Do Not Give Energy to the Game Boy!

Rules
• You must have started the game no earlier than January 1, 2016.
• Emulators and Virtual Console are okay but no save states or cheats may be used.
• Photos are not required, but encouraged.
• Any questions that arise as to what constitutes beating any given game will be dealt with on a game to game basis. Most games should have an end game or credits screen

2016 Goals
• Beat all 502 Game Boy games
• Beat 2015's score (133)

Leader Board
Guitarzombie - 35
PekoTAS - 34
bronzeshield - 21
Junk_isHxC - 17
bronzeshield - 19
Splain - 14
Jin - 13
Seppatoni - 10
Ferret Oxide - 8
sunsetflip84 - 6
Philosoraptor - 5
KrakenSoup - 5
acidjaguar - 5
NintenDarr - 4
the_wizard_666 - 4
SAG26 - 3
EgasKrad - 3
alakhira - 3
cartman - 2
Br81zad - 2
Bea_Iank - 2
Arnpoly - 1
Wasbi - 1
BertBerryCrunch - 1
r0b07 - 1
Brock Landers - 1
The Finder - 1
zeldaboy - 1
Darkchylde28 - 1
Stryphos - 1
Lynda - 1
NESKing80 - 1
Jono1874 - 1
Yoshi! - 1
Solegooseproductions - 1

Unbeaten Game Boy Games    - 290 Remain...
4-in-1 Funpak
Addams Family
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Adventures of Star Saver
Aerostar
Aladdin
Alfred Chicken
Alien 3
All-Star Baseball '99
Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure
Amazing Spider-Man 2
Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider Slayers
Amazing Tater
Arcade Classics #4: Defender / Joust
Arcade Classics: Super Breakout / Battlezone
Asteroids
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Baseball
Bases Loaded
Batman Forever
Batman: The Animated Series
Battleship
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
Beetlejuice
Best of the Best: Championship Karate
Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks
Black Bass: Lure Fishing
Blues Brothers
Bo Jackson: Two Games In One
Boomer's Adventure in Asmik WOrld
Boxxle
Boxxle 2
Brain Bender
Brain Drain
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bubsy II
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
Buster Bros.
Caesar's Palace
Casino Funpak
Championship Pool
Choplifter II
Chuck Rock
College Slam
Cool Spot
Cutthroat Island
Cyraid
Daedalian Opus
Daffy Duck
Days of Thunder
Dead Heat Scramble
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Dexterity
Donkey Kong Land 2
Dr. Franken II
Dragon's Lair: The Legend
DragonHeart: Fire & Steel
Earthworm Jim
Extra Bases
F-1 Race
F-15 Strike Eagle
F1 Pole Position
Faceball 2000
Fastest Lap
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
Fidgetts
FIFA International Soccer
FIFA: Road to World Cup '98
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97
Fighting Simulator 2-in-1 Flying Warriors
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Flash
Flintstones: The Movie
Flipull
Foreman For Real
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Baseball
Frogger
Game of Harmony
Gauntlet II
Gear Works
George Foreman's KO Boxing
Getaway: High Speed II
Go! Go! Tank
Goal!
Godzilla
Golf
Great Greed
Hal Wrestling
Hercules
High Stakes Gambling
Hit the Ice
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Hook
Hudson Hawk
Humans
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hunt for Red October
Hyper Lode Runner
Incredible Crash Dummies
International Superstar Soccer
Iron Man / X-O Manowar: in Heavy Metal
Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness
James Bond 007
Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure
Jimmy Connors Tennis
Judge Dredd
Jungle Book
Jungle Strike
Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues
Ken Griffey Jr Presents: Major League Baseball
Kingdom Crusade
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Klax
Knight Quest
Krusty's Funhouse
Kwirk
Lamborghini American Challenge
Lazlo's Leap
Lethal Weapon
Lion King
LoopZ
Lost World: Jurassic Park
Madden '95
Madden '96
Madden '97
Malibu Beach Volleyball
Maru's Mission
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Megalit
Mercenary Force
Metal Masters
Micro Machines
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Miner 2049er
Missile Command
Monster Max
Monster Truck Wars (USHRA)
Mortal Kombat 3
Motocross Maniacs
Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise
Mr. Do!
Mr. Nutz
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Mulan
Mysterium
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Nail 'N Scale
Navy Seals
NBA All-Star Challenge
NBA All-Star Challenge 2
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Live '96
NFL Football
NFL Quarterback Club
NFL Quarterback Club '96
NFL Quarterback Club II
NHL '96 
NHL Hockey '95
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
Ninja Boy
Ninja Boy 2
Ninja Taro
Oddworld Adventures
OIympic Summer Games
Out of Gas
Pac-Attack
Pac-in-Time
Pagemaster
Panel Action Bingo
Paperboy 2
PGA European Tour
PGA Tour '96
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinocchio
Pit-Fighter
Play Action Football
Pocahontas
Power Mission
Prehistorik Man
Primal Rage
Prince of Persia
Prophecy: The Viking Child
Punisher: The Ultimate Payback
Pyramids of Ra
Q Billion
Q*Bert For Game Boy
Race Days
Race Drivin'
Radar Mission
Raging Fighter
Rampart
Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventures
Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!
Revenge of the Gator
Riddick Bowe Boxing
Ring Rage
Road Rash
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
RoboCop
RoboCop 2
RoboCop vs The Terminator
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
Rolan's Curse
Rolan's Curse 2
Rugrats: The Movie
Samurai Shodown
SeaQuest: DSV
Serpent
Side Pocket
Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk
Simpsons: Bart vs the Juggernauts
Small Soldiers
Soccer Mania
Solomon's Club
Speedball 2
Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball
Sports Illustrated: Golf Classic
Sports Illustrated for Kids: The Ultimate Triple Dare
Spot's Cool Adventure
Spy vs Spy
Square Deal
Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Stargate
Stop That Roach!
Street Racer
Super Battletank
Super Black Bass
Super Breakout
Super Chase HQ
Super Hunchback
Super Kick Off
Super Off Road
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Superman
Sword of Hope
Sword of Hope II
Tamagotchi
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
Tasmania Story
Taz-Mania
Taz-Mania 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Tesserae
Tetris 2
Tetris Plus
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Monana's Movie Madness
Titus the Fox
Tom & Jerry
Tom & Jerry: Frantic Antics
Top Gun: Guts & Glory
Top Rank Tennis
Torpedo Range
Total Carnage
Toy Story
Track & Field
Track Meet
Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator
Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs
Ultima: Runes of Virtue
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Ultra Golf
Urban Strike
Vegas Stakes
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Wild Snake
Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94
World Bowling
World Circuit Series
World Cup '98
WWF King of the Ring
WWF Raw
WWF War Zone
Yogi's Goldrush
Yoshi
Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension
Zoop

Completed Game Boy Games!

Arcade Classics #1: Asteroids / Missile Command - Listed individually
Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II - Listed individually
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4-in-1 Funpak Volume 2 - the_wizard_666
Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt - guitairzombie
Adventure Island - PekoTAS
Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise - PekoTAS
Alien vs predator: last of his clan - Jin
Alleyway - NintenDarr
Amazing Penguin - guitarzombie
Amazing Spider-man - bronzeshield
Animaniacs - NintenDarr
Arcade Classics #2: Centipede / Millipede - Jin
Arcade Classics #3: Galaga / Galaxian - Jin
Atomic Punk - PekoTAS
Avenging Spirit - Guitarzombie
Balloon Kid - Philosoraptor
Barbie: Game Girl - Ferret Oxide
Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly - Jono1874
Batman: Return of the Joker - sunsetflip84
Batman: The Video Game - sunsetflip84
Battle Arena Toshinden - sunsetflip84
Battle Bull - SoleGooseProductions
Battletoads - sunsetflip84
Battletoads in Ragnarok's World - PekoTAS
Battle Unit Zeoth - Jin
Beavis and Butt-head - Guitarzombie
Bionic Battler - bronzeshield
Bionic Commando - Philosoraptor
Blades of Steel - PekoTAS
Blaster Master Boy - guitarzombie
Boggle plus - Jin
Bomberman GB - Alakhira
Bonk's Adventure - PekoTAS
Bonk's Revenge - guitarzombie
BreakThru! - Splain
Bubble Bobble - Junk_isHxC
Bubble Bobble: Part 2 - Philosoraptor
Bubble Ghost - PekoTAS
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - PekoTAS
Burai Fighter Deluxe - PekoTAS
BurgerTime Deluxe - PekoTAS
Captain America and the Avengers - guitarzombie
Casper - bronzeshield
Castelian - Junk_isHxC
Castlevania Adventure - Junk_isHxC
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - seppatoni
Castlevania Legends - Guitarzombie
Catrap - PekoTAS
Centipede (Accolade) - Ferret Oxide
Centipede (Majesco) - Ferret Oxide
Chase HQ - sunsetflip84
Chessmaster - bronzeshield
Cliffhanger - guitarzombie
Cosmo Tank - PekoTAS
Crystal Quest - arnpoly
Cool Ball - guitarzombie
Cool World - guitarzombie
Contra: The Alien Wars - Brock Landers
Darkman - guitarzombie
Darkwing Duck - guitarzombie
Dennis the Menace - guitarzombie
Dick Tracy - Junk_isHxC
Dig Dug - PekoTAS
Donkey Kong - alakhira
Donkey Kong Land - KrakenSoup
Donkey Kong Land III - PekoTAS
Double Dragon - cartman
Double Dragon II - bronzeshield
Double Dragon 3 - cartman
Double Dribble: 5 on 5 - bronzeshield
Dr. Franken - seppatoni
Dr. Mario - Splain
DuckTales - Br81zad
DuckTales 2 - Br81zad
Elevator Action - PekoTAS
Elite Soccer - Seppatoni
Felix the Cat - Junk_isHxC
Final Fantasy Adventure - alakhira
Final Fantasy Legend - Lynda
Fish Dude - guitarzombie
Fist of the North Star - bronzeshield
Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island - seppatoni
Fortified Zone - Philosoraptor
Game & Watch Gallery - Splain
Gargoyle's Quest - Darkchylde28
Ghostbusters II - Junk_isHxC
Gradius The Interstellar Assault - PekoTAS
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Jin
Harvest Moon GB - PekoTAS
Hatris - Bronzeshield
Heavyweight Championship Boxing - sunetflip84
Heiankyo Alien - bronzeshield
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - guitarzombie
In Your Face - bronzeshield
Ishido : Way of Stones - acidjaguar
Jack Nicklaus Golf - Jin
Jeopardy! - Splain
Jeopardy! Platinum Edition - Splain
Jeopardy! Teen Challenge - Splain
Jeopardy! Sports Edition - Splain
Jetsons: Robot Panic - Guitairzombie
Joe & Mac - Guitairzombie
Jordan vs Bird: One on One - bronzeshield
Jurassic Park - Jin
Kid Dracula - Junk_isHxC
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters - PekoTAS
Killer Instinct - Wasbi
King of Fighters '95 - Bea_Iank
Kirby's Block Ball - PekoTAS
Kirby's Dream Land - KrakenSoup
Kirby's Pinball Land - acidjaguar
Kirby's Star Stacker - Splain
Kung Fu Master - Junk_isHxC
Last Action Hero - Guitairzombie
Legend of the River King - zeldaboy
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - SAG20
Lemmings - acidjaguar
Little Mermaid - Ferret Oxide
Lock 'n Chase - PekoTAS
Looney Tunes - Seppatoni
Marble Madness - bronzeshield
Mario's Picross - the_wizard_666
Mega Man - guitarzombie
Mega Man II - EgasKrad
Mega Man III - guitarzombie
Mega Man IV - EgasKrad
Mega Man V - EgasKrad
Metroid II: Return of Samus - guitarzombie
Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! - Junk_isHxC
Mickey's Dangerous Chase - Junk_isHxC
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge - bronzeshield
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - PekoTAS
Milon's Secret Castle - PekoTAS
Mole Mania - KrakenSoup
Monopoly - guitarzombie
Mortal Kombat - Jin
Mortal Kombat II - Jin
Mouse Trap Hotel - seppatoni
Ms. Pac-Man - PekoTAS
Nemesis - acidjaguar
New Chessmaster - bronzeshield
Ninja Gaiden Shadow - guitarzombie
Nintendo World Cup Soccer - Ferret Oxide
Nobunaga's Ambition - bronzeshield
Operation C - Philosoraptor
Pac-Man - PekoTAS
Paperboy - Jin
Penguin Wars - Splain
Pipe Dream - Splain
Pokemon Blue Version - The Finder
Pokemon Red Version - r0b07
Popeye 2 - Junk_isHxC
Power Racer - Ferret Oxide
Qix - PekoTAS
Quarth - PekoTAS
R-Type - Jin
Rescue of Princess Blobette - PekoTAS
Real Ghostbusters - Junk_isHxC
Shaq Fu - guitarzombie
Shanghai - the_wizard_666
Skate or Die: Bad 'N Rad - PekoTAS
Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash - PekoTAS
Sneaky Snakes - PekoTAS
Snow Bros. - guitarzombie
Solar Striker - acidjaguar
Solitaire FunPack - the_wizard_666
Spanky's Quest - guitarzombie
Speedy Gonzales - seppatoni
Spud's Adventure - Guitarzombie
Smurfs - Seppatoni
Snoopy's Magic Show - Seppatoni
Space Invaders - Ferret Oxide
Spot - SAG26
Street Fighter II - NintenDarr
Sumo Fighter - guitarzombie
Super Mario Land - KrakenSoup
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - KrakenSoup
Super R.C Pro AM - PekoTAS
Super Scrabble - bronzeshield
Swamp Thing - Guitairzombie
T2: The Arcade Game - Jin
Tail 'Gator - guitarzombie
Tail Spin - Ferret Oxide
Tecmo Bowl - Stryphos
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan - Junk_isHxC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers - Seppatoni
Tennis - bronzeshield
Tetris - BertBerryCrunch
Tetris Attack - splain
Tetris Blast - splain
Tiny Toons Adventures: Babs' Big Break - NintenDarr
Toxic Crusaders - Junk_isHxC
Trax - Junk_isHxC
True Lies - bronzeshield
Tumble Pop - SAG26
Turrican - GuitarZombie
Universal Soldier - guitarzombie
Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! - Yoshi!
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 - NESKing80
Wario Land II - PekoTAS
Wave Race - PekoTAS
Wayne's World - bronzeshield
WCW: The Main Event - Guitarzombie
We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story - Guitarzombie
Wheel of Fortune - Splain
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear - PekoTAS
Wordtris - bronzeshield
Word Zap - bronzeshield
World Heroes 2 Jet - Bea_Iank
WWF Superstars - sunsetflip84
WWF Superstars 2: Steel Cage Challenge - sunsetflip84
Xenon 2 - Junk_isHxC
Yoshi's Cookie - Splain
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja - Junk_isHxC

Completion Requirments

Atomic Punk: Clear the Atomic Punk Mode.
Blades of Steel: Complete the Tournament mode on at least Normal difficulty.
Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World: Climb up the tower, beat the boss, and climb back down.
Burai Fighter Deluxe: Complete the game on Ace difficulty.
Dig Dug: Clear "New Dig Dug" mode
Dr. Mario: Clear all 20 stages. (Does not have to be all in one attempt)
Elevator Action: Rescue your getaway driver at the end of stage 6
Gradius The Interstellar Assault: Clear the game on at least normal difficulty.
Harvest Moon GB: Complete one in-game year, and do well enough to keep your farm at the end of the year.
Kirby's Block Ball: Clear the boardine scores on every level to play the final stage and fight King Dedede.
Kirby's Dream Land 2: Obtain all seven Rainbow Drops and defeat Dark Matter.
Kirby's Pinball Land: Deafeat the boss of each pinball table and defeat King Dedede.
Kirby's Star Stacker: Clear all difficulty levels of "Round Clear" Mode.
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Clear the game on the Hard difficulty for the end credits.
Ms. Pac-Man: View all three intermissions
Pac-Man: View all three intermissions
Qix: Clear stage 8.
Revenge of the Gator: Score 1,000,000 points!
Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash: Clear the Stale Fish Tour Mode, and beat the high score on the Retro-Rocket Ramp.
Super R.C Pro AM: Complete races and spell out "Nintendo" four times to finish the game.
Tetris: Score 100,000 points on endless mode to launch the first rocket, and clear Mode B on level 9, High 5 to launch the second rocket.
Wario Land II: Complete all of the levels. Collectables for 100% are not required.
WCW Main Event: Complete the Elimination mode on any difficulty.
Yoshi: Reach Level 20 with at least 10,000 points on endless mode.
More to come!

Third times the charm

I've got a lot of games I know how to beat still on the unfinished list, so people better step it up before I catch up to you all. ; )

I also wanted to mention that philosoraptor was a tad mixed up about something when he beat balloon kid. The hello kitty famicom game was actually based on balloon kid, rather than the other way around. For whatever reason, Balloon kid was not released in Japan, so they took Balloon kid and converted it into a hello kitty game for the famicom.

Just thought I'd clear that up before misinformation gets spreading. Balloon kid is one of my favourite Game Boy games.  

Working on one of the unfinished ones, but wow, that's a long way to go toward completion. Has it ever been achieved?

I am playing Road Rash at the moment, so I'll post when that's done.

I can try to beat the hateful mess that is Lamborghini American Challenge, too, if nobody else wants to.

I was working on a handful of games that I've never beaten before, but I'm stuck on... all of them. I should slam out some more easy stuff to get my groove back. Game Boy games are typically short enough that we ought to be able to reach at least 200 by year's end.

Ok, broke thru Breakthru! I did this for SNES recently, and I found that the GB game is identical to the SNES one, just black and white. So I'm going by the completion criteria from the SNES thread, which is to finish the first 24 levels, at which point the levels loop around at a higher difficulty. If anyone has any beef, I can fire it back up.

Castlevania Legends: Complete.

Did you get the true ending? There are extra requirements to fight the true final boss and see the proper ending. Sonya will let her hair down, and there is more story. The final shot of the true ending has Sonya holding a baby Christopher Belmont, the protagonist of Castlevania Adventure.

I will update the list shortly to include brrakthru's completion.

Cosmotank complete!

This is a game I discovered in a previous year's thread, and it continues to fascinate me. It has everything it needs to be the next big Diamond in the rough discovery, yet it fails to reach that level for some reason.

I think it's main shortcoming is that it's just boring to play despite its polish and multi-genre gameplay. Maybe the manual has some really well written back story that could clear things up, but without the manual it just feels like nothing is that important in the game. I think a unique battle theme for bosses and the final boss would have really helped, as all the bosses feel kind of unremarkable when they use the regular battle music.

I suggest Game Boy enthusiasts give this one a go and tell how they feel about it in the thread. It's interesting enough that you'll enjoy it, but don't be surprised if you find yourself underwhelmed.

Yeah I was actually surprised by CosmoTank when I first played it. All things considered, it's not that bad, it just lacks that mystery polish.

Stuff like that is why I spent the end of 2015 trying to figure out and document any special criteria for the games in my list so people knew what they were getting into ahead of time.  Obviously you just took this guy on, but if you're running things in 2017 it is something to consider doing.

 

Believe me, I have been working on it as I progress through the GB library.   I was going to make a list of everything I'm aware of at some point, but something came up before I could get around to it. I had a list compiled of certain things back when I breifly ran the thread 2 years ago, but I've discovered other things since. I'm also trying to come up with goals for puzzle games that seem appropriate as opposed to just beating the high score. Stuff to make the game feel a little more like a complete victory as opposed to just playing a few minutes and winning.

Obviously this is all going to take a while, but hopefully the GB fans of the thread can help compile a complete list of this sort of stuff. It's going to be a group effort. I'll see if I can put the current list together some time today, but I have a doctor appointment first. Don't you worry about the thread. I've been wanting to get back to running it for a couple years, so I'm not about to slack off.  

It's worth pointing out that I have to rebuild my GB collection, so it may take until next year before I have most of my old cartridges back. I'm focusing on those before I start buying a bunch of new ones, since some of the ones I used to have are increasing in price and popularity. I'll be in full swing by the start of next year, since thankfully GB carts are fairly easy to purchase around here.
 

I had no idea.  

Skate or die tour de thrash complete!

It's a pretty fun game, and way better than the first one that konami made. Skate or die bad 'n' rad I still have unfinished business with, and I intend to beat it some day.

At the moment I'm working on beating Wizards and Warriors X The Fortress of Fear. I was initially having a lot of trouble with it, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it. I can now pretty consistently get to what I believe is the final level, but I have been making fairly slow progress there. It seems that the final level is not only really tough, but also a maze that you can get sent backwards in. If you saw the version of this post Pre-edit, I'm actually having a lot of fun with this game now. I'd love to be able to knock this one off my personal GB completion list, let alone the thread's list.

Also I want to make a special shout out. If anyone knows the requirements to obtaining the good ending in bubble bobble 2 for Game Boy, please let me know. I've heard it isn't similar to the NES version, though I'm not sure. I'm slowly compiling a list of GB completion requirements, and that would be a good one to know since I myself am not very good at bubble bobble games.

On a similar note, in bubble bobble 1 for Gameboy, you obtain key items for defeating bosses which allow you to save your brother at the end of the game. For those who have played it, do you know if you retain the items if you turn the system off, and insert a password later? There may be a chance it doesn't give you back the item if you use a password past the first boss.

I should be able to beat wizards and warriors fairly soon. Keep it up everyone! Also (sure to remind me if I miss a completion during an update. The thread is a group effort among GB fans.  

EDIT: Wizards and Warriors X Fortress of Fear complete!

As much trouble as I had with this game, it's overall quite good. It's fairly punishing, but it can be completed with enough repeated playthroughs. There's a sneaky trick in the last level that took me a while to figure out, and once I did that I was able to beat the final boss. There is a single congratulations screen where you rescue a damsel, which was apparently the plot.

Overall a good GB game, just a little time consuming to learn. I'd recommend it.  

Next I'll be working on Catrap. I've played 20 puzzles so far, and can honestly say this game is awesome. It's been a while since I've sat down with a GB game and been able to say without question that the game rules. Even if someone finishes it before me, I'll be playing this for my own personal completion list.

Update! I'm at level 74 of Catrap, and still enjoying it. Taking a bit of a break and starting Wario land 2 which is a huge project. I've never fully finished Wario land 2, but I've always wanted to. The deal with this game is that you HAVE to 100% complete the game to do the REAL final chapter. The game is enormous for a game boy game, and will take quite some time to finish. Just calling it a head of time so people don't start it up and invest a ton of time into it.

I beat Pipe Dream. It gives you a password every 4 levels, until toward the end it just says "TRY NEXT 4STAGE" (sic) and you have to do the last 8 levels in a row without dying. Then you find out that all the pipes you built were to help fill a swimming tank for a penguin:



Then you add your name to the high score list, and instead of showing the level you died on, it shows a letter B. Beat?

Thread updated.

I'm taking a short break from my current projects to play through Pokemon Blue just for fun. I'm still working on Wario Land II and Catrap, but it will be a little slower than at first. I'm still re-building my GB cartridge collection, so I'm focusing more on games I used to own rather than new ones at this point. I'm going to be as ready as I can be for next year.  

I really wanted to add to the list, but after weeks of playing almost every night for a bit, Final Fantasy Legend II doesn't look like it is going to be beaten, at least by me anyways. I'm near the end, but I just don't have the drive to keep walking three steps, saving, resetting, and repeating all of the way through the last area or two. FFLIII was so good, and I had a great story to tell about finally beating FFLII 18 years after purchasing it, but wow, is that game frustrating. Maybe I'll finish it off, we'll see.

I wouldn't feel too bad about it. Final Fantasy Legend II is a very hard game to finish. I grew up with it, and I still always have trouble late-game.

A bit of an update on my projects, I'm about 43% finished Wario Land 2, and I'm on level 81 of Catrap. I've been doing a lot more shopping than playing lately, but I still intend to knock these two games off the list. Wario Land 2 is such a massive game. O__O

It was a really long project, but WARIO LAND II COMPLETE!

I'm really glad I finally 100% completed the game and played the super final level, but in doing so I discovered that there's absolutely no point at all. The ending is barely any different than the other endings, and doesn't really change the outcome of the story in any way. The boss of the stage is also a mini-boss that gets recycled many times throughout the game, and it's no different than any other time you fight it. It's an entirely useless effort to 100% the game, so I will be changing the completion requirements for this game.


For Wario Land II to be considered completed next year, the player must complete any of the game's branching paths. This includes the one accessible right at the start of the game. It's the funniest and most satisfying conclusion anyways, so I'd encourage players to take it. 100% completion for the final level is not required, so feel free to skip all the collectables.

Of course for your own personal completion lists, I wouldn't consider you to have finished the game unless you did everything, but for this thread it's kind of overkill. I'll scratch it off the list once and for all! (well, at least until next year)

Final Fantasy Legend is finished!

I always have to re-learn how to play this game, but it's always worth it. Despite being an early Gameboy RPG, it has a lot of really heavy moments in it. It's just a really amazing game that doesn't get nearly enough credit. The dead children with the mother's note is probably the most haunting thing you'll ever see on Gameboy, and it gives me goosebumps every time I replay it.

It takes a lot of learning, and you'll probably have to start the entire game over a few times before you're able to finish it, but I feel it's really worth it.

Lol, that Wario II ending right at the beginning will count? I agree that 100% shouldn't be required for "beating" the game, but that first ending is basically 0%. It seems wrong that Kirby 2 got put back on the list, if that literally-zero-effort Wario 2 ending counts. (I don't mean to spoil it for anyone who hasn't played it yet. Sorry.) It's your call, but maybe require any ending aside from that one?

On a related note, at what point is Game & Watch Gallery beaten? The game is made up of 4 games, each with a modern and classic variant, and each of THOSE with 2 or 3 different difficulty levels. So basically 20 different endless games. There are stars to be earned by getting high enough scores, but getting all the stars is definitely the same thing as 100%ing the game. Apparently you can't see the credits more than once on a single cart without wiping your progress, so I've been emulating it to preserve the save file on my cart.  

I got this credit roll, but I'm nowhere near having all the stars. I have around 45 across all the games. I'm trying to figure out what triggered it. It says "you did it" but I don't know what I did. Then it gives a basic explanation of the stars, which should be obvious by now to anyone who already has 45 of them. Anyone have any insight?

Having played the GBC Game and Watch games, I'd agree that the game is over at the first credits roll. The credits in these games are activated at certain star quotas. 45 must be the requirement for the first game. I'll knock it off the list.

As for Wario land 2, what makes it different from Kirby's Dream Land 2 is that without the Rainbow Drops, Dark Matter is still inside of King Dedede, and nothing is resolved. By getting all the Rainbow drops you fight an exclusive boss, save the day, and get the proper ending.

In Wario land 2 you get the good ending no matter which story you complete, and if you do the final level all that you get is to fight a recycled mini-boss and to hold something different during the end credits.

In a multi-story game like Chrono Trigger I know there's a similar style short ending, and in that case you're cutting out most of the game. In Wario Land 2 you're really not cutting out anything of actual worth by doing the early ending, since most of the "story" is just traveling to different locations. In the main stories of Wario Land 2 you're just trying to get your three bags of money back, but the early story line involves you taking your entire castle back. I know it seems a little odd, but the shortest storyline has the most at stake, and is actually a compact story without filler.

I feel in this particular case, playing the shorter storyline has no negative impact on the game's experience. That's why I'm allowing it for completion. People who want to go the extra mile can feel free, but considering nobody has ever completed Wario land 2 for the game boy threads in the past, I feel like most people won't make the extra effort.  

I suppose the story of a game is a strong determinant of whether or not the game was beaten. And you're right, we don't need to be making it harder to complete the list.  

It'll just be one of those things for future threads. A race to see who gets credit for the game that requires literally no gameplay to get marked off the list. And that's fine.

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge ist listed as unbeaten, but Mega Man as completed. As far as I know these games are the same.