GAMEBOY

Game Boy Games

Nintendo's Game Boy put a full game library in your pocket. Play classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color games free in your browser, including Tetris, the original Pokemon Red, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX and more handheld classics.

Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge

Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge

Konami, 1991

Konami's 1991 Game Boy sequel to Castlevania: The Adventure, rescuing Christopher Belmont's kidnapped son. Play free in your browser.

Pokémon Gold

Pokémon Gold

Game Freak, 1999

Game Freak's 1999 sequel set in the Johto region, with a real-time clock and post-game trip to Kanto. Play free in your browser.

Pokémon Silver

Pokémon Silver

Game Freak, 1999

Game Freak's 1999 companion release to Pokémon Gold. Play free in your browser.

Pokémon Crystal

Pokémon Crystal

Game Freak, 2000

Game Freak's 2000 enhanced re-release, the first to let players choose a female character. Play free in your browser.

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)

Nintendo, 1994

Nintendo's 1994 Game Boy release, expanding the arcade original into a full puzzle-platformer. Play free in your browser.

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

Nintendo, 1998

Nintendo's 1998 Game Boy Color re-release with full color and an exclusive bonus dungeon. Play free in your browser.

Mega Man V

Mega Man V

Minakuchi Engineering, 1994

Capcom's 1994 Game Boy entry, the last of the handheld sub-series' four numbered installments. Play free in your browser.

Pokémon Blue

Pokémon Blue

Game Freak, 1996

Game Freak's 1996 monster-collecting RPG, released alongside Pokémon Red. Play free in your browser.

Pokémon Yellow

Pokémon Yellow

Game Freak, 1998

Game Freak's 1998 update built to follow the concurrently airing Pokémon anime. Play free in your browser.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Flagship, 2001

Nintendo and Flagship's 2001 Game Boy Color entry centered on time travel, linked with Oracle of Seasons. Play free in your browser.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

Flagship, 2001

Nintendo and Flagship's 2001 companion entry built around seasonal manipulation. Play free in your browser.

Castlevania: The Adventure

Castlevania: The Adventure

Konami, 1989

Konami's 1989 Game Boy launch-window entry, the series' first handheld outing, starring Christopher Belmont. Play free in your browser.

Castlevania Legends

Castlevania Legends

Konami, 1997

Konami's 1997 Game Boy entry introducing Sonia Belmont, later removed from official series canon. Play free in your browser.

Mega Man IV

Mega Man IV

Minakuchi Engineering, 1993

Capcom's 1993 Game Boy entry, introducing the charge shot to the handheld sub-series. Play free in your browser.

Wario Land II

Wario Land II

Nintendo, 1998

Nintendo's 1998 sequel, the first Wario Land where no hit ever costs a life. Play free in your browser.

Wario Land 3

Wario Land 3

Nintendo, 2000

Nintendo's 2000 Game Boy Color exclusive, a hub-based collect-a-thon built around transformation abilities. Play free in your browser.

Mega Man III

Mega Man III

Minakuchi Engineering, 1992

The 1992 Game Boy sequel pulling bosses from NES Mega Man 3 alongside new ones. Play free in your browser.

Donkey Kong Land 2

Donkey Kong Land 2

Rare, 1996

The 1996 handheld counterpart to Donkey Kong Country 2, starring Diddy and Dixie Kong. Play free in your browser.

Donkey Kong Land III

Donkey Kong Land III

Rare, 1997

The 1997 closer to the Game Boy Donkey Kong Land trilogy, starring Dixie and Kiddy Kong. Play free in your browser.

Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario

Nintendo, 1990

The 1990 Game Boy port of Nintendo's falling-block virus-clearing puzzle game. Play free in your browser.

Mega Man II

Mega Man II

Biox, 1991

The 1991 Game Boy sequel remixing four NES Mega Man 2 bosses with four new Robot Masters. Play free in your browser.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Nintendo, 1994

Wario's 1994 debut as protagonist, closing out the Super Mario Land trilogy with damage-triggered transformations instead of a standard game over. Play free in your browser.

Donkey Kong Land

Donkey Kong Land

Rare, 1995

The 1995 original Game Boy adventure bringing Donkey Kong Country's pre-rendered visual style to a handheld screen. Play free in your browser.

Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge

Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge

Minakuchi Engineering, 1991

Mega Man's 1991 handheld debut, remixing four classic Robot Masters with four new ones created for this game. Play free in your browser.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Nintendo, 1992

The 1992 sequel that introduces Wario as Mario's rival, with six non-linear worlds to explore. Play free in your browser.

Kirby’s Dream Land 2

Kirby’s Dream Land 2

HAL Laboratory, 1995

The 1995 sequel introducing the Copy Ability system and animal companions Rick, Kine, and Coo. Play free in your browser.

Tetris

Tetris

Nintendo, 1989

The 1989 Game Boy pack-in port of the classic puzzle game, with two-player link cable support. Play free in your browser.

Super Mario Land

Super Mario Land

Nintendo, 1989

Nintendo's 1989 launch-window Mario platformer for the Game Boy, set in Sarasaland with two shooter-style bonus stages. Play free in your browser.

Kirby’s Dream Land

Kirby’s Dream Land

HAL Laboratory, 1992

The 1992 debut of Kirby by HAL Laboratory, a deliberately accessible platformer with a hidden harder Extra Game mode. Play free in your browser.

Pokemon Red

Pokemon Red

Game Freak, 1996

The 1996 game that launched the Pokemon franchise, built around link-cable trading to complete the Pokedex. Play free in your browser.

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Nintendo, 1993

The first handheld Zelda game (1993), a self-contained story set on Koholint Island with no Hyrule or Princess Zelda. Play free in your browser.

Metroid II: Return of Samus

Metroid II: Return of Samus

Nintendo, 1991

The 1991 Game Boy sequel to Metroid, sending Samus Aran to exterminate the Metroid species on their home planet. Play free in your browser.

About Game Boy games

The Game Boy launched in 1989 and dominated portable gaming for more than a decade. Its four-shade green screen was simple compared to its color rivals, but long battery life, a low price and a killer pack-in game, Tetris, made it a worldwide hit. In 1998 the Game Boy Color added a color screen while staying compatible with the original library, and together the two systems sold more than 118 million units.

The handheld became home to some of Nintendo's most important series. Game Freak's Pokémon games, from Pokemon Red to Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Crystal, became a global phenomenon. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins introduced Wario, who later got his own series in Wario Land II, and Kirby's Dream Land marked the first appearance of Kirby. Metroid II: Return of Samus and the Zelda Oracle games showed that big adventures could work on a small screen.

Its simple, well-documented hardware also made the Game Boy a favorite for homebrew developers. Pick any title below to play it now.