Wendy: Every Witch Way - Great but Brief (and Pricey). 2001 was the year of the Game Boy Advance and the Gamecube—not the year of the Game Boy Color. Yet, a few developers did push on, including WayForward, who would eventually release the seminal 2D metroidvania-esque platformer Shantae a full year later, well beyond the lifespan of the GBC. Wendy is technically speaking a licensed game, but the license it is based on is not well-known. Even the GBC game itself is probably not well-known, ...| jefklakscodex.com
Super Mario Land: Mario's Weird World Tour. Somehow, I never managed to beat the first installment of the Mario Land series when I was younger. My sister got the game bundled with her Game Boy, while I got the traditional Tetris and later on bought myself straight into Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins—which was and still is awesome on all accounts. The cover art boasts a compelling message: Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Cursed To Golf: Frustrating Roguelike Torment. The thing that probably comes to mind when laying eyes on Cursed To Golf is another retro-inspired 2D Golf game called Golf Story—except that this time, we’re not golfing the conventional top-down way but the 2D side view way. What is less obvious from the screenshots is that Cursed To Golf is a “roguelike” with procedurally generated maps and a particularly tormenting permadeath implementation. If that short description still tickles you...| jefklakscodex.com