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{
  "title": "Indie Game Boy games",
  "date": "2024-05-26T07:45:52.213Z",
  "tags": [
    "games",
    "game boy"
  ]
}
---

Since buying a new handheld emulator this year, I've been hunting for some fun games to play. I've got a library of just about every Game Boy/Colour[^1]/Advance game that was released in the original run, but that means a lot of low-quality games with a handful of really good ones.

I recently found out about the indie Game Boy dev scene though, which looks really interesting. There are tons of games released on [itch.io](https://itch.io/games/tag-gameboy-rom), and what looks like a few gems. Most seems to be made with [GB Studio](https://gbstudio.dev) which also looks like something I'll have to have a play with.

I tried out [Opossum Country](https://benjelter.itch.io/opossum-country) last night, because I love horror games and there weren't really any made for the Game Boy originally. It was really short, it took me roughly 20 minutes to complete, but had a great atmosphere and was genuinely quite creepy. Definitely worth giving a go.

I'm looking forward to playing some other newly-released games, I love the idea of an active dev scene for consoles that are decades out of production.

[^1]: I don't care what Nintendo's marketing department says, it's Colo**u**r.
