What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Small Dinosaur (666-in-1 Famiclone)

December 8th, 2025

I wanted to do an image heavy post today, but I'm having massive problems getting images off of my phone. I'm just going to write it anyway and hope I can get myself the screenshots later. They're an important part of the whole thing! (Edit: I got it fixed!)

Anyway, yesterday, I had a nice time playing with one of my Game Boy shaped Famicom-on-a-chip systems. I got one off Amazon, with a 666-in-1 rom, and it actually has decent enough buttons to enjoy the games! Because of that, I am playing through some of the "original" games scrambled in with the bootlegs. I started with Mad XMas, which is about Santa chucking candy, presents, and deadly bombs at an elf. This is the same game as Angel, a game where an angel throws stuff at a mummy that I played a couple weeks ago, but it doesn't pause. It only took seven minutes to finish, though, and it was mindless and painless.

I played Small Dinosaur, too, which was also the same game as Mad XMas and Angel. This was not a coincidence- I learned this would be the case from the Bootleg Games Wiki. I really like the sprites in this one, though! It's bright and cheery, but since it's the exact same game as the others, it's another seven minute long bit of nonsense.

I tried one called Magic Egg, too, which seemed to be a little reaction test about smashing angry creatures and sending cheery ones up a mysterious tube. Both seemed like bad options from here, but I wanted to grind this out and see how long it was. Unfortunately, the more I played, the more often it crashed, so I had to set it aside for the day.

Finally, I tried one called Bug Catcher, which was easy to the point of tedium until it very suddenly became impossible in level 19. It was another "catch stuff" game where you have to make a weird little guy eat bugs that match his color. Despite my snark, I curled up in a ball and played this for an hour straight. It was an ok smooth brain experience for a Sunday afternoon.

Before bed, I played a few puzzles in Picross S: SNK Classics & Neo Geo, too. Time Attack mode in this is like Mario Picross on a much stricter timeline, so it is the least relaxing Picross I have ever played. It's still pretty neat.