my understanding is that it should be basically identical besides lower res / longer load times /etc. & theres no real distinction between it and the ps5 version so if u ever get a ps5 it should all go right over . The recent bundle with season 1 & 2 dlc that came out for switch 2 launch is also on ps4 store .
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realised my gb/gbc knowledge is limited to like, tetris, linkās awakening, mario land, metroid 2, saga, dq1-3 and cave noire
whatās the good gameboy shitā¦
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gb: nemesis ii, operation c, serpent, battle city, bill and tedās excellent game boy adventure, motorcross maniacs, nekketsu kouha kunio-kun: bangai ranto hen, any of the takara-published fighting game ports, pocket bomberman, klax (hudson soft version), shanghai (hal version), batman, batman: the animated series, tetris: rosy retrospection
gbc: elevator action ex, street fighter alpha, atelier marie, motorcross maniacs 2, konami gb collection vol. 1-4, metal gear: ghost babel, pocket pro wrestling: perfect wrestler, super robot pinball
both systems are curently going through a pretty big indie boom too, so go and see what captures your interest on itch, too
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It depends on what interests you. If you like RPGs, Great Greed is pretty unique and tends to get overlooked among everything else thatās available. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru is really nice, too. If youāre looking for action, Trax is a fantastic game from HAL. I also have a soft spot for Heiankyo Alien and Balloon Kid.
Hamtaro Ham-Hams Unite is incredibly charming.
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As a browsing mode, I years ago played every single GB/GBC game in a disorganized romset. I took a lot of screenshots of the games as I played them on an Xbox. Probably fun to go through those blogposts and play something that caught your interest.
The axe might also have an ancient link to the 150~ish games I kept after that experiment.
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It is pretty fun to go through these screenshots.
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GB: Heiankyo Alien, Darkwing Duck, Battletoads, Bubble Ghost, Avenging Spirit
GBC: Mr. Driller
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Survival Kids
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Pokemon TCG 1&2
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Game Boy Camera is essential imo but no idea how that works with emulation now.
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Also two of my favourites from that system!
Kaeru...
takes the framework of a 2D Zelda, strips it of all its mechanical depth and yet manages to almost be more enjoyable for it?! Feels like a string of interactive gags from start to finish. A real joy!
Balloon Kid
slows down the pace of your usual side-scroller and almost entirely forgoes platforming. Something almost soothing about gently floating around the place, flapping to and fro. I like the whole narrative conceit as well of saving your little brother instead of some princess or romantic interestā¦
Some others:
Donkey Kong
Really love how expressive its movement feels, the best parts of Mario 64 made better by embracing gameboy dinkiness to great effect. I love being a tiny guy back-flipping around the place and occasionally messing up and falling flat on my face!
Kirby's Dreamland
feels to me like the platonic ideal of a Kirby game: a mostly frictionless romp through a bunch of varied environments that doesnāt outstay its welcome ā short and sweet. yeah, yeah, itās missing the transformation mechanics that have since become that characters trademark, but it barely lacks for it!
Gargoyle's Quest
always makes me laugh with its botched localisation, slight jankiness characteristic of early third-party gameboy titles and very specific movement controls. Also just love this guyās sprite:
Banishing Racer and Skate or Die: Bad n Rad
arenāt necessarily good games but I enjoy their attempts to make a platformer on wheels. Arguably ill-advised but can sometimes be fun for how much they commit to the bitā¦
X
more technically impressive than it is enjoyable to play, but I canāt deny it pulls off a really strong and oppressive atmosphere similar in some ways to what metroid 2 doesā¦ Soundtrack also has some major bops thanks to Kazumi Totaka.
Edit: Iād be remiss not to also mentionā¦
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many good GB mentions (special shoutout to @MintyJuffowup for the technical mediocre, but rose-tinted glasses fav Heiankyo Alien 
) itt, only want to add:
Darkwing Duck:
solid JumpānāGun, and has some real bangers in its OST, especially the Wolfduck-Stage
is 
Amazing Penguin gotta let a longplay do the explaining what you do
and recommend giving the crunchy OST a shot. And i mean CRUNCHY.
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mickeyās racing adventure and mickeyās speedway usa are great gbc games. the latter is probably the better racing game, while the former has a pretty involved single-player mode
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Someone needs to mention Mole Mania, so I guess itāll be me.
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the frog for whom the bell tolls
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Iām not gonna tell you itās a good game, but Ghostbusters 2 for the Game Boy was probably the best Ghostbusters game untilā¦uh, well, they put a better version of it on the Famicom. Maybe the Genesis game depending on how you feel about it, but definitely til the 2009 game.
The graphics are cute and itās kinda fun to see how they accomplished the zap-and-trap mechanic, even if itās super clunky and you gotta pray that your other Ghostbuster didnāt get stuck on a desk or something.
Itās also one of the few in that era that actually has Winston! Which is fucked up, in hindsight!!
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Toki Toriāitās also still the best-looking version of the game
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Gonna be me and tell people to play Wizardry Gaiden on GB. Iāve already sunk way too many hours into it and itās really good. Iām sure the second and third are also good, but Iāve got a ways to go to get there.
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Is this the active question thread?
What is Clash Royale SB?
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a game that people play too loud on the bus and train
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