New Game Boy Games - Page 248
Ms. Pac-Man
1983
Ms. Pac-Man
1983
Like in the original Pac-Man, the goal of the game is to eat all of the dots in a maze while avoiding the four ghosts; if one of the ghosts catches Ms. Pac-Man, a life is lost and the game ends when the player has no more remaining lives. In each corner of the maze are power pellets; when Ms. Pac-Man eats one of these, the ghosts temporarily turn blue and are no longer a threat (the player can earn bonus points for eating ghosts while blue). On some sides of the screen are warp tunnels which transport the player to the opposite side of the screen; if a ghost follows through the tunnel they are unable to move as fast allowing the player to use them to escape. Once all of the dots in the maze have been eaten, the player continues to the next level. As the levels progress, the difficulty is increased by increasing the overall game speed and the duration the ghosts remain blue after eating a power pellet is shortened (eventually disappearing altogether).Super Doors
1983
Mole
1983
Mole
1983
Mole is a whack-a-mole type of game where the objective is to hit on the head of colored moles as they emerge from 8 holes situated in cardinal and ordinal directions from the center of the field. However, the color of the mallet changes frequently and the player has to respond to it because hitting a mole of the same color as the mallet will result in decrease of the score bar. If the player is unable to fill the score in time (indicated by a timer bar), the game is lost. There are 9 difficulty levels, with higher difficulty featuring more frequent appearance of moles of the same color as the mallet, thus requiring more attention of the player.Pac-Man
1983
Pac-Man
1983
Turbo Maze Man
1983
Turbo Maze Man
1983
The player controls a Pac-Man like creature in a maze trying to eat all the pellets. Four ghosts are released from their homes, and will chase the player if approached too close. Power pellets in the corners of the screen will temporarily send the ghosts back to their homes. If the player clears a level, they advance to a more difficult challenge. The player starts with 5 lives, and it's game over when all are lost.Froglet
1983
Froglet
1983
Froglet is a 1-player Frogger clone. The player controls a frog that moves in cardinal directions, trying to cross two busy highways with cars traveling in opposite directions. The roads are separated by a river with moving lily pads that the frog must hop across. There are six homes at the top of the screen that the player tries to position their frog into. The player starts with five lives, and the game restarts if all are used.Painter
1983
Painter
1983
Painter's main goal is to fill all the boxes in each frame in a certain period of time by completing the pathways (lines) around them. This must be done before the "Bonus" value reaches zero. To complicate things the "Painter" has to avoid any collision with the "Chasers", some entities present in the game that will try to intercept him and destroy his work. The "Painter" will be forced to restart the phase all over again and one of his lives will be lost in the process.180! Darts
1983
180! Darts
1983
In this game player can choose to play a standard game (101,501,...) or special modes like "Round the Clock", "Shangai" or "Noughts and Corsses"Slippery Sid
1983
Heart Attack
1983
Heart Attack
1983
A maze game in which you can ward off enemies by utilizing freezes, which freeze the enemies in place, and plugs, which act as a temporary barrier.Catcha Snatcha
1983
Catcha Snatcha
1983
In this VIC-20 game from 1983, busy store detective Barney Bootlace must appease the shop manager by running around the shop floor dealing with various problems, from dealing with lost property and children, to apprehending shoplifters and even dealing with planted bombs!Lancer Lords
1983
Killer Kong
1983
Bimbo
1983
Bimbo
1983
A scrolling maze in which the goals of Bimbo is to eat ten carrots and run from black rabbits.Plaqueman
1983
Help!
1983
Help!
1983
For Help! you control a guy who swings a mean stick that will knock out snakes that come up from the ground and climb up the vines you can maneuver on. However the blue striped snakes cannot be killed and are quite fast and if they touch our hero he will lose a life and have to listen to some agonizing music and any yellow snakes will advance to the top of the tree. You can also get a game over if enough of the yellow snakes reach the top of the tree and eventually will reach the large apple above your girlfriends head. They’ll then cruelly drop it down on top of her head crushing her! Eventually if you club enough snakes you’ll move on to the next level but the amount of snakes that reached the top stay. The controls of the game are a bit difficult and make it tricky to maneuver the hero. If he’s holding on to two vines he cannot move up or down so you have to be careful.Hiyoko Fighter
1983
Hiyoko Fighter
1983
In Hiyoko Fighter you control a little chick who must collect eggs dropped by chickens while being chased by snakes. It takes a couple of cues from Pac-Man as it has tunnels you can walk into to warp to another part of the screen when you’re feeling trapped. There are 3 eggs laid by the chickens, a white one that gives you points, a red one enables temporary invincibility and the ability to kill the green snakes, and a yellow egg will advance you to the next level.Power Fail
1983
Power Fail
1983
You are in charge of keeping a mischievous old man from cutting the power lines that connect to the Hudson Soft development room. Power comes from a battery on the upper left of the screen and is represented by white characters with bolts on their heads called “Electric-Kun”. They will slowly make their way to the development room and once they reach it a programmer will churn out a program and Hudson will make some money and you’ll get points! However if they run into an area without a line they’ll disappear.Dig Dug
1983
Dig Dug
1983
Dig Dug is a 1-2 player arcade game in which you have to use your shovel to dig your way through the earth. Stopping you from doing this are two monsters, called Pooka and Fygar, who will continually chase you around. The only weapon that you carry is an air pump, which you can use to inflate the monsters to the point where they explode. (if you start to inflate them but stop doing so, the monsters will get turned back to their normal selves). Furthermore, rocks are scattered throughout the earth, and you can use these rocks to squash them. If the monsters do not find you for several seconds, they will eventually get turned into ghosts, which can walk through the earth. They are invincible and cannot be killed. From time to time, vegetables will appear in the center, and you can get these for points.
