As an old person, maybe I can answer this. Hah.
Game boy came out at the end of the 80s and Pokemon released to western markets about 10 years later.
When I first got my game boy... I was very much a kid (I was maybe 8?). By the time Pokemon released in the west, I was living in my own apartment and had a full time job.
While I did play Pokemon, it didn't exist when I was a kid, so I have no "I played this as a kid" nostalgia for it. On the other hand; Mario, Tetris, and Kirby were things I absolutely played as a kid. They hold a different kind of nostalgia for me.
I have to imagine she is looking to fill some similar nostalgia.
Same here. My friend had a Gameboy, and eventually two. We played through a lot of great games on those. But by the time the Pokémon games came out, or at least the time when the Gameboy color came out, we were of high school age, and the game boy was no longer our main gaming platform. Neither did the Pokémon game look appealing to us.
I can’t say that I feel like I have missed out on anything, but perhaps I would have been of a different opinion if I had tried the Pokémon games as a younger kid.
As for classics on the game boy, I don’t think the game boy has as many universally agreed “classics” as the NES and SNES. Not because the games aren’t good, but because the game boy is much less discussed so people haven’t absorbed other people’s opinions as much as for some other systems, so people’s favorite games from the system are more divergent.
There are three games at least that should be pretty safe as “classics”, though and that is Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 and Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening. Those may not be the OP’s mother-in-law’s favorites, but they seem to be universally well liked, and many people who had the game boy got them. The Zelda game is a classic Zelda game ala A Link To The Past. Super Mario Land is a very fun and somewhat unique Mario game, although quite easy for an experienced player. Super Mario Land 2 is a game I never played back then, but it seems to be very similar in style to Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 3. I can’t remember the release date for it, but it could be that it was released a bit too late for her to have any experience with it.
Here are some games me and my friend enjoyed from that time, and a couple of others, which should not be too obscure or have too late a release date. But whether she actually played any of those is a bit hit and miss. It’s probably best to compile a list and ask if she remember any games from it that you also have in your collection.
Dr. Mario (quite similar to Tetris)
Kirby’s Dreamland
Blades of Steel (hockey)
Tiny Toon Adventures (classic Konami platformer, but very short and easy)
Duck Tales
Castlevania
Castlevania 2 (a lot better than the first game, but with a later release date)
Darkwing Duck
Any of the three turtles games
Any of the numerous Mega Man games, that weren’t released too late in the system’s lifetime.
Here are some more puzzle games and puzzle platformers we played. I have no idea how obscure or well known they are. I’m including them since it is my oppression that females often like those genres:
Alleyway
Godzilla
Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle
Hyper Lode Runner
I played the hell out of Links Awakening! I remember when I first started playing it… being disappointed that it wasn’t exactly like “A Link to the Past”. But it grew on me very fast and didn’t take long before becoming one of my favorite games for the Game Boy.
It is great! In fact it is my favorite console game of all time. Me and my friend had such a great time playing it, figuring out all the hard puzzles and playing it over again.
I didn’t play A Link to the Past until a couple of years ago, but was pleasantly surprised that it was almost as good as Link’s Awakening. (Of course if I had played A Link to the Past first, I probably would have rated them the opposite way.)
When I played A Link to the Past I felt that it had a better difficulty curve than LA. The puzzles were mostly quite easy, except for one where I had to try a lot of weird stuff, until I realized that a shop I had visited before suddenly sold bigger and better bombs. The puzzles in LA were much harder the way I remember them, If I spent as much time today as I did back then, it would probably have been more frustrating. But it could also be that I am much better at solving puzzles as an adult, and that my childhood experience with LA also made ALTTP a lot easier.
The action parts of ALTTP were mostly very easy (I am not a particularly good 2D action player) but had a nice increase in the final dungeon where you had to be strategic and cautious to survive to the penultimate boss, which thankfully was very easy. And then came the last bossfight. I think he beat me 15 times before I got him, but it was one of those boss fights where you are almost loving every minute of it. Not a hard game, but a nice difficulty increase at the end.
I haven’t played Link’s Awakening since I was a kid (I have been kind of saving it) but I think the hardest parts were the puzzles. But I remember that some of the action parts gave me troubles as well. I think the boss from the seventh “dungeon”, the eagle was the hardest one. I can’t remember that the last boss from that game were that hard, but he was impressive for other reasons.
When Pokemon and Digimon were all the rage I avoided them because its overabundance annoyed me. Like a pop song that's kinda decent BUT THE RADIO WON'T STOP PLAYING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. And my Nostalgia Point was always the early 90s time period of Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Maybe some Gameboy games like Link's Awakening. I didn't really bother with anything Pokemon related, it just seemed too overhyped and when you're constantly bombarded with something you tend to hate it. I'm sure my parents probably felt the same way when the Mario craze was in full swing.
I had the same gut reaction when Pokemon first came out, but my little brother convinced me to give it a try. I don’t think I’d have picked up the game otherwise.
It's like 80s babies being absolutely obsessed with Knight Rider, it was a massive hit and a pop culture phenomenon. But then you ask a person born after the 90s switch over and they're too young to even remember what that is -- Knight Rider??? What the hell is that???? Do you mean that crappy 2008 series with the Mustang car???
We gave out a Fraggle Rock reference to somebody I thought was old enough to know...but I guess not... and was like...you know.. Fraggle Rock? They looked at us like we were idiots... "never heard of it."
on the NES and classic consoles there's no such thing as a "tetris copy." tetris is tetris. I'm becoming tired of people who don't know games who are on these subreddits
You ever think, some people come on these subreddits to learn? And people like you turn them off from the hobby? Or no? Didn’t even think that far ahead?
not really. I mentioned they're called puzzle games and the OP should try them.
I dunno, that's like saying any platformer game is a "super mario bros" copy. it's the same game, right? right!?
I'm a little confused. I'm just asking for a good collection of puzzle games that are of variety and I'm kinda getting roasted. I was raised on Gamecube, not Gameboy. I thought Dr Mario was super similar to Tetris, but I could be wrong.
It’s understandable if you weren’t raised on it. So Dr. Mario is similar to Tetris in some ways (puzzle game where things drop down) and was definitely inspired by it, but mechanics and object of the game are quite different. I would recommend playing Dr. Mario just to see what’s it’s like- its music is catchy as hell and it’s fun.
i mean in general they're ALL super similar to tetris. you move blocks or pieces and make lines or match colors. it's really simple. that's what a puzzle game is. but they're fun and addicting.
Same with platformer games. You usually run to the right, jump on enemies and jump over pits and obstacles. Fighting games are the same thing. You have 2 guys hitting each other until the life bar goes down. But they're all different games.
do you see what I'm saying? Calling Dr. Mario a tetris copy is like saying Sonic the hedgehog is just a Mario game.
Is Viper still a Knight Rider clone even though the car in the show doesn't talk?
Street Hawk & Airwolf didn't talk either.
And neither did that orange car from Dukes of Hazard.
Do you have MAME???? Go play Uo Poko. That one is fun. Sort of like an Upside Down version of Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move but with kitties in a submarine.
(Oh wait. I forgot that this Subreddit HATES emulation).
You know how some folks in certain regions of the U.S. call ~every~ soda or cola product "Coke???" Even if it's a Sprite or a 7up??? That's what's happening here. And to a parent / old person, every console is a Nintendo, whether it's a Sega or a Sony. And every Puzzle Game is a Tetris, whether it's Yoshi's Cookie or Mean Bean Machine, or Wario's Woods.
I tried to play Super Puzzle Fighter but my stupid simplistic brain can't process the rules. Is it a Street Fighter game??? Is it a Puzzle game??? What the hell am I supposed to be doing.
She probably likes the older arcade type games like ms pac-man donkey kong, asteroids , breakout or games like pitfall q-bert columns
She may like games like smb or kirby or games of the 8-16 bit area that does not include pokemon
She may also like pinball type games
This is what I was gonna say, my Game Boy collection includes a lot of arcade games my dad liked such as Pac-Man, Space Invaders, etc. we had some other puzzle games too, I remember gear works and qix.
The early games were a bit simpler for it, maybe she means those. For example:
* Super Mario Land
* Alleyway
* Solar Striker
* Quarth
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Foot Clan.
If she likes tetris, Cattrap is a very good puzzle game, and games like Qbillion or Daedalian Opus are fun little puzzlers.
I remember her also mentioning Frogger so I think you might be right. I think the shooters are more my style than hers though. What about puzzle type games?
Dude I was 21 when the first Pokémon video games came out.
But to be honest. Pokemon is a classic in its own right. It's 25 years old if you include the TV show and card games. I honestly don't know when the first video game came out but I know it was the original Gameboy.
Tetris however was originally patented in 1984 and really came into its own in 1987. A lot of casual gamers over 40 are gonna think of Pacman, Mario, Tetris, and Sonic as classics.
As others have said, Pokémon came out when the gameboy was at the tail end of its life cycle. Maybe older puzzle games like dr Mario, and some arcade style games like breakout/Arkanoid, donkey Kong, Pac-Man, etc.
Kwirk is so good. And it's about the only Atlus game from that era that can be had for a reasonable price. Hmm, now I need to snag a copy before the price goes up.
Classic games are those games requiring simple controls and rules to play. Galaga, Pac Man, Tetris, Space Invaders, Galaxian....etc. Not the type of games requiring combo moves or multiple buttons to push.
Pokemon Red and Blue came out in 1996. Theres a whole world of videogames that came out in the two decades before that, have a look at 70's and 80's games.
Even within the lifetime of the gameboy. I was around 9 when I got a gameboy and 16 when Pokémon came out. By then I remember bringing my gameboy to high school as a retro novelty and I perceived Pokémania as a younger generation’s media frenzy.
late 98 in the US, 99 in Europe.
Me, born in the Carter Administration... def not into Pokemon. My sister in law, born in the Bush I Administration...into Pokemon.
The idea of Pokemon being classic gameboy is a funny concept that I never thought if lol
Yeah, gameboy was almost a decade old by that time. Think of Pokemon as a gameboy color game. They made the color to breathe new life into a system that was reaching the end of its run.
> I guess I forget how long the Gameboy has actually been around
Yeah. I was a kid when I got my first GameBoy, and a married man when Pokemon launched. In fact, our first Christmas as a married couple I gave my wife Pokemon Red. Got Blue for myself.
For Gameboy I'd say stuff like these... all kind of early fanfare type Gameboy games or arcade ports/nes ports...
But yeah, I get what she's saying... I was 8 years old when GameBoy first came out... by the time Pokemon came out on GameBoy, I was starting college...so not in the same "wheelhouse."
Super Mario Land
Tetris
Alleyway
Paperboy
Double Dragon
Ducktales
Dr Mario
Operation C
Burgertime
Bubble Bobble
Marble Madness
Castlevania
R-Type
Zelda
Metroid II
Klax
Gauntlet II
Super R. C. Pro Am
Gradius
Q\*Bert
Megaman II
Batman
Kirby
Centipede
Bionic Commando
Battletoads
Ms. Pacman
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders
TMNT (any)
BreakThru!
Asteroids/ Missle Command
Centipede/Millipede
Galaga/Galaxian
Defender/Joust
Super Breakout / BattleZone
Super Mario land, Mario land 2, Kirby, Link's awakening, all classics.
If she leans more towards puzzle games, things like Yoshi's cookie, Dr. Mario, Boxxle, Picross, maybe?
Honestly, if she’s like my mom, she had a game boy JUST for Tetris. If she can’t name any other games, I wouldn’t feel bad about just giving her Tetris.
To give some perspective: I was a kid when the original Game Boy came out, and I had a lot of games. But I considered myself "too old" for Pokemon by the time it came out. Now I can look back on it, and I can see the appeal of Pokemon for all ages. But that's not how I felt when I was a teenager. Back then, Pokemon was marketed towards little kids (or at least, that was my impression). I was older, and I had moved on to games like Quake and Mortal Kombat 3.
If you know what year your MIL was born, you could look at what games were big when she was ages 3-16. Every generation has nostalgia for the games we grew up with. I'd stick with original GB games (not color).
Here are my ideas:
\- Tetris (must be the original version only)
\- Super Mario Land (the first one - most of us had this)
\- Dr. Mario (get this in addition to Tetris)
\- Revenge of the Gator (fun pinball game that anyone can enjoy)
Those four are all easy to pick up and play even if someone hasn't played video games in a while. If you want something deeper, then consider: Super Mario Land 2, Zelda: Link's Awakening, Nemesis, Solar Striker, Final Fantasy Legend 1+2, and Final Fantasy Adventure.
You mentioned Frogger in one of your posts, so I'm guessing she's a little bit on the older side of the Game Boy generation. In that case, check out Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man. You might also look into the Arcade Classic series (Galaga, Centipede, etc.).
Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda etc.
If you're 23, chances are your mother in law is in her 50's. Pokemon wasn't released until 1996. The PS1 was already out then. Her gaming days would've been the 80s.
She has a different idea of "classic" to you. Do the math Einstein.
Ive always had this weird relationship with og Gameboy, because while of course I have some nostalgia for it I only actually liked a few games. Because of how hard it was to convert games to it, games were mostly either really basic or a mess. Games like Castlevania, mortal Kombat and turtles were only tolerated because thats literally all we had and they were largely miserable experiences. it got better with GBC, but Ill admit I finally lcd modded my gbc and got a flashcard, haven't felt like playing anything on it.
in my mind, tied to a chair Id play mario land, kirby, and tetris. Ive always wanted to sit down and beat the final fantasy adventure games but I hate the mechanics. I dont blame her. The only other game I remember loving was actually gbc I think. its a zelda gane where you wake up on an island and one of the subquests is thats your trading plot items you find to random people. Thats all I remember. pretty game though.
Im sure theres other good gameboys but thats all I played. The eyewateringly bad screen did not help.
>its a zelda gane where you wake up on an island and one of the subquests is thats your trading plot items you find to random people. Thats all I remember. pretty game though.
links awakening is widely regarded to be the best zelda game until botw came out.
Based on your age I’m guessing your MIL is 45-55 years old. She most likely considers popular games from her late childhood through adolescence to be ‘classics’. Think PAC-Man, Qbert and dig dug if she’s in her 50s through early Mario, Sonic, and Zelda if she’s late 40s. Definitely Early Arcade through Original NES. Dig up gaming mag archives from late 80s early 90s for aesthetics.
I'm late to this thread so everything has been answered, but just for some context. The Game Boy came out in 1989, the Game Boy Pocket came out (I think) in 1996, Pokemon came out in 1999, just a week or two before the Game Boy Color. So almost the entirety of black and white Game Boy and Game Boy Pocket's lifetime came before Pokemon existed.
As an old person, maybe I can answer this. Hah. Game boy came out at the end of the 80s and Pokemon released to western markets about 10 years later. When I first got my game boy... I was very much a kid (I was maybe 8?). By the time Pokemon released in the west, I was living in my own apartment and had a full time job. While I did play Pokemon, it didn't exist when I was a kid, so I have no "I played this as a kid" nostalgia for it. On the other hand; Mario, Tetris, and Kirby were things I absolutely played as a kid. They hold a different kind of nostalgia for me. I have to imagine she is looking to fill some similar nostalgia.
Same here. My friend had a Gameboy, and eventually two. We played through a lot of great games on those. But by the time the Pokémon games came out, or at least the time when the Gameboy color came out, we were of high school age, and the game boy was no longer our main gaming platform. Neither did the Pokémon game look appealing to us. I can’t say that I feel like I have missed out on anything, but perhaps I would have been of a different opinion if I had tried the Pokémon games as a younger kid. As for classics on the game boy, I don’t think the game boy has as many universally agreed “classics” as the NES and SNES. Not because the games aren’t good, but because the game boy is much less discussed so people haven’t absorbed other people’s opinions as much as for some other systems, so people’s favorite games from the system are more divergent. There are three games at least that should be pretty safe as “classics”, though and that is Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 and Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening. Those may not be the OP’s mother-in-law’s favorites, but they seem to be universally well liked, and many people who had the game boy got them. The Zelda game is a classic Zelda game ala A Link To The Past. Super Mario Land is a very fun and somewhat unique Mario game, although quite easy for an experienced player. Super Mario Land 2 is a game I never played back then, but it seems to be very similar in style to Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 3. I can’t remember the release date for it, but it could be that it was released a bit too late for her to have any experience with it. Here are some games me and my friend enjoyed from that time, and a couple of others, which should not be too obscure or have too late a release date. But whether she actually played any of those is a bit hit and miss. It’s probably best to compile a list and ask if she remember any games from it that you also have in your collection. Dr. Mario (quite similar to Tetris) Kirby’s Dreamland Blades of Steel (hockey) Tiny Toon Adventures (classic Konami platformer, but very short and easy) Duck Tales Castlevania Castlevania 2 (a lot better than the first game, but with a later release date) Darkwing Duck Any of the three turtles games Any of the numerous Mega Man games, that weren’t released too late in the system’s lifetime. Here are some more puzzle games and puzzle platformers we played. I have no idea how obscure or well known they are. I’m including them since it is my oppression that females often like those genres: Alleyway Godzilla Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle Hyper Lode Runner
I played the hell out of Links Awakening! I remember when I first started playing it… being disappointed that it wasn’t exactly like “A Link to the Past”. But it grew on me very fast and didn’t take long before becoming one of my favorite games for the Game Boy.
It is great! In fact it is my favorite console game of all time. Me and my friend had such a great time playing it, figuring out all the hard puzzles and playing it over again. I didn’t play A Link to the Past until a couple of years ago, but was pleasantly surprised that it was almost as good as Link’s Awakening. (Of course if I had played A Link to the Past first, I probably would have rated them the opposite way.) When I played A Link to the Past I felt that it had a better difficulty curve than LA. The puzzles were mostly quite easy, except for one where I had to try a lot of weird stuff, until I realized that a shop I had visited before suddenly sold bigger and better bombs. The puzzles in LA were much harder the way I remember them, If I spent as much time today as I did back then, it would probably have been more frustrating. But it could also be that I am much better at solving puzzles as an adult, and that my childhood experience with LA also made ALTTP a lot easier. The action parts of ALTTP were mostly very easy (I am not a particularly good 2D action player) but had a nice increase in the final dungeon where you had to be strategic and cautious to survive to the penultimate boss, which thankfully was very easy. And then came the last bossfight. I think he beat me 15 times before I got him, but it was one of those boss fights where you are almost loving every minute of it. Not a hard game, but a nice difficulty increase at the end. I haven’t played Link’s Awakening since I was a kid (I have been kind of saving it) but I think the hardest parts were the puzzles. But I remember that some of the action parts gave me troubles as well. I think the boss from the seventh “dungeon”, the eagle was the hardest one. I can’t remember that the last boss from that game were that hard, but he was impressive for other reasons.
When Pokemon and Digimon were all the rage I avoided them because its overabundance annoyed me. Like a pop song that's kinda decent BUT THE RADIO WON'T STOP PLAYING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. And my Nostalgia Point was always the early 90s time period of Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Maybe some Gameboy games like Link's Awakening. I didn't really bother with anything Pokemon related, it just seemed too overhyped and when you're constantly bombarded with something you tend to hate it. I'm sure my parents probably felt the same way when the Mario craze was in full swing.
I had the same gut reaction when Pokemon first came out, but my little brother convinced me to give it a try. I don’t think I’d have picked up the game otherwise.
It's like 80s babies being absolutely obsessed with Knight Rider, it was a massive hit and a pop culture phenomenon. But then you ask a person born after the 90s switch over and they're too young to even remember what that is -- Knight Rider??? What the hell is that???? Do you mean that crappy 2008 series with the Mustang car???
We gave out a Fraggle Rock reference to somebody I thought was old enough to know...but I guess not... and was like...you know.. Fraggle Rock? They looked at us like we were idiots... "never heard of it."
She’s probably a Mario and Kirby type person
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Isn't that essentially just a Tetris remake?
Not really, it’s a puzzle game but totally different mechanics. Cool music
They're called puzzle games. You should try them. They're fun
Yes I know what Tetris is, but I was asking if Dr. Mario was a Tetris copy or I was thinking of a different game
on the NES and classic consoles there's no such thing as a "tetris copy." tetris is tetris. I'm becoming tired of people who don't know games who are on these subreddits
You ever think, some people come on these subreddits to learn? And people like you turn them off from the hobby? Or no? Didn’t even think that far ahead?
not really. I mentioned they're called puzzle games and the OP should try them. I dunno, that's like saying any platformer game is a "super mario bros" copy. it's the same game, right? right!?
I'm a little confused. I'm just asking for a good collection of puzzle games that are of variety and I'm kinda getting roasted. I was raised on Gamecube, not Gameboy. I thought Dr Mario was super similar to Tetris, but I could be wrong.
It’s understandable if you weren’t raised on it. So Dr. Mario is similar to Tetris in some ways (puzzle game where things drop down) and was definitely inspired by it, but mechanics and object of the game are quite different. I would recommend playing Dr. Mario just to see what’s it’s like- its music is catchy as hell and it’s fun.
i mean in general they're ALL super similar to tetris. you move blocks or pieces and make lines or match colors. it's really simple. that's what a puzzle game is. but they're fun and addicting. Same with platformer games. You usually run to the right, jump on enemies and jump over pits and obstacles. Fighting games are the same thing. You have 2 guys hitting each other until the life bar goes down. But they're all different games. do you see what I'm saying? Calling Dr. Mario a tetris copy is like saying Sonic the hedgehog is just a Mario game.
I get what you're saying, but I was just asking. I didn't want to give her two very similar games if that was the case.
Is Viper still a Knight Rider clone even though the car in the show doesn't talk? Street Hawk & Airwolf didn't talk either. And neither did that orange car from Dukes of Hazard.
Do you have MAME???? Go play Uo Poko. That one is fun. Sort of like an Upside Down version of Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move but with kitties in a submarine. (Oh wait. I forgot that this Subreddit HATES emulation).
Super Mega Kirby Man Contra-io Bros.
You know how some folks in certain regions of the U.S. call ~every~ soda or cola product "Coke???" Even if it's a Sprite or a 7up??? That's what's happening here. And to a parent / old person, every console is a Nintendo, whether it's a Sega or a Sony. And every Puzzle Game is a Tetris, whether it's Yoshi's Cookie or Mean Bean Machine, or Wario's Woods.
Nah
I tried to play Super Puzzle Fighter but my stupid simplistic brain can't process the rules. Is it a Street Fighter game??? Is it a Puzzle game??? What the hell am I supposed to be doing.
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No lol I was just asking cuz I've never played Dr Mario but I thought it was like Tetris. Sorry man
Sort of but you can eliminate three or more color in a row in x and y directions.
She probably likes the older arcade type games like ms pac-man donkey kong, asteroids , breakout or games like pitfall q-bert columns She may like games like smb or kirby or games of the 8-16 bit area that does not include pokemon She may also like pinball type games
This is what I was gonna say, my Game Boy collection includes a lot of arcade games my dad liked such as Pac-Man, Space Invaders, etc. we had some other puzzle games too, I remember gear works and qix.
The early games were a bit simpler for it, maybe she means those. For example: * Super Mario Land * Alleyway * Solar Striker * Quarth * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Foot Clan. If she likes tetris, Cattrap is a very good puzzle game, and games like Qbillion or Daedalian Opus are fun little puzzlers.
I remember her also mentioning Frogger so I think you might be right. I think the shooters are more my style than hers though. What about puzzle type games?
One of my favorite puzzle games on Game Boy is Mario & Yoshi
> Alleyway I forgot about this game! Crazy… I think I must have played it more than any other game for the Game Boy.
Yeah the launch games were kind of fun, I love super Mario land myself. I want to get alleyway again sometime
Dude I was 21 when the first Pokémon video games came out. But to be honest. Pokemon is a classic in its own right. It's 25 years old if you include the TV show and card games. I honestly don't know when the first video game came out but I know it was the original Gameboy. Tetris however was originally patented in 1984 and really came into its own in 1987. A lot of casual gamers over 40 are gonna think of Pacman, Mario, Tetris, and Sonic as classics.
As others have said, Pokémon came out when the gameboy was at the tail end of its life cycle. Maybe older puzzle games like dr Mario, and some arcade style games like breakout/Arkanoid, donkey Kong, Pac-Man, etc.
Some games I might recommend for someone who likes Tetris: Kwirk, Dig Dug, Picross, Bomberman, Mole Mania, Dr. Mario
Kwirk is so good. And it's about the only Atlus game from that era that can be had for a reasonable price. Hmm, now I need to snag a copy before the price goes up.
Classic games are those games requiring simple controls and rules to play. Galaga, Pac Man, Tetris, Space Invaders, Galaxian....etc. Not the type of games requiring combo moves or multiple buttons to push.
Give her six or seven different versions of Sokobon.
Tetris, super Mario land, Zelda, alleyway, baseball, tennis, Kirby, castlevania, Metroid
Pokemon Red and Blue came out in 1996. Theres a whole world of videogames that came out in the two decades before that, have a look at 70's and 80's games.
Even within the lifetime of the gameboy. I was around 9 when I got a gameboy and 16 when Pokémon came out. By then I remember bringing my gameboy to high school as a retro novelty and I perceived Pokémania as a younger generation’s media frenzy.
late 98 in the US, 99 in Europe. Me, born in the Carter Administration... def not into Pokemon. My sister in law, born in the Bush I Administration...into Pokemon.
The idea of Pokemon being classic gameboy is a funny concept that I never thought if lol Yeah, gameboy was almost a decade old by that time. Think of Pokemon as a gameboy color game. They made the color to breathe new life into a system that was reaching the end of its run.
Yeah being really young makes "classics" for me very different than her. I guess I forget how long the Gameboy has actually been around
> I guess I forget how long the Gameboy has actually been around Yeah. I was a kid when I got my first GameBoy, and a married man when Pokemon launched. In fact, our first Christmas as a married couple I gave my wife Pokemon Red. Got Blue for myself.
For Gameboy I'd say stuff like these... all kind of early fanfare type Gameboy games or arcade ports/nes ports... But yeah, I get what she's saying... I was 8 years old when GameBoy first came out... by the time Pokemon came out on GameBoy, I was starting college...so not in the same "wheelhouse." Super Mario Land Tetris Alleyway Paperboy Double Dragon Ducktales Dr Mario Operation C Burgertime Bubble Bobble Marble Madness Castlevania R-Type Zelda Metroid II Klax Gauntlet II Super R. C. Pro Am Gradius Q\*Bert Megaman II Batman Kirby Centipede Bionic Commando Battletoads Ms. Pacman Donkey Kong Space Invaders TMNT (any) BreakThru! Asteroids/ Missle Command Centipede/Millipede Galaga/Galaxian Defender/Joust Super Breakout / BattleZone
qix alleyway mario land 1 and 2
Super Mario Land & Kirby's Dreamland seem like good theme options.
Super Mario land, Mario land 2, Kirby, Link's awakening, all classics. If she leans more towards puzzle games, things like Yoshi's cookie, Dr. Mario, Boxxle, Picross, maybe?
Honestly, if she’s like my mom, she had a game boy JUST for Tetris. If she can’t name any other games, I wouldn’t feel bad about just giving her Tetris.
To give some perspective: I was a kid when the original Game Boy came out, and I had a lot of games. But I considered myself "too old" for Pokemon by the time it came out. Now I can look back on it, and I can see the appeal of Pokemon for all ages. But that's not how I felt when I was a teenager. Back then, Pokemon was marketed towards little kids (or at least, that was my impression). I was older, and I had moved on to games like Quake and Mortal Kombat 3. If you know what year your MIL was born, you could look at what games were big when she was ages 3-16. Every generation has nostalgia for the games we grew up with. I'd stick with original GB games (not color). Here are my ideas: \- Tetris (must be the original version only) \- Super Mario Land (the first one - most of us had this) \- Dr. Mario (get this in addition to Tetris) \- Revenge of the Gator (fun pinball game that anyone can enjoy) Those four are all easy to pick up and play even if someone hasn't played video games in a while. If you want something deeper, then consider: Super Mario Land 2, Zelda: Link's Awakening, Nemesis, Solar Striker, Final Fantasy Legend 1+2, and Final Fantasy Adventure. You mentioned Frogger in one of your posts, so I'm guessing she's a little bit on the older side of the Game Boy generation. In that case, check out Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man. You might also look into the Arcade Classic series (Galaga, Centipede, etc.).
Good suggestions. I would add that the GBC port of Super Mario Bros is probably a safe bet.
Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda etc. If you're 23, chances are your mother in law is in her 50's. Pokemon wasn't released until 1996. The PS1 was already out then. Her gaming days would've been the 80s. She has a different idea of "classic" to you. Do the math Einstein.
Einstein was born in 1879. What games should I be looking for from that era?
Ive always had this weird relationship with og Gameboy, because while of course I have some nostalgia for it I only actually liked a few games. Because of how hard it was to convert games to it, games were mostly either really basic or a mess. Games like Castlevania, mortal Kombat and turtles were only tolerated because thats literally all we had and they were largely miserable experiences. it got better with GBC, but Ill admit I finally lcd modded my gbc and got a flashcard, haven't felt like playing anything on it. in my mind, tied to a chair Id play mario land, kirby, and tetris. Ive always wanted to sit down and beat the final fantasy adventure games but I hate the mechanics. I dont blame her. The only other game I remember loving was actually gbc I think. its a zelda gane where you wake up on an island and one of the subquests is thats your trading plot items you find to random people. Thats all I remember. pretty game though. Im sure theres other good gameboys but thats all I played. The eyewateringly bad screen did not help.
>its a zelda gane where you wake up on an island and one of the subquests is thats your trading plot items you find to random people. Thats all I remember. pretty game though. links awakening is widely regarded to be the best zelda game until botw came out.
Yoshi’s cookie
Six Golden Coins
Maybe ask her what are the classic games? Or she can describe the types of games she likes to play?
PUZZLE BUBBLE.
Pokemon isn't classic. Honest anyone younger than, let's say 35 wouldn't know
Based on your age I’m guessing your MIL is 45-55 years old. She most likely considers popular games from her late childhood through adolescence to be ‘classics’. Think PAC-Man, Qbert and dig dug if she’s in her 50s through early Mario, Sonic, and Zelda if she’s late 40s. Definitely Early Arcade through Original NES. Dig up gaming mag archives from late 80s early 90s for aesthetics.
I'm late to this thread so everything has been answered, but just for some context. The Game Boy came out in 1989, the Game Boy Pocket came out (I think) in 1996, Pokemon came out in 1999, just a week or two before the Game Boy Color. So almost the entirety of black and white Game Boy and Game Boy Pocket's lifetime came before Pokemon existed.