10 Best Game Boy Color Games Of All Time

The Game Boy Color occupies an odd space in Nintendo's handheld history, but it managed to carve out a niche with plenty of great games that helped to push the market forward. As a revamped version of the Game Boy concept that added a color screen and improved internals, the Game Boy Color brought the handheld market closer to the home console experience and paved the way for the later leap that the Game Boy Advance made.

Some of the best titles on the Game Boy Color took games that had previously appeared on other systems and added new features, while others were completely original to the handheld. Many of the most impressive options pushed the boundaries for what kind of experiences could be shoved into a pocket, from robust RPGs to impressively fluid platformers that never felt held back by the hardware.

A beloved handheld and innovator, the Game Boy Advance features a great library of games. Here are the 15 best GBA games ever released.

A lot of the best games on the Game Boy Color are part of long-standing franchises, but is one that never acquired quite the same name recognition as most. As a non-linear adventure focused on basic survival, put the spotlight on crafting systems and maintaining statuses well before these elements were codified as a popular genre. The games on the DS later followed up on its precedent, maintaining the name in Japan.

The original is light on plot, embracing a sandbox aspect that feels especially impressive in the context of the larger GBC market. It still features a variety of different endings, however, and despite the simple appearance of the core gameplay, learning how to succeed can be an interesting open-ended challenge.

The original might be the most important platformer of all time, defining the genre in a way that holds up decades later as a honed experience. If did nothing more than port this over to the Game Boy Color, though, it would still be hard to rank it as one of the system's best games. Luckily, did a lot