King of the Zoo is this weird little Game Boy gem where you pick an animal—lion, gorilla, whatever—and basically play high-stakes air hockey with way too many balls. The whole gimmick is that you’ve gotta knock all the balls into your opponent’s goal at the same time, which sounds simple until you’re frantically swiping at like twelve of them while a penguin stares you down.

Controls are super basic, but the chaos ramps up fast. One second you’re gently nudging a ball, the next you’re in a full-blown zoo brawl with balls flying everywhere. The animals have these exaggerated animations that make it feel like a cartoon, especially when you lose and your character just faceplants. It’s dumb fun, but in that way where you keep saying “one more round” even when you’re losing badly.

Honestly, half the charm is how ridiculous it looks—tiny pixelated animals sliding around like they’re on ice, balls bouncing in slow motion. It’s the kind of game you’d play with a friend while arguing about whether the hippo’s hitbox is unfair. Spoiler: it is.