Chikyū Kaihō Gun ZAS

The technical ambition here is genuinely wild for a Game Boy cart from 1992, and the fast-moving stages push the little green screen to its absolute limit. I’ve owned this for a week and it still feels ahead of its time.

This plays like a full console shooter squeezed into a handheld, the speed is genuinely wild for a 1992 Game Boy title. I've never seen a portable game push this much action without slowing down. Worth every penny just to experience that lost-era ambition.

I grew up with the original Game Boy and never thought a shmup could feel this fluid on it, but the fast-moving stages hold up shockingly well today. For a title this rare, having a proper version to play without hunting down cartridges is a relief, and the technical ambition behind it really shows