GAMES : Gameboy

I ahve almost bought one of these many times over the last 3 years, but not until last friday did I actually manage it. I only paid £35, and had already purchased some games so felt I really should be able to play them. I'd got the games because an Astroboy game had come out that I 'just had to have', and I thought I could play them on William's gameboy. But that didn't ahve a charger, so I couldn't.
So what games have I got and what are they like? Well, the following reviews won't really be surprising, but sometimes I wish things like this weren't so obvious

• Bomberman. This is a remake of the classic game from the ninetendo, and probably before that, where you are a character that can drop bombs that blow up a little while later in a cross (up, down, left, right). blow up blocks and enemies, but not yourself!
  This is one of the most 'moorish' games I have every played, every time you die it's because of one simple, stupid little mistake that you 'definitely won't make next time'. What's more, when you complete a level, if you save and end your game there, the next time you come back you will have to complete that level again, though not all of that level's objectives. Fantastic. Evil.
• Astroboy. Side scrolling shooter with you as astro. I'm just no good at these, and it doesn't really differ from any other side scroller. It's pretty hard, and I haven't played it too much. Very, very pretty. Best graphics of the lot.
  
• Robotech. Side scrolling shoorter with you as a Veritech. See Astro. They do have a top down bit, but that's even harder as you can only fire acurately on the compass points, and the enemies can fire whatever way they want! Still, a bit cooler than astro in the way it does things.
• Mario Kart. This is a remake of the ninetendo game, if not before, and is fantastic. It is almost exactly the same as a great game I used to play on the PC which was made in Brisbane, can you remember it Mark? Race around a psuedo-3D kart track in a cart, shoot things at people. HAve fun. It's really good, and the challenge level progresses quite smoothly so you don't get bored/fell out of your depth

No prizes for guessing that the remakes of successful, old games were the best. I guess that a side-scroller is an old style game, but the two I have are not 'remakes' and so don't fit with a tried and true formula. Doesn't help that I don't really like side scrollers.