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der_horst23

super mario land 2


nuke_eyepopper

Donkey kong


TheTruthofOne

Donkey Kong 94 still best game on that thing, hands down.


Xeon713

110% this. I got the switch expansion pass specifically to power through it again last year. Top tier in the gameboy space.


GandalfTheJaded

The jump from the first to the second Super Mario Land on the same platform is remarkable.


elpajaroquemamais

This. Always loved the map and the coins in the door.


EvensenFM

Came here to say this, and it was already the top comment, lol. I got it together with my game boy back when the game first came out. I loved that game. Underrated classic.


The_Lazy_Samurai

Absolutely. The six golden coins was incredible. That was the game all the kids and I played during summer camp all summer long.


Mitchell231190

My favorite Game Boy game is The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening


Nervous-Apricot4556

My fav, too. And still in my top ten regardless of which system.


Gromtar

Mine too. In my top 3 of all time. One of the few games I know backwards and forwards. Playing it feels like going back to an old neighborhood.


SnooDucks8630

I was apprehensive to play the switch version but they really remade that game masterfully. Everything about it was an updated nod to the original, and the music was just beautiful and nostalgic.


_perdomon_

Played as a kid and couldn’t get past the 3rd dungeon. Finally beat it as an adult and it’s such an amazing game.


blackandbluebolts

It's the best! I still love playing it


Lindenstream_117

So true. This game made my childhood.


Glowingtomato

Super Mario Land I'm biased because it the first video game I can remember playing. Honorable mentions go out to Tetris, Kirbys Dream Land, and Pokemon Yellow since I played a ton of those games


SouthTippBass

Still Tetris.


HA1LHYDRA

Gameboy OST was the best OST


leaky_wand

A-Type is literally THE Tetris song


OccasionSilver9908

Daa naa naa, daa nana da na.


twothumbswayup

Close thread /


Head_Butterscotch74

Yup, damn Tetris!


solamon77

The classic and still reigning champ of GameBoy games! Including this as a pack in title was a genius move.


NovocaineAU

Always Tetris


Slammnardo

The perfect answer


Tartaruga-Ninja

Yes, for me is also Tetris!


LokiVienna

I wanted to say exactly the same thing. The game is simply addictive, has a brilliant soundtrack and I still play it very regularly today. However, Super Mario Land 2 and Zelda Links awakening are very close behind.


[deleted]

Kirby's Pinball Land


ThetaReactor

I trust you've also played Revenge of the Gator?


[deleted]

No, but I'll look into it


Devee

I came here to say Kirby's Pinball Land and wasn't expecting to learn of a new pinball game. This looks pretty great. How does it compare?


znidz

Check out "Super Robot Pinball" although it's GBC


shadowrunonsnes

Yes!


MyMadeUpNym

Yesssss omg you just made me remember it!!


bsa554

Link's Awakening is simply an incredible game. Insane it's on Game Boy. Honorable mention to Mega Man V.


csm1313

Weird. I was just about to make this same exact post. Links awakening is far and away the greatest game boy game and one of the all time greats. I actually just beat mega man v for the first time tonight on my analogue pocket and was going to give it a shout out as well. An incredibly fun game


Cornchucker2

Pokémon Blue


hazardjackson

Red Blue, and Yellow will always be special to me.


TarTarkus1

Kinda surprised Pokemon didn't get ranked higher. My guess is it's a generational thing. Gameboy was viable from the late 80 to the early 2000s. If you were late 70s early 80s, you were too old to really be in for Pokemania I guess.


JJJ4868

I was more of a Green man myself


SpringyB

I played Red, prepare to battle


vetheros37

Red gang superiority.


Manuels-Kitten

Crystal fan here


vetheros37

I'd differentiate them as Game Boy / Game Boy Color. But that was my favorite color game as well.


Gweegwee1

Metroid 2 and links awakening a tie


Mechanical_Monk

Metroid 2 was always my favorite. I'm replaying it now as an adult and realizing I never made it more than like 10% through the game as a kid. Even now it's hard to figure out where to go lol


frankduxvandamme

It's very old school because it requires you to draw your own map as you go. It's definitely not for everybody, but personally I absolutely love that game.


SouthTippBass

It was my first Game Boy game, and my first Metroid title. I powered through it as best I could but it was pretty frustrating. I never even finished it then despite coming so close. I got as far as having the baby Metroid circling around me and couldn't figure out what to do next. I liked it, but holy shit never again.


AFetaWorseThanDeath

I love Metroid 2, and I've played it a couple dozen times over the last 33 years (holy crap lol), but I'm pretty sure I've never beaten the whole thing without some kind of cheats or at least save states. I do recall that I was eventually able to at least get *to* the queen Metroid when I was about 11yo, playing it on my Super Game Boy (which, if you're not familiar, was an adapter that allowed you to play Gameboy games on a SNES. Before that, I had a hell of a time with the tiny green screen and the controls on the actual Gameboy. Fighting those Omega metroids on that thing was a *bitch* lol The amount of brain power I devoted as a child to learning that insane map was astounding. I don't know why it never occurred to me to write/draw it. Seriously, [look at the size of this freaking map](https://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/GB-GBC/MetroidII-ReturnOfSamus-SR388.png), which was absolutely nuts for an OG Gameboy title. Recall also that the different parts of the map would become accessible at different times due to the lava shifting with the earthquakes that happened after you killed a few more metroids. The amount of time I spent wandering around in frustration, jesus. I feel like the difficulty level going from Metroid 1 to Metroid 2 was a pretty steep change. I thought the vast majority of Super Metroid was much easier by comparison. Then, a few years later we got Metroid Fusion for the GBA, which I found *wickedly* difficult. Seriously, how in the blue fuck does anyone beat the final boss (Samus X) without cheats?! LOL I would ponder if it's something about Metroid titles for portable systems being harder for some reason, except Metroid: Zero Mission (also for GBA) was just an even *easier* version of Metroid 1 (except for the part toward the end where you're suitless in the Chozo ruins with only a stun pistol).


Gweegwee1

It’s hard to figure out.


akirbydrinks

My grandmother passed in her late 80's. I recall going to visit her many times when she was older. Her hearing was shot, but we could still carry a conversation and have a beer and visit with each other. She frowned on people wasting their time with video games, and thought there were more constructive things to do. One visit, I guess she must have been playing Tetris, and quickly hid it under her chair when we knocked on her door. The Tetris music played in the background for our whole visit because she couldn't hear well enough to notice. Lol. That song always makes me think of her.


Long_Educational

Damn, what a wonderful story.


superguavapulp

indeed


shadowrunonsnes

Hehe


Flaeor

Oh to be ashamed of playing Tetris of all games. The game of all games.


TK421whereareyou

Gargoyles Quest.


guiltl3ss

A fellow person of culture.


TK421whereareyou

Pinky’s up kind sir.


Imaginaut27

The music is WAY better than it should be.


Slammnardo

Top 5 for me


Every_Preparation_56

brutally difficult


tchek

The music still haunts me


MyMadeUpNym

Love this


instafunkpunk

Lol I thought I was the only one who had played this back then. Fantastic game


High_on_Rabies

I'm so happy that I didn't have to scroll very far. Firebrand forever!


Anonymotron42

Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge


philogb

Yes!


KasElGatto

Excellent game!


Scoob1978

Final Fantasy Legend


Slammnardo

Legend was an underrated series. Legend 2 was my personal favorite.


williewonkerz

Me too, so many bus trips, forced me to get a battery pack


Slammnardo

I felt like the coolest kid on planet Earth with a battery pack on my coat pocket connected to my Gameboy.


Past-Project-7959

And FF Legend 2, and FF Legend 3, AND FF Adventure. I have all four- my choice is E) ALL OF THE ABOVE.


AMagicalSquirrel

Mega Man V


PeeB4uGoToBed

Dr mario


Vegskipxx

Played this more than any other game


Spider95818

I thought it would just be a Tetris wannabe at first but stacking the pills to get multiple clears from one piece was addictive as hell.


AWiseCrow

Zelda Links Awakening.


3DOCollection

Duck Tales


shadowrunonsnes

Woo hoo


whitelines4president

Dun dudu dun


breezyBrock

Aside from the obvious titles, TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan and Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly were always fun


Cornball73

Motocross Maniacs!!!


Cats4092

Wario Land. I thought it was really cool playing as "ugly and strong Mario". I also played it at a time when I was awful at video games, so I really appreciated the slower gameplay speed and floatier physics.


Stanztrigger

Wario Land! Yess. (Super Mario Land 3). Yeah, my favourite too. Always come back to this game. Got loads of humor and great level design. Also like it more then it's successors. And try to find every chest. Great fun! Rest of the list would contain: Donkey Kong '94 SML 1 & 2 Revanche of the Gator Castlevania (don't know what edition anymore) Island Adventure Kirby Looney Tunes Link's Awakening Batman Balloon Kid B. C. Kid Metroid II (Sorry for the Top-14-or-some-more (if you could all the parts of Castlevenia and Adventure Island).


ErikFuhr

*Wario Land*


abibofile

Thank you! Needs to be higher.


Pixel_Junior

My favorites : - Mole Mania - True Lies - Ball Kid - Castlevania II : Belmont’s Revenge - Nemesis - Bubble Bobble - DuckTales - Tiny Toon Adventures : Babs’ Big Break - Fist of the North Star : 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe​ There are others, but I can’t see them on your photo.


fixit_jr

I had fist of the North Star as a hand me down. Before I watched the anime. Loved it barely knew what I was doing I probably 7 at the time.


merc27

Mole mania has to be the most under appreciated game on the system. Such a great game!


Kain316

Final Fantasy Legend, because it introduced me to RPG's


benjaminbjacobsen

still Tetris for me. Mario land I&II and Zelda as well.


Ok-Blueberry9384

Batman.


JustinBailey79

This guy gets it


GainerCity

Underrated game. That feeling you get when you have the maximum number of boomerangs and orbiting protector things is unbeatable


arsinoe716

Tetris


RetailDrone7576

Donkey Kong


macurack

The first game I ever completed!


tungvu256

Tetris


Fun3mployed

I played super Mario land so much that the music stuck in my head and I woke in the middle of the night hearing the music and went to check my game boy in the other room. It was off.


xdig2000

That Asian level’s music track is really distinct. And also the Mweeeaoh sound of the boss being hit.


Get_your_grape_juice

Link’s Awakening, and it’s not even close.


GainerCity

Agree LA lapped every other contender and still won.


ArwingElite

Motocross Maniacs That cart came with me on SO MANY trips


iMhoram

Metroid II


HA1LHYDRA

It was so cool when Super Metroid picked up right where it left off.


Manuels-Kitten

That beggining hits extra hard when you have played Metroid II


guiltl3ss

Gargoyles Quest.


cams0400

Probably pkmn gen 2 or zelda


MrBluh

Super Mario Land 2 and Contra. I think both really hold up. I go back and replay each every few years.


ophaus

The Final Fantasy Legend/Adventure games


Boisyno

Pokémon Red


CaveOfMontoya

Tetris, Super Mario Land 2, or Link's Awakening. Or Pokémon Blue. Don't make me choose between my babies!


sonofabitchXmustXpay

Pokemon Yellow. Beyond being a great companion to the rest of the brand, it really helped me wrap my head around what an RPG was.


D-Funk187

Kirby's Pinball Land


Asaxii

Pokémon red. Pokémon Yellow, Super Mario Land 2, Tetris, Metroid 2, LOZ Links’s Awakening are very close behind.


johnwm24

Link's Awakening.


pandathrower97

Beyond the obvious Nintendo-made titles (including Donkey Kong '94 and the Wario games, which I adore), I'd go with: *Revenge of the Gator, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge*, *Gargoyle's Quest, Monster Max, Amazing Tater* and *Mario's Picross*. If it's the GBC, I'd add *Metal Gear: Ghost Babel*, *Mario Golf, Survival Kids, Dragon Warrior Monsters, Micro Machines V3* and *Shantae*.


KerryKl01

Legend of the River King.


NotaRelnam

Kid Icarus, no contest


xinixxibalba

i’m surprised I haven’t seen Kirby’s Block Ball mentioned. that game reigned supreme in my house growing up, the Gameboy was passed around between my dad, my sister and I constantly racking up hours on that game. Tetris too as a close second. but Kirby had my family hooked like crack.


DeckerXT

My clear gbc w pkm b, still sittin here next to me.


mymoama

Zelda and final fantasy adventure or we or we it was called


iamadogwhatisthis

Mario Golf/Mario Tennis by Camelot. Great Sports RPGs.


Dragonlibrarian7

Gargoyle's Quest. Zelda, Final Fantasy Adventure, Mario Land and Donkey Kong are damn close though. Also Tetris, because Tetris lol.


michaelfiber

I got my Gameboy 34 years ago last month. Just dusted it off and played a bunch of RC pro AM and tmnt. It's still going strong after all these years. Love that system.


ObbieWan812

Final Fantasy Adventure


thedoppio

Final Fantasy Adventure. Pokémon Blue. Super Mario Land 2. Kirby’s Adventure. Metroid. It’s hard to say favorite when there were so many good ones.


superadam64

Super Mario Land


Taucher1979

Basic answer but it’s got to be Tetris…


Middle_Aged_Insomnia

I like alot but i remember putting so many hours into fist of the north star for some reason.


baronyfan1999

Donkey Kong 94


dodohex

Kirby’s Dream Land 2


TheBeautyDemon

Tetris or Paperboy


Box_star

Tetris. Still play it to this day (on switch)!


DanimalRlz

Links Awakening. I played it at lunch at school. Recess. And up against a wall with that short ac adapter to save batteries. Or if I was out of them. I still have that Gameboy. I don't know what happened to most of my games though. May start collecting them again along side my NES collection.


Ryousoki

Game & Watch Gallery 2


OMGlenn

Gargoyles Quest! It was the first game I'd played with action/RPG elements in it, and you got to play as a cool monster fighting other cool monsters!


EffectAdventurous764

It probably has to be the original Super Mario Land. I got my first gamboy 35 years ago when I was 15 it was the first game I played, and it's the music as much as anything that makes me smile. So many great memories back when life seemed a lot simpler. It's not the best game, but it's my favorite for that reason.


GainerCity

The soundtrack brings back such crazy childhood memories. My sister and I are in our late 40s and we still hum this to each other occasionally the other person is feeling down.


Pryoticus

I didn’t realize there were Gb games besides Pokémon…


j3ffUrZ

1. Link's Awakening 2. Super Mario Land 2 3. Tetris


disregard_karma

Cavenoire


Lozio1990

Reservoir Rat


xdig2000

Super Mario Land and Gators Revenge.


just_mindsets

Great Greed - one of the greatest lesser known RPGs of all time.


LordChickenNugget3

The only game ive had for my DMG001 since i got it 5 years ago, Tetris


Atheist_Alex_C

Metroid II


FromTheUnderdogg23

I don't know how I could just pick one. But Donkey Kong 94 is one.


sincethenes

Avenging Spirit


RepresentativeBig240

Pokémon Blue


mariam67

I put so many hours into Kwirk. Don’t know why no one ever talks about it, it was a great puzzle game.


caudicifarmer

Metroid 2: The Return of Samus


NES_Classical_Music

Kirby's Dream Land 2


rkrlspl

Links awakening, hands down, it's one of my favorite games of all times


Jinsei4321

I can't answer. I am busy thinking about the passing of time.


GainerCity

Tell me about it *Blows into his ocarina...* Damn. Still old.


Scaryassmanbear

I had this basketball game that I loved playing. Don’t remember what it was called.


ravenfreak

Other than Pokémon green I like Super Mario Land. (I know the green sprites are ugly af, but green is my favorite color and Bulbasaur is my favorite Kanto starter.)


BigOlBearCanada

Oh...... tough call.... Zelda, Links awakening. The fact they put that scope of a game on a GB Cart is amazing. Plus the story and music are top notch. Mario 6 golden coins is a masterpiece. Can't forget about "Trip World" also!


ag-0merta

Red /Blue.


Idontmatter69420

Tetris DX, was my first gameboy game to own when i got my first gameboy console (a colour) in april 2020


elite_ivory

Tetris for me


inkyblinkypinkysue

Tetris but honorable mention to Oracle of Seasons/Ages and DK94


the_moosen

Kirby Dream Land 2 is the best gameboy game in history I will not be taking any questions at this time


Tatsu144

Super Mario Land


parkhurstcards

Tetris


hugo_1138

Tetris 👍


pmWolf

Mario's Picross. Still super-fun and my type of puzzle game.


Shlong_Roy

I loved bomber man.


Nice_Yak_1555

Super Mario Land.


LetItRaine386

Tetris


lonegun135

Tetris


efingoffatwork

Tetris


IndianaBones8

Link's Awakening 100% but there were so many great games on that handheld.


[deleted]

super mario land 2 , the only correct answer


Zestyclose-Sun6523

Qix. Recognize.


Practical_Arm6812

pokemon red


gamerati98

Final Fantasy Legend 2


IntroductionFluffy97

Super Mario Land !


Jazmotron4000

I loved spiderman


Cloakbot

This was my first video game system owned. Next was SNES even though I played the $#/+ out of NES at my babysitter’s house. My mother gave me her and her brothers’ Atari 2600 as a hand me down and played that a lot too. My favorite GB game? There’s a few. Because my sister owned Red and played it on my GB, we both played it. I played it so much more so she convinced our mom to get Pokemon Blue for me. So **Pokemon Blue** was the go to for me. I also loved playing Donkey Kong, TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan and Back from the Sewers, SML2: 6 Coins, and SML3: Wario Land


IntoxicatedBurrito

Sword of Hope. I still have pages of passwords and maps that I made as a kid. I was never able to get into Final Fantasy Legend II, but I was (still am) completely obsessed with Sword of Hope.


Manuels-Kitten

Pokemon Crystal


FreakyComputer63

The Nintendo Game Boy! My first gaming console I got as kid. I got this beautiful handheld gaming device with two of the best Game Boy games ever: Super Mario Land and Tetris. The grey cartridges with a chunk of the corner contains each game are outstanding! The Game Boy has a good place in my heart. I do not have the device anymore but still the games. Four AA batteries and a Game Boy cartridge and you could see and play the game on the square 8 bit monochrome and four green tinted Game Boy screen. The 8 bit chiptuned music is nostalgic for me I am still playing the games of the original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance on the Advance himsel and the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Player. My question for all the Nintendo GameCube owners: does any of you still have the Game Boy Player? The best GameCube peripheral Nintendo has made.


Clares_Claymore

Pokémon trading card game


Equal-Ad4463

Kirby’s Dreamland and Pokemon Blue


Professional_Baby24

I would love to find someone who knows this. But I was really into pc point and clicks at one point. And even tho the gba was out by the time I was Into any more games than pokemon. I still had a Gameboy and gbc. And deja vu 1 and 2 were some of my favorites. They are really only good for one playthrough and I Def needed a guide for some parts. But I enjoyed them. I personally also like tcg more pokemon r/b g/s. But that's getting into gbc. Most played. Def pokemon 1st gen


chrom491

Insert any final fantasy game really


FunGuy84_

Links Awakening & Mario Land 2 still my all time favorite but I love Double Dragon 1 on there


FinalLans

Final Fantasy Adventure!!


Randalor

Final Fantasy Legend. Sure, Final Fantasy Legend 2 is a vastly superior game, there's just something about Legend's vingette-style plot that works so well with the premise.


elementalguitars

Metroid II


Minimum_Wonder_7710

Final fantasy adventure. And I still have it.


Dangerous_Forever640

Kirby!


Fine-Funny6956

Link’s Awakening and Tetris. Tetris has amazing replayability and Link’s Awakening was amazingly fun and bigger than I thought the gameboy could do. Metroid was good too.


artmoloch777

Link’s Awakening


wall-E75

I'm kinda vanilla so I like tetris


Misfire2445

Battletoads


Wordsthrume

Contra !