We live in an era when the world may be in crisis, but the video game industry, including the indie and Game Boy homebrew industry, is blossoming. We have had so many great Game Boy homebrew titles in the last couple of years. Titles like Infinity, Dragonhym, Gumball in Trick or Treat Land and many more just go to show that this part of the industry can produce stand-out titles.…
Category: Modern Review
Hispeedido Laminated DMG Screen Kit Review
The original DMG Game Boy is a legendary piece of hardware that those of a certain age will have fond memories of. The system sold like hot cakes and is a good example of how Nintendo created amazing experiences from hardware that some thought was outdated. The liquid crystal display, similar to calculator displays, was tested, modified, and continuously worked on by engineers at Nintendo under the leadership of the late Gunpei Yokoi.…
Gumball in Trick – or – Treat Land (GBC) Review
Gumball in Trick – or – Treat Land is another new Game Boy Color game. Joining the likes of Infinity, Wicked Plague, and Dragonhym, Gumball in Trick or Treat Land is an ambitious homebrew title with production standards that exceed those of many official titles from big studios. The game is a turn-based role-playing game inspired by titles such as Earthbound and Undertale.…
Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini (2GB) Review – A budget emulation handheld that is surprisingly powerful
The days of dedicated handhelds from the big console publishers have been over for a while now. Instead, what we have is a handheld space filled with ’emulation handhelds’. These machines are from companies like Anbernic, Ayaneo, Retroid, and more that produce handhelds that use Android and Linux, and are primarily designed to play ROMs from old systems.…
Everdrive GBA Pro Review – GBA Everdrive with Save States
Flash carts allow gamers to play a variety of ROMs on old, retro hardware in an easy and convenient way. Ever since the 90’s, they have existed, but as time goes on, they’ve become more convenient and cheaper. The Everdrive GBA Pro is an upgrade to the Everdrive GBA Mini. It comes with a few innovative new features.…
Homebrew Review Roundup: Episode 2
There are so many small studios working on Game Boy games at the moment that it is easy to lose track of how these projects are progressing. Most of these developers do it out of love for the Game Boy and gaming more generally. These aren’t official releases, so there’s no big money involved, yet we are still having a very healthy ‘post-life’ for the Game Boy.…
Infinity Review
Infinity is another game that originally started development on the Game Boy many years ago and has recently been revived and released in the modern era. This is similar to titles like Kien, and Shantae: Risky Revolution. You may have heard of Infinity back in 2016, as the original team put together a demo of 2-3 hours of the game (until the Evil Tree Boss) and released it around this time.…
RunieStory Review (GBC)
RunieStory: A Fantasy Life is a recent indie Game Boy Color game developed by Spicyfuse and first released in 2023. The game can be played on original hardware via a flashcart, or on an emulator on anything from a PC to an Analogue Pocket. Of all the recent role playing games to hit the GBC such as Zephyr’s Pass, Infinity, and Dragonhym, RunieStory leans more into the life simulation/ farming simulation genre, and this difference leads to the game being slower paced.…
The Angry Video Game Nerd 8 – Bit Review (Nintendo Switch)
The Angry Video Game Nerd pioneered comedy game reviews on Youtube. James Rolfe, the man behind the nerd, has been making films since he was a child, and found success with the shortform gaming reviews that he engaged in while playing the character of The Angry Video Game Nerd. The early videos date from 2007-2009. Rolfe has gained so much popularity that he has already had videogames based on his character release.…
Retron SQ – Hardware Review
The Retron SQ is a great looking system. The system is a budget console that lets you play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games on a HD TV. This compatibility is its main appeal yet it isn’t compatible with much of the Game Boy Advance library. A few years ago, I heard that the Retron SQ was on the market, and from day one I heard that it had compatibility issues.…