.
Bluto is a playable character in the multiplayer-mode.

Popeye 2 6.8
Developer Copya Systems
Publisher Activision, (jp) Sigma Enterprises
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Popeye 2 is a side-scrolling platform game in which

the player plays as Popeye. The player can walk in all
directions, punch, duck and jump. Using the punch at-
tack the player can destroy bricks. When destroyed,
some bricks will reveal spinach which can be collect-
ed. The number of collected spinach determines the
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size of Popeyes fist. When Popeye is hit by an enemy
the size of his fist decreases again. Each series of levels
is concluded with a level boss.

Power Mission 7.8

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher NTVIC, (jp) VAP
Release date (us) January 1991
Genre Strategy

Power Mission is a turn-based strategy game set at sea.

Both players choose one of five fleets which consist of
combinations of eight different units. Different kinds
of units have varying attributes like attack strength or
range. At the start of a battle, both opponents place
their units on their own half of the battlefield. Then, in
each turn, they have a certain amount of moves avail- Rarity US: 6
able which can be used to move the units, scout ahead
or attack. The goal is to completely destroy the enemy
fleet.
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8.5 Power Pro GB

Developer KCE Nagoya
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) March 26, 1998
Genre Sports

Power Pro GB is part of the sub-series of the Jikky

Powerful Pro Yaky baseball series. The series, Power
Pro Kun Pocket series, is released only on the Nin-
tendos hand held platform.
Although the series nearly retains everything, includ-
ing the feature of Power Pro series mascot and using
nearly the same game system as the main series, the
sub-series is completely different from its mother se-
ries in other aspects. It uses a more simple system in
baseball than their main series.

6.8 Power Racer

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Tecmo
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) 1991
Genre Action, Maze

Power Racer is a port of Head On, an arcade game

released in 1979 by Sega. The game is considered a
precursor to Namcos Pac-Man.
In the game, cars continuously drive forward through
rectangular channels in a simple maze. At the four car-
dinal directions are gaps where a car can change lanes.
The goal is to collect dots in the maze while avoiding
collisions with the computer-controlled car that is also
collecting dots.

4.6 Prehistorik Man

Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software, (jp) Kemco
Release date (us) January 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

Prehistorik Man is a port of Prehistorik 2, originally

released in 1993 for DOS and Amstrad CPC. As the
hungry Sam the caveman, players travel through vari-
ous levels, defeating enemies, to gain themself enough
to eat. Unlike the other game, the levels and controls
differ in this version, due to the limitations of the Game
Boy. There are ten levels and after every second level,
there is a boss fight. Also, there are only two buttons,
jump and attack.
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Pri Pri: Primitive Princess! 7.9

Developer n/a
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (jp) December 12, 1990
Genre Puzzle, Platformer

This is an action puzzle game where players control

a caveman climbing a tower. The tower is filled with
monsters and traps. Monsters can be defeating by
pounding the hammer on the floor tile above them,
causing it to fall and crush them. The same process
can be used to enter rooms that cannot be accessed any
other way. The hammer can also be used to make floor
tiles appear in order to cross a gap. However, the ham-
mer has a limited number of uses.
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Primal Rage 5.0

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Time Warner
Release date (us) July 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Fighting

Primal Rage, originally released by Atari to arcades

in 1994, takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of
Earth called Urth. Players control large beasts that
battle each other to determine the fate of the planet.
The Game Boy port removed Vertigo and the humans.
Every character has two attacks, four specials, and one
fatality. Chaos Golden Shower fatality has been added
back, but the urine is replaced with vomit. The music
also has been cut down to three tracks.

Prince of Persia 6.9

Developer Brderbund
Publisher Virgin Interactive, (eu) Mindscape, (jp) NCS
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) January 28, 1993
Genre Platformer

Prince of Persia, originally a 1989 Apple II game de-

signed by Jordan Mechner, is a fantasy cinematic plat-
former. Players control an unnamed protagonist who
must venture through a series of dungeons to defeat the
Grand Vizier Jaffar and save an imprisoned princess.
The protagonist must avoid deadly traps, solve some Rarity US: 4
simple jumping and environmental puzzles (such as
stepping on pressure plates to raise portcullis), and en-
gage in sword fights with the guards.
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7.6 Pro Mahjong Kiwame GB

Developer n/a
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) December 23, 1994
Genre Board game

Pro Mahjong Kiwame GB is a mahjong game pub-

lished by Athena Co. and released in Japan in 1994.

5.6 Prophecy: The Viking Child

Developer Imagitec Design
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) July 1992
(eu) October 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Prophecy: The Viking Child closely resembled Segas

Wonder Boy in Monster Land, as certain elements
like collecting hidden gold, upgrading the characters
weapons and visiting shops were practically identical,
despite the difference in release times.
Players fight their way through 16 levels with diverse
scenarios, including medieval castles and mountains.

4.8 The Punisher:

The Ultimate Payback
Developer Beam Software
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) July 1991
Genre Shooter

The Punisher: Ultimate Payback is essentially a light-

gun game, though obviously, players cant actually use
a lightgun on Game Boy. Missions are played from a
first-person view. Players control a targeting reticule to
aim as the background constantly scrolls left-to-right.
The object is to kill the bad guys who either are walking
around or hiding in the environment while also picking
up ammo, grenades and health by shooting them.
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Purikura Pocket: 7.6

Fukanzen Joshikousei Manual
Developer n/a
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) October 17, 1997
Genre Adventure

Purikura Pocket is an adventure game, published by

Atlus, which was released in Japan in 1997.
Atlus released a Japanese Game Boy Pocket model
that was given as a memorial gift to Atlus staff when
the game came out.
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8.8 Purikura Pocket 2:

Kareshi Kaizou Daisakusen
Developer n/a
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) November 29, 1997
Genre Adventure

Purikura Pocket 2 is an adventure game, published by

Atlus, which was released in Japan in 1997.

7.9 Purikura Pocket 3:

Talent Debut Daisakusen
Developer Avit
Publisher Atlus
Release date (jp) December 18, 1998
Genre Adventure

Purikura Pocket 3 is an adventure game, developed by

Avit and published by Atlus, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1998.

6.6 Puyo Puyo

Developer Winkysoft
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) July 31, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Puyo Puyo is a puzzle game first released in 1991

by Compile for the MSX2. Being that puzzle games
are some of the best titles to play on the go, Compile
ported all of the Puyo Puyos to various platforms.
During a match, pairs of puyos fall down from the
top of the screen into each players field. They can
be moved left or right, rotated in either direction and
made to drop faster. The goal is to arrange puyos of the
same color into patterns of at least four, with horizon-
tal or vertical (but no diagonal) connections.
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Puzzle Nintama 7.3

Rantar GB
Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) November 1, 1996
Genre Puzzle

Puzzle Nintama Rantarou GB is a Puzzle game in the

Nintama Rantar series. The game was published by
Culture Brain, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Puzznic 7.8
Developer n/a
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (jp) July 31, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Puzznic is a tile-matching puzzle. The challenge in

each level is to manoeuvre a selection of blocks into
place so as to clear them all, by making them make
contact with blocks of the same design. Players con-
trol a cross-hair, which can move a block left or right,
which can cause it to fall if there is no block under the
space it would occupy.

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Pyramids of Ra 8.0
Developer MICROS
Publisher Matchbox
Release date (us) April 1993
Genre Puzzle

In this game players control an adventuring archaeolo-

gist who they navigate through a maze of tombs. Each
level consists of tiles which must all be broken to pro-
ceed to the next level. In order to break the tiles players
must first land on the tile, then jump off causing it to
crumble. The tricky part of this game is that they need
to first break all the tiles and then return to the start tile Rarity US: 7
before advancing.

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6.0 QBillion
Developer SETA Corporation
Publisher SETA Corporation
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Puzzle

In QBillion players control a mouse that, for reasons

that are left unclear, has to reduce stacks of blocks
to units one block high. This is represented by a grid
in which several squares have numbers, representing
how many blocks are there. Players can move a sin-
gle block around, or push a block down off a stack.
However, to push a block players must be standing on
a block one level lower than the block - i.e. to push a
block off the top of a three-block stack, the player must
be standing on a two-block stack.

7.0 Q*bert for Game Boy

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action, Puzzle

The goal of Q*bert is to change all of the tiles on a

pyramid to the target color. To do this players guide
Q*bert around the pyramid, and every tile he hops on
will change a shade of gray. On early levels, a single
hop will change the tile to the desired color, but on
later levels players may need to hop on a tile multiple
times or even avoid hopping on a tile multiple times.
The Game Boy port features 64 boards in different shapes.

7.2 Qix
Developer Minakuchi Engineering
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) May 24, 1990
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Qix (pronounced kicks) is a port of a 1981 arcade

game by Taito. The objective of Qix is to fence off, or
claim, a supermajority of the playfield. At the start of
each level, the playing field is a large, empty rectangle,
containing the Qixa stick-like entity that performs
graceful but unpredictable motions within the confines
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of the rectangle.
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Quarth 7.3
Developer Ultra Games
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 1990
Genre Puzzle

Quarth is a typical puzzle/arcade game. Quarth can be

moved from right to left while the screen scrolls down.
The playing field is filled with different blocks and the
aim is to fill them in so they form complete rectangles
or squares. Only when players succeed in their mis-
sion, the concerned blocks will disappear. New un-
formed blocks appear while the playing field scrolls
down making them play into full action at all times.

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Quiz Nihon Mukashi Banashi: 8.0

Athena no Hatena
Developer n/a
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Game Show

Quiz Nihon Mukashi Banashi: Athena no Hatena is a

trivia game, published by Athena, which was released
in Japan in 1992.

Quiz Sekai wa Show 5.6

by Shoubai!!
Developer Sun L
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) August 7, 1992
Genre Game Show

Quiz Sekai wa Show by Shoubai!! is a trivia game

based on the game show of the same title that was
broadcasted on Nippon Television. The game was de-
veloped by Sun L (Taito for the arcade version) and
published by Takara for Game Boy and Arcade plat-
forms.

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7.1 R-Type
Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Irem
Release date (us) May 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Shooter

R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up originally re-

leased as a 1987 arcade game produced by Irem. The
player controls a space fighter named the R-9 to de-
fend humanity against a mysterious powerful alien
life-form known as the Bydo.
The game is made up of several sequential levels, with
a boss enemy at the end of each. The player controls
a small spacecraft and must navigate terrain and fight
enemies using the various ship weapons.

7.5 R-Type II
Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Irem
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first re-

leased as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly in-
fluenced later shooting games with its charge shots,
unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies.
The limitations of the Game Boy hardware caused the
content to be changed around considerably. The game
contains only 5 levels, and some of the boss names
were changed around as well.

6.1 Race Days

Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Compilation

Race Days is a 1994 racing video game for the Game

Boy, which is essentially a compilation of the video
games Dirty Racing (Japan-exclusive) and Jeep Jam-
boree: Off Road Adventure (North America-exclu-
sive); albeit with a different name for the Jeep Jambo-
ree game.
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GamePros review criticized the game as having bor-
ing tracks, drab graphics, irritatingly droning engine
sounds, difficult controls, and poor gameplay design.
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Race Drivin 7.2

Developer Argonaut Games
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Racing

Race Drivin is a sequel to the driving simulator Hard

Drivin. Gameplay is similar to the first game. Players
must complete laps around the race track before a tim-
er expires. There are several checkpoints around the
track which increase the players time as they passes.
The game has three courses, one of which is the track Rarity US: 5
from Hard Drivin. There is a new super-stunt track,
and an autocross course.
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Racing Damashii 8.1

Developer Irem
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) February 28, 1991
Genre Racing

Racing Damashii is a motorcycle racing game with six

courses. It is basically action-oriented, but the player
needs to watch the damage of the motorcycle (decreas-
es with crashes) and the tire condition (decreases when
leaving the road). If one of the two bars runs out, the
race is over, but repairs are conducted during pit stops.
The two playing modes for single-player are training
races and a championship in which points are awarded
for good end positions. Those can be reinvested into
motorcycle upgrades.

Radar Mission 7.1

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Strategy

Radar Mission was one of the earliest Game Boy titles,

and was the first military-based game released for the
Game Boy. This title has two different modes for one
or two players.
Game-A is very similar to the pencil and paper game,
Battleship, however, there is a storyline to it. Game-B Rarity US: 2
allows the player to set up his submarine with extra
Prop Speed, shoot Twin Shots, and/or equip a Power
Sonar, before battling against other ships.
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4.9 Raging Fighter

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Fighting

Raging Fighter plays similarly to other 2D versus

fighting games during its release, which the players
character fights against his or her opponent in best two-
out-of-three matches. However, unlike most modern-
fighting games released at the time, instead of three to
six buttons like in most other modern-fighting games,
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there are two buttons: one for punching, the other for
kicking.

6.3 Rampart
Developer n/a
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Strategy

Rampart may be seen as Tetris meets shoot-em-up. In

it, players build their castle from Tetris-style pieces,
place their cannons, bombard the enemy, try to repair,
and do it all over again.
Rampart influenced the first tower defense games
around a decade later. Gameplay similarities include
defending a territory by erecting defensive structures,
and making repairs between multiple rounds of attacks.

6.8 Ray-Thunder
Developer n/a
Publisher Nichibutsu
Release date (jp) February 8, 1991
Genre Shooter

Ray-Thunder is a shooter published by Nichibutsu for

the Game Boy platform. The game was released exclu-
sively in Japan.
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Ranma : 8.2
Kakugeki Mondou!!
Developer Sun L
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) August 6, 1993
Genre Action role-playing

Ranma 1/2 Kakugeki Mundou!! is a cross between a

top down RPG and a strategic fighting game starring
Ranma. Each round in a fight is decided before hand,
and strategically planning out moves feels like rock,
paper, scissors.

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Rama : 7.5
Kakuren Bodesu Match
Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) July 28, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Similar to the Adventures of Lolo, this game featured

Ranma pushing and breaking blocks around a maze-
like environment. Players can change gender in order
to move blocks greater or shorter distances as needed.

Ranma : 7.6
Netsuretsu Kakutouhen
Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) July 17, 1992
Genre Action-adventure

Ranma : Netsuretsu Kakutouhen is an RPG with

fighting game elements. The game immerses players
in a day in Ranmas life, traveling to various locations
in the series and fighting various characters. The story
revolves around a possible cure for Ranmas curse.
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5.7 The Real Ghostbusters

Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco, (us) Activision
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

The Japanese version is based on Walt Disneys Mick-

ey Mouse, which is part of the Mickey Mouse side of
Kemcos Crazy Castle series, while the European ver-
sion is based on Jim Daviss Garfield comic strips and
the animated series Garfield and Friends. The North
American version is based on the animated series The
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Real Ghostbusters and contains ten more stages than
the previous incarnations.

9.5 Reibun de Oboeru:

Chuugaku Eitango 1132
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 20, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Reibun de Oboeru: Chuugaku Eitango 1132 is a

edutainment game, developed by Tomcat System and
published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1998.

5.0 Reibun de Oboeru:

Kyuukyoku no Kobun Tango
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) December 25, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Reibun de Oboeru: Kyuukyoku no Kobun Tango is an-

other edutainment game, developed by Tomcat System
and published by Imagineer, which was released in Ja-
pan in 1998.
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The Ren & Stimpy Show: 4.6

Space Cadet Adventure
Developer Imagineering
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) November 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Space Cadet Adventures was the first in a series of Ren

& Stimpy games released.
The four levels has players alternate as Ren or Stimpy
and all involve jumping across large gaps while dodg-
ing bouncing hazards, shooting hazards, falling haz-
ards and the occasional monster. Stimpy can vomit a
projectile furball across the screen, but Ren can only
slap his foes.

The Ren & Stimpy Show: 4.2

Veediots!
Developer THQ
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! for the Game Boy is

slightly different from its big brother on the SNES.
Gameplay remains the same with the player alterna-
tively controlling Ren and Stimpy through a series of
side-scrolling platform levels. Theres a number of
changes made to the original game due to technical
constraints. The order of the levels has been changed
around and some parts of some levels are missing.

Renju Club: 6.1

Gomoku Narabe
Developer Natsu System
Publisher Hect
Release date (jp) May 17, 1996
Genre Board game

Renju Club: Gomoku Narabe is a board game, devel-

oped by Natsu System and published by Hect, which
was released in Japan in 1996.
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8.5 Rentaiou
Developer n/a
Publisher Visit
Release date (jp) September 16, 1994
Genre Strategy

Rentaiou is a strategy game revolving around horse

racing. The game was published by Visit, which was
released in Japan in 1994.

5.3 Reservoir Rat

Developer Tarantula Studios
Publisher Take-Two Interactive
Release date (eu) 1999
Genre Action-platformer

Reservoir Rat is a 2D platforming game in which play-

ers try and collect a set amount of food that is scat-
tered throughout each stage. Once the number of food
items has been hit, the player can locate the exit and go
through it to move on to the next.
There are five worlds in the game, each containing
15 individual stages. There are enemies such as snails
and foxes that must be avoided or shot. There are also
various objects in the stages that can hurt the player.
giantbomb.com

4.6 Riddick Bowe Boxing

Developer Equilibrium
Publisher Extreme Entertainment Group, (eu) GameTek
Release date (us) January 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Riddick Bowe Boxing is a multiplatform boxing game.

It is based heavily on the 1992 Sega Genesis licensed
boxing game Evander Holyfields Real Deal Boxing
and includes many of the same systems as well as the
horizontal perspective that shows both boxers, though
the title boxer has been changed and the graphics have
Rarity US: 4
become more cartoonish and light.

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 Road Rash 289

Ring Rage 5.6

Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Natsume, (jp) Taito Corporation
Release date (us) April 1998
Genre Sports

Ring Rage is a standard wrestling game, just without

the glitz and glamour of licensed games. There are six
wrestlers total, but only five are playable.
There are only three modes, 1P v. CPU, 1P v. 2P (which
is achieved through a cable link and an extra cartridge)
and a tournament which players compete to go for the
TWF (Taito Wrestling Federation) championship. Rarity US: 4

mobygames.com

Road Rash 7.3

Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Ocean
Release date (us) October 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Action, Racing

Road Rash is a vehicular combat racing game origi-

nally released by Electronic Arts in 1991. Basic game-
play is similar to Segas Hang-On and Tatsumis Cycle
Warriors. What Road Rash really brings to the table
is brawling; the player can fight other bikers with a
variety of hand weapons or simple punches and kicks.
The player initially starts off with just those basics,
but can grab a weapon from another rider by timing a
punch correctly.

Roadster 7.6
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) October 19, 1990
Genre Racing

Roadster is a top-down racing game only released in

Japan. The game was developed by TOSE and pub-
lished by Tonkin House, which was in 1990.
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5.3 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Virgin Interactive
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) May 19, 1993
Genre Action-adventure

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is based on the film of

the same name. The game was notable for featuring
several modes of gameplay. The standard adventuring
mode depicted the action from an overhead perspec-
tive as the player guided Robin through the environ-
ment, battling enemies. A second mode used for one-
Rarity US: 4
on-one duels depicted the action from the side. The
third mode, a melee mode, featured action taking place
from an extreme overhead perspective.

6.4 RoboCop
Developer n/a
Publisher Ocean, (jp) Epic/Sony Records
Release date (us) December 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action

Robocop loosely adapts the Data East arcade game,

with stages inspired by those from the coin-op, but
also entirely new gameplay elements.
The title theme of the Game Boy ports has become
well known for its serene, calm tune, which heavily
contrasted the tone of the actual game. Additionally,
the tune was used as the music in a series of TV adverts
by European kitchen appliance company Ariston.

5.1 RoboCop 2
Developer Painting by Numbers
Publisher Ocean, (jp) Epic/Sony Records
Release date (us) November 1991
Genre Action-platformer

RoboCop 2 is based on the 1990 movie of the same

name. The majority of the game is a side scrolling run
and gun game, in which RoboCop is required to col-
lect/destroy at least two-thirds of the drug nuke in
each level and arrest two-thirds of the suspects by run-
ning into them (in contrast to shooting them). If Robo-
Rarity US: 3 Cop does not manage to attain the required amounts of
nuke or number of arrests then he has two chances in
the game to prove his efficiency at a shooting range.
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RoboCop Versus 5.3

The Terminator
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Interplay
Release date (us) August 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

RoboCop Versus The Terminator is loosely based on

the 1992 four-issue comic book mini-series of the
same name.
The player controls RoboCop, who, while taking care
of law & order in Detroit, discovers some unusual Rarity US: 6
troublemakers: Terminators sent from the future.
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Rockn! Monster!! 8.3

Developer Eleca
Publisher Hori
Release date (jp) July 1, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Rockn! Monster!! is a puzzle game, developed by

Electronics Application and published by Hori, which
was released in Japan in 1994.

Rod Land 7.0

Developer Eurocom
Publisher Storm, (jp) Jaleco
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Players control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit

armed with a magic rod. Following the concept of Tai-
tos Bubble Bobble, the rod doesnt kill the monsters
directly, but only leaves them immobilized, crying. To
kill them, the rod can grasp them in a magic force-field
and the player can smash them down over her head
until they disappear and leave a power-up behind.
In the Game Boy version specifically, the player can
strike enemies with the wand even while climbing a
ladder, making the game slightly easier to play.
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6.3 Roger Clemens MVP Baseball

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) September 1992
Genre Sports

Roger Clemens MVP Baseball is a multi-platform

baseball game. All of the ballplayers have the like-
nesses and abilities of the 1991 Major League Baseball
players they represent. However, since the game is not
licensed by the Major League Baseball Players Associ-
ation, the only player whose name appears in the game
Rarity US: 3 is AL Cy Young Award Winner Roger Clemens. The
26 teams featured in the game correspond to the 1991
MLB teams as well, though team nicknames have been
changed due to the lack of an MLB license as well.

6.8 Rolans Curse

Developer NMK
Publisher American Sammy, (jp) Sammy Corporation
Release date (us) January 1991
Genre Action-adventure

Rolans Curse is shown in an overhead perspective.

Like Nintendos Zelda adventure series, the player
goes from screen to screen and defeats enemies with
a sword while finding items from monsters and treas-
ure chests. The player is allowed two items at a time:
one weapon and one sub-item; picking up a different
weapon or sub will switch out the current one.
The game can be played with another player if the two
individuals link their Game Boys together while the
game is inserted.

8.7 Rolans Curse 2

Developer NMK
Publisher American Sammy, (jp) Sammy Corporation
Release date (us) October 1992
Genre Action-adventure

The game is shown in an overhead perspective. The

player starts out with one character, Ray, but later picks
up seven more characters. Only three of them can be in
the party at once, and so not all of them can be taken
along. Each character has a unique skill, so choosing
who is in the party can greatly alter the gameplay ex-
Rarity US: 5 perience. Stats are not raised by defeating enemies, as
in most RPGs, but rather by finding chests that contain
powerup points.
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The Rugrats Movie 3.8

Developer Software Creations
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) December 1998
Genre Adventure, Platformer

The Rugrats Movie is a traditional 8-bit 2D platform

video game based on the movie of the same name from
the Nickelodeon animated series, Rugrats.
The game features eight levels including the Pickles
house, the hospital, woods, and ancient ruins. There
are two levels in which the player drives the Reptar
Wagon in a top-down perspective, but the rest features Rarity US: 3
standard side-scrolling platform gameplay. In each
level the player has to collect specific items and get to
the exit before time runs out.
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7.9 Sagaia
Developer Act Japan
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (jp) December 13, 1991
Genre Shooter

Sagaia is a port of the 1989 arcade game Darius II.

What sets Darius apart from other shootem-ups of the
time is its way of letting players choose their path with
a certain amount of freedom. At the end of each area
(level), they are able to choose between one of two
worlds which the area branches into. This renders a
higher replay value, since there are many paths to reach
the end of the game by. Apart from this, the gameplay
is on the simplistic side, both due to unimaginative at-
tack waves and little interaction with the surroundings.

7.3 Saigo no Nindou: Ninja Spirit

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) December 18, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Ninja Spirit is a ninja-based action game that has the

player leading Moonlight through numerous enemy-
riddled levels on a quest to exact revenge against his
fathers murderer. To accomplish this task Moonlight
is armed with a katana, shurikens, bombs, and a sickle
and chain weapon.
The games coin-op origins are evident in the fact that
that the home versions do not have passwords or saves.
To compensate for this, however, adjustable difficulty
settings were added.

7.5 Saint Paradise

Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) November 13, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Saint Seiya Paradise: Saikyou No Senshitachi is a

role-playing game published by Bandai, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1992.
The game is an adaptation of the Saint Seiya anime
series, counting from the Galactic War to the Saga of
Poseidon.
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Sakigake!! Otokojuku: 7.3

Meikoushima Kessen
Developer n/a
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) August 4, 1990
Genre Fighting

Sakigake!! Otokojuku: Meikoushima Kessen is a

fighting game developed and published by Yutaka for
the Game Boy platform.
Based on the manga of the same name, the game puts
players in the shoes of a newcomer to the Otoko Jyuku
school. A special boarding school for unruly teenag-
ers that instills discipline by pitting its students against
each other in constant duels.

SameGame 6.6
Developer Shimada Kikaku
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) April 25, 1997
Genre Puzzle

SameGame is a tile-matching puzzle video game origi-

nally released under the name Chain Shot! in 1985.
SameGame is played on a rectangular field, typically
initially filled with four or five kinds of blocks placed
at random. By selecting a group of adjoining blocks
of the same color, a player may remove them from the
screen.
The Game Boy port include recognizable characters
from Hudson`s other games.

Samurai Shodown 7.4

Developer Takara
Publisher Takara
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Fighting

Samurai Shodown, known as Samurai Spirits in Japan,

is a competitive fighting game originally developed
and published by SNK for their Neo Geo arcade and
home platform.
The Game Boy version includes all the characters,
stages, and most of the special moves, but has no com-
bos, fatalities, or voices. All the music tracks are in-
cluded, albeit in scaled-down form.
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8.0 Sangokushi Game Boy Han

Developer Koei
Publisher Koei
Release date (jp) September 30, 1992
Genre Strategy

Sangokushi Game Boy Han is part of the Romance of

the Three Kingdoms video game series. The games are
turn-based tactical role-playing simulation grand strat-
egy wargames by Koei.
Gameplay revolves around managing numerical statis-
tics, each representing an attribute of a city or a char-
acter. A city is described by statistics such as stored
grain supplies, vulnerability to disasters such as floods
and earthquakes, treasury funds, domestic affairs and
populace loyalty.

7.6 Sanrio Carnival

Developer Scitron & Art
Publisher Character Soft
Release date (jp) May 11, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Sanrio Carnival is a puzzle game featuring different

Sanrio characters, like Hello Kitty. The game was de-
veloped by Scitron & Art and published by Character
Soft, which was released in Japan in 1991.

8.5 Sanrio Carnival 2

Developer n/a
Publisher Character Soft
Release date (jp) March 19, 1993
Genre Puzzle

Sanrio Carnival 2 is a puzzle game, published by Char-

acter Soft, which was released in Japan in 1993.
 Satoru Nakajima F-1 Hero GB World Championship 91 297

Sanrio Uranai Party 8.2

Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) December 5, 1997
Genre Simulation

Sanrio Uranai Party is a 1997 simulation game from

Imagineer featuring Hello Kitty and other characters
from the Sanrio universe.

Satoru Nakajima F-1 Hero GB 8.2

World Championship 91
Developer Natsu System
Publisher Varie
Release date (jp) December 27, 1991
Genre Racing

Satoru Nakajima F-1 Hero GB World Championship

91 is a 1991 Japan-exclusive Game Boy Formula One
video game, endorsed by Satoru Nakajima, who was
the first full-time Japanese racer in the history of For-
mula One. Apart from Nakajima, the actual names of
the drivers are not used due to licensing arrangements.
There are sixteen rounds and eight difficulty levels.
Each level has a special rival to beat.

Scotland Yard 7.0

Developer Shouei System
Publisher Toei Animation
Release date (jp) December 7, 1990
Genre Board game

Scotland Yard is a board game, developed by Shouei

and published by Toei Animation, which was released
in Japan in 1990.
298 SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden: Kunitori Monogatari

8.6 SD Gundam Gaiden:

Lacroan Heroes
Developer Human Entertainment
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) October 6, 1990
Genre Role-playing

Lacroan Heroes is set in the Japanese anime meta-

series Mobile Suit Gundam. For fans of the series, the
plot seems to be based around some series mythos, and
there are a number of Gundam from the series. Players
can have, for example, a hero from the anime show up
to give advice, and the main enemy is the Devil Gun-
dam one of the most evil Gundam from the series.

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8.0 SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden:

Kunitori Monogatari
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 24, 1990
Genre Strategy

SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden: Kunitori Monogatari is

the first of several Gundam games to appear on Game
Boy. The game is based on a spin-off of a spin-off of
Gundam and set in the warring states period in Japan.
The game was published by Bandai, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1990.

9.3 SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden 3:

Chijou Saikyouhen
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) September 4, 1992
Genre Strategy

SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden 3: Chijou Saikyouhen

is another game in the Sengokuden series. The game
was published by Bandai, which was released in Japan
in 1992.
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SD Hiry no Ken Gaiden 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) April 14, 1995
Genre Fighting

SD Hiry no Ken Gaiden is part of the Hiry no Ken

series and a port of the Super FamiCom game SD Hir-
yuu no Ken.
The game was published by Culture Brain, which was
released in Japan in 1996.

SD Hiry no Ken Gaiden 2 7.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) September 27, 1996
Genre Fighting

SD Hiryu no Ken Gaiden 2 is the sequel to the first

SD Hiryu no Ken Gaiden (and is, by proxy, a sequel to
the Super Famicom SD Hiryu no Ken). Gaiden 2 adds
four new characters, but is otherwise identical to the
previous game.
Both games have a special border if they are used with
a Super Game Boy; additionally, Vs. Mode can be
played using two SFC/SNES controllers.
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SD Lupin Sansei: 7.6

Kinko Yaburi Daisakusen
Developer Nova Games
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) April 13, 1990
Genre Puzzle

SD Lupin Sansei: Kinko Yaburi Daisakusen is a puzzle

game based the Japanese media franchise Lupin III.
In the game, players run around on a grid a look for
a key which they use to open a safe and complete the
level.
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7.8 SD Sengokuden 2:
Tenka Touitsuhen
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) January 18, 1992
Genre Strategy

SD Sengokuden 2 - Tenka Touitsuhen is the second

game in the Sengokuden strategy series. The game was
published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in
1992.

6.7 Sea Battle

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Strategy

Sea Battle is an adaptation of the pen-and-paper game

Battleship/Sea Battle. The player is a fleet com-
mander and must guess where enemys ships are on
board, and destroy them. Enemy hunts for players
ships, the better commander wins. Game has several
modes: player can customize many things, like the size
of the board, the number of vessels and the use of spe-
cial weapons.

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6.1 seaQuest DSV

Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Action

SeaQuest DSV is a licensed tie-in video game for the

NBC sci-fi TV show of the same name, about the near-
future adventures of a state-of-the-art submarine. The
game is a action-oriented side-scroller with shoot em
up sections.
Rarity US: 5 Threats tend to include pirates and terrorists as well as
natural disasters and the risk of oxygen deprivation.

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Selection I & II: Erabareshi

Mono & Ankoku no Fuuin
Developer n/a
Publisher Kemco
Release date (jp) May 1, 1998
Genre Compilation

Selection I & II: Erabareshi Mono & Ankoku no Fu-

uin is a compilation of two first-person role-playing
games; The Sword of Hope and The Sword of Hope II.
The first game has players assume the role of Prince
Theo whose father, King Hennessy has become cor-
rupt and maniacal with power. In the second game,
players must retrieve the Sword of Hope and find the
evil Zakdos who has been set free.

Sensible Soccer: 7.0

European Champions
Developer Sensible Software
Publisher Sony Imagesoft
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Sports

With the original Sensible Soccer having sold hugely,

an updated version was released some months later
(and then used as the basis for the later console ver-
sions). The teams are updated, with the sides present
in the 92-93 European tournaments included, and the
player names updated to take transfers into account.

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Serpent 6.8
Developer Dual
Publisher Taxan, (jp) Naxat Soft
Release date (us) November 1990
Genre Action

In the distant future, the most popular one-on-one sport

is Serpent. In this two player game, both players con-
trol their vehicles, in the shape of snakes. To win the
players must cut each other off by surrounding them
with their tail.
The game borrows elements from the classical game
Snake but converts it to a multiplayer game. When play- Rarity US: 5
ers form enclosed areas with their tails they spawn power-
ups such as rockets which can be fired upon the opponent.
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7.0 Shanghai
Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher HAL Laboratory
Release date (us) June 1990
Genre Board game

Shanghai is a tile-based game based on the ancient

Chinese game of Mah-Jong.
This version of Shanghai was licensed from Activision
by Hal Laboratory for release on the Game Boy. Un-
like the Shanghai series published under Activision,
this port contains only a single game layout, that of the
standard setup sometimes referred to as The Turtle
or The Pyramid.

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7.0 Shanghai Pocket

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (jp) August 6, 1998
Genre Board game

This portable edition of the solitaire game Shanghai,

uses traditional Mah Jong tiles. The aim of the game
is to match tiles. Four of each type will be put on the
playing field. When two tiles are matched they are re-
moved. When none remain, the player win. Only tiles
that can be moved freely to the left or right may be
matched. A wrong move may result in players not be-
ing able to clear the field.

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3.8 Shaq Fu
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) October 1995
Genre Fighting

Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game initially released for

the Genesis and SNES. It features former professional
basketball player Shaquille ONeal as a playable char-
acter.
The Game Boy version has the same seven characters
as the SNES version, but it lack a tournament mode
Rarity US: 6 and in-game voices. Due to the Game Boys mono-
chrome screen, the Game Boy version is not in color.
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Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) June 26, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru is the first Game Boy

game in the giant edutainment series. The series later
continued on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.
The Game Boy games usually came in two versions.
One standard and on Special Edition.
The game was published by Imagineer, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1998.

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: 8.0

Joushiki no Ka
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 17, 2000
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Joushiki no Ka is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 2000.

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: 8.0

Kanji no Tatsujin
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 30, 2001
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Kanji no Tatsujin is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 2001.
304 Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: Kokugo Battle-Hen

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Keisan no Tatsujin
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 30, 2001
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Keisan no Tatsujin is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 2001.

6.0 Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Kokugo Battle-Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) September 24, 1999
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Kokugo Battle-Hen

is a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1999.

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Nanmon no Ka
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 17, 2000
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Nanmon no Ka is a

edutainment game, developed and published by Imagi-
neer, which was released in Japan in 2000.
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Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Rika Battle-Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 5, 1999
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Rika Battle-Hen is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1999.

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Sansuu Battle-Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 12, 1999
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Sansuu Battle-Hen is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1999.

Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Shakai Battle-Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) July 16, 1999
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Shakai Battle-Hen is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1999.
306 Shikinjou

7.0 Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru:

Zukei no Tatsujin
Developer n/a
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) October 27, 2000
Genre Edutainment

Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Zukei no Tatsujin is

a edutainment game, published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 2000.

9.0 Shikinjou
Developer Shouei System
Publisher Toei Animation
Release date (jp) July 16, 1991
Genre Puzzle

Shikinjou is a puzzle game, developed by Shouei and

published by Toei Animation, which was released in
Japan in 1991.

7.5 Shin Keiba Kizoku

Pocket Jockey
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher King Records
Release date (jp) October 16, 1998
Genre Sports

Shin Keiba Kizoku Pocket Jockey is a horse racing

game, developed by Graphic Research and published
by Kotobuki Systems, which was released in Japan in
1998.
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Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: 7.0

Toukon Sanjushi
Developer n/a
Publisher Varie
Release date (jp) June 28, 1991
Genre Sports

Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Toukon Sanjushi is a wres-

tling game for Game Boy. The game was published by
Varie, which was released in Japan in 1991.

Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: 7.3

Knight Gundam Monogatari
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) September 9, 1994
Genre Role-playing

Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monoga-

tari is a role-playing game developed by Tom Create
and published by Bandai Co. for the Game Boy plat-
form.

The Shinri Game 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Visit
Release date (jp) June 10, 1994
Genre Adventure

The Shinri Game is part of a large quiz game series

that confronts the player with personality-determining
dilemmas.
The game was published by Visit, which was released
in Japan in 1994.
308 Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula

The Shinri Game 2:

Osaka-Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Visit
Release date (jp) October 14, 1994
Genre Adventure

The Shinri Game 2: Osaka-Hen is another game in the

series, published by Visit, which was released in Japan
in 1994.

6.6 Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula

Developer n/a
Publisher Varie
Release date (jp) February 28, 1992
Genre Action

The game is based on a 37-episode anime television

series about Formula racing in the future. One could
expect a futuristic racing game with the license and
title, but instead, this is a tabletop dice game. Players
roll the die to advance on the track and then choose to
defend their position or attack the next one.

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7.0 Shipp! Iron Leaguer

Developer Sun L
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 11, 1994
Genre Action

Shippuu! Iron Leaguer is an action game based on the

1990s Sunrise sports robot anime. The game was de-
veloped by Sun L and published by Bandai, which was
released in Japan in 1994.
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Shisenshou: Match-Mania 5.8

Developer Tamtex
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) July 13, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Match Mania is a conversion of the Mahjong solitaire

variant Shisen-Sho. The mahjong tiles lie next to each
other on a grid field. The goal is to remove all stones,
but only two identical tiles can be removed. Since that
alone would be too easy, they are viable if they could
be connected with up to three horizontal or vertical
lines which do not pass through other tiles or over the
playfield border. This version features a normal mode
with 50 puzzles and a challenge mode where the player
races against the clock.

Shogi 8.4
Developer Pony Canyon
Publisher Pony Canyon
Release date (jp) December 19, 1989
Genre Board game

Shogi was the third Game Boy release to revolve

around the Japanese pastime, Shogi. The game feature
a standard game, where it allows solo or competitive
play. A second mode allows players to try to solve doz-
ens of different play scenarios. Players can rewind
the game to step back through their moves and try for
other outcomes if they screw up.

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Shogi Saikyou 7.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Magical Company
Release date (jp) December 23, 1994
Genre Board game

Shogi Saikyou is a board game, published by Magi-

cal Company (Mahou), which was released in Japan
in 1994.
310 Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter

8.4 Shounen Ashibe:

Yuuenchi Panic
Developer n/a
Publisher Takara
Release date (jp) September 27, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Shounen Ashibe is a role-playing game based on a 90s

slice of life manga and anime about the adventures of
a boy (Ashibe) and a seal (Goma-chan). In the game,
the boy and his seal travel through five sections of an
amusement park at the behest of his grandfather while
shouting at hamburgers.

8.2 Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter

Developer n/a
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) July 30, 1993
Genre Strategy

Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter features characters from

four of Irems franchises: R-Type, Mr. Heli, Ninja
Spirit, and Hammerin Harry.
Players begin by choosing six cards from a deck, in-
cluding character and option cards. They then place
the cards on a grid/map. There are multiple paths, but
they all ultimately lead to the stage boss. The goal is
to get to the boss square and defeat the boss. However,
this is also the goal of the computer.
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6.7 Side Pocket

Developer Data East
Publisher Data East
Release date (us) November 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Sports

Side Pocket is a pocket billiards video game originally

released into arcades in 1986. The main objective is to
cross different USA cities and reach the predetermined
scores to go ahead.
The game also comes with modes for 2 players with
Rarity US: 3 two variants: 2P Pocket Game (the traditional mode)
and 2P 9-Ball Game, where the premise is to sink 9
balls before the other player makes them first.
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The Simpsons: 3.5

Bart & the Beanstalk
Developer Software Creations
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) February 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

The game merges the existing universe of The

Simpsons television series with the fairy tale of Jack
and the Beanstalk. The player of the game controls
Bart in a total of seven levels. In order to complete a
level, the player must collect a certain amount of gold Rarity US: 6
coins. Bart is faced with a number of enemies on every
level, and he can use his slingshot to fend them off, or
blow them all with a dynamite.

The Simpsons: 5.0

Bart vs. The Juggernauts
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

In The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts, the player

controls Bart Simpson participating in a weekly game
show called Juggernauts USA, in which he has to run
through obstacle courses, battle huge muscle-bound jug-
gernauts, and do various other challenges. There are a Rarity US: 5
total of seven challenges that change from week to week.
To make it onto the next weeks episode, Bart must col-
lect a certain amount of money from the challenges.

The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy 6.3

in Miniature Golf Madness
Developer Beam Software
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness is a mini-

ature golf game featuring the cat and mouse pair Itchy
& Scratchy from the television series The Simpsons.
In the game, the player controls Scratchy as he plays
through a miniature golf course of nine holes while at Rarity US: 6
the same time avoiding Itchys attacks. It received gen-
erally mixed to positive reviews from critics.
312 Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash

6.9 Skate or Die: Bad n Rad

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) September 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action

Skate Or Die: BadN Rad is a jumpn run that consists

of 7 levels, three of which are viewed from a top-down
perspective. The side-scrolling levels play similar to
other jumpn runs, as players have to avoid obstacles
and kill enemies by jumping on them. However, since
they are on a skateboard, speed plays an important
Rarity US: 5
role, meaning that players cannot immediately stop
and sometimes need to drive at full speed to manage
wider jumps.

6.2 Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher EA Sports
Release date (us) June 1991
Genre Sports

There are two possible gaming modes; one allows play-

ers to skate across a half-pipe and perform a series of
skateboarding stunts. The second mode requires play-
ers to compete in global skateboarding tournaments
trying to navigate through a half-pipe race in less than
three minutes. Sometimes, rival skaters can get in the
way of the players performance. Concrete walls can
be collided with; causing the player to lose time on his
already strict time limit.

8.0 Slam Dunk:

Gakeppuchi no Kesshou League
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) August 11, 1994
Genre Sports

Slam Dunk: Gakeppuchi no Kesshou League is a Game

Boy basketball game based on the anime Slam Dunk.
The game was developed and published by Bandai,
which was released in Japan in 1994.
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Slam Dunk 2: 8.3

Zenkoku e no Tip Off
Developer Bandai
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 17, 1995
Genre Sports

Slam Dunk 2: Zenkoku e no Tip Off is the second

game based on the basketball manga and anime series.
The game was developed and published by Bandai,
which was released in Japan in 1995.

Small Soldiers 5.7

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) November 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Action-platformer

Small Soldiers is a platformer based on the movie of

the same name. The plot revolves around a war be-
tween two factions of toy soldiers, the Gorgonites and
the the Commando Elite. The player takes the role of
Archer, the leader of the Gorgonites, who has to cross
five levels while facing the Commando Elites soldiers.
Rarity US: 5
The goal is simply to find the goal without dying; in
one instance within a hidden time limit.
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The Smurfs 6.3

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (us) 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

The Smurfs is a platform game based on the popular se-

ries. In the game, the evil Gargamel has captured three
of the smurfs, so that he can have them for dinner. One
of the smurfs must go out on a dangerous journey and
rescue the captured smurfs. Players must beat the first
two bosses to rescue the first two smurfs, then they can
Rarity US (Pl.Choice): 4
take on Gargamel. They must make their way through
forests, swamps, mountains, mines, etc.
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314 The Smurfs 3: The Smurfs Nightmare

5.9 The Smurfs 2:

The Smurfs Travel The World
Developer Infogrames
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Platformer

The magic crystal has broken. And so inquisitive

Smurf and Smurfette are teleported through time and
all around the world. Sadly they discover that the whole
world suffers from pollution. They set off to find the 21
crystals in each area and smurf the worlds rubbish in
order to get back to their village.

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6.0 The Smurfs 3:

The Smurfs Nightmare
Developer Infogrames
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1997
Genre Platformer

This time evil Gargamel casts an evil spell on the

Smurf village. All the sleeping Smurfs are trapped
inside horrible nightmares. And the players, as brave
Smurf, must go into their houses and rescue them. To
enter the house players will have to get a key for it.
Each house represents a different environment as well
as different monsters and goals.

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6.0 Sneaky Snakes

Developer Rare
Publisher Tradewest
Release date (us) June 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Platformer

In the ending of the NES game, Snake Rattle n Roll,

the game hints at a sequel titled Snakes in Space, but
the game would never be released. However, Rare de-
veloped a follow-up on the Game Boy titled Sneaky
Snakes. The game features two Snakes who must save
Sonia Snake from the Nasty Nibbler. The game fea-
tures identical gameplay to Snake Rattle n Roll but
in a 2D side-scrolling platforming mode instead of the
3D isometric mode.
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Snoopy no 8.2
Hajimete no Otsukai
Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco
Release date (jp) December 21, 1996
Genre Puzzle

Snoopy no Hajimete no Otsukai is the Japan-only se-

quel to Snoopys Magic Show where Snoopy walks
around in an isometric world doing Charlie Browns
shopping.
The game was developed by Kotobuki Systems and
published by Kemco, which was released in Japan in
1996.
tcrf.net

Snoopys Magic Show 6.7

Developer Kemco
Publisher Kemco
Release date (us) October 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Puzzle

In this game, players controls Snoopy who has to save

four Woodstocks, within a fixed amount of time, by
dodging bouncing balls, pushing blocks, using warp
zones and power-ups.
There are 120 levels with a unique password to ac-
cess each. In the multiplayer mode, one player is Spike
while the other is Snoopy.

Snow Bros. Jr. 7.5

Developer Toaplan
Publisher Capcom, (jp) Naxat Soft
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

The gameplay of Snow Bros. is similar to Bubble Bob-

ble. Players must throw snow at each enemy until it is
completely covered the shattering it against a wall.
The Game Boy is one-player only and changes the sto-
ry to compensate for this by having one of the titular
Snow Brothers be kidnapped. Several other aspects of
the game were changed due to the technical restric-
tions of the Game Boy, such as bosses that originally
fought in pairs in the arcade version now fight alone.
316 SolarStriker

5.8 Soccer Mania

Developer Kitty Group
Publisher Sony Imagesoft, (jp) Epic/Sony Records
Release date (us) February 1992
Genre Sports

Soccer Mania, known in Japan as Soccer Boy, is a

soccer-themed sports simulation game. While only six
teams exist in this game (Japan, USA, Brazil, Great
Britain, Germany and France), players must win the
championship by defeating the other five teams that
they didnt choose to play as. In Soccer Boy version
Rarity US: 6 the player plays with Japan team and in Soccer Ma-
nia version plays with USA team. Once the player has
completed the final match against an all-star team, the
game is truly won.

7.3 SolarStriker
Developer Minakuchi Engineering
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 1990
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Shooter

Solar Striker was designed by Gunpei Yokoi and Kei-

suke Terasaki. As a game that only has single player
mode, the player controls the advanced space fighter,
code-named Solar Striker. There are six levels of play
against enemies known as the forces of Reticulon.
These enemies appear from the top of the screen. Spe-
Rarity US: 2
cial ships can be shot and power-ups can be obtained.
There are also a variety of enemies as well as sub-
bosses in the later levels.

8.6 Soldam
Developer n/a
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (jp) August 6, 1993
Genre Puzzle

Soldam is a puzzle spin-off game featuring the charac-

ters from Rodland. The game was published by Jaleco
Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 1993.
 Solomons Club 317

Solitaire FunPak 6.8

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Interplay
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Cards

Solitaire FunPak is a handheld solitaire game. There

are 12 different forms of solitaire to play (Klondike,
Tripeaks, Pyramid, Cruel, Freecell, Golf, Canfield,
Aces Up, Scorpion, Poker, Stonewall and Florentine).
It also has a tournament mode where players can go for
standard games, a full championship, a custom game
or a custom game with a time limit. The best scores are
stored in the hall of fame.
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Solomons Club 7.2

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Tecmo
Release date (us) April 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Puzzle

Solomons Club is a sequel to Solomons Key, which

has similar gameplay combining platform gaming with
puzzle elements. There are five levels, each with ten
rooms. In each room players must retrieve the key and
go to the exit.
Players collect bells to release fairies from the exit as Rarity US: 4
bonus points, and collect coins for money to spend in
shops. Some rooms have a shop where they can buy
items, such as fire balls or hammers.

Soreyuke!! Kid 8.6

Developer Kotobuki Systems
Publisher Kemco
Release date (jp) July 18, 1997
Genre Action

Soreyuke!! Kid is similar to the earlier Bugs Bunny in

Crazy Castle/Mickey Mouse video game. In the game,
players walk into doors, pick up the key, and go out
again. There are enemies to avoid, and a one-shot gun
players can use.
The game was developed by Kemco and published
by Kotobuki Systems, which was released in Japan in
1997.
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318 Space Invaders

5.7 Space Invaders

Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (jp) March 30, 1990
Genre Shooter

The Japanese release of Space Invaders is a port of

Space Invaders Part II. The game was developed and
published by Taito Corporation, which was released in
Japan in 1990.

6.6 Space Invaders

Developer Taito Corporation
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Shooter

This version of Space Invaders is based on the 1994

arcade game Space Invaders DX but lacks the parody
mode of that game. The game has both one- and two-
player modes using the usual Game Boy tones (black
and grey). However, plugging the cart into a Super
Game Boy allows playing the game in all four cabinet
types of the SNES version.

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6.5 Spankys Quest

Developer Natsume
Publisher Natsume
Release date (us) July 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

The main character of the game is Spanky the monkey

who is locked in a tower filled with enemies. He must
get to the top of four different towers, which can be
chosen between when beginning the game. When the
four towers have been climbed, the fifth tower remains.
Rarity US: 7 To get through the door and on to the next floor in the
towers, Spanky must collect keys, which are some-
times held by the enemies.
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 Speedy Gonzales 319

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe 4.4

Developer Spidersoft
Publisher Mindscape
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Speedball 2 is a 1990 video game based on a violent

futuristic cyberpunk sport that draws on elements of
handball and ice hockey, and rewards violent play as
well as goals. The original game was developed by
Bitmap Brothers, with various remakes for many plat-
forms since being published.
Rarity US: 6

Speedy Gonzales 5.7

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Speedy Gonzales is a platform game in which players

controls the Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales.
The aim is to reach the exit without running out of
lives. Lives are lost when Speedy comes into con-
tact with dangers such as enemies, pit traps and sharp
spikes. The game also borrows elements from Sonic.
Speedy can run faster and even upside down in loops
after running into bumpers.
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Spider-Man 3: 4.2
Invasion of the Spider-Slayers
Developer Bits Studios
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) July 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers is the

third and final video game released by LJN for the
original Game Boy. The game is similar in style and
format to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game Boy title.
The storyline of the game follows the contemporary Rarity US: 6
comic book storyline; Spider-Man is being attacked by
an assortment of high-tech robot Spider-Slayers.
320 Spirou

5.9 Spider-Man and the X-Men

in Arcades Revenge
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcades Revenge, first

released for the SNES in 1992, features Marvel Com-
ics characters Spider-Man and the X-Men as they bat-
tle their captor, the villainous Arcade. The player, as
Spider-Man, must successfully complete each charac-
ters level (Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine and Gambit) in
order to get to control Spider-Man in a final battle with
Arcade.

8.3 Spirou
Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

Spirou is a platform side-scroller based on popular

Franco-Belgian comic strip Spirou et Fantasio. It fea-
tures the adventure of Spirou trying to save his kid-
napped friend Count Champignac and stop his arch-
enemy Cyanida from making robots rule the earth.
The player controls Spirou. He is able to jump, duck,
climb ladders and cliffs and run fast if the player holds
down the action button. In the fourth level Spirou gets
a gun to stand a chance against the increasing numbers
of Cyanidas minions.

7.6 Splitz
Developer Enigma Variations
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Splitz, known as Splitz: Nigaoe 15 Game in Japan, is

a puzzle game, developed by Enigma Variations and
published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1993.
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Sports Collection 8.0

Developer TOSE
Publisher Tonkin House
Release date (jp) September 27, 1996
Genre Compilation

Sports Collection is a collection of the following

games: Dodge Boy, Football International, Heavy-
weight Championship Boxing, Malibu Beach Volley-
ball, and Roadster.
The game was developed by TOSE and published by
Tonkin House, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Sports Illustrated for Kids: 6.4

The Ultimate Triple Dare!
Developer Halestorm
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) April 1994
Genre Sports

Sports Illustrated for Kids: The Ultimate Triple Dare

lets the player compete in three different sports. Play-
ers can either choose from snowboarding, skateboard-
ing or bicycling and pick from five different characters
(3 males and 2 females, neither of which have any dis-
cerning stats and are equal). The goal of each game is Rarity US: 4
to make it to the end of the stage in the time allotted
while avoiding obstacles in order to receive points and
advance to the next track.

Sports Illustrated: 8.6

Championship Football & Baseball
Developer Halestorm
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) October 1993
Genre Sports

Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball

is a Sports Illustrated themed game featuring isomet-
ric football with playcalling and a traditional baseball
simulation.
In the American football mode, players can play a
complete season of 16 games plus playoffs with 90 dif-
ferent players for both teams. Baseball mode gives the
players 28 unlicensed teams.
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7.6 Sports Illustrated:

Golf Classic
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

Sports Illustrated Golf Classic is a generic golf game

with four different golfers to choose from, two ama-
teur and two pros, each with their own degree of skill
and difficulty and two 18-course holes to choose from.
Like many other golf games the player uses the d-pad
to plot their trajectory and using the main buttons for
the power meter.

4.2 Spot: The Cool Adventure

Developer Visual Concepts
Publisher Virgin Interactive, (eu) Ocean
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

Spot: The Cool Adventure is a platformer originally

released in Europe as McDonaldland. The Europe re-
lease is a port of the NES game of the same name.
In Spot: The Cool Adventure the player takes on the
role of the 7UP mascot. The player is tasked to help
Rarity US: 7 Spot get home. Players will find themself in the Car-
bonated Forest on a map screen much like that of Su-
per Mario Bros. 3.
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4.7 Spot: The Video Game

Developer Software Creations
Publisher Virgin, (eu) Hi Tech Expr., (jp) Bullet-Proof Soft.
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Puzzle

Spot is a puzzle game loosely featuring licensing from

the 7Up soft drink. The gameplay involves players tak-
ing on spots of a particular shade of gray. Starting from
opposite corners, players take it in turns to move, either
by reproducing one of their spots to form another one
in an adjacent square, or by making a jump, losing the
Rarity US: 3
square they did have but taking one two spaces away.

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 Spuds Adventure 323

Spuds Adventure 4.3

Developer Atlus
Publisher Atlus
Release date (us) June 1991
Genre Action-adventure

Spuds Adventure is an adventure game with role-play-

ing elements. The game stars a cast of mostly vegeta-
bles; Spud, a cap-wearing potato, is the hero and must
save Princess Mato from the evil clutches of Devi.
Spud must ascend Far Tower. As Spud fights enemies
with his projectile weapon, he gains experience points,
and for every 100 points, he gains a level and addition- Rarity US: 8
al health. Each floor of the tower houses either a maze-
like area, enemies, puzzles, cinema scenes, characters,
or a combination.
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6.4 Spy vs. Spy:

Operation Boobytrap
Developer First Star Softwre
Publisher Kemco
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action, Strategy

This entry in the game series based on the Spy vs Spy

comic strip series has a similar gameplay premise as
the other games of the series, but a different set of lev-
els (overall 20) and scenarios. Another apparent dif-
Rarity US: 7 ference is the missing split-screen. The player either
takes control of the black or white spy who both have
the same goal: finding the five hidden items and reach
the exit within the time limit.

7.8 Square Deal: The Game of

Two Dimensional Poker
Developer Hect
Publisher DTMC, (jp) Hect
Release date (us) April 1992
Genre Strategy

Square Deal: The Game of Two Dimensional Poker

serves as the sequel to the FamiCom game Cadillac.
The game uses cards to create hands based on poker. A
full deck of 52 playing cards are shuffled and the top
four cards are shown to the player. Each card drops
Rarity US: 6 down one at a time to a grid of 25 potential playing
spaces. A winning poker hand must be made in order
to eliminate the cards (i.e., royal flush, straight flush,
full house).

9.0 Star Sweep

Developer Fupac
Publisher Axela
Release date (jp) December 19, 1997
Genre Puzzle

In this vaguely Tetris-like game, players score points

by eliminating star blocks. A star block is a colored
rectangle with a star on one end of it, and blocks are
eliminated when the stars of two like-colored blocks
touch each other. While the game is being played, star
blocks and obstacles rise from the bottom of the screen
while the player moves and rotates a cursor which de-
termines where additional star blocks will be thrown
into play from off-screen.
 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary 325

Star Trek Generations: 6.3

Beyond the Nexus
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Absolute Entertainment, (eu) GameTek
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Action

Star Trek Generations is a first person shooter with ad-

venture game and strategy game elements, based on
Star Trek Generations, the seventh film in the Star Trek
film franchise. The plot basically is the same as the
film: Captains Kirk and Picard must team up to stop a
mad scientist from destroying an inhabited planet so
that he might reenter the mysterious Nexus energy rib-
bon.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary 7.1

Developer Visual Concepts
Publisher Ultra Games, (eu) Palcom Software
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary chronicles a mission of

James T. Kirk and his crew of the USS Enterprise. De-
spite having the same name, the Game Boy version is
not a port of the NES game or computer versions, and
is in fact a completely different game.
In the game, it is up to the crew of the Enterprise to Rarity US: 4
travel to 3 planets, recover all 12 pieces of the weapon,
and stop the Doomsday Machine.

Star Trek: 6.6

The Next Generation
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Absolute Entertainment, (eu) GameTek
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action

In Star Trek: TNG - AHT, the player will partake in

a holodeck simulation on the U.S.S. Enterprise as the
player must make life or death situations in order to
graduate the Starfleet Academy and become a full-
fledged officer. The missions are based off of actual
Star Trek episodes and range from saving planets in-
habitants to fighting against enemy ships.
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326 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

5.7 Star Wars

Developer NMS Software
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Ubisoft
Release date (us) November 1992
(eu) June 17, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

The object of the game is close to the storyline of

Star Wars, where the player, as Luke, has to pilot a
landspeeder around Tatooine, collect R2-D2 from the
Sandcrawler, Obi-Wan Kenobi from a cave, and Han
Solo from the Mos Eisley bar, while fighting storm-
troopers, sand people, etc. After assembling all the
Rarity US: 1
characters, the user navigates the Millennium Falcon
(in a first-person perspective) through an asteroid field
to the Death Star.

5.6 Star Wars:

The Empire Strikes Back
Developer NMS Software
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Ubisoft
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

The object of the game is to destroy an Imperial Probe

Droid, escape a Wampa-infested ice cavern, fight dur-
ing the Battle of Hoth, meet Master Yoda on Dagobah
to train with him, and attempt to rescue friendly char-
Rarity US: 2 acters in Cloud City from Darth Vader.
Players controls Luke, who can fight with a blaster pis-
tol or a lightsaber.

5.7 Stargate
Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) December 1994
(eu) 1995
Genre Puzzle

The handheld version of Stargate is a matching puzzle

game, similar to a 3-D Tetris. Players drop tiles into a
Stargate, and try to stack three identical symbols. Do-
ing so clears those tiles. Mismatched tiles simply build
stacks higher and higher, and the player loses if the
tiles reach the top of the gate. Stacking three copies of
a symbol listed in the address will clear the stack and
counts toward completing the address.
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StarHawk 6.8
Developer NMS Software
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) June 1993
Genre Shooter

The story of StarHawk is about an evil alien race which

wants to conquer everything. Players controls a space
ship in the all-important quest to kill them all. This is
horizontally scrolling shooter in which the space ship
moves from left to right while facing enemy forma-
tions. Power ups either upgrade the weapon system or
give an extra life. There are five levels with one boss
each and two difficulty levels.
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Stop That Roach! 6.1

Developer Koei
Publisher Koei
Release date (us) June 1994
Genre Puzzle, Strategy

Stop That Roach! revolves around an insect extermi-

nator who must kill roaches by any means possible. It
is a 1994 video game remake of Koeis 1983 game Hoi
Hoi for the NEC PC-8801 and Fujitsu FM-7.
Similar in style to later tower defense games, the ul-
timate goal for all 100 levels is to protect confection-
aries from the invading cockroaches. Each level is Rarity US: 7
played out in a turn-based strategy manner.

Street Fighter II 6.4

Developer Sun L
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Capcom
Release date (us) September 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Fighting

The Game Boy version of Street Fighter II is missing

three of the original characters (Dhalsim, E. Honda,
and Vega), although the remaining nine are playable.
The graphics, character portraits, and stages are based
on Super Street Fighter II, although some moves (such
as Blankas Amazon River Run) from Super Street
Fighter II Turbo are included as well. The strength of
a players punches and kicks are determined by how
long the player hold either button.
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6.6 Street Racer

Developer Vivid Image
Publisher Ubisoft
Release date (us) December 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Racing

Inspired by Mario Kart, the go-kart themed game com-

bined racing with comedy and beat em up influenced
violence.
The game features the ability to race various champi-
onships beginning with the Bronze Championship and
Rarity US: 5 moving on to progressively more difficult competi-
tions. The game awards points for final race positions,
with bonus points given for accolades such as fastest
lap.

6.5 Sumo Fighter

Developer KID
Publisher DTMC, (jp) IMax
Release date (us) March 1993
Genre Beat em up

The main character named Bontaro Heiseiyama goes

to Kyoto to save Kayo. Tkaid is an eastern sea
road, connecting Edo to Kyoto, in Japan.
The player can get experience and grow a sumo wres-
tler. Heiseiyama can perform four special techniques:
harite, shiko, buchikamashi and nage. There are five
Rarity US: 6 areas, each area has three stages and a boss. In each
area, the player has access once to a bonus stage.

5.7 Sunsoft Grand Prix

Developer Lenar
Publisher Sunsoft, (jp) ASK Kodansha
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Racing

Sunsoft Grand Prix, released as F1 Boy in Japan, is a

top-down racing game, developed by Lenar and pub-
lished by ASK, which was released in Japan in 1990.
 Super Battletank: War in the Gulf 329

Super B-Daman: 9.1

Fighting Phoenix
Developer Amble
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) July 11, 1997
Genre Action

Super B-Daman: Fighting Phoenix is a Game Boy en-

try in the B-Daman video game series based on the
Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman manga.
The game was developed by Amble and published by
Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Super Battletank: 8.6

War in the Gulf
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Absolute Entertainment, (jp) GameTek
Release date (us) April 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Simulation, Action

Super Battletank: War in the Gulf is a 1st person tank

simulation. Players sit in the cockpit of a M1 Abrams
tank. Controls allow the player to accelerate forward,
decelerate, rotate the tanks trajectory left and right,
move the tanks cannon left and right, fire the weapon Rarity US: 3
and check the map. The goal of the player is to travel
to the location of enemy targets, line them up with the
Abrams cannon and fire upon them until destroyed.

Super BikkuriMan: 6.2

Densetsu no Sekiban
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) December 11, 1992
Genre Action

Super BikkuriMan is a side-scrolling action game,

developed by Tom Create and published by Yutaka,
which was released in Japan in 1992.
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7.7 Super Black Bass JAPAN

Developer Starfish
Publisher Hot B, (jp) Starfish
Release date (us) November 1998
Genre Sports

Super Black Bass, released in Japan as Super Black

Bass Pocket, is part of the Black Bass fishing game se-
ries. The game was developed and published by Star-
fish, which was released in Japan in 1996.
The Japanese version has Super Game Boy features
that support multiple borders.
Rarity US: 4

7.5 Super Black Bass Pocket 2

Developer Starfish
Publisher Starfish
Release date (jp) June 20, 1997
Genre Sports

Super Black Bass Pocket 2 is the second game in the

Black Bass series on the Game Boy. It was published
by Starfish, which was released in Japan in 1997.

7.7 Super Chase H.Q.

Developer ITL
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (us) January 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Racing, Action

Super Chase H.Q. is an action-oriented racing game

and has - besides the franchise it belongs to - no di-
rect connection to the SNES game of the same name.
The player takes control over a police car which has to
track down a villain in each of the seven levels.
In each level, the goal is to reach the end within the
time limit. After beating a level, points are awarded for
all accomplishments, which can be invested into car
upgrades or turbo boosts.
 Super Chinese Land 1-2-3 Dash 331

Super Chinese Fighter GB 5.1

Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) December 28, 1996
Genre Fighting

Super Chinese Fighter GB is part of the Super Chi-

nese series. Like Super Chinese Fighter for the SNES,
Fighter GB allows players to participate in fighting
game battles using characters from the Super Chinese
games, including Jack and Ryu. The game has 12 dif-
ferent fighters. Players can use super techniques for
their special attacks and block them using their super
defense. The game has a high level of animation and
combat moves for a Game Boy game and it is possible
to deliver combos that do more than 10 hits of damage.

Super Chinese Land 5.0

1-2-3 Dash
Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) September 13, 1996
Genre Compilation

Super Chinese Land 1-2-3 is a compilation of Super

Chinese Land, Super Chinese Land 2, and Super Chi-
nese Land 3 released in 1996 by Culture Brain. Super
Chinese Land 1-2-3 was not released in North Ameri-
ca, but the first two games on it were, released as Ninja
Boy and Ninja Boy II, respectively. The games includ-
ed are direct ports, as opposed to remakes.

Super Chinese Land 3 4.3

Developer n/a
Publisher Culture Brain
Release date (jp) January 13, 1995
Genre Role-playing

Super Chinese Land 3 is a Japanese-only action RPG

released in 1995 by Culture Brain. This game is part of
the Super Chinese series and is the third game in the
series to appear on the Game Boy.
332 Super James Pond

6.6 Super Hunchback

Developer n/a
Publisher Ocean, (jp) Imagineer
Release date (us) April 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Super Hunchback is a sequel to the 1984 conversion of

the 1983 Century Electronics arcade machine Hunch-
back and features many similar obstacles. It is notable
for its high level of technical accomplishment.
The game featured a series of nine levels, each divid-
ed into five sections. The player, as Quasimodo, can
advance from one section to the next by locating and
ringing a giant bell.

5.4 Super James Pond

Developer Millenium Interactive
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

Super James Pond, a port of James Pond 2, was

originally released on the Amiga, Atari ST and Sega
Genesis. The game takes place immediately after its
predecessor, James Pond. Although Acme Oil Co. has
been destroyed by James Pond, Ponds arch enemy Dr.
Maybe survived and has retreated to the North Pole
where he has taken over Santas workshop.
The gameplay takes place across worlds themed
around particular types of toys, such as sporting goods,
candy and aircraft.

4.2 Super Kick Off

Developer Enigma Variations
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (eu) 1991
Genre Sports

Super Kick Off is one of the follow-ups of Kick Off

and Kick Off 2 for Game Boy, SEGA and SNES. Super
Kick Off was slower than the original games.
The original release of the game was one of the most
popular of the time, featuring a top-down view with
the ball not sticking to the players feet being the most
prominent gameplay feature.
 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 333

Super Mario Land 7.4

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Platformer

In gameplay similar to that of the 1985 Super Mario

Bros., but resized for the smaller devices screen, the
player advances Mario to the end of 12 levels by mov-
ing to the right and jumping across platforms to avoid
enemies and pitfalls. Unlike other Mario games, Super
Mario Land is set in Sarasaland, a new environment
Rarity US: 1
depicted in line art, and Mario pursues Princess Daisy.
The game introduces two Gradius-style shooter levels.

Super Mario Land 2: 8.1

6 Golden Coins
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) November 2, 1992
(eu) January 28, 1993
Genre Platformer

In Super Mario Land 2, the player assumes the role of

the protagonist Mario, whose main objective is to re-
claim his castle, stolen by the antagonist Wario. How-
ever, the magical seal that Wario placed on the cas-
tle entrance can only be undone by collecting the six Rarity US: 1
Golden Coins, which are guarded by Warios hench-
men in various locales of Mario Land.

Super Momotaro Dentetsu 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) March 8, 1991
Genre Board game

Super Momotarou Dentetsu is a train and conveyance-

based board game with financial elements that features
Hudsons Momotarou character, based on the Japanese
folklore hero of the same name.
The goal of the game is to travel the map and acquire
territory through business deals, similar to Monopoly
or Itadaki Street. Players have to contend with other
platers for limited resources, as well as CPU threats
like the God of Poverty.
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7.6 Super Momotaro Dentetsu II

Developer n/a
Publisher Hudson Soft
Release date (jp) February 18, 1994
Genre Board game

Super Momotarou Dentetsu II is the second Super

game in the long-running Momotarou Dentetsu series
and the third overall.
The games focus on each players burgeoning real es-
tate corporation, allowing the players to take turns and
move their trains around the board to buy properties
and trade resources. It plays similarly to the Parker
Brothers board game Monopoly or the Itadaki Street
games.
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6.2 Super Off Road

Developer NMS Software
Publisher Tradewest
Release date (us) November 1992
Genre Racing

Super Off Road is a port of the 1989 arcade game, Ivan

Ironman Stewarts Super Off Road. The Game Boy
port removed Ivan Stewarts name from the title due
to licensing issues and are known simply as Super Off
Road.
The goal is to reach the end of the season with the most
money earned. First place results earn the player points
to continue in the championship and money with which
to upgrade their truck or buy more nitro.

7.0 Super Pachinko Taisen

Developer Kans
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) June 30, 1995
Genre Gambling

Super Pachinko Taisen (Super Pachinko Wars) is a

pachinko game featuring SD Gundam, Ultraman and
Kamen Rider characters as part of Banprestos crosso-
ver Compati Hero Series. It was released on both the
Super FamiCom and Game Boy.
Players needs to adjust the strength of the pachinko
ball launcher in order to get the balls into a special
holder that rolls the slots in the middle of the screen.

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Super R.C. Pro-Am 6.9

Developer Rare
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) October 1991
(eu) April 23, 1992
Genre Racing

Super R.C. Pro-Am is a racing video game that is simi-

lar to its predecessor, R.C. Pro-Am, for the NES. In
the game, players race remote control cars on a series
of tracks. It can be played solo, with two-players via
the Game Link Cable, or with three or four players via
the Four Player Adapter. The game features 24 differ-
ent tracks of increasing difficulty, and the object is to
finish in the top three in order to qualify to race in the
next track.

Super Robot Taisen 7.1

Developer Winkysoft
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) April 20, 1991
Genre Strategy

The very first installment of the Super Robot Taisen

series is quite different from all of its successors; most
notably, the robots are treated as sentient organisms,
and all pilots are absent from the game.
The basic interface is like every other SRT game. All
robots are licensed from two parties only Sunrise
and Dynamic and when starting the game you may
choose to start with the Gundam team, the Mazinger
team or the Getter Robo team.
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Super Scrabble 7.3

Developer Imagineering
Publisher Milton Bradley
Release date (us) March 1991
Genre Board game

Super Scrabble is based on the board game Scrabble.

The game was developed by Imagineering and pub-
lished by Miltion Bradely.

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336 Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

6.7 Super Star Wars:

Return of the Jedi
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) November 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Run and gun

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a simplified ver-

sion of the SNES game. It loosely follows the plot of
Return of the Jedi, although some of the levels arent
seen in the film at all, such as Luke Skywalker hav-
Rarity US: 3 ing to fight through the Death Star to get to Emperor
Palpatine. In addition to the standard Luke Skywalker,
Han Solo, and Chewbacca, playable characters include
Princess Leia Organa and Wicket the Ewok.
 Super Street Basketball 2 337

Super Street Basketball 7.5

Developer C-Lab
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) March 19, 1992
Genre Sports

Super Street Basketball is a sports game, developed by

C-Lab and published by Vap, which was released in
Japan in 1992.

Super Street Basketball 2 6.3

Developer Arcadia
Publisher VAP
Release date (jp) September 16, 1994
Genre Sports

Super Street Basketball 2 is a Sports game, developed

by Arcadia (Japan) and published by Vap, which was
released in Japan in 1994.

Superman 4.2
Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) December 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Action-platformer

Superman is a sidescrolling action game starring DC

Comics titular Man of Steel. It features character de-
signs based on Superman: The Animated Series. In
each level, the player must collect a certain number of
keys and possibly fight a boss, then step on a marked
area to leave. Keys may be found around in the envi-
Rarity US: 5
ronment or collected from defeated enemies.

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338 The Sword of Hope

1.3 Swamp Thing

Developer Equilibrium
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Swamp Thing is a platform game based on the animat-

ed series of the same name. Released in conjunction
with an NES game of the same name, the Game Boy
version has a unique design and set of levels. Stages
include the Arctic, the desert, and contaminated rain-
forests. Swamp Thing also uses tools like camouflage
Rarity US: 6
and thorn skin, and he must recycle scattered garbage
in order to score points and gain additional powers.

6.5 The Sword of Hope

Developer Kemco
Publisher Kemco
Release date (us) June 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Role-playing

Sword of Hope combines Adventure and RPG ele-

ments. Players can select commands such as look,
open, magic, use etc. to interact with the game
world, talk to NPCs or solve puzzles. When they en-
counters an enemy, the game switches to a turn based
battle mode in which enemies have to be fought in
typical console style RPG battles.

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7.3 The Sword of Hope II

Developer Kemco
Publisher Kemco
Release date (us) September 1996
Genre Role-playing

The main difference between The Sword of Hope II

and its predecessor is the fact that players have control
over a party of up to three characters rather than con-
trolling only prince Theo. Apart from that, both games
play very similar. The world is seen from a first person
perspective and the party can be moved by selecting an
Rarity US: 6 arrow that points in the desired direction. Commands
such as look, open, hit etc. can be chosen from a
menu to explore and manipulate the game-world, talk
to NPCs or solve puzzles.
 Taikyoku Renju 339

T2: The Arcade Game 4.6

Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) November 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Shooter

T2: The Arcade Game is based on the arcade game

Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The game was renamed
in order to avoid confusion with the numerous tie-in
games also based on the movie.
The game feature levels based on specific scenes or
general concepts in the film. Rarity US: 3

Taikyoku Renju 7.3

Developer n/a
Publisher Towa Chiki
Release date (jp) February 23, 1990
Genre Board game

Taikyoku Renju is a board game, published by Towa

Chiki, which was released in Japan in 1990.
The game plays a lot like the American board game
Connect Four, in which the goal is to line up a series of
five tiles horizontally, vertically or diagonally before
the other player can do the same.

Tail Gator 8.2

Developer Natsume
Publisher Natsume, (jp) VAP
Release date (us) June 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action-adventure

There are five areas in Tail Gator, each of them di-

vided into four sections: Air, Land, Cave and Under-
water, except for the fourth and fifth areas which are
only Castle.
The player must complete all sections in order to ad-
vance to the next area, this is done by collecting all
treasure chests in each level, they all contain random
items except for the last chest which is always a key to
unlock the door.
340 Taiyou no Tenshi Marlow: O Hanabatake wa Dai-Panic

5.0 Taito Variety Pack

Developer n/a
Publisher Taito Corporation
Release date (jp) February 28, 1997
Genre Compilation

Taito Variety Pack is a compilation cart, containing

four Tatito games; Bubble Bobble, Elevator Action,
Chase H.Q.m and Sagaia. The cart was published by
Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in
1997.

7.6 Taiyou no Tenshi Marlow:

O Hanabatake wa Dai-Panic
Developer n/a
Publisher Techns Japan
Release date (jp) May 27, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Taiyou no Tenshi Marlowe: Ohanabatake wa Dai-Pan-

ic! (Sunshine Angel Marlowe: Panic in Bloomland!)
or just Angel Marlowe is essentially a puzzle game
thats hard to categorize.
The goal of each stage is to make all the flowers bloom
while avoiding enemies and preventing them from de-
stroying the work.
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9.5 Taiyou no Yuusha Fighbird GB

Developer Biox
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) December 20, 1991
Genre Shooter

Taiyou no Yuusha Fighbird GB is a vertical rail shoot-

er based on The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird ani-
me series. The game featured primarily enemy tanks,
VTOLs, submarines, and sea monsters with a few
mecha monsters from the show serving as bosses un-
der different names.
The game was developed by Biox and published by
Irem, which was released in Japan in 1991.
 Tamagotchi 341

TaleSpin 6.9
Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom, (eu) Bandai
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Shooter

TaleSpin is based on the Disney animated series with

the same name. The game is a side-scrolling shooter,
moving left to right across the screen. The Mini-Sea-
duck can fire projectiles and switch direction, flying
right-to-left while upside-down. The money players
make from recovery of these cargo items can be used
to purchase upgrades at the end of each level from
Wildcat, the mechanic. Many strange boss creatures
and devices will guard the final areas of most levels.

Tamagotchi 6.3
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) October 1997
(eu) 1997
Genre Simulation

Tamagotchi is a game based on the popular virtual pet

of the same name. In it, players select an egg from the
laboratory, and then it hatches in its room. From there,
they are fully responsible for its care. Everything from
feeding, medicine, playing with it, cleaning up its poo
and scolding or praising it when appropriate.
Rarity US: 3
Unlike the actual Tamagotchi toy, the Game Boy ver-
sion is not in realtime - players can adjust the Tama-
gotchis growth speed in the game options.

Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle 3.5

Developer Eurocom
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

The player controls Tarzan (based on the novel Tar-

zan of the Apes) in six different missions set in Africa.
These include curing the Great Apes disease and sav-
ing his friends from the evil poachers. These poachers
want to capture the wildlife and place them in their
zoos. Weapons that can be utilized include: spears,
Rarity US: 5
knives, and arrows. Pitfalls and obstacles are to be
avoided in order to collect the mandatory quest item.
342 Taz-Mania

5.4 Tasmania Story

Developer n/a
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) April 1991
Genre Action

Tasmania Story is based on the 1990 Japanese film of

the same name. A divorced father is looking for a Tas-
manian tiger while trying to survive in the harsh wil-
derness of Tasmania.
The game plays similar to the classic arcade game
Mappy. All plants must be collected and animals must
Rarity US: 5 be cleared off the level before players can begin the
next level; there are approximately ten levels in this
game.

6.3 Taz-Mania
Developer David A. Palmer Productions
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (us) September 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Platformer

Taz has just escaped from the Acme Zoo and is now
trying to find a place to live. He has discovered five
tropical islands and starts to go through each to find a
suitable place. Along the way, he must fight off numer-
ous island hazards, such as quicksand and enemies,
while at the same time avoiding the Big Hat Hunter
Rarity US: 3
who is bent to send him back to the zoo.

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5.1 Taz-Mania 2
Developer Beam Software
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) January 1997
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

The player takes the role of Taz who has to free his
family which was kidnapped by the two hunters Bull
Gator and Axl. This is basically a standard platformer
in which the player crosses the 16 levels, jumps over
gaps and dodges enemies. However, the unique feature
of the cartoon Taz was converted to the game: his abil-
ity to spin. This allows him to reach high acceleration
and being invulnerable - but every second takes away
a part of the associated energy bar.
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers 343

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 6.9

Fall of the Foot Clan
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami, (us) Ultra Games
Release date (us) August 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action-platformer

The Turtles first Game Boy game is a fairly simple

platforming-style game, where Leonardo, Michae-
langelo, Raphael, and Donatello must battle against
Krang and Shredder and save their friend April ONeil
in the process. Rarity US: 2
The player takes control one of the Turtles through a
total of five stages, battling minions along the way.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: 7.0

Back from the Sewers
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 1, 1991
(eu) May 21, 1992
Genre Action-platformer

Similar to Fall of the Foot Clan, the player can switch

between turtles before each stage. Each turtle has his
own strengths and weaknesses. The game features sev-
eral gameplay elements besides the typical beat-em-
ups like dodging huge boulders in the underground Rarity US: 3
levels, going around on skateboards or scaling air lifts,
and the game also shifts from being typical 2D plat-
former to a more open area.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: 7.1

Radical Rescue
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) November 25, 1993
(eu) November 27, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Players begins the game by taking control of Michae-

langelo, who must rescue the other turtles, along with
Splinter and April ONeil, who have been kidnapped
by Shredder. Unlike other games based on the fran-
chise, this is a scrolling action-adventure game remi- Rarity US: 6
niscent of the Metroid and the later Castlevania: Sym-
phony of the Night. Each turtle has a different ability
which is necessary to finish the game.
344 Tekichuu Rush

7.2 Tecmo Bowl

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Tecmo
Release date (us) September 1991
Genre Sports

Tecmo Bowl is an American football arcade game de-

veloped and released by Tecmo in 1987. The game was
successful in its original arcade format, and as a 1989
port for the NES.
This game is essentially the NES version of Tecmo
Bowl ported to the Game Boy. Everything is nearly
identical to the NES version. The game, however, was
released three years later. Oddly enough it still has the
same players as the NES Tecmo Bowl, which is to say
it uses the 1988 rosters.

7.0 Tekichuu Rush

Developer n/a
Publisher Japan Clary Business
Release date (jp) July 30, 1993
Genre Sports

Tekichuu Rush is a game based around horse racing. It

was published by Nippon Clary Business, which was
released in Japan in 1993.
This game is some sort of software that calculate the
odds on horse-race betting.

8.0 Tekkyu Fight!

The Great Battle Gaiden
Developer Sun L
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) July 30, 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Tekkyu Fight! The Great Battle Gaiden is an action

platformer published by Banpresto for the Game Boy
platform. The game was released exclusively in Japan.
The game features characters from Ultraman, Kamen
Rider, and Gundam.

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 Tenjin Kaisen 2: Yomihon Yumegoyomi 345

Tenchi o Kurau 7.7

Developer Sun L
Publisher Capcom
Release date (jp) April 22, 1994
Genre Role-playing

Tenchi o Kurau is based on the popular Japanese man-

ga that depicts events from the Three Kingdoms period
of Ancient China. The manga itself is loosely based on
the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.
Despite many sources claiming that Tenchi wo Kurau
for Game Boy is a port of the NES original, its actu-
ally a totally new game. It follows a similar storyline to
the previous entries, but reshuffles things in different
ways.
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Tenjin Kaisen 2: 6.6

Yomihon Yumegoyomi
Developer KAZe
Publisher Meldac
Release date (jp) March 13, 1992
Genre Adventure

This Japanese-only sequel to Mercenary Force ditched

the side-scroller shooter stuff in favor of a visual nov-
el-style adventure game, making it completely incom-
prehensible unless players know the language. The
cover seems to indicate that it stars cutesy versions of
the mercenaries from the first game.

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Tennis 6.9
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) 1990
Genre Sports

The Game Boy version of Tennis is pretty much a re-

make of the NES game: its got the same extremely
basic setup, but it has been polished it up slightly.
Just like with its predecessor, theres not really much
on offer here aside from essentially playing the same
match over and over. The NES game featured a singles Rarity US: 2
and doubles mode with one difficulty level, whereas the
Game Boy version has four different difficulty levels.
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346 Tesserae

4.9 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Developer Bits Studios
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) January 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action

Terminator 2: Judgement Day is a game based on the

movie of the same name. The Game Boy version is
unlike the console and computer versions of the game.
In the early levels of the game, players take the role of
the future John Connor - his objectives are to destroy
generators to gain access to Skynet. Later players take
Rarity US: 3
on the role of the Terminator in 1994. It must protect
John Connor while on a motorbike, and infiltrate Cy-
berdyne.

6.6 Tesserae
Developer Eurocom
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) August 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Tesserae is a 2-d combination of Rubics Cube and the

more advanced levels of Q-Bert. Gameplay consisted
of flipping tesserae, or tiles, from squares over ad-
jacent squares. The result will either create a complex
tile, or cancel out, resulting in the deletion of a tile.
The goal is to clear the board entirely. Higher levels
were designated by added tile complexity, and larger
board grid sizes.
mobygames.com

8.4 Tetris
Developer Bullet-Proof Software
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 31, 1989
(eu) September 28, 1990
Genre Puzzle

Tetris is a portable version of Alexey Pajitnovs origi-

nal Tetris and it was bundled in the North American
and European releases of the Game Boy itself.
The object of the game is to manipulate tetrads, by
moving each one sideways and rotating it by 90-de-
Rarity US: 1 gree units, with the aim of creating a horizontal line of
blocks without gaps. When one or more such lines are
created, they disappear, and the blocks above (if any)
move down by the number of lines cleared.
 Tetris Attack 347

Tetris 2 RE-RELEASE 6.3

Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1993
(eu) October 27, 1994
Genre Puzzle

As a variation of the Tetris concept, rather than having

the objective of matching horizontal lines of blocks
which descend from the top of the screen as tetromi-
nos, instead the player matches the shapes of the de-
scending blocks (which include irregular tetromino
shapes) to blocks already fixed on the game board,
Rarity US: 2
which causes blocks to disappear from the board when
three blocks of the same colour are matched, in a man-
ner similar to the puzzle video game Dr. Mario.

Tetris Attack 7.7

Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) August 1996
(eu) November 28, 1996
Genre Puzzle

While it was originally known in Japan as Panel de

Pon for the Super FamiCom and featured different
art assets and characters, its English localization was
replaced with characters from Super Mario World 2:
Yoshis Island.
A stack of blocks continually rises from the bottom Rarity US: 3
of the screen, and players controls a cursor which can
swap any two blocks horizontally. If they make a row
or column of three or more theyll clear.

Tetris Blast 7.6

Developer TOSE
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Bullet-Proof Software
Release date (us) January 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Puzzle

Tetris Blast is the North American version of Bomb-

liss. It features many unique Tetris modes mainly
dealing with clearing the screen of all blocks by using
bombs which were both given at the start as well as
in the tetrominoes. In addition to the tetrominoes of
other Tetris games, Tetris Blast also uses dominoes and
triminoes.

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7.3 Tetris Plus

Developer Natsume
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Jaleco
Release date (us) August 25, 1997
(eu) 1996
Genre Puzzle

The game consists of two main modes, Classic Mode

and Puzzle Mode. Classic Mode functions like the
original Tetris game for the Game Boy except with dif-
ferent music and visuals. However, because the car-
tridge has battery-powered SRAM, it also has the abil-
ity to remember high-scores, unlike the original Game
Rarity US: 4
Boy game. Puzzle Mode is a twist on the classic game-
play that provides a new scenario. Also included is an
editor for making Puzzle levels.

6.4 Tintin in Tibet

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Action-platformer

Tintin in Tibet is a platform game starring Tintin. It

follows on the heel of Infogrames Asterix & Obelix,
with the same gameplay. Although the game will prove
easy for the expert gamer, there are many levels to
pass, each of which features new locations, enemies,
and obstacles that serve to advance the storyline.

mobygames.com

4.2 Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Infogrames
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Prisoners of the Sun is based on The Seven Crystal

Balls and Prisoners of the Sun from the comic series
The Adventures of Tintin.
The player controls the character Tintin around obsta-
cles and through challenges to complete the various
levels of the game. The gameplay and animation of
this game is similar to Infogrames previous release,
Tintin in Tibet.
 Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montanas Movie Madness 349

Tiny Toon Adventures: 7.0

Babs Big Break
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) February 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

The player takes control of Buster Bunny, Plucky

Duck, or Hamton J. Pig as they attempt to prevent
Montana Max from thwarting Babs Bunnys dreams
of becoming a big star. There are four stages, of which
throughout, a special helper assists. Each of the three Rarity US: 2
player characters has different weapons. Busters car-
rots fly, Plucky throws pineapples, and Hamton throws
watermelons.

Tiny Toon Adventures 2: 7.1

Montanas Movie Madness
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) November 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

Montana Max has opened a new theatre in Acme Acres,

but the only movies he shows are ones where hes the
hero, and Buster Bunny is the villain. Its up to Buster
Bunny to go into the films and change the plots. Buster
is assisted by the crazy Gogo Dodo, and will encounter Rarity US: 3
him in each movie, where he can get assistance from
each of his friends.

Tiny Toon Adventures: 6.7

Wacky Sports
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) December 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

In Wacky Sports, players choose to play as either

Buster Bunny or Babs Bunny and participate in their
choice of sports activities, including baseball, soccer,
or tennis. As Buster, they can also play carnival games
set up by characters such as Shirley the Loon and Fifi Rarity US: 4
La Fume. Carnival games include a watergun gallery
and a beat-the-clock challenge featuring Elmyra Duff.
350 Titus the Fox

7.6 Tip Off

Developer Enigma Variations
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Sports

This basketball game has like the Kick Off games a top
down view and the action is quite pacey, a trademark
for many football games of the day. The teams in the
game are British but players can edit them using the
built-in utilities.
The game also has a tactics designer and the option to
change the kits of each team. Players can play either
single matches or a full league competition.

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3.8 Titus the Fox

Developer Aqua Pacific
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (us) June 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

In the international edition of Lagaf: Les Aventures de

Moktar - Vol 1: La Zoubida, players take the role of Ti-
tus fox mascot. His beloved Suzy has been kidnapped
on the other side of the Sahara desert, and to get her
back he has to advance through 15 levels comprising
of nearly 1000 screens of platform gameplay. There
are secret rooms to find, and bosses at the end of each
level.
mobygames.com

7.5 Tokio Senki: Eiyuu Retsuden

Developer n/a
Publisher Human Entertainment
Release date (jp) January 10, 1992
Genre Strategy

Tokio Senki: Eiyuu Retsuden is a strategy game, pub-

lished by Human Entertainment, which was released
in Japan in 1992.
 Tokyo Disneyland: Fantasy Tour 351

Tokoros Mahjong Jr. 6.4

Developer n/a
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (jp) December 22, 1994
Genre Board game

Tokoros Mahjong Jr. is a mahjong game, published by

Vic Tokai, which was released in Japan in 1994.

Tokyo Disneyland: 9.0

Fantasy Tour
Developer TOSE
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) July 24, 1998
Genre Action

Tokyo Disneyland: Fantasy Tour is an action game

based on the Tokyo Disneyland. The game was devel-
oped by TOSE and published by Tomy Corporation,
which was released in Japan in 1998.

Tokyo Disneyland: Mickey 9.0

no Cinderella Shiro Mystery Tour
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 22, 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Tokyo Disneyland: Mickey no Cinderella Shiro Mys-

tery Tour is a horizontal scrolling platformer where
Mickey goes through a castle using a balloon to acti-
vate switches or to cross pits .
The game was developed by Graphic Research and
published by Tomy Corporation, which was released
in Japan in 1995.
352 Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics

5.8 Tom & Jerry

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Platformer

Playing as Jerry, players have to find Tuffy before

Tom does. Players move Jerry to the goal of each level
to proceed, avoid enemies and obstacles (since Jerry
doesnt have the ability to kill enemies) and collect
cheeses and medals for points. After finishing a level,
players can play through a mini game for bonuses.
Players can choose to play in one player mode or two
players mode.
mobygames.com

6.6 Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics

Developer Beam Software
Publisher Hi Tech Expressions, (jp) Altron
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

In Frantic Antics the player can either choose from

Tom or Jerry and travel through ten levels of hostile
enemies and various traps and pitfalls to save a runa-
way by the name of Robyn from her Aunty Figg and
reunite her with her father. The gameplay is the stand-
ard platformer where the player dodges various obsta-
cles and knocks out various enemies. Various power-
ups include hearts, stars to replenish their health and
cheese, fish and pizza for extra bonus points.

5.3 Top Gun: Guts and Glory

Developer Distinctive Software
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) January 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action, Simulation

The game is loosely based on the Top Gun movie.

Essentially controlling a modern U.S. Air Force jet
through ten treacherous levels, players must take out
enemy jet fighters in addition to intimidating battle-
ships.
Rarity US: 4 Aircraft that can be chosen are the F-14 Tomcat, the
F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, the Soviet-made
MiG-29 Fulcrum and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
 Torpedo Range 353

Top Rank Tennis 7.5

Developer Pax Softonica
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) May 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

Top Rank Tennis is a tennis game. Players can opt to

play singles or doubles matches. There are only two
game modes: Official or Practice. Normal tennis rules
apply. Notably for a Game Boy title, the games scor-
ing is completely spoken out loud as well as other
words such as play and fault.
Rarity US: 3
Multiplayer up to four players using the four player
adapter is supported.
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Torpedo Range 5.9

Developer SETA Corporation
Publisher Romstar, (jp) SETA Corporation
Release date (us) November 1996
Genre Shooter

Torpedo Range is 2D shooter for Game Boy. The play-

er controls a submarine. Game has several modes -
map (player goes to next mission in top-down perspec-
tive), shooter (player hunts for planes, ships and other
submarines), and FPP shooter (player fires torpedoes
to enemies, and destroys all resistance). Submarine has
limited ammo, and some shields. Rarity US: 3

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Total Carnage 3.5

Developer n/a
Publisher Malibu Games
Release date (us) February 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Shooter

Total Carnage is a port of the 1992 arcade shooter by

Midway. Much like Smash TV on the Game Gear, the
developers took a game that maybe shouldnt belong
on a handheld. The gameplay mostly just involves
standing in one place, waiting for enemies to slowly
waddle towards players so they can kill them. There
Rarity US: 7
are barely any points where theyll even be dealing with
projectiles, making for a very slow game in general.
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354 The Tower of Druaga

7.3 Tottemo! Lucky Man:

Lucky Cookie Minna Daisuki!!
Developer n/a
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) September 22, 1994
Genre Board Game, Game show

Tottemo! Lucky Man: Lucky Cookie Minna Daisuki!!

is a Game Boy game based on the Shonen Jump manga
Tottemo! Lucky Man.
The game was published by Bandai, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1994.

7.0 The Tower of Druaga

Developer TOSE
Publisher Angel
Release date (jp) December 31, 1990
Genre Action role-playing, Maze

The Tower of Druaga is a port of the maze-based ac-

tion role-playing arcade game released by Namco in
1984. It is the first game in the Babylonian Castle Saga
series, inspired by Sumerian and Babylonian mythol-
ogy, including the Epic of Gilgamesh and Tower of
Babel.
The player assumes the role of the hero Gilgamesh,
whose goal is to rescue the maiden Ki from the demon
Druaga.

2.7 Toxic Crusaders

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Bandai
Release date (us) September 1992
Genre Beat-Em-Up

Toxic Crusaders is part of a series of multi-platform

games based on the American cartoon series Toxic
Crusaders.
Between each level, the player can select the Crusader
they want to play as: Toxie, No-Zone, Major Disaster,
Headbanger and Junkyard. The gameplay is standard
Rarity US: 6 for side-scrolling platform games: the player goes to
the right, shoots enemies, jumps on hills and avoid ob-
stacles. All characters have unlimited ammo.
 Track & Field 355

Toy Story 5.4

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) May 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Platformer

Toy Story is a side-scrolling platformer largely based

on the movie of the same name. Players control Woody
through 10 stages that encompass the entire plot of the
film. Several obstacles lie between the player and the
goal of each level, not least of which is a wide assort-
ment of enemies. Woody is equipped with a pullstring
whip, which will temporarily tie up opponents, let-
ting Woody pass by unharmed. It cannot, however, kill
enemies.

Track & Field 6.3

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) September 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

The Game Boy version of Track & Field features dif-

ferent events than the other versions of the game. There
are 11 events in total: 100m Dash, Long Jump, Hammer
Throw, 110m Hurdles, Javelin Throw, Weight Lifting,
Archery, Triple Jump, Swimming, Discus Throw, Pole
Vault. All require quick and timed arcade reflexes.
Rarity US: 4
Game modes inculde 1-Event Mode (quick game),
Competition (story mode) and Versus mode (mul-
tiplayer).
356 Trax

7.1 Track Meet

Developer Interplay
Publisher Interplay, (jp) Hiro
Release date (us) 1991
(eu) 1992
Genre Sports

Track Meet, released in Germany as Littis Summer

Sports (endorsed by Pierre Littbarski), offers seven dif-
ferent events in the spirit of the 1992 Summer Olym-
pic Games in Barcelona, Spain. There are five different
opponents to compete against in events like long jump,
the 100-meter dash, and weightlifting. Each competi-
Rarity US: 5
tors has his own strengths and weaknesses that either
help or hinder his performance on certain events.

7.6 Trax
Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Electro Brain, (jp) HAL Laboratory
Release date (us) September 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Action

Trax is a side scrolling shootem up that put players in

command of a tiny tank in some classic action levels.
Pitting players tankmanship against a villainous tank
master who is creating machine of destruction that has
taken over the land.
Players can fire from multiple angles but due to the
control limitations of the Game Boy, their vehicle can
only turn his turret clockwise.
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7.6 Trip World

Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Release date (eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

At first glance, Trip World appears to be a scaled-down

version of Gimmick!, another Sunsoft game released
in the same year. In Trip World, the player controls
Yakopoo through five relatively large and slightly lin-
ear stages. The objective is to find the stolen flower
of peace, since the inhabitants of Trip World turned
mad because of its absence, acting as the enemies in
the game. Yakopoo is able to shapeshift between three
different primary forms at any time, these forms are
manually activated by the player when desired.
 Trump Boy 357

True Lies 5.8

Developer Beam Software
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) February 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Run and gun

The 1994 Schwarzenegger film True Lies received a

unique adaptation for handheld systems. While based
on the console version, it adapts only five of the nine
levels, featuring a different gameplay perspective
(straight top-down instead of the angled perspective on
the consoles) and completely redesigned stages.
Rarity US: 4
The player controls Harry Tasker, who is tasked with
the duty of foiling the terrorist plot of Salim Abu Aziz.

Trump Boy 5.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Pack-In-Video
Release date (jp) March 29, 1990
Genre Cards

Trump Boy is a compilation of four different real-

world card games. The game feature a 2-player mode
but does not feature link-caple functions. It was pub-
lished by Pack-In-Video, which was released in Japan
in 1990.

Trump Boy II 8.2

Developer n/a
Publisher Pack-In-Video
Release date (jp) November 9, 1990
Genre Cards

Trump Boy II is another card game in the Trump Boy

series. The game was published by Pack-In-Video,
which was released in Japan in 1990.
358 Tsume Go Series 1: Fujisawa Hideyuki Meiyo Kisei

7.8 Trump Collection GB

Developer n/a
Publisher Bottom Up
Release date (jp) November 28, 1997
Genre Cards

Trump Collection GB is a card game, published by

Bottom Up, which was released in Japan in 1997.

5.5 Tsume Go Series 1:

Fujisawa Hideyuki Meiyo Kisei
Developer n/a
Publisher Magical Company
Release date (jp) October 19, 1994
Genre Puzzle

Tsume Go Series 1 is a puzzle game, published by

Magical Company (Mahou), which was released in Ja-
pan in 1994. The game has Super Game Boy features.

6.5 Tsume Shogi Hyakuban Shoubu

Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) April 8, 1994
Genre Board game

Tsume Shogi Hyakuban Shoubu is a shogi game, de-

veloped by C-Lab and published by Imagineer, which
was released in Japan in 1994.
 Tsume Shogi: Kanki Godan 359

Tsume Shogi Mondai Teikyou: 7.5

Shogi Sekai
Developer Use Corporation
Publisher IMax
Release date (jp) April 15, 1994
Genre Board game

Tsume Shogi Mondai Teikyou: Shogi Sekai is a sho-

gi game, developed by Use and published by IMax,
which was released in Japan in 1994.

Tsume Shogi: 6.0

Kanki Godan
Developer n/a
Publisher Magical Company
Release date (jp) October 19, 1994
Genre Board game

Tsume Shogi: Kanki Godan is another shogi game,

published by Magical Company (Mahou), which was
released in Japan in 1994.

Tsuri Sensei 8.0

Developer Ocarina System
Publisher J-Wing
Release date (jp) September 11, 1998
Genre Sports

Tsuri Sensei is a fishing game with some Pokmon like

aspects. The game was developed by Ocarina System
and published by J-Wing, which was released in Japan
in 1998.
360 Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator

7.2 Tumblepop
Developer Data East
Publisher Sunsoft, (jp) Data East
Release date (us) March 1993
Genre Action

Tumblepop is a port of a 1991 arcade game by the

same name. The game is similar along the lines of
Bubble Bobble. Players has a vacuum cleaner attached
to their backpack, and must use it to suck up enemies
into the backpack and shoot them back out before they
break out.
Rarity US: 4 The Game Boy version incorporates a shop in which
players can spend their points to buy power-ups.

4.8 Turn and Burn:

The F-14 Dogfight Simulator
Developer Imagineering
Publisher Absolute Entertainment, (eu) Activision
Release date (us) May 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Action, Simulation

In Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator the

player mans a F-14 combat fighter and has to solve
various missions, e.g. destroying an enemy base or de-
stroying all enemy aircraft in the area.
In Europe, the game was released as the Game Boy
adaptation of Phantom Air Mission, the European ver-
sion of Imagineerings Flight of the Intruder.

5.8 Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs

Developer Bit Managers
Publisher Acclaim, (jp) Starfish
Release date (us) December 1, 1997
(eu) 1998
Genre Action-platformer

Battle of the Bionosaurs is a companion to its N64

and PC counterpart Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. As Turok
players are tasked with battling dinosaurs, cyborgs and
ruthless mercenaries to achieve ultimate victory over
evil. They get a wide variety of weapons through the
eight levels of battle and objectives. But players should
use the weapons carefully as different adversaries react
differently to each one. They get to explore large levels
and use a password system to save their progress.
 TV Champion 361

Turrican 6.2
Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Run and gun

Turrican started in 1989 on the Commodore 64 with a

demo level of the full game which was released in 1990.
Turrican became very popular due to its high technical
achievements, demonstrating graphics which many did
not believe to be possible on a C64. The game can be
described as a cross between Metroid and Psycho-Nics
Rarity US: 3
Oscar. While the huge levels and the morph-ball func-
tion were inspired by Metroid, the overall graphics de-
sign and weapons were inspired by Psycho-Nics Oscar.

TV Champion 6.2
Developer Tom Create
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) October 28, 1994
Genre Sports

TV Champion is based on the game show of the same

name, broadcast on TV Tokyo. Japanese literacy is re-
quired to understand the rules and to properly play the
game. Players have the ability to collect rice in a dish,
collect food items to return to their goal post, or do
stunts like pachinko under a strict time limit. All play-
ers must eventually win the Gluttony Championship.
Despite popular opinion, there are no trivia questions
to be answered in the game.

Twin 7.2
Developer n/a
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) January 31, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Twin came out in 1992 for the Gameboy and was pub-
lished by Athena. The plot of the game revolves around
a hero and some generic evil. The player, as the hero,
is summoned to try to do something about it. After
talking to the king, players can do the usual stocking
up at the various store and head into the tower of evil.
The game is a is a simple combination of grinding and
exploration. Later in the game, players can start buy-
ing golems to provide more defense in battle.
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362 Uchuu Senkan Yamato

6.9 Uchuu no Kishi

Tekkaman Blade
Developer Sun L
Publisher Yutaka
Release date (jp) December 18, 1992
Genre Shooter

Uchuu no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade is a shoot em up

game based on the anime of the same name, which
was a 1990s relaunch of the original 1970s Tekkaman
anime.
The game is a traditional side-scrolling shoot em up
for the most part, with the player controlling Tekka-
man Blade as he cuts a swath through the alien forces.
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7.7 Uchuu Senkan Yamato

Developer n/a
Publisher Bec
Release date (jp) July 17, 1992
Genre Strategy

Uch Senkan Yamato is an adaptation of the anime se-

ries of the same name, also known as Star Blazers. It
adapts the story of the original 1974 television series.
The game presents the adventures of the Yamato and
her crew as a series of turn-based battles, each based
on encounters from the series. The goal in each level
is usually to get the Yamato to a certain point on the
map, representing an obstacle like a Gamilan base or a
natural hazard.
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7.5 Ultima: Runes of Virtue

Developer Origin Systems
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) July 1992
Genre Action role-playing

Runes Of Virtue is an action-RPG specifically made

for the Game Boy. Taking place in the Ultima uni-
verse, the task is to gather the eight virtue rune stones
from the eight dungeons which oppose the virtues. The
Black Knight has stolen the virtues from the castle of
Lord British, and it is the players job to recover them.
Initially, players can choose between four characters;
Shamino the ranger, Dupre the swordsman, Iolo the
bard, and Mariah the mage.
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 Ultima: Runes of Virtue II 363

Ultima: Runes of Virtue II 7.1

Developer Origin Systems
Publisher FCI, (jp) Pony Canyon
Release date (us) March 1994
Genre Action role-playing

Runes Of Virtue 2 is the sequel to Runes Of Virtue for

the Game Boy. Released on the SNES as well as the
Game Boy, Runes Of Virtue 2 maintains the action-
RPG gameplay as the original. In this game, the Black
Knight kidnaps Lord Tholden, simply out of boredom.
Lord British sends the player, the Avatar, out to recov-
er Tholden and return peace to Brittania.
As in the first Runes Of Virtue game players have the
choice of selecting one of four characters.
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364 Ultra Golf

6.2 Ultra Golf

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami, (us) Ultra Games
Release date (us) March 1992
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Ultra Golf, also known as Konami Golf, is a golf

game for the Game Boy system. The game features
two courses and a tournament mode, in which a player
must win on the first course to play tournaments on
the second course. It also has a practice mode which
allows the player to play both courses regardless of the
Rarity US: 3
tournament status.
 Ultraman Ball 365

Ultraman 3.6
Developer n/a
Publisher Bec
Release date (jp) December 29, 1991
Genre Fighting

Ultraman is a port of the Super FamiCom game of the

same name. The Game Boy version is a, some would
say broken, fighting game, were players, as Ultraman,
fight their way through several monsters from the se-
ries. To win a fight, players beat the healt bar of the en-
emie down, then use a special move to finish them off.
The game was published by Bec and released in Japan
in 1991.

CGRundertow

Ultraman Ball 8.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Bec
Release date (jp) December 22, 1994
Genre Platformer

Ultraman Ball, a 2D platformer, feature Ultraman and

his companions. Ultraman is reimagined as a hero who
is able to transform into a ball mode, and uses this new
power to save his friends. The game is a re-package of
a proposed Armadillo NES sequel.
In his standard bipedal form, Ultraman is able to cling
onto walls and climb up them by repeatedly jumping.
As the ball, Ultraman can bowl over enemies and build
speed on slopes to help him reach new areas.
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Ultraman Chou 6.7

Toushi Gekiden
Developer n/a
Publisher Angel
Release date (jp) August 26, 1994
Genre Action

Based on the Ultraman series. this game has players

do everything from platfomring to side scroll shooting
The game was published by Angel (Bandai), which
was released in Japan in 1994. It has Super Game Boy
compatibility and feature multiple borders.
366 Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2

7.8 Ultraman Club:

Teki Kaijuu o Hakken Seyo!
Developer TOSE
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) May 26, 1990
Genre Strategy

Ultraman Club: Teki Kaijuu o Hakken Seyo! is a

strategy war game based on the Ultraman franchise.
The game was developed by TOSE and published by
Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1990.

8.3 Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2

Developer TOSE
Publisher Pack-In-Video
Release date (jp) July 10, 1998
Genre Role-playing

Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2 is the portable follow-up to the

SNES original. The game was developed by Pack-In-
Video and published by Victor Interactive Software.
A North American release was initially planned under
the title of Legend of the Sea King but was eventually
cancelled.

5.1 Un Indien Dans La Ville

Developer Titus Software
Publisher Titus Software
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Action-platformer

Un indien dans la ville (An Indian in the city) is based

on a 1994 French film by Herv Palud. The plot is
about a boy raised as an Amazonas Indian who moves
with his father to Paris.
The game is an action platformer, developed and pub-
lished by Titus Software, which was released in Eu-
rope in 1995.
 Universal Soldier 367

Undercover Cops Gaiden: 8.3

Hakaishin Garumaa
Developer n/a
Publisher Irem
Release date (jp) December 10, 1993
Genre Role-playing, Board game

Undercover Cops: Hakaishin Garumaa, a turn-based

traditional game, is a spin-off of Irems 1992 beat em
up arcade game simply titled Undercover Cops.
Similar in design to the later Mario Party titles, players
begin by choosing one of three of the undercover cops.
The player begins at the start location of the board and
must use one of their numbered value tiles.

Universal Soldier 6.3

Developer The Code Monkeys
Publisher Accolade
Release date (us) December 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Console conversions of Turrican II for the Mega Drive,

SNES and Game Boy were produced by The Code
Monkeys for Accolade, who had kept the rights for the
console ports of the franchise. At a late stage in the de-
velopment, Accolade also acquired rights to produce a
game spin-off of the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie
Rarity US: 6
Universal Soldier and decided to rebrand the game as
Universal Soldier. Turricans sprite was changed into a
marine and several other substitutions were made.

Uno: Small World 9.0

Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) November 26, 1993
Genre Cards

Uno: Small World is a Japan-only Uno game for the

Game Boy. It was published by Tomy Corporation,
which was released in Japan in 1993.
368 Urban Strike

8.0 Uno 2: Small World

Developer Jupiter
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) March 3, 1995
Genre Cards

Uno 2: Small World is the sequel to Uno: Small World.

The game was developed by Jupiter Corporation and
published by Tomy Corporation, which was released
in Japan in 1995.

5.2 Urban Strike

Developer Borta
Publisher Black Pearl Software
Release date (us) November 1996
(eu) 1996
Genre Shooter

Urban Strike, initially released for the Genesis in 1994,

is the third game in the Strike series. In the game, an
evil genius named H. R. Malone has started a cult and
managed to gather millions of followers. Malone is us-
ing his influence and wealth to build a super weapon
with which he will overthrow the government. Play-
Rarity US: 4
ers will once again suit up and take control of various
types of helicopters to stop Malones evil scheme.

7.2 Urusei Yatsura:

Miss Tomobiki o Sagase!
Developer KID
Publisher Yanoman
Release date (jp) July 3, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Urusei Yatsura: Miss Tomobiki o Chigase! is a role-

playing game developed by KID Corp. and published
by Yanoman Corporation for the Game Boy platform.
 Vattle Giuce 369

V-Rally 8.6
Championship Edition
Developer Velez & Dubail
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1998
Genre Racing

The GameBoy version of the popular V-Rally series,

includes 4 licensed cars and 20 racing tracks from
different countries with varying weather conditions
(raining on the English track, snow in Sweden etc.),
and two game modes: Arcade and Championship. In
Arcade mode players race against the clock, and in
Championship mode they race against other cars to get
to the finish line first.
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Vattle Giuce 7.6

Developer n/a
Publisher IGS
Release date (jp) July 12, 1991
Genre Shooter

Vattle Giuce is a fast paced shooter for the Game Boy.

It was published by IGS, which was released in Japan
in 1991.

Vegas Stakes 7.6

Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) December 1995
Genre Casino

Vegas Stakes is a handheld version of the console ver-

sion and the sequel to Vegas Dream for the NES. The
player starts out with $1,000 and can chose from a
plethora of games like slot machines, blackjack, poker,
craps and roulette.
There are four different casinos to choose from, un-
locked by the players winnings, each with their own Rarity US: 3
different betting structures and odds of winning.
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370 Versus Hero: Kakutou Ou e no Michi

8.0 Versus Hero:

Kakutou Ou e no Michi
Developer n/a
Publisher Banpresto
Release date (jp) August 7, 1992
Genre Fighting

Versus Hero: Kakutou Ou e no Michi is an early cross-

over fighting game for Game Boy, with characters
from Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Gundam franchises.
The game was published by Banpresto, which was re-
leased in Japan in 1992.

6.6 Volleyfire
Developer n/a
Publisher Toei Animation
Release date (jp) June 29, 1990
Genre Shooter

Volleyfire is a shooter with simple gameplay mechan-

ics: Two space ships (in later levels up to three against
the player) are placed on the lower respectively upper
side of the screen, can move left or right and try to
shoot each other. Between them are obstacles which
obfuscate the shots and, depending on the level, may
move horizontally or vertically. When the latter is the
case, a collision should be avoided. Every successful
shot lowers the energy bar of the opponent and when it
runs out, a life is lost.
 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 371

Wario Blast: 7.1

Featuring Bomberman!
Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Nintendo, (jp) Hudson Soft
Release date (us) November 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Action

Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! is the western

release of Bomberman GB. It is a crossover between
Nintendos Wario franchise and Hudsons signature
Bomberman franchise.
Throughout the game, the objective of the game is to
blow up enemies to move on to the next stage.

Wario Land: 8.0

Super Mario Land 3
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) February 7, 1994
(eu) May 13, 1994
Genre Platformer

Despite being advertised as Super Mario Land 3, Wario

Land gameplay proves completely different from that
of the Mario titles. There are no princesses to save, no
world in peril. There is only one goal: for Wario to earn
as much money as possible, in an effort to buy his own Rarity US: 3
massive castle and make Mario jealous. The larger the
cash total Wario has collected at the end of the game,
the better house (and ending) that Wario will receive.

Wario Land II 7.9

Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) March 2, 1998
(eu) March 26, 1998
Genre Platformer

Wario Land II was the last first-party title made for the
Game Boy and was later remade to take advantage of
the Game Boy Color hardware. In this game, Wario
has to recover his treasure from Captain Syrup and her
Black Sugar Gang.
Unlike in most video games of the time, the games chal- Rarity US: 3
lenge comes mostly through impeding player progress
by implementing physical obstacles, puzzle-solving or
forcing Wario back to previously-visited areas.
372 Wave Race

3.0 Waterworld
Developer PAM Development
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Action

Waterworld is an action game based on the movie of the

same name. The player takes the role of an unnamed
drifter who has to fight against pirates, called Smokers,
who are after a girl the drifter picked up before.
From a gameplay standpoint, this game is similar to
the SNES Waterworld, but with different levels (eight
divided into six stages each). There are three types of
levels: sailing on a raft while shooting everything that
moves, diving underwater and platforming.
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6.4 Wave Race

Developer Pax Softnica
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 1992
(eu) June 24, 1997
Genre Racing

Wave Race is the first game in the personal watercraft

racing series. The game is relatively simple, in that the
player controls a jet skier around a track aiming to beat
the computer or up to three friends using the link cable
accessory.
Wave Race sold well enough to earn a Players Choice
medal and was later followed by two sequels: Wave
Race 64 and Wave Race: Blue Storm.

3.5 Waynes World

Developer Radical Entertainment
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) November 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Waynes World is based on the film Waynes World

and feature both protagonists Wayne and Garth as
playable characters.
Player controls both Wayne and Garth in different lev-
els. Garths main attack is a laser gun and Wayne has
a kick.
Rarity US: 7
 Were Back!: A Dinosaurs Story 373

WCW World Championship 6.5

Wrestling: The Main Event
Developer Beam Software
Publisher FCI
Release date (us) February 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

There are two types of matches available: a set number

of falls (best of one, three, or five) and a set time limit
(five, ten, or fifteen minutes). Each wrestler has his
unique special move along with punch, clothesline,
bodyslam, suplex, dropkick, and cross body block.
One can choose between a single match and an elimi-
nation match which runs the gauntlet of the remaining
wrestlers.

Were Back!: 4.0

A Dinosaurs Story
Developer Beam Software
Publisher Laser Beam Entertainment, (us) Hi Tech Expr.
Release date (us) October 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

The Game Boy version of Were Back is one of four

different releases from Laser Beam Entertainment on
the Game Boy in which all of the game play is the
same with only sprites changed. The versions of this
game are: (united states) Were Back! A Dinosaur Sto-
ry, (sweden) Bamse, (australia) Agro Soar, and Baby
T-Rex.
giantbomb.com

Wedding Peach: 7.7

Jamapii Panic
Developer Atelier Double
Publisher KSS
Release date (jp) December 8, 1995
Genre Puzzle

Wedding Peach: Jamapii Panic is a puzzle game based

on the Wedding Peach shjo manga written by Suke-
hiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa. The game
was developed by Atelier Double and published by
KSS for the Game Boy platform. The game was only
released in Japan.
374 Wheel of Fortune

7.6 Welcome Nakayoshi Park

Developer Tom Create
Publisher Bandai
Release date (jp) March 3, 1994
Genre Mini-games

Welcome Nakayoshi Park is a video game released for

Nintendo Game Boy by Bandai in 1994. In the game,
the player walks around Nakayoshi park, playing dif-
ferent mini-games. After they are all beaten, the player
can gain access to a castle in the center of the park.
This game features several other characters from Na-
kayoshi magazine along with Sailor Moon characters.

sailormoon.wikia.com

6.3 Wheel of Fortune

Developer Data Design Interactive
Publisher GameTek
Release date (us) September 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Game show

Wheel of Fortune is based on the popular game show

produced by Merv Griffin. The goal is the same as the
game show, which is to guess missing letters to solve
a puzzle which covers the same subjects as found on
the show, such as place, person, thing, phrase, etc.
Game play is for up to two players taking turns, or
for one player against the computer. Gameplay moves
through three rounds, and a bonus round for a grand
prize.

6.5 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
Release date (us) November 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Adventure

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1991 overhead adven-

ture game by Capcom. Based on the 1988 film of the
same title, it was one of the earliest games designed by
Shinji Mikami.
The player controls Roger Rabbit around Toontown to
solve objectives to save Toontown and defeat Judge
Doom. Roger simply interacts with objects and char-
acters. There are collectible items Roger needs to ac-
cess certain places and make progress.
 Winners Horse 375

WildSnake 8.6
Developer Bullet-Proof Software
Publisher Spectrum HoloByte, (jp) Yojigen
Release date (us) September 1994
Genre Puzzle

WildSnake, known as Super Snakey in Japan, is a

puzzle video game inspired by Tetris. Snakes of vary-
ing shade of gray and lengths fall from the top of the
screen and slither to the bottom. The goal is to clear
out the snakes by touching two of the same color.
When two snakes of the same color touches they dis-
appear. Sometimes a flashing WildSnake will appear Rarity US: 4
and destroy every snake of the same color it touches.

Winners Horse 8.7

Developer NCS
Publisher NCS
Release date (jp) September 20, 1991
Genre Sports

Winners Horse is a horse racing game, developed and

published by NCS, which was released in Japan in
1991.

Winter Olympic Games: 7.6

Lillehammer 94
Developer Unexpected Development
Publisher U.S. Gold
Release date (us) January 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

Winter Olympic Games is the officially licensed game

for the Winter Olympics tournament of 1994 in Lille-
hammer, Norway. The European version, released as
Winter Gold, does not feature the license, but is other-
wise the same game.
The player can compete for one of 20 different nations
in 7 different events.
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376 Wizardry Gaiden 2: Curse of the Ancient Emperor

8.5 Wizardry Gaiden 1:

Suffering of the Queen
Developer Sir-Tech
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) October 1, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Wizardry Gaiden is a side story Wizardry game for

Gameboy. It is an original, Japanese-only title, and is
not a port of any computer versions. Its developer, AS-
CII, was also the developer that created the Wizardry 1
through 6 remakes for FamiCom and Super FamiCom,
and as such Wizardry Gaiden retains much of the same
look and feel of other console titles in the series. The
gameplay system most closely resembles Wizardry V
(released the following year for Super Famicom).

6.9 Wizardry Gaiden 2:

Curse of the Ancient Emperor
Developer Sir-Tech
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) December 26, 1992
Genre Role-playing

Wizardry Gaiden II is the second in the Japan-exclu-

sive Wizardry Gaiden series. The scenario was written
by the Japanese author Benny Matsuyama, and is not
based on any Wizardry game developed by Sir-tech.
Developed by ASCII, the same company that created
console versions of other Wizardry games, Wizardry
Gaiden II shares many similarities to other console en-
tries in the series in style.
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8.1 Wizardry Gaiden 3:

Scripture of the Dark
Developer Sir-Tech
Publisher ASCII Corporation
Release date (jp) September 25, 1993
Genre Role-playing

Scripture of the Dark is the last game in the Wizardry

Gaiden series on the Game Boy. The forth game con-
tinued on the Super FamiCom.
Like the two other games in the series, the third also
received an english fan translation. Fan translator and
ROM hacker Tangyi_Chang released a English fan
translation patch for Wizardry Gaiden III on ROM-
Hacking.net to sit aside his two previous efforts.
 WordZap 377

Wizards & Warriors X: 6.2

The Fortress of Fear
Developer Rare
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) January 1990
(eu) 1990
Genre Action-platformer

Taking place after the events in Ironsword: Wizards

& Warriors II, the game features the knight warrior
Kuros; he sets out to the Fortress of Fear to defeat the
evil wizard Malkil, who, after 17 years of dormancy,
has captured Princess Elaine and has imprisoned her Rarity US: 3
there. In contrast to the previous games in the series,
gameplay is more linear.

WordZap 7.3
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Jaleco
Release date (us) September 1992
Genre Puzzle

WordZap is a puzzle game designed by Michael F.C.

Crick, son of scientist Francis Crick. In 1991, it was
included with Volume 3 of the Microsoft Entertain-
ment Pack and was later released by Jaleco for the
Game Boy in 1992. The game has been compared with
Scrabble and Boggle; in WordZap players zap letters
in order to make proper English words.
An updated version for newer editions of Windows is
available on the games official website as shareware.

Wordtris 6.0
Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher Spectrum HoloByte
Release date (us) November 1992
Genre Puzzle

Wordtris is a Tetris offshoot designed by Alexey Pajit-

nov. The object of the game is to build words of three
letters or more using the tiles that fall from the top of
the playing area. Words can be constructed horizon-
tally or vertically, and multiple words can overlap each
other. If the player manages to construct the magic
word at the top of the screen, the well will be cleared Rarity US: 5
of all tiles and the player will receive a large bonus.
378 World Bowling

6.1 World Beach Volley:

1992 GB Cup
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Taito Corporation, (jp) IGS
Release date (eu) 1992
Genre Sports

World Beach Volley: 1992 GB Cup is a port Sonic

Spike, a 1990 volleyball game released for the Tur-
boGrafx-16. The game features the usual volleyball
mechanics of passing and setting the ball up for spikes.
Taito was going to release it in North America as
Beach Volley however it was canceled.

5.8 World Bowling

Developer Athena
Publisher Romstar, (jp) Athena
Release date (us) April 1990
Genre Sports

World Bowling is a bowling game in which the player

has to beat bowling alleys from six different countries
(England, China, Japan, Canada, France, USA). To
win the game, all alleys have to be beaten in a row
with an increasing points requirement (200 to 250) - if
the score is missed once, it is back to the beginning.
Rarity US: 5 The throw is divided into three parts: character posi-
tion on the alley, control and power. While the first is
simply chosen by lining the character up, the latter two
are reaction games.

7.9 World Circuit Series

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami, (us) Ultra Games
Release date (us) March 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Racing

F-1 Spirit, released in North America as World Circuit

Series and in Europe as The Spirit of F-1, was released
for the Game Boy in 1991. It is a top-viewed racing
game like the original MSX game.
Players can compete in Formula 3, Formula 3000 and
Rarity US: 5 Formula 1. 25 different tracks from around the world
are featured, with some of them only playable on the
according class.
 World Cup USA 94 379

World Cup 98 6.8

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher THQ
Release date (us) June 1998
(eu) June 1998
Genre Sports

World Cup 98 is a licensed game of the 1998 Football

World Cup held in France from June 10 to July 12. Un-
like the PC and console versions of the same name, this
release does not feature official player names. Also,
this version of the game features a 2D isometric view
instead of the 3D graphics of the previously mentioned
Rarity US: 5
title. It uses the same engine and most graphics from
the Game Boy version of FIFA 98: Road to World Cup.
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World Cup USA 94 7.8

Developer Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher U.S. Gold, (jp) SunSoft
Release date (eu) 1994
Genre Sports

World Cup USA 94 is a top-down soccer game recre-

ating the namesake tournament. Beside the 24 teams
who qualified for the actual World Cup, other sig-
nificant footballing nations like England, France and
Denmark can be drafted in. Tackling is difficult and
passing is easy, making for a flowing end-to-end style
of play. The presentation of the menus is largely icon-
based, with the official mascot featured prominently.

mobygames.com

World Heroes 2 Jet 7.4

Developer Takara
Publisher Takara
Release date (us) August 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Fighting

World Heroes 2 Jet is a port of a 1994 fighting arcade

game by ADK. It became the first and only title of
the series to receive a port on a handheld, with Super
Game Boy features added to it, as well as characters
being super deformed due to the handheld platforms
screen being small. This port was first released in Ja-
Rarity US: 5
pan as Nett World Heroes 2 Jet, as part of Takaras
Nett Dead Heat Fighters series of Game Boy conver-
sions of arcade fighting games.
380 Worms

7.6 World Ice Hockey

Developer n/a
Publisher Athena
Release date (jp) April 12, 1991
Genre Sports

World Ice Hockey is a top-down ice hockey game. The

player has the choice between eight national teams
(URS, Canada, Finland, Germany, Czech Republic,
Sweden, USA and Japan) which can be either play an
exhibition match or a tournament; the latter being a
series of matches which have to be won. The game
feature various tactical options which can be set before
and during the match. Sometimes during the matches,
two players can fight each other.
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5.0 Worms
Developer Team 17
Publisher Ocean
Release date (eu) 1995
Genre Strategy

Worms is a multi-platform turn based artillery game,

similar to other early games in the genre such as
Scorched Earth. The aim is to use various weapons to
kill the worms on the other teams and have the last
surviving worm(s).
The game was originally created by Andy Davidson as
an entry for a Blitz BASIC programming competition
run by the Amiga Format magazine, a cut-down ver-
sion of the programming language having been cover-
mounted previously.

4.8 WWF King of the Ring

Developer Eastridge Technology
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japan
Release date (us) September 1993
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

WWF King of the Ring is a professional wrestling

video game based on the World Wrestling Federation,
released in 1993 for the NES and Game Boy. It was the
final WWF game released for the NES, and third WWF
game released for the Game Boy. In this game, players
can vie for the title of King of the Ring by competing
Rarity US: 5
in an eight-man single elimination tournament. Addi-
tionally, players can battle the entire roster through a
string of singles matches to become WWF Champion.
 WWF Raw 381

WWF Raw 4.6

Developer Realtime Associates
Publisher LJN
Release date (us) September 1994
(eu) 1994
Genre Sports

WWF Raw is a professional wrestling game featuring

up to eight superstars from the World Wrestling Fed-
eration: Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels,
Razor Ramon, Yokozuna, Diesel, Doink the Clown,
and Lex Luger.
Players attempt to pin the opponents to the mat by re-
ducing their power meter until they can fight no more.
382 WWF Superstars 2

6.5 WWF Superstars

Developer Rare
Publisher LJN, (jp) Hot B
Release date (us) April 1991
(eu) 1991
Genre Sports

WWF Superstars was the first WWF/E game for the

Game Boy system. Before every match, wrestlers cut
promos on their opponent. Following the match, Vince
McMahon comments on the action. The wrestlers each
have two comments. One is a generic taunt, while the
second is specific to the opponent.
The game features five wrestlers: Hulk Hogan, Ma-
cho Man Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, The
Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, and Mr. Perfect.

5.4 WWF Superstars 2

Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher LJN, (jp) Acclaim Japa
Release date (us) August 1992
(eu) 1993
Genre Sports

WWF Superstars 2 features a more limited move-

set than its predecessor. All wrestlers share the same
moveset with no signature moves. Moves are limited
to strikes (punching and kicking), grapples (headbutt,
suplex, and bodyslam), ground attacks (stomp and el-
bow drop), Irish whip moves (clothesline and drop-
Rarity US: 3
kick), and an aerial attack (flying elbow drop). Players
can press the Select button once per match to regain
strength.

5.0 WWF War Zone

Developer Probe Entertainment Limited
Publisher Acclaim
Release date (us) June 1998
(eu) 1998
Genre Sports

WWF War Zone is a multi-platform wrestling game.

The Game Boy version was released in June 1998.
Modes of play include singles, tag team and WWF
Challenge. There is also an option to set the difficulty
level and length of matches. The game includes some
of the wrestlers from the other versions, including
Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Un-
dertaker and Kane. All wrestlers share the same moves
except for their finishing moves.
384 X

8.2 X
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) May 29, 1992
Genre Action, Simulation

The game was influenced by the Starglider series, and

was originally slated to be published by Mindscape as
Eclipse or Lunar Chase, but Nintendo took over the
project after becoming interested in the concept of
having three-dimensional graphics on the Game Boy.
Then Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi renamed
the game X, shortly before its release. The Japanese
magazine Famitsu listed X as one of the four most in-
fluential Game Boy games released, as it was the first
3D game released for a portable system in Japan.
 Xerd no Densetsu 385

Xenon 2 Megablast 6.1

Developer Teeny Weeny Games
Publisher Mindscape, (jp) PCM Complete
Release date (us) October 1992
(eu) 1992
Genre Shooter

Xenon 2 Megablast, originally produced for the Amiga

and Atari ST, and later converted to the Game Boy,
is a vertically scrolling shoot em up. Unusual for the
genre at the time, the players spaceship can reverse
the scrolling of the play area for a limited distance;
which is used in the game for defeating bosses, avoid-
Rarity US: 5
ing enemies and escaping dead ends.
The game is known for its theme music originally by
Tim Simenon (based on the theme of Precinct 13).

Xerd no Densetsu 7.9

Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (jp) October 18, 1991
Genre Role-playing

Xerd no Densetsu is a role-playing game, developed by

Graphic Research and published by Vic Tokai, which
was released in Japan in 1991.
Players take the role of a prince, who have to defeate
his evil twin brother.

Xerd no Densetsu 2: 8.7

Xerd!! Gishin no Ryouiki
Developer Graphic Research
Publisher Vic Tokai
Release date (jp) February 19, 1993
Genre Role-playing

Xerd no Densetsu II is a role-playing game, developed

by Graphic Research and published by Vic Tokai,
which was released in Japan in 1993.
386 Yamakawa Ichimonittou Nihonshi B Yougo Mondaishuu

6.8 Yakuman
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (jp) April 21, 1989
Genre Board game

Released alongside Alleyway, Super Mario Land, and

Baseball, it bears the distinction of being the only of
the four Japanese Game Boy launch titles never re-
leased outside Japan.
Yakuman is the name of the winning hand in the Chi-
nese board game, mahjong. Players have to beat the
opponents hand by either matching panels of different
numbers within the same family or by grouping panels
that belong to the same family in different numbers.

9.0 Yamakawa Ichimonittou

Nihonshi B Yougo Mondaishuu
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) April 22, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Yamakawa Ichimonittou Nihonshi B Yougo Mondaish-

uu is a edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and
published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1998.

9.0 Yamakawa Ichimonittou

Sekaishi B Yougo Mondaishuu
Developer C-Lab
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) March 20, 1998
Genre Edutainment

Yamakawa Ichimonittou Sekaishi B Yougo Mondaish-

uu is a edutainment game, developed by C-Lab and
published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan
in 1998.
 Yoshi 387

Yogi Bears Gold Rush 7.6

Developer Entertainment Int
Publisher GameTek, (eu) Empire Interactive
Release date (us) October 1994
(eu) November 24, 1994
Genre Action-platformer

In this game, Yogi Bear has to save Jellystone Nation-

al Park from an evil ghost named Jake; who stole the
funds needed to keep the park operating. There are six
different stages in the game that range from a large city
to the Wild West.
GamePro rated the game as an inoffensive but unim- Rarity US: 6
pressive Super Mario clone, though they did praise
the developers for creating an entirely new Yogi Bear
game instead of a port of the SNES game.

Yoshi 6.3
Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) July 1992
(eu) December 17, 1992
Genre Puzzle

In Yoshi, also known as Yoshis Egg and Mario &

Yoshi, players is tasked with clearing monsters from
the on-screen playing field. The monsters fall in from
the top of the screen to build vertical stacks; the player
must prevent a stack from growing too high such that it
exits the play field. In order to so, the player swaps and
Rarity US: 2
moves the stacks about such that falling monsters col-
lide with identical monsters stationed atop the stacks,
causing them to be removed from play.
388 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

6.9 Yoshis Cookie

Developer Bullet-Proof Software
Publisher Nintendo
Release date (us) April 1993
(eu) April 28, 1993
Genre Puzzle

Yoshis Cookie originally began development as a

SNES game called Hermetica produced by game
designer David Nolte. The game was first shown by
Bullet-Proof Software at the 1992 Consumer Electron-
ics Show. Nintendo obtained the licenses for the 8-bit
(NES and Game Boy) versions of Hermetica, and de-
Rarity US: 3
veloped the game into Yoshis Cookie, which now fea-
tured Mario characters.

6.4 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Developer KCE Shinjuku
Publisher Konami
Release date (jp) December 16, 1998
Genre Strategy

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is the second Yu-Gi-Oh!

video game, following Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule:
Breed and Battle. It is the first game in the Duel Mon-
sters series and the only Yu-Gi-Oh! game released for
the Game Boy.
The game features 365 cards, with the last 15 cards be-
ing secret. The basic rules differ greatly from the card
game, and are generally simpler.
yugioh.wikia.com

7.0 Y Y Hakusho
Developer Tomy
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) July 23, 1993
Genre Action

Yu Yu Hakusho is the first game based on the large

anime and manga franchise for Game Boy. It was de-
veloped and published by Tomy Corporation, which
was released in Japan in 1993.
 Y Y Hakusho Dai-San-Dan: Makai no Tobira 389

Y Y Hakusho Dai-Ni-Dan: 7.3

Ankoku Bujutsu Kai Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 10, 1993
Genre Action

Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dai-Ni-Tama, the second YuYu

Hakusho series for Game Boy, is an Action game, pub-
lished by Tomy Corporation, which was released in
Japan in 1993.

Y Y Hakusho Dai-San-Dan: 8.0

Makai no Tobira
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) June 3, 1994
Genre Action

Makai no Tobira is the third Game Boy release in the

YuYu Hakusho series. Unlike the other games in the
series for the platform, it was a single-plane brawler
with top-down sections.
The game was published by Tomy Corporation, which
was released in Japan in 1994.

Y Y Hakusho 7.5
Dai-Yon-Dan: Makai Titsu Hen
Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 9, 1994
Genre Action

YuYu Hakusho Dai-Yon-Dan: Makai Touitsu Hen is

the fourth and final Game Boy Yu Yu Hakusho game.
The game was published by Tomy Corporation, which
was released in Japan in 1994.
390 Z-Kai Kyuukyoku no Eijukugo 1017

6.5 Z-Kai Kyuukyoku

no Eigo Koubun 285
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) November 28, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Z-Kai Kyuukyoku no Eigo Koubun 285 is a edutain-

ment game, developed by Tomcat System and pub-
lished by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in
1997.

8.8 Z-Kai Kyuukyoku

no Eijukugo 1017
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) October 1, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Z-Kai Kyuukyoku no Eijukugo 1017 is a edutainment

game, developed by Tomcat System and published by
Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1997.

8.6 Z-Kai Kyuukyoku

no Eitango 1500
Developer Tomcat System
Publisher Imagineer
Release date (jp) July 11, 1997
Genre Edutainment

Z-Kai Kyuukyoku no Eitango 1500 is a edutainment

game, developed by Tomcat System and published by
Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1997.
 Zen: Intergalactic Ninja 391

Zen-Nippon 6.0
Pro Wrestling Jet
Developer Geo Factory
Publisher NCS
Release date (jp) July 15, 1994
Genre Sports

Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling Jet is a professional wres-

tling game published by NCS Corporation and released
on the Game Boy in Japan. Zen-Nippon features a pass-
word save system to continue progress. Zen-Nippon
has three levels of difficulty: easy, medium, and hard.

giantbomb.com

Zen: Intergalactic Ninja 6.0

Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Release date (us) 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Platformer

This version of Zen: Intergalactic Ninja shares some

similarities with the console release; however, the
stages and the visual style are different, and the game-
play is generally simpler.
Gameplay consists of Zen going through various stag-
es in order to defeat Lord Contaminous. The stages Rarity US: 7
include the oil, smog, dust, and dam areas. These stag-
es can be tackled in any order, before the final stage
opens up.

Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh 5.8

Developer n/a
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) December 28, 1991
Genre Fighting

Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh is a fighting game based on

a 51 episode Japanese anime series. The game was
published by Tomy Corporation, which was released
in Japan in 1991.
The game has been translated into English through a
fan-made patch.
392 Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension

7.4 Zoids Densetsu

Developer Nova Games
Publisher Tomy
Release date (jp) June 15, 1990
Genre Shooter

Zoids Densetsu is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up game

set in the Zoids universe during Century Zero. The
player has to choose a side: Helic Republic or Zene-
bas Empire and then plunge into battle inside a mech.
The gameplay is a typical shmup: the players mech
flies from left to right shooting enemies and confront-
ing bosses at the end of stages. When their mech is
defeated they mount another one with different looks
and weapons.
mobygames.com

6.1 Zool:
Ninja of the Nth Dimension
Developer Gremlin Graphics
Publisher GameTek, (eu) Gremlin Graphics
Release date (us) 1993
(eu) 1993
Genre Action-platformer

Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension is one of the several

ports from the 1992 Amiga game. The game is a pure
platform game, relying on smooth, fast-moving game-
play.
Zool was at first intended as a rival to Segas Sonic the
Hedgehog.

6.6 Zoop
Developer Hookstone Productions
Publisher Viacom New Media, (jp) Yanoman
Release date (us) November 5, 1995
(eu) 1995
Genre Puzzle

Zoop is a fast-paced puzzle game in which players

eliminates shapes that are approaching their alter ego,
another shape, before they reach the top, somewhat
similarly to Tetris.
In order to eliminate the other shapes, players must
Rarity US: 5 point their piece at it and fire. If the shape is the same
type as the players piece, the shape is eliminated, as
well as all of the shapes of the same type behind it,
until their piece hits a piece of a different type.
394 Unlicensed Games
Unlicensed Games
These pages include games for the Game Boy that they just wanted to stick two fingers up to Nintendo)
were produced without the permission or knowledge managed to replaced Nintendos logo with their own.
of Nintendo. This works because the Game Boy reads the logo
twice: once to display it, then again to check it against
For a piece of software to run on a Game Boy, it must
its own stored copy. So the cartridge provides the cus-
contain a copy of Nintendos logo identical to the one
tom logo for the first check, then Nintendos for the
in the consoles internal ROM, and that logo will be
second. The Game Boy Color performs the check dif-
displayed at startup; this was presumably done for
ferently, which breaks older mono games using this
similar reasons as Segas TMSS, in that it forces any
method (eg Sachens) but only checks the first half
unlicensed producer of cartridges (whether a pirate or
of the logo, hence why youll sometimes see GBC
an otherwise legitimate unlicensed developer) to in-
games that only modify the lower half. Others still
clude the Nintendo logo in their games, theoretically
managed to replace the whole thing, though.
committing trademark infringement in the process.
These measures were particularly aimed at Taiwan, Now, emulator users will probably be unfamiliar with
which at the time had no copyright agreement with all these logo shenanigans; the GBs internal ROM
Japan but did allow Japanese companies to register was only dumped recently, and even those emulators
trademarks; this is why youll often see Taiwanese pi- that do make use of it (such as MESS) dont emu-
rate games with company and console logos removed late the hardware trickery employed by these carts to
but everything else intact. (Its also one of the many display a custom logo, so youll only see Nintendos
reasons NTDEC - Nintendo Electronic Co - ended in any case. But the alternate logo is, usually, still
up with a massive lawsuit from Nintendo, while its present in the ROM at 0184h (sometimes accompa-
competitors mostly escaped.) But, fortunately for un- nied by an entire secondary header, sometimes just
licensed developers, Segas TMSS didnt the logo itself); if you use a hex editor
hold up in court (in the US anyway), to copy 30h bytes from that location over
which may have rendered Nintendos the real Nintendo logo at 0104, you can
Game Boy efforts largely pointless too. see the custom logo in any emulator that
would otherwise display Nintendos.
Some companies, though, (whether they
believed it legally necessary - which it By: taizou@fuji.drillspirits.net
may well have been in some places - or

Sachen, aka Thin Chen Enterprises, seemingly be- Game Boy, which were advertised under Sachens
came involved in the development of software for alias, Commin.
handheldheld gaming devices during the early 1990s,
During this time period, roughly forty different Game
possibly in 1992. Thin Chen initially ported several
Boy games would be developed. Most of these games
of its FamiCom games to the Watara Supervision, an
are strikingly similar to their counterparts for the
obscure handheld machine, which, at the time, had
Mega Duck/Cougar Boy machines, though the MD/
been hyped up to be a major competitor to Nintendos
CB games are not physically compatible with the GB,
highly-popular Game Boy. In addition to the ports
and vice versa. Which release came first is anyones
from its FamiCom library, Thin Chen would also de-
guess, and they could have been compatible with each
sign a few new titles, which would be released on the
other on a programming level, thus being developed
Supervision.
and subsequently hacked or something along that
By 1993, Sachen would branch out and develop lines.
games for several other portable gaming machines,
The original Sachen Game Boy games were released
including the Mega Duck and its equally obscure
on 4 in 1 multicarts for the black and white Game
cousin, the Cougar Boy. It was during this time that
Boy machine, and were released in different boxes.
Sachen would also begin developing games for the
These cartridges were exported across the globe, and
 Unlicensed Games 395
each pack included an English manual, as well as a Besides these 4 in 1 multicarts, Sachen would also try
localized manual in a variety of languages, such as to squeeze even more money out of their cash cow
German and Portuguese. Some of the 4 in 1 game by releasing a variety of other Game Boy Color mul-
packs were also published in Germany and distrib- ticarts, which all contain the same material as can be
uted there by Nic Nac Electronic-Land. These car- found on the originals. For example, Sachen teamed
tridges are housed within special cardboard boxes, up with Home Entertainment Suppliers, and released
containing German text. four different 8 in 1 game packs for the Game Boy,
which each combine the games from two of the four
During the first few years in the 21st century, Sachen
in one packs. Some of these carts eventually made it
was still around, cranking out new game products.
for sale in Germany, with German manuals.
During this time they released several new Game Boy
games, including Beast Fighter, Street Hero, Thunder By: fcgamer.wordpress.com
Blast Man (aka Rocman X), Jurassic Boy 2, and 2002
Gedou Zhanlue, which would be their final game re-
lease. These games would be released for the Game
Boy Color, though most of them are backwards com-
patible with the Game Boy.

2nd Space
Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

2nd Space is Amidar clone - players controls robots

and must reveal the image - to do this, they travels the
borders of rectangles. They must also avoid opponents.

mobygames.com

A-Force: Armour Force 4.8

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Shooter

A-Force is a shooter, developed and published by

Commin, which was released in Asia in 1993. The
game, like many of the asian unlicensed games, was
released on numerous different multi-pak carts.
396 Unlicensed Games

2.2 Ant Soldiers

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Ant-Soldiers is a Lemmings clone. The game was de-

veloped and published by Sachen, which was released
in Asia in 1993.

3.3 Arctic Zone

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Arctic Zone is a puzzle game, developed and published

by Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1993.
The game was also released for the Mega Duck.

4.5 Black Forest Tale

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Black Forest Tale is an action game, developed and

published by Sachen, which was released in Asia in
1993.
 Unlicensed Games 397

Bomb Disposer 5.3

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Bomb Disposer is a puzzle game, developed and pub-

lished by Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1993.
The game is similar to Dr.Mario, were players match
three types to remove them from the board.

Captain Knick-Knack 7.6

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1999
Genre Shooter

Captain Knick-Knack is a top down shooter similar in

look to Twinbee. It has powerups, varied enemy pat-
terns, a shield type smartbomb and bosses.
The game was developed and published by Sachen,
which was released in Asia in 1999.

Crazy Burger 5.1

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1991
Genre Action

Crazy Burger is an action game, developed and pub-

lished by Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1991.
398 Unlicensed Games

4.1 Dan Laser

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1990
Genre Shooter

Dan Laser is a Shoot-Em-Up game, developed and

published by Sachen, which was released in Asia in
1990.
To unlock the stage select, players must type at the title
screen, press A + B + Select + Start. Numbers from 1 to
7 is a regular levels, number 8 is an ending, number 9
is a special credits screen, never seen an any other way
in this game. Cheat itself is unlockable and is given to
players by the game if they finish it once.

4.0 Deep: Final Mission

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1990
Genre Shooter

Deep: Final Mission is a shoot-em-up, developed and

published by Sachen, which was released in Asia in
1990.

3.6 Duck Adventures

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Duck Adventures is an action game, developed and

published by Commin, which was released in Asia in
1993.
 Unlicensed Games 399

Exodus: 7.6
Journey to the Promised Land
Developer Color Dreams
Publisher Wisdom Tree
Release date (us) 1992
Genre Action, Game show

In Exodus players guide Moses through 100 different

levels in order to reach the promised land. The game-
play features an action/strategy part similar to Boulder
Dash, and a question part. In the action part, Moses
need to collect five question marks and enough Manna
to open the exit of the maze-like screens. On the ques-
tion phase, players will be asked five multiple choice
questions about the book of Exodus.

Explosive Brick 7.0

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1994
Genre Breakout

Explosive Brick is a breakout clone, developed and

published by Sachen, which was released in Asia in
1994.

Hong Kong Mahjung

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Board game

Hong Kong Mahjong is a mahjong game, developed

by Commin and published by Commin is a mahjong
game released in Asia in 1993.
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Japans Mahjong
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Board game

Japan`s Mahjong is a mahjong game, developed and

published by Commin and released in Asia in 1993.
The game has the same style and graphic as Taiwan`s
Mahjong and Hong Kong Mahjong.

7.2 Joshua & the Battle of Jericho

Developer Wisdom Tree
Publisher Wisdom Tree
Release date (us) 1992
Genre Puzzle, Game show

The game is a redesign of Crystal Mines (1989), a title

developed by Ken Beckett for Wisdom Trees prede-
cessor, Color Dreams. In addition to changes in theme,
graphics, and game mechanics, Joshua introduces a
password feature for revisiting a game level. The game
has 100 levels, 100 quizzes, and 10 bonus stages. Un-
like Crystal Mines, the game has no background mu-
sic.

5.3 King James Bible

Developer Wisdom Tree
Publisher Wisdom Tree
Release date (us) 1994
Genre Edutainment

This cartridge contains the entire King James Version

Bible, complete with simple or complex word search
option, as well as two word games.
The first of the word games is Bible Word Match, sort
of a Bible-word-themed version of the Milton Bradley
board game Memory. The other word game is Bible
Shepherd, a Bible-themed version of Hangman.

mobygames.com
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Magic Maze
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Magic Maze is a puzzle game, developed and pub-

lished by Commin and released in Asia in 1993.

Magical Tower 3.0

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Magical Tower is an action game, developed and pub-

lished by Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1993.

NIV Bible & the 20 7.1

Lost Levels of Joshua
Developer Wisdom Tree
Publisher Wisdom Tree
Release date (us) 1996
Genre Compilation

This cartridge contains the entire New International

Version Bible, complete with simple or complex word
search option, as well as two word games and a side-
scrolling game.
The side scrolling game, called Joshua: The Lost
Levels on its title screen, is, as the cartridges name
implies, twenty new levels for the Game Boy version
of Joshua & the Battle of Jericho.
402 Unlicensed Games

Railway
Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Railway is a puzzle game where players need to con-

nect a road. Similar games is often seen with a pipe
theme, where players connect pipes from one end to
another.
The game was developed and published by Sachen and
released in Asia in 1993.

Sky Ace
Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Shooter

Store Tris 2 is a shooter developed and published by

Sachen and released in Asia in 1993.

8.4 Spiritual Warfare

Developer Wisdom Tree
Publisher Wisdom Tree
Release date (us) 1992
Genre Action-adventure

Spiritual Warfare is a Zelda-like overhead action game

where players take the role of a soldier of God, fighting
the forces of darkness in various parts of a modern city
to find the armor of God, each one guarded by increas-
ingly difficult demon bosses. When players are dire
need, an angel may come down and help them, if they
answer Bible questions correctly. The game will take
through increasingly difficult levels of play, where in
the end players will face off with Satan himself.
mobygames.com
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Store Tris 2
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Puzzle

Store Tris 2 is a falling block game developed and pub-

lished by Commin and released in Asia in 1993.

Street Race
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Street Race, also known as Street Rider, is an action

game developed and published by Commin and re-
leased in Asia in 1993.

Super Mario 4
Developer n/a
Publisher n/a
Release date 1997
Genre Platformer

Super Mario 4 (aka Super Mario Land 4) is a hack of

the Game Boy game Crayon Shin Chan 4, originally
by Bandai. It is a very common title on multicarts, and
can be difficult to obtain in stand-alone form.
The new level design is very challenging, and some-
times unfair; the game now includes many blind jumps
and areas that require Mario to take damage in order
to progress, making for a rather frustrating experience.

bootleggames.wikia.com
404 Unlicensed Games

Taiwan Mahjong
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Board game

Taiwan Mahjong is a mahjong game, developed by

Commin and published by Commin is a mahjong game
released in Asia in 1993. The game was also released
by the same company for the FamiCom in 1989.

Trap & Turn

Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Board game

Trap & Turn is a board game, developed and published

by Commin, which was released in Asia in 1993.

Vex Block
Developer Commin
Publisher Commin
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Vex Block is a game by Sachen, under their moniker

Commin. It is a clone of the arcade game Klax, which
also received a Game Boy port, rendering this version
useless. Players should beware the invisible blocks
that make it impossible to complete the game.

tcrf.net
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Worm Visitor 3.2

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Worm Visitor is an action game developed and pub-

lished by Sachen for the FamiCom in 1992 and the
Game Boy in 1993.
The game features gameplay reminiscent of Frogger,
with the player attempting to get their character across
a busy road to the top of the screen.

strategywiki.org

Zipball 2.8
Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1993
Genre Action

Zipball is an action game, developed and published by

Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1993.

Zoo Block 2.8

Developer Sachen
Publisher Sachen
Release date (as) 1990
Genre Puzzle

Zoo Block is a puzzle game, developed and published

by Sachen, which was released in Asia in 1990. The
game is a standard falling block tile-matching game.
406 Multicarts
Multicarts
Multicarts are usually a single game cartridge that
has more than one game on it. Since they are very
easy to make, a lot of them are made by various pi-
rate companies. They are most commonly found for
the NES/FamiCom, but they have been produced for
many popular cartridge-based consoles, including
the Game Boy. Almost all multicarts released on the
Game Boy are unlicensed.
The general multicart has a whole bunch of pictures
crammed onto the cartridges art. Sometimes the pic-
tures are from a more recent game (or possibly an un-
related film), or the official art has been edited. Mis-
spellings of the game names on the cartridge and/or
menu. A list on the cart (usually on the back if its
a large number of games) listing the game names in
English and/or Chinese.
Many multicarts have an unusually high number like
200-in-1, 777-in-1, or even 99999999-in-1. The carts
typically dont hold up their promise, meaning the
last few games could be duplicates of the originals.

Most of them use a menu system, although multicarts

containing 4 games or less (sometimes considerably
more for Game Boy multicarts) are sometimes reset
based.
Most of the time, the lower the number of games list-
ed, the better the cart is. Lower ones like 4-in-1 usu-
ally contain a rare game or a game made or published
by the company that made it.
Some larger Game Boy multicarts are twice as tall as
standard carts to accommodate the extra games.
Some Game Boy multicarts dont have a boot-up
menu at all, and instead, employ a physical button on
the cartridge itself which resets the system and cycles
to the next one on the cartridge.
By: bootleggames.wikia.com

These multicarts was released in huge quantites and

is easily found on flea markets and auction sites on-
line for a few bucks. None of these multicarts usually
holds any value.
 EverDrive-GB 407
EverDrive-GB
By: Cauterize@RetroCollect.com
The Everdrive GB is an booted up as if the original game was present.
incredibly late arrival
If you already own an Everdrive cartridge for the likes
by hardware standards,
of the Sega Mega Drive or SNES, youll no doubt al-
as Game Boy flash car-
ready be familiar with the benefits of owning such a
tridges themselves have
device. The ease of use an Everdrive provides is in-
been around for as long
credible, as your existing collection of cartridges will
as the Game Boy itself.
soon end up becoming display items.
During the nineties, de-
vices such as the Bung To put this into perspective, theoretically, given the
XChanger and Doctor size of game ROM files and the current capacity of
GB were readily avail- MicroSD cards, it is possible to cram every single
able via importing from Nintendo Game Boy game ever made onto this one
the Far East, allowing those with a parallel port ena- device.
bled computer to transfer a selection of games onto
Out of the box the Everdrive GB offers near perfect
cartridge.
compatibility with the existing library of titles, includ-
Fast forward to today and there are also a range of ing all the greats. Using the aforementioned menu,
modern alternatives available. The Drag N Derp car- youll be able to load up titles such as Pokemon Red/
tridge serves as an easy USB ready removable drive Blue, Super Mario Land, Donkey Kong and even
which can store a single game for use in a Game Boy. Zelda: Links Awakening, all flawlessly. If that wasnt
Theres also the USB Smart Card 64M, the latest im- enough already, these games will then also behave ex-
port from abroad which if anything is an updated ver- actly as their physical counterparts would.
sion of the cartridges available several decades ago.
Functionality for multiple save game files is present
All things considered though, the market for Game - something prior flash cartridges struggled with - as
Boy flash cartridges has changed overnight. The the Everdrive GB writes the SRAM down into indi-
Everdrive GB has pretty much rendered all other so- vidual files for each game. This means that should
lutions obsolete by fixing all the problems they pre- you switch over to another game, the data from the
sented, and more. last game you played will be safely stored on the SD
Card. What makes this even better is that the stand-
Arriving in a sleek clear Color-style case with a
ard used here is compatible with emulators. So should
snazzy custom label, the Everdrive GB weighs in
you already be halfway through a quest using emula-
at a mere 22g and slots into any Game Boy system
tors, or want to take your progress off the Everdrive
around - including the later Game Boy Advance units.
GB and continue elsewhere, its a simple case of cop-
Although many of the later clear cased Color games
ying your save game from the SD card and placing it
were incompatible with the original Game Boy, the
wherever needed (and vice versa).
Everdrive GBs case has a small cut out of its top
right reverse corner to allow the original systems Although a lot of the terminology used here in this
power switch room to turn on. review relates to the classic Nintendo Game Boy, the
Everdrive GB is in fact compatible with a range of de-
Looking elsewhere and through the clear case, youll
vices. First and foremost, the cartridge not only works
also spot the devices SD Card slot near the top of the
with a Game Boy Color, but also Game Boy Color
chipboard - with an accompanying hole cut out of the
game ROMs too. The likes of Tetris DX, Pokemon
case above for the easy removal/insertion of memo-
Gold / Silver, Super Mario Bros Deluxe and Dragon
ry cards. This slot is only compatible with MicroSD
Warrior Monsters are all playable, and work exactly
cards, however, it can read up to 32gb worth of stor-
as youd expect them to.
age space - something wed be incredibly surprised
if anyone managed to use anything near that amount. At just 64.99 - a price you could argue is equivalent
to a mere fifteen Game Boy originals - youll have
Upon booting the cartridge up on the Nintendo Game
access to the entire library of 8-bit portable titles,
Boy, youll be greeted with a simple filebrowser dis-
along with the many more in development and array
playing a list of what youve placed onto your Mi-
of ROM hacks.
croSD card. From here, a press of a button will have
Please visit retrocollect.com for the whole review.
the selected game ROM written to memory and then
408 System Packages

System Packages
These pages include some of the different packages and color variants the N64 went through.

The first Game Boy was released in 1989. It was large and gray, with a monochrome
dot matrix screen and monaural sound. It was playable for an average of 35 hours
with four AA batteries. The original Game Boy was later known as the Off-white or
Original Grey version.

Listed here are a few of the different package versions the original Game Boy came
in.

Tetris Bundle Tetris Bundle Tetris Bundle

Tetris/Mario Land Bundle Tetris/World Cup Bundle Super-Star Set

Tetris/Mario Land Bundle Super 3 Set Tetris Prize Bundle

Mario Land Bundle Tetris Bundle Tetris/Zelda Bundle

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Basic Set Basic Set Basic Set

Super Mario Land 2 Bundle WalMart Arcade Set Zelda Bundle

Game & Watch Gallery Bundle WalMart Killer Instinct Bundle Tetris Bundle

Japan Release (1989) Japan Release (1994) Basic Set

Clamshell Release Carry Case Bundle Tetris/Golf Bundle

Tetris/Kirby Bundle Special Offer SNES Pack Tetris/Mario&Yoshi Bundle

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On January 1, 1995, Nintendo released several

Game Boy models with colored cases, adver-
tising them in the Play It Loud! campaign.
Specifications for this unit remain exactly the
same as the original Game Boy, including
the monochromatic screen. This new line of
colored Game Boys would set a precedent for
later Nintendo handhelds; every one of them
since has been available in more than one
color. Play It Loud! units were manufactured
in red, green, black, yellow, white, blue, and
clear (transparent) or sometimes called X-Ray
in the UK. Most common are the yellow, red,
clear and black, Green is fairly scarce but blue
and white are the rarest. Blue was a Europe
and Japan only release, White was a Japanese
majority release with UK Toys R Us stores
also getting it as an exclusive edition to them.
The white remains the rarest of all the Play it
Loud colors.

Deep Black Gorgeous Green Radiant Red

Cool Blue Vibrant Yellow High Tech Transparent Traditional White

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Clamshell Release Clamshell Release Clamshell Release

Clamshell Release Clamshell Release Clamshell Release

Basic Set Basic Set Basic Set

Japan Release Japan Release Japan Release

Clamshell Release Clamshell Release Double Arcade Classic Bundle

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Clamshell Release Clamshell Release Super Mario Land, Tetris and Golf Bundle

Clamshell Release Clamshell Release Basic Set

Basic Set Basic Set Mario Land and Carrier Case

Bundle

Japan Release Japan Release Mario Land and Carrier Case

Bundle

Star Wars Bundle Super Mario Land Bundle Donkey Kong Land Bundle
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Basic Set

Basic Set Japan Release

Basic Set Double Arcade Classic

Basic Set Basic Set

Clamshell Release Clamshell Release

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Limited Editions / Promos / Prizes
Like the Game&Watch line, the Game Boy had a range of different limited editions. Ranging from official
Nintendo releases, licensed releases to unlicensed releases. These pages include, probably not all, but a good
portion of the limited editions the Game Boy had.
The pictures of the boxes may be false as some of the pictures I found are from collectors who could have just
got a loose limited editon Game Boy and just put it in an empty standard box. If I did not found a picture with
a box beside it, I would leave the area blank.
A lot of the information on these pages comes from the website consolevariations.com. If you want more infor-
mation on other consoles, then please visit the site. It has pictures from a huge line of systems, including; Nintendo,
Atari, Sony, Microsoft, and Sega.

Manchester United FC
This is the only Game Boy to prominently
display a demon on the front. The Game Boy
had a U.K. only release and was released
alongside the other colors as part of Ninten-
dos Play It Loud! ad campaign.
Buyers can still find these, new, for around
$200 and loose for half that. They arent that
rare in the UK.

Planet Hollywood
Planet Hollywood is a restaurant that was
fairly popular back in the early to late 90s.
They managed a deal with Nintendo to get
Planet Hollywood-branded Game Boys. They
were sold in the gift shop of the restaurant and
were rumored to be a U.K.-exclusive.
Occasionally they show up on eBay and
would probably fetch around $200.

<3
This Game Boy is a game show prize. It is
missing the Nintendo GAME BOY printed
on the front but it was professionally painted
and a serial number was added on after the
paint job.
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Santa Clara Division

The Santa Clara Division is a Off-White
Game Boy with the black Santa Clara logo,
released in a limited quantity of 50 pieces.
Not much information is known about this
release.

Vivitar PMA 93
It seems pretty clear that this was probably a
Vivitar employee gift or something from the
PMA (Photo Marketing Association) Confer-
ence in 1993. The mark is printed in the same
manner and in the exact same purple color as
other text on the front of the GB.

Kirin Beverage
The Kirin Beverage is an Off-White Game
Boy with the red Kirin Beverage logo.
Not much information known about this re-
lease.
Kirin Brewery sells two of the most popular
beers in Japan: Kirin Lager, one of the coun-
trys oldest beer brands which started brew-
ing in 1888; and Ichiban Shibori.

Mini Comboy
The Japanese and the Koreans have a some-
what tense relationship. When the Koreans
were freed from Japanese rule after World
War II there was a ban on Japanese cultural
imports. Not wanting to lose profit, Nintendo
licensed the Game Boy through Hyundai and
sold it under the name Mini Comboy. Sega
was licensend under Samsung and called the
Genesis, Samsung Super Gam*Boy ini-
tially, and then renamed to Samsung Super
Aladdin Boy.
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Iveco/Ford
The Iveco/Ford gameboy was made for a
competition giveaway in the U.K. by a truck-
ing magazine, Commercial Motors.
There probably was 100 made for the compe-
tition. It is not considered an official release.
The first prize was to drive the Big Ford Car-
go 7.5 tonner for a year

Toyota
Buy a car, get a Game Boy. This was a sales
strategy in Japan employed by Toyota in 1992.
It is worth around $200 but they are very hard
to find, especially anywhere but Japan.

Kirby Pinball
The Game Boy was part of mail in sweep-
stakes for a UK company called, The Jacobs
Bakery Limited, and only 25 were given out.
The Game Boy came in a regular box with a
limited edition sticker.

Wario
The Game Boy is missing the typical Nin-
tendo GAME BOY printed on the front.
This was a prize given away in the UK from
the show Ghost Train in the early 90s.
Details are scarce, but a reader won this
black-painted (not black plastic) Game Boy
in a U.K. radio competition. It has a white-
outline picture of Wario below the screen,
and came in a regular box with a limited edi-
tion sticker.
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JAL
The JAL versoin, a Off-White Game Boy
with a JAL logo, was only released in Ja-
pan. JAL stands for Japanese Airines.
The console has its own serial number. It
begins with a JALXXXX

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Bee Ind
The Game Boy Bee Ind is an off-white Game
Boy with Bee Ind logo. The console was
only released in Japan with a limited quantity
of 50 pieces.
Not much is known about this vesion.

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Altus Newing
This limited white version was released in Ja-
pan in a limited quantity of 50 pieces.
Altus Newing is a Japanese manufacturer for
GOLF equipments. The Console was a prize
back in the 90s in Japan.

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Electronic Boutique
The Game Boy Electronic Boutique was only
released in United Kingdom and sold in the
EB uk stores. The Game Boy came in a pack-
age with the game Killer Instinct.
Only 350 versions were made.

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Serebrov Anniversary
In 1993 the Russian astronaut Aleksandr A.
Serebrow traveled to the MIR space station,
bringing with him a Game Boy that accom-
panied him the 196 days he spent there. In
the 10th anniversary, the Memorial Museum
of Cosmonautics in Moscow released classic
Game Boys with a sticker that represented the
emblem of the Soyuz mission that performed
the assembly.
Game Boy Generations Book

Milka
The Milka Game Boy sports a tiny, purple,
Milka-branded cow on a green pasture and
was a contest prize in Germany.
There are rumored to be only 50 of these in
existence and they sell for more than $230.

FIAT
This console was released as a contest prize
in North America with a limited quantity of
100 pieces.
The console is a Deep-black Game Boy with
the logo of FIAT on it.

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Caixa Edition
According to consolevariations.com, a Caixa
Game Boy was released in Brazil. The con-
sole is a Off-White Game Boy that has a
flower logo on it`s back. I could not find any
pictures of the Game Boy.
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Game Boy Pocket
In 1996, Nintendo released the Game Boy Pocket: a in) diagonal, 48.5 mm (1.91 in) width, and 43.5 mm
smaller, lighter unit that required fewer batteries. It (1.71 in) height, compared to a 59 mm (2.32 in) dago-
has space for two AAA batteries, which provide ap- nal for the GBC. Although, like its predecessor, the
proximately 10 hours of game play. Game Boy Pocket has no backlight
Additionally the unit is also fitted to allow play in a darkened area, it
with a 3 volt, 2.35mm x 0.75mm did notably improve visibility and
DC jack which can be used to pow- pixel response-time (virtually elimi-
er the system. The Pocket has a nating video ghosting). The first
smaller link port, which requires an version did not have a power LED.
adapter to link with the older Game This was soon added due to pub-
Boy. The port design is used on all lic demand, along with new Game
subsequent Game Boy models, ex- Boy Pocket units of different colors
cluding the Game Boy Micro. The (released on April 28, 1997), some
screen was changed to a true black- of them new to the Game Boy line.
and-white display, rather than the There were several limited-edition
pea soup monochromatic display Game Boy Pockets including a me-
of the original Game Boy. Also, the tallic Ice Blue unit and a pink model
Game Boy Pocket (GBP) has a larg- exclusive to Japan. The Game Boy
er screen than the Game Boy Color (GBC) that later Pocket was not a new software platform and played
superseded it. The GBPs screen has a 65 mm (2.56 the same software as the original Game Boy model.
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Basic colors
Original Silver
The Original Silver, also known as Gray, GBP was released world wide at launch.
This was also the first release of the system.
European Release Japan Release North America Release

Black
The Black GBP was released world wide at launch.

European Release Japan Release North America Release

Green
The Green GBP was released world wide at launch.

European Release Japan Release North America Release

Blue
The Blue GBP was released in North America and Europe at launch.

European Release North America Release

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Red
The Red GBP was released world wide at launch.

European Release Japan Release North America Release

Yellow
The Yellow GBP was released world wide at launch.

European Release Japan Release North America Release

Clear
The Clear GBP was released world wide. The Japanese version was released
as limited editions; Glico Limited Edition and ToysRUs Japan.
European Release Japan Release North America Release

Pink
The Pink GBP was at first available only in Japan as a Tamagotchi Pack-
in. It was later released World Wide.
European Release Japan Release North America Release
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Clear Purple
The Clear Purple, also known as Atomic Purple, GBP was released only in Japan at
launch.
Japan Release

Package Variations
(eu) Clamshell Release (us) DKL2 Bundle

(eu) SML2 Bundle (us) TetrisAttack Bundle

(eu) Tetris Bundle

(us) Dr.Mario Bundle

(eu) GB Camera Bundle

(us) Bundle Pack (au) SML Bundle

MetroidII & Wave Race Bundle

(eu) Bundle Pack

(au) 3 Games Bundle (ko) Yellow Basic Set (au) Star Wars Bundle
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Limited Edition
Ice Blue
The Ice Blue Limited Edition Game Boy
Pocket is a dark blue console released in
North America in 1997. The console was
only available at Target and Nintendo Power.
Some releases were packed with Zelda.

Extreme Green
The Extreme Green Limited Edition Game
Boy Pocket is a bright green/clear colored
console. It was released in North America in
1997.

Emerald Green
The Emerald Green Game Boy Pocket is a
green colored console with dark red buttons.
It was released in Japan in 1998 and was only
available at Toys R Us.

Ice Blue Clear

The clear version of Ice blue is a clear blue
console only released in Japan and Australia
in 1996.
In Japan the console only sold at Toys R Us.
In Australia it only came as a bundle packed
with The Little Mermaid.
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Silver
The Silver Game Boy Pocket with a silver
border was released world wide in 1997.

Silver
The Silver Game Boy Pocket with a black
border was released world wide in 1997.

Gold
The Gold Game Boy Pocket is a gold colored
console released in Japan and Australia.
In Australia the Gold GBP came packaged
with Donkey Kong Land.

Limited Swedish Edition

In 1997, Bergsala, the Nordic and Baltic
agent and distributor of Nintendo products,
released a Swedish Limited Edition Game
Boy Pocket with a blue front and yellow back.
The console came with a certificate and a
numbered sticker on the battery cover. The
console came in a limited quantity of 3000(+)
pieces.
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Off-white
The Off-white Game Boy Pocket was only
released in Japan. The system was made in
the style of the original Game Boy with Pur-
ple red-ish buttons.

Package Variations

(us-Target) ZLA Bundle (eu) Silver Basic Pack Silver Basic Set (jp) Tamagotchi Bundle

(jp) Hello Kitty Bundle Off White Basic Set

(jp) Gold Basic Pack (jp) Clear Ice Blue

(au) Ariel Bundle (hk) Mani Limited

DKL Gold Bundle

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Special Edition
NP100
The NP100, Nintendo Power 100th Issue Edi-
tion, is a golden console with the Nintendo
Power logo on it. This was available in North
America for purchase by the Nintendo Power
adverts or by winning their 100th issue con-
test (1997).
Probably around 4,000 of these were made.

Famitsu
The Famitsu Limited Edition Game Boy
Pocket is a clear console with a baby-blue
border released in 1996 in Japan.
Famitsu is a line of Japanese video game
magazines.

ANA
The ANA Airline Game Boy Pocket is a clear
blue console with an ANA Logo printed on
it. It was released in 1997 in Japan with a lim-
ited quantity of 5000 pieces.
People was also able to win this in a lottery
with ANA. The system came with a special
shipping box.

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Atlus
The Pri-cla Atlus Game Boy Pocket is a white
console with a baby-blue border. The console
was never sold but actually a Japanese release
model that was given as a memorial gift to
Atlus staff when the game Purikura Pocket
came out.
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Seibu Lions
The Seibu Lions Game Boy Pocket is a blue
colored console with the Seibu logo printed
on it. It was released in 1997 in Japan.
The Saitama Seibu Lions are a professional
baseball team in Japans Pacific League based
north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama.

Hello Kitty
The Hello Kitty Game Boy Pocket is a pink
console with Hello Kitty artwork. The con-
sole was only released in Japan and came as a
bundle with the game, Hello Kitty.

Thomas & Betts

The Thomas & Betts Game Boy Pocket is a
blue console with a Thomas & Betts logo.
The console comes from Belgium and it is
believed that it was probably released as a
promotional tool by the American society of
electric and electronic products Thomas &
Betts.

Toyota
The Toyota Game Boy Pocket is a clear con-
sole with Toyota printed on it. The system
was only released in Japan.
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Imagineer
The Imagineer Game Boy Pocket is a green
console that glows in the dark. The console
was released in Japan in 1996 with a limited
quantity of 2000 pieces.
The console was also a prize in Imagineers
Multi Racing Championship (N64) Contest.

A.C. Fiorentina
The A.C. Fiorentina LE Italian limited Game
Boy Pocket is a silver console with prints of
Mario and the A.C. Fiorentina logo. The con-
sole was released in Italy in a limited quantity
of 3000 pieces.
Nintendo became the first sponsor of the Ital-
ian soccer team Fiorentina, so they had a spe-
cial numbered edition of the system, made to
celebrate the contract.
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V drink
The V drink Game Boy Pocket is a green con-
sole with a V drink logo. The console was re-
leased in Australia as a promo from the soft
drink, V drink.

White Marble
The White Marble Game Boy Pocket is a
rare, white colored console with marble pat-
tern. The system was only available in a cer-
tain stores in Japan.

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Wood Edition
The Wood Edition, also known as Red Mar-
ble, Game Boy Pocket is a rare, red-ish brown
colored console with wood pattern. The sys-
tem was only available in a certain stores in
Japan.

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Game Boy Light
The Game Boy Light is a backlit and updated version of the Game Boy
Pocket exclusively released in Japan. It was first sold in stores on April
14, 1998.
The Game Boy Light only lasted a short amount of time before the Game
Boy Color had a release in October 1998. The Game Boy Light resembles
the Game Boy Pocket; however, the battery compartment is different in
shape and the size is slightly larger. The reason it is larger is that its bat-
tery compartment requires two AA batteries, rather than two AAA batter-
ies that was used in the Game Boy Pocket. These batteries were also AAs
to support the backlit screen it had.
The Game Boy Light was available in two different colors at launch; gold
and silver, then later available in translucent yellow (Toys R Us), trans-
lucent red (Tezuka Osamu World Shop), and clear (Astro Boy & Famitsu)
as special, limited editions.
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Gold
The Gold Game Boy Light was on of the two
launch consoles released on April 14, 1998 in
Japan.

Silver
The Silver Game Boy Light was on of the two
launch consoles released on April 14, 1998 in
Japan.

Clear Yellow
The Clear Yellow Game Boy Light has a clear
yellow color released in 1998. It was only
available at Toys R Us in Japan.

Astro Boy
The Astro Boy Game Boy Light is a clear
console with artwork of Astro Boy on it. The
console was released in 1998 in Japan.
Mighty Atom is a Japanese manga series writ-
ten and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka from
1952 to 1968. The manga was adapted for TV
as Astro Boy, the first popular animated Japa-
nese television series that embodied the aes-
thetic that later became familiar worldwide as
anime.
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Osamu Tezuka World Shop

The Tezuka Osamu World Shop Game Boy
Light is a red clear console with artwork of
famous characters by Tezuka Osamu, creator
of Astro Boy. The console was released in Ja-
pan in 1998.

Famitsu F02
Event Version
The first Famitsu F02 Game Boy Light was
released in a blister package (making it a little
harder to find complete) in 1998 at a Famitsu
celebration event. The console is clear blue
with white border.
The event version was released in a limited
quantity of 5000 pieces.

Famitsu F02
Mail Order Version
The Mail Order and Event editions are essen-
tially the same though the latter is marked
with a unique number on its packaging both
feature a clear shell and white buttons.
The mail order version had a significant
smaller release of only 500 pieces.

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Pokmon Center Tokyo

The Pokmon Center Edition Game Boy
Light is a yellow console with Pikachu art-
work on the screen border of the system. The
console was only available for a limited time
at the Tokyo Pokemon Center. It included a
matching Game Boy pouch, matching (pika-
chu) batteries and a carrier bag.
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Accessories
These pages include some of the different accessories that have been released for the Game Boy handheld
console and its two successors; Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Light.

Game Boy Pocket Sonar Game Link Cable

The Game Boy Pocket The first generation
Sonar is a peripheral for Game Link Cable (model
the Nintendo Game Boy DMG-04) was released
made by Bandai that used alongside the origi-
sonar to locate fish up to nal Game Boy and has
20 meters (65 feet) un- large connectors on
derwater for the sport of both ends. It can only be
fishing and contained a used to link two original
fishing mini-game. It was Game Boys to play Game
released in Japan in 1998, Link-compatible games,
but never internationally. usually denoted by a
It holds the record for be- Game Link logo on the
ing the first sonar-enabled packaging and cartridge.
gaming accessory.

Game Boy battery pack

The Game Boy Battery Pack sold for about $30 USD. The battery peripheral
itself is roughly 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, and 0.5 in. thick. One end sprouts a thin
cable that ends by being plugged into the external power jack of the Game
Boy, while the other end connects to a standard mains plug. The first version
of it is gray with purple lettering, to match the colors used on the Game Boy.
It also features a belt clip. The battery pack was good for several hours of
gameplay per charge, providing an alterna-
tive to purchasing more AA batteries once
their power had exhausted. The product
used nickel-cadmium batteries, lasted about
45 hours per charge, and could be charged
roughly 1000 times before a significant loss in effectiveness. A major draw-
back of the battery pack is its weight, as well as the way the plug stuck out
prominently from the side of the Game Boy.

Game Boy Pocket Charger and Battery Pack

The official Game Boy Pocket Battery The Game Boy Pocket Charger is the
Pack is a rechargeable battery which can be charger which charges the battery pack
used in the Game Boy Color (CGB-001) or (MGB-002). The battery charge time
Game Boy Pocket (MGB-001) or Game Boy is about 12 hours (when The battery is
Light (MGB-101). The battery life is about empty).
10 hours in Game Boy Color or Game Boy
The Charger and Battery Pack were
Light and about 8 hours in
released in Japan in July 21,
Game Boy Pocket.
1996 for 3500, or at 1,900
for the Battery Pack only).
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Game Link Cable Adaptor Game Boy Four Player Adapter
After the release of the Game Boy Pocket, Nintendo A select few Game Boy games, such as F-1 Race,
started using a smaller Game Link connector and re- supported multiplayer modes for up to four players,
leased an adaptor called the Game Link Cable Adap- although this requires the use of up to three addition-
tor (MGB-004) which could be used in conjunction al Game Link cables and the Game Boy Four Player
with the original Game Link cable (DMG-04) to al- Adapter (model DMG-07).
low an original Game Boy to connect to a Game Boy
Pocket/Color.

Game Boy Pocket Game Link Cable Universal Game Link Cable
The second generation started with the release of the The next cable of the second generation is called the
Game Boy Pocket which used a much smaller Game Universal Game Link Cable (MGB-010). It features
Link connector than those used on the original Game the smaller second generation connector on one end,
Boy. Although the pin assignment and basic port and the cable splits into both a second generation and
shape remained the same, its much smaller size ne- first generation connector at the other end (although
cessitated the release of new Game Link Cables. only one connector at this end can be used at any giv-
en time). This link cable was included with the Game
The second generation Game Link Cables came in a
Boy Printer in the USA and Europe but does not ap-
few varieties, but each serves the same purpose. The
pear to have been available to buy separately.
first was called the Game Boy Pocket Game Link Ca-
ble (MGB-008), and was designed to be used with the After the Game Boy Pocket came the Game Boy
Game Boy Pocket. The MGB-008 was the only Game Light, and the Game Boy Color, all share the same
Link cable to be white in color, and may have only link cable port design, and Game Boy Color games
been released in Japan. The MGB-008 features the and original Game Boy games can both use a second
smaller second generation connectors on both ends, generation cable. Therefore,
allowing two Game Boy Pockets to link. the Game Boy Color is com-
patible with the MGB-008
and MGB-010.

Cleaning Kit Stereo Headphones

The official Game Boy The official Nintendo Stereo Headphones was re-
Cleaning Kit was re- leased in most original Game Boy bundles in North
leased in Japan and has America and Europe. It was also possible to buy the
the Nintendo model headphones separately. In Japan they came at a price
number DMG-08. The of 1,000. The headphones have a red and blue tab
cleaning kit is similar on them to distinguish from left and right. Other than
to the NES cleaning kit that, they are very ordinary cheap stereo headphones.
and is used to clean the
systems cartridge port.
It includes a cleaning
cart and a brush. Users
first insert the the cleaning cart then use the brush on
the remaining dirt inside the cartridge
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Game Boy Camera
The Game Boy Camera, released as The Game Boy Camera was featured
Pocket Camera in Japan, is an official in the 1999 edition of Guinness World
Nintendo accessory for the Game Boy Records for being the worlds smallest
and was released on September 17, 1998 digital camera, though this record has
in Japan, which ceased manufacture in since been broken. Nintendo reportedly
late 2002. It is compatible with all of the had plans to release a successor to the
Game Boy platforms (with the excep- Game Boy Camera for the Game Boy Ad-
tion of Game Boy Micro). The camera vance called the GameEye which would
can take 256224 (down scaled to half take color photos and feature connectiv-
resolution on the unit with anti-aliasing), ity with the Nintendo GameCube through
black & white digital images using the a game titled Stage Debut, but neither the
4-color palette of the Game Boy system. GameEye nor Stage Debut ever saw re-
It interfaced with the Game Boy Printer, lease.
which utilized thermal paper to print any
The Game Boy Camera was used to take
saved images, making a hardcopy. Both
the photographs for the album cover of
the camera and the printer were marketed
Neil Youngs Silver & Gold. The Game
by Nintendo as light-hearted entertain-
Boy Camera was featured prominently in
ment devices aimed mainly at children
the Hong Kong zombie film Bio Zombie.
in all three major video game regions of
In Banjo-Tooie, Chris P. Bacon uses a
the world: Japan, North America, and
Game Boy Camera to take pictures.
Europe. N64 Magazine (which has since
been superseded by NGamer) dedicated a There are three main options available on
monthly section to the device. the menu screen: Shoot, View, and Play.
The Game Boy Camera comes in five dif- Users can make photo albums, slide-
ferent standard colors: blue, green, red, shows, and custom animations of photos.
yellow and clear purple (Japan only). Hot-Spot allows users to link pictures to-
There was also a limited edition gold gether by clicking on certain spots of the
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time picture. This can be used in a number of
edition, which contains different stamps creative ways. For example, it could be
from the standard versions and was avail- used for creating a game where a play-
able only in the United States through a er can go from one photo of a room in
mail order offer from Nintendo Power. a house to another by pressing certain
spots on the photos. The location of the
The devices software has numerous ref-
hot-spots are customizable by accessing
erences to other Nintendo products. Also,
the Special menu via the Select options
there are a few differences between the
and choosing Hot-Spot. In this mode,
North American and Japanese versions,
up to five one-eyed blobs can be placed
including the unlockable B album pic-
on each picture, which become invisible
tures and the stamps that can be placed
hot-spots during Hot-Spot mode. Each
on pictures.
blob can be programmed to send the
Initially, the Game Boy Camera was not player to a different photo and include a
well received at Nintendo. However, Ku- visual transition and a sound effect. Then,
wahara approached Creatures, Inc. Presi- in Hot-Spot mode, when the player press-
dent Hirokazu Tanaka regarding the de- es one of the hot-spots, he or she will be
velopment of the software for the device, sent to a photo of another room, where
which solidified the project. The cam- additional hot-spots will send the player
eras built-in software was co-developed to additional photos, and move him or her
by Nintendo Research & Development 1 throughout the virtual house.
and the Japanese company Jupiter, with
Tanaka directing the project.
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Game Boy Printer
The Game Boy Printer, known in Japan Hobbyists outside the UK can also make
as the Pocket Printer, is a thermal printer their own cable for uploading images
accessory released by Nintendo in 1998, to their computer. A Game Boy Printer
which ceased manufacture in early 2003. emulator is needed for the Game Boy to
The Game Boy Printer is compatible interface with the PC once linked via ca-
with all the Game Boy systems except ble. The Game Boy Printer Paper has also
the Game Boy Micro, and is designed been discontinued, and rolls of the genu-
to be used in conjunction with the Game ine article that still produce a reliable im-
Boy Camera. It also prints images from age are becoming more difficult to find.
compatible late-generation Game Boy Regular thermal paper, such as the kind
and Game Boy Color games. It runs on used for POS terminals, can be cut to the
six AA batteries and uses a special 3.8 cm proper width and used successfully with
wide thermal paper with adhesive back- the Game Boy Printer.
ing, sold in white, red, yellow and blue
The system will print a test message
colors. In Japan, a bright yellow Pok-
reading Hello! if it is turned on while
mon version of the Game Boy Printer
the feed button is held. According to the
was released, featuring a feed button in
manual, this is used to test if the printer is
the style of a Pok Ball.
functioning properly. To get around using
Mad Catz sells a kit that enables users to six AA batteries (1.5 volts each) for the
connect a Game Boy to a PC and print printer, a single 9V battery can be used
images using the PCs printer. if wired properly, because the printer re-
quires 9 volts DC.

Game Boy Printer paper Barcode Boy

A roll of the American The Barcode Boy by
Game Boy Printer paper Namco is a Game Boy
came in red, blue, yel- peripheral released only
low and white, with an in Japan in December
adhesive backing. It had 1992. It attaches to the
a width of 38mm and a Game Boy and is used to
diameter of 30mm, with scan or swipe barcodes,
a 12mm cardboard spin- similar to the e-Reader.
dle in the centre. A typi-
Games such as Monster
cal roll had 390400 cm
Maker: Barcode Saga
of length. When a picture
were designed to be used
printed from the Game
specifically with the Barcode Boy. Scanning the game
Boy Camera, it would
cards would give the player the ability to custmize
print with a .5 cm margin above and below the picture
characters and battle opponents via a link cable. The
and print the picture at a 2.3 cm height. This would
scanner is also compatible with auto and horse rac-
give the total of 3.3 cm height per picture. The Game
ing games available in Japan. Players of those games
Boy Printer paper refills boasted up to 180 pictures
search out codes that will give the fastest car or horse.
per roll. With the math the typical roll could only take
118 pictures. The paper is now hard to find; it could Other barcodes found on actual store-bought mer-
be substituted with a 1.5-inch-wide (38 mm) thermal chandise could be scanned as well, giving the player
paper without repercussions on the printer. different features in the games.
Pokmon Pinball has a glitch to where it will only The Barcode Boy was featured in an article in Nin-
print the RED high scores. tendo Power V56 in 1994.
nintendo.wikia.com
438 Accessories

Handy Boy
The Joyplus Handy Boy is an official all in one ac-
cessory for the original Game Boy. It features two
amplified external speakers that are positioned on
each side of the screen. The Handy Boy adds a square
magnifier which has simple light for illumination.
These parts can fold together for travel. Additionally,
a thumb joystick can be clipped onto the Game Boy
with or without the speakers and magnifier.

Game Genie BoosterBoy

This was the first cheat In practice, the Game
device for the Game Boy Boy is housed inside this
manufactured by Galoob. unit, which devours four
It is designed to nest C batteries at a time. The
snugly into the original only visible part of the
Game Boy (though it will handheld is the screen,
loosely fit into the Pocket with the peripheral taking
and Color systems; it will over all controls, com-
fit into the Super Game plete with an analogue
Boy only if you saw off stick and shaky buttons.
the plastic clip on the Ge- While extra loud speak-
nies bottom.) The car- ers and a magnifier may
tridge is inserted with the be helpful to some, this
label facing inward. A compartment on the back holds add-on takes a portable console and morphs it into a
the tiny code book containing codes for the system. lump of plastic the size of a 1980s telephone.
Up to three lines of codes can be entered at a time. ThomasWhitehead@nintendolife.com
There is no backup, so codes have to be reentered
upon each startup. Nintendo fought this accessory
in Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Light Boy
Inc., but the court ruled that the Game Genie did not One of the first widely dis-
create a derivative work. tributed experience enhanc-
ers for the Game Boy was
Game Boy Radio the Light Boy, a battery-
powered attachment that
The Gameboy FM Radio
not only lit up the screen
by Beeshu is a third party
with LEDs, but magni-
peripheral which turns
fied it too. The Light Boy
the original Game Boy
could make made late car
into an FM radio. The ra-
rides and nighttime gam-
dio fits into the cartridge
ing sessions doable in an
port and use the Game
era where backlighting
Boy only as a power sup-
ply. technology simply just did not exist, but with a cost
of headache, nausea and blurry vision.
ThomasWhitehead@nintendolife.com
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Nuby Amplifier Nuby Light
The Nuby Amplifier for Game Boy is a micro-amp The Nuby is an officially
that gives users greater volume control. The Ampli- licensed 3rd-party prod-
fits snuggly into the origi- uct. It is a window at-
nal Game Boys headphone tached to a battery pack.
jack. It feature stereo Inside the window ares
sound, but when the speak- two LEDs, one on each
ers are so close, one cannot side of the screen. The
get good stereo separation. battery pack takes 4xAA
The speakers sound distort- batteries connected in se-
ed at higher volumes. ries, not parallel.
The Nuby slides over
Game Boy Carrying Case the Game Boys screen
and is held in place by
Several carrying cases and traveling bags were re- two ridges at the top of
leased for the Gameboy, both unlicensed and official the Game Boy. The fit
products. Pictured here are a few of the cases/bags is tight. The Nuby will
that were released for the system. not fit over a Game Boy Pocket or Color, Nuby re-
leased separate products for those systems. When us-
ers turn the switch on, the LEDs bathe the screen in
white-yellowish light. The insides of the plastic win-
dow use glossy white plastic to give some reflective
capability.
The Nuby and its batteries add substantially to the
weight of the Game Boy. With the Nuby with its bat-
teries, a Game Boy weighs 17.3oz. Without the Nuby,
it Game Boy weighs 12.2oz.
The Nubys bulk and its cutting off of the screens
edges makes it only useful when the ambient light
is insufficient to see the screen. Users can play their
Game Boy in the dark with a Nuby, but they may not
play as well because of the non-uniform lighting and
the glare that tends to obscure each edge of the screen.
Even though the Nuby is not a perfect product, it is
still thought by many to be better than its competi-
tors. It is sturdily built, unlike some of the magnifier
units sold for the Game Boy. The Nubys LEDs are
extremely close to the Game Boy screen whereas the
Light Boy and other magnifier lights are further away,
significantly reducing the amount of light hitting the
screen.
Nuby also bundled the light with a separately-at-
tached magnifier and called it the Nuby Light Plus.
Though, magnifiers tend to make the screen darker
and the graphics more pixelated.
nerdlypleasures.blogspot.no
442 Super Game Boy

Super Game Boy

The Super Game Boy is a 16-bit adapter cartridge for Nintendos Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It
was the first Game Boy-based add-on to a Nintendo console. The Super Game Boy allows game cartridges
designed for use on the Game Boy to be played on a TV display using the Super NES controllers. It is the
precursor to the Game Boy Player on the Nintendo GameCube, which functions in a similar manner.
The Super Game Boy is compatible with the original monochrome Game Boy
cartridges, Game Boy Camera, and the black Game Boy Color cartridges al-
though it would display the latter in their monochrome compatibility mode.
The unit could map the four shades of green to various colors on the screen.
Later Game Boy games that were optimized to use the Super Game Boy had
additional color information and could over-ride the ability to change the on-
screen colors, and the ability to display a graphical border around the screen
as well as the ability to display special background sprites on the screen, as
seen in the Marios Picross title screen. Those games would have printed a
small Super Game Boy Game Pak logo on the box and cartridge. The adap-
Super Nintendo version
tor could support up to 64 colors for the border, and 12 colors for the screen.
Static screens could display all 10 colors.
It is also possible for Super Game Boy games to make use of the SNES hard-
ware for extra effects, as demonstrated in Contra: The Alien Wars, Donkey
Kong, Kirbys Dream Land 2, A Bugs Life, Animaniacs and Toy Story; these
games had expanded sound when used with the Super Game Boy. Wario Blast,
the Game Boy version of Killer Instinct, and several other titles even allowed
the second Super NES controller to be used for two-player action, and the title
screen changed to show that these games had a two-player option, rather than
a connection status. The original Super Game Boy does not support game link
multiplayer because, according to a Nintendo spokesman, a two-player con-
figuration would interfere with the RF signal from the television.

Super FamiCom version The Game Boy version of Space Invaders allowed players to access a Super
NES version of the game as well as a coloured version of the Game Boy game.
Some black Game Boy Color cartridge games also have Super Game Boy enhancements, although there isnt
any logo indicating this on the cartridge or on the front of the box as there are for original Game Boy releases.
Several GBC titles do have a small Super Game Boy compatibility icon located on the back of their packaging,
such as for Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobis Journey.
The Super Game Boy actually consists of the same hardware as the Game Boy; inside the cartridge is a sepa-
rate CPU that processes the games while the Super NES only provided means for user-input, output of graph-
ics to the screen, and the additional coloring, similar to the Atari 5200 version of the Atari 2600 adapter.
The original Super Game Boy is known to play the game program and its audio 2.4% faster than other Game
Boy hardware. This is due to the use of the Super NESs clock speed divided by 5, which ends up being 4.295
MHz instead of 4.194 MHz. The timing issue can be rectified by adding an appropriate crystal oscillator to the
Super Game Boy and disconnecting the Super NESs clock source.
The Super Game Boy is the successor to Intelligent Systems Wide Boy 2 (which connected to the FamiCom
or NES). One difference between the Wide Boy and the Super Game Boy is that the former did not use any
part of the FamiCom/NES other than the video memory. Even the controller (a single Famicom controller) is
hardwired directly into the Wide Boy. The Wide Boy would continue running even if the reset button is held
down on the Famicom/NES. The Game Boy had twice as many tiles as could fit in the FamiCom/NESs video
memory, so the Wide Boy had to refresh the FamiCom/NESs video memory halfway down the screen.
 Super Game Boy 443

Super Game Boy 2

The Super Game Boy 2 was released exclusively in Japan in 1998. Additions
included a link port to allow a user to access two-player mode via the link
cable, the green game link LED, and the red power LED indicator, and runs
at the exact speed of the Game Boy (the original model runs 2.4% faster than
a Game Boy). In addition, it came with eight new default borders, which re-
placed those in the original model (though the old borders are still accessible
via a code); however, it retained the same built-in palettes and coloring tools
as on the original model. Contrary to rumors, the system is unable to run Game
Boy Color-exclusive games. Also, this version of the SGB does not allow one
to change borders in some games that have built-in borders. Some games have
features only available through the Super Game Boy 2, such as a special Tetris
DX border.

Horis SGB Commander controller

In Japan, Hori released a special Super Game Boy controller called the
SGB Commander. The controller, aside from the 4 Game Boy buttons (A,
B, Start and Select), also had 4 Super Game Boy specific buttons which
could enable the user to mute the sound, reduce the speed of the game,
change the colors and modify the display window. An additional switch is
provided to alternate between Super Game Boy mode and regular Super
Famicom Mode.

List of Super Game Boy games

On the next pages is a list of Game Boy games that make use of the enhancements, color palettes, or other
features of the Super Game Boy. Or, like some of them, only feature a Super Game Boy logo on the box but
has none of the features.
Notes
Some games will have enhanced music tracks and voice samples if played on the Super Game Boy.
If Tetris DX is played on the Super Game Boy 2 device, a different border will appear.
Some games have hidden borders only available by inputting a code on the title screen or while playing the
game. The games are: Balloon Fight GB, Marios Picross, Space Invaders (GB), Picross 2, Super Black Bass,
Super Black Bass Pocket 2, Tetris 2, Tetris Attack and TNN Outdoor Fishing Champ.
TNN Outdoor Fishing Champ is missing a border found on the Japanese versions ending due to that ending
being cut for the USA release.
Some games, such as Bomberman Quest, have borders that only show by linking a Super Game Boy 2 with
a Game Boy.
The Game & Watch Gallery series will show a Super NES controller under Mode Select instead of a Game
Boy system if played on the Super Game Boy. Also, when playing one of the mini-games in Classic mode,
the Super Game Boy will display borders around the screen that mimic the original Game & Watch casing
designs.
Some games (mostly Takara fighting games, but a few others) have special two player modes using two
Super NES controllers on Super Game Boy. A few of the SGB Bomberman games (such as Wario Blast)
allow for four players using a Super Multitap (or any compatible multiplayer adapter) and four controllers.
Rumble cartridges have their rumble function disabled when played on a Super Game Boy, even if they are
not otherwise enhanced, such as in Hole in One Golf or Test Drive Off-Road 3.
Several Nintendo-published Game Boy games that were released prior to the Super Game Boy are not other-
wise enhanced, but do have special default palettes when played on it. Those will be noted in the list.
444 Super Game Boy
Game Title Notes pg.
Adventures of Lolo Only the UK version has SGB support 15
Akazukin Chacha 17
Alfred Chicken Only the Japanese version has SGB support 18
Alleyway not enhanced, but has a special default palette 32
Animal Breeder Multiple Borders 25
Animal Breeder 2 Multiple Borders 26
Animaniacs Custom SGB Music, palette changes disabled 26
Another Bible Multiple Borders 26
Aoki Densetsu Shoot! 27
Arcade Classic 1 Multiple Borders 27
Arcade Classic 2 Multiple Borders 27
Arcade Classic 3 Multiple Borders 28
Arcade Classic 4 Multiple Borders 28
Arcade Classic 5 Multiple Borders 28
Asterix & Obelix 30
Bakenou TV 94 Multiple Borders 34
Bakuchou Retrieve Master palette changes disabled 34
Bakuchou Retsuden Shou: Hyper Fishing 35
Baseball not enhanced, but has a special default palette 37
Battle Arena Toshinden SGB Two Player Mode 40
Battle Crusher 41
Beethovens 2nd 45
Bomberman Collection Multiple Borders, SGB Multiplayer up to 4 players for
Bomberman GB and GB2, Custom SGB SFX 52
Bomberman GB SGB Multiplayer up to 4 players, same game as Wario
Blast, Custom SGB SFX 52
Bomberman GB 2 Multiple Borders, SGB Multiplayer up to 4 players,
same game as US Bomberman GB, Custom SGB SFX 52
Bomberman GB 3 Multiple Borders 54
Captain Tsubasa J: Zenkoku Seiha Chousen Multiple Borders 64
Castlevania Legends 66
Centipede Majesco re-release version, Box and cart show SGB
logo but no enhancements 68
Centipede/Millipede
Chibi Makuro-chan: Makuro Deluxe 71
Chousoku Spinner 74
Collection Pocket 75
Contra: The Alien Wars 76
Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora Gokigen Collection 79
Crayon Shin-Chan 4: Ora Itazura Daihenshin 79
Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions Multiple Borders, originally released without enhance-
ments. 82
Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen G 82
Daikaijuu Monogatari: The Miracle of Zone 83
Desert Strike 88
Dino Breeder 89
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Game Title Notes pg.
Dino Breeder 2 90
Disneys Aladdin Game Boy and Game Boy Color versions exist, but
only the original Game Boy version has enhancements 18
Disneys Hercules Custom SGB Music 137
Disneys Mulan Custom SGB Music 223
Disneys Pocahontas Custom SGB Music, palette and controller changes
disabled 263
Disneys The Hunchback of Notre Dame Custom SGB Music 143
Disneys Toy Story Custom SGB Music 355
Donkey Kong Custom SGB Music/Voice Samples 91
Donkey Kong Land palette changes disabled 91
Donkey Kong Land 2 except Japanese version, which was for the GBC, pal-
ette changes disabled 91
Donkey Kong Land III not enhanced, but has a special default palette 92
Doraemon no Game Boy Asobouyo DX 10 SGB Two Player Mode, Multiple Borders 93
Doraemon Kart SGB Two Player Mode, Multiple Borders 93
Dr. Mario GBC, Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 98
Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishouden GBC, Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 98
Dragon Ball Z 2: Goku Gekitouden GBC, Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 98
Elite Soccer 103
F-1 Race not enhanced, but has a special default palette 105
FIFA International Soccer 109
FIFA Soccer 96 palette changes disabled 109
FIFA Soccer 97 Custom SGB Music, palette and controller changes
disabled 109
FIFA Soccer 98 Custom SGB Music 110
Frisky Tom Box and cart show SGB logo but no enhancements 117
Frogger 118
Slam Dunk: Gakeppuchi no Kesshou League 312
Slam Dunk 2: Zenkoku e no Tip Off Multiple Borders 313
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren GB palette changes disabled 118
Galaga & Galaxian
Game & Watch Gallery Multiple Borders 120
Game & Watch Gallery 2 GB and GBC versions exist, Multiple Borders, JP title:
Game Boy Gallery 2 121
Game Boy Gallery Multiple Borders 121
Game Boy Wars not enhanced, but has a special default palette 121
Game Boy Wars Turbo /
Game Boy Wars Turbo Famitsu version 122
Gamera: Daikaijuu Kuuchuu Kessen Multiple Borders 123
Game de Hakken!! Tamagotch 341
Game de Hakken!! Tamagotch 2 Multiple Borders 122
Game de Hakken!! Tamagotch Mesutch Multiple Borders 122
Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune Tou no Nazo 223
GB Genjin 2 54
GB Genjin Collection Multiple Borders 127
446 Super Game Boy
Game Title Notes pg.
Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Arawaru! 126
Gekitou Power Modeller 126
Genjin Cottsu 127
God Medicine Fukkoku Ban 131
Golf not enhanced, but has a special default palette 132
Golf Classic 322
Go! Go! Ackman 129
Go! Go! Hitchike Multiple Borders 130
Gurander Musashi RV Multiple Borders 133
Harvest Moon GB 134
Hayaosi Quiz Ouza Ketteisen 136
Hon Shougi 141
Hugo 60
Initial D Gaiden 147
International Superstar Soccer 147
Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal 148
Itsudemo Nyanto Wonderful 149
J.League Big Wave Soccer 196
J.League Live 95 150
J.League Supporter Soccer 150
James Bond 007 151
Jeopardy! Platinum Edition 154
Jeopardy! Teen Tournament 155
Jinsei Game SGB Multiplayer up to 4 players 156
Jissen Mahjong Kyoshitsu 224
Jungle no Ouja Taachan 158
Jungle Strike Box and cart show SGB logo but no enhancements 158
Jurassic Park: The Lost World 187
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru not enhanced, but has a special default palette 160
Kanzume Monsters 161
Karamuchou no Daijiken 162
Kaseki Sousei Reborn 162
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 182
Ken Griffey Jr. *Major League Baseball 164
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters not enhanced, but has a special default palette 165
Killer Instinct SGB Two Player Mode 166
King Of Fighters 95 SGB Two Player Mode, Uses SGBs internal sounds 166
King Of Fighters - Heat of The Battle Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode, Uses SGBs
internal sounds 167
Kirbys Block Ball 169
Kirby's Dream Land not enhanced, but has a special default palette 169
Kirby's Dream Land 2 Uses SGBs internal sounds 169
Kirby's Pinball Land not enhanced, but has a special default palette 170
Kirby's Star Stacker Uses SGBs internal sounds 170
Koukiatsu Boy 174
Konami GB Classics Vol.1 Japanese version only, Multiple Borders 172
 Super Game Boy 447
Game Title Notes pg.
Konami GB Classics Vol.2 Japanese version only, Multiple Borders 173
Konami GB Classics Vol.3 Japanese version only, Multiple Borders 173
Konami GB Classics Vol.4 Japanese version only, Multiple Borders 173
Konchuu Hakase 174
Kuma no Puutarou: Takara Sagashi Battle! 177
Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy 177
Legend of the River King GB Game Boy and Game Boy Color versions exist, Multi-
ple Borders 182
Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening not enhanced, but has a special default palette 183
Little Indian In Big City palette and controller changes disabled 366
The Lion King Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhance-
ments 184
Mach Go Go Go 189
Madden '95 189
Madden '96 palette and controller changes disabled 189
Madden '97 Custom SGB Music 190
Magic Knight Rayearth Multiple Borders 191
Magic Knight Rayearth 2nd: Missing Colors 191
Mahoujin Guru Guru 192
Marios Picross Multiple Borders 194
Marmalade Boy 195
Masakari Densetsu Kintarou RPG-hen Multiple Borders 196
Matthias Sammer Soccer 196
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhance-
ments 197
Mazekko Monster 74
Mazekko Monster 2 Multiple Borders 74
Medarot: Kabuto Version 197
Medarot: Kuwagata Version 198
Medarot Parts Collection 198
Medarot Parts Collection 2 198
Mega Man V 201
Meitantei Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin 202
Meitantei Conan: Giwaku no Gouka Ressha 203
Metroid II: Return of Samus not enhanced, but has a special default palette 204
Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! Only the US version has SGB support 204
Midori No Makibaoo Multiple Borders 206
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 206
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 206
Mini 4 Boy 208
Mini 4 Boy 2 Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 208
Mini-Yonku GB: Let's & Go!! 209
Mini-Yonku GB: Let's & Go!! All-StarMAX 209
Mogu Mogu Gombo 210
Mole Mania palette changes disabled 211
Momotarou Collection Multiple Borders 211
448 Super Game Boy
Game Title Notes pg.
Momotarou Collection 2 212
Momotarou Dengeki 2 212
Momotarou Dentetsu Jr.: Zenkoku Ramen 213
Money Idol Exchanger 213
Monopoly 214
Monster Race 214
Monster Race Okawari 214
Mortal Kombat 2 217
Mortal Kombat 3 218
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 223
Namco Gallery Vol 1 Multiple Borders 225
Namco Gallery Vol 2 Multiple Borders 225
Namco Gallery Vol 3 Multiple Borders 226
NBA Live 96 230
Nectaris GB 230
Nekketsu! Beach Volley dayo Kunio-kun SGB Two Player Mode, Custom SGB Music/Voice Sam-
ples 231
Nettou Garou Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai SGB Two Player Mode 232
Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special SGB Two Player Mode, Uses SGBs internal sounds 232
Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode 232
NHL Hockey '95 235
NHL Hockey '96 236
Nihon Daihyou Team: Eikou no Eleven 240
Ninku 239
Ninku Dai 2 Dan: Ninkuu Sensou-hen Multiple Borders 239
Nintama Rantarou GB SGB Two Player Mode 239
Nintama Rantarou GB: Eawase Puzzle Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode 240
Obelix 30
Oddworld Adventures Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhancements 242
Olympic Summer Games Custom SGB Music, palette and controller changes disa-
bled 242
Oni V: Oni wo Tsugumono 243
Othello World Multiple Borders 245
Otogi Banasi Taisen 245
Oyatsu Quiz: Mogu Mogu Q Multiple Borders 246
Pachinko CR Daiku no Gen-san GB 249
Pachinko Data Card: Chou Ataru-kun 250
Pachinko Monogatari Gaiden 250
Pachi-slot Hisshou Guide GB 248
Pac-Attack 247
Pac-In-Time 247
Pac-Panic 247
The Pagemaster palette changes disabled 253
PGA European Tour 258
PGA Tour 96 259
Picross 2 Multiple Borders 259
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Game Title Notes pg.
Pocket Bomberman Multiple Borders, Game Boy and Game Boy Color ver-
sions exist, but only the Game Boy Color version was 264
released in the US
Pocket Densha Multiple Borders 264
Pocket Family 265
Pocket Jockey 306
Pocket Kanjirou 265
Pocket Kyoro-chan 266
Pocket Love 266
Pocket Love 2 266
Pocket Monsters: Blue Japan 271
Pocket Monsters: Red and Green Japan 267
Pocket Puyo Puyo 2 SGB Two Player Mode 267
Pocket Shougi 268
Pokmon: Red Version and Blue Version International 271
Poko-nyan!: Yume no Daibouken Multiple Borders, Custom SGB Music, palette changes
disabled 268
Power Pro GB 274
Primal Rage Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhancements 275
Pro Mahjong Kiwame GB Custom SGB Music 276
Purikura Pocket 277
Purikura Pocket 2 278
Purikura Pocket 3 278
Puyo Puyo SGB Two Player Mode 278
Puzzle Nintama Rantarou GB Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode 279
Qix not enhanced, but has a special default palette 280
Radar Mission not enhanced, but has a special default palette 283
Renju Club 287
Rockn Monster Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 291
The Rugrats Movie 293
Same Game Multiple Borders 295
Samurai Shodown SGB Two Player Mode, no special border 295
SD Hiryuu No Ken Gaiden SGB Two Player Mode 299
SD Hiryuu No Ken Gaiden 2 SGB Two Player Mode 299
SeaQuest DSV 300
Selection I & II Multiple Borders 301
Shaq Fu 302
Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam 307
Shougi Saikyou Game Boy and Game Boy Color versions exist 309
Small Soldiers Custom SGB Music 313
The Smurfs originally released without enhancements in Europe, pal-
ette changes disabled 313
Snoopy no Hajimete no Otsukai 315
Soccer European version only 116
Space Invaders multiple borders, but also contains a fully enhanced ver-
318
sion of the game playable only on the SNES
450 Super Game Boy
Game Title Notes pg.
Solar Striker not enhanced, but has a special default palette 316
Spirou 320
Star Sweep Multiple Borders 324
Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus 325
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 336
Street Fighter II Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode 327
Super B-Daman: Fighting Phoenix Multiple Borders 329
Super Black Bass Japanese version only, Multiple Borders 330
Super Black Bass Pocket 2 Multiple Borders 330
Super Bombliss Multiple Borders 347
Super Chinese Fighter GB SGB Two Player Mode 331
Super Chinese Land 3 SGB Two Player Mode 331
Super Chinese Land 1.2.3 Multiple Borders, SGB Two Player Mode for 3 331
Superman palette and controller changes disabled 337
Super Mario Land not enhanced, but has a special default palette 333
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins not enhanced, but has a special default palette 333
Super Pachinko Taisen 334
Super Snakey Multiple Borders 375
Super Street Basketball 2 337
Tamagotchi Multiple Borders 341
Tennis not enhanced, but has a special default palette 345
Tetris not enhanced, but has a special default palette 346
Tetris 2 JP title: Tetris Flash, originally released without enhance-
ments, Multiple Borders 347
Tetris Attack Multiple Borders 347
Tetris Blast Multiple Borders 347
Tetris Plus 348
The Getaway: High Speed II Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhancements 128
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 187
Tintin In Tibet palette changes disabled 348
Tokoro's Mahjong Jr. 351
Tokyo Disneyland: Fantasy Tour 351
Tokyo Disneyland: Mickey no Cinderella 351
Tottemo! Luckyman: Cookie Daisuki!! Multiple Borders 354
Tsume Go Series 1: Fujisawa Hideyuki Kisei 358
Tsume Shougi 359
Tsuri Sensei 359
TV Champion 361
Ultraman Ball 365
Ultraman Chou Toushi Gekiden Multiple Borders 365
Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2 Multiple Borders, palette changes disabled 366
Uno 2: Small World palette changes disabled 368
Urban Strike 368
Vegas Stakes Multiple Borders 369
Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! SGB Multiplayer up to 4 players, same game as Japa-
nese Bomberman GB, Custom SGB SFX 371
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Game Title Notes pg.
Wave Race 372
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 not enhanced, but has a special default palette 371
Wario Land II Game Boy and Game Boy Color versions exist, Multi-
ple Borders, palette changes disabled 371
Wedding Peach: Jama-P Panic Multiple Borders 373
Wild Snake Multiple Borders 375
World Cup 98 Custom SGB Music 379
World Heroes 2 Jet SGB Two Player Mode 379
World Soccer GB 147
WWF War Zone Box and cart show SGB logo but no SGB enhancements 382
X not enhanced, but has a special default palette 384
Yakuman not enhanced, but has a special default palette 386
Yoshi not enhanced, but has a special default palette 387
Yoshi's Cookie not enhanced, but has a special default palette 388
Yoshi no Panepon 347
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 388
YuYu Hakusho Dai 4 Dan: Touitsu-hen 389
Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling Jet 391
452 Oddities

Oddities
These pages include a few different Game Boy related oddities.

Gulf War Game Boy Calculator Boy

This Nintendo Game Boy The calculator Boy is a simple
belonged to a soldier in pocket calculator with an origi-
the 1990-1991 Gulf War. nal Game Boy design. The front
The Game Boy was dam- Game Boy buttons does not
aged when the barracks function and is only part of the
the soldiers were stay- design.
ing in were bombed. The
The calculator is a licensed Nin-
damaged Game Boy still
tendo product released in 1993.
works and is running
Tetris while perpetually
plugged in at the Ninten-
Radio Boy
do World Store in New The Radio Boy is similar in de-
York City. sign of the Calculator Boy. The
Radio Boy is a simple AM FM
Smart Boy radio with an original Game Boy
design. The Radio Boy use 2 AA
This accessory turns a batteries and has inputs for head-
smartphone into a Game phones.
Boy console.
The Radio Boy is a licensed Nin-
The gadget from Hyper- tendo product released in 1992.
kin is currently in pre-
order costing $59.99 with
shipments expected to
start in December, 2016.
Workboy
While Nintendos Game
The idea actually origi-
Boy redefined handheld
nally saw the light of day
gaming, other companies
as an April Fools joke in
looked to turn Nintendos
2015 but it went down
entertainment device into
so well with technology
a productivity gizmo. In-
enthusiasts that the firm
foGenius had a line of
has now actually made it.
organizer, spell check,
The Smart Boy is currently only available for Android travel guide, and other as-
smartphones and works by sliding in a mobile phone sorted game paks for the
and a separate Game Boy game into two separate system that turned it into
slots. a semi-inconvenient pre-
PDA, but it was Fabtek that wanted to go the extra
The game from the cartridge then appears on the mile and turn the Game Boy into a proper mobile
screen on the phone. workstation.
It works with both the standard Game Boy and Game In 1992, Fabtek was planning on releasing the Work
Boy Color cartridges, and features the standard Game Boy, a keyboard peripheral that attached directly to
Boy setup with the same buttons as on the classic de- the Game Boy. It would be used with a suite of busi-
vice. ness software that would turn the Game Boy into
The Hyperkin was on show at the 2016 E3 where it a PDA. Users would be able to store banking info,
was demonstrated with a Samsung S7 Edge. schedule appointments, and auto-dial your telephone
(by holding the Game Boy speaker up to the phones
Julian Cheatle@thetechherald.com
mouthpiece). pressthebuttons.com
 Game Boy Music 453

Game Boy Music

Game Boy music is a type of chip mu- In 1998, the Game Boy Camera was re-
sic produced using a portable gaming leased. Besides incorporating the ability
device from the Game Boy line of con- to take photos, the camera also incorpo-
soles. To produce music of this genre, rates gaming capabilities. One of these
one needs a Game Boy and a cartridge will lead the player to the DJ game, a
containing appropriate tracking soft- sequencer known as Trippy-H.
ware, such as Little Sound DJ.
In 1998, Oliver Wittchow switched to
There are several pieces of software programming the Game Boy in C. He
available, but most Game Boy musi- performed for the first time with his
cians use Nanoloop, Little Sound DJ, newly written program Nanoloop at
Pixelh8 Pro Performer or Pixelh8 Music the Liquid Sky Club, Cologne, at a lo-
Tech. Other software includes Carillon fi contest, which he won. He recorded a
Editor, Music Box, Pocket Music, the 7 single, which was released 1999 on
Game Boy Camera among others. the xxc3 label.
Nanoloop was programmed by Oliver In 1999, Alec Empire released un-
Wittchow, a German art student. The der the project name Nintendo Teen-
user interface is minimalistic and dis- age Robots an album titled We Punk
tinct from conventional musical user Einheit!. The music consisted solely
interfaces. Little Sound DJ was pro- of Game Boy sounds, made with the
grammed by Johan Kotlinski, who lives dj program of the Game Boy Camera.
in Stockholm. Little Sound DJ is a type Later Alec Empire also used Nanoloop
of four-track tracker. live on stage.
Timeline In 1999, Nanoloop 0.8 was sold on
In 1997, Oliver Wittchow and Sebastian flash cartridges, in Germany only.
Burdach started to work on program-
In 2000, Nanoloop 1.0 was sold on
ming music applications for the Game
ROM cartridges, made in Hong Kong.
Boy. During three nights, Sebastian
This version is marketed internationally.
Burdach wrote a very simple sequencer
It was quite buggy, and was replaced
in Game Boy BASIC, probably the very
later that year with the more stable ver-
first sequencer for the Game Boy, which
sion 1.1.
allows the user to edit loops in real time.
In 2000, the German electronic music
duo Klangstabil, consisting of Mau-
rizio Blanco and Boris May, released
two albums, Sprite Storage Format
(12 lp), and Gioco Bambino (cd),
consisting mainly of Game Boy music
made with the Game Boy Camera, with
some external effects and filtering.
In 2000, Aleksi Eeben (a.k.a. Heat-
beat, from the Commodore Amiga
demoscene) released his program Car-
illon. Although it was not intended for
live use, one could nonetheless program
ones own music, and one could (and
still can) download it for free.
In 2000, Johan Kotlinski created the
program Little Sound DJ. Before that,
according to Johan Kotlinski, it was
454 Super Game Boy
just a hack instrumentor.gb that I sent to my demo In 2005 8 Bit Weapon played their songs Bombs
group friends. At this early stage, lsdj was nowhere Away & Gameboy Rocker off an old Game Boy
near finished. The first versions, which were put on using LSDJ on G4s Attack of the Show live broad-
cartridges and sold, came out 2001. cast Episode #5058.
In 2001, Chris McCormick, from Chrism and Fenris, In 2006, the CD Glitter & Bleep : Joystick Pop was
created the program Looper Advance. It is a looper/ produced by the Relax Beat label. It features origi-
sequencer for the Game Boy Advance. nal songs by the greatest talents of the European 8-bit
scene. Besides Game Boys also various other 8-bit
In 2002, Jester Interactive created Pocket Music for
consoles were used.
the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance which
was published by Rage. They are Sample based se- In 2007, the cd 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraft-
quencers and the Game Boy Advance version has a werk was released on the Astralwerks label. It fea-
mild dub of Eminems single My Name Is. tures cover versions of Kraftwerk songs by several
prominent chiptune artists. Besides Game Boys also
In 2002, the now defunct label Disco Bruit released
various other 8-bit consoles were used.
the various artists compilation Nanoloop 1.0. Sev-
eral in the electronic music scene established artists The Game Boy music scene is quite small and spread
(like Dat politics, Merzbow, Felix Kubin, etc.) were around the world, with musicians creating music in
given nanoloops. Supposedly also Aphex Twin was a wide range of styles. Several major signed artists
to contribute, but somehow it didnt happen. have also been known to use LSDJ and Nanoloop.
In 2003, the CD Boy Playground was released on In late 2007 Pixelh8 designed music software such as
the Relax Beat label. Most of the tracks were created Music Tech for the Nintendo Game Boy which turns
using the program Little Sound DJ and the record the Game Boy into real time synthesizer, whereby the
was gathering the best Game Boy musicians world- user can design the sound and play notes by using the
wide (Johan Kotlinski, Bit Shifter, Covox, Lo-Bat, keys.
Mark DeNardo, Tobiah, The Hardliner, Goto80, Nim,
In 2008 the Pixelh8 designed Pro Performer for the
Handheld, Bud Melvin, Adlib Sinner Forks, Dilem-
Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS
ma, Keichi Hirao, Puss, Teamtendo).
which was an upgraded version of the Music Tech for
In 2003, Malcolm McLaren (of Sex Pistols fame) Game Boy.
was collaborating with Relax Beat producers Jacques
April 15, 2009 Pixelh8 released Pixelh8 Music Tech
Fantino and Thierry Criscione who initiated him to
V2.0, Pro Performer, Drum Tech and Death Ray soft-
Chip music during the studio sessions. After listen-
ware free for download from his official website.
ing to the first Game Boy track, Malcolm McLarens
comment was : It sounds ugly... but this music is In April 2009, Sony Creative Software released 8
so beautiful !. Malcolm McLaren was so excited Bit Weapon: A Chiptune Odyssey loop and sample
to discover this new genre that he proposed to write Library. The library contains music loops and sam-
a promotional article in Wired for the release of the ples made by the band using various vintage comput-
CD Boy Playground. He wrote an article in Wired ers and video game consoles, including the original
magazine, claiming Game Boy music (or 8-bit mu- Nintendo Game Boy.
sic, or chiptunes in general) to be the new punk rock.
Notable Artists
This article was very controversial, and McLarens
effort to create a hype around the new 8-bit punk 8 Bit Weapon Horse the Band
was not welcome by very many chipmusicians, and Anamanaguchi Huoratron
resulted in an open letter by chipmusician gwEm Adil I Fight Dragons
(Gareth Morris). McLaren did arrange a Fashion Arcane Toaster JaredSaldonis
Beast party in Florence, Italy, in 2004. Chinese girl Autechre Lukhash
group Wild Strawberries, and Game Boy musicians Bubblyfish Manhattan-DIY
Covox and Lo-bat were playing. Lately it has become Cinematronic Melted Moon
a bit silent around McLarens 8-bit punk. In 2005 Chipzel Nullsleep
he designed clothing for kids, seemingly inspired by ComputeHer PDF Format (the band)
8-bit aesthetics. Danimal Cannon PixelPanic
Doctor Octoroc Pixelh8
GyroMan Band Pornophonique
 Popular Mods 455

Popular Mods
By: BenBurge@instructables.com
Below is a list of popular mods for the Game Boy reach the screen. A pretty simple mod, only requiring
one chip, this is sure to spice up any DMG!
Backlight
One of the most important mods for long term mu- Internal LEDs
sic writing, Backlights in DMGs, Pockets, and even Nothing goes better with a clear cased gameboy than
GBCs have come a long way since they first origi- some sweet LEDs. A super simple mod, not much
nated. With a relatively simple install, and next to no space will be needed for this one (users should ac-
space taken, a Backlight is a must have- especially count for a switch if they plan to add on though).
when theres tons of colors to choose from!
PS/2 Keyboard
Prosound A nice simple mod, with a couple of options: Either
Probably the most common and easiest of mods for connected though the link port, or using an internal
the DMG, Pocket, and Color, the Prosound mod helps PS/2 jack- this mod is a perfect fit for anyone playing
fight gain by catching the audio before it runs though live.
the pre-amp. This mod fits many places in the Game
Arduinoboy
Boy, as it only requires and audio jack, and a tad bit of
One of the most interesting mods, the Arduinoboy
rewiring. Stereo and RCA jacks are most commonly
will give the Gameboy full MIDI in, and MIDI out
used, but when trying to conserve space, the stereo
support. The Arduinoboy also brings with it an array
jack already wired into the gameboy can be rewired
of LEDs that will flash along to the tunes. Although
to be Prosound.
originally designed for external use, many modders
Under Clock/Over Clock have made use of the Arduino Mini/Mini Pro to cre-
A bit more simple of an install, over, or under, clock- ate an internal Arduinoboy. Taking up quite a bit of
ing the gameboy allows users to change the speed space, an internal Arduinoboy has a couple varia-
at which it runs- but unlike the pitch mod, the clock tions, and will be a challenging build for anyone new
speed one choose will not be variable. Users can use to electronics.
just about any ol crystal for this, and wiring in a
While designing, it may seem tempting to plan to add
switch, to switch between speeds, is possible. This
ALL THE MODS, users should keep in mind, the
guy wont take up much space, and is a great star if
space they have to deal with is very minimal. Granted
users is a bit worried about the circuitry that goes into
they shouldnt let this limit themself, but if this is their
the Pitch Mod (because this is mostly internal theres
first build it may not be the worst idea to start small.
no picture).
Pitch Mod This page is a small excerpt taken from the excellent
One of the most neat mods, this little guy works by walkthrough by Ben Burge on how to mod the Game
cutting off the crystal oscillator that normally con- Boy.
trols the GameBoys speed, and replaces it with a sig-
nal from a LTC1799 that varies with the voltage sup-
plied from a potentiometer- ergo, users can control
the time their Gameboy runs at, therefore controlling
the pitch (think over/under-clocking). Although the
LTC is nice and tiny, the pot can get pretty big, and
although its common practice to remove the speaker
and use that space for the pot, Ben like the idea of
using a slide potentiometer on the side. If users want
to be able to enable/disable to Pitch Mod, like in the
video, plan on leaving room for a switch.
Biversion/inversion
A huge help in the field of contrast, and an awesome
looking mod to boot, Biverting a gameboy give users
the option to switch between an inverted screen, and
a normal screen by inverting bits of data before they
456 US Checklist
These pages consist of checklists for your own Game Boy collection. The Checklist are made for you to cross
out the games you have. C mean the cart. I is the manual/information. And B is the box.
The Game Boy is region free, so you can actually play games from every region. The only issue would be text
based games not covering you language.
The games are listed in three categories: North-America, Europe and Japan. I mostly used the site rfgenera-
tion.com for making these lists.

US GB LIST
The first list is made up by (hopefully) every game released in North-America (NTSC). The NTSC version of
a Game Boy game can be easily recognised on the cover by the oval shaped seal of Nintendo and the rating
system.
For the North American launches, Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball, Tetris and Tennis were featured.

Game Title Model Number pg. C M B

4 in 1 Funpak: Volume II DMG-F9-USA 13
4-in-1 Fun Pak DMG-F4-USA 13
The Addams Family DMG-AF-USA 14
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt DMG-A8-USA 14
Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise DMG-GQ-USA 15
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-GQ-USA-1 15
Adventure Island DMG-T3-USA 15
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-T3-USA-1 15
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends DMG-RY-USA 16
The Adventures of Star Saver DMG-KS-USA 16
Aerostar DMG-AE-USA 16
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-AE-USA-1 16
Disneys Aladdin DMG-ALAE-USA 18
THQ Rerelease DMG-ALAP-USA-1 18
Alfred Chicken DMG-C3-USA 18
Alien 3 DMG-L3-USA 19
Alien vs. Predator: The Last of His Clan DMG-A9-USA 19
All-Star Baseball '99 DMG-AB9E-USA 19
Alleyway DMG-AW-USA 22
Altered Space DMG-AL-USA 22
Amazing Penguin DMG-PN-USA 22
The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers DMG-LQ-USA 319
The Amazing Spider-Man DMG-SM-USA 23
Amazing Tater DMG-P3-USA 23
Animaniacs DMG-ANCE-USA 26
Arcade Classic #1: Asteroids & Missile Command DMG-AMCE-USA 27
Arcade Classic #2: Centipede & Millipede DMG-ACPE-USA 27
Arcade Classic No. 3: Galaga & Galaxian DMG-AGCE-USA 28
Arcade Classic No. 4: Defender / Joust DMG-ADJE-USA 28
 US Checklist 457
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Asteroids DMG-AN-USA 31
Atomic Punk DMG-HB-USA 31
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes DMG-AK-USA 32
Avenging Spirit DMG-P8-USA 32
Balloon Kid DMG-BT-USA 35
Barbie Game Girl DMG-GU-USA 37
Bart Simpson's Escape From Camp Deadly DMG-TS-USA 37
Baseball DMG-BS-USA 37
Bases Loaded DMG-BK-USA 38
Batman DMG-BA-USA 39
Batman Forever DMG-A3BE-USA 38
Batman: Return of the Joker DMG-B5-USA 39
Batman: The Animated Series DMG-XM-USA 39
Battle Arena Toshinden DMG-ATDE-USA 40
Battle Bull DMG-BR-USA 40
Battle Unit Zeoth DMG-BZ-USA 43
Battleship DMG-NB-USA 43
Battletoads DMG-BV-USA 43
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team DMG-VN-USA 44
Battletoads in Ragnarok's World DMG-R7-USA 44
Battlezone & Super Breakout DMG-ABSE-USA 28
MTVs Beavis and Butt-head DMG-AVIE-USA 44
Beetlejuice DMG-B4-USA 45
Best of the Best: Championship Karate DMG-LE-USA 46
Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure DMG-LB-USA 47
Bill Elliot's NASCAR Fast Tracks DMG-EL-USA 47
Bionic Battler DMG-VS-USA 47
Bionic Commando DMG-BO-USA 48
Black Bass Lure Fishing DMG-HP-USA 49
Blades of Steel DMG-UB-USA 49
Blaster Master Boy DMG-BI-USA 49
The Blues Brothers DMG-BQ-USA 50
Bo Jackson's Hit and Run! Baseball and Football DMG-BJ-USA 51
Boggle Plus DMG-GL-USA 51
Bomberman GB DMG-AB2E-USA 52
Bonk's Adventure DMG-GK-USA 54
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-GK-USA-1 54
Bonk's Revenge DMG-RJ-USA 54
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-RJ-USA-1 54
Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World DMG-AS-USA 55
Boxxle DMG-SO-USA 56
Boxxle II DMG-SQ-USA 56
Brain Bender DMG-BW-USA 57
Brain Drain DMG-ABRE-USA 56
BreakThru! DMG-ABXE-USA 57
Bubble Ghost DMG-BG-USA 58
458 US Checklist
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Bubble Bobble DMG-B2-USA 58
Natsume Rerelease DMG-B2-USA-1 58
Bubble Bobble Part 2 DMG-LX-USA 58
Natsume Rerelease DMG-LX-USA-1 58
Bubsy II DMG-ABBE-USA 59
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 DMG-BY-USA 60
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-BY-USA-1 60
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle DMG-BB-USA 59
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-BB-USA-1 59
Burai Fighter Deluxe DMG-BU-USA 61
Burgertime Deluxe DMG-GM-USA 61
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-GM-USA-1 61
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition DMG-ABUE-USA 62
Buster Bros. DMG-AG-USA 62
Caesars Palace DMG-CE-USA 63
Virgin Games Rerelease DMG-CE-USA-1 63
Captain America and the Avengers DMG-VP-USA 63
Casino Fun Pak DMG-ACFE-USA 65
Casper DMG-ACEE-USA 65
Castelian DMG-CJ-USA 65
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge DMG-CW-USA 66
Castlevania Legends DMG-ADNE-USA 66
Castlevania: The Adventure DMG-CV-USA 67
Catrap DMG-PM-USA 67
Centipede DMG-AC4E-USA 68
Centipede DMG-CZ-USA 68
Championship Pool DMG-H4-USA 69
Chase H.Q. DMG-HQ-USA 70
Natsume Rerelease DMG-HQ-USA-1 70
The Chessmaster DMG-EM-USA 70
Mindscape Rerelease DMG-EM-USA-1 70
Choplifter II DMG-V4-USA 73
Chuck Rock DMG-QC-USA 75
Cliffhanger DMG-Q5-USA 75
College Slam DMG-ANYE-USA 76
Contra: The Alien Wars DMG-ACSE-USA 76
Cool Ball DMG-OP-USA 76
Cool Spot DMG-QP-USA 77
Cool World DMG-WL-USA 77
CosmoTank DMG-CT-USA 78
Crystal Quest DMG-CQ-USA 80
Cutthroat Island DMG-ACIE-USA 81
Cyraid DMG-WR-USA 81
Daedalian Opus DMG-PU-USA 82
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-PU-USA-1 82
Daffy Duck DMG-YS-USA 82
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Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Darkman DMG-DN-USA 85
Disneys Darkwing Duck DMG-DC-USA 85
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-DC-USA-1 85
Days of Thunder DMG-TH-USA 86
Dead Heat Scramble DMG-DH-USA 86
Dennis the Menace DMG-YD-USA 86
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf DMG-ADSE-USA 88
Dexterity DMG-FU-USA 88
Dick Tracy DMG-DK-USA 88
Dig Dug DMG-DY-USA 89
Donkey Kong DMG-QD-USA 91
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-QD-USA-1 91
Donkey Kong Land DMG-YT-USA-2 91
Players Choice Million Seller - Rated 'E' DMG-YT-USA 91
Players Choice Million Seller - Rated K-A DMG-YT-USA-1 91
Donkey Kong Land 2 DMG-ADDE-USA 91
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-ADDE-USA-1 91
Players Choice Million Seller Rerelease DMG-ADDE-USA-2 91
Donkey Kong Land III DMG-AD3E-USA 92
Double Dragon DMG-DO-USA 94
Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game DMG-DX-USA 95
Double Dragon II DMG-D2-USA 94
Double Dribble: 5 on 5 DMG-DW-USA 95
Dr. Franken DMG-FN-USA 97
Dr. Franken II DMG-DJ-USA 97
Dr. Mario DMG-VU-USA 98
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-VU-USA-1 98
Bram Stokers Dracula DMG-D4-USA 57
Dragon's Lair: The Legend DMG-DL-USA 99
Ubi Soft Rerelease DMG-DL-USA 99
Dragonheart DMG-ADHE-USA 100
Disneys DuckTales 2 DMG-D7-USA 101
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-D7-USA-1 101
Disneys DuckTales DMG-DT-USA 100
THQ Rerelease DMG-DT-USA-1 100
Earthworm Jim DMG-AEJE-USA 102
Elevator Action DMG-EA-USA 103
Natsume Rerelease DMG-EA-USA-1 103
Elite Soccer DMG-YK-USA 103
Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (unlicensed) 399
Extra Bases DMG-FS-USA 104
F-1 Race DMG-F1-USA 105
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-F1-USA-1 105
F-15 Strike Eagle DMG-EG-USA 105
F1 Pole Position DMG-F5-USA 105
Faceball 2000 DMG-FA-USA 106
460 US Checklist
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Fastest Lap DMG-F2-USA 107
Felix the Cat DMG-C6-USA 108
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-C6-USA-1 108
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge DMG-XP-USA 108
The Fidgetts DMG-F6-USA 108
FIFA International Soccer DMG-AFSE-USA 109
FIFA Soccer '96 DMG-A6SE-USA 109
FIFA Soccer '97 DMG-A7SE-USA 109
Fighting Simulator 2 in 1 DMG-HR-USA 110
Final Fantasy Adventure DMG-FF-USA 110
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-FF-USA-1 110
Final Fantasy Legend DMG-SA-USA 111
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-SA-USA-1 111
Final Fantasy Legend II DMG-S2-USA 111
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-S2-USA-1 111
Final Fantasy Legend III DMG-OS-USA 111
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-OS-USA-1 111
Fish Dude DMG-US-USA 112
Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe DMG-HK-USA 113
The Flash DMG-EF-USA 114
The Flintstones: The Movie DMG-AFNE-USA 115
The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island DMG-FE-USA 115
Flipull DMG-FP-USA 115
Foreman For Real Boxing DMG-AFEE-USA 116
Fortified Zone DMG-IY-USA 116
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball DMG-AFKE-USA 117
Frogger DMG-AFGE-USA 118
Game & Watch Gallery DMG-AGAE-USA 120
The Game of Harmony DMG-GH-USA 123
Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts'n Goblins DMG-RA-USA 124
Gauntlet II DMG-G2-USA 124
Gear Works DMG-G8-USA 125
George Foreman's KO Boxing DMG-JK-USA 128
The Getaway: High Speed 2 DMG-AGEE-USA 128
Ghostbusters II DMG-GB-USA 129
Go! Go! Tank DMG-GT-USA 130
Game Link Rebranding DMG-GT-USA-1 130
Goal! DMG-JV-USA 130
Godzilla DMG-GZ-USA 132
Game Boy Rebranding () DMG-GZ-USA-1 132
Golf DMG-GO-USA 132
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-GO-USA-1 132
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault DMG-NE-USA 132
Great Greed DMG-B6-USA 133
Gremlins 2: The New Batch DMG-GR-USA 133
HAL Wrestling DMG-PR-USA 134
 US Checklist 461
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Harvest Moon GB DMG-AYWE-USA 134
Hatris DMG-HT-USA 135
Heavyweight Championship Boxing DMG-BX-USA 136
Heiankyo Alien DMG-HA-USA 136
Disneys Hercules DMG-AHCE-USA 137
High Stakes Gambling DMG-HY-USA 139
Hit the Ice DMG-HC-USA 139
Home Alone DMG-HM-USA 140
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York DMG-AH-USA 140
Hook DMG-HS-USA 142
Hudson Hawk DMG-HW-USA 142
The Humans DMG-HU-USA 143
The Disneys Hunchback of Notre Dame DMG-ANDE-USA 143
The Hunt for Red October DMG-HF-USA 144
Hyper Lode Runner DMG-HL-USA 144
In Your Face DMG-YF-USA 145
The Incredible Crash Dummies DMG-C8-USA 145
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade DMG-J5-USA 146
InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz Spanish Translator DMG-NL-USA 46
InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Personal Organizer Phone Book DMG-ZR-USA 146
InfoGenius: French Translator DMG-FH-USA 45
InfoGenius: Frommer's Travel Guide DMG-GD-USA 146
InfoGenius: Spell Checker and Calculator DMG-SL-USA 147
International Superstar Soccer DMG-AIGE-USA 147
Iron Man X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal DMG-AXIE-USA 148
Ishido: The Way of Stones DMG-ST-USA 149
Jack Nicklaus Golf DMG-JN-USA 151
James Bond 007 DMG-AW7E-USA 151
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-AW7E-USA-1 151
Jeep Jamboree Off-Road Adventure DMG-JJ-USA 153
Jeopardy! DMG-JP-USA 154
Black GameTek Logo DMG-JP-USA-1 154
Jeopardy! Platinum Edition DMG-AJPE-USA 154
Jeopardy! Sports Edition DMG-JE-USA 154
Jeopardy! Teen Tounament DMG-AJQE-USA 155
The Jetsons Robot Panic DMG-JS-USA 155
Jimmy Connors Tennis DMG-JC-USA 156
Joe & Mac DMG-JM-USA 157
Jordan vs. Bird DMG-JB-USA 157
Joshua: The Battle of Jericho (unlicensed) 400
Judge Dredd DMG-AJDE-USA 157
The Walt Disneys Jungle Book DMG-J7-USA 158
THQ Rerelease DMG-J7-USA-1 158
Jungle Strike DMG-AJGE-USA 158
Jurassic Park DMG-JQ-USA 159
Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues DMG-A2JE-USA 159
462 US Checklist
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
Jurassic Park: The Lost World DMG-ALWE-USA 187
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball DMG-AKGE-USA 164
Not for Resale Demo 164
Kid Dracula DMG-DF-USA 165
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters DMG-KA-USA 165
Killer Instinct DMG-AKLE-USA 166
King James Bible (unlcensed) 400
The King of Fighters '95 DMG-AKFE-USA 166
Kingdom Crusade DMG-KC-USA 167
Kirby's Block Ball DMG-AKXE-USA 169
Kirby's Dream Land DMG-KY-USA 169
Kirby's Dream Land 2 DMG-AKBE-USA 169
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-AKBE-USA-1 169
Not for Resale 169
Kirby's Pinball Land DMG-K9-USA 170
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-K9-USA-1 170
Kirby's Star Stacker DMG-AKCE-USA 170
Klax DMG-KX-USA 171
Knight Quest DMG-FW-USA 172
Krusty's Fun House DMG-FK-USA 176
Kung Fu Master DMG-SX-USA 177
Kwirk DMG-AP-USA 180
Lamborghini American Challenge DMG-L7-USA 181
Last Action Hero DMG-LR-USA 181
Lazlos' Leap DMG-S5-USA 182
Legend of the River King DMG-AFHE-USA 182
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DMG-ZL-USA 183
Player's Choice - Rated 'E' DMG-ZL-USA-3 183
Rated E DMG-ZL-USA-2 183
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-ZL-USA-1 183
Lemmings DMG-L8-USA 183
Lethal Weapon DMG-LT-USA 184
The Disneys Lion King DMG-ALNE-USA 184
THQ Rerelease DMG-ALNE-USA-1 184
The Little Mermaid DMG-LD-USA 185
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-LD-USA-1 185
Lock 'n Chase DMG-LC-USA 186
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-LC-USA-1 186
Looney Tunes DMG-LN-USA 186
Loopz DMG-LP-USA 186
Madden '96 DMG-A6ME-USA 189
Madden '97 DMG-A7ME-USA 190
Madden 95 DMG-ANLE-USA 189
Malibu Beach Volleyball DMG-SV-USA 192
Marble Madness DMG-MB-USA 194
Mario's Picross DMG-APCE-USA 194
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Maru's Mission DMG-OJ-USA 195
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow DMG-AMIE-USA 197
Mega Man II DMG-W2-USA 199
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-W2-USA-1 199
Mega Man III DMG-W3-USA 199
Mega Man IV DMG-R4-USA 201
Mega Man V DMG-WM-USA 201
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge DMG-RW-USA 199
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-RW-USA-1 199
Megalit DMG-MZ-USA 201
Mercenary Force DMG-TK-USA 203
Metal Masters DMG-E6-USA 203
Metroid II: Return of Samus DMG-ME-USA 204
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-ME-USA-1 204
Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands DMG-I5-USA 204
Players Choice DMG-P-I5 204
Mickey's Dangerous Chase DMG-MC-USA 204
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-MC-USA-1 204
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge DMG-UV-USA 205
Micro Machines DMG-H3-USA 205
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers DMG-ZW-USA 206
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie DMG-A2RE-USA 206
Milon's Secret Castle DMG-M8-USA 207
Electro Brain Rerelease DMG-M8-USA-1 207
Miner 2049'er DMG-MV-USA 207
Missile Command DMG-MW-USA 210
Mole Mania DMG-AMOE-USA 211
Monopoly DMG-LY-USA 214
Monster Truck Wars DMG-ATWE-USA 216
Mortal Kombat DMG-C9-USA 217
Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II DMG-AK2E-USA 218
Mortal Kombat 3 DMG-A3ME-USA 218
Mortal Kombat II DMG-AMKE-USA 217
Motocross Maniacs DMG-MX-USA 218
Mouse Trap Hotel DMG-MH-USA 219
Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise DMG-GP-USA 220
Mr. Do! DMG-M4-USA 220
Ms. Pac-Man DMG-N4-USA 221
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing DMG-XB-USA 221
Disneys Mulan DMG-AMLE-USA 223
Mysterium DMG-MY-USA 223
Mystical Ninja starring Goemon DMG-AGDE-USA 223
Nail 'n Scale DMG-DR-USA 224
Navy Seals DMG-NV-USA 227
NBA All-Star Challenge DMG-AC-USA 227
NBA All-Star Challenge 2 DMG-H2-USA 229
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NBA Jam DMG-A8NE-USA 229
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition DMG-AJTE-USA 229
NBA Live 96 DMG-A6BE-USA 230
Nemesis DMG-NM-USA 231
New Chessmaster DMG-N5-USA 234
NFL Football DMG-FT-USA 234
NFL Quarterback Club DMG-Q6-USA 234
NFL Quarterback Club '96 DMG-AQBE-USA 235
NFL Quarterback Club II DMG-AQ9E-USA 235
NHL '96 DMG-A6HE-USA 236
NHL Hockey 95 DMG-ANHE-USA 235
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing DMG-WC-USA 236
Ninja Boy DMG-CL-USA 237
Ninja Boy 2 DMG-CH-USA 238
Ninja Gaiden: Shadow DMG-NG-USA 238
Ninja Taro DMG-UP-USA 238
Nintendo World Cup DMG-NC-USA 240
NIV Bible & The 20 Lost Levels of Joshua (unlicensed) 401
Nobunaga's Ambition DMG-NY-USA 241
Oddworld Adventures DMG-AODE-USA 242
Olympic Summer Games DMG-AO9E-USA 242
Operation C DMG-CN-USA 244
Out of Gas DMG-FX-USA 246
Pac-Attack DMG-NO-USA 247
Pac-in-Time DMG-APTE-USA 247
Pac-Man DMG-PC-USA 247
The Pagemaster DMG-APME-USA 253
Panel Action Bingo DMG-YB-USA 254
Paperboy DMG-MP-USA 255
Paperboy 2 DMG-Y2-USA 255
Penguin Wars DMG-PW-USA 258
Game Link Rebranding DMG-PW-USA-1 258
PGA European Tour DMG-APRE-USA 258
PGA Tour '96 DMG-A3GE-USA 259
Pinball Dreams DMG-D8-USA 260
Pinball Fantasies DMG-APFE-USA 260
Disneys Pinocchio DMG-ACGE-USA 262
Pipe Dream DMG-PD-USA 262
Pit-Fighter DMG-OF-USA 262
Play Action Football DMG-FL-USA 263
Pocahontas DMG-AHQE-USA 263
Pokmon Blue Version DMG-APEE-USA 271
ESRB Rerelease DMG-APEE-USA-1 271
Pokmon Red Version DMG-APAE-USA 271
ESRB Rerelease DMG-APAE-USA-1 271
Popeye 2 DMG-PG-USA 273
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Pokmon Yellow Version DMG-APSE-USA 271
ESRB Rerelease DMG-APSE-USA-1 271
Power Mission DMG-XC-USA 273
Power Racer DMG-PQ-USA 274
Prehistorik Man DMG-UH-USA 274
Primal Rage DMG-AR9E-USA 275
Prince of Persia DMG-NP-USA 275
Prophecy: Viking Child DMG-VC-USA 276
The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback DMG-NS-USA 276
Pyramids of Ra DMG-YR-USA 279
Q Billion DMG-QB-USA 280
Q*Bert DMG-QT-USA 280
Qix DMG-QX-USA 280
Quarth DMG-QR-USA 281
R-Type DMG-RE-USA 282
Race Days DMG-ARDE-USA 282
Race Drivin' DMG-RV-USA 283
Radar Mission DMG-RM-USA 283
Raging Fighter DMG-OB-USA 284
Rampart DMG-R8-USA 284
The Real Ghostbusters DMG-L4-USA 286
The Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventures DMG-RX-USA 287
The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! DMG-VD-USA 287
The Rescue of Princess Blobette DMG-RP-USA 85
Revenge of the 'Gator DMG-PB-USA 261
Riddick Bowe Boxing DMG-XW-USA 288
Ring Rage DMG-RU-USA 289
Road Rash DMG-H5-USA 289
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves DMG-RH-USA 290
RoboCop DMG-CP-USA 290
RoboCop 2 DMG-R2-USA 290
RoboCop vs. The Terminator DMG-VR-USA 291
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball DMG-VM-USA 292
Rolan's Curse DMG-VE-USA 292
Rolan's Curse 2 DMG-VT-USA 292
The Rugrats Movie DMG-ARGE-USA 293
Samurai Shodown DMG-X4-USA 295
SeaQuest DSV DMG-ASQE-USA 300
Serpent DMG-KM-USA 301
Shanghai DMG-SH-USA 302
Shaq-Fu DMG-AOFE-USA 302
Side Pocket DMG-SW-USA 310
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-SW-USA-1 310
The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk DMG-EK-USA 311
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts DMG-JU-USA 311
The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Miniature Golf Madness DMG-YH-USA 311
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Skate or Die: Bad 'N Rad DMG-SK-USA 312
Skate or Die: Tour De Thrash DMG-KD-USA 312
Small Soldiers DMG-ASIE-USA 313
The Smurfs (Players Choice Million Seller) DMG-UF-USA 313
Sneaky Snakes DMG-NK-USA 314
Snoopy's Magic Show DMG-SN-USA 315
Snow Brothers DMG-SJ-USA 315
Soccer Mania DMG-SB-USA 316
Solar Striker DMG-SS-USA 316
Solitaire Fun Pak DMG-UX-USA 317
Solomon's Club DMG-SC-USA 317
Space Invaders DMG-SP-USA 318
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-SP-USA-2 318
Spanky's Quest DMG-LM-USA 318
Speedball 2 DMG-E2-USA 319
Speedy Gonzales DMG-G6-USA 319
Spider-Man 2 DMG-ZS-USA 23
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge DMG-XG-USA 320
Spiritual Warfare (unlicensed) 402
Sports Illustrated Championship Football & Baseball DMG-QM-USA 321
Sports Illustrated for Kids: The Ultimate Triple Dare DMG-U8-USA 321
Sports Illustrated Golf Classic DMG-AGFE-USA 322
Spot: The Cool Adventure DMG-CU-USA 322
Spot: The Video Game DMG-S3-USA 322
Spud's Adventure DMG-TV-USA 323
Spy vs. Spy DMG-TD-USA 324
Square Deal DMG-CA-USA 324
Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus DMG-ASTE-USA 325
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary DMG-RK-USA 325
Star Trek: The Next Generation DMG-NU-USA 325
Star Wars DMG-W5-USA 326
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-WS-USA-1 326
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back DMG-EB-USA 326
Ubi Soft Rerelease DMG-EB-USA-1 326
Stargate DMG-AGTE-USA 326
Stop that Roach DMG-HZ-USA 327
Street Fighter II DMG-ASFE-USA 327
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-ASFE-USA-1 327
Street Racer DMG-ASRE-USA 328
Sumo Fighter DMG-SF-USA 328
Super Battletank DMG-N6-USA 329
Super Black Bass DMG-A2BE-USA 330
Super Chase H.Q. DMG-Q2-USA 330
Natsume Rerelease DMG-Q2-USA-1 330
Super Mario Land DMG-ML-USA 333
Players Choice Million Seller 333
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Super Mario Land 2 DMG-MQ-USA 333
Players Choice Million Seller - Rated E DMG-MQ-USA-2 333
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-MQ-USA-1 333
Super Hunchback DMG-HN-USA 332
Super Off Road DMG-OR-USA 334
Super R.C. Pro-Am DMG-RC-USA 335
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-RC-USA-1 335
Super Scrabble DMG-SR-USA 335
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi DMG-ARJE-USA 336
Superman DMG-ASME-USA 337
Swamp Thing DMG-WG-USA 338
Sword of Hope II DMG-SI-USA 338
The Sword of Hope DMG-SE-USA 338
T2: The Arcade Game DMG-AV-USA 339
Tail Gator DMG-TG-USA 339
TaleSpin DMG-LS-USA 341
Sunsoft Release DMG-LS-USA-1 341
Tamagotchi DMG-ATAE-USA 341
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle DMG-ZK-USA 341
Tasmania Story DMG-TA-USA 342
Taz-Mania DMG-ZT-USA 342
Taz-Mania 2 DMG-ATZE-USA 342
Tecmo Bowl DMG-TL-USA 344
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Radical Rescue DMG-K8-USA 343
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers DMG-K8-USA 343
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan DMG-NT-USA 343
Tennis DMG-TN-USA 345
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-TN-USA-1 345
Terminator 2: Judgment Day DMG-TZ-USA 346
Tesserae DMG-ER-USA 346
Tetris DMG-TR-USA 346
DMG-TR-USA-1 346
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-TR-USA-2 346
Tetris 2 DMG-EH-USA 347
Tetris Attack DMG-AYLE-USA 347
Tetris Blast DMG-A5BE-USA 347
Tetris Plus DMG-ATRE-USA 348
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness DMG-T8-USA 349
Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break DMG-TX-USA 349
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge DMG-ED-USA 349
Titus the Fox DMG-FO-USA 350
Tom & Jerry DMG-JY-USA 352
Tom & Jerry: Frantic Antics DMG-J8-USA 352
Top Gun: Guts & Glory DMG-GN-USA 352
Top Rank Tennis DMG-XT-USA 353
Torpedo Range DMG-TE-USA 353
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Total Carnage DMG-N8-USA 353
Toxic Crusaders DMG-XL-USA 354
Disney/Pixars Toy Story DMG-AQHE-USA 355
Track & Field DMG-KH-USA 355
Track Meet DMG-TM-USA 356
Trax DMG-TP-USA 356
True Lies DMG-ATLE-USA 357
Tumble Pop DMG-T6-USA 360
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-T6-USA-1 360
Turn & Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator DMG-UR-USA 360
Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs DMG-ATUE-USA 360
Turrican DMG-TQ-USA 361
Ultima: Runes of Virtue DMG-UT-USA 362
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II DMG-U2-USA 363
Ultra Golf DMG-KG-USA 364
Universal Soldier DMG-UD-USA 367
Urban Strike DMG-AUSE-USA 368
Vegas Stakes DMG-AVSE-USA 369
Wario Blast featuring Bomberman DMG-EE-USA 371
Not for Resale DIS-DMG-EE-USA 371
Wario Land II DMG-AW2E-USA 371
(Players Choice) DMG-AW2E-USA-1 371
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 DMG-WJ-USA 371
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-WJ-USA-1 371
Wave Race DMG-WA-USA 372
Players Choice Million Seller DMG-WA-USA-1 372
Wayne's World DMG-WN-USA 372
WCW: The Main Event DMG-W8-USA 373
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story DMG-A6-USA 373
Wheel of Fortune DMG-WF-USA 374
Black GameTek Logo DMG-WF-USA-1 374
Who Framed Roger Rabbit DMG-RR-USA 374
Sunsoft Rerelease DMG-RR-USA-1 374
WildSnake DMG-AWSE-USA 375
Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94 DMG-YC-USA 375
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear DMG-WW-USA 377
Word Zap DMG-WZ-USA 377
Wordtris DMG-WT-USA 377
World Bowling DMG-WB-USA 378
World Circuit Series DMG-FZ-USA 378
World Cup '98 DMG-A8WE-USA 379
World Heroes 2 Jet DMG-AWJE-USA 379
WWF King of the Ring DMG-WP-USA 380
WWF Raw DMG-AWFE-USA 381
WWF Superstars DMG-LW-USA 382
WWF Superstars 2 DMG-WX-USA 382
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WWF War Zone DMG-AWWE-USA 382
Xenon 2 DMG-X2-USA 385
Yogi Bear's Gold Rush DMG-YG-USA 387
Yoshi DMG-YO-USA 387
Yoshi's Cookie DMG-CI-USA 388
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja DMG-ZN-USA 391
Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension DMG-ZG-USA 392
Zoop DMG-AZPE-USA 392
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EU GB LIST
This list is made up by (hopefully) every game released in Europe (PAL). The PAL version of a Game Boy
game can be easily recognised on the cover by the round shaped seal of Nintendo and the rating system.
I used a combination of rfgeneration.com and another list I have lost the link to. rfgeneration.com does not
include every region variant of the game, so this list is lacking a bit. But I hope it at least cover every release
at a whole.
Game Title Model Number pg. C M B
4-in-1 Funpak DMG-F4-NOE 12
4-in-1 Funpak: Volume II DMG-F9-GPS 13
The Adventures of Star Saver DMG-KS-FRG 16
The Addams Family DMG-AF-FAH 14
DMG-AF-UKV 14
Addams Family: Pugsleys Scavenger Hunt DMG-A8-NOE 14
Adventure Island DMG-T3-SCN 15
DMG-T3-NOE 15
DMG-T3-AUS 15
Adventure Island II 15
Adventures of Lolo DMG-LO-EUR 15
DMG-LO-GPS 15
Aerostar DMG-AE-ITA 16
DMG-AE-AUS 16
Agro Soar DMG-A6-AUS 373
Disneys Aladdin DMG-ALAP-EUR 18
DMG-ALAP-EUR-1 18
DMG-ALAP-AUS 18
Alfred Chicken DMG-C3-UKV 18
DMG-C3-FAH 18
DMG-C3-NOE 18
Alien Olympics DMG-ALGP-FAH 18
Alien 3 19
Alleyway DMG-AW-FRG 22
DMG-AW-SCN 22
DMG-AW-UKV 22
DMG-AW-NOE 22
DMG-AW-EUR 22
Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure 22
Amazing Penguin 22
The Amazing Spider-Man DMG-SM-FAH 23
DMG-SM-NOE 23
DMG-SM-UKV 23
Animaniacs 26
Arcade Classic No. 1: Asteroids & Missile Command DMG-AMCP-UKV 27
Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede & Millipede 27
Arcade Classic No. 3: Galaga & Galaxian DMG-AGCP-NOE 28
DMG-AGVP-UKV 28
Arcade Classic No. 4: Defender & Joust 28
Arcade Classics: Super Breakout & Battlezone 28
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Astrix SNSP-XE-NOE 30
DMG-XA-FAH 30
Astrix & Oblix DMG-AXOP-NOE 30
DMG-AXOP-FAH 30
Asteroids: The Original Arcade Classic 31
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 32
Avenging Spirit DMG-P8-NOE 32
Baby T-Rex DMG-A6-NOE 373
Bamse DMG-A6-SCN 373
B.C. Kid DMG-GK-NOE 54
DMG-GK-UKV 54
DMG-GK-FRG 54
DMG-GK-FAH 54
B.C. Kid 2 54
Balloon Kid DMG-BT-NOE 35
DMG-BT-UKV 35
DMG-BT-SCN 35
Barbie Game Girl DMG-GU-ESP 37
Bart Simpsons Escape from Camp Deadly DMG-TS-NOE 37
DMG-TS-UKV 37
DMG-TS-SCN 37
DMG-TS-FAH 37
Baseball DMG-BS-UKV 37
Batman: The Video Game DMG-BA-FRG 39
DMG-BA-SCN 39
Batman Forever DMG-A3BP-EUR 38
Batman: Return of the Joker DMG-A3BP-EUR 39
DMG-B5-NOE 39
DMG-B5-FAH 39
DMG-B5-FRG 39
DMG-B5-UKV 39
DMG-B5-SCN 39
Batman: The Animated Series 39
Battle Arena Toshinden DMG-ATDP-EUR 40
The Battle of Olympus 42
Battle Unit Zeoth 43
Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game DMG-NB-UKV 43
Battletoads DMG-BV-UKV 43
Battletoads & Double Dragon 44
Battletoads in Ragnaroks World DMG-R7-NOE 44
DMG-R7-UKV 44
Beavis and Butt-Head 44
Beethoven DMG-ABVP-EUR 45
Best of the Best Championship Karate DMG-LE-ESP 46
Bill & Teds Excellent Game Boy Adventure 47
Blaster Master Jr. DMG-BI-NOE 49
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Bionic Commando DMG-BO-NOE 48
DMG-BO-UKV 48
DMG-BO-SCN 48
DMG-BO-FAH 48
Blades of Steel DMG-UB-NOE 49
DMG-UB-FAH 49
DMG-UB-UKV 49
DMG-UB-SCN 49
DMG-UB-FRG 49
The Blues Brothers DMG-BQ-SCN 50
The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventures 51
Bomb Jack 52
Bomberman GB 52
Boulder Dash DMG-BD-UKV 55
Boxxle DMG-SO-UKV 56
DMG-SO-SCN 56
Boxxle II (released in a German box with a US cart) 56
Brain Drain 56
Brainbender 57
Bubble Bobble DMG-B2-UKV 58
DMG-B2-SCN 58
Bubble Bobble: Part 2 DMG-LX-NOE 58
Bubble Ghost DMG-BG-NOE 58
DMG-BG-UKV 58
DMG-BG-FAH 58
Bubsy 2 59
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle DMG-BB-NOE 59
DMG-BB-UKV 59
Burai Fighter Deluxe DMG-BU-NOE 61
DMG-BU-UKV 61
DMG-BU-FAH 61
DMG-BU-SCN 61
Burger Time Deluxe 61
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition 62
Bust-A-Move 3 DX 62
Caesars Palace 63
Casino FunPak 65
Casper 65
Castelian 65
Castle Quest DMG-QH-UKV 66
The Castlevania Adventure DMG-CV-NOE 67
DMG-CV-UKV 67
DMG-CV-FAH 67
Castlevania II: Belmonts Revenge DMG-CW-UKV 66
DMG-CW-ESP 66
Castlevania Legends DMG-ADNP-EUR 66
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Le Cauchemar des Schtroumpfs 314
Centipede 68
Chase H.Q. DMG-HQ-UKV 70
DMG-HQ-FAH 70
DMG-HQ-SCN 70
The Chessmaster DMG-EM-NOE 70
DMG-EM-AUS 70
DMG-EM-GPS 70
DMG-EM-FAH 70
DMG-EM-SCN 70
Choplifter II: Rescue & Survive DMG-V4-SCN 73
Choplifter III DMG-AC3E-UKV 73
Chuck Rock 75
Cliffhanger 75
Cool Hand 77
Cool Spot DMG-QP-NOE 77
DMG-QP-FAH 77
Cool World 77
Crystal Quest 80
Cutthroat Island 81
Daffy Duck 82
Darkman 85
Disneys Darkwing Duck DMG-DC-UKV 85
DMG-DC-ESP 85
David Cranes The Rescue of Princess Blobette DMG-RP-NOE 85
DMG-RP-FAH 85
DMG-RP-UKV 85
DMG-RP-ESP 85
DMG-RP-SCN 85
Days of Thunder DMG-TH-NOE 86
Dennis 86
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf DMG-ADSP-UKV 88
Dexterity 88
Die Maus DMG-ADMP-NOE 89
Dig Dug 89
Donkey Kong DMG-QD-NOE 91
DMG-QD-FRG-1 91
DMG-QD-UKV 91
Game Boy Classic Series DMG-QD-NOE-1 91
Double Dragon DMG-DD-FAH 94
DMG-DD-UKV 94
DMG-DD-SCN 94
Double Dragon 2 DMG-D2-NOE 94
DMG-D2-FAH 94
DMG-D2-UKV 94
Double Dragon 3: the arcade game DMG-DX-NOE 95
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Donkey Kong Land DMG-YT-NOE 91
DMG-YT-FAH 91
DMG-YT-UKV 91
DMG-YT-SCN 91
(Brazil) 91
Donkey Kong Land 2 DMG-ADDP-NOE 91
DMG-ADDP-EUR 91
DMG-ADDP-FAH 91
(Brazil) 91
Game Boy Classic Series DMG-ADDP-NNOE 91
Donkey Kong Land III DMG-AD3P-EUR 92
DMG-AD3P-AUS 92
DMG-AD3P-NFAH 92
DMG-AD3P-EUR 92
Nintendo Classics DMG-AD3P-NFAH 92
Dr. Franken DMG-FN-NOE 97
DMG-FN-SCN 97
Dr. Franken II 97
Dr. Mario DMG-VU-NOE 98
DMG-VU-AUS 98
DMG-VU-UKV 98
DMG-VU-FAH 98
DMG-VU-SCN 98
Bram Stokers Dracula DMG-D4-UKV 57
Sullivan Bluth presents Dragons Lair: The Legend 99
DragonHeart 100
Dropzone 100
Disneys DuckTales DMG-DT-NOE 100
DMG-DT-AUS 100
DMG-DT-UKV 100
DMG-DT-FAH 100
Disneys Classic Video Games DMG-DT-EUR 100
Disneys DuckTales 2 DMG-D7-NOE 101
DMG-D7-UKV 101
Dynablaster DMG-HB-FAH 31
DMG-HB-UKV 31
DMG-HB-SCN 31
Earthworm Jim 102
Elevator Action DMG-EA-NOE 103
F-1 Race DMG-F1-EUR 105
DMG-F1-NOE 105
DMG-F1-AUS 105
DMG-F1-ITA 105
DMG-F1-UKV 105
DMG-F1-FAH 105
F-15 Strike Eagle 105
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F1 Pole Position DMG-F5-NOE 105
DMG-F5-UKV 105
DMG-F5-FAH 105
Felix the Cat 108
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge DMG-XP-NOE 108
The Fidgetts 108
FIFA 97 109
FIFA International Soccer 109
FIFA Soccer 96 109
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 110
Fighting Simulator DMG-HR-NOE 110
Fire Fighter DMG-F8-UKV 112
The Flash DMG-EF-NOE 114
The Flintstones DMG-AFNP-EUR 115
The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island DMG-FE-AUS 115
Football International 116
Foreman for Real 116
Fortified Zone DMG-IY-NOE 116
DMG-IY-FAH 116
DMG-IY-SCN 116
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball 117
Franky, Joe & Dirk: On the Tiles 117
Game & Watch Gallery: 4 Games in One 120
Game Boy Gallery: 5 Games in 1 DMG-AGGA-EUR 121
DMG-AGGA-NOE 121
DMG-AGGA-FRG 121
DMG-AGGA-UKV 121
DMG-AGGA-AUS 121
Garfield Labyrinth DMG-L4-NOE 286
DMG-L4-UKV 286
Gargoyles Quest DMG-RA-NOE 124
DMG-RA-FAH 124
DMG-RA-UKV 124
DMG-RA-ITA 124
DMG-RA-SCN 124
Gauntlet II DMG-G2-NOE 124
Gear Works DMG-G8-UKV 125
Ghostbusters II DMG-GB-UKV 129
DMG-GB-FAH 129
Glcksrad 374
Goal! DMG-GZ-EUR 130
DMG-GZ-NOE 130
DMG-GZ-UKV 130
DMG-GZ-ESP 130
DMG-GZ-SCN 130
Infogrames release DMG-GZ-NOE-1 130
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Godzilla DMG-GZ-EUR 132
DMG-GZ-NOE 132
DMG-GZ-UKV 132
DMG-GZ-ESP 132
DMG-GZ-SCN 132
Infogrames release DMG-GZ-NOE-1 132
Golf DMG-GO-NOE 132
DMG-GO-UKV 132
DMG-GO-FRG 132
DMG-GO-AUS 132
DMG-GO-ESP 132
DMG-GO-SCN 132
DMG-GO-FAH 132
Golf Classic 322
Gremlins 2: The New Batch: The Video Game DMG-GR-UKV 133
DMG-GR-FAH 133
DMG-GR-ESP 133
DMG-GR-SCN 133
Hammerin Harry 134
Hit the Ice 139
Home Alone 140
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York DMG-AH-UKV 140
Hook DMG-HS-FRG 142
DMG-HS-SCN 142
Hugo DMG-AGOP-NOE 60
Hugo 2 DMG-AO2P-NOE 143
The Humans DMG-HU-UKV 143
Disneys The Hunchback of Notre Dame 143
The Hunt for Red October DMG-HF-ITA 144
DMG-HF-SCN 144
Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom DMG-HL-UKV 144
DMG-HL-FAH 144
DMG-HL-SCN 144
Hyperdunk 95
The Incredible Crash Dummies DMG-C8-NOE 145
DMG-C8-UKV 145
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 146
InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz French Translator 45
InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz Spanish Translator 46
InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Personal Organizer/Phone Book 146
Disneys Interactive Adventures featuring Hercules 137
International Superstar Soccer 147
Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal 148
Jack Nicklaus Golf 151
James Bond 007 DMG-AW7P-NUKV 151
Jelly Boy DMG-AJBP-UKV 153
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The Jetsons: Robot Panic 155
Jimmy Connors Tennis 156
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja 157
Jordan vs Bird: One on One DMG-JB-UKV 157
Judge Dredd 157
Disneys The Jungle Book DMG-J7-NOE 158
DMG-J7-HOL 158
Disneys Classic Video Games DMG-J7-NNOE 158
Jungle Strike: The Sequel to Desert Strike 158
Jurassic Park DMG-JQ-NOE 159
DMG-JQ-UKV 159
DMG-JQ-FAH 159
Jurassic Park part 2: The Chaos Continues 159
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball 164
Kid Dracula DMG-DF-NOE 165
DMG-DF-UKV 165
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters DMG-KA-NOE 165
DMG-KA-FAH 165
DMG-KA-SCN 165
Killer Instinct DMG-AKLP-GPS 166
DMG-AKLP-UKV 166
DMG-AKLP-FAH 166
DMG-AKLP-AUS 166
(Brazil) 166
The King of Fighters 95 DMG-AKFP-EUR 166
The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle 167
King of the Zoo DMG-PW-NOE 258
DMG-PW-FRG 258
DMG-PW-UKV 258
DMG-PW-FAH 258
DMG-PW-ITA 258
Kirbys Block Ball DMG-AKXP-NOE 169
DMG-AKXP-GPS 169
DMG-AKXP-AUS 169
DMG-AKXP-UKV 169
DMG-AKXP-SCN 169
Kirbys Dream Land DMG-KY-NOE 169
DMG-KY-UKV 169
DMG-KY-FAH 169
DMG-KY-SCN 169
Kirbys Dream Land 2 DMG-AKBP-EUR 169
DMG-AKBP-NOE 169
DMG-AKBP-AUS 169
DMG-AKBP-UKV 169
Kirbys Pinball Land DMG-K9-NOE 170
DMG-K9-UKV 170
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Kirbys Pinball Land DMG-K9-SCN 170
Kirbys Star Stacker DMG-AKCP-EUR 170
George Foremans KO Boxing 128
Konami Golf 364
Krustys Fun House DMG-FK-NOE 176
DMG-FK-UKV 176
Kung Fu Master DMG-SX-NOE 177
DMG-SX-UKV 177
DMG-SX-FAH 177
Kwirk DMG-AP-NOE 180
DMG-AP-UKV 180
DMG-AP-FAH 180
DMG-AP-SCN 180
Lamborghini American Challenge DMG-L7-FRG 181
Last Action Hero 181
The Lawnmower Man 181
The Legend of Prince Valiant DMG-KC-UKV 167
Legend of the River King (maybe. the game did get a GBC release) 182
The Legend of Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DMG-ZL-NOE 183
DMG-ZL-FRA 183
DMG-ZL-HOL 183
DMG-ZL-SCN 183
DMG-ZL-UKV 183
Classic Serie DMG-ZL-EUR 183
Lemmings DMG-L8-UKV 183
Lemmings 2: The Tribes DMG-AL2P-EUR 183
Lethal Weapon: Larme fatale 184
Lingo 184
Disneys The Lion King DMG-ALNP-SCN 184
Disneys The Little Mermaid DMG-LD-NOE 185
DMG-LD-ITA 185
Disneys Classic Video Games DMG-LD-EUR 185
Lock n Chase 186
Looney Tunes DMG-lN-NOE 186
DMG-LN-UKV 186
DMG-LN-SCN 186
Looney Tunes 2: Tazmanian Devil in Island Chase 342
Loopz 186
The Lost World: Jurassic Park DMG-ALWP-EUR 187
Lucky Luke DMG-ALLP-NOE 187
DMG-ALLP-FAH 187
Lucle 187
Madden 95 DMG-ANLP-EUR 189
Madden 96 189
Magnetic Soccer DMG-KQ-NOE 191
Marble Madness DMG-MB-NOE 194
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Marble Madness DMG-MB-FRG 194
DMG-MB-FAH 194
DMG-MB-SCN 194
Mario & Yoshi DMG-YO-EUR 387
DMG-YO-NOE 387
DMG-YO-UKV 387
DMG-YO-FRG 387
Marios Picross DMG-APCP-NOE 194
DMG-APCP-UKV 194
DMG-APCP-AUS 194
DMG-APCP-FAH 194
Matthias Sammer Soccer 196
Max DMG-KV-NOE 197
DMG-KV-UKV 197
McDonaldland DMG-CU-UKV 322
Mega Man: Dr Wilys Revenge DMG-RW-EUR 199
DMG-RW-NOE 199
DMG-RW-AUS 199
DMG-RW-UKV 199
DMG-RW-FAH 199
DMG-RW-SCN 199
DMG-RW-ITA 199
Mega Man II DMG-W2-EUR 199
DMG-W2-NOE 199
DMG-W2-AUS 199
DMG-W2-UKV 199
DMG-W2-FAH 199
DMG-W2-SCN 199
Mega Man III DMG-W3-NOE 199
DMG-W3-UKV 199
DMG-W3-FAH 199
(Brazil) 199
Mega Man IV DMG-R4-EUR 201
(Brazil) 201
Mega Man V DMG-WM-EUR 201
Megalit 201
Mercenary Force DMG-TK-UKV 203
DMG-TK-FAH 203
Metroid II: Return of Samus DMG-ME-UKV 204
DMG-ME-FAH 204
DMG-ME-SCN 204
Mickey Mouse 60
DMG-M2-UKV 60
Disneys Mickey Mouse V 204
Mickeys Dangerous Chase 204
Mickeys Ultimate Challenge 205
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Micro Machines DMG-H3-UKV 205
DMG-H3-EUR 205
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament DMG-A2XP-SCN 205
Milons Secret Castle 207
Missile Command 210
Mole Mania 211
Monopoly 214
Monster Max DMG-X8-UKV 216
DMG-X8-FRG 216
Monster Truck Wars 216
Montezumas Return! DMG-AMTP-EUR 217
Mortal Kombat DMG-C9-NOE 217
DMG-C9-UKV 217
Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II DMG-AK2P-EUR 218
Mortal Kombat 3 DMG-A3MP-EUR 218
Mortal Kombat II DMG-AMKE-EUR 217
Motocross Maniacs DMG-MX-UKV 218
DMG-MX-NOE 218
Mr. Do! 220
Mr. Nutz 221
Ms. Pac-Man DMG-N4-NOE 221
DMG-N4-UKV 221
DMG-N4-FAH 221
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing DMG-XB-NOE 221
DMG-XB-UKV 221
DMG-XB-FAH 221
DMG-XB-ESP 221
Disneys Mulan 223
Mystic Quest DMG-FF-NOE 110
DMG-FF-UKV 110
DMG-FF-FRA 110
DMG-FF-HOL 110
Mystical Ninja starring Goemon 223
Nail n Scale 224
Navy Seals DMG-NV-NOE 227
DMG-NV-UKV 227
NBA All-Star Challenge 227
NBA All-Star Challenge 2 229
NBA Jam 229
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition 229
NBA Live 96 DMG-A6BP-EUR 230
Nemesis DMG-NM-NOE 231
DMG-NM-UKV 231
DMG-NM-ITA 231
DMG-NM-FRG 231
DMG-NM-AUS 231
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Nemesis DMG-NM-FAH 231
DMG-NM-SCN 231
DMG-NM-ESP 231
Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero 132
The New Chessmaster 234
NFL Quarterback Club DMG-Q6-NOE 234
DMG-Q6-UKV 234
NFL Quarterback Club 96 235
NFL Quarterback Club II 235
NHL 96 236
NHL Hockey 95 DMG-ANHP-EUR 235
Ninja Boy 237
Ninja Boy 2 238
Nintendo World Cup DMG-NC-NOE 240
DMG-NC-UKV 240
DMG-NC-ITA 240
DMG-NC-FAH 240
Oddworld Adventures 242
Olympic Summer Games 242
Othello DMG-OT-UKV 245
DMG-OT-FAH 245
Ottos Ottifanten: Baby Brunos Alptraum DMG-AOBP-NOE 246
Pierre le Chef is Out to Lunch DMG-Y5-UKV 259
Pac-Panic 247
Pac-in-Time DMG-APTP-FAH 247
Pac-Man DMG-PC-UKV 247
DMG-PC-FAH 247
The Pagemaster DMG-APMP-EUR 253
Palamedes 254
Pang 62
Paperboy DMG-MP-NOE 255
DMG-MP-UKV 255
DMG-MP-FAH 255
DMG-MP-ITA 255
DMG-MP-SCN 255
DMG-MP-ESP 255
Paperboy 2 DMG-Y2-NOE 255
DMG-Y2-UKV 255
DMG-Y2-ITA 255
Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II DMG-P6-NOE 256
DMG-P6-UKV 256
Parodius DMG-PV-NOE 256
DMG-PV-UKV 256
PGA European Tour 258
PGA Tour 96 259
Phantom Air Mission 360
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Pinball Deluxe DMG-APDP-EUR 260
Pinball Dreams DMG-D8-NOE 260
DMG-D8-UKV 260
DMG-D8-FAH 260
Pinball Fantasies 260
Pinball Mania 261
Disneys Pinocchio DMG-P-ACGP-NOE 262
Pit-Fighter DMG-QF-UKV 262
Disneys Pocahontas 263
Pocket Bomberman DMG-AKOP-NNOE 264
DMG-AKOP-AUS 264
Pokmon: Blue Version DMG-APED-NOE 271
DMG-APEF-FRA 271
DMG-APEU-EUR 271
Pokmon: Red Version DMG-APAD-NOE 271
DMG-APAU-NHAU-2 271
DMG-APAF-FRA 271
Pokmon: Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition DMG-APSD-NOE 271
DMG-APSU-AUS 271
DMG-APSI-ITA 271
DMG-APSF-FRA 271
DMG-APSS-ESP 271
DMG-P-APSU-NHAU 271
Pop Up 76
Popn TwinBee 272
Popeye 2 273
Populous DMG-P9-NOE 272
Power Racer DMG-PQ-NOE 274
DMG-PQ-AUS 274
Power Rangers DMG-ZW-EUR 206
Power Rangers: The Movie 206
Prehistorik Man DMG-UH-EUR 274
Primal Rage DMG-AR9P-EUR 275
Prince of Persia DMG-NP-NOE 275
DMG-NP-UKV 275
DMG-NP-FAH 275
Probotector DMG-CN-NOE 244
DMG-CN-ITA 244
DMG-CN-ESP 244
DMG-CN-FAH 244
DMG-CN-SCN 244
Probotector 2 DMG-ACSP-EUR 76
Prophecy: Viking Child 276
Q-bert DMG-QT-UKV 280
DMG-QT-SCN 280
Qix DMG-QX-FAH 280
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Qix DMG-QX-SCN 280
Quarth (?) 281
R-Type DMG-RE-UKV 282
DMG-RE-SCN 282
R-Type II 282
Race Days DMG-ARDP-EUR 282
Race Drivin DMG-RV-NOE 283
Radar Mission DMG-RM-UKV 283
DMG-RM-FRG 283
DMG-RM-SCN 283
DMG-RM-FAH 283
Raging Fighter DMG-OB-UKV 284
Rampart 284
The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! 287
Reservoir Rat 288
Revenge of the Gator DMG-PB-NOE 261
DMG-PB-FAH 261
DMG-PB-SCN 261
Riddick Bowe Boxing 288
Road Rash 289
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 290
RoboCop DMG-CP-NOE 290
DMG-CP-SCN 290
DMG-CP-FAH 290
DMG-CP-ESP 290
RoboCop 2 290
RoboCop versus Terminator 291
Rodland 291
Samurai Shodown DMG-X4-FAH 295
Les Schtroumpfs autour du monde DMG-AUFP-FAH 314
Sea Battle 300
SeaQuest DSV 300
Sensible Soccer: European Champions 301
Shadow Warriors DMG-NG-SCN 238
Side Pocket DMG-SW-SCN 310
The Simpsons: Bart and the Beanstalk 311
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts DMG-JU-FAH 311
The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy: Miniature Golf Madness 311
Skate or Die: Bad n Rad DMG-SK-UKV 312
DMG-SK-FAH 312
DMG-SK-ITA 312
Small Soldiers 313
The Smurfs DMG-AUFP-NOE 313
Sneaky Snakes DMG-NK-UKV 314
DMG-NK-FAH 314
Snoopys Magic Show DMG-SN-UKV 315
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Snoopys Magic Show DMG-SN-ESP 315
Snow Brothers 315
Soccer DMG-YK-UKV 116
DMG-YK-FAH 116
Solar Striker DMG-SS-NOE 316
DMG-SS-UKV 316
DMG-SS-FAH 316
DMG-SS-SCN 316
Solitaire FunPak 317
Solomons Club DMG-SC-UKV 317
DMG-SC-FRG 317
Space Invaders DMG-SP-NOE 318
DMG-SP-UKV 318
Spankys Quest 318
Speedball 2 319
Speedy Gonzales 319
Spider-Man / X-Men DMG-XG-ESP 320
Spider-Man 2 DMG-ZS-UKV 23
Spider-Man 3 319
The Spirit of F-1 DMG-FZ-NOE 378
DMG-FZ-FAH 378
Spirou DMG-AUOP-EUR 320
Splitz 320
Spot: The Video Game DMG-S3-NOE 322
Spy vs Spy 324
Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus 325
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary 325
Star Trek: The Next Generation 325
Star Wars 326
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 326
Stargate DMG-AGTP-EUR 326
StarHawk DMG-WK-UKV 327
Street Fighter II DMG-ASFP-UKV 327
Nintendo Classics DMG-ASFP-EUR 327
Street Racer 328
Sunsoft Grand Prix DMG-FB-NOE 328
Super Battletank 329
Super Chase H.Q. 330
Super Hunchback starring Quasimodo DMG-HN-UKV 332
Super James Pond DMG-JD-ESP 332
Super Kick Off DMG-KF-NOE 332
DMG-KF-UKV 332
DMG-KF-ITA 332
DMG-KF-FAH 332
DMG-KF-ESP 332
Super Mario Land DMG-ML-EUR 333
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Super Mario Land DMG-ML-FRG 333
DMG-ML-UKV 333
DMG-ML-SCN 333
DMG-ML-FAH-2 333
Rerelease DMG-ML-NOE 333
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins DMG-MQ-NOE 333
DMG-MQ-AUS 333
DMG-MQ-UKV 333
DMG-MQ-FAH 333
Nintendo Classics DMG-MQ-UKV-2 333
Classic Serie DMG-MQ-NOE-2 333
Super Off Road 334
Super R.C. Pro-Am DMG-RC-NOE 335
DMG-RC-SCN 335
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi DMG-ARJP-EUR 336
Superman 337
Swamp Thing 338
The Sword of Hope DMG-SE-FRG 338
DMG-SE-SCN 338
T2: The Arcade Game DMG-AV-NOE 339
DMG-AV-UKV 339
TailGator 339
Disneys TaleSpin 341
Tamagotchi DMG-ATAP-NOE 341
DMG-ATAF-FRA 341
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle DMG-ZK-EUR 341
Taz-Mania DMG-ZM-EUR 342
DMG-ZM-UKV 342
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: Back from the Sewers DMG-TT-UKV 343
DMG-A2XP-SCN 343
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue 343
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan DMG-NT-NOE 343
DMG-NT-UKV 343
DMG-NT-FAH 343
DMG-NT-ESP 343
DMG-NT-SCN 343
Tennis DMG-TN-NOE 345
DMG-TN-UKV 345
DMG-TN-SCN 345
Terminator 2: Judgment Day DMG-TZ-UKV 346
Tesserae 346
Tetris DMG-TR-EUR 346
DMG-TR-UKV 346
DMG-TR-NOE 346
DMG-TR-FAH 346
DMG-TR-SCN 346
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Tetris DMG-TR-FRG-1 346
Tetris 2 347
Tetris Attack DMG-AYLP-NOE 347
DMG-AYLP-UKV 347
Tetris Blast 347
Tetris Plus 348
Tintin au Tibet DMG-AT6P-EUR 348
DMG-AT6P-NOE 348
DMG-AT6P-FAH 348
DMG-AT6X-ESP 348
DMG-AT6X-SCN 348
Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil 348
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montanas Movie Madness DMG-T8-NOE 349
Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs Big Break DMG-TX-NOE 349
DMG-TX-UKV 349
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports DMG-ED-EUR 349
Tip Off DMG-OF-NOE 350
DMG-OF-UKV 350
DMG-OF-FRG 350
Titus Fox 350
Tom & Jerry DMG-JY-UKV 352
Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics (Tom & Jerry 2 der Film) 352
Top Gun: Guts & Glory DMG-GN-FAH 352
Top Ranking Tennis DMG-XT-UKV 352
Total Carnage 353
Disneys Toy Story 355
Track & Field DMG-KH-NOE 355
DMG-KH-SCN 355
Track Meet DMG-TM-UKV 356
DMG-TM-SCN 356
Trax DMG-TP-FAH 356
DMG-TP-AUS 356
Trip World DMG-T4-NOE 356
DMG-T4-FRG 356
True Lies DMG-ATLP-EUR 357
Tumble Pop 360
Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs DMG-ATUP-EUR 360
Turrican DMG-TQ-NOE 361
DMG-TQ-FRG 361
DMG-TQ-ESP 361
DMG-TQ-AUS 361
DMG-TQ-SCN 361
Un Indien dans la Ville 366
Universal Soldier 367
Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike 368
V-Rally: Championship Edition DMG-AVLP-NOE 369
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V-Rally: Championship Edition DMG-AVLP-FAH 369
DMG-AVLP-SCN 369
Vegas Stakes 369
Wario Blast featuring Bomberman! DMG-EE-NOE 371
DMG-EE-FAH 371
DMG-EE-UKV 371
DMG-EE-AUS 371
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 DMG-WJ-NOE 371
DMG-WJ-AUS 371
DMG-WJ-FAH 371
DMG-WJ-UKV 371
DMG-WJ-SCN 371
(Brazil) 371
Classic Serie DMG-WJ-NOE 371
Nintendo Classics DMG-WJ-EUR 371
WarioLand II DMG-AW2P-NUKV 371
DMG-AW2P-AUS 371
DMG-AW2P-NFAH 371
Water World DMG-AWEP-UKV 372
Wave Race DMG-WA-NNOE 372
DMG-WA-NUKV 372
DMG-WA-FRG 372
WCW Wrestling: The Main Event DMG-W8-NOE 373
Were Back: A Dinosaurs Story DMG-A6-ITA 373
Who Framed Roger Rabbit DMG-RR-SCN 374
Winter Gold DMG-YC-EUR 375
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear DMG-WW-NOE 377
DMG-WW-UKV 377
DMG-WW-ITA 377
DMG-WW-SCN 377
World Beach Volley: 1992 GB Cup 378
Nigel Mansells World Championship Racing 236
World Cup 98 DMG-A8WP-EUR 379
World Cup USA 94 DMG-W9-UKV 379
World Heroes 2 Jet 379
Worms DMG-AW3P-NOE 380
WWF King of the Ring DMG-AW3P-NOE 380
DMG-WP-UKV 380
WWF Raw 381
WWF Superstars DMG-LW-NOE 382
DMG-LW-UKV 382
DMG-LW-ESP 382
WWF Superstars 2 DMG-WX-NOE 382
WWF War Zone 382
Xenon 2 385
Yogi Bears Gold Rush DMG-YG-NOE 387
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Yoshis Cookie DMG-CI-EUR 388
DMG-CI-NOE 388
DMG-CI-UKV 388
DMG-CI-GPS 388
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja DMG-ZN-NOE 391
Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension DMG-ZN-NOE 392
Zoop 392
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JP GB LIST
This list is made up by games released in Japan (NYSC-J). The Japanese versions of a Game Boy game can
be easily recognised on the completely different game box and Japanese letters.
I used rfgeneration.com to compile this list and hope it include every Japanese release.
The Game Boy first launched in Japan with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball and Yakuman

Game Title Model Number pg. C M B

1/24 Medarot Series: Kabuto Version DMG-AMXJ-JPN 197
1/24 Medarot Series: Kuwagata Version DMG-AMYJ-JPN 198
1/24 Medarot Series: Parts Collection DMG-AMPJ-JPN 198
1/24 Medarot Series: Parts Collection 2 DMG-A4MJ-JPN 198
3-Fun Yosou Umaban Club DMG-U4J-JPN 12
4-in-1 Fun Pak DMG-F4J-JPN 12
The Addams Family DMG-AFJ 14
Aerostar DMG-AEA 16
After Burst DMG-ABA 17
Akumajo Dracula: Dark Night Prelude DMG-ADNJ-JPN 66
Alleyway DMG-AWA 22
Altered Space DMG-ALA 22
America Oudan Ultra Quiz Part 2 DMG-AUJ 24
America Oudan Ultra Quiz Part 3 DMG-U3J 24
American Oudan Ultra Quiz DMG-UQJ 24
Animal Breeder DMG-PAJAJ-JPN 25
Animal Breeder 2 DMG-AAJJ-JPN 26
Aoki Densetsu Shoot! DMG-ASHJ-JPN 27
Aretha DMG-A1J-JPN 29
Aretha II DMG-A4J 29
Aretha III DMG-AZJ-JPN 29
Astro Rabby DMG-ARA 31
Ayakashi no Shiro DMG-AYJ 32
Bakuchou Retrieve Master DMG-ABMJ-JPN 34
Bakuretsu Senshi Warrior DMG-WRA 81
Bakutsu Retsuden Shou: Hyper Fighting DMG-ASYJ-JPN 35
Banishing Racer DMG-BNJ 35
Baseball DMG-BSA 37
Baseball Kids DMG-BKJ 38
Batman DMG-BAJ 39
Batman Forever DMG-A3BJ-JPN 38
Batman: Return of the Joker DMG-B5A 39
Battle Bull DMG-BRA 40
Battle of Kingdom DMG-B3J-JPN 41
Battle Ping Pong DMG-BPA 42
Battle Unit Zeoth DMG-BZJ 43
Battletoads DMG-BVJ 43
Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Dokodemo Kin Medal DMG-NQJ 46
Bionic Commando DMG-BOJ 48
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon DMG-AQJ-JPN 48
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R DMG-QAJ-JPN 48
Block Kuzushi GB DMG-ABKJ-JPN 50
Blodia DMG-BLA 50
Boku Dracula-kun DMG-DFJ 165
Bokujou Monogatari GB DMG-AYWJ-JPN 134
Bomber Boy DMG-HBA 31
Bomber King: Scenario 2 DMG-BIA 49
Bomberman Collection DMG-ABCJ-JPN 52
Bomberman GB DMG-EEJ 52
Bouken! Puzzle Road DMG-PUJ 82
Boulder Dash DMG-BDA 55
Boxing DMG-BXA 136
Bubble Bobble DMG-B2A 58
Bubble Bobble Junior DMG-LXA 58
Bubble Ghost DMG-BGJ 58
Burai Fighter Deluxe DMG-BUA 61
BurgerTime Deluxe DMG-GMA 61
Cadillac II DMG-CAJ 324
Caesars Palace DMG-CEJ 63
Capcom Quiz: Hatena? no Daibouken DMG-HHJ 63
Captain Tsubasa J: Zenkoku Seiha e no Chsen DMG-ACTJ-JPN 64
Captain Tsubasa VS DMG-T5J 64
Card Game DMG-CGA 64
Card Game (Happy Price) DMG-CGA-1 64
Chachamaru Boukenki 3: Abyss no Tou DMG-A3J 69
Chalvo 55 69
Chase H.Q. DMG-HQJ 70
Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen DMG-CMJ 72
Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS DMG-ZAA 73
Choplifter II DMG-V4A 73
Chou Majin Eiyuuden: Wataru Mazekko Monster DMG-AWAJ-JPN 74
Chou Majin Eiyuuden: Wataru Mazekko Monster 2 DMG-AWMJ-JPN 74
Contra DMG-CNJ 244
Contra Spirits DMG-ACSJ-JPN 76
CosmoTank DMG-CTJ 78
Crayon Shin-Chan 3 DMG-HJJ 78
Crayon Shin-Chan 4 79
Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Shiro ha Otomodachi Dayo DMG-K4J 79
Cult Jump DMG-C7J 80
Daiku no Gen-San: Robot Teikoku no Yabou DMG-D9J 83
Daiku no Gensan Quiz DMG-QGJ 83
Daisenryaku DMG-HDJ 83
Dead Heat Scramble DMG-DHA 86
Dino Breeder DMG-AWDJ-JPN 89
Donkey Kong DMG-QDA 91
Donkey Kong Land DMG-ADDJ-JPN 91
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Doraemon 2: Animal Wakusei Densetsu DMG-DMJ 93
Double Dragon DMG-DOA 94
Double Yakuman II DMG-DVJ 96
Downtown Nekketsu Kshinkyoku DMG-DUJ 96
Downtown Special: Kunio-kun Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou! DMG-JXJ 97
Dr. Franken DMG-FNA 97
Dr. Mario DMG-VUA 98
Dracula Densetsu DMG-CVJ 66
Dracula Densetsu II DMG-CWJ 66
Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitouden DMG-AZ2J-JPN 98
Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishouden DMG-ADBJ-JPN 98
Dragon Slayer Gaiden: Nemuri no Oukan DMG-DQJ 99
Dragon Slayer I DMG-DSA 99
Dragon Tail DMG-DRA 224
Disneys DuckTales 2 DMG-Z2J 101
Disneys DuckTales DMG-DTJ 100
Dungeon Land DMG-DGJ 101
Eijukugo Target 1000 DMG-AJ5J-JPN 102
Eitango Target 1900 DMG-P-AT2J 103
Elevator Action DMG-EAA 103
F-1 Race DMG-F1A 105
F-1 Spirit 378
F1 Boy DMG-FBJ 328
Famista DMG-FSJ 104
Famista 2 DMG-FDJ 107
Famista 3 DMG-N3J 107
Flappy Special DMG-V2A 114
Flipull DMG-FPA 115
Frisky Tom 117
From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Gakeppuchi Kesshou League DMG-HXJ-JPN 312
From TV animation: Slam Dunk 2 313
Funny Field DMG-FUA 88
Fushigi na Blobby: Princess Blob o Tsukue! DMG-PSJ 85
Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren GB DMG-AFDJ-JPN 118
G-Arms: Operation Gundam DMG-GAJ 119
Game Boy Gallery 2 DMG-AGIJ-JPN 121
Game Boy Wars DMG-GWJ 121
Game Boy Wars Turbo DMG-AGXJ 122
Game de Hakken!! Tamagocchi DMG-ATAJ-JPN 341
Game de Hakken!! Tamagocchi 2 DMG-AT3J-JPN 122
Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Osucchi to Mesucchi DMG-AOMJ-JPN 122
The Game of Life 156
Gamera: Daikaijuu Kutyu Kessen 123
Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru! DMG-GCJ 123
GB Genjin DMG-GKJ 54
GB Genjin 2 DMG-RJJ 54
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GB Genjin Land: Viva! Chikkun Oukoku DMG-R9J 125
Gekitou Power Modeller DMG-APZJ-JPN 126
Ghostbusters 2 DMG-GBA 129
Ginga DMG-GGA 129
Go! Go! Tank DMG-GTA 130
Golf DMG-GOA 132
Gremlins 2: Shinshu Tanjou DMG-GRA 133
Gurander Musashi RV DMG-ARVJ-JPN 133
Hatris DMG-HTA 135
Head On DMG-PQA 274
Heiankyo Alien DMG-HAA 136
Hero Shuugou!! Pinball Party DMG-PPJ 138
Hiden Inyou Kikouhou: Ca Da DMG-CDJ 138
Higashio Osamu Kanshuu Pro Yakyuu Stadium '91 DMG-PIJ 138
Hiryuu no Ken Gaiden DMG-HRJ 299
Hokuto no Ken: Seizetsu Juuban Shoubu DMG-HKJ 113
Hong Kong DMG-HGJ 141
Honoo no Doukyuuji: Dodge Danpei DMG-DAJ 142
Hook DMG-HSJ/ESPG44 142
Hoshi no Kirby DMG-KYJ 169
Hoshi no Kirby 2 DMG-AKBJ-JPN 169
The Hunt for Red October DMG-HFA 144
Hyper Lode Runner DMG-HLA 144
Ikari no Yousai DMG-IYJ 116
Ikari no Yousai 2 DMG-I2J 145
Ishida Yoshio no Tsumego Paradise DMG-IGJ 149
Ishido DMG-STJ 149
Itsudemo! Nyan to Wonderful DMG-ANWJ-JPN 149
J-League Winning Goal DMG-W7J 151
Jikuu Senki Mu DMG-H1J 155
Jinsei Game Densetsu DMG-JGJ-JPN 156
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru DMG-OKJ 160
Kaijuu-Oh Godzilla DMG-G7J 160
Kaisen Game: Navy Blue DMG-NBA 43
Kaisen Game: Navy Blue 90 DMG-N9J 160
Kaisen Game: Radar Mission DMG-RMA 283
Kakomun Hebi DMG-KMJ 301
Karakuri Kengou Den Musashi Lord DMG-MUJ 161
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 DMG-A7KJ-JPN 182
Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba DMG-YYJ 164
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor DMG-MOJ 256
Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack DMG-M5J 166
Kingyo Chuuihou! Wapiko no Waku Waku Stamp Rally! DMG-KTJ 168
Kininkou Maroku ONI DMG-DNA 168
Kirby no Block Ball DMG-AKXJ-JPN 169
Kirby no Kirakira Kids DMG-AKCJ-JPN 170
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Kirby no Pinball DMG-K9J 170
Klax DMG-KLA 171
Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 DMG-AJIJ-JPN 172
Konami GB Collection Vol. 2 DMG-AJJJ-JPN 173
Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 DMG-AJKJ-JPN 173
Konami GB Collection Vol. 4 DMG-AJLJ-JPN 173
Koro Dice DMG-KKA 174
Koukiatsu Boy DMG-AKEJ-JPN 174
Krusty's Fun House DMG-FKA 176
Little Master 2: Denkou no Kishi DMG-L2J 185
Lock 'N' Chase DMG-LCA 186
Lolo no Daibouken DMG-LOJ 15
Lunar Lander DMG-LLJ 188
Mach GoGoGo 189
Magical Taruruuto-kun DMG-MGJ 190
Mahou Kishi Rayearth DMG-ARYJ-JPN 191
Mahou Kishi Rayearth 2nd: The Missing Colors DMG-AR2J-JPN 191
Makai Toushi SaGa DMG-SAJ 111
Makaimura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness DMG-RFJ 192
Mario no Picross DMG-APCJ-JPN 194
Masakari Densetsu: Kintarou Action-Hen DMG-KOJ 195
Master Karateka DMG-KRA 196
Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible DMG-M7J 202
Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II DMG-M9J 202
Meitantei Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken DMG-ADCJ-JPN 202
Meitantei Conan: Giwaku no Gouka Ressha DMG-ADKJ-JPN 203
Metroid II: Return of Samus DMG-MEA-JPN 204
Mickey Mouse DMG-MMA-JPN 59
Mickey Mouse II DMG-M2A 60
Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth DMG-L4A 286
Mickey Mouse V: Mahou no Stick 204
Milon no Meikyuu Kumikyoku DMG-M8J 207
Mini 4 Boy DMG-AJ4J-JPN 208
Mini 4 Boy II DMG-AJ2J-JPN 208
Mini-Yonku GB: Let's & Go!! All-Star Battle MAX DMG-AAMJ-JPN 209
Mini-Yonku GB: Let's and Go!! DMG-AM4J-JPN 209
Momotarou Collection 2 DMG-AM3J-JPN 212
Momotarou Dengeki DMG-G5J 212
Momotarou Dengeki 2: Momotarou Thunderbolt DMG-AM2J-JPN 212
Momotarou Dentetsu Jr. - Zenkoku Ramen Meguri no Maki DMG-AD8J-JPN 213
Money Idol Exchanger DMG-AMEJ-JPN 213
Monopoly DMG-LYJ 214
Monster Maker DMG-MRJ 215
Monster Truck DMG-MTA 216
Mortal Kombat DMG-C9A 217
Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II DMG-AK2J-JPN 218
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Mortal Kombat II DMG-AMKJ-JPN 217
Motocross Maniacs DMG-MXA 218
Nakajima Satoru: Kanshuu F-1 Hero GB '92 - Graded Driver DMG-F5J 105
Namco Gallery Vol. 1 DMG-ANGJ-JPN 225
Namco Gallery Vol. 2 DMG-AN2J-JPN 225
Namco Gallery Vol. 3 DMG-AV3J-JPN 226
Nankoku Shounen Papuwa-kun DMG-NRJ 226
Nekketsu Kk Dodgeball Bu DMG-NDJ 230
Nekketsu Kk Soccer Bu DMG-NCJ 240
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantou-hen DMG-KUJ 94
Nekketsu! Beach Volley DMG-VXJ 231
Nekojara Monogatari DMG-NJJ 231
Nemesis DMG-NMA 231
Nemesis II DMG-NEA 132
Nett The King of Fighters 96 DMG-AK6J-JPN 167
Nettou Garou Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai DMG-X3J 232
Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special 232
Nettou Samurai Spirits DMG-X4J 295
Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musouken 232
Nettou Toshinden DMG-ATDJ-JPN 40
NFL Quarterback Club DMG-AQ9J-JPN 235
Ninja Ryukenden GB DMG-NGJ 238
Ninku DMG-ANSJ-JPN 239
Nobunaga no Yabou: Game Boy Han DMG-NYJ 241
Oira Jajamaru! Sekai Daibouken DMG-OJJ 195
Osawagase! Penguin Boy DMG-PNJ 22
Othello DMG-OTJ 245
Outburst DMG-OBJ 284
Pac-Man DMG-PCJ 247
Pachinko Time DMG-PTJ 251
Painter Momopi DMG-PEJ 253
Palamedes DMG-PXA 254
Parasol Henbee DMG-PHJ 255
Parodius DMG-PVJ 256
Penguin Land DMG-PLJ 257
Penguin-kun Wars Vs. DMG-PWJ 258
Phantasm DMG-P8J 32
Picross 2 DMG-AP2J-JPN 259
Pinball Party 138
Pinball: 66 Hiki no Wani Daikoushin! DMG-PBJ 261
Pipe Dream DMG-PDA 262
Pit Man DMG-PMA 67
Pocket Bass Fishing DMG-ABFJ-JPN 263
Pocket Bomberman DMG-APOJ-JPN 264
Pocket Family GB DMG-HFAJ-JPN 265
Pocket Monsters Aka DMG-APAJ-JPN 267
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Pocket Monsters Ao DMG-APEJ-JPN 271
Pocket Monsters Midori DMG-APBJ-JPN 267
Pocket Monsters Pikachu DMG-APSJ-JPN 271
Pocket Stadium DMG-PKJ 268
Ponta to Hinako no Chindouchuu: Yuutou-hen DMG-AAJ 272
Popeye 2 DMG-PGJ 273
Power Mission DMG-XCJ 273
Pri Pri Primitive Princess! DMG-P2A 275
Prikura Pocket DMG-PAPPJ 277
Pro Wres DMG-PRJ 134
Purikura Pocket 2: Kareshi Kaizou Daisakusen DMG-A2PJ-JPN 278
Puyo Puyo DMG-QQJ 278
Puyo Puyo Tsuu DMG-APYJ-JPN 267
Puzzle Boy DMG-APJ 180
Puzzle Boy II DMG-P3J 23
Puzznic DMG-PZA 279
Q Billion DMG-QBA 280
Qix DMG-QXA 280
Quarth DMG-QRJ 281
Quiz Nippon Mukashibanashi: Athena no Hatena? DMG-AJJ 281
R-Type DMG-REA 282
R-Type II DMG-RZA 282
Racing Damashii DMG-RDJ 283
Ranma 1/2: Kakugeki Mondou!! DMG-ROJ 285
Ranma 1/2: Kakuren Bodesu Match DMG-RNJ 285
Ranma 1/2: Netsuretsu Kakutouhen DMG-R3J 285
Ray-Thunder DMG-RTJ 284
Red Arremer: Makaimura Gaiden DMG-RAJ 124
Roadster DMG-RSA 289
RoboCop DMG-CPA/ESPG35 290
Rockman World DMG-RWA 199
Rockman World 2 DMG-W2J 199
Rockman World 3 DMG-W3J 199
Rockman World 4 DMG-R4J 201
Rockman World 5 DMG-WMJ 201
Rubble Saver DMG-KSA 16
SaGa II: Hihou Densetsu DMG-S2J 111
SaGa III: Jikuu no Hasha DMG-OSJ 111
Sagaia DMG-S8A 294
Sakigake!! Otoko Juku: Meikoushima Kessen DMG-OMJ 295
Sangokushi DMG-ISJ 296
Scotland Yard DMG-SYJ 297
SD Gundam - SD Sengokuden: Kunitori Monogatari DMG-SDJ 298
SD Gundam Gaiden: Lacroan Heroes DMG-LHJ 298
SD Gundam: G Arms DMG-GAJ 119
SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden 2- Tenka Touitsuhen DMG-G3J 300
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SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden Kunitori Monogatari DMG-SDJ 298
SD Hiryuu no Ken Gaiden DMG-AHGJ-JPN 299
SD Lupin Sansei: Kinko Yaburi Daisakusen DMG-XRJ 299
Seaside Volley DMG-SVJ 192
Selection: Erabareshi Mono DMG-SEJ 338
Shanghai DMG-SEJ 302
Shisensou DMG-MAA 309
Shougi DMG-SGJ 309
Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter DMG-IFJ 310
Side Pocket DMG-SWA 310
Snoopy no Magic Show DMG-SNA 315
Snow Bros. Jr. DMG-SJJ 315
Soccer Boy DMG-SBA 316
Solar Striker DMG-SSJ 316
Solomon's Club DMG-SCJ 317
Soreyuke! Amida-kun DMG-AMA 25
Soukoban DMG-SOJ 56
Soukoban II DMG-SQJ 56
Space Invaders DMG-SPA 318
Spartan X 177
Super B-Daman: Fighting Phoenix DMG-ABDJ-JPN 329
Super Chinese Land DMG-CLJ 237
Super Donkey Kong GB DMG-YT 91
Super Mario Land DMG-MLA 333
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Tsu no Kinka DMG-L6J 333
Super Momotarou Dentetsu DMG-MDJ 333
Super Momotarou Dentetsu II DMG-G9J 334
Super Robot Taisen DMG-SZJ 335
Super Street Basketball 2 DMG-VBA 337
Taikyoku Renju DMG-TCA 339
Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima II DMG-T3J 15
Takahashi no Meijin Boukenjima III DMG-GQJ 15
Tama and Friends: 3 Choume Obake Panic!! DMG-WQJ-JPN 12
Tasmania Story DMG-TAJ 342
Tecmo Bowl GB DMG-TLA 344
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 DMG-TTA 343
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall Of The Foot Clan DMG-NTJ 343
Teke Teke! Asmik-kun World DMG-ASJ 55
Tekkyu Fight! The Great Battle Gaiden DMG-IBJ 344
Tenjin Kaisen DMG-TKJ 203
Tennis DMG-TNA 345
Tetris: Tsushin Cable Set DMG-TRAT 346
Tetris DMG-TRA 346
Tetris Flash DMG-EHJ 347
Tokyo Senki: Eiyuu Retsuden DMG-TIJ 350
Totsugeki! Ponkotsu Tank DMG-TPJ 356
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The Tower of Druaga DMG-ADA 354
Track Meet Mezase! Barcelona DMG-TMA 356
Trip World DMG-T4A 356
Trump Boy DMG-TBJ 357
Trump Boy II DMG-T2J 357
Trump Collection GB DMG-ATCJ-JPN 358
Tumble Pop DMG-T6A 360
Twin DMG-TWJ 361
Twinbee Da! DMG-TDJ 272
Ultraman Club: Teki Kaijuu o Hakken Seyo! DMG-ULJ 366
Uoozu DMG-USJ 112
Vattle Giuce DMG-VGA 369
Velious II: Fukushuu no Jashin DMG-VTJ 292
Velious: Roland no Majuu DMG-VEJ 292
Versus Hero DMG-VHJ 370
Volley Fire DMG-VFJ 370
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 DMG-WJA 371
Wizardry Gaiden II: Kodai Kotei no Noroi DMG-W5J 376
Wizardry Gaiden the First Episode: Suffering of the Queen DMG-WIJ 376
X DMG-ECJ 384
Yakuman DMG-MJJ 386
Yoshi no Tamago DMG-YOJ 387
Yossh no Kukk DMG-CIJ 388
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters DMG-AYUJ-JPN 388
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dai-Ni-Tama: Ankoku Bujtsukai DMG-UKJ 389
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dai-San Tama: Makai no Tobira DMG-UGJ 389
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dai-Shi-Tama: Makai Toutsu 389
Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima DMG-ZLJ 183
Zoids Densetsu DMG-ZOJ 392
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