I'm all thumbs.
The Nintendo Game Boy turned 30 yesterday.It hit stores in the U.S. on July 31st, 1989.So if you had one . . . you're feeling very old right now.(It came out a few months earlier in Japan, on April 21st, 1989.)
Over 1,000 Game Boy games were released between 1989 and 2001.And someone just put together a list of the 30 BEST GAMES.Here are the top 10….
1."Tetris", 1989.Everyone had it, because it came with the console. So it's also the best-selling Game Boy game of all time, with about 35 million copies sold.
2."Pokémon", 1996.They did a few versions with different characters.
3."Super Mario Land 2", 1992.
4."Wario Land 3", 2000.
5."Super Mario Brothers Deluxe", 2000.
6."R-Type".A shoot 'em up game that hit arcades in 1987, then Game Boy in 1989.
7."The Legend of Zelda:Link's Awakening", 1993.
8."Donkey Kong Country", 2000.The 1994 "Donkey Kong" game also made the list.
9."Mega Man 5", 1994.
10."Kirby's Dream Land 2", 1995.