Dino Breeder 2 is one of those weirdly addictive Game Boy games where you’re basically running a dinosaur daycare—except your dinos can fight. You start by picking an egg (I always went for the spiky one, no regrets), then it’s a mix of feeding them, keeping them happy, and watching them grow into absolute units.

The pixel art’s got that classic charm—little T-rexes with goofy grins, raptors that look way too pleased with themselves. And yeah, you can pit them against each other in battles, but half the fun is just seeing what weird combos you get when breeding them. My first attempt gave me a stegosaurus with wings. No idea how that worked, but I loved it.

It’s got more depth than you’d expect, too. Some dinos evolve differently based on what you feed them, and there’s this whole hidden stat system for battles. Just don’t get too attached—sometimes your favorite dino gets wrecked in a fight and you have to start over. Classic Game Boy brutality.

If you ever wanted to raise a tiny pixel dinosaur army, this is your game.