As the grandfather of handhelds, the Nintendo Game Boy's legacy is unshakable, though that's mostly for the console, not necessarily its library. Over roughly a decade of activity, more than 500 Game Boy games were released in North America, and 99% of them have been forgotten by time. That's standard practice for any retro system, but what about the forgotten Game Boy masterpieces that were barely known during their heyday?
Not everything should be measured against commercial heavyweights like Tetris, Pokemon, Super Mario Land, or Link's Awakening, but the Original Game Boy (and Game Boy Color) has a strong library that was mostly reduced to a handful of blockbusters during the '90s. We should celebrate those games, but let's also spare some confetti for these overlooked gems.
As long as the game runs on the Original Game Boy, GBC releases will be included.
By 1993, Konami had already dropped two TMNT Game Boy games that, to be frank, weren't very good. Therefore, there wasn't much interest in the third entry, and Radical Rescue reportedly underperformed compared to its predecessors.
In hindsight, Konami should have dropped the "3" and framed this sequel as something entirely new, especially since Radical Rescue plays nothing like Fall of the Foot Clan or Back from the Sewers. Instead of being a rudimentary 2D platformer with beat 'em up elements, Radical Rescue rewrote everything and basically came up with an early version of the Metroidvania blueprint.
Most NES games are easy to appreciate but hard to love, but these masterpeices have stood the test of time so well that they still feel perfect.
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