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Stop That Roach! came out for the Game Boy in 1994, published by Koei. It was one of those odd little puzzle games that felt right at home on the handheld, something you could pick up for a few minutes between bus stops or before class. It didn't try to be an epic adventure; it was just a clever, contained experience built around a single, silly premise.

You control a little exterminator tasked with clearing rooms of roaches. The core of the game is planning five moves per turn on a grid based map, setting down traps like poison or glue before hitting execute to watch the chaos unfold. Your main objective is to eliminate all the roaches in a stage before they can overrun your food supplies. The pacing is methodical, almost like a board game, and a miscalculation can lead to a frustrating loss as bugs multiply and scurry past your defenses. It feels like a tense game of tactical chess, only with more antennae and six legged panic.