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No, you're not reading that headline incorrectly – fast food giant McDonald's has just released a Game Boy Color game in the Year of Our Lord, 2023.

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[–] cyps@typemi.me 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Played for a minute in RetroArch on my phone. Not bad, GBC goty for sure. Only complaint, the lore was too deep in the opening cinematic

Archive org link from article https://archive.org/download/grimaces-birthday/grimacebday.gb

[–] sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like we should be saying McLore

[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

In addition to being an odd thing to happen and grimace's walk animation looking well like this:

but overall its a weirdly good looking game for a gbc release.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to see a resurgence of .gba games, I love how light weight they are. It could just be nostalgia.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Part of it is nostalgia, but with the Steam Deck I've been able to emulate GameBoy games that I wasn't able to play before. Safe to say it's renewed my interest in what other hidden gems the GBA had

Hard mode is actually pretty hard lol

[–] GiantBasil@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

What a time to be alive.

[–] LilBagOfBunnies@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Man I definitely need to download this when I get home today!