Hi! Maybe y’all can help me out.

I have a Miyoo mini plus and sometimes, I feel the itch to play something just to fiddle around a bit. I’m looking for something that’s easy to pick up and pla’ for a few minutes up to maybe half an hour.

Bonus points if I can play it without needing to use my speech recognizing brain functions. It would be ideal if I can just occupy my hands a pit while still listening to what my colleagues say in remote meetings (I used to use a rubik’s cube for that). ADD is a bitch.

I already got:

  • Apotris (really awesome, but a bit stressful after a while)
  • Wario Ware (can also get a bit stressful)
  • Pokemon Pinball Saphire and ruby (great, but has gotten a bit repetitive now)
  • … that’s it

It doesn’t have to be GB/GBA, but I recon that those systems have the biggest bounty of pick up and play games. The Miyoo Mini Plus can emulate everything up to PS1, so SNES and PS1 would be fine, too.

  • corpoVirtualEnglish
    3·
    20 hours ago

    Shining Soul I & II is exactly what you are looking for

  • uzay@infosec.pubEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    Great question, I’ve been looking for the same. Some of my go-tos are:

    • Tetris (GB) (of course)
    • Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (GBC)
    • Balloon Kid (GB)
    • Castlevania II (GB)
    • DuckTales (GB)
    • DK - King of Swing (GBA)
    • Game & Watch Gallery (GB)
  • JakJak98@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Drill dozer is a fun one that i don’t see get a ton of love.

    There’s an overarching story iirc but it’s not terribly intense or anything.

    If you like adventure, then the oracle zelda games are fun. Definitely pushing that 30 minute boundary on this one, though. There’s also a bit of dialogue between dungeons, but otherwise, Seasons is definitely more wanderable since there’s not as many direct puzzles.

    I remember having Joust on the Gameboy color or advance when I was younger. Always good fun to ride some birds into battle.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago
    • Super Monkey ball
    • Tekken 2
    • One of the street fighters
    • Chess
    • Crazy taxi
    • Any Megamen
    • Uniracers
    • Doom 2 or 64
    • Most sonics
    • EvilBit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      21 hours ago

      Super Monkey Ball is a fun suggestion! Plus it’s got an interesting GBA version with an untextured 3D engine for rendering courses that I found pretty impressive.

  • 01011@monero.townEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    Great question OP.

    My favorite games ever are Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2 for the GBA. They are turn based strategy games so you can easily pick up, save, restore and play as needed. The entire series is great in my experience, up to the DS iterations.

    • Luis Norambuena@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I have spent a lot of time playing GB/GBA games and Advance Wars is among my favorites. I love the “hot potato” mode for playing with a friend with just one device.

  • drcouzelis@lemmy.zipEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    Hi! I’m a Game Boy collector / enthusiast / reviewer. And this question has an easy answer in my opinion…

    Catrap

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfV4MnGfiA4&t=284

    • It’s relaxing. It’s a turn based, pure puzzle game. Like, there’s literally no action. The enemies don’t even move!
    • It’s big. 100 puzzles that slowly increase in difficulty. I was able to beat them all, over time.
    • It’s non-punishing. No time limits. No lives.
    • No stress. Catrap was the first(?) game to feature an undo button. Try something out. Didn’t work? Just hold B to undo. You can undo all the way back to the start of the stage, as many time as you want.
    • It’s simple. Up, down, left, and right to move. B to undo. I think A is introduced later to swap between characters?
    • IT’S FUN. It looks good, plays good, and just feels good to jump around the stage. And completing a stage is so satisfying.

    I hope you like it! 🙂

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Seconding the Castlevania recommendations, and adding Chu Chu Rocket. Technically a Dreamcast game, but the GBA port added thousands of user created levels for an extensive amount of added gameplay.

    • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I’m a fan of the other two GB Zelda games, too. Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons. When I learned there was supposed to be a 3rd one, I always hoped it would come out some day. Alas, no. A lot of gameplay, especially for a GB game.

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    I forgot the wonderful MegaMan battle network series. I think there’s 6 or 7 GBA games in the series

  • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I haven’t seen any of the Golden Suns mentioned. Fun games.

    I have seen the Zelda games mentioned and advocate for them. Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Link’s Awakening DX, could also play Link to the past since you mention SNES.

    Any of the Mario and Luigi GBA RPG’s. Mario in general. Could have a lot of fun with the All-Star collection. I’ve got a real soft spot for Dr.Mario. Probably my favorite music track in classic games with “Fever”.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Great games, but sadly, not really what I’m looking for.

      Story heavy games like JRPGs is a bit stretching the definition of “pick up and play”. ;)

      I don’t have the time to get into these involved games (and if I do, I’d rather play on the Steam Deck).

      I have played and r"ally digged the GB/SNES Zeldas. Haven’t mentioned these, since they’re not really pick up and play, either.

      Thanks for your contribution, though. (: