Regular Nick: June 2023

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Aliens: Thanatos Encounters (GBC)

Aliens: Thanatos Encounter is a single-player shooter based on the Alien science-fiction horror film series. It takes place aboard Thanatos, an abandoned freighter that has been infested with Alien creatures. The game is played from a

top-down perspective and features 12 levels, each available in three difficulty settings. In each level, the player must clear areas of Alien creatures and rescue survivors to progress. There are five Colonial Marines characters for the player to choose from and each has different skills and attributes. [2] If the player's current marine is defeated by an Alien creature, the player must replay the level with another marine and has a time limit to rescue the previous one.

Tomb Raider (GBC)

In Tomb Raider, the player control Lara Croft though 14 levels spread across five areas. In each level, the player must solve puzzles, jump over obstacles, and defeat enemies. Lara can perform up to 25 different moves, including ledge-grabbing, backflips, and cliff-diving. The story of the game follows Lara's attempts to stop a group of treasure hunters from possessing the Nightmare Stone, a key capable of releasing the evil god Quaxet.

Tonic Trouble (GBC)

Ed, a purple alien working as a janitor on his mothership, finds himself cleaning a storage room. He starts hunting a bug, trying to squash it. Exhausted from the hunt, Ed proceeds to drink an unidentified liquid from a container, but as he spits it out onto the floor, screws come alive and open a trapdoor. The container falls through the door and down to Earth, polluting a river and causing the entire planet to mutate. Grögh, a drunkard sleeping nearby, swallows the liquid and gains supernatural powers that help him conquer Earth.

Tootuff (GBC)

Description

Unbelievable!..

Nadia's totally-mega photo is in a thousand pieces... The treasure hunt is on! Hurry to join Tootuff and his friends and find out just who is the King of the Playground!

- 21 over-the-top tests of skill: Death Target, The Labyrinth of Fear, Mash gets Smashed, Poo Wars...

- 2 complementary game modes: "Mega Contest" or "Playground Express"?

- Up to 4 players with a single Game Pak, without a Game Link cable!

- A game chock-a-block with fun, and easy to play!

Your greatest-ever pranks... You'll do them with Tootuff!

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue! (GBC)

The game's plot is relative to the Toy Story 2 film, and begins at Andy's house as Al McWhiggin steals Woody from the family's yard sale. Buzz Lightyear, Hamm, Rex, Slinky , and Mr. Potato Head venture out to find and rescue Woody. After leaving Andy's house, the toys enter the neighborhood in which Andy lives, then proceed to Al's Toy Barn, the penthouse where Al lives and finally the airport terminal and tarmac where the movie ends. Stinky Pete (a.k.a. the Prospector) appears as the game's final boss along with two of his in-game henchmen.

Xena: Warrior Princess (GBC)

The Game begins with Xena and Gabrielle walking down a road and Gabrielle telling Xena a joke. Xena decided to go travel alone to visit an old friend in Oebalus; as she approaches, she notices black smoke rising where the village would be. When she arrives in Oebalus, she finds her friend dying and she is told that "they are looking for her", referring to Gabrielle. Xena goes into the village, rescues the remaining hostages, and finds the Pirate King Pactolus. After his defeat, he informs her that King Valerian paid him and his men to distract her while Valerian's Soldiers capture Gabrielle on the road.

X-Men: Wolverine's Rage (GBC)

Lady Deathstrike discovers schematics allowing her to build a weapon that will melt Wolverine's adamantium skeleton. Lady Deathstrike decides to go ahead with the machine and Wolverine has to do whatever it takes to track her down and stop her.

Woody Woodpecker (GBC)

This game occurs in the universe cartoon . And for much of this adventure, main character is Woody Woodpecker. During the absence of Woody's nephew Knothead and niece Splinter were abducted by the Machiavellian Buzz Buzzard, which requires an exorbitant ransom for a release. Unwilling to pay, Woody goes in search of the missing by venturing into the huge and dangerous amusement park built by Buzz Buzzard.

Worms Armageddon (GBC)

In the game, the player controls a team of up to eight earthworms tasked with defeating an opposing team using a wide range of weapons at their disposal. The game takes place on a destructible and customizable two-dimensional board and is characterized by cartoonish graphics and a unique brand of humour.

WWF Attitude (GBC)

The game is the sequel to WWF War Zone and is the last WWF game to be published by Acclaim. The WWF signed a deal with THQ later in 1999, ending a ten-year relationship with Acclaim that began with WWF WrestleMania.

WWF Betrayal (GBC)

The game's plot was roughly based on a storyline in 1999 where Stephanie McMahon gets kidnapped. Her father Vince McMahon promises to grant the player a shot at the WWF Championship if they manage to save her. The player must then fight through a series of side-scrolling levels to rescue Stephanie. The player can play as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H , or The Undertaker.

WWF WrestleMania 2000 (GBC)

More than 50 WWF wrestlers were included in the game, and, with the exception of existing superstars' move sets, all of them can be freely edited to the player's liking. Using the same system, the Create-a-Wrestler mode is extensive. Players are able to create a highly detailed wrestler with an extensive library of wrestling moves, many of which are carried over from previous AKI games in the series.

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Rhino Rumble (GBC)

Rhino Rumble is a platform game in which the player guides Rocky, a rhino who finds himself with a burning breath after eating a hot pepper, to find a magical waterfall that will return his breath to normal.

Rayman (GBC)

The game follows the same general plot as the original: the evil Mr Dark has imprisoned the Electoons in cages and cast the Glade of Dreams into imbalance, leaving Rayman to free his prisoners and defeat him.

Rats! (GBC)

Rats! is a 2D platform video game designed for single-player where players play as the character Mr. Rez, described as "a radical yo-yo playing rat-for-hire assassin with an attitude and cool, black shades" who was an "awful assassin".

Rayman 2: The Great Escape (GBC)

Rayman 2 takes place in a world called the Glade of Dreams, and revolves around its invasion and occupation by an armada of interstellar Robo-Pirates, led by Admiral Razorbeard . Prior to the invasion, the Robo-Pirates destroyed over one hundred planets in the galaxy, with the intention of enslaving their inhabitants. Upon the invasion of the Glade of Dreams, the Robo-Pirates were battled against by Rayman ,Globox, and other allies. After some battles, Rayman's capture occurs after the explosion of the Primordial Core. Ly the Fairy telepathically communicates with Rayman explaining the consequences of the damage, with the core's shattering into 1000 Yellow Lums, and the capture of many fighters. Rayman's powers are also lost due to this, and he finds himself captured by the Robo-Pirates at the beginning of the game.

X-Men: Mutant Wars (GBC)

A band of cyborgs is terrorizing the planet. Believing that Magneto is controlling the cyborgs, the X-Men try to defeat him. The player can take control of Wolverine , Storm , Cyclops , Iceman, and Gambit as they prepare for the battle to save the planet.

Tasmanian Devil: Munching Madness (GBC)

The game is a platform game played from an overhead perspective. Players take control of Taz to eat all the food in each of the nine levels - Tasmania , Australia , China, Greece, Switzerland, Amsterdam , Amazon River, Las Vegas and Transylvania. On the way, players must also collect medallions and attack enemies by using Taz's signature spin or by spitting.

X-Men: Mutant Academy (GBC)

Much like its big brother, X-Men: Mutant Academy on the Game Boy Color is a fighting game. Due to obvious limitations on hardware, the stages in this version have been rendered in 2D, and the gameplay is different from the PlayStation version. In addition to Story Mode, where one player takes on all the others in consecutive fights, there is training mode, battle mode, survival mode, and a versus mode utilizing the Game Link cable. During a fight, a rage bar will slowly fill, which allows using powerful special moves that are activated through button combos.

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Wild Adventure (GBC)

Players can take control of Mowgli as he learns the ways of the jungle with the help of his animal friends. Players will run, jump, climb, and crawl their way through 20 side-scrolling levels divided into five distinct areas: the Sunset Jungle, the Rainbow Jungle, the Temple Ruins, Treetops, and the Desolate Jungle.

Monsters Inc. (GBC)

Monsters, Inc. is a 3D platformer. Players control James P. "Sulley" Sullivan through 8 levels based on environments from the movie, including the scream factory Monsters Incorporated, the streets of Monstropolis, Sulley's apartment, the Himalayas , and more.

Microsoft 6 In 1: The Puzzle Collection (GBC)

Microsoft: The 6 in 1 Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack is a puzzle collection game for the Game Boy Color released in

2000. Developed by Conspiracy Entertainment and published by Swing! Microsoft: The 6 in 1 Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack is a puzzle collection game for the Game Boy Color released in

2000.

Merlin (GBC)

Merlin is an action game and platformer in which the player must navigate levels whilst defeating enemies. The game features five worlds each comprising three levels, based on the elements of Earth, Water, Fire and Air, and the human world. Worlds alternate between action-based and platforming-based levels, with a miniboss featured in each level and final boss at the end of each world. Merlin's life system is measured by a 'magic meter', which increases when defeating enemies, and decreases when being hit. When the meter is full, or when Merlin picks up a power-up, he is able to cast different spells.

M&M's Minis Madness (GBC)

With M&M's® MINIs® MADNESS for the Game Boy® Color System, your challenge is to help those famous candy-coated stars, Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue, regain control of their candy factory from a band of renegade M&M's® MINIs®. Journey with these fab-four through multiple levels of play, while solving a variety of adventure-style puzzles and arcade-style activities. Discover each M&M's® Character's special talents for overcoming those mischievous MINIs®, and bring the factory's Central Computer back from MINIs® mayhem!

Laura's Happy Adventure (GBC)

The game's storyline revolved around a good-natured young girl named Laura as she solved the mystery of a magic diamond by helping the people around her, both within her family and the outside villagers, blending real-world everyday life with fantasy elements.

Lucky Luke: Desperado Train (GBC)

Lucky Luke: Desperado Train is an Action game, developed and published by Infogrames, which was released in Europe in 2000.

The Land Before Time (GBC)

The story begins when the young dinosaurs were trapped in a cavern trying to escape, realizing they aren't alone in the cave noticing there's a sleeping Sharptooth starting to wake up causing them to flee in fright separated from each other in different areas. Littlefoot and Petrie after escaping from the awoken Sharptooth, they recognize that their friends are lost. Cera was in the Dusty Desert, Spike is in the Swamp, and Ducky is in the high Mountains. Littlefoot and Petrie were starting to rescue their friends after the escape.

Konami Vol. 4 (GBC)

Konami GB Collection Vol. 4 is the fourth volume in the Konami GB Collection series (or originally the third one in Japan), featuring the following Game Boy games:

Nemesis II , renamed Gradius II for both the JP and EU rereleases

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Brand new ports of the NES games Yie Ar Kung-Fu and

Antarctic Adventure

Konami Vol. 3 (GBC)

Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 is the third volume in the Konami GB Collection series (or originally the second one in Japan), featuring the following Game Boy games:

Pop'n TwinBee

Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru

Motocross Maniacs , renamed Bikers in the EU rerelease

A new port of the 1982 arcade game Guttang Gottong, a.k.a. Loco-Motion

Konami Vol 2 (GBC)

Konami GB Collection Vol. 2 is the second volume in the Konami GB Collection series (or originally the fourth one in Japan), featuring the following Game Boy titles:

Track & Field

A brand-new port of the arcade game Frogger

Parodius

Quarth , retitled Block Game for the EU rerelease

Konami Vol. 1 (GBC)

Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 is the first compilation release by Konami of their earlier Game Boy titles, featuring the following games:

Nemesis, renamed to Gradius for the Collection rerelease

Castlevania: The Adventure

F-1 Spirit , renamed to Konami Racing

Probotector , a.k.a. Contra or Operation C

Jim Henson's The Muppets (GBC)

Jim Henson's Muppets is a platform game in which Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's time machine sends the Muppets back in time. The player is able to play as Kermit and Animal and must travel through different eras time to save the rest of their friends. The game features six zones with a time travel theme, spanning the prehistoric era to the wild west. Each zone features four stages, with a boss level at the end of each zone.

Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine (GBC)

Grab your whip and join America's finest archaeologist in an all new action-packed adventure. Become Indiana Jones in a race against time to find the missing pieces of the legendary "Infernal Machine" before the Russians can, and discover its mysterious powers.

Donkey Kong 2 Land (GBC)

Donkey Kong Land 2 stars Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong in their quest to rescue Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool and the Kremling Krew. While its stage names and world themes are borrowed from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (except for Castle Crush, which became Dungeon Danger; and Haunted Hall, which became Krazy Koaster), the level designs are different.

Finders Keepers (GBC)

Magic Knight has been sent to the Castle of Spriteland by the King of Ibsisima in order to find a special present for Princess Germintrude. If Magic Knight is successful in his quest, he may have proved himself worthy of joining the famous "Polygon Table", a reference to the mythical Round Table from the legends of King Arthur.

Harvest Moon 2 (GBC)

The object of the game is to cultivate a farm to prevent the land from being used to build an amusement park. As with the previous game, the player may choose to play as a boy or a girl.

Elevator Action EX (GBC)

The game contains four stages with four buildings each. At the end of 4th building in each stage, player fights against a series of enemies appearing from the doors inside a narrow tunnel, except for stage 4, where player fights against boss in a multi-level suite.

Elevator Action (GBC)

Elevator Action is an action platform arcade game. The player assumes the role of Agent 17, codename: "Otto", a secret agent. Otto enters a 30-story building at roof level and must work his way down to the basement, collecting secret documents whose locations are marked by red doors. Along the way, he must use the building's elevator and escalator systems to move from floor to floor and avoid or kill the enemy agents trying to stop him.

Gex: Enter The Gecko (GBC)

Following his victory over Rez in the Media Dimension, Gex has retired from the public eye and turned to solitude.

Two years later, his quiet life is soon turned upside down when one day he was watching television when all of a sudden, it goes blank and Rez's image begins flashing on the screen. Two government agents also appear and abduct Gex to their headquarters, in which Gex is interrogated. The agents explain that Rez has returned and they need his help in taking him down again.

Wendy: Every Witch Way (GBC)

Wendy: Every Witch Way is a side-scrolling action platform video game. The game stars Wendy the Good Little Witch, a character from the Casper the Friendly Ghost series. One day, Wendy goes into her aunts' attic, finding and opening a chest containing the magical Moon Stones. In doing so, they upset the gravity of the floating Moon Stone Castle causing it to crash onto her house. Wendy must collect the stones to restore the gravity.

Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown (GBC)

Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown is a 2D action fighting game in which a player controlled character and an AI controlled character use offensive and defensive attacks, with the goal of depleting their opponent's health. If the player defeats the enemy, they will be presented with a password, which can be entered into the password menu on the main screen to play from their current position in the game. Upon completing all 9 stages, the player is granted the rank of champion.

Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy (GBC)

Young gamers can join the men and women of Fisher Price's popular civic-service squad in Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy. The Rescue Heroes tackle five missions ranging across 15 different environments in this adventure. Four difficulty settings provide a fun challenge for all skill levels.

Top Gun: Firestorm Advance (GBC)

In Top Gun: Firestorm Advance, an unknown terrorist organization has begun attacking facilities that belong to Americans. The country's best pilots are sent to the military's best flight school, "Top Gun", to learn the techniques that will help them beat the terrorists!

The Fish Files (GBC)

The player takes control on Dante, a college student in search of his kidnapped fish, Ramada. His quest takes him to various cities, towns and other time periods.

The Grinch (GBC)

The Grinch stares down at Whoville through his telescope from Mount Crumpit, planning to take the Whos' presents using his gadgets. He goes in his cave, and looks through his blueprints deciding which gadget to make first. However, the Grinch accidentally falls off his mountain of boxes and his blueprints fly away down to Whoville and various parts of Wholand. The Grinch visits Whoville, the Whoforest, Whoville Municipal Dump, and Wholake, destroying Christmas presents, playing pranks on the Whos and recovering pieces of his blueprints in the process so he can steal Christmas.

Hello Kitty No Beads Koubou (GBC)

Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou is a Puzzle game, published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Hello Kitty Sweet Adventure (GBC)

Hello Kitty no Sweet Adventure: Daniel Kun ni Aitai is an Action game, developed by TOSE and published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 2000.

Hype: The Time Quest (GBC)

The story begins during King Taskan IV's reign, following the end of a civil war. Hype, the champion of the kingdom, is being rewarded for his loyalty and valor by being presented with the powerful Sword of Peace. However, during the ceremony a mysterious and powerful black knight riding a dragon unexpectedly appears. The knight steps to the King and demands the throne. At that moment, Hype steps before the knight and attempts to confront him, but the black knight is too strong and with the use of powerful magic, transforms Hype into a statue of stone and casts him deep into the past. Two hundred years earlier, Hype's statue appears in the courtyard of an apprentice magician: Gogoud.

Hugo 2.5. (GBC)

Soon after his adventure in the Castle Arbarus and the breathtaking rescue of Hugolina, Hugo is in trouble again. Scylla has him captured and imprisoned. He now needs to escape from her magic castle.

Hugo: The Evil Mirror (GBC)

The evil witch Scylla (Afskylia in the original Danish version) is back and has made a plan to rid herself of the troublesome good troll Hugo once and for all. She uses her powers to trap Hugo in the titular magic mirror that she then cracks it into three pieces and magically scatters the fragments across the world. Scylla also once again kidnaps Hugo's wife, Hugolina. Now Hugo and Hugolina's three children, Rit, Rat, and Ruth (Trollerit, Trollerat and Trollerut), are the only ones who can free their parents.

Heroes of Might and Magic (GBC)

Heroes of Might and Magic is a series of games that were remade for the Game Boy Color. They are based on early games in the original Heroes of Might and Magic series. The remakes were developed by KnowWonder and published by
The 3DO Company.

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