# The best-selling Game Boy and Game Boy Color games

Tetris, which came with the console, and the first Pokémon games swept the board; behind them, Super Mario Land, Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Yellow. The best-selling cartridges for Nintendo's handheld and its colour successor. Which one did you have?

- 63 votes · 17 items
- Feb 9, 2025 · donostiwordsmith
- https://even.best/en/l/3807/the-best-selling-game-boy-and-game-boy-color-games

## Top 17

1. **Tetris** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 35 million copies (1989). It came bundled with the console.
2. **Pokémon Pinball** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 5.31 million copies (1999).
3. **Pokémon Crystal** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 6.3 million copies (2000).
4. **Super Mario Land** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 18.14 million copies (1989).
5. **Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 11.18 million copies (1992). Wario's debut.
6. **Dr. Mario** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 5.34 million copies (1990).
7. **Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 5.19 million copies (1994).
8. **Pokémon Red, Green and Blue** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 31.3 million copies (1996).
9. **Pokémon Gold and Silver** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 23.7 million copies (1999).
10. **F1 Race** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 3.41 million copies (1990).
11. **Donkey Kong** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 3.07 million copies (1994).
12. **Donkey Kong Land** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 3.91 million copies (1995).
13. **The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 3.83 million copies (1993).
14. **Pokémon Yellow** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 14.6 million copies (1998). With Pikachu following you around.
15. **Kirby's Dream Land** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 5.13 million copies (1992). Kirby's debut.
16. **Yoshi** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 3.12 million copies (1991).
17. **Super Mario Bros. Deluxe** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 5.07 million copies (1999).

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