Play Golden Sun : Sealed Ancient Alchemy Online

Okay, so Golden Sun: Sealed Ancient Alchemy is this weird little Game Boy Color RPG that feels like someone smuggled a full-blown JRPG onto a tiny cartridge. You start off with these kids who can bend elements with their minds (Psynergy, because of course it has a fancy name), and immediately you're pushing boulders, freezing puddles, and lighting torches to solve puzzles—like Zelda, but with more anime hair.

The combat's turn-based, but with this satisfying weight to it—when you summon a dragon made of pure wind energy, the screen shakes like the Game Boy might not survive the attack. And the alchemy crafting? Spent way too long mixing random junk in my inventory just to see if I could make a sword that shoots fire (you can, and it rules).

It's got that classic "save the world from ancient doom" plot, but the pixel art and music somehow make it feel bigger than the hardware should allow. Just don't expect it to hold your hand—half the fun is getting lost in some temple until you realize you were supposed to melt that one suspicious wall three hours ago.