Play Ganbare Goemon - Hoshizorashi Dynamites Arawaru!! (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Ever wanted to play a tiny, portable version of those weirdly charming Goemon games? Hoshizorashi Dynamites Arawaru!! squeezes all the series' chaos into a Game Boy Color cartridge. You're either Goemon whacking enemies with his pipe or Ebisumaru belly-flopping onto bad guys—both feel surprisingly different to control, which I didn't expect at first.

The levels are these compact bursts of mayhem: one minute you're hopping across rooftops tossing coins like shurikens, the next you're in some absurd mini-game involving... giant radishes? Classic Goemon nonsense. The pixel art pops with color, especially on an original GBC screen—those blues and pinks just hit different.

It's shorter than the console games, sure, but that actually works in its favor when you just want something quick and silly. That soundtrack though? Still lives in my head rent-free after all these years.