About the Nintendo Gameboy
First released in 1989, the Gameboy line is the biggest selling in the history of consoles. Designed by the late Gunpei Yokoi, the machine faced more powerful competition in the early 90's in the form of Atari's Lynx, NEC's PC Engine GT and Sega's GameGear (all of which featured backlit colour screens) and beat them all - thanks to the face that the machine was portable, cheap and didn't guzzle batteries.
Nintendo ported many well-known franchises to the machine, such as Mario, Zelda and Metroid, but the success of the handheld can be traced back to one game - Tetris. It was the ultimate killer app. Bundled free with the Gameboy, this is the puzzle game to end all puzzle games, and is widely regarded by many as the great videogame of all time.
The Gameboy brand is still going strong. After the original black and white machine, Nintendo released the Gameboy Color, which was pretty much the same console but with limited colour support. Then came the Gameboy Advance, which is pretty much a pocket-sized SNES.
Nintendo Gameboy Reviews
Game Title | Magazine | Genre | Publisher | Score | ||
Alleyway | MM - 2 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 33% | ||
Asteroids | MM - 23 | Shoot 'Em Up | Accolade | 84% | ||
Balloon Kid | MM - 7 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 51% | ||
Batman | MM - 3 | Platform Game | Sunsoft | 85% | ||
Bomber Boy | MM - 7 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 81% | ||
Boulderdash | MM - 9 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 90% | ||
Bubble Bobble | MM - 23 | Platform Game | Taito | 91% | ||
Burai Fighter | MM - 5 | Shoot 'Em Up | Nintendo | 83% | ||
Burgertime | MM - 23 | Arcade Conversion | Data East | 90% | ||
Caesar's Palace | MM - 13 | Simulation | Nintendo | 91% | ||
Castlelian | MM - 23 | Platform Game | Sales Curve | 70% | ||
Castlevania 2 | MM - 15 | Platform Game | Konami | 91% | ||
Centipede | MM - 23 | Shoot 'Em Up | Accolade | 59% | ||
Chase HQ | MM - 6 | Driving Game | Nintendo | 42% | ||
Chase HQ | MM - 23 | Driving Game | Taito | 31% | ||
Chessmaster | MM - 8 | Simulation | Nintendo | 96% | ||
Choplifter 2 | MM - 12 | Shoot 'Em Up | Nintendo | 90% | ||
Contra | MM - 6 | Platform Game | Konami | 91% | ||
Double Dragon | MM - 23 | Beat 'Em Up | Tradewest | 83% | ||
Double Dragon 2 | MM - 13 | Arcade Conversion | Acclaim | 81% | ||
Double Dragon 2 | MM - 23 | Beat 'Em Up | Tradewest | 88% | ||
Dr Mario | MM - 5 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 87% | ||
Fortress of Fear | MM - 4 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 80% | ||
Gauntlet | MM - 23 | Arcade Conversion | Mindscape | 91% | ||
Gauntlet 2 | MM - 17 | Arcade Conversion | Nintendo | 88% | ||
Gremlins 2 | MM - 9 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 80% | ||
Hunt for Red October | MM - 11 | Shoot 'Em Up | Nintendo | 90% | ||
King of the Zoo | MM - 10 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 79% | ||
Kung-Fu Master | MM - 23 | Beat 'Em Up | Irem | 17% | ||
Kwirk | MM - 7 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 85% | ||
Marble Madness | MM - 17 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 87% | ||
Marble Madness | MM - 23 | Puzzle Game | Mindscape | 89% | ||
Missile Command | MM - 23 | Shoot 'Em Up | Accolade | 83% | ||
Monster Trucks | MM - 5 | Driving Game | Nintendo | 65% | ||
Mr Do | MM - 23 | Platform Game | Ocean | 86% | ||
Nemesis | MM - 23 | Shoot 'Em Up | Konami | 82% | ||
NFL Football | MM - 3 | Sports Game | Nintendo | 43% | ||
Pacman | MM - 4 | Arcade Conversion | Nintendo | 80% | ||
Pacman | MM - 23 | Arcade Conversion | Namco | 79% | ||
Paperboy | MM - 3 | Arcade Conversion | Nintendo | 67% | ||
Paperboy | MM - 23 | Arcade Conversion | Mindscape | 59% | ||
Pipe Dream | MM - 4 | Puzzle Game | Nintendo | 87% | ||
Q-Bert | MM - 23 | Arcade Conversion | Jaleco | 90% | ||
Qix | MM - 23 | Puzzle Game | Taito | 81% | ||
R-Type | MM - 16 | Shoot 'Em Up | Irem | 82% | ||
R-Type | MM - 23 | Shoot 'Em Up | Irem | 93% | ||
Revenge of the Gator | MM - 7 | Simulation | Nintendo | 91% | ||
Robocop | MM - 6 | Platform Game | Ocean | 72% | ||
Snow Bros Jnr | MM - 11 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 79% | ||
Solar Striker | MM - 2 | Shoot 'Em Up | Nintendo | 69% | ||
Spiderman | MM - 4 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 85% | ||
Super Mario Land | MM - 2 | Platform Game | Nintendo | 90% | ||
Teenage Muntant Ninja ... | MM - 8 | Platform Game | Konami | 88% | ||
Tennis | MM - 2 | Sports Game | Nintendo | 86% | ||
Terminator 2 | MM - 17 | Platform Game | Acclaim | 90% | ||
The Simpsons | MM - 14 | Platform Game | Acclaim | 85% | ||
WWF SuperStars | MM - 15 | Beat 'Em Up | Acclaim | 85% |