5 graphically impressive Gameboy Color games - minimme

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[@wheresmyhugat]

cant wait for 5 graphically impressive cave paintings

[@MrMartDK]

A personal favourite of mine is "OOGHA BOOGHA" by AAURH UUH

[@kenetickups6146]

Mr. Peanutbutter ah so atari 2600

[@dava_arvarabi]

Kenetic Kups Atari 2600 best graphics = Solaris, 1987. It's looks like Star Fox to me.

[@Canas94]

5 graphically impressive porn games.

[@gjtrue]

Bubsy 3-D? 🤣

[@iconiclocal9279]

The second one actually looks like a GBA game wtf

[@justinevilofficial]

More like ds

[@TheGoldenBolt]

I'm clicking on this again just to comment on it, because I forgot to this morning. You should do a 5 Graphically UNimpressive series for the PS4 or something - any system known for its visuals. I have three games in mind for the PS4 already...

[@minimme]

(is Black Tiger one of them)

[@TheGoldenBolt]

But of course!

[@Mixmitch1]

I was going to say dumpster bear but then I remembered it's on the wii u

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

the parappa 1 port though the original had badly colored graphics anyways

[@TeamSima]

The Golden Bolt's Game Reviews I think this is an interesting idea, but the problem is technology moves forward quite fast so what is known for graphics changes with the times, and while things that are technically impressive for one reason or another are pretty easy to spot and show, stuff on the other end of the scale leaves too much open, since something that is very aesthetically pleasing but keeps within it's bounds or isn't interested in pushing boundaries (or even is made with different kinds of boundaries in mind, like Retro City Rampage) will qualify for that kind of list. It also would probably come off as kind of negative, mean-spirited, and way more subjective, since even a game like Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite which reuses many ancient assets and looks horrific has at least some people defending it.

[@KevinCow]

I'm not sure if you'd count it since it was incomplete and never officially released, but there's a version of the first Resident Evil for the GBC that got shockingly close to the PS1 version.

[@aodtonix]

Kevin Stevens any dump for the incomplete file?

[@KevinCow]

scapegoaaat - Here's a video of the game, with a link in the description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoOmlWWMi9J_jtk

[@kingson4112]

When you showed the Toy Story Racer game, I was like "HOLY CRAP! That's great graphics." And then you showed the gameboy color version.

[@ianchandler4649]

Still great graphics… for the, um, GBC.

[@CutieFakeKirby]

@@ianchandler4649 yeah, compard to the original game, I'll let it have the "you tried" badge

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Hope you didn't actually think the first one was for the Gameboy Color. Maybe the DS, but even the GBA could never run it like this.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@CutieFakeKirby why do you even watch these videos then? You obviously don't understand the concept & also have no appreciation/respect for the Gameboy & Gameboy Color.

[@noaht2005]

To be fair, the original game does look good for a ps1

[@Nada-fj8ij]

"Alone in the dark is a resident evil style game" wut

[@minimme]

You can tell I wrote that line super late at night

[@ChaseMC215]

That's because Alone in the Dark was the very first horror game before Resident Evil

[@dreamingskies4619]

Project Firestart for the C64 had all the survival horror conventions in place years before Alone in the Dark.

[@okarowarrior]

+Scott Elliott Music I think MC Chase meant first "static-3d camera" horror game before Resident Evil

[@thecianinator]

Well, Resident Evil was an Alone In The Dark style game...

[@chadschmaltz9790]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the town menus in Shantae. The over-the-shoulder perspective giving the illusion that Shantae is standing in the middle of the town and rotating to face the different buildings looks really cool.

[@J-Pow]

I would say Wario Land 3 was one that stood out for me.

[@Aukejorrit]

Josh Powers That game is one that defined my childhood. What a good game that was and still is.

[@sircoconut7271]

The voice of the FMV is going to give me nightmares

[@distilledmeat42069]

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[@MrTherandomvidsguy]

Distilled meat lol

[@KujaNiv100]

You can find a clean, more accurate record of the Cannon Fodder GBC intro here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnzNhXaJntCHq9U

[@alexojideagu]

EXTERMINATE!

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

Lol

[@FrankieHiltz]

Do a "5 graphically impressive Skyrim ports", because you know.. I think we have enough by now :b

[@gododoof]

Dingleberry Tech 5 impressive doom ports would actually be a good video.

[@Meta64_]

gododoof digital foundry already did it

[@Meta64_]

gododoof it was a good video

[@3meninthenight860]

Am I the only one a bit suprised to not see "Perfect Dark" on this list? I remember being blown away plugging that game into my GBA, I was so used to GBC games being so much worse than my GBA games, but that one felt like one of the bunch

[@VexLawman]

Part 2: *Faceball 2000*

[@Aukejorrit]

A few from my youth that were impressive: - Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets - WarioLand 3 - Shantae - Rayman - Lego racers (kinda dated nowadays) - Kirby tilt 'n tumble

[@JamesJacksonKFPDad999]

Love your channel minimme! I'd be happy to see you do graphically-impressive games for, well, every console pre-2005, while you're at it! (I feel like the PS3 / Xbox 360 generation was when impressive visual feats stopped being so dramatic)

[@daviddeltoro1808]

My man, back at it again

[@0ctothorp]

I think it might be worth it to look into maybe reviewing handheld games, maybe try a couple underappreciated gems and see what happens.

[@minimme]

Yeah I think so too, I'm working on a video about Max Payne on GBA right now

[@princeanime]

I'd love to see that

[@3DSage]

I remember seeing Alone in the Dark for gbc in Game Informer magazine and immediately thinking it was a misprint of maybe a low budget ps1 game. It was very impressive for such slow hardware. "Creatively bankrupt" What about a list of your favorite games, or moments in games, or history of 3D, or list of games that were cancelled, or celebrity voice acting in games. Idk just trying to think, Great channel so keep it up!

[@minimme]

Not bad ideas yo :) thanks

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

Lot of things come to mind, but first and foremost Towers: Lord Baniff's Deceit. It's a real time 3D dungeon crawler, like Ultima Underworld with FMVs.

[@natsyrte]

Given the video I just saw, it's not real time 3D. Those are static images.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

Real time as in not turn-based.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

It looks more like Dungeon Master than Ultima Underworld.

[@Soundole]

Cool list. It sounds like a really unique point in time - the processing capabilities of the GBC were still pretty simple, but massive cartridge sizes (in comparison to say, 5 years earlier) produced some real surprises with pre-rendered assets.

[@bangerbangerbro]

You put toy story stuff on here and I arrive trying to escape the creepy toy story test animations stuck in my head! But when you mentioned travellers tales I was fine.

[@monytontana5184]

Yea I have some criticism... These videos are impeccably brilliant! They bring back so many memories. Keep up the good work...always!

[@minimme]

haha thanks so much!

[@ganesh2levrai]

fish files ! a really pretty looking game

[@hoopsgaming3268]

I’ve heard that Cannon fodder actually sounds better on original gbc hardware.

[@belstar1128]

It does not sound better i have tested it.

[@hoopsgaming3268]

On an original Gbc?

[@belstar1128]

Yes

[@hoopsgaming3268]

Well that's odd.I heard countless times that it sounds alot better on a GameBoy Color

[@rexthesheep]

The GBA doesn't perfectly replicate GB/C audio, most notably it's missing some features on the noise channel which developers often exploited to simulate digitised audio. That's why games with complex sound effects may sound worse on GBA, such as Pokémon Yellow and indeed Cannon Fodder. If you play GB/C games in Visual Boy Advance, you'll get a similar result to playing them on a GBA. Indeed, Shantae appears to be being played in its "GBA Enhanced" mode that alters the colour palette.

[@buckleyboy810]

"X" was a Star Fox-esque tank combat game that was pretty good. it was only released in Japan though and from what I recall it's quite rare so I understand why it wasn't included

[@minimme]

If I'm thinking of the right game I think that was an original Gameboy game rather than one developed for the Color - it'd be perfect for one of these vids on the original GB!

[@SayakaMaizonoo]

You apologize for ruining my ears right now mister.

[@minimme]

sorryyyyy

[@Kolyasisan]

I really dig in Perfect Dark for gbc. It has full voice acting (sic!), good animations and generally nice graphics

[@SimonTime]

Hey minimme, Cannon Fodder's intro does not sound crackly and robotic on real GBC hardware! I recorded the intro directly from the headphone jack of my real Gameboy Color, here's a link: vocaroo.com/i/s1imRMvTkw8v

[@hoopsgaming3268]

I wonder why it sounds so different on other hardware and emulators.

[@SimonTime]

It sounds bad on the GBA due to it having a different sound chip, and bad on emulators due to very slight inaccuracies relating to PCM samples in the way they handle their sound chip emulation.

[@muteclaude6969]

Man that GTA ADVANCE pause theme really gets memories back while he's talking you could hear a faint soundtrack

[@Erandros]

That cannon fodder 3d selection screen was insane

[@sabin1981]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Street Fighter Alpha, that was an incredibly impressive conversion that didn't try to faithfully emulate the arcade but instead the developers put their own GBC spin on it. Fluid animation, gorgeous colours, very impressive, especially when you compare it to the original SF2 on the original GB - which was a really poor port IMO. Still, great vid! I love vids like this, you often run across unknown gems that are worth playing even today :)

[@MartellThaCool]

Good quality here with the graphical upload of the game boy color

[@MikeRetroModz]

Great video as always! I want part two!! I know theres other impressive games like.. Rayman,perfect dark, mario tennis, etc Theres just so many gbc games, you could even probably do a japanese version of that list hehe, Okay see ya on the next one, i love those vids btw

[@sciencelad1]

If you do a part 2 it could be worth checking out Tomb Raider and its sequel Curse of the Sword, Lara is so well animated and the backgrounds are very detailed, and in Curse of the Sword they're even animated

[@agaycrow2520]

shantae is such a great game omg. it's so beautiful and has so much personality, and it's a total blast to play to boot

[@richardjohansson2648]

Jeezus!! That Cannon Fodder fmv sounds like the Max Headroom signal-hack. xD

[@josphok4142]

great video man ,, plz keepup

[@thunderchild1083]

Cannon Fodder was one of my favourite games when I was younger

[@seanetx]

Just like Cannon Fodder, Tarzan for GBC had a FMV intro. It was pretty much the back half of one of the movie trailers.

[@gonzalocabuche2124]

i love alone in the dark in the gbc , i played it a lot of times when i was kid

[@SceptileDude254]

I'd have to shout out the two Harry Potter RPGs that are on the GBC, as the spritework as some of the last GBC games was phenomenal, in the backgrounds and the small character sprites, especially from the Chamber of secrets one. The final battle with the basilisk also is a highlight of Sprite animation that definitely contributed to my early love of pixel art.

[@showalk]

The way the Toy Story Racer game works is the same thing Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver did on PC in 1998. This game also had a Game Boy Color port released in 2000.

[@rushiosan]

Metal Gear Solid (2000) is another stunning example. The sprite work in that game and the amount of well translated gameplay mechanics from 3D titles is just insane. Worth checking out.

[@KingBat]

Turok Rage Wars had awesome graphics imo. It stunned me as a kid.

[@captainnintendo]

Perfect Dark was pretty memorable for it's great synthesized speech

[@Driffoid]

Also cool thing to note is that right now shantae for the color is worth around $300 for some reason.

[@PrimevalDemon]

I would like to point out that Jake Kauffman "Vert" is the musician behind shantae tracks and has uploaded them to yt and even shares his thoughts on them via description

[@cactuscoe9096]

Rhino Rumble, Alfred's Adventure are two glaring omissions. Klax's graphics and sound are also noteworthy.

[@metalducky1665]

The unreleased port of the first resident evil also looks great!

[@axllRaZor]

Omg I HAD the alone in the Dark cart

[@Snolferd]

Top 5 most graphically impressive keyboard buttons.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

The Space Bar is number 4

[@jakedanielsen4512]

My sides

[@andyosei3374]

Lmfaoooooooo I'm dead

[@natsyrte]

You could mention The Fish Files for your next GBC video. Incredible graphics, reminiscent of Lucas Arts games.

[@Anex952]

And addams family

[@johneygd]

Cannon fodder on the GBC is mind blowing. Also donkeykong country on GBC. blows my mind.

[@mr.o1253]

Y’all should check Star Ocean for the GBC. Mesmerizing!

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

Wacky Racers, from the same people who did Driv3r on the GBA. It pulls off some trippy-looking Mode 7-like graphics on the Game Boy Color.

[@BrianGreigRWD]

Warlocked was pretty impressive if only that it was the closest we got to a full featured RTS on GBC.

[@nensondubois]

Tom and Jerry Mouse Attacks has a few FMV cutscenes, as does Tomb Raider.

[@RoboBlue2]

If you want to see a REALLY impressive tech demo, look up Stunt Race FX for Gameboy.

[@SharkNinjaBlueStar]

I KNEW THERE WAS A TOY STORY RACER. I remember that shit blowing my mind when I was a kid!

[@GeekGamerGui]

You also have F1 Championship Season 2000 and Championship Motocross 2001 those use the same technology we have in Toy Story Racer. And if you want to see a nice FMV on GBC, take a look at Supercross Freestyle.

[@BalancedSpirit79]

Great list. If we’re counting imports then Mega Man Xtreme would be worth talking about.

[@dan_loup]

The gameboy color had some quite neat tricks on it's belt, specially if compared to the OG gameboy. For example, it has a DMA data copying hardware, which allows you to very quickly copy data from the cartridge to the video memory, which is how you can play movies on it like on the first game. The OG gameboy barely can hit 4 FPS if attempting to do that (just ask the gameboy camera). Also you can double the CPU clock, use a ton more memory, a HUGE color palette etc..

[@cube2fox]

It was still very slow considering the fact that the original Gameboy came out 9 years earlier.

[@rebeccaashford6553]

Not officially released but the Resident Evil 1 Gbc port was amazing and graphically impressive you can get the rom online it's almost the entire RE game in Gbc style

[@budawski]

3d pool always stuck out to me too

[@mcdoogins909]

The gbc had such good color contrast

[@hashpants2425]

New sub! Great video.

[@53gaDr34mc4st]

I'm surprised that Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel wasn't here. That was extremely impressive.

[@mewRasuberii]

I was really sitting here thinking "I wonder if they'll show hamtaro: ham hams unite" but also, that is another late game boy color game that just looks really nice

[@SoftAsABaboonAss]

That Toy Story tune is my jam!!

[@michealjacksonsinnocent2488]

And to think most people think the game boy color is just a color version of the original

[@Redhotsmasher]

Whatever your emulator did to the sound in the Cannon Fodder into, it went from sounding like a GBC to sounding like the Max Headroom broadcast intrusion.

[@cube2fox]

Do you have a recording of the original running on a real GBC?

[@Knuxfan24]

I was always wondering what the art style of the original Shantae was reminding me of, but it suddenly clicked, the Neo-Geo Pocket Colour.

[@KevinTwiner]

This was great 👍

[@Myrrmoasta]

Hamtaro Ham-Hams Unite! Is also a very graphically impressive GBC Game. It was also the last GBC Game released in Europe in 2003.

[@hbarudi]

For the gameboy color, those titles look like either gameboy advance or ds titles from how good they are.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Toki Tori was graphically impressive for a Game Boy Colour game. And just like Shantae, it was also released late in the GBC's life around 2002.

[@philipmaynigo8110]

0:39 BRO YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME I THOUGHT THIS IS THE GBC GAME LOL

[@Cmikament]

I had the toy story racer game, oh man I loved this game!

[@ovidiusurubaru9281]

There's also carmageddon tdr 2000 Witch it had a gameplay footage from the console version It got cancelled but the game is finished

[@melmel4102]

I love Shantae so much! What a classic

[@skelkankaos]

I have a GBC but I've only ever owned original Gameboy games for it. Didn't know it was capable of so much... Well.. Colour

[@johanrosenberg6342]

In the DS video he talked about how faithful a game originally released just 3-4 years ago on the N64 looked. That's really a contrast compared to Dragons Lair.

[@CryptoJordanVR]

My jaw dropped when he showed the first game...

[@timchorzempa6637]

@2:02 , sounds like an angry Dalek!

[@NegiWhite]

Resident Evil on the gbc is also pretty impressive, just like Alone in the Dark

[@KironKhashnobish]

+minimme You forgot the original resident evil! Its a full conversion of the 3D game and I have the cartridge. It's pretty fun.

[@TheNiteNinja19]

I think Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages were ahead in the GBC era. The games were designed for GBA crossover compatibility (GBA shop in the game for example). I think they're the most visually impressive 2D Zelda games ever.

[@tsohgallik]

Mary Kate and Ashley also has Voice Over and sounds exactly like Cannon Fodder voice over. Must be the limitation of the cartridge and Gameboy

[@obsoletepowercorrupts]

Good list of games. Dragon's Lair on GBC seems alright really. I think it would have been fairer to compare it to the Amiga version like the a500 with decent RAM (especially since you mentioned Amiga for cannon-fodder). An amiga would have to run the game from HDD for the loading to be less painful (although Floppy was possible, or arguably CD). The gameboy colour is not that far off as an era and loading times are solved with a cartridge. Graphics are comparible in some ways, or at least moreso than to the laserdisc one.

[@marcusbullock630]

Damn dragon's lair is a good port. very faithful looking

[@supersaiyan3bi-han287]

that war game cutsceen was fucking insane it looked way too good to be GBC

[@acethebest6028]

Rayman also had a very impressive opening sequence.

[@DrGamelove]

I skipped over the GBC and I don’t know why because I love handhelds... I don’t think I understood it’s increased power at the time and literally thought it was just a color capable gameboy. so I really want to collect one now. You say it’s underpowered as well as the GBA but they both do things that the NES and SNES couldn’t even begin to try.

[@HeyItIsMichal]

Wario Land 3 is my personal favorite looking game. Unlike the others, which look nice for the limitations for the system (besides Shantae), Wario Land 3 is so vibrant. The hilarious facial expressions seal it for me.

[@NintendoGuy128]

You should check out the unreleased prototype of Resident Evil for the GBC, now that's pretty impressive.

[@fedorjavagamer]

Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attack should be there too

[@branislavradojevic7898]

2:00 Devil speaks

[@thelonelylion]

WOW. Shantae looks awesome indeed o.o

[@costantinomottola5134]

Wacky Races for the GBC is a really impressive game, is developed by the people who made Asterix & Obelix XXL for GBA

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

Test drive le mans also uses the same gameplay as wacky races, which is still cool to say the least.

[@topo8444]

Huh, I'll have to pick up a few of these games. Who knew the GBC was potentially this powerful! Also, I had a feeling Shantae would be on this list.

[@thecianinator]

Do Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football next, that game is all about the graphics