Gaming

Was there a newspaper delivery game on the origin Gameboy? I seem to remember playing it a lot but can't find a name for it.

Edit: Paperboy!

Snood for GBA. Some might remember the PC version of Snood.

shantae for gbc! its a really cute sort of metroidvania thing.

Metroid 2, because there's a reason there have been so many fanmade remakes of it...

But I also dug Ultima Runes of Virtue 2... If you ignore the canon. Superior to the SNES version IMO.

Mysterium was also nifty.

Sonic Advance for Gameboy Advance...

Runner up is Super Momotaro Dentetsu II. A game that makes zero sense if you can't read Japanese, but it is very hilarious if you can and are familiar with the culture. In a nutshell, take the absurd length and buying property element of Monopoly, then the bullshit luck-based elements from Mario Party, mix together with a healthy dose of recreational drugs, and you get this game.

Trailer, Bit of Gameplay... Funny thing is they announced their 24th instalment in the series this year for the Nintendo Switch:

That strange Lord of the Rings turn based strategy game.

Goku Gekitouden

It was a never localized Dragonball game that is somewhat playable without translation.

The fighting system was pretty fun given the limited nature of gameboy. It was RPG/Action where you picked your moves before each 'bout', kindof like megaman battle network (except no deck to alter), and then once the bout started you "flew" through a 2D grid trying to get close to punch, or fire beams.

It's also one of the few Dragonball games where Beam spam is actually a thing, but also very strong. If the first move connects every other attack will land because they won't be able to block, but you have to fire a few blasts if you choose to chain so if you miss you lose a lot of energy and get stuck in place for a few moments.

Last fun bit was it had a reward for not overleveling, in that you only got to play the SSJ Goku bout against Freeza if you didn't overlevel.

I also cleared it's prequel, Goku Hishoutouden more times than I can count, just because the music in that one was banger.

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.

Honourable mentions for: Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.

Mario's Picross, QIX, and (though it's not official) Little Sound DJ.

Apart from Zelda and Pokemon: Castlevania, Metroid, Fire Emblem

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance GBA, Links Awakening OG Gameboy

I put so much time into Metroid II: Return of Samus for gameboy even though I never really knew what I was doing. I really need to pick this up again and beat it to close that chapter haha.

The GBA castlevania games own

I was given a copy of Azure Dreams for the Gameboy Color, this thing had no picture on the cartridge anymore and was a piece of paper with the word Azure Dreams written on it. I remember playing the absolute shit out of that game. I still have it, but haven’t played it in decades.

Surprised I didn't see it listed. The Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, excellent RPG with stats, grinding, funny scenes, puzzles, and more! Definitely well played on my phone Gameboy emulator.

I loved kid Icarus. Played the shit out of the game when I was a kid. That a Kirby's Dreamland were my two favorites that I can recall right now.

My favourite GBA game was Metroid Fusion, I wish I still knew where it was

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (GBC). I'm convinced it's what got me into JRPGs because of the similarities, despite being a western game. It was localized to my language (Swedish) which was not the case for most games (like pokemon), so young me could actually understand what was going on for once. I really like the art in it too.

If we're allowed GBA then Zelda Minish Cap or Lego Star Wars.

Been playing road rash (GBC) and its nice

Kirby games are nice too

Advance Wars.

Mole Mania is pretty fun. And Gameboy donkey Kong is pretty fun, and it's way more than just an arcade port. It's has way more levels and the format is different. It also has a pretty fun move set.

Pocket Bomberman (GBC), Wario Land (GB), Wario Land II (GBC), Bubble Bobble Old and New (GBA), Donkey Kong '94 (GB), Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB), Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA), Dr. Mario (GB), Tetris (GB), and Tetris DX (GBC), Mario's Picross (GB).

I really enjoyed a game called Mole Mania - https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Mole_Mania

Fire Emblem 7 a.k.a The Blazing Sword

Wario Land 3 & 4
Advance Wars
Golden Sun
Dragon Quest 3

The Urbz: Sims in the City for the GBA (and also the DS).
This is such a hidden gem on the GBA and my favorite GBA game I had. Had great music as well!

Final fantasy Tactics Advance and Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones