Konami GB Collection is a series of video game compilations for the Game Boy

Game Boy

The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...

 composed of four volumes. The compilations were originally released from 1997

1997 in video gaming

-Events:*October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi dies after a double car accident.*November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association launched.*3rd annual E3...

 to 1998

1998 in video gaming

-Events:*Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, and were later released in Europe in 2000.

Lineup

This is the original Japanese lineup. The Japanese Vol. 4 became Vol. 2 for the European release, affecting the numbering of the remaining two volumes. Thus volumes 2 and 3 in Japan became 3 and 4, respectively, in Europe.

Vol. 1

• Gradius
  Gradius
  The Gradius games, first introduced in 1985, make up a series of scrolling shooter video games published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper...
  
   (originally released as Nemesis)
• Dracula Densetsu / Castlevania: The Adventure
  Castlevania: The Adventure
  Castlevania: The Adventure, known as in Japan, is a platform game released for the Game Boy in . It is the first Castlevania title for the system. Castlevania: The Adventure was re-released as part of the Konami GB Collection compilations in Japan and Europe...
  
  
• Konami Racing (originally released as F1 Spirit)
• Contra / Probotector (released in North America
  North America
  North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
  
   as Operation C
  Operation C
  Operation C, released as in Japan and as Probotector in the PAL region, is a 1991 run and gun game by Konami released for the Game Boy...
  
  )
  • (the European version still features human rather than robot characters, despite bearing the Probotector name)

Vol. 2

(Vol. 3 in Europe)

• Twinbee Da!! / Pop n' TwinBee
• Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
  Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
  is a Game Boy game and the first game in the series released in for a portable system in 1991. Gameplay is similar to Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū which was released on the Famicom. Only Goemon is playable, and the game consists of him rescuing Ebisumaru; Sasuke and Yae do not make...
  
   / Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
• Motocross Maniacs
  Motocross Maniacs
  Motocross Maniacs is a video game of the racing genre released in 1989 by Konami, for the Game Boy handheld.-Summary:The game's concept is quite simple; the player controls a motorcycle moving one way horizontally, much like in a platform game...
  
  
• Guttang Gottong

Vol. 3

(Vol. 4 in Europe)

• Gradius II: The Return of the Hero (originally released in Japan as Nemesis II
  Nemesis II
  Nemesis II, released as Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero in Europe, and Gradius: The Interstellar Assault in North America, is the second Game Boy game in the Gradius series....
  
   and Gradius: The Interstellar Assault in North America and Europe)
• Dracula Densetsu II / Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
  Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
  Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, known as in Japan, is a platform game released for the Game Boy in . It is the second Castlevania title for the Game Boy and serves as a sequel to the previous title, Castlevania: The Adventure...
  
  
• Yie Ar Kung-Fu
• Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken / Antarctic Adventure
  Antarctic Adventure
  Antarctic Adventure, known in Japan as Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken is a video game developed by Konami in 1983 for MSX, and later for video game consoles, such as NES...
  
  

Vol. 4

(Vol. 2 in Europe)

• Parodius Da!
  Parodius Da!
  Parodius, released in Japan as , is a shoot'em up arcade game and is the second title in the Parodius series produced by Konami. The European SNES version is also known as Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy...
  
   / Parodius
• Quarth
  Quarth
  is a hybrid puzzle game/shoot 'em up developed by Konami which was released in 1989 as an arcade game, sold as Block Hole outside Japan. Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 , Famicom, and Game Boy—home releases used the Quarth name worldwide is a hybrid puzzle...
  
   / Block Game
• Konamic Sports / Track & Field (originally released in Japan as Konamic Sports in Barcelona)
• Frogger
  Frogger
  Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of...
  
  

Regional differences

The original Japanese releases features Super Game Boy

Super Game Boy

The is a 16-bit adapter cartridge for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super Famicom in Japan. The Super Game Boy allows game cartridges designed for use on the Game Boy to be played on a TV display using the SNES/Super Famicom controllers. When it was released in...

 palette and border support, with game descriptions and instructions provided by the girls from the original Tokimeki Memorial

Tokimeki Memorial

is a popular dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of 6 main games in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo....

. The European versions added color support for the Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color

The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...

, but removes the Tokimeki Memorial characters and tutorials.