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Henk Rogers argued it over Super Mario Land — not flashier, just understandable by everyone. Tetris (Game Boy, 1989) sold 29 ▶

Game Boy

Tetris

テトリス

Puzzle · 1989

Tetris for Game Boy is a 1989 puzzle game developed by Nintendo R&D1, based on Alexey Pajitnov's original 1985 design. B…

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Mew was added without the director's knowledge, hidden for a future event players discovered first. Pokémon Red & Green (1996 Uncommon

Game Boy

Pokémon Red and Green

ポケットモンスター 赤・緑

Role-playing / Monster collection · 1996

Pokémon Red and Green launched in Japan on February 27, 1996, after six years of development by Game Freak and creator S…

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Miyamoto had no hand in it. Super Mario Land (Game Boy, 1989) — Gunpei Yokoi took Mario to Egypt, Easter Island, a biplane, a

Game Boy

Super Mario Land

スーパーマリオランド

Platform · 1989

Released in Japan on April 21, 1989 — the same day as the Game Boy itself — Super Mario Land was one of four launch titl…

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Sakurai was twenty-one. His goal: make a game anyone could finish. Kirby's Dream Land (1992, Game Boy) — the debut of a face

Game Boy

Kirby's Dream Land

星のカービィ

Platform · 1992

Kirby's Dream Land, released in April 1992, is the debut appearance of Kirby and the first game in the series. Its direc…

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Started as after-hours staff tinkering. Link's Awakening (Game Boy, 1993) — no Hyrule, no Triforce. Koizumi wrote the dream e Uncommon

Game Boy

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島

Action-adventure · 1993

Released in Japan on June 6, 1993, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is the first Zelda game on a handheld console —…

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Masuda composed the whole soundtrack on a home Commodore Amiga and wrote his own porting tool. Pokémon Yellow (1998, Game Boy ▶

Game Boy

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ

RPG · 1998

Released in Japan on September 12, 1998, Pokémon Yellow was created directly in response to the explosive success of the…

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Max out coins and Wario earns a planet with his face on it. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, Game Boy) — R&D1 gave the v

Game Boy

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド

Action platformer · 1994

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) is the first Game Boy game to star Wario as protagonist — not a hero, but a greedy…

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Every Metroid killed triggers a quake. Game Boy (1991) tracked the countdown. The baby at the end sets up Super Metroid compl ▶

Game Boy

Metroid II: Return of Samus

メトロイドII RETURN OF SAMUS

Action Platformer · 1992

Released in 1991, Metroid II: Return of Samus was the first Metroid game for a handheld console — and it used the Game B…

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Finish without all seven Rainbow Drops and you see a fake ending. Dark Matter hides from anyone who does not look. Kirby's Dr

Game Boy

Kirby's Dream Land 2

星のカービィ2

Action Platformer · 1995

Released in March 1995, Kirby's Dream Land 2 introduced three animal friends — Rick the Hamster, Coo the Owl, and Kine t…

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Looks like an arcade port with four stages. Then it quietly opens into 100 more. Donkey Kong (Game Boy, 1994) — Miyamoto's la

Game Boy

Donkey Kong

ドンキーコング

Puzzle Platformer · 1994

Released in 1994, the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong began as a faithful recreation of the four-stage arcade game — and…

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Yoko Shimomura scored it before Street Fighter II made her famous. Gargoyle's Quest (1990, Game Boy) — Capcom let Ghosts 'n G Uncommon

Game Boy

Gargoyle's Quest

レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝

Action Platformer · 1990

Released in 1990, Gargoyle's Quest put players in control of Firebrand — the flying demon gargoyle enemy from Ghosts 'n …

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Wario's name came first — face and personality followed. Super Mario Land 2 (1992, Game Boy) — where Nintendo accidentally in

Game Boy

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨

Action / Platform · 1992

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is the 1992 Game Boy sequel that introduced Wario to the world. While Mario was away …

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Square borrowed the Final Fantasy name just to get it released. Seiken Densetsu (1991, Game Boy) — the game inside launched t Uncommon

Game Boy

Final Fantasy Adventure

聖剣伝説 〜ファイナルファンタジー外伝〜

Action RPG · 1991

Final Fantasy Adventure is the 1991 Game Boy game that launched the entire Mana franchise — though at the time it was ma…

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Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri cited this as the reason he made games for Game Boy. Square's first million-seller — Makai Tou Uncommon

Game Boy

The Final Fantasy Legend

魔界塔士Sa・Ga

Role-playing · 1989

The Final Fantasy Legend — known in Japan as Makai Toushi Sa·Ga — is the first RPG ever released for the Game Boy, the f…

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Its programmer said it was not good. Castlevania: The Adventure (1989, Game Boy) sold nine million dollars and launched a twe Uncommon

Game Boy

Castlevania: The Adventure

ドラキュラ伝説

Action / Platform · 1989

Castlevania: The Adventure is the first Castlevania game released on a handheld console, launching approximately six mon…

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Game Boy

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge

ロックマンワールド

Action / Platform · 1991

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge — known in Japan as Rockman World — is the first Mega Man game for Game Boy, developed by M…

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Kenji Ito's first professional credit. He composed Sa·Ga 2 sitting next to Uematsu, who was writing Final Fantasy IV next doo

Game Boy

Final Fantasy Legend II

Sa・Ga2 秘宝伝説

RPG · 1990

Final Fantasy Legend II — known in Japan as Sa·Ga 2: Hihou Densetsu — is the sequel to the game that brought JRPGs to Ni…

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Galamoth, the villain invented for this GB parody (1993), later appeared as a boss in Symphony of the Night. Konami chibi Cas Uncommon

Game Boy

Kid Dracula

悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん

Platform / Action · 1993

Kid Dracula (1993) is a charming chibi spin-off of the Castlevania series for Game Boy, starring a comically small and b…

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Miyamoto produced it. Masayuki Kameyama directed it. Nintendo put this brand-new game on a seven-year-old Game Boy on July 21 Uncommon

Game Boy

Mole Mania

モグラ～ニャ

Puzzle · 1996

Mole Mania went on sale in Japan on July 21, 1996. Super Mario 64 had been out for twenty-eight days. Twenty-five days l…

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Masahiro Sakurai replaced the pinball with Kirby. Kirby's Pinball Land (1993, Game Boy) — boss fights, battery saves, and a g

Game Boy

Kirby's Pinball Land

カービィのピンボール

Pinball · 1993

Released in November 1993, Kirby's Pinball Land takes the most rule-bound game in the arcade — pinball — and quietly dis…

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Mega Man V for Game Boy (1994) — Capcom's final GB Mega Man title with all-original Stardroid bosses, Mega Arm weapon, and ro Uncommon

Game Boy

Mega Man V

ロックマンワールド5

Action Platformer · 1994

The fifth and final Game Boy entry in the Mega Man World series, released in Japan in July 1994. Unlike its predecessors…

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Boxed PAL copies sell for over $1,000 — for a game you finish in thirty minutes. Trip World (1992, Game Boy). Japan and Europ Very Rare

Game Boy

Trip World

トリップワールド

Platform · 1992

A 1992 Game Boy platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, Trip World stars Yakopoo — a shape-shifting bunny-like cr…

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Dr. Mario for Game Boy (1990) — Nintendo's iconic puzzle game with the legendary 'Fever' and 'Chill' themes. Sold 2 million c

Game Boy

Dr. Mario

ドクターマリオ

Puzzle · 1990

Released simultaneously with the NES version on July 27, 1990, the Game Boy edition of Dr. Mario proved that the puzzle …

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Rare programmer Paul Machacek convinced co-founder Tim Stamper to build an original game rather than port Donkey Kong Country

Game Boy

Donkey Kong Land

スーパードンキーコングGB

Platform · 1995

Developed by Rare and released in 1995, Donkey Kong Land brought the world of Donkey Kong Country to the Game Boy — not …

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Final Fantasy Legend III (Sa·Ga 3: Jikuu no Hasha) for Game Boy (1991) — Square's epic time-travelling RPG with music by Ryuj Uncommon

Game Boy

Final Fantasy Legend III

Sa・Ga 3 時空の覇者

RPG · 1991

The third and final SaGa title for Game Boy, released in Japan in December 1991 as Sa·Ga 3: Jikuu no Hasha — Ruler of Ti…

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Christopher Belmont had already beaten Dracula. Belmont's Revenge (1991, Game Boy) brought him back to rescue his own son, wh

Game Boy

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲

Action / Platformer · 1991

Released in 1991, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is the second Castlevania game on Game Boy — and a transformation ra…

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Gunpei Yokoi produced Solar Striker (Game Boy, 1990). 1.2 million sold — saves nothing. Minakuchi Engineering's credited debu

Game Boy

Solar Striker

ソーラーストライカー

Shoot'em Up / Vertical Scrolling · 1990

Released in January 1990, Solar Striker was one of the first Game Boy titles to prove that a small grey screen could car…

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Sunsoft paid 150 million yen for the Batman licence and sent staff to the Tim Burton London film set before development began

Game Boy

Batman: The Video Game

バットマン

Action / Platformer · 1990

Batman: The Video Game is a 1990 Game Boy action platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, arriving in the wave of …

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Gunpei Yokoi — inventor of the Game Boy — produced this just before leaving Nintendo. Kirby's Block Ball (1995, Game Boy): Ki

Game Boy

Kirby's Block Ball

カービィのブロックボール

Action / Puzzle (Breakout) · 1995

Kirby's Block Ball is a 1995 breakout-style action game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy, in which Kirby him…

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Three hidden keys decide whether your girlfriend gets out with you. Game Boy, 1992 — in Japan, Phantasm. A ghost who cannot p Uncommon

Game Boy

Avenging Spirit

ファンタズム

Action / Platformer · 1992

Tokuhiro Takemori took the main planner's seat on a game whose hero cannot touch anything. Avenging Spirit reached arcad…

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Yasuhiro Wada left rural Japan for Tokyo and built the farm he missed. Harvest Moon GB (Game Boy, 1997) — the first portable Uncommon

Game Boy

Harvest Moon GB

牧場物語GB

Simulation / Farming · 1997

Harvest Moon GB is a farming simulation game developed and published by Victor Interactive Software for the Game Boy in …

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David Wise rebuilt the DKC2 score from scratch — the Game Boy's limits added harmonics the original lacked. Donkey Kong Land

Game Boy

Donkey Kong Land 2

ドンキーコングランド2 ディディーのコングクエスト

Action / Platformer · 1996

Released in 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 is Rare's Game Boy adaptation of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — one of…

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Game Boy

For the Frog the Bell Tolls

カエルの為に鐘は鳴る

Action RPG · 1992

Released in September 1992 exclusively in Japan, For the Frog the Bell Tolls is a Game Boy action RPG from Nintendo R&D1…

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Gunpei Yokoi died in October 1997, months after this tribute reached shelves. Game & Watch Gallery (1997, Game Boy) revived f

Game Boy

Game & Watch Gallery

ゲームボーイギャラリー

Mini-game Collection · 1997

Game & Watch Gallery, released in Japan in February 1997, brought Gunpei Yokoi's original hand-held Game & Watch titles …

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Started as a different game, rebranded mid-development. Ninja Gaiden Shadow (1991, Game Boy) — Ryu's father's handheld preque Uncommon

Game Boy

Ninja Gaiden Shadow

忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦

Action Platformer · 1991

Ninja Gaiden Shadow (1991) is a Game Boy action platformer developed by Natsume and published by Tecmo — a prequel to th…

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Koji Igarashi erased Sonia Belmont and never reinstated her. Castlevania Legends (Game Boy, 1997) — good ending shows she had Uncommon

Game Boy

Castlevania Legends

悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲

Action-Platformer · 1997

Castlevania Legends (1997) is the third and final Game Boy entry in the Castlevania series, and the first to star a fema…

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Never released in Japan as a cartridge. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy, 1991) shares its engine with Metroid II. Uncommon

Game Boy

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

Action-Platformer ·

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (1991) is a Game Boy exclusive produced by Gunpei Yokoi, developed by Nintendo R&D1 an…

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Game Boy

Nemesis

ネメシス

Horizontal Scrolling Shooter · 1990

Nemesis (1990) is the Game Boy debut of the Gradius series — a horizontal scrolling shooter that arrived just nine month…

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Balloon Kid (Game Boy, 1990) — the Balloon Fight sequel Japan never received. Director Yoshio Sakamoto, composer Hirokazu Tan

Game Boy

Balloon Kid

バルーンキッド

Action Platformer ·

Balloon Kid takes the beloved Balloon Trip bonus mode from Balloon Fight (Famicom, 1984) and expands it into a full side…

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Contra: Operation C for Game Boy (1991) — Konami fit the full Contra experience onto a handheld and invented the homing gun a Uncommon

Game Boy

Contra: Operation C

コントラ

Run-and-Gun · 1991

Released in January 1991, Contra: Operation C brought the relentless run-and-gun action of the Contra series to the Game…

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Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy, 1997) — HAL Laboratory's first original-mechanic puzzle game. Rick, Kine, and Coo fall in pai Uncommon

Game Boy

Kirby's Star Stacker

カービィのきらきらきっず

Puzzle · 1997

Released in January 1997, Kirby's Star Stacker arrived as HAL Laboratory's first puzzle game built on an entirely origin…

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Space Invaders — the Game Boy release of 1990 by Taito. Its history, the people behind it, and what to know before you buy.

Game Boy

Space Invaders

スペースインベーダー

shoot 'em up · 1990

The Intel 8080 in the cabinet ran at about two megahertz, and it redrew the aliens one at a time. A screen full of them …

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Pokémon Yellow (Game Boy, 1998) introduced the franchise's friendship mechanic with a Pikachu that follows you. The anime cam

Game Boy

Pokémon Yellow

ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ

role-playing video game · 1998

Pokémon Yellow went on sale in Japan in September 1998, two years after Red and Green. Game Freak made it, Satoshi Tajir…

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Frogger for Game Boy (1998) — Majesco's handheld port of Konami's 1981 arcade classic. Collector's guide, gameplay notes, and

Game Boy

Frogger

フロッガー

action game ·

Frogger for Game Boy (1998) is a handheld port of Konami's 1981 arcade classic, developed by Morning Star Multimedia and…

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Game Boy

Mortal Kombat

モータルコンバット

fighting game ·

Released on 'Mortal Monday' — September 13, 1993 — the Game Boy version of Mortal Kombat arrived alongside SNES, Genesis…

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EA bought four letters and a set of flags. It could not afford a single footballer, so the developers put themselves on the p

Game Boy

FIFA International Soccer

FIFA インターナショナルサッカー

association football video game · 1994

On August 6, 1993, Namco put a J.League game on Japanese shelves with the real players' names printed inside it. A few m…

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Oddworld Adventures (Game Boy, 1998) — a cut-down port of Abe's Oddysee developed by Saffire. The factory opening is gone, th

Game Boy

Oddworld Adventures

エイブ・ア・ゴーゴー

2D platform game · 1998

Oddworld Adventures is a Game Boy adaptation of the 1997 PlayStation game Abe's Oddysee, released in 1998. Developed by …

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Game Boy

Makai Toshi SaGa

魔界塔士Sa・Ga

role-playing game · 1989

Makai Toshi SaGa is a role-playing game for the Game Boy (1989), from Square. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record o…

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Game Boy

Mario's Picross

マリオのピクロス

puzzle game · 1995

Mario's Picross is a puzzle game for the Game Boy (1995), from Nintendo. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Jap…

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Game Boy

Heiankyo Alien

平安京エイリアン

Maze / Action · 1990

Heiankyo Alien is a 1979 digging-and-trapping game built by five students in a University of Tokyo circle, later adapted…

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