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Best of Game Boy Homebrew Games

a collection by poipo32 · last updated 2023-11-10 03:05:21

Some of the more polished homebrew games made for the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Color. 
The games in this collection are a subset of the ones included in my Game Boy Homebrew Games collection.

For the Game Boy Advance equivalent of this collection, click here.

A Metroidvania for Game Boy Color
Action
A Gameboy Game for GBJam8
Role Playing
Play in browser
Sci-Fi classic adventure for Game Boy
Adventure
Play in browser
Follow the Bird Hero entering the lair of the Iron Owls in this short Action RPG game for Gameboy.
Adventure
Play in browser
An Interstellar Puzzle Game
Puzzle
Play in browser
Jumpy Jumpy Game Boy Color Blah Blah
Platformer
Play in browser
Can you jump your way through the construction zone to reclaim all of DE's bananas?
Platformer
Play in browser
Intense match-4 puzzle fun for Game Boy!
Puzzle
Play in browser
A micro-society by Ben Jelter
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
An extremely simple casual endless grid-based arcade collect 'em up for the Game Boy.
Action
A short and simple point-and-click inspired adventure game for the Game Boy.
Adventure
poipo32 says

Simple point-and-click game for the original Game Boy.  
The graphics are very nice, something that I've come to expect from snorpung, who also developed DanganGB and Thin Ice Rescue.
The game is short but fun, and it does not overstay its welcome.

A horror game for the original Gameboy!
poipo32 says

An interesting horror game.
Your actions and decisions will determine the length of your playthrough and the ending you get.
Playthrough are short enough to make you want to replay the game to see the various endings.

This game was released on cartridge by Incube8 Games, but it is currently sold out.
I do not know if more copies will be produced.

A short simplistic boss-rush/bullet-hell shmup released for the Game Boy to celebrate the console's 30th anniversary.
Shooter
poipo32 says

A fun bullet hell shmup for the original Game Boy.
This might be the only shmup in the bullet hell on the system. 
It runs smoothly and is an overall better game than most commercially released shmups for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
The graphics are nice and the lack of flicker is impressive.

This game would make for a great cartridge release.

A horror story for Game Boy
Adventure
Play in browser
An arcade platformer homebrew game for the Game Boy
Platformer
Game Boy Color homebrew arcade platformer
Platformer