A horizontal Sega shoot 'em up which tasks the player with controlling the spaceship Opa Opa through various surreal stages. Originally an Arcade game, Fantasy ...
Revenge of the 'Gator is a pinball game for the Game Boy.
Donkey Kong Land 2 is the second game in the Game Boy franchise. It has more in relation to Donkey Kong Country 2 than its prequel did to Donkey Kong Country.
Nazo Puyo 2 is yet another expansion on the Game Gear Puyo Puyo's mission mode.
The second collection of Game & Watch games for the Game Boy.
A portable spinoff of Atlus' Megami Tensei series.
Super Contra, also known as Super C, is the sequel to Contra. In addition to side-scrolling levels like its predecessor, Super Contra introduces top-down levels...
WarioWare: Touched is a Nintendo DS game that fully utilizes the touch screen and microphone to create around 200 crazy new microgames.
Defeat King Delarin and save the kingdom of Mille-Feuille in this creature-bending action-RPG.
Super Mario Bros. 3 sends Mario on a whole new adventure across diverse worlds and sporting strange new suits and abilities.
Metroid Fusion is a sidescrolling 2D action-game for the Game Boy Advance. Chronologically, it is the furthest point in the Metroid timeline.
An action-adventure game for the Game Boy Color.
The first digital adaptation of the collectible card game of the same name, bringing the Pokémon-based card game experience to the handheld while featuring ove...
A falling-block puzzle game spin-off of the Kirby series, where you clear Star Pieces by placing them in-between two matching Friend Pieces.
When Mega Man resists mind-control from Dr. Wily's radio frequency, he must battle an army of robots who didn't resist (as well as eight of his previously-fough...
If you can't stand the heat, Get out of the kitchen!
Luigi's Mansion is a Gamecube launch title that features Luigi as the main character as opposed to his more famous sibling. In the game, Luigi must explore a ma...
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a GBA port of the popular SNES game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Master Higgins once again takes up his trusty axes and skateboard to rescue Tina from the Evil Witch Doctor.
Tecmo Bowl was one of the most popular American football sims, and perhaps the most popular, back in the 1980s. Welcome to the game that started it all for Tecm...
Yu Suzuki's classic 1986 Sega arcade "driving game" puts players behind the wheel of a red convertible sports car on a trip through American- and European-inspi...
The Steel Empire rules the skies with an iron (steel) fist, and only the Resistance can bring them down in this horizontal shoot 'em up for the Sega Genesis.
Dragon Crystal is a roguelike RPG for the Sega Master System and Game Gear.
A single-screen platformer by Data East, where players suck up enemies with a vacuum cleaner and blast them away as rolling projectiles.
Simon Belmont must rid himself of a horrible curse placed upon him by Dracula in this action-adventure platformer and sequel to the original Castlevania.
A young boy explores a huge overworld filled with enemies and dungeons to find and rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon.
Unrelated storywise to the 1987 original or its 2009 sequel, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces introduces two heroes battling to save the land of Karinia from the e...
The third entry in the Puyo Puyo's challenge-based spinoff series introduces an adventure mode.
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world...
Dragon Buster is a dungeon-crawling, arcade platformer with RPG elements, released by Namco in 1985. It was later ported to various home systems. It featured se...
The third and final installment of the Donkey Kong Land trilogy for the Game Boy featuring Dixie and Kiddy Kong.
The first 3D Legend of Zelda game, Ocarina of Time was created for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and introduced innovative mechanics such as Z-targeting as well as ma...
One of the progenitors of the "swap and match" tile-based action-puzzle games, featuring either a Yoshi theme (for its international "Tetris Attack" release) or...
Nazo Puyo is a spinoff of the Game Gear port of Puyo Puyo that focuses exclusively on challenge missions.
The follow-up to Ocarina of Time sees the series stalwart Link embark on a journey to save the land of Termina from being crushed by the moon in three days. To ...
A 1990 action RPG developed by Capcom for the Nintendo Game Boy and a spin-off of their Ghosts N' Goblins series. It was notable for its well-developed real-tim...
The second game to star Wario as the protagonist.
A Japanese-exclusive sequel to Mario's Picross, Picross 2 includes both Mario and Wario modes of Mario no Super Picross while putting emphasis on larger multi-p...
The fourth 8-bit platformer featuring Sonic the Hedgehog pits him and his buddy Tails against the triple threat of Dr. Robotnik, Knuckles the Echidna, and a new...
In Ice Climber the player controls a hammer wielding Eskimo that needs to climb 32 ice-covered mountains in order to recover a stolen vegetable from a giant con...
Also known as Salamander, Life Force is a spin-off of the 1985 shoot-'em-up Gradius featuring two-player multiplayer and both side-scrolling and vertical-scroll...
The evil Dr. Wily is back with eight new menacing creations, and it's up to Mega Man to foil his new plans for world domination! Known for bootstrapping the lon...
Balloon Kid is a sequel to a classic NES game - Balloon Fight.
The third Harvest Moon release on Game Boy. A direct sequel to Harvest Moon 2, it is set on an island off the mainland, the player is tasked with reviving the f...
Tales of the Abyss is the eighth main game in the Tales of franchise, telling the story of Luke fon Fabre and his quest to save the world from the sinister Orac...
Ufouria is a Sunsoft-developed Metroid-esque game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in Europe and Australia, it's a slightly changed version of th...
Wario starts a video game company as part of his latest get rich quick scheme. Join him and his friends as you play through the dozens of wacky microgames they ...
The sequel to Tecmo's classic NES action-platformer enhances the gameplay of the original with new features such as the Shadow Clone powerup and a wall-climbing...
Mario's second platforming adventure on Game Boy introduces the evil Wario, who has taken over Mario's castle in his absence. Mario must gather the six golden c...
The second handheld installment of the Mega Man series has him (along with his dog, Rush) defeating eight more revived Robot Masters (from Mega Man 2 and Mega M...
A Japan-exclusive action-adventure platformer for the Famicom, known for its unrelenting difficulty and non-linear, and often non-sensical, level progression.
Players guide a hammer-wielding Mario to victory in 100 stages of Wrecking Crew.
A photo-hunt game developed by Big Fish Games, Inc.
Excitebike is a 1985 motocross racing game for the NES. Race around premade tracks and even create custom ones!
An arcade and Game Boy game in which players control a former gangster's ghost that is out for revenge.
Kid Icarus is a 2D platformer released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, famed for its blending together of elements from The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario B...
Nine robots (calling themselves the Stardroids) who hail from outer space are attacking Earth, and it's up to Mega Man (and his allies, including his cat Tango)...
Considered one of the progenitors of the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Konami arcade game that puts players in the role of a martial artist as he fig...
A side scrolling arcade shoot 'em up and the first in Konami's famous series. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups.
Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer cr...
A Battleship-like game where the player has to hit and sink enemy boats.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
An enhanced version of Pokemon Gold/Silver. Taking place in the Johto region, Crystal adds new story elements, choice of gender, tweaked encounters, and the abi...
Kirby's sole NES adventure introduces his signature ability to copy the abilities of special enemies (by swallowing them), as he must retrieve the seven broken ...
A side-scrolling action game for the Sega Genesis and part of Sega's long-running Shinobi franchise. It is the direct sequel to Revenge of Shinobi.
Wario Land 3 is a platformer for the Game Boy Color involving Wario's foray into a magical music box on a quest to rescue a mysterious figure and gain treasure.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second entry in the ground-breaking Zelda franchise. This controversial follow-up ditches the original's top-down perspec...
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
Aces from The Great War become birds in cartoon biplanes. Don't worry about it, just keep shooting!
When a mysterious billionaire sponsors an international robot fighting tournament only to reprogram the eight finalists to help him conquer the world, it's up t...
The second (and final) portable spin-off of the Mega Man X series improves vastly upon its predecessor, allowing players to play as either X or Zero to defeat t...
The Ghoul realm is under attack and the warrior Firebrand sets out to save it.
Race against your favorite Mario characters on tracks resembling locations in the Mario universe. Use a wide array of power-ups and weapons to gain the upper ha...
The third release of the Dragon Warrior franchise saw the story take a trip back in time before one and two, taking up the sword of the warrior of legend, Loto....
Ghosts 'N Goblins is the first game in the Ghosts 'N Goblins series. It is widely recognized as being one of the hardest games of all time.
Robot hero Mega Man goes portable in the first handheld installment of the long-running Mega Man series, as evil scientist Dr. Wily rebuilds eight of his previo...
Quarth is an action/puzzle game released on multiple platforms.
The fourth entry in the Gallery series, Game & Watch Gallery 3 is a collection of five games with a fast pace and progressively harder levels.
In the third game of the Lufia series, Wain, Maxim's descendant, and his allies attempt to stop the four sinistrals from destroying the world.
A critically acclaimed "cinematic platformer" in which players control an unassuming young scientist trapped on an alien planet.
One of the earliest FMV light-gun games puts players in control of a mysterious gunslinger in the Old West, tasked with stopping the titular Mad Dog McCree and ...
Capcom's fourth iteration in the Ace Attorney series places rookie Apollo Justice in the hot seat as the latest defense attorney looking to make a name for hims...
A puzzle game that released in the midst of the Tetris craze, Dr. Mario put its own spin on the falling-blocks concept. It was one of the few Tetris derivatives...
Metal Max is a 1991 sandbox role-playing game set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic, open-world environment, where the surviving humans cluster in villages and ...
The sequel to the cartoonish Sega Arcade shoot-em-up Fantasy Zone.
Mr. X and his powerful criminal syndicate have returned to the streets. Players take control of up to two of the four vigilantes, fighting their way through the...
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a puzzle platformer that features classic gameplay based on the arcade and Gameboy Donkey Kong titles.
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a turn based strategy game in the long running Nintendo Wars series. It features a much darker story and art style than the previo...
Rayman marks the debut for the Ubisoft series of the same name.
A top-down shooter from Jaleco, in which two highly trained soldiers infiltrate a high-tech military base.
The second game in the world's only fishing-based JRPG series to be released in North America.
An enhanced version of Pokémon Red/Blue, designed to more closely resemble the popular Pokemon anime. Instead of choosing a starter Pokémon, players are given...
Sonic the Hedgehog's last foray into Sega's 8-bit consoles features pre-rendered 3D graphics (similar to Sonic 3D Blast) and the ability to play as Knuckles the...
Super Hang-On is the sequel to the praised Hang-On. There are two modes of play and several stages available in this motorcycle racing game.
A falling-block tile-matching puzzle game with characters from the Mario series. As one of the Mario Brothers, swap trays of monster blocks to catch falling one...
Play as Wario in his first ever 2D platformer for the Game Boy in which he embarks on one of his trademark quests for money.
Shantae, a Game Boy Color game developed by WayFoward, features a half-genie named Shantae, and her battle against the villainous Risky Boots. It was one of the...
Set over 200 years before the original game, the third installment of the Castlevania series tells the tale of Simon Belmont's ancestor Trevor, who seeks to des...
Kirby's Block Ball is a block-breaking game set in the Kirby universe. The game features a world map with eleven worlds of five levels each.