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What Game Boy game do you love that you never hear anyone talk about? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The more rare, obscure, or just a guilty pleasure, the better. Maybe you grew up with it, maybe it's just the nostalgia talking, any reason is fine.

I'm looking for a new game to play, but I'm running out of games to collect!

My favorite is games for original DMG, but you're welcome to include Color it'll advance games too!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Survival Kids

It's a bit of a silly survival game that starts with you being stranded on an island. I got a kick out of it because there were a few different game endings that were dependent on the actions you took earlier in the game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I picked this one up when I was in high school. Never did get rescued... I looked the other day and prices for this one are pretty high, so apparently we're not the only ones who remember it!

Edit: And apparently there's a lot of sequels? Who knew? I guess it was called Lost in Blue later on. They all sound like they have the same basic story...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_Kids

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I just looked at the prices on eBay and I have no idea what's going on over there. Are those accurate going-rate prices? I'm pretty sure I bought mine off the "games no one has ever heard of and will not buy" sale rack once upon a time, haha!

I had no idea there were sequels! Thanks for that bit of info

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

For ebay prices are sometimes meaningless unless you filter by "sold items". But yeah looks like they're going for around $100-$170

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Price Charting has it broken down by type. That site isn't 100% accurate by a long shot (notably it doesn't really factor in condition), but it's helpful for a rough idea. I saw it had the complete game at over $400.

I'm guessing the game is popular with collectors for being a "rare gem" of the Game Boy library (since it's both rare and actually a pretty good game). Clicking around, I see it in some rare Game Boy Color game lists—along with Shantae, which I strongly considered picking up back in the day from Electronics Boutique for like $20 and decided "nah."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I bought this game back when it came out. Yeah, I was surprised to find out about the Japan-only sequel, it had such a different vibe. 👀