Since Tetris was released alongside the original Nintendo Game Boy in 1989, handhelds (and later, mobile phones) have been associated with puzzle games. The daddy of the puzzle game, Tetris, has gone on to be one of the best-selling franchises in all of gaming. Others, like Bejeweled, Puzzle Bobble, and Candy Crush, have become popular with people who often don’t play puzzle games.…
Month: July 2025
Tales of Monsterland DX Review
The release of the ModRetro Chromatic has been a gift for fans of the Game Boy and its early iterations. Around twenty Game Boy games have already been released under the ModRetro branding in the past couple of years. It’s great for the community to have access to all this software, and even though these aren’t official releases, physical versions are also available.…
Wicked Plague Review
Wicked Plague was developed by LocusMotion and published by ModRetro. The game released on July 11th, 2025. It is exciting to be reviewing a title for the Game Boy Color that has just been released in the year 2025. Wicked Plague is a stylish 8-bit metroidvania with cool, grunge-style characters and satisfyingly difficult combat. The physical version of the game comes in a nice-looking compact box, with concept art and descriptive text on the back.…
Dragonhym Review
The homebrew and ‘post-life’ library for Game Boy and Game Boy Color seems to be getting new additions every month. While some of these go under the radar and are simple puzzle games, other titles are more ambitious. Dragonborne was originally released as a Game Boy title a few years ago (still in the Game Boy’s ‘post-life’ era).…