I really like the work you've done with this project, Jeremy! It's really great to revisit these games - and to finally see real gameplay from some of the ones I never got to play. So many of these games were just boxart and a couple of screenshots to me.
I saw this game featured in a short segment in gccx the other day and frantically went looking for footage and information about it, although to not much success. But now a gameboy world about it really gave me what I was looking for. The idea behind this series seems to be working out :)
I was always intrigued by this game as a kid, seeing advertisements in game magazines, but never knowing quite what it was, or why this "Boomer" character was supposed to be so compelling. Also, what on earth was an "Asmik World", aside from the developer trying to bolster their own name? Ah, the ignorance of youth.
I bought this game along with some others at a flea market about 6 years ago. I initially thought it was a weird game. I still have it, maybe I'll give it another try!
Heiankyo Alien is such a primordial video game that I'm surprised its influence didn't spread much beyond Japan. It and Door Door, which were both absolute smash successes as their original PC/Famicom versions, just sort of sank until being recently dug back up by folks like Mindware. By the way, have you played Mindware's Heiankyo Alien? I keep being tempted to get it, it certainly looks like one of those true trance-like arcade experiences.
This game also seems similar to Nichibutsu's "Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen" (a TurboGrafx-16 version called it "Cratermaze" but is also sometimes called "Booby Kids"), at last with the trapping of the enemies in holes in a maze.
My step cousin got this at a retro game store for 5$. suddenly he got it again at a pawnshop for 35$ with it's case and manual. he did that so he can multiplayer. he plays it on GBC but he recently let me borrow his GBA SP with the other copy of Boomer. soo today i was playing it.
I got this because of the box art, I wanted a messily drawn game. Alas, can't judge a game by its cover. Boomer's famicom game is pretty fun, but playing rock paper scissors seemed pretty random
Strangely, I owned both this and Heiankyo Alien as a kid. Having picked both of them out specifically after reading about them in Nintendo Power. Although in the end I didn't really dig either of them.
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I had totally forgotten about this one! I LOVED this game as a kid. Thanks for blowing the dust out of my memory's cartridge!
Boomer's Adventure in Asthma World, sounds breathtaking...
It's OK for a Boomer game.
I really like the work you've done with this project, Jeremy! It's really great to revisit these games - and to finally see real gameplay from some of the ones I never got to play. So many of these games were just boxart and a couple of screenshots to me.
I saw this game featured in a short segment in gccx the other day and frantically went looking for footage and information about it, although to not much success. But now a gameboy world about it really gave me what I was looking for. The idea behind this series seems to be working out :)
I was always intrigued by this game as a kid, seeing advertisements in game magazines, but never knowing quite what it was, or why this "Boomer" character was supposed to be so compelling. Also, what on earth was an "Asmik World", aside from the developer trying to bolster their own name? Ah, the ignorance of youth.
I had the game.. you definitely where not missing much.. I got it because the cool art work... game play was boring
I bought this game along with some others at a flea market about 6 years ago. I initially thought it was a weird game. I still have it, maybe I'll give it another try!
I find myself looking forward to these. Keep it up.
I got this and my Gameboy on the same Christmas. I actually kind of liked this game quite a bit.
Heiankyo Alien is such a primordial video game that I'm surprised its influence didn't spread much beyond Japan. It and Door Door, which were both absolute smash successes as their original PC/Famicom versions, just sort of sank until being recently dug back up by folks like Mindware.
By the way, have you played Mindware's Heiankyo Alien? I keep being tempted to get it, it certainly looks like one of those true trance-like arcade experiences.
This game also seems similar to Nichibutsu's "Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen" (a TurboGrafx-16 version called it "Cratermaze" but is also sometimes called "Booby Kids"), at last with the trapping of the enemies in holes in a maze.
The "quadrupedal Q*Berts" are actually clearly bipedal, standing on only two legs. I'd say a more apt description is "armless Birdos."
Ahhh I was rummaging through a pile of game boy games at a retro shop and saw heiankyo alien... I couldn't remember what it was...
whoa, a super game boy 2!
I wondered how long it would take Parish to get one. I bought one as soon as it came out, and threw my original SGB in the trash :p
I had this game. Played it a lot on the commute back and forth to my parents every other weekend. Kept me very occupied. Not a bad game at all
What a weird game. I owned a Game Boy pretty early on and never even heard of it. Still it looks kinda fun and I wouldn't mind trying it one day
James Fletcher I think it’s pretty fun
Yeah those boss battles look brutal. Its like you're a turtle in a land of Marios.
I got this for Chanuka one year. Took me six months to figure out. A month to just learn how to move dig and such
My step cousin got this at a retro game store for 5$. suddenly he got it again at a pawnshop for 35$ with it's case and manual. he did that so he can multiplayer. he plays it on GBC but he recently let me borrow his GBA SP with the other copy of Boomer. soo today i was playing it.
I had this game when I was a kid, and NEVER figured out how to play it. 😂😂
I got this because of the box art, I wanted a messily drawn game. Alas, can't judge a game by its cover. Boomer's famicom game is pretty fun, but playing rock paper scissors seemed pretty random
Strangely, I owned both this and Heiankyo Alien as a kid. Having picked both of them out specifically after reading about them in Nintendo Power. Although in the end I didn't really dig either of them.
I hated this game mainly due to the bosses but I loved Heiankyo Alien.
I will play boomer's adventure in asthma world. 😀👍🎮
When I saw this I thought it was a home brew game where you play an old man telling kids to get off his lawn
Sounds like a pretty okay Boomer.
Fun fact: this was made by the same company as LSD dream emulator 💀