While Gill had no "formal in-roads" with Nintendo at the time, he was still in contact with ex-Nintendo executive Frank Ballouz as they had worked on the WorkBoy together.
Gill then presented his pitch for the Page Boy, which included a technical breakdown of how it would work and concept art images of both hardware and software. Wizard had also commissioned physical models of the device to show off what it would look like when connected to the Game Boy Color. Robertson was able to get a hold of this visual presentation and it shows that the software was heavily themed around Mario and even had "Wizard's own take on the music from the Mario games and even some voice acting.
One of Mario's appearances would be in the "Ask Mario" function that would have worked like a search engine users could use to look up "various queries, such as items for sale. Even more ambitiously, it had dreams of building a "Game Boy 'Live TV'" function that would allow the Page Boy to receive a "live broadcast from Nintendo that would display exclusive information on upcoming products in real time.
Yes, Gill and Wizard were attempting to bring Nintendo Directs to the world over a decade before they were officially introduced, and they would potentially have a segment where player-submitted high scores were displayed. Alongside game previews and reviews, the Page Boy would also give users access to world news, sports scores, and weather.
The weather feature, in particular, was in similar fashion to what was found on Wii's Weather Channel. As for the messaging, users would have been able to type out a message on their Game Boy Color and choose "pre-installed animations, music, and themes to bring them to life. There was even a plan to implement a phone system that would let users send e-mails. This would have been the only paid extra for Page Boy owners, and it would have required users to call a number and draft an e-mail with the help of an operator.
They would be able to choose a style, dictate a message, and then give the operator the recipient's Page Boy address to send it.
Nintendo's response to this presentation was "one of immediate fascination. Nintendo then agreed to work with Wizard to work on this project - which would be codenamed Cheetah - and, after Gill signed on as a design consultant for Nintendo in , the "Page Boy was being looked at as an internally made first-party add-on for the Game Boy line of systems.
As development continued, Nintendo was exploring the idea of having the Page Boy unlock exclusive items in games, not unlike what Nintendo's amiibo do now. While Nintendo loved the idea of the Page Boy, it really wanted it to have a global appeal.
This would end up being its undoing, as that "potential wasn't as strong as had been originally believed. Due to the lack of cost-effective duplex wireless data networks covering Japan and Europe, the Page Boy would have to be limited to the North American market.
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Only time will tell. Starfield Jared Moore Jackson as Nick Fury, sans eye-patch. The gameplay works very similarly to the Pokemon Trading Card Game find out more about that further down the list , and players must battle other characters a certain number of times to progress. Create and save cards using card parts, fight memorable characters, and build up the ultimate deck along the way. Players can either control a male or female Ninja as they play through the different zones.
Your score is calculated from how many guards have seen you and how fast you can make it through to the end of the level.
Play as your favourite pod racer and get out onto the track for some high speed, top-down racing action! Many critics said that this was one of the best Star Wars games ever made. Star Wars: Racer for the GBC might not be as exciting as the N64 version man, I loved that game , but it might give you your handheld fix until the updated version comes out on the Nintendo Switch later this year.
Mr Driller is a classic game that any Tetris, Candy Crush, Columns, or insert block-based puzzle game here should have in their collection. Tetris, and Dr Mario. Mr Driller sees you playing as Susumu Hori, the worlds highest ranked driller and a good, honest Japanese boy. Along with Puchi, a talking wonder dog, and Dr Z, a scientist that sends you around the world, you must pick a country and drill through a seemingly endless supply of coloured blocks.
Your job is to rack up high scores and generally wield power tools that are NOT safe for children to be handling. Mr Driller is the first game in the series, a series that would continue until and spawn 12 games! People love to drill! Inspector Gadget was one of my favourite cartoons as a kid. This guy was like James Bond on mechanical steroids! Operation Madkactus is a side-scrolling platform game with a difference, and that difference is mutant cacti.
Not only do you get to play as the trench-coat-crusader himself, but you can also use Penny and Brain the dog as you make your way through the levels. As with Asterix and Obelix for the Master System, it looks great because it was already a cartoon — no humans to turn into characters! While he can wield such famous gadgets as the hammer hat, rocket shoes, and spring arms when knocking back enemies, Penny and Brain will assist by sprinting past traps and opening up new areas for Gadget to reach.
This might not be one of the most well-known titles on our list of the best GameBoy Color games, but it was one of my favourites because I loved the series so much. The game is simple yet so, so addictive. Start of in Gaul, and work your way across the world beating up romans. The duo can jump, run, and brawl their way across a number of stages, represented by different countries.
All of your favourite characters feature in this game, including the druid Getafix who was always my favourite in the comics. The game is an amalgamation of lots of different adventures: can you spot any of your favourite moments?
Move over Waluigi; Dick Dastardly is in town. A conscious decision, Nintendo? This was always one of the first titles that I would reach for when I got home from school. If you spent a lot of time glued to Cartoon Network, then this will bring back some sweet memories.
Wacky Races was built with a 3D action engine, has power-ups, features vibrant worlds, and feels like a proper action-adventure racer. It certainly feels a lot crisper than the next title in our list of the best GameBoy Color games, but talking space rangers will always beat cavemen in my book. It handled brilliantly and is still fun to play today.
Not bad for a game designed by just two people! Toy Story Racer is a handheld port of the PlayStation game, with less features than the original but all of the same classic gameplay. While the PS version had more characters, levels, and modes, this was a nice little racer for the GBC that kept me occupied on long bus journeys or when I wanted a break from number 10 on our list. Legendary Super Warriors is a turn-based fighting game and is jam-packed full of all of your favourite Dragon Ball Z characters.
This is one of the only games that I can think of that gets better as you complete it and play again, with more unlockable content available to…well…unlock the more times you play.
Not only is this one of the best GameBoy Color games for manga and card-based game fans alike, but it is also seemingly never-ending! So how does it all work? Players can make use of different cards in this turn-based card-fighting game.
Think of it as being a little bit like number 6 on our list of the best GameBoy Color games, but with a load of strange flying dudes instead.
You can choose from attack, healing, or defence cards, and each action will have a knock-on effect in your battle. Legendary Super Warriors has a VS mode for playing with your mates, a battle mode, and a story mode. Tools can be used to harvest crops and can also be upgraded throughout the game.
Sow seeds in the correct season, keep your pet happy, and keep your deceased grandfather happy every time he checks up on you. Harvest Moon has a time system in which you have to plant and complete certain actions in certain seasons. Your deceased grandfather comes to you at the start of the game and begs you to become a Ranch Master, which I think is some kind of Super Farmer. This game is a little like The Sims, just in a farm setting and with small people.
When the main character is attacked, you switch from overhead to a first-person view so that you can see each zombie close up and personal. Still, the gameplay is sound and the storyline is in keeping with the usual Resident Evil zombie-fests that we know and love.
You can chose from three playable characters, each with zero facial expressions, as you make your way through a luxury cruise liner kicking undead ass. The game does have some notable puzzles and quests that made critics get pretty excited, and Resident Evil Gaiden remains one of the best GameBoy Color games of all time for people who are a fan of the R. E franchise. Rayman is an instantly recognisable gaming legend, and this title is the first in the Rayman series and the first to be ported to the GBC.
Critics went mad over this game; the animation, the music, the gameplay, the weird limbless man himself. Everything about Rayman was perfect, and he provided the perfect side-scrolling hero to compete with the famous Mushroom Kingdom plumbing Bros.
Rayman is set in the Glade of Dreams, a place where it sounds as though I could finally get a good nights sleep without hearing that blasted dog barking every night.
Sorry, where was I? Get ready for the first RPG of the list! You can have up to 9 people in your team, all with different skills and abilities that can help you to progress through the game. The game has a large overworld map that you must explore every nook and cranny of if you have a hope of advancing through the storyline. Get to it! Gorgons, cyclops, trolls — you name it, and Arthur will have to fight his way past it. If you like destroying baddies that are five-times your size, then this is the game for you.
Arthur can pick up upgrades to his magical armour and sword as he progresses through the game. If I want to kick back on a game without a confusing plot line and one that I can play without too much thought, then I turn to Mario Golf every time. This game is similar to the N64 title in lots of ways and actually has the ability to connect up to the game using the Transfer Pak, one of the best Nintendo 64 accessories in our ultimate peripherals compendium!
It allowed you to play with characters only found on the home-console version but on your portable powerhouse instead. How cool is that! There was a story mode where you had to complete certain challenges, and a multiplayer so you could tee-off against your friends. R-Type DX is essentially a cart that has both of these games in glorious upgraded colour.
The player must move along levels and defeat a gigantic boss at the very end. There is a Space Invaders-style weak blaster that you can use to shoot down smaller enemies, and a wave cannon that requires charging. This is a bit like Flappy Bird in space, with guns and alien overlords — sounds like a good combination to me! Konami certainly knows how to make a good adventure game.
Mystical Ninja starring Goeman is still one of my favourite games of all time and was memorable from start to finish. This was one of the first open-ended games that I can remember playing that allowed the player to progress at his or her own pace, meaning you could either leg it through the game or take your time to discover different possibilities of moving ahead.
Kind of like Fable and some of the other morality-based games for the XBOX, the player can choose whether to interact with strangers as they figure out a way to get back to civilisation.
You can either go it alone or look to others for help, a choice which will primarily boil down to how anti-social you are in real life. With Pokemon-style characters and Zelda-esque top-down gameplay, Survival Kids was an incredible game with lots of collectables. Can you get your chosen character off the isolated desert island and back to the real world? The next series on our list of the best Gameboy Color games hardly needs any introduction. It was given a perfect 10 out of 10 by IGN and has been hailed by many as one of the best handheld games of all time.
Well, A Metal Gear prototype has been stolen, and the gang behind the robbery want to use it to gain the upper-hand in a civil war. Solid Snake must team up with some pretty gnarly characters with humongous weapons along the way, uncovering a plot between the government and the bad-guys as he progresses.
MGS also has a two-player VS mode which was pretty fun and a VR training mode for developing your sneaking, shooting, and advanced skills. Answer — you get a copy of Pokemon Puzzle Challenge and thank Nintendo for giving into your niche demands.
As is to be expected from any Pokemon game, Puzzle Challenge received perfect scores across the board with many critics hailing it as an unprecedented success. So how do you play Pokemon Puzzle Challenge? The thing that separates this title, however, is that you have to battle Johto leaders, you can collect Pokemon by winning battles, and it has remixed, upbeat versions of the music from the original Gold and Silver games to keep you pumped while racking up that high score.
You can either play against the computer or your friends with a link cable, and both the gameplay and puzzle grid itself are entertaining and provide a true Pokemon experience. SEGA must have used a random name generator for some of those guys, but at least Nintendo got the formula right.
You must find a secret weapon, rescue an imprisoned super-soldier comrade, destroy the enemy, and uncover a terrible plot. The story is excellent, as is the gameplay, and Bionic Comando: Elite Forces is certainly a title that you should be checking out.
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