NES Vs. Gameboy Color, which do you think is superior?

NES

graphics on the gameboy color suck and you cant even see the screen unless your oustide.

gameboy color games played on a GBA-front lit or backlit- is a better threat to the NES.

NES

graphics on the gameboy color suck and you cant even see the screen unless your oustide.

gameboy color games played on a GBA-front lit or backlit- is a better threat to the NES.

KBFloYd

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

1. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
2. Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
3. Commander Keen
4. Crystalis
5. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
6. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
7. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
8. Mega Man Xtreme
9. Mega Man Xtreme 2
10. R-Type DX
11. Resident Evil: Gaiden
12. Super Mario Deluxe
13. Tetris DX
14. Wario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

1. Batman
2. Bionic Commando
3. Castlevania
4. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
5. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
6. Contra
7. Crystalis
8. Double Dragon
9. Double Dragon II: The Revenge
10. Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
11. Dr. Mario
12. DuckTales
13. DuckTales 2
14. Gradius
15. Kid Icarus
16. The Legend of Zelda
17. Life Force
18. Mega Man
19. Mega Man 2
20. Mega Man 3
21. Mega Man 4
22. Mega Man 5
23. Mega Man 6
24. Metroid
25. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
26. Super C (Contra 2)
27. Super Mario Bros.
28. Super Mario Bros. 2
29. Super Mario Bros. 3
30. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
31. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
32. Tetris
33. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

I received a GameBoy Color as a birthday present pretty early in its life. I had fun with Pokemon blue, pokemon rumble, various zelda titles, tony hawk, wario land 3, super mario bros, resident evil gaiden (underrated!!!!!), and I had a few other games I played....but... the GB Color was old technology to me. If you ever played a Game Gear or Nomad sometime before the Gameboy Color...well...you felt let down. Heck even the Gameboy Advance wasn't advance enough for me. Sega always had the better handhelds, IMO. Gameboy always had the better lineups though for the mainstream.

Now...as for NES vs GBC......NES hands down. Not only for nostalgia but because it truly had better games and classics IMO.

NES was a beast.

I bought the gameboy color only a few months after it launched and I gotta say, the system is pretty mediocre, there's only like 20 good exclusives for it. with that said, you left out my favourite gameboy color game: Heroes of Might and Magic 2, spent more time playing that game then I did any of the zelda gamesrilpas

Only 20? That made me laugh, cause anything below say 50 is considered a failure?

And thats just exclusives.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]I bought the gameboy color only a few months after it launched and I gotta say, the system is pretty mediocre, there's only like 20 good exclusives for it. with that said, you left out my favourite gameboy color game: Heroes of Might and Magic 2, spent more time playing that game then I did any of the zelda gameswildcat2000

Only 20? That made me laugh, cause anything below say 50 is considered a failure?

And thats just exclusives.

reading is fun

Gameboy color is a great console. Love the sound processor in there. Full gb library compatibility and the unit is built like a tank, both of which I'm a huge fan of. Wasn't there a backlit one? I SWEAR that there was. But, NES had multiplayer.Heirren

There is something called a Game Boy Light which is a backlit version of the original Game Boy released only in Japan. Otherwise, you needed to wait until the original GBA-SP for a frontlit screen to play GBC games on. To be fair though, I find the dark GBC screen can actually be easier on the eyes in many common playing situations than the washed out backlit color screens of a Game Gear, for example.

In any case, I am a huge fan of Game Boy Color but I play the games on my GBA-SP (backlit model) or the GBA player on my GameCube and don't even own an atual GBC. GB/GBC has my favorite sounding sound chip of all 8-bit consoles and if you play the games on the GBA player, they have graphics easily as good and better than the NES. NES has a bigger library but there is nothing to complain about in GBCs library. All three GBC Zelda games, for example, are better than either of the two Zelda games on NES.

GBC for sure, never was much of a fan of the NES except for Mario Bros and Zelda 1 and 2.

Technically? The GBC. It had a 8 Mhz CPU (NES 1.8 Mhz) and up to 59 colors on screen (from 32 thousand - NES 48). Altho it was basically just a GB with colors (hence the name).

Game-wise, I like the NES better altho the GBC Zeldas (DX and both Oracle games) are arguably better than the NES Zeldas. And there's also games like Pokemon, MGS (much better than NES' MG), Wario Land 3, ect.

It's also backwards compatible with all GB games and can give them some color.

I received a GameBoy Color as a birthday present pretty early in its life. I had fun with Pokemon blue, pokemon rumble, various zelda titles, tony hawk, wario land 3, super mario bros, resident evil gaiden (underrated!!!!!), and I had a few other games I played....but... the GB Color was old technology to me. If you ever played a Game Gear or Nomad sometime before the Gameboy Color...well...you felt let down. Heck even the Gameboy Advance wasn't advance enough for me. Sega always had the better handhelds, IMO. Gameboy always had the better lineups though for the mainstream.

Sportyfamilycar

The interesting thing is that they had a 32-bit Game Boy prototype in 1996 but GBC was released in 1998 and was just a GB with colors (thus 8-bit).

Maybe a 32-bit handheld system would be too expensive for the time but on the other hand they released the Virtual Boy in 1995 and that was 32-bit too.

Perhaps scraping the V-Boy and making a handheld out of it (with colors, of course - V-Boy could display just red and black) would have been a good idea.

Maybe a 32-bit handheld system would be too expensive for the time

nameless12345

It's because Nintendo was still making plenty of money off of the Game Boy. If you were Nintendo why would you put money into a new system when you're already making plenty of money off of something that's much cheaper to produce?

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

Emerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

Judgement-Law

What's biased about the list? That there's more good NES games? That was my point. I left out Pokemon and other JRPGs because I don't play them, but on the same token I didn't include them in my NES list either.

And I did include Metroid, look again.

[QUOTE="Judgement-Law"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

Emerald_Warrior

What's biased about the list? That there's more good NES games? That was my point. I left out Pokemon and other JRPGs because I don't play them, but on the same token I didn't include them in my NES list either.

And I did include Metroid, look again.

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"][QUOTE="rilpas"]I bought the gameboy color only a few months after it launched and I gotta say, the system is pretty mediocre, there's only like 20 good exclusives for it. with that said, you left out my favourite gameboy color game: Heroes of Might and Magic 2, spent more time playing that game then I did any of the zelda gamesrilpas

What? I didnt misread anything. Just found it funny that 20 good exclusives was somehow a bad ratio.

If any console has 15+ quality exclusives that would be great.

[QUOTE="rilpas"][QUOTE="wildcat2000"]Only 20? That made me laugh, cause anything below say 50 is considered a failure?And thats just exclusives.wildcat2000

What? I didnt misread anything. Just found it funny that 20 good exclusives was somehow a bad ratio.

If any console has 15+ quality exclusives that would be great.

well, if to you mediocre is the same as "failure" then I'd say we're speaking two different languages

also: no, 20 good exclusives is not a good ratio... at all

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]reading is funrilpas

What? I didnt misread anything. Just found it funny that 20 good exclusives was somehow a bad ratio.

If any console has 15+ quality exclusives that would be great.

well, if to you mediocre is the same as "failure" then I'd say we're speaking two different languages

also: no, 20 good exclusives is not a good ratio... at all

I'm pretty much with rilpas. I don't feel the Game Boy Color is a "bad" system, I own one. But it wasn't a "great" system either because of the limited game library. On the other hand, I do feel that the NES was a "great" system, with a fantastic and large game library.

NES is definitely more important historically. I don't think you can argue otherwise. As a console for just playing games on, GBC holds its own. I don't really have an interest in having my NES hooked up again and I still play GBC games fairly regularly. The one thing that GBC has over NES is you can save your progress on a lot higher percentage of GBC games and that works a lot better for me now personally. (To be fair, GBC was released thirteen years later in NA so what do you expect?)

All that said, between original GB, GBC and GBA, I play GBC games the least. It was sort of a stop-gap upgrade inbetween the very aged GB and GBA. Sort of the DSi of its day.

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

Emerald_Warrior

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

Emerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

StatusShuffle

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

GBC games had more modern programing which gave it artistically better visuals.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

NES is superior for sure. The fact that it uses an actual T.V. makes it better: Bigger screen, backlit screen, and better sound. The bigger screen also makes for better visuals, since you see stuff better, too. I'm not sure what sound chip either uses or which is better because I'm not a specs guy, but my ears work and they tell me that NES games sound better, as well.

As for the game library, PLEASE. You're actually trying to say than the Game Boy Color has a better game library than the NES? Seriously? The sheer number of NES games vs. Game Boy Color games just makes that highly unprobable to begin with. The Game Boy Color didn't have a very long lifespan, really, and it didn't have a ton of games released for it like the original Game Boy before it and the Gameboy Advance after it. I mean I guess if you include original Game Boy games in your game count with Game Boy Color games, then the numbers are more even, but original Game Boy games don't compare to NES games. Most of them are ports of NES games that take a lot of cuts to be able to run on the original Game Boy.

Here's a comparison of good Game Boy Color games vs. good NES Games:

Game Boy Color:

Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBionic Commando: Elite ForcesCommander KeenCrystalisThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of SeasonsMega Man XtremeMega Man Xtreme 2R-Type DXResident Evil: GaidenSuper Mario DeluxeTetris DXWario Land 2

And 3 of those are NES ports, which gives more credit to the NES. Now, for the NES list:

NES:

BatmanBionic CommandoCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simon's QuestCastlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDuckTalesDuckTales 2GradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLife ForceMega ManMega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMike Tyson's Punch-OutSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of Link

I could continue with the NES list, but I think you get the point.

rilpas

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] I could continue with the GBC list as well. If you have to result using panned games and games that have superior versions on the GBC on your list than something is wrong. You can like the NES more if you want, but I believe the GBC has the clearly superior library in every way with more quality games, but I am not stopping you from playing your NES. So all is forgiven. StatusShuffle

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

err... nope on Bionic Comando and Crystalis, the nes versions were better imo, they looked better and ran smoother

can't speak for the Dragon Warrior games

Dragon's lair are two different games

R-type was never on the NES

the others I can't compare

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

rilpas

err... nope on Bionic Comando and Crystalis, the nes versions were better imo, they looked better and ran smoother

can't speak for the Dragon Warrior games

Dragon's lair are two different games

R-type was never on the NES

the others I can't compare

R-type was put on the NES as Magic Dragon. StatusShuffle

The Dragonlair on NES and gameboy both are not the original, the GBC one is better and more playable. StatusShuffle

IMO Crystalis and Bionic Commander run smoother and were way better with superior sound and saving and control options IMO. The others you should check out.StatusShuffle

yeah I'm checking ghosts and goblins on the GBC it does look a little better on the GBC

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] I could continue with the GBC list as well. If you have to result using panned games and games that have superior versions on the GBC on your list than something is wrong. You can like the NES more if you want, but I believe the GBC has the clearly superior library in every way with more quality games, but I am not stopping you from playing your NES. So all is forgiven. StatusShuffle

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

Crystalis was BUTCHERED on the GBC. They changes parts of the game and ruined it. R-Type wasn't on NES, and Magic Power wasn't the same game, it was a poor rip-off of R-Type. Bionic Commando isn't the same game as the NES game, it's "Bionic Commando: Elite Forces"; and the original NES game is faaaarrrrr better than that game, I own both. The rest there I can't speak about.

But let's say I did agree with you on all of those games and I thought they were better. Even with all those games included I can guarantee you I can come up with a much longer list of great NES games than there are great GBC games. And the games on my list were universally panned? That's why many of them still have successful franchises 25 years later?

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

the GBC list would run out long before the NES

I do have a question though, which games are better on the GBC? other then super mario bros deluxe I can't think of anything

Emerald_Warrior

Crystalis was BUTCHERED on the GBC. They changes parts of the game and ruined it. R-Type wasn't on NES, and Magic Power wasn't the same game, it was a poor rip-off of R-Type. Bionic Commando isn't the same game as the NES game, it's "Bionic Commando: Elite Forces"; and the original NES game is faaaarrrrr better than that game, I own both. The rest there I can't speak about.

But let's say I did agree with you on all of those games and I thought they were better. Even with all those games included I can guarantee you I can come up with a much longer list of great NES games than there are great GBC games. And the games on my list were universally panned? That's why many of them still have successful franchises 25 years later?

just checked, magic tower is a pirate game, so it doesn't countrilpas

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] Crystalis SBDeluxe Bionic Commando Bubble Bobble Couple of Disney games Dragon Warrior 1 Dragon Warrior 2 Dragon Warrior 3 Dragons Lair Frogger Bomberman Ghosts N Goblins Klax R-type Prince of Persia Space Invaders Paper Boy Robocop Tetris and probably a few more I can't remember right now. All better than the NES versions and/or counterparts.StatusShuffle

Crystalis was BUTCHERED on the GBC. They changes parts of the game and ruined it. R-Type wasn't on NES, and Magic Power wasn't the same game, it was a poor rip-off of R-Type. Bionic Commando isn't the same game as the NES game, it's "Bionic Commando: Elite Forces"; and the original NES game is faaaarrrrr better than that game, I own both. The rest there I can't speak about.

But let's say I did agree with you on all of those games and I thought they were better. Even with all those games included I can guarantee you I can come up with a much longer list of great NES games than there are great GBC games. And the games on my list were universally panned? That's why many of them still have successful franchises 25 years later?

R-Type:

Magic Power:

If you can't see that it's a bad rip-off, then you're completely blind.

And there aren't that many NES Franchises that still exist today?

• Bionic Commando
• Castlevania
• Donkey Kong
• Dragon Quest/Dragon Warriors
• Final Fantasy
• Kid Icarus
• The Legend of Zelda
• Mega Man
• Metroid
• Ninja Gaiden
• Punch-Out
• Super Mario Bros.

It's completely relevant because it shows that the games in the NES library were so good that they started franchises that are still loved to this day.

And why disagree? Uhh, you're the one that started this thread, which reads "NES Vs. Gameboy Color, which do you think is superior?", that's why. I think the NES is superior, not the GBC.

I still seriously doubt you can come up with a list of GBC games that are actually good bigger than a list of NES games that are actually good. I'm not saying the system is bad, but I am saying the library is limited in comparison to the NES library. I'll give it a real shot and not hold back this time:

1. 1942
2. 1943: The Battle of Midway
3. Adventure Island
4. Adventure Island II
5. Adventure Island III
6. The Adventures of Lolo
7. The Adventures of Lolo II
8. The Adventures of Lolo III
9. Arkanoid
10. Batman
11. Batman Returns
12. The Battle of Olympus
13. Battletoads
14. Bomberman
15. Bionic Commando
16. Bucky O' Hare
17. Castlevania (I REALLY enjoyed Castlevania II, but for the sake of this list I'll leave it off since I know most people didn't like it)
18. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
19. Contra
20. Crystalis
21. Donkey Kong
22. Double Dragon
23. Double Dragon II: The Revenge
24. Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
25. Dr. Mario
26. Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
27. Dragon Warrior
28. Dragon Warrior II
29. Dragon Warrior III
30. Dragon Warrior IV
31. Duck Hunt
32. DuckTales
33. DuckTales 2
34. Excite Bike
35. Faxandu
36. Final Fantasy
37. Ghosts N' Goblins
38. Gradius
39. Kid Icarus
40. The Legend of Zelda
41. Legendary Wings
42. Life Force
43. Marble Madness
44. Mario Bros.
45. Mega Man
46. Mega Man 2
47. Mega Man 3
48. Mega Man 4
49. Mega Man 5
50. Mega Man 6
51. Metroid
52. Mighty Final Fight
53. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
54. Ninja Gaiden
55. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
56. Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
57. Pin-Bot
58. Pinball Quest
59. The Punisher
60. R.C. Pro-Am
61. R.C. Pro-Am 2
62. Rad Racer
63. River City Ransom
64. Spy Hunter
65. Star Soldier
66. Super C (Contra 2)
67. Super Mario Bros.
68. Super Mario Bros. 2
69. Super Mario Bros. 3
70. Super Off-Road
71. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (I enjoyed the 1st TMNT game, but for the sake of this list I'll leave it off since I know most people didn't like it)
72. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
73. Tetris
74. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
75. Wild Gunman

Think you can come up with 75 good GBC games?

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"][QUOTE="rilpas"]reading is funrilpas

also: no, 20 good exclusives is not a good ratio... at all

Well I own a GBC but dont have many games. I dont have many portable games in general. Im more of a console person.

No I didnt mean failure literally, I was exaggerating because I found it funny. However I must disagree with 20 quality exclusives being bad.

How does any system having 20 good exclusives (not including multi) a bad ratio

Then how many you consider good? Cant even think of a system having 20+ quality exclusives. Thats pretty unreasonable standard you have.

Due to pokemon and link's awakening.. GBC is way better!

[QUOTE="rilpas"][QUOTE="wildcat2000"]What? I didnt misread anything. Just found it funny that 20 good exclusives was somehow a bad ratio.If any console has 15+ quality exclusives that would be great.wildcat2000

also: no, 20 good exclusives is not a good ratio... at all

Well I own a GBC but dont have many games. I dont have many portable games in general. Im more of a console person.

No I didnt mean failure literally, I was exaggerating because I found it funny. However I must disagree with 20 quality exclusives being bad.

How does any system having 20 good exclusives (not including multi) a bad ratio

Then how many you consider good? Cant even think of a system having 20+ quality exclusives.Thats pretty unreasonable standard you have.

yes :|

Master system

NES

Game Boy

Turbo Grafx 16

SNES

Genesis

Saturn

PS1

N64

PS2

Gamecube

Gameboy Color

PS3

Xbox 360

Wii

Gameboy Advance

PSP

Nintendo DS

and of course, the PC

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] Crystalis SBDeluxe Bionic Commando Bubble Bobble Couple of Disney games Dragon Warrior 1 Dragon Warrior 2 Dragon Warrior 3 Dragons Lair Frogger Bomberman Ghosts N Goblins Klax R-type Prince of Persia Space Invaders Paper Boy Robocop Tetris and probably a few more I can't remember right now. All better than the NES versions and/or counterparts.Emerald_Warrior

Crystalis was BUTCHERED on the GBC. They changes parts of the game and ruined it. R-Type wasn't on NES, and Magic Power wasn't the same game, it was a poor rip-off of R-Type. Bionic Commando isn't the same game as the NES game, it's "Bionic Commando: Elite Forces"; and the original NES game is faaaarrrrr better than that game, I own both. The rest there I can't speak about.

But let's say I did agree with you on all of those games and I thought they were better. Even with all those games included I can guarantee you I can come up with a much longer list of great NES games than there are great GBC games. And the games on my list were universally panned? That's why many of them still have successful franchises 25 years later?

R-Type:

Magic Power:

If you can't see that it's a bad rip-off, then you're completely blind.

And there aren't that many NES Franchises that still exist today?

It's completely relevant because it shows that the games in the NES library were so good that they started franchises that are still loved to this day.

And why disagree? Uhh, you're the one that started this thread, which reads "NES Vs. Gameboy Color, which do you think is superior?", that's why. I think the NES is superior, not the GBC.

I still seriously doubt you can come up with a list of GBC games that are actually good bigger than a list of NES games that are actually good. I'm not saying the system is bad, but I am saying the library is limited in comparison to the NES library. I'll give it a real shot and not hold back this time:

Think you can come up with 75 good GBC games?

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]well, if to you mediocre is the same as "failure" then I'd say we're speaking two different languages

also: no, 20 good exclusives is not a good ratio... at all

Well I own a GBC but dont have many games. I dont have many portable games in general. Im more of a console person.

No I didnt mean failure literally, I was exaggerating because I found it funny. However I must disagree with 20 quality exclusives being bad.

How does any system having 20 good exclusives (not including multi) a bad ratio

Then how many you consider good? Cant even think of a system having 20+ quality exclusives.Thats pretty unreasonable standard you have.

yes :|

Master system

NES

Game Boy

Turbo Grafx 16

SNES

Genesis

Saturn

PS1

N64

PS2

Gamecube

Gameboy Color

PS3

Xbox 360

Wii

Gameboy Advance

PSP

Nintendo DS

and of course, the PC

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"]

Well I own a GBC but dont have many games. I dont have many portable games in general. Im more of a console person.

No I didnt mean failure literally, I was exaggerating because I found it funny. However I must disagree with 20 quality exclusives being bad.

How does any system having 20 good exclusives (not including multi) a bad ratio

Then how many you consider good? Cant even think of a system having 20+ quality exclusives.Thats pretty unreasonable standard you have.

StatusShuffle

yes :|

Master system

NES

Game Boy

Turbo Grafx 16

SNES

Genesis

Saturn

PS1

N64

PS2

Gamecube

Gameboy Color

PS3

Xbox 360

Wii

Gameboy Advance

PSP

Nintendo DS

and of course, the PC

yep, here, every Wii exclusive rated 7.0 and above on gamespot:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pc5oLqpenpT78W87pMfgvBA

yes :| Master system NES...rilpas

Sorry I erased all of the quotes. My browser is acting weird. Now I can type.

You just named like every major console in the last 20 years. You really think everyone of those has 20+ quality individual exclusives?! Wow you must like almost every game to ever be released then.

I dont know what to say after that.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]yes :| Master system NES...wildcat2000

Sorry I erased all of the quotes. My browser is acting weird. Now I can type.

You just named like every major console in the last 20 years. You really think everyone of those has 20+ quality individual exclusives?! Wow you must like almost every game to ever be released then.

I dont know what to say after that.

yep they do, it's common knowledge really

and now you know why the gameboy color pales in comparison to any of the other major consoles

for example, here's the gamespot spreadsheet listing every exclusive rated 7.0+ (7.0 being "good" according to gamespot) for every current gen console

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pc5oLqpenpT78W87pMfgvBA

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] Magic Tower is a port of R-type on the NES, PERIOD. So you agree the rest of the games are indeed better than the NES Counterparts? EDIT: Oh wait, you said you can't speak for those, but at the same time it proves you made a false judgement of the GBC library without knowing much about it. I never said all the games were universally panned. I never even used the word universally, and only said some. I also said had superior version on the GBC, but we all like taking one part of ones post out of context and ignore the rest don't we? I can make a GBC list longer than a NES list, opinion are opinions. I think the GBC is better, and will say it is because it is. I believe it has a higher rated library, which it does, and i think it has more quality games. But you can attempt to disagree, and you can still play your NES. No big deal. On a side note, not all those franchises are doing well right now 25 years or so later, with 2 of them being pretty much dropped, not that had anything to do with the conversation at all and have no idea why you brought it up.StatusShuffle

R-Type:

Magic Power:

If you can't see that it's a bad rip-off, then you're completely blind.

And there aren't that many NES Franchises that still exist today?

Bionic CommandoCastlevaniaDonkey KongDragon Quest/Dragon WarriorsFinal FantasyKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaMega ManMetroidNinja GaidenPunch-OutSuper Mario Bros.

It's completely relevant because it shows that the games in the NES library were so good that they started franchises that are still loved to this day.

And why disagree? Uhh, you're the one that started this thread, which reads "NES Vs. Gameboy Color, which do you think is superior?", that's why. I think the NES is superior, not the GBC.

I still seriously doubt you can come up with a list of GBC games that are actually good bigger than a list of NES games that are actually good. I'm not saying the system is bad, but I am saying the library is limited in comparison to the NES library. I'll give it a real shot and not hold back this time:

19421943: The Battle of MidwayAdventure IslandAdventure Island IIAdventure Island IIIThe Adventures of LoloThe Adventures of Lolo IIThe Adventures of Lolo IIIArkanoidBatmanBatman ReturnsThe Battle of OlympusBattletoadsBombermanBionic CommandoBucky O' HareCastlevania (I REALLY enjoyed Castlevania II, but for the sake of this list I'll leave it off since I know most people didn't like it)Castlevania III: Dracula's CurseContraCrystalisDonkey KongDouble DragonDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesDr. MarioDragon Spirit: The New LegendDragon WarriorDragon Warrior IIDragon Warrior IIIDragon Warrior IVDuck HuntDuckTalesDuckTales 2Excite BikeFaxanduFinal FantasyGhosts N' GoblinsGradiusKid IcarusThe Legend of ZeldaLegendary WingsLife ForceMarble MadnessMario Bros.Mega Man Mega Man 2Mega Man 3Mega Man 4Mega Man 5Mega Man 6MetroidMighty Final FightMike Tyson's Punch-OutNinja GaidenNinja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of ChaosNinja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of DoomPin-BotPinball QuestThe PunisherR.C. Pro-AmR.C. Pro-Am 2Rad RacerRiver City RansomSpy HunterStar SoldierSuper C (Contra 2)Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3Super Off-RoadTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (I enjoyed the 1st TMNT game, but for the sake of this list I'll leave it off since I know most people didn't like it)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan ProjectTetrisZelda II: The Adventure of LinkWild Gunman

Think you can come up with 75 good GBC games?

I seriously didn't believe it could be done. I always felt the GBC had a limited library with it's small lifespan. I stand corrected. But I still would rather play my list of NES games than this list.

I'll have to go with the NES on this one. Games like SMB3, Metroid, Chip n' Dale, Rygar and Clash at Demonhead made it an excellent introduction to gaming for me. Of course, the GBC does deserve proper credit. It had great games like Link's Awakening DX and Pokemon Gold/Silver.

[QUOTE="wildcat2000"][QUOTE="rilpas"]yes :| Master system NES...rilpas

and now you know why the gameboy color pales in comparison to any of the other major consolesfor example, here's the gamespot spreadsheet listing every exclusive rated 7.0+ (7.0 being "good" according to gamespot) for every current gen console

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pc5oLqpenpT78W87pMfgvBA

Uhh your basing this on reviews? From Gamespot? Sorry but Im surprised youd agree with all their ratings so easily. I dont judge any game on reviews. I only read them as reference if Im interested in a new game.

Well if youre enjoying your games thats fine.