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Category: Handheld / Portable Games

Pac-Man

19812010 Earl Green

The Game: As a round yellow creature consisting of a mouth and nothing else, you maneuver around a relatively simple maze, gobbling small yellow dots and evading four monsters who can eat you on contact. […]

...in your pocket, 1981, 4 quarters (4 stars), Coleco, Handheld / Portable Games, Joystick, LED Mini-Arcades, Maze, Pa port of Pac-Man, part of the Pac-Man series

Donkey Kong

19822008 Earl Green

The Game: An oversized gorilla kidnaps Mario’s girlfriend and hauls her up to the top of a building which is presumably under construction. You are Mario, dodging Donkey Kong’s never-ending hail of rolling barrels and […]

...in your pocket, 1 Button, 1 quarter (1 star), 1982, Climbing, Coleco, D, Handheld / Portable Games, Joystick, Jumping, LED Mini-Arcades

Frogger

19822012 Earl Green

The Game: You are a frog. Your task is simple: hop across a busy highway, dodging cars and trucks, until you get the to the edge of a river, where you must keep yourself from […]

...in your pocket, 1982, 5 quarters (5 stars), Coleco, F, Handheld / Portable Games, Jumping, LED Mini-Arcadesa port of Frogger, part of the Frogger series

Baseball

19892010 Earl Green

The Game: Baseball returns to the small screen – the very small screen – on the Game Boy. Step up to the plate and take a swing; after three outs, take control of the pitcher, […]

...in your pocket, 1989, 2 Buttons, 4 quarters (4 stars), B, Baseball, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, Nintendo, Sports

Super Mario Land

19892012 Earl Green

The Game: As intrepid plumber (and explorer) Mario, players have to jump through new environments and enemies to help Mario rescue Daisy. Egyptian pyramids guarded by fire-breathing Sphinxes, seaside platforms invaded by space aliens, and […]

...in your pocket, 1989, 2 Buttons, 4 quarters (4 stars), Action Adventure, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, Jumping, Nintendo, S, Side-Scrollingpart of the Mario series

Hyper Lode Runner

19892007 Earl Green

The Game: Cavernous rooms are loaded with gold, just ripe for the picking. But before you celebrate hitting the mother lode, look again – there are other gold-diggers homing in on the treasure. What do […]

...in your pocket, 1989, 2 Buttons, 3 quarters (3 stars), Bandai, Climbing, Collecting Objects, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), H, Handheld / Portable Games, Jumping, Retro Remakes

Lock ‘N’ Chase

19902007 Earl Green

The Game: You’re in charge of a getaway car loaded with crafty criminals. Your job is to sneak around the maze, avoid a bunch of cranky cops who are hot on your trail, and grab […]

...in your pocket, 1990, 3 quarters (3 stars), Collecting Objects, D-Pad, Data East / DECO, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, L, Maze

Qix

19902008 Earl Green

The Game: You are a marker, trying to claim as much of the playing field as you can by enclosing areas of it. Drawing your boundaries faster is safer, but yields fewer points. A slower […]

...in your pocket, 1990, 2 Buttons, 4 quarters (4 stars), Claiming Territory, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, home video games only, Nintendo, Q, Taito

Elevator Action

19912008 Earl Green

The Game: As a daring spy, you break into a top secret enemy facility, trying to grab vital secrets and evade or kill as many enemy agents as you can. Your only means of getting […]

1991, 2 Buttons, 3 quarters (3 stars), Action Strategy, Collecting Objects, D-Pad, E, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, Jumping, Shooting At Enemies, Taito, Vertical Scrolling

Dig Dug

19922009 Earl Green

The Game: You are Dig Dug, an intrepid gardener whose soil is infested with pesky Pookas and fire-breathing Fygars. You’re armed with your trusty pump, which you can use to inflate your enemies until, finally, […]

1992, 2 Buttons, 3 quarters (3 stars), Available In Our Store, D, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, Namco, Retro Remakes

Space Battleship Yamato

19922012 Earl Green

The Game: Players assume the role of Susumu Kodai, a hot-headed young recruit unexpectedly thrust into a leadership role on a mission to cross the galaxy and procure a device that can restore planet Earth’s […]

1992, 2 Buttons, 3 quarters (3 stars), Action Strategy, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, Interbec, Japanese Import, Real Time Strategy, S, Shooting At Enemiesbased on Space Battleship Yamato

Namco Arcade Classics 3: Galaga / Galaxian

19952010 Earl Green

The Game: A two-fer! In Galaxian, attacking formations break off from the usual rows and columns of invaders to dive-bomb you. And in its sequel Galaga, you’re up against another alien invasion, arriving in wave […]

...in your pocket, 1995, 2 Buttons, 5 quarters (5 stars), Available In Our Store, D-Pad, Game Boy (original), Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, N, Namco, Retro Compilations

Battleship

19992009 Earl Green

The Game: Two fleets of four warships conduct long-distance naval warfare, randomly firing torpedoes (and occasionally some higher-powered ordnance) at each other, guessing at the positions of their targets. Whoever sinks the entire opposing fleet […]

...in your pocket, 1999, 2 Buttons, 4 quarters (4 stars), Action Strategy, B, D-Pad, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, Hasbro Interactive

Frogger

19992009 Earl Green

The Game: You are a frog. Your task is simple: hop across a busy highway, dodging cars and trucks, until you get the to the edge of a river, where you must keep yourself from […]

...in your pocket, 1999, 4 quarters (4 stars), Available In Our Store, D-Pad, F, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, Majesco, Retro Remakes

Monopoly

19992009 Earl Green

The Game: Does anyone not know this game? You and quite a few other players make a mad dash around the Monopoly board, snatching up properties, railroads, and utilities, hazarding the fickle fortunes of the […]

...in your pocket, 1999, 2 Buttons, 5 quarters (5 stars), Board Game, D-Pad, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, M, Majesco

Galaga: Destination Earth

20002009 Earl Green

The Game: A couple of centuries after the attempted Galaga invasion of Earth in 1982, human terraformers have set their sights on a nearby world for colonization, and a massive expedition is launched – but, […]

...in your pocket, 1 dime (0 stars), 2 Buttons, 2000, Available In Our Store, D-Pad, G, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, Hasbro Interactive, Retro Remakes

Marble Madness

20002009 Earl Green

The Game: You control the speed and direction of a marble which is racing other marbles to reach the finish line. Obstacles along the way include marble-eating creatures, treacherous cliffs and drawbridges, and the game’s […]

...in your pocket, 1 quarter (1 star), 2 Buttons, 2000, D-Pad, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, M, Midway, Retro Compilations

Qix Adventure

20002011 Earl Green

The Game: A boy named Speedy ventures through a mystical land, taunted by cute animals. Somehow this quest is expressed through a series of challenges in which the player tries to claim as much of […]

2 Buttons, 2 quarters (2 stars), Available In Our Store, Claiming Territory, D-Pad, Game Boy Color, Handheld / Portable Games, home video games only, Q, Retro Remakes, Taitopart of the Qix series

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