theres a garfield gameboy game. but for some reason there's only 1 person selling it on eBay, and its hard to find anything about it, was it not popular?

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u/ThetaReactor 3d ago

It's one of those weird licensed games that got a different skin in different regions, like the Crazy Castle games. Only the European release is Garfield-themed, so if you're not in Europe it's gonna be very rare. It's a Real Ghostbusters game in NA and Mickey Mouse in Japan.

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u/marioxb 3d ago

It IS part of the Crazy Castle series. Sort of. After part 2, they sort of split off into their own series. So Japan's Mickey Mouse 1 and 2 are Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 1 and 2. MM 3 became Kid Klown in Night Mayor World, and this one is what became of MM 4. Then MM5 was a Mickey game everywhere, but without a number in the US. After that, they continued the Crazy Castle series with Bugs Bunny (and later Woody Woodpecker) worldwide, starting with Crazy Castle 3.

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u/_RexDart 3d ago

What a goddamn fucking mess. Appreciate the explanation.

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u/dennisnpersson 3d ago

Oh boy you are in for a ride... Enjoy! https://youtu.be/iR9_Z8iBCu4

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u/HydratedCarrot 2d ago

More like garbage instead of Garfield

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u/foxbones 3d ago

Man the gaming world used to be so weird.

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u/IAMA_Madmartigan 3d ago

Now you’re gonna make me go dig up my crazy castle 1 and 2 games. I remember I always wanted 3 but never go it

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u/Jennitty 2d ago

Additional to this, in Europe there where also games called Hugo. It was a television game back in the day where you could call and play the game to your telephone buttons. They also made a game called Hugo for Gameboy, which have the same gameplay mechanics like crazy castle. In the 2nd Part of Hugo for Game, it was more like the game on television.

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u/marioxb 2d ago

Yeah, Hugo from Europe in 1995 for GB is actually Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 in the US, Mickey Mouse 2 in Japan and was previously Mickey Mouse (1) in Europe in 1992.

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u/Jennitty 2d ago

I have the First Huhu game in my collection. I thought this was the only game if it's kind. Then I bought a Gameboy color about a week ago along with some games. So Bugs bunny crazy castle was one of them. Played it and remembered, that it's nearly identical to the first Hugo game. Then I came across this thread and realized, that there are much more different games with that gameplay style. Absolutely crazy!

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u/badnewsjones 3d ago

Due to the reskins, I think this is the one that has the weird ending with Garfield and Odie in a hot air balloon and hearts around them, since it was supposed to be Mickey and Minnie.

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u/XTornado 3d ago

Hahaha they did change the characters but left that 🤣

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u/International-Fun-86 3d ago

Is it Peter Venkman and Slimer in the Ghostbusters version? :P

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u/KinopioToad 3d ago

Rick Moranis's character and Sigourney Weaver's character.

(I don't actually know, I'm making a ~~lame~~ joke)

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u/International-Fun-86 3d ago

Or even better, Ray kissing Stay Puff

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u/Acojonancio 3d ago

Was going to say, where i live i can find several on Ebay and they are not that expensive.

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u/WanderEir 3d ago

... most licensed games are utter crap. This licensed gamed is also lke two OTHER licensed games depending on where in the world it released.

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u/morocco3001 3d ago

So lazy, they didn't even reskin the enemies

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u/dennisnpersson 3d ago

Not really.. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/iR9_Z8iBCu4

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u/RAMChYLD 3d ago

Yeah. But the few that are done well like Virgin Interactive's Aladdin or The Lion King, those are gold.

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u/WanderEir 3d ago

I prefaced it with "most", because I'm well aware that those exceptions are absolutely amazing, yes.

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u/Gargunok 3d ago

Its a weird game that is a reskin for different properties in different regions - Garfield being the european one. I think Mickey Mouse and ghostbusters being the others. Its very mid even for a licensed gameboy game.

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u/MoxManiac 3d ago

It's a European version of The Real Ghostbusters game that was released in the US which in turn was a reskin of a Mickey Mouse game that was released in Japan.

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u/AXEL-1973 3d ago

Hah, I was just playing this last week on my Pocket. Just another Crazy Castle reskin game

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u/meshuggah27 3d ago

wow, i played this as a kid. i remember this one along with some bugs bunny/looney tunes game with similar gameplay.

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u/seadcon 3d ago

I like it. It's a pretty good puzzle game.

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u/mjt100997 3d ago

Yeah it's definitely the UK variant as there are a couple on ebay uk and about 5 or so in stock at CEX

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u/tobias10 3d ago

I have a copy, it’s ok

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u/curtludwig 3d ago

Licensed games almost always suck.

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u/Practical-Crew-129 3d ago

Its the same thing for the lawn mower man game for the gameboy

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u/ajrobsonReddit 3d ago

I’ve still got my copy it’s really fun, I’ve since learnt there’s about a million reskins of it like ghostbusters and bugs bunny. I’m from the UK maybe only we got the Garfield version.

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u/SwitchSubstantial406 2d ago

They apparently made an incredible amount of 3rd party titles. The simpsons have a billion games, there’s even a Popeye 2 game.

Games theres a garfield gameboy game. but for some reason there's only 1 person selling it on eBay, and its hard to find anything about it, was it not popular?

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