Back In The Day Show

Today marks the 20th birthday of the Nintendo Game Boy. Technically, it wasn’t released in the US until August of 1989, but since the Game Boy was born in Japan, we’re celebrating on its original release date. To a lot of people, the Game Boy was just a means to get their Tetris fix, which is understandable since Tetris is one of the most addictive puzzle games of all time. But the Game Boy was more than just a Tetris machine; there were some other cool games out there, as well. So in honor of the Game Boy’s birthday, I’ve listed my personal all time top 5 Game Boy games below. If you’d like to join in the celebration, be sure to include some of your favorites in the comments of this post. I would’ve listed more, but I think those were the only ones I played.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - Other than Tetris, I think I logged the most time on my Game Boy playing this game. I savored the puzzles and whimsical story throughout the game, and it reminded me a lot of my favorite SNES game, A Link to the Past.

2. Tetris - One of the greatest games of all time. It provided me with hours of fun and my parents hours of quiet. How could this classic not be on my list?

3. Dr. Mario - Another great puzzle game. ‘Nuff said.

4. Metroid II: The Return of Samous - I never finished this game, I guess because I was more preoccupied with other Super Nintendo games, but what I played of it was awesome. This game is currently being remade into a PC version by DoctorM64.

5. Super Mario Land - Similar mechanics to the classic NES game, Super Mario Bros., but with a few extra abilities. Definitely one of the funnest Game Boy games in my opinion.