Bad_Dad
My name's Phil and I love to paint, draw and make pixel images (and put them on Game Boy Cartridges).
I also encourage artists and designers to explore the Game Boy console as a potential platform for their work. I write for GB Studio Central. Here is my article "The Art Cart". Also Ars Ludicra by C.A.Knight .
With GB Studio Central I organized the Game Boy pixel art jam 2023 that had 143 entries and the GB pixel art jam 2024 that grew in size and had 376 entries.
Below are collections of Game Boy games you can find on the itch.io platform. It is by no means exhaustive, but it's an indicator of the quality and passion to be found in the Game Boy home-brew community. My criteria for choosing a game is entirely subjective, but I try to choose games which are playable in the browser and are available as a downloadable ROM for the actual console.
The first group are my own games, then following you can find games made by other creators.
My Games...
#ArtCarts Game Boy ROMS
Images, stories and alternative ROMS, exploring the Game Boy potential for things other than games. See Rob Doman's #ArtCart video Robert Doman's YouTube video
GB Showdown 2023 - My favourites
My Fave GB Comp 2023
Adventure stories - Game Boy ROMS
Adventure and exploration, with a narrative thread. I sometimes confuse Adventure stories and RPG's
Classic, Shooters and Short Games - Game Boy ROMS
Classic style, fast playing, simple mechanics. Some demakes and remakes.
Puzzlers - Game Boy Roms
Solve puzzles to progress through the levels or progress the story.
Platformers - Game Boy Roms
Side scrolling, jumping on platforms, what more can I say?
RPG's - Game Boy Roms
Take on a character, make choices, it has a menu system - probably.
Simulators - Game Boy Roms
Things that try to model a system or simulate a thing.
