xp. would've voted final fight but i primarily played the arcade version (inveruglas caravan park, loch lomond).
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/339uB4l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wsdDMYW.jpg69 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (a.k.a. Castlevania: The New Generation) - 43 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
just realised i was an actual adult before any of these games were released, explains a lot about my foibles and omissions i guess, synapses already hardening
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
i have no clue how the top 20 will go. i kind of assumed FFII would be in there. maybe others were like me and thought one FF game (III) on the ballot was enough, but FFII is an excellent game as well
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bbVLG4O.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/tZjHN80.jpg69 - Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen - 43 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/8DunJXl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/vEabLKb.jpg69 - Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (a.k.a. Wonder Boy in Monster World) - 43 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
i still have to play ogre battle. i've played gba tactics ogre, and the psp remake of the snes tactics ogre, but never the progenitor.
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/l9W7ahl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/zEtHfKh.jpg68 - Cannon Fodder - 43 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Wow MKII is very much too mow! This game is a classic. Played the shit out of it at home and in bars.
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Cannon Fodder is a great game but I had it on PC, didn't vote for this version.
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/E6u9Y8p.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/yoa74yl.jpg66 - ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkatron - 44 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/877qymn.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/EPykmcm.jpg66 - UN Squadron - 44 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tm2tYSU.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RnthEUj.jpg65 - Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins - 44 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Lots of games I've never played so far.
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
don't think i've heard of un squadron, looks fun. wonder what went wrong with the first three evil projects
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
UN Squadron is my fave shmup of the generation and one of my faves of all time. I actually bought it on eBay when I started collecting my "dream collection" of snes games.
and 6 golden coins is amazing! such a great soundtrack (SML and SML2 both kill it) and introduces a hat made of bunny ears, which is fantastic.
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
in my mind super mario land 2 is the superior game to the first one (and one of the best in the series overall) but somehow just doesn't quite attain the aura of classicness that the first has
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
Yeah never heard of UN Squadron either, same for Rings of Power.
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
Voted for Toe Jam & Earl 2, pretty cool mash-up of genres including little rhythm game interludes, music is slap bass heaven. love Cannon Fodder and Wonder Boy but mostly on different machines i guess. threw Cannon Fodder a vote anyway because it's sooooo good but surely designed to be played with a mouse for maximum efficiency.
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
WOW. I was just looknig through the SML2 soundtrack for a specific song, but I found a different song... that gets stuck in my head ALL THE TIME... and I had no idea where it was from!
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
How in the world was Castlevania Bloodlines rated GA while Panic on Funkotron got a T? Pervasive Rap Content?
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
don't understand the rating system but seem to remember there may have been edgy fart-related humour in PoF?
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/otuKXj1.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/tjKsdvi.jpg64 - E.V.O. The Search for Eden - 45 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
love the cover of final fight. mayor mike haggar is a sensitive man. i'd vote for him.
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
Antoher stone-cold classic but unfortunately impossible to find cheap on ebay. Love to have that one in my collection. xp
Panic on Funkotron, rated T for Teen due to Strong Rap Content and Pervasive Farts
Have never played Rings of Power but I looooove Baldur's Gate so much, will have to check that out
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
Never played On the Ball either, gonna have to warm up my old timey kindle fire with the emulators on it tonite
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nRVrhNE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/NW0z7SJ.jpg63 - Road Rash II - 46 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:02 (eight years ago) link
TOO LOW
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:03 (eight years ago) link
E.V.O. is the first SNES title on the list that i'm completely unfamiliar with. just guessing from the title and description, do you gradually evolve depending on what kind of stuff you eat?
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:03 (eight years ago) link
i didn't play road rash til PSX era but it was an absolute classic
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
racing games have never got better than whipping some dude with a chain whilst avoiding oncoming traffic
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
i loved the different US regions and the "amusing" character quotes between races, game is perfectly balanced imo
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
i have very strong memories in my mind of playing raod rash 2 on the genesis with my friend. the two of us trying to beat the single playr game. sometimes you'd go up over a hill and as you came down, you'd hit a car that you couldn't see. now that i'm a "video game professional" or whatever i still think of thaat as the example of bad game design when i close my eyes.
also every time it happened my friend david would yell "THAT WAS A SET-UP!" which i find really funny to this day, because i think it's the only example i can think of of someone calling a non-frame-job a "set up"
i will have a lot of these fun little stories over the course of this rollout
xxxp
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
E.V.O. is the first SNES title on the list that i'm completely unfamiliar with. just guessing from the title and description, do you gradually evolve depending on what kind of stuff you eat?― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, October 4, 2016 4:03 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, October 4, 2016 4:03 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you fight and eat stuff to get xp, use xp to evolve cool new parts of your body (stronger skin, claws, an angler fish light on your head, etc) and eventually you evolve legs and start all over as an amphibian! and then later you evolve... reptilenesss and start all over as a reptile!!!
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
haha "SPEED AND BLEED", so good
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
aw man i made a song somewhere out of road rash samples, if i can dig that up i will post it...
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
SPEED AND BLEED i was gonna mention that hah
adam i wanna hear that song!
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
yes do it
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
RRII is where i first came across the word "brah" iirc thanks to Hawaiian rival
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Pr9eWZj.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/86Et0lm.jpg62 - Shinobi III - 47 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Real ninja sound effects
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
that top screenshot there is the ninjas on a surfboard level. it's that kind of game.
Ninja sound effects? b-b-b-but
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
unbelievable YUGE bosses, the best bosses, it's true
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
Here's the Road Rash song I made about 13 years ago:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9jqUOlcDLaKZzZHQ25Xb18xZHc/view?usp=sharing
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jc9Nxra.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/wsB3K2B.jpg61 - Shadowrun - 47 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
The ultimate foe? Your own mind.
foreshadowing the rest of your life
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
good work Adam, cop siren brought back the memories
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
I've tried playing through this on an emulator, but the combat seemed like a slog. Great atmosphere, though.
― one way street, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
i haven't played Blast Corps since probably 1998 but i remember it being such a jam. there's one vehicle with bad, shitty control, but otherwise it's the best-ever spiritual successor to Rampage: you take all your big toy construction trucks and smash all the buildings!!!!!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 October 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
Console Game Poll vol. 3 - Nominate the best 5th Generation Console Games (1993–2005; N64, PSX, Saturn and more!)
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Monday, 5 October 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
So now that my kid is old enough to play video games I have downloaded some emulators and I ended up playing Aladdin for the first time in my life, and wow this game is really super cool, gameplay is super fun and the graphics are lovely, I can't believe it only got one vote in this poll!
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 27 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
Genesis version I assume.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
Actually no I was playing the SNES version, and I just put the Genesis one to see if there was any difference and indeed it's a completely different game! I'll give this one a shot too but my first impression is I really miss being able to bounce around, swing on posts and rocks, climb on platforms etc. all the stuff you can do on the snes version. The graphics and animation are better on the genesis though, that's for sure.
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 28 February 2021 09:37 (three years ago) link
Just watched a cool short doc about the making of the Genesis version (which I've still never played) SNES version was cool tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnUITJqRQQ
― Vinnie, Sunday, 28 February 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
This "Devs Play" video on Genesis Aladdin and Lion King is quite interesting. Like how they were forced to make one level in Lion King really hard so that kids couldn't see more than a certain percent of the game during a rental period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kILeyo1iv0A
SNES Aladdin has a special place in my memory as I played it at a kiosk at Walt Disney World shortly after the game's release. I didn't play it again until I got a good emulator on my PC.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 1 March 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
i tried to get into it recently as part of the big batch of titles i loaded onto my SNES mini.... i had a decent enough time bouncing around the first levels but apart from the beautifully done graphics it didn't grab me. i don't think it's a bad instance of its genre (maybe the controls could be a LITTLE tighter), but it's a genre that just isn't my jam these days: platformer with very large sprites and limited screen real estate, loose level design with a lot of meandering around unnecessary paths to collect stuff you don't strictly need.but boy is it a great-looking game! such smooth animation in the sprites. back then it really did feel like playing a cartoon!
― honkin' on bobo, honkin' with my feet ten feet off of beale (Doctor Casino), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
Imagine being 12 in the early nineties and someone told you you could download a file to your computer in 10 minutes and have access to virtually every Genesis/SNes game ever released? Mindblowing. I'm going through one of these bundles right now looking for hidden gems and while a lot of it is pure crap (Captain Novolin anyone?) there has been some rewarding finds:
Beyond Oasis: this Zelda-link RPG for Genesis lets you incarnate Ali, a young Prince who has found a magic gold armlet that once belonged to a wizard.
Trouble Shooter : a fun shoot-em-up in which you play two teenage girls with jetpacks trying to rescue a prince who was taken hostage. There is a real missed opportunity for a 2-player mode though.
Which brings me to a question: what's a good smu with a co-op mode? Nothing too frantic (i.e. not Gunstar Heroes) because my son is new to video games and still struggles with Mario.
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 21 March 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
lots of beat-em-ups would do the trick (final fight, streets of rage) but I’m not sure about shooters!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
Might be good to find one that has a code (infinite health etc) to keep the little one happy!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
yeah beat-em-ups seem easier to come up with, he's a fan of TMNT and Streets of Rage
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
one for the back pocket is Final Fight, starring Haggar and Cody. Haggar got so famous that he ended appearing in a couple other Capcom games. Cody is Patrick Swayze in Road House, so if you can say some of those catchphrases while fighting, it makes the game better. on top of all that:
Extra CreditsEnter your top 3 high score initials as CAP, COM, GUY (in that order) to start a new game with 5 Credits.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 21 March 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
i was taking a quick look at smus for SNES, ran across this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXatiYxLl8g
the rare youtube game reviewer who isn't incredibly annoying! they go through pretty much every SMU on SNES in just a few minutes. Space Megaforce looks amazing! unfortunately you'd still need to figure out which ones are co-op and which are single player only.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 21 March 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
hey thanks a lot I'll look into that
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 21 March 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
generation 6 incoming
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link