Namco's odd action-RPG: you fight by biting enemies and manage hunger. The plot is light, but the bite-based combat makes the experience unique. Short, surreal, charming. A forgotten Game Boy niche worth a look for its raw originality. A delightful Japanese surprise in Western release.
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RPG1 player7+
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Action RPG with a hero traveling through a fantasy world to rescue a princess while managing his hunger to survive. Published by Namco, released in 1992 in North America. Bite-based combat against enemies, original hunger management, colorful fantasy world, and memorable characters.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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A Namco action-RPG with a one-of-a-kind combat system: you bite enemies and manage hunger, inside a surreal tale that stayed confined to the English-speaking West. Short but deeply atypical, the title has become a sought-after niche for its raw originality and its low profile at launch. Its strong value reflects steady demand from collectors of rare Game Boy action-RPGs, drawn to a proposition nothing else on the system matches.
Is Great Greed still worth playing in 2026?
A quirky-toned RPG from Namco, Great Greed sends a hero to save a princess in a fantasy world while managing his hunger to survive. Combat comes down to biting enemies, and the hunger mechanic, unusual for an RPG, gives it a particular flavor. The presentation stays rudimentary and the original translation is clumsy, but the humor and strangeness of the concept make it endearing. A pocket curiosity for fans of offbeat retro RPGs after an oddball object.
