Play Chuugaku Eitango 1700 Online

Chuugaku Eitango 1700 is one of those weird little Game Boy carts that makes you go, "Wait, this actually works?" It's basically a vocabulary drill disguised as a game—1700 English words Japanese middle schoolers need to know, but somehow the chunky pixels and beep-boop sounds make memorizing "apple" and "library" weirdly satisfying.

You get multiple-choice quizzes, digital flashcards (complete with that nostalgic flip animation), and a couple of barebones minigames to break up the studying. It's not fancy—just green-on-black text and simple menus—but there's something about the physical buttons and Game Boy's no-nonsense vibe that helps the words stick better than another boring app.

Found mine at a used game shop years ago, and I still boot it up when I need to kill time on the train. The retro charm does half the teaching for you.