CiB Game Boy Theater - The Punisher and Boggle Plus (Episode 71)
0(Our microphone was still a little funky this week - we will have this worked out by next sit down. There's still audio, it's just a little muted.)
The Original Game Boy is one of the biggest 'game changers' in the history of video games, and essentially ushered in the popularity of handheld games. There are many games that will be classic forever. There are, however, a much, much higher number of simply awful, forgettable, or downright weird games. CiB Game Boy Theater shows you some of the games you might not (and shouldn't be...) familiar with.
The Punisher is considered the best LJN game published on the NES - which, we get, is like being the best of all failures. The Game Boy version is pretty similar to the style of the NES one, but man, is it difficult. I was trying my absolute best there - especially on the second go-round, and I didn't even get to the boss on the second level. Three lives, no continues, standard retro game BS.
Before I played Boggle Plus, I never realized how little I knew about Boggle. Turns out you had to press 'select' to choose the words. OOPS! I don't know what else to say about this game, except *in Hank Hill voice* BOGGLE!