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Konami GB Collection Vol.4 is the fourth and last compilation game of four Konami installments for the Game Boy. Instead of being named after the Japanese title, the European version is the second one.

Games included:

Parodius is a right-to-left scrolling shoot-em-up. This is mostly the parody of Gradius (Nemesis on some systems), with some flavor from other shoot-em-ups, like Twinbee. The series is available on numerous platforms. You can choose from 4 different flying creatures, with different weapons. You must finish 7 stages, each having a boss at the end. You may start at either one, but must complete every level to advance to the final stage.

- Block Game (Quarth) is a typical puzzle/arcade game. Quarth can be moved from right to left while the screen scrolls down. The playing field is filled with different blocks and your aim is to fill them in so they form complete rectangles or squares. Only when you succeed in this mission, the concerned blocks will disappear. New 'unformed' blocks appear while the playing field scrolls down making you play into full action at all times. As soon as a line of blocks reaches the bottom line, it is Game Over. Then you'll be granted 10 seconds to decide if you want continue the level. Each Level consists of 9 Areas and you progress to the next level once you've cleared the last area.

- Track & Field for the Game Boy released by Konami in 1992. It was released as 'Konamic Sports in Barcelona' in Japan. Not all are part of Track & Field are athletics but all are olympic sports. The Game Boy version features different events than the other versions of the game. There are 11 events in total: 100m Dash, Long Jump, Hammer Throw, 110m Hurdles, Javelin Throw, Weight Lifting, Archery, Triple Jump, Swimming, Discus Throw, Pole Vault. All require quick and timed arcade reflexes. Game modes: 1-Event Mode (quick game) and Competition (something like story mode).

- In Frogger your task is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made. The road is full of cars and trucks, at variable speeds. The river water itself is fatal, as are the snakes which hover within on later levels. Frogger must use the arrangement of logs, turtles (which are only there for a short time) and alligators (but stay away from their faces), and then jump into one of the open home-cells, ideally one containing a fly for extra points. Once all holes have been filled, you move onto the next, harder, level.