REVIEWING EVERY GAME BOY GAME RELEASED IN 1991 (PART 2) - POCubed Omnibus #8

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Published on October 8, 2023 12:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUyQqZhJDU

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Game Boy Wars (1991)

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The second chunk of 1991 games might not have the name recognition value of Operation C and Parodius, but there are still a few real highlights of the Game Boy library.

This quarter-ton seems to favour arcade-style screen-based platformers in the Bubble Bobble vein, with the truly excellent Spanky's Quest and the nearly as excellent Snow Bros Jr. vying for the title of cutest playable characters in that category. It's also the turn of a trio of the earliest turn-based strategy titles, and they're all rather excellent Japanese exclusives - Game Boy Wars and Super Robot Taisen are two fab campaigns, but the hero of the piece is the first Little Master title: Raikouban no Densetsu, which is one of the Author's favourite Game Boy games of any description, period. We really needed that 'Doomsayer' port. Which numbskull decided to cancel it?!

There are of course some turds in the proverbial punchbowl - namely The Hunt for Red October and Castelian, two back-to-back titles that offer nothing but misery and overly-difficult gameplay. Sanrio Carnival is equally disappointing, somehow making the characters from the Hello Kitty Universe ugly.


00:00 176 Final Reverse
03:58 177 World Ice Hockey
07:19 178 Cavenoire
12:48 179 Chacha-Maru Panic
15:25 180 Little Master: Raikouban no Densetsu
21:32 181 Super Robot Taisen
26:14 182 Mini-Putt
28:42 183 Sumo Fighter
32:51 184 Nintendo World Cup
37:17 185 Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2
40:47 186 Spanky's Quest
45:44 187 Torpedo Range
50:53 188 Karakuri Kengou den Musashi Lord
53:59 189 WWF Superstars
58:15 190 Kitchen Panic
1:00:42 191 Sanrio Carnival
1:02:47 192 The Adventures of Star Saver
1:08:44 193 G-Arms: Operation Gundam
1:11:41 194 Game Boy Wars
1:16:34 195 Asmik-Kun World 2
1:21:03 196 Snow Bros Jr.
1:26:37 197 Marble Madness
1:30:42 198 The Hunt for Red October
1:35:14 199 Castelian
1:38:58200 Mickey's Dangerous Chase

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