NEW Game Boy Game Feels Like a Lost Classic
Back in 2024, TigerChainsaw Studios successfully funded Maiden of the Dark, a brand-new action-platformer developed for Nintendo’s original Game Boy. Now the physical release is here, complete with cartridge, box, and manual.
Inspired by classics like Operation C, Return of the Ninja, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Maiden of the Dark sends players on a ten-stage quest through forests, caves, villages, and mountains as they battle enemies, conquer platforming challenges, and take on powerful bosses.
In this video, we’ll take a look at the physical package, explore the game’s presentation, and spend some time playing through this modern Game Boy adventure that feels like it arrived straight from the 1990s.
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– CHAPTERS
00:00 Tiger Chainsaw
01:00 Maiden of the Dark
01:47 Box & Contents
03:45 Power On
05:53 8PM
08:34 9PM
11:28 10PM
13:05 Summary
@kamen_raider_x
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Very well executed Gameboy game. Makes me wish I had a Gameboy. Chromatic is a bit too expensive for me, but maybe a little down the road.
NOTE: "Zankoku" means, "cruelty", in Japanese.
@tedadamgreen
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Today is definitely the best time to be a gamer! The new games for old consoles are just a wonderful thing I’d have never seen coming but thrilled they are. This and the newly announced Champ Games Zaxxon-Arcade for the 2600 are just two examples that classic consoles never die!
Thanks Jon 👊🏻📺🕹️😎👾
@mattmania8117
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Ive bought a few of the newer games for the chromatic. I’ll have to get a copy of this.
@scottblackadder2910
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Better than some of the official nintendo games
@scottblackadder2910
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Great game looks like its from the 90,s that music at start felt like topgun
@ronm6585
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Thanks Jon.
@johnnym196
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Nice looking game, Jon. Thank you for the review.
@KneeNoBrown
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Awesome vid. Definitely going to pick it up. I just bought the digital and physical versions of Dracula Dark Reign by Incube8 Games.
@EarlJWoods
June 18, 2026 at 11:37 pm
What a cool throwback! I never had a Game Boy, but I'll bet those who did will love this experience. And heck, could bring some new people to the platform.