MontyCircus

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Sega Genesis games. I looked for long lists each at least 50 games long, that were ranked. I assigned points based on rank and added them all up. I was left with 16 lists, 395 unique games and 1,465 total entries.

Air Buster / Aero Blasters ended up in the Top 200 Sega Genesis games.

Just like the EGGCONSOLE line of Japanese language-only games.
Makes me feel like:
"Here you can have this...just kidding, no you can't!"

@Teksette

Yeah I had Mr. Do!, Cosmic Avenger and Lady Bug on my ColecoVision as well. Lady Bug was the only game we had that my Mom loved to play. I don't believe I ever got to see any of them in original arcade cabinet form, so that will be pretty awesome.

I only ever knew of the Mr. Do! sequels on the back of my console box, or other promotional pamphlets, so I'd love to have them as well.

As for Mr. Do! being a Dig Dug clone. The "power ball" ability makes it pretty different. It bounces through the maze in a zig zag pattern, and if you miss an enemy, it will continue bouncing around and you won't be able to use it again, as your enemies advance on you. So you're vulnerable and running for your life at that point.

@EarthboundBenjy

I agree. I don't believe in skipping "black sheep" games in great series.

Zelda 2 and Castlevania 2 are the most popular to dump on.

"Ewww don't play that!!"

There's still a lot of fun there. And guides exist, so any "getting stuck" problems (cough, kneeling tornado nonsense, cough*, aren't problems anymore.

Based on a hugely popular novel.

We like her.

Right now, we like her.

I have Eternal Battle, but will get the Arcade Archives 2 version for the Switch 2 mouse controls.

An extensive Alien game collection would be incredible!

If X-Men: The Arcade Game can be re-released, then I have hope that anything can!

"We're also getting a new release of Riot's Psycho Dream, a cult classic platformer from 1992 that was never released outside of Japan. It got a digital release on modern-day systems in 2025, thanks to Ratalaika Games."

Oh neat, I missed that one! To the Switch wish list it goes!

I'd rather not support the Saudis. But at the same time, I'm not going to stop watching boxing and soccer. I'm not going to switch from PC to Apple or stop using Facebook. When booking a flight, I'm not going to avoid Boeing planes. When on vacation, I'm not going to avoid taking an Uber. I'm not going to stop watching Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures movies. I'm not going to stop playing Capcom games.

There's a World Cup in Saudi in 8 years, and all the football fans in the world will watch it.

They have successfully slithered their tendrils in lots of things we can't avoid.

At first I also objected to the use of the word "classic" on these sites.

But not I have come to understand it means "old games being re-released!" and rejoice.

@Futureshark

Yes, this is a bundle with 2 games:

• Parasol Stars - The Story of Bubble Bobble III
• Spica Adventure

I already have BBIII on Switch separately, and will be adding the other.

I've read people say that Kung Fu Master is the first beat 'em up.

But when I saw Double Dragon for the first time, I didn't say "Cool, it's just like Kung Fu Master". It was its own thing. And all that came later, even though we'd all played Kung Fu Master, when describing other beat 'em ups we'd say "it's like Double Dragon".

The father of the beat 'em up!

A few years back I compiled a list of the most-subscribed retro video game YouTube channels.

He was #10.

@romanista

Yeah I have it too, on Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

When I see "Limited Run Games" I get it digitally. Too many physical release horror stories out there.

@mariteaux

It's not too hard to imagine, in the very new future, literally every video game, movie, tv show, song, using A.I. in some capacity.

So I won't say I'd "never buy any of it", "never play it", "never watch it", "never listen to it", because I don't know the future. And soon there might not be any other choice.

I ran a weekly retro video game poll on Reddit. Galaga was voted the #1 best game from 1984 or earlier. That's the entirety of the golden age of arcades.

Dragon Quest, FIFA, Mega Man and Skyrim all hugely impactful. And all still active franchises. I can't really pick between those.

I'm good with the Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 collection. It collects these 2 shmups and 6 others.

Seems this is a deluxe edition, but I'm not interested in all the extra bells and whistles. I just want the games.

I got excited, I thought this was a site you could keep track of your achievements yourself. Like, log them yourself. Click the ones you've accomplished.

Didn't realize you need illegal emulators to grab your data.

Oh well.

According to HardcoreGaming101:

"The game also makes a cameo in the 1989 movie The Wizard, though both the cabinet and characters refer to it as F-1 Dream, a totally different game by Capcom."

They call the game itself derivative of Sega's OutRun, with any innovations it does have, are also included in OutRun sequels.

@Sketcz

Is Courageous Perseus text-heavy? Or is there any at all?

I'm always wary of these EGGCONSOLE releases...

It looks a lot like a first draft of The Legend of Zelda (mostly from the similar terrain screens).

2 years later...Miyamoto's classic!

Jackal STILL isn't available for me (in Canada). I have no idea why that is...

Critics and fans look down on Big Beat as "EDM for Dummies".
But it's the only EDM I've ever enjoyed. I listened to his Body Movin' remix just the other day.

For user scores, yes, I generally agree with you there.
I use Metacritic every day, but their user scores usually has very little # of ratings, so I never look at them.

Silksong has under 6,500 MetaCritic user ratings (all platforms).
On Steam it has over 130,000 user ratings, and you need to have bought the game on Steam to rate and review it.

I use RottenTomatoes every day.
While their "Verified" user ratings are from legitimate Fandango ticket purchases (I believe), the people that tend to "rush to their phone/computer to rate the movie" are generally bigger, more enthusiastic fans.

For wide-releases, CinemaScore polls theatres in 5 different cities each weekend on opening night. Movie studios have said they match their own test screening audience data.

Even pure Internet ratings like IMDb I find, usually, useful. When the votes are in the tens of thousands, any review bombing type of manipulation is usually negated.

For books, GoodReads, usually, gives me a good idea of book quality. Most of their "review bombing" nonsense is reserved for their annual "GoodReads Awards", where Twitter goes wild with voting campaigns. Though there are also excited fans giving perfect "5-star" ratings to books by their favourite Romantasy author that haven't yet been published.

Also, most or all of these sites with user ratings have mechanisms in place to catch when there are lots of "weird" ratings coming in, in a short timeframe.

This it turning into arcadeclosingnews.com

**** you Slippy!

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@Daze_of_Reality

I have nearly every Sega Ages release on Switch. Skipped the Sonics like you said, 'cause I already had them on Switch (and would later have them again through ANOTHER Sonic collection), but own nearly everything else. And just like I do with Arcade Archives, I would keep on buying them if they would keep on releasing them.

@Coalescence

In the Def Jam days, they were being talked into the Beastie Boys starring in a haunted house comedy film, like Abbott & Costello "in the hood" or something.

I had this for ColecoVison. Never played the arcade original, so that'll be neat.

I already bought 4 of the 10.
You might say I should just ignore Taito sales because they'll be in Milestones collections. ....but what if they aren't!

Just announce Mega Man with a 12 after it and let me have it!

The only way I can play Scrabble is with a 5-minute turn limit.

Without one I just go over-and over-and-over all my tiles and over-and-over-and over-the board.

I can ponder a Wordle for a half an hour.

So if there's no time limit then I can't play this game.

I think it would be cool to own the original Puyo Puyo version.

"4-player beat 'em up in 1991? That's cool, I wonder if it was first..."

Googled and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Crime Fighters beat it by 2 years (1989), both from Konami.

Crime Fighters was first (April), but TMNT coming out 6 months later in October was, as we all know, an absolute smash success.

@PKDuckman

The original arcade game is included in Snow Bros. Special but only as an extra DLC.

It doesn't look like much now, but was innovative in the very early days of fighters. According to hardcoregaming101:

• the first fighter to feature multiple playable characters with individual movesets and properties.

It also introduced:

• block damage
• air blocking
• projectile attacks
• a modern "analog" health bar (as opposed to a health meter comprised of notches)
• the ability to execute multiple attacks while airborne
• and attacks of varying levels of strength.

And doing all that while coming out 2 years before Street Fighter, and 6 years before Street Fighter II.

I just discovered that Cho Aniki: Bakuretsu Ranto Hen is also on Switch.

Not a shmup, but a fighting game spinoff, where your characters...float?

The Shmups Forum has been making a "Top 25 Shmups of All Time" for 20 years.

Raiden Fighters Jet made the recent "Honourable Mentions" list, and has made the Top 25 list in the past.

Raiden Fighters 2 made the honourable list in the latest poll.

I looked on Steam for this. I found Sugar Girls. It's not the same game.

Let Digital Eclipse put the library on Switch 2 with all that wonderful documentary stuff and I'll buy it and enjoy it.

But I'm a 1 console under the TV kind of guy.

@tektite_captain

I googled, and they say it said "Master System" on all the consoles, but the initial marketing was "Sega Video Game System" or "Sega System".

@Blast16

Invincible Collection digital is currently on sale for 70% off.

@Blast16

Thanks for the kind words! Will definitely keep posting them.

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Neo Geo games. I looked for ranked lists at least 25 games long. I ended up finding 7 qualifying lists with 132 unique games and a total of 413 separate entries.

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers was the #23 best Neo Geo game, and the #8 best fighter.

A while ago I compiled a list of retro video game YouTube channels in order of # of subscribers.

• Game Sack was #18
• My Life in Gaming was #23

An omnibus edition (think "thick") of the original manga is out this week as well.

I'm in for any previous Japanese exclusives, so count me in for the game. And it's Sunsoft, so even better!

And we just had that article this week about how when the President of Nintendo was told that Animal Crossing would be released in the West, he laughed his ass off, saying it would never work outside Japan.

Sometimes in business, no matter how knowledgeable or talented you are...you just don't know!