Probably the best of all of the original Gameboy games.  The game pushed the capabilities and limits of the Gameboy 4MB cartridge.  Link's Awakening was an exceptional game that came out in 1993.  Link's Awakening deserves all the praise the game is wonderful.  Play control is great, classic overhead view like LOZ NES and LOZ ALTTP SNES game.  Pretty nice challenge not a cakewalk.  Nice dungeon layouts and puzzles.  The game has a lot of characters and monsters also seen in ALTTP but plenty of new and refreshing new bosses and enemies/allies as well.  There is not a lot to say that has not already been said.  I did think finding all the seashells was kind of annoying after awhile it would have been cool to get a different prize and get the sword upgrade by beating another boss somewhere on the map.  But overall the game has a nice story and the creators really did a nice job on the game.  The game is definitely 5 stars and worth your time playing whether in black and while or not it doesn't matter.  They don't make em like they used to.