The Game Boy Color is an icon of the late 90’s and early 00’s that has been having a comeback in recent years. Because of modding (especially adding backlights), GB studio, and probably nostalgia, homebrew Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have become a thing, and we are getting around five or ten new games released for the system every year.…
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Homebrew Review Round Up: Episode 3
Welcome to the third edition of Homebrew Review Round Up. This edition is full of high-publicity homebrew titles with most of the games featured being designed primarily for the ModRetro Chromatic (a modern Game Boy). The games covered have been prominent releases in the modding and homebrew community. Not every game that I’ve covered in this series have been as prominent as the games in this episode.…
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.…
Hispeedido GBC 2.8 Inch Screen Kit Review
The Game Boy Color is a timeless handheld that was personally my first videogame machine that was exclusively mine. Me and my brother shared an N64 when we were growing up, and that console along with Zelda: Ocarina of Time are the reason I became obsessed with gaming. However, The Game Boy Color, that I received in 1998 along with Pokemon Blue, took my obsession with gaming to another level.…
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.…
Everdrive GB X3 Vs Everdrive GB X5 Vs Everdrive GB X7 Which Should you buy?
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color hold special memories for many of us. As well as being dedicated handhelds that were getting new releases for a significant part of the 90’s, they were also home to some great Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda games. Furthermore, in 2026, there is a flourishing Game Boy homebrew scene. Because of all this, there are many, many games that you can load up your flash cart with.…
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.…
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).…
HISPEEDIDO (GBC) Backlight Screen Kit Q5 (Laminated) Review
Unlike the Game Boy Pocket, the Game Boy Color has a few screen kits available that require no soldering to install. This article reviews one of them, and the HISPEEDIDO Q5 kit is also one of the cheaper ones available. At less than £50 (if you’re lucky), this option will backlight your Game Boy Color with a new, beautiful screen and there are touch options to change brightness and color, even if your soldering skill aren’t up to the job.…