Color Dreams games are often considered "awful", but I've actually enjoyed just about every one of them.  I'm just curious to see if there's anyone else here who has given them a chance and played through them. Also, I've beaten these games many times before (as well as a few other people), so for the sake of this list I'm only counting the first playthroughs.
 

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Developers (Color Coded Key)




Unknown/Debatable [1]
Unreleased (+) [3]

Total Games [31]
 

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List of Color Dreams / Bunch / Wisdom Tree Games		Amount of times beaten/ People who have beaten them
Baby Boomer		6 - nesmaster14, johnnyphantom, webb8514, nesmas12, gnarblast, prizza
Bible Adventures		11 - nesmaster14, nightowljrm, thehudge27, sully51,washyourface, protoscott, gnarblast, nesgopher, parpunk, acromite52, ichinisan
Bible Buffet		8 - nesmaster14, bimmylee, milesp1, nesmas12, gnarblast, acromite52, thewizard666, dr.morbis
Captain Comic		8 - nesmaster14, nightowljrm, bronzeshield, nesmas12, vectrex280996, pseudonym, gnarblast, tracker465,
Castle of Deceit		5 - nesmaster14, shinju, nesmas12, thewizard666, gnarblast
Challenge of the Dragon		8 - nesmaster14, nintegrity, drmorbis, thewizard666, nesmas12, tracker465, gnarblast, nerdynebraskan
Crystal Mines*		2 - pseudonym, bea_iank
Escape from Atlantis (+)		4 - nesmaster14, nesmas12, tracker465, vectrex280996
Exodus*		1 - bea_iank
Free Fall (+)		2 - nesmaster14, nesmas12
Galactic Crusader		0
Happy Camper (+)		4 - nesmaster14, mrmark0673, nesmas12, thewizard666
Joshua*		1 - completesnes
King Neptune's Adventure		10 - nesmaster14, penguin, drmorbis, nesmas12, thewizard666, tracker465, gnarblast,washyourface,nerdynebraskan, andyonaskateboard
King of Kings		8 - nesmaster14, bimmylee, washyourface, polonius, acromite52, sunbakedrecords, ichinisan, nerdynebraskan
Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu		10 - nesmaster14, thewizard666, bronzeshield, drmorbis, gnarblast, protoscott, tracker465, sunbakedrecords, nesmas12,washyourface
Menace Beach		11 - nesmaster14, penguin, thewizard666, nesmas12, gnarblast, pseudonym, tracker465, nesworld, sunbakedrecords, asmikace,washyourface
Metal Fighter		4 - thewizard666, drmorbis, nesmaster14, gnarblast
Miss Peach World		2 - nesmaster14, nesmas12
Mission Cobra		3 - thewizard666, drmorbis, nesmaster14
Moon Ranger		2 - gnarblast, nesmaster14
Operation Secret Storm		7 - nesmaster14, thewizard666, nesmas12, pseudonym, tracker465, gnarblast, nerdynebraskan
P'radikus Conflict		2 - nesmaster14, nerdynebraskan
Pesterminator		5 - nesmaster14, penguin, nesmas12, gnarblast, nerdynebraskan
Raid 2020		6 - nesmaster14, nesmas12, vectrex280996, tracker465, gnarblast, nerdynebraskan
Robodemons		10 - nesmaster14, nightowljrm, shinju, thewizard666, drmorbis, nesmas12, vectrex280996, gnarblast, nerdynebraskan, andyonaskateboard
Secret Scout		6 - nesmaster14, nesmas12, thewizard666, pseudonym, gnarblast, vectrex280996
Silent Assault		7 - nesmaster14, thewizard666, drmorbis, nerdynebraskan, nesmas12, gnarblast, tracker465, bimmylee
Spiritual Warfare		7 - drmorbis,dr.robbie, nesmas12, nesmaster14, pseudonym, xerxes, ichinisan
Sunday Funday (must beat Fish Fall as well)		7 - nesmaster14, thehudge27, penguin, thewizard666, pseudonym, nesmas12, nerdynebraskan
Tagin' Dragon		5 - thewizard666, drmorbis, nesmaster14, nerdynebraskan, gnarblast

* - Puzzle games (100 levels)
(+) - Unreleased games

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The Color Dreams Crew Game Totals:

nesmaster14 - 27 Color Dreams Archeologist, Sachen Dreamer, Bible Adventurer (-), Final Frontier
nesmas12 - 20 Color Dreams Archeologist
gnarblast - 18 Final Frontier, Sachen Dreamer
thewizard666 - 15 Sachen Dreamer, Roger That
nerdynebraskan - 12
drmorbis - 10 Sachen Dreamer
tracker465 - 9
pseudonym - 7
washyourface - 5
vectrex280996 - 5 Roger That
penguin - 4
acromite52 - 3
nightowljrm - 3
bimmylee - 3
ichinisan - 3
sunbakedrecords - 3
bea_iank - 2
bronzeshield - 2
thehudge27 - 2
protoscott - 2
shinju - 2
andyonaskateboard - 1
asmikace - 1
completesnes - 1
dr.robbie - 1
johnnyphantom - 1
milesp1 - 1
mrmark0673 - 1
nesgopher - 1
nesworld - 1
nintegrity - 1
polonius - 1
prizza - 1
sully51 - 1
xerxes - 1



Awards (added to your name above if any apply)

Color Dreams Purist - Beat all of the in-house developed Color Dreams games
Color Dreams Archeologist - Beat all of the unreleased Color Dreams games

Bunchatize Me Cap'n - Beat all of the Bunch games
Bend It Like Beckett - Beat all of the Crystal Mines engine games (Crystal Mines, Exodus, Joshua)
Sachen Dreamer - Beat all of the Sachen outsourced Color Dreams games

The Joy Van Challenge: Galactic Crusader - Beat the (apparently) hardest game on this list!

Final Frontier - Beat Moon Ranger (Odyssey Software out-sourced Bunch game)



Bible Adventurer - Beat all of the Wisdom Tree games



Color Dreamer - Beat all of the Color Dreams/Bunch/Wisdom Tree games
Color Dreams Master - Beat all of the Color Dreams/Bunch/Wisdom Tree games including unreleased.
Roger That - Beat Secret Scout without swearing! (Roger Deforest special challenge)




(+/- added if puzzle games beaten/unbeaten)

Color Dreams Playthrough Videos

Baby Boomer playthrough by GnarBlast -




Captain Comic playthrough by GnarBlast -




Castle of Deceit playthrough by GnarBlast -




Challenge of the Dragon playthrough by GnarBlast -




King Neptune's Adventure playthrough by GnarBlast -




Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu playthrough by GnarBlast - 




Menace Beach playthrough by GnarBlast -




Moon Ranger playthrough by GnarBlast -




Operation Secret Storm playthrough by GnarBlast -




Pesterminator playthrough by GnarBlast -




Robodemons playthrough by GnarBlast - 




Secret Scout playthrough by GnarBlast -




Silent Assault playthrough by GnarBlast -




World Records (!)
 

Game	Player	Time
Menace Beach	GnarBlast	12:09

 

"Challenge of the Dragon" enough said.

Too bad I can't select all the games I've beaten: Bible Adventures, Captain Comic, and Robodemons. Those are the three ColorDreams carts I own. I have a strange fondness for Robodemons, I beat it once every couple of months. It's a really fun - and extremely flawed - game. Nothing beats that title screen: *dong* *dong* dong* *dong* ... "Rhbbrdmuhnz"

ah, yeah I noticed I can't select more than one either...hmm oops. (never really have done Polls before)
Robodemons is great! My personal favorite actually

*updated thread, to make it easier just post what games you've beaten. I'll compile a list on the first post.

Sweet! I like the update. Looking forward to see who's completed what ColorDreams games. To be perfectly honest, this thread makes me wanna go buy a couple. Lol. Hopefully I'll find some when I go on the hunt later this week. When I think of ColorDreams, I don't really imagine there being as many games as this list indicates. I'm pretty shocked!

I've beaten Master Chu and Mission Cobra.

Captain Comic and Master Chu & Drunkard Hu. I'm a big fan of Captain Comic, it's one of my favorite offbeat platformers on the NES.

Ive taken out Joshua. Incredible game! But I really like those kind of games that make you think a bit.

Earlier this year I finished Bible Adventures and Sunday Funday. Was surprised how much I enjoyed Sunday Funday.

Beaten Baby Boomer 3 times

So are any of these games objectively good or worth playing. I own a "bunch" (pun intended) and was wondering what I should start out with.

I've only played a few Color Dream games, but for me the one I love the most is and will always be Baby Boomer, It was a childhood favorite I grew up playing with my brother, and I had to hunt it  down CIB.

While none of them are spectacular titles, there are definitely a few that are good fun to play despite their flaws.  I can say that many of them reuse game engines, so if you don't like Operation Secret Storm, you probably won't like Secret Scout, Challenge of the Dragon, etc; if you don't like Crystal Mines, then Exodus won't be worthwhile either, etc. 

I've beaten Pesterminator, Menace Beach, King Neptune and Sunday Funday.

Is there truly any way of objectively measuring something being "good" or "worth playing"? (This is mainly rhetorical, lol) Sure, there's something in common with every great game, but there's still a level of subjectivity. In my opinion, they're all worth playing for the novelty. They're all so quirky and bizarre in their own ways. Even games that try to be serious or not-so-weird like the Bible games are all so messed up. The bad controls are for a good laugh. So it really depends on what you want out of the experience. Do you want a game with tight controls, cool graphics, and great gameplay? Then none of these will be for you most likely (though from what I've seen, Spiritual Warfare doesn't seem too bad). If you want an experience... you'll definitely get one with a lot of these games. 

I would recommend Robodemons.  

I've beaten Bible Buffet and King of Kings.

I'd say probably start with Captain Comic (the most polished in controls). Good game to start with since the rest I'll admit have "Crisco Controls" as I call them, haha.  Though they take a bit getting used to, they are still very fun, and what they lack in controls, they make up for in style/quirkiness and fun!

Then (in no particular order):

• Challenge of the Dragon - probably the best "kung-fu" engine game
• Menace Beach - very fun and quirky platformer, classic Color Dreams
• Robodemons - combines horizontal shooter and action platforming elements using a boomerang. Cool game centered around the Divine Comedy
• King of Kings - Solid game, has some nice variety in stages, kinda like SMB2 a bit
• Happy Camper - classic Color Dreams style and charm, interesting ideas in this one
• Escape from Atlantis - very unique game, though was never released.  I actually released a CIB of it last year.
• Bible Buffet - very fun boardgame like candyland, I play this A LOT with friends, probably one of the best multiplayer games of that genre for NES.

If it counts, I was the first person to confirm beating Happy Camper. I legitimately enjoyed playing it.

I need to play more Happy Camper. I only fired it up when I got it to make sure it worked ok and haven't touched it since.

Never heard of Happy Camper? Is that a prototype?

Yes.  The game was released by NGD but the ROM was never released publicly.  I would assume that you could find the ROM online from someone who dumped one of the repros.

Hey, put me down for Metal Fighter. Just knocked it off, it's actually kind of a fun little shooter.

Mission Cobra is actually pretty decent, I haven't beaten it but I can usually last longer on fuel than in games like 1943.

Castle of Deceit. F-ing hard as hell since the collision detection is horrid! But I do like the game though if it was polished a little more it would have been a really great unlicensed game.

oh and Robodemons!

Metal Fighter, Castle of Deceit, Robodemons. Well done guys! Updating list now