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No, you're not reading that headline incorrectly – fast food giant McDonald's has just released a Game Boy Color game in the Year of Our Lord, 2023.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Played for a minute in RetroArch on my phone. Not bad, GBC goty for sure. Only complaint, the lore was too deep in the opening cinematic

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I feel like we should be saying McLore

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In addition to being an odd thing to happen and grimace's walk animation looking well like this:

but overall its a weirdly good looking game for a gbc release.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to see a resurgence of .gba games, I love how light weight they are. It could just be nostalgia.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Part of it is nostalgia, but with the Steam Deck I've been able to emulate GameBoy games that I wasn't able to play before. Safe to say it's renewed my interest in what other hidden gems the GBA had

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There is a pretty big Game Boy modding community that is constantly pushing forward with mods. Also the ROM hack community. Game Boy is still alive... ish.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Two Minute Papers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well that was fun for about ten minutes. I gave up when it got too hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Man I definitely need to download this when I get home today!