Hello there everyone! I'm back once again to run the 2018 Game Boy Color tracker, and while we are off to a pretty late start this year I think it'll still be a lot of fun. Before we get started I'd just like to thank GBC Collector and KrakenSoup for all the hard work they put into running this tracker in previous years, and I hope that neither of them will mind me using their game tracking template for this year.  
 

 

Rules
• You must have started the game no earlier than January 1, 2018.
• Emulators and Virtual Console are okay but no save states or cheats may be used.
• Photos are not required, but encouraged.
• Only the North American library of Game Boy Color games is being officially tracked, however I will still award points for European or Japanese exclusive games as well as homebrews and fan translations beaten so feel free to mention them if you happen to play through any.
• Most games should have an end game or credits screen, however in the case of arcade style games with no credits or end screen you can consider them "beaten" if you are able to top the highest score listed on the game's high score screen.
• Any other questions that arise as to what constitutes beating any given game will be dealt with on a game to game basis.

 
 

2018 Goals
• Beat as many games as we can!
• Top 2017's score of 28/452

 

Leader Board
Splain - 6
Jin - 4
MrPeaPod - 3
Yoshi - 3


Beaten Games
Galaga: Destination Earth (Yoshi)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (MrPeaPod)
Magical Tetris Challenge (Splain)
Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition (Jin)
Planet of the Apes (MrPeaPod)
Pong: The Next Level (Yoshi)
Project S-11 (Jin)
Quest for Camelot (MrPeaPod)
Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers (Jin)
Sesame Street: Elmo's ABCs (Splain)
Sesame Street Sports (Splain) 
Shanghai Pocket (Splain)
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Yoshi)
Tetris DX (Splain)
Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2nd Edition (Splain)
Woody Woodpecker (Jin)



Unbeaten Games
007: The World is Not Enough
10 Pin Bowling
102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
1942
3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
720º
Action Man: Search for Base X
AirForce Delta
Aladdin
Alice in Wonderland
Aliens: Thanatos Encounter
All-Star Baseball 2000
All-Star Baseball 2001
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Animorphs
Antz
Antz Racing
Armada FX Racers
Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
Army Men
Army Men 2
Army Men: Air Combat
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2
Arthur's Absolutely Fun Day!
Asteroids
Atlantis: Lost Empire
Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!
Austin Powers: Welcome to my Underground Lair!
Azure Dreams
Babe and Friends
Ballistic
Barbie: Fashion Pack Games
Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure
Barbie: Ocean Discovery
Barbie: Pet Rescue
Bass Masters Classic
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman: Chaos in Gotham
Battleship
BattleTanx
Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure
Billy Bob's Huntin' 'n' Fishin'
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
Black Bass: Lure Fishing
Blade
Blaster Master: Enemy Below
Blue's Clues: Blue's Alphabet Book
Boarder Zone
Bob the Builder: Fix it Fun!
Bomberman Max: Blue Champion
Bomberman Max: Red Challenge
Bomberman Quest
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bugs Life
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4
Bust-A-Move 4
Bust-A-Move Millenium
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Caesar's Palace
Cannon Fodder
Carmageddon
Casper
Catwoman
Catz
Centipede
Championship Motocross 2001 featuring Rickey Carmichael
Chase HQ: Secret Police
Checkmate
Chessmaster
Chicken Run
Classic Bubble Bobble
Commander Keen
Conker's Pocket Tales
Croc
Croc 2
Cruis'n Exotica
Crystalis
Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Race 'N Robots
CyberTiger
Daffy Duck: Fowl Play
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
Deer Hunter
Deja Vu I & II
Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage
Dinosaur
Diva Starz: Mall Mania
Dogz
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Donkey Kong Country
Doug: Doug's Big Game
Dracula: Crazy Vampire
Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
Dragon Dance
Dragon's Lair
Dragon Tales: Dragon Adventures
Dragon Tales: Dragon Wings
Dragon Warrior I & II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior Monsters
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure
Driver: You are the Wheelman
Duke Nukem
Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: Digital Companion
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: Escape from Planet Earth
Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
ECW Hardcore Revolution
Emperor's New Groove
ESPN International Track & Field 
ESPN National Hockey Night
Evel Knievel
Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Sports with the Berenstain Bears
F-18 Thunder Strike
F1 Championship Season 2000
F1 World Grand Prix II for Game Boy Color
FIFA 2000
Fish Files
Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock
Force 21
Formula One 2000
Frogger
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
Game & Watch Gallery 2
Game & Watch Gallery 3
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Gobs of Games
Godzilla the Series
Godzilla the Series: Monster Wars
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grinch
Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!
Hands of Time
Harley Davidson: Race Across America
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harvest Moon GBC
Harvest Moon 2 GBC
Harvest Moon 3 GBC
Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II
Hexcite: The Shapes of Victory
Hole in One Golf
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Driver
Hoyle Card Games
Hoyle Casino
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus
International Rally
International Superstar Soccer '99
International Superstar Soccer 2000
International Track & Field
Jeff Gordon XS Racing
Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000
Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House
Jim Henson's The Muppets
JumpStart: Dino Adventure Field Trip
Jungle Book: Mowgli's Wild Adventure
Kelly Club: Clubhouse Fun
Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
Klax
Klustar
Knockout Kings
Land Before Time
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword
Las Vegas Cool Hand
Legend of the River King GBC
Legend of the River King 2
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
LEGO Alpha Team
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
LEGO Racers
LEGO Stunt Rally
Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings
Lil' Monster
Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy
Little Nicky
Logical
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy
Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
Looney Tunes Racing
Looney Tunes: Twouble!
Lucky Luke
Lufia: The Legend Returns
M & M's Mini Madness
Madden NFL 2000
Madden NFL 2001
Madden NFL 2002
Magi Nation
Magical Drop
Marble Madness
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis
Marvin Strikes Back!
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Get a Clue
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Winners Circle
Mask of Zorro
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Matchbox Caterpillar Construction Zone
Matchbox Emergency Patrol
Mega Man Xtreme
Mega Man Xtreme 2
Men in Black: The Series
Men in Black 2: The Series
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Walker
Mia Hamm Soccer Shootout
Mickey's Racing Adventure
Mickey's Speedway USA
Micro Machines 1 and 2: Twin Turbo
Micro Machines V3
Microsoft Pinball Arcade
Microsoft: The 6-in-1 Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack
Microsoft: The Best of Entertainment Pack
Midway Presents Arcade Hits: Joust / Defender
Midway Presents Arcade Hits: Moon Patrol / Spy Hunter
Millennium Winter Sports
Missile Command
Mission: Impossible
Monopoly
Monster Rancher Battle Card GB
Monster Rancher Explorer
Monsters, Inc.
Montezuma's Return
Mortal Kombat 4
Motocross Maniacs 2
Mr. Driller
Mr. Nutz
MTV Sports: Pure Ride
MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy Macdonald
MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX
Mummy
Mummy Returns
NASCAR 2000
NASCAR Challenge
NASCAR Heat
NASCAR Racers
NBA 3-on-3 featuring Kobe Bryant
NBA Hoopz
NBA In The Zone
NBA In The Zone 2000
NBA Jam '99
NBA Jam 2001
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
New Addams Family
New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley
NFL Blitz
NFL Blitz 2000
NFL Blitz 2001
NHL 2000
NHL Blades of Steel
NHL Blades of Steel 2000
N*SYNC: Get to the Show
Nicktoons Racing
Oddworld Adventures 2
Pac-Man: Special Color Edition
Paperboy
Perfect Dark
Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle
Playmobil Interactive: Laura
Pocket Bomberman
Pocket Bowling
Pokémon Crystal Version
Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Pinball
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Pokémon Silver Version
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Yellow Version
Polaris SnoCross
Pooh and Tigger's Hunny Safari
Portal Runner
Power Quest
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
Power Rangers: Time Force
Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball
Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo
Powerpuff Girls: Battle Him
Powerpuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green
Prince of Persia
Pro Darts
Pro Pool
Puzzle Master
Puzzled
Q*Bert
Quest: Brian's Journey
Quest: Fantasy Challenge
R-Type DX
Racin' Ratz
Rampage: World Tour
Rampage 2: Universal Tour
Rampart
Rats!
Rayman
Rayman 2
Razor: Freestyle Scooter
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy
Resident Evil: Gaiden
Return of the Ninja
Revelations: The Demon Slayer
Rhino Rumble
Road Champs: BXS Stunt Biking
Road Rash
Roadsters
Robocop
Robopon: Sun Version
Rocket Power: Gettin' Air
Rocky Mountain: Trophy Hunter
Ronaldo V-Soccer
Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats: The Movie
Rugrats: Time Travelers
Rugrats: Totally Angelica
Sabrina the Animated Series: Spooked!
Sabrina the Animated Series: Zapped!
San Fransisco Rush 2049
Sesame Street: Elmo's 123s
Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Sgt Rock: On the Frontline
Shadowgate Classic
Shamus
Shantae
Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder
Shrek: Fairytale Freakdown
Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror
Smurfs' Nightmare
Snoopy Tennis
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Space Invaders
Space Marauder
Spawn
Speedy Gonzales: Aztec Adventure
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six
SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
Spy vs Spy
Star Wars Episode I: Obi-Wan's Adventures
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Stuart Little: The Journey Home
Super Breakout
Survival Kids
Tarzan
Tasmanian Devil: Munching Madness
Tech Deck Skateboarding
Test Drive 2001
Test Drive 6
Test Drive Cycles
Test Drive Le Mans
Test Drive Off-Road 3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Saves the Day
Tiny Toon Adventures: Dizzy's Candy Quest
Titus the Fox
TNN Outdoors Fishing Champ
TOCA Touring Car Championship
Toki Tori
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks
Tom and Jerry: Mouse Hunt
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tomb Raider Starring Lara Croft
Tonka Construction Site
Tonka Raceway
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Toobin'
Toonsylvania
Top Gear Pocket
Top Gear Pocket 2
Top Gun: Firestorm
Towers: Lord Baniff's Deceit
Toy Story 2
Toy Story Racer
Trick Boarder
Triple Play 2001
Trouballs
Turok: Rage Wars
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Paintball
Ultimate Surfing
Uno
V-Rally Edition 99
Vegas Games
Vigilante 8
VIP
Wacky Races
Walt Disney Word Quest: Magical Racing Tour
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Warlocked
Warriors of Might and Magic
WCW Mayhem
WDL World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks
Wendy: Every Witch Way
Wild Thornberrys: Rambler
Wings of Fury
Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood
Woody Woodpecker Racing
Worms Armageddon
WWF Attitude
WWF Betrayal
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
Xena: Warrior Princess
X-Men: Mutant Academy - GBC Collector
X-Men: Mutant Wars
X-Men: Wolverine's Rage
Xtreme Sports
Xtreme Wheels
Yars' Revenge
Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories
Zebco Fishing 
Zoboomafoo: Playtime in Zobooland

Kick'n it off with some SESAME STREET SPORTS BOYEEEEEEE

Damn Splain, calm down there with the tough games eh.

I'm going to hook my Pi back up today and might get started on some GB and GBC games.

And so it begins!   
The list in the original post has been updated with Splain taking the lone spot at the top of the leaderboard. I've been playing through Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers for the first time over the last couple days and am halfway done at this point (on Level 3 of 6) so I should have something to contribute soon as well. 

I noted Pokemon Yellow in the list and am disappoint.

Well, is a Game Boy Color game even though the original retail box didn't label it as such. The game was programmed as a backwards compatible Game Boy Color game like the black GBC carts you often see, and even Nintendo has since officially recognized that Pokémon Yellow is a Game Boy Color game by labeling it as such in their 3DS eShop. At this point there is really no debate as to whether or not it's a Game Boy or Game Boy Color game.

Plus side, one completion of that nets you a win in 2 different threads.

Actually it's not listed in the Game Boy thread, since it's a GBC game  

Then what is Gloves on about.  

Edit:  I actually forgot you're doing the GB thread and Gloves' thread is the Switch one.  Got it mixed up.

The labeling in the 3ds shop is a misnomer. That's not saying "this is a GBC game", it's telling you which emulation software they use to play it.

Anywho, I'm just pulling your leg anyway, no worries. ;P

Super Mario Bros. DX is done!

Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers is done as well.  






This was my first time playing through Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers, and while I normally use a regular old Game Boy Color for playing GBC games this game just looked so beautifully animated that I decided to pop it in the GameCube's Game Boy Player and play it on the big screen to really appreciate all the graphical detail that went into it. I also didn't want to miss any clues that might be hiding in the backgrounds, seeing as how this is a point and click type adventure game. It is a rather short game and only took me three and a half hours or so to complete, but it was without a doubt the best Scooby-Doo video game that I've ever had the pleasure of playing. The characters looked great, the writing was pretty funny, and the whole setting and story really felt like a classic Scooby-Doo cartoon episode come to life. I also liked how the puzzles, while fairly challenging, were never too cryptic or convoluted to solve on your own if you spent a few minutes thinking about them. I never got stuck or had to use a guide at all, which is pretty rare for me when it comes to point and click adventure games. The only thing I could really criticize about the game was the music, which was often a little lackluster aside from a lovely chiptune rendition of the classic Scooby-Doo theme that plays during the opening and the credits. All in all I had a ton of fun with this game and would highly recommend it to any Scooby-Doo fan with a Game Boy Color compatible system. 

Earlier this year I had completed

Quest for Camelot and Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons

Nice! They've been added to the list of beaten games.  
 

Fired up Magical Tetris Challenge and beat Quest mode on Normal. I think that's a decent requirement since the other modes are endless as far as I can tell.

At first I thought Quest mode was a dumb attempt at adding strategy/RPG elements to the game, while still leaving your success largely up to chance. You have to collect certain numbered coins from people, and you don't always know what coins people have until you beat them at Tetris. Most of the time I was playing people and finding out that they only had coins that I didn't need. But I kept getting beat by CPU players who were getting all their coins before me. So I had to dive into the strategy of it and learn how to find the coins I needed. More interesting than I thought.

Tonight I decided to complete Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition using the same criteria as the Ms. Pac-Man in the original Game Boy thread, that being to see all 3 intermissions, but I was doing so well that I kept playing well past the third intermission. In the process I learned something I never knew about this game... there are more than 3 intermissions!

Every other version of Ms. Pac-Man I've ever played only had 3 intermissions, but in this one after you clear the 4th maze enough times you are taken back to the 3rd maze, then if you clear that a few more times you get to see a 4th intermission where Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Pac-Man Junior are all standing around and the stork comes and drops off a second Pac-Man Junior! After that intermission something totally unexpected happens...



You're taken to a new maze that I've never seen in any Pac-Man game before!   If you manage to clear that maze you're taken back to the 4th maze but with the ghosts behaving much more aggressively this time around, and clearing that maze twice takes you to...



Yet another new maze! I was totally blown away by this discovery and now I'm wondering if there are any other previously undiscovered intermissions and mazes in Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition, and if these extra mazes and intermission/s are in the original Game Boy version as well. In any case, with a final score of 140,130 I'm going to call this one complete.  

Wow! I'll have to look into it and see if the GB version has all that too.

In the meantime, I grabbed Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and played through a game. I picked this up as part of a bundle a long time ago, and I never had any idea how barebones it was. It's just a trivia game where you answer 15 questions. Slightly stylized.

And look at the credits! That was obviously a bored dev! "Hey, congratulations. You're a millionaire! Well, you're really a fake millionaire. But c'mon... what did you really expect?

Wow, I had no idea all of those extra stages existed. Thats pretty great! Does there seem to be anything extra in Super Pac-Man?

And a side note Jin, your GBC is practically flawless.

I honestly have no idea, I've never been good enough at Super Pac-Man to survive long enough to find out. What I did learn though is that the two extra mazes I got to in Ms. Pac-Man last night are the only two extra mazes in the game and they should be present in the original Game Boy version as well. Not sure if there are more than 4 cutscenes though. 

And thanks for the kind words on my GBC! I bought it new in box for $35 about 6 years ago when retro gaming stuff was still cheap, tossed in some custom colored buttons, then kept it in a padded case whenever I wasn't using it and never dropped it or anything like that; so aside from a little wear in the case's finish around the d-pad and buttons from thumb rubbing it still looks just like new.  
 

I just finished beating planet of the apes. I've got pictures to post later when i get a chance. Overall not a great game but not bad either. I appreciate that there were no game overs. The only consequence to dieing was restarting the current level.

Looped Galaga: Destination Earth. It was a lot shorter than I expected.

I applaud your drive and skills to discover those extra stages. That’s a nice touch by the devs to have thoses extra stages as bonus content.


If you would of told me that you pulled your GBC out of the box and swapped buttons 5 minutes ago, I would have believed you. It’s in that great shape.