It's always fun to see a first-person shooter on a Game Boy. There's so much charm in maneuvering a crushed-up 3D pixel world! And when the garbled guard voice says "SOMEBODY KILL HIM" over and over again? It's delightful.

But uhhhh this feels BAD to play. My jank tolerance isn't quite this high. Definitely check out some gameplay on YouTube if you're familiar with the console version of Nightfire, it's quite a technical achievement what they were able to pull off with GBA hardware! I just wish it didn't handle like boooooooty.

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2023


4 Comments


11 months ago

Oh fuck I didn’t even realize there was a GBA port haha. I have fond memories of the GC version (shout out to Oddjob’s one hit kill hat throw) but this version sounds rough

11 months ago

@jarsh You should really check it out: https://youtu.be/o96F9LZVvTM

11 months ago

@thealexmott ohhhhhh that’s CRUSTY hahaha. I do have an admiration for its ambition but I could see controlling that being like molasses

11 months ago

@jarsh exactly! I was hoping it'd play like Doom or Wolfenstein, but it looks a lot better than it plays, unfortunately