Top 40 Game Boy (B&W) Games

[digitalpress]

Now that we've finally got a rarity list going, we've got a reference for this.
http://www.digitpress.com/lists/gameboy.pdf

So. What are the best original black and white Game Boy games ever? Discuss and we'll start the official list here.

Bionic Commando
Boxxle
Burgertime
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
Donkey Kong
Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Legend
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Fortified Zone
Game & Watch Gallery
Gargoyle's Quest
Harvest Moon
Kid Dracula
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby's Star Stacker
Mario's Picross
Mega Man IV
Mega Man V
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Mole Mania
Motocross Maniacs
Operation C
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Revenge of the Gator
Samurai Shodown (probably the GB's best fighting game)
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
Super RC Pro-Am
Tetris
Tetris Attack
Wario Land 2
Zelda: Link's Awakening

[Raedon]

the original GB-Zelda...

honestly I didn't own a GB and haven't really messed with GB emulation much..

[DDCecil]

Final Fantasy Legend 2
Final Fantasy Adventure
Super Mario Land 2
Zelda: Link's Awakening

[Kid Fenris]

I suggest the following list . . .

Bionic Commando
Final Fantasy Adventure (aka Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden)
Final Fantasy Legend (aka Saga, and so on)
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Fortified Zone
Gargoyle's Quest
Kid Dracula
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Operation C
Super Mario Land 2
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
Tetris
Wario Land 2

. . . which leaves us with four spots to fill.

[Arrrhalomynn]

Tetris of course.
Although I like the color version better.

[Kroogah]

MARIO'S PICROSS!

[Bratwurst]

Nobody's mentioned Kirby's Adventure yet?? Easy game and you could beat it quick- but still loads of fun.

Well, whatever that game was called. Dreamland something or another.

[IGotTheDot]

Tetris and Boxxle are my 2 favorites.

[Gunstarhero]

Tetris
Gameboy Donkey Kong--This game better make the list, or you won't hear the end of it from me.
Super Mario Land
Castlevania series
Motocross Maniacs

[NE146]

hmmmm interesting question :P

I'd have to agree with the obvious original Tetris, and Zelda. But also I'd add Kirby's Pinball... but I don't remember if that came out of the time of Super Gameboy.. and would those count?

[ubersaurus]

Harvest Moon was great...as well as the original Pokemon game. I'll also agree with Mario Land 2 and Links Awakening. Galaga/Galaxian was pretty fun too, but maybe thats just me.

[hamburgler]

Bonk's adventure
Bonk's revenge
Boxxle

[Jorpho]

Definitely Pokemon and Donkey Kong must make the list.

I suppose it's hard not to compare other games to their equivalents on other consoles. Operation C was really kind of cheap, and I've been told that the Castlevania games are much the same. Super Mario Land 1 was definitely sub-par. The two Kirby games were of pretty decent quality, but still inferior to Kirby's Adventure (NES) or Kirby Super Star (SNES).

How about Blaster Master: Enemy Below? Seems that one kind of slipped under the radar. Technically, that was one of the last B&W Game Boy games, although it was actually a "dual mode" cart that contained a complete GBC version too.

For that matter, the Donkey Kong Land games had something going for them too.
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[zektor]

I am surprised nobody said the original Super Mario Land. Sure, blurry most of the time, and didn;t have the graphics of the sequels, but i think the game was absolutely great. I remember buying this after Tetris. I just couldn't believe I was playing a complete Super Mario game on a portable! I really love this game...even still. It was Mario's Gameboy debut, and needs to be recognized for the great game it is.


I stand corrected. Gunstarhero named it as well. Good choice! This game NEEDS to be in the top list.

[NE146]

I am surprised nobody said the original Super Mario Land. Sure, blurry most of the time, and didn;t have the graphics of the sequels, but i think the game was absolutely great. I remember buying this after Tetris. I just couldn't believe I was playing a complete Super Mario game on a portable! I really love this game...even still.


I stand corrected. Gunstarhero named it as well. Good choice! This game NEEDS to be in the top list.

I third that notion. Little teeny Mario and it rocked The 2nd Mario game (w/ the bigger Mario) is great as well.. what was it called "the golden coins" or something?

[zektor]

Another b/w game that comes to mind that I really liked was Alleyway. Yeah, but a breakout clone, but every system (IMHO) needs one I am really not sure about other breakout clones on the GB, but I liked this one. They even got Mario involved It was simple, nothing extraordinary, but another one of the first I bought when the system came out and I had alot of fun with it.

[ashbourn]

Final Fantasy Legend 2
Final Fantasy Adventure
Super Mario Land 2
Zelda: Link's Awakening
Kirbys dream land
pokemon games
donkey kong lands
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
Tetris
Wario Land 2

[ersgameboy]

Final Fantasy Adventure
Tetris
Link's Awakening
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Donkey Kong
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Mega Man V
Wario Land: SML 3
Final Fantasy Legend 2
Tetris Attack
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
Samurai Shodown (probably the GB's best fighting game)
Super RC Pro-Am
Game and Watch Gallery
Kirby's Star Stacker
Mega Man IV
Mole Mania

I'm glad DP posted this one, since the GB is my favorite system. Play It Loud!!

[Arqueologia_Digital]

My top 20 (in no particular order)...

Dr. Mario
Super Mario land
Super Mario land 2: Six golden coins
Wario land
Pokémon blue
Final fantasy
The legend of Zelda: Link´s awakening
Donkey kong
Samurai shodown
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Final Fantasy II
Tetris
Burger time deluxe
Operation C
Kirby´s dream land
Alleyway
Harvest moon
Castlevania II: Belmont´s revenge
Pokémon red
Darkman

[Daniel Thomas]

Hmm. These are all good choices. I have to admit I haven't played as much GameBoy as the other systems, but there are a few I like.

Tetris, of course. The music is better on the original cart, and, yes, that counts for a lot. I'm also a big fan of Donkey Kong, even though most of the levels are embarrassingly easy. Toss in Zelda (of course), the first two Mario Lands (the first one may be ugly, but it's fun), and Operation C.

I'm still nostalgic for the first GB Castlevania, even though it's too damn hard. All three castlevanias are great, though.

How about Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle? I really dug that game on the NES, and I was glad that a whole series of games made its way onto the GB. The music on that game was wonderful.

Another great find is Burgertime (who forgot that one?). And don't forget Revenge of the Gator, that great alligator pinball game. And, also for nostalgia, I'll add Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man to any list. They certainly played (and looked) better than that lousy version of Ms. Pac-Man on the Lynx.