System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1992 Kirby’s Dream Land on the Game Boy is the game that introduced the world to gaming’s most cheerful little pink puffball – and thirty years on, absolutely nobody has managed to make anything quite that likeable since. This Kirby’s Dream Land title arrived on a grey brick screen…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1991 Mystic Quest on the Game Boy is a cracking little adventure that still holds a special place in my heart. This Mystic Quest Game Boy title quietly laid the foundations for what would become Square’s beloved Mana series. You play a young hero escaping slavery and slowly growing…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1994 Donkey Kong on the Game Boy is one of gaming’s great bait-and-switches – and we mean that as the highest possible compliment. This Donkey Kong Game Boy title opens with the four classic arcade stages – ladders, rolling barrels, the construction site, everything you remember – and lets…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1992 Star Wars on the Game Boy is the game that tried to squeeze an entire galaxy far, far away into a grey brick the size of a sandwich, and got considerably further than it had any right to. This Star Wars Game Boy title takes the full arc…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1998 Wario Land II on the Nintendo Game Boy is what happens when Nintendo decides the rules don’t apply to their most selfish character – and it turns out that’s absolutely the right call. This Wario Land II Game Boy title threw out the lives system, binned the time…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1991 Pokemon Red and Blue on the Game Boy didn’t just launch a franchise – they quietly colonised an entire generation’s childhood and never gave it back. This Pokemon Red and Blue Game Boy classic handed you a Pokedex, pointed you vaguely south from Pallet Town, and left you…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1991 Tetris on the Game Boy is the game that turned a grey brick with a green screen into the most dangerous object in any household. This Tetris Game Boy classic didn’t just sell a console – it ambushed an entire generation. Bundled with the handheld, it was impossible…