that top screenshot there is the ninjas on a surfboard level. it's that kind of game.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
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
oh shit adam thats awesome haha
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ikspYpr.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/wUWpU0E.jpg60 - Kirby's Dream Land - 48 points / 2 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/KdPTgQi.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/syjHLDR.jpg59 - Secret of Evermore - 50 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
i also bought evermore on ebay years later intending to play it at some point, but i was never able to figure out how to play it right. i'll have to go back one day, the tim rogers love affair with it pretty much sold me.
http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=390
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UgWYMU4.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/IH8L3PM.jpg58 - Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse - 50 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
I very nearly beat Secret of Evermore back in the day, but my younger brother OVERWROTE MY SAVE FILE as he hastily, thoughtlessly saved his own and I haven't played it since. I am still traumatized. Great game though!
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
loved this era of bragging about 16 bit consoles and 24 meg cartridges as if anybody knew what those numbers meant
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ah7BE2Z.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/jDsYu7A.jpg57 - Super Empire Strikes Back - 51 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
MALOOOOOOOONE x-( x-(
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
shit
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Super_Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back_Coverart.png
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0DxLxEz.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/WGV914s.jpg56 - Contra 3: The Alien Wars - 53 points / 4 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:58 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1VYttrH.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/YjZJZQa.jpg55 - Final Fantasy V - 54 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wVw19oX.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RALyBvK.jpg54 - Tetris Attack / Panel de Pon - 54 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
only six left today but seems like i lost everyone so i am gonna post them a little more quickly
http://i.imgur.com/2rOtKzJ.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/9kGabL4.jpg53 - Shining Force - 56 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/i219DSx.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/TJJTyCA.jpg52 - Front Mission - 57 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
^ SUCH a good game. played through a fan translation on an emulator and again when it came out officially on DS. so great. and the shop menu music is the chillest of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMhJ6STWzY
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JGqV0Ea.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/pIuPKBd.jpg51 - Streets of Rage III - 61 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
^have not played, but fighting kangaroo on box + old man metal arm = i am interested
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Wait, the box says the cyborg is the newcomer. So this game-series created new fighters, and thought of a kangaroo before they thought of a cyborg?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/m8ELeWy.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/FL0wd9O.jpg50 - Zombies Ate My Neighbors - 61 points / 4 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
protip for SOR3: if you avoid killing the kangaroo when you get to him (and just take out his trainer) you can play as him
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XRsOd63.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/aNvdZ8S.jpg48 - ActRaiser - 63 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
ActRaiser haunts me to this day, because I never played it. so many times at movie gallery, deciding which game to rent, always starting in alphabetical order. ActRaiser always caught my eye, every single time, and I'd look at the back of the box, almost decide to give it a try, then pass.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nsrn27M.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1sWny6g.jpg48 - Micro Machines - 63 points / 3 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
That's the last one for today! More to come tomorrow. And then the day after.
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
Recap:
48 - Micro Machines - 63 points / 3 Votes48 - ActRaiser - 63 points / 3 Votes50 - Zombies Ate My Neighbors - 61 points / 4 Votes51 - Streets of Rage III - 61 points / 3 Votes52 - Front Mission - 57 points / 2 Votes53 - Shining Force - 56 points / 2 Votes54 - Tetris Attack / Panel de Pon - 54 points / 3 Votes55 - Final Fantasy V - 54 points / 2 Votes56 - Contra 3: The Alien Wars - 53 points / 4 Votes57 - Super Empire Strikes Back - 51 points / 3 Votes58 - Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse - 50 points / 3 Votes59 - Secret of Evermore - 50 points / 2 Votes60 - Kirby's Dream Land - 48 points / 2 Votes61 - Shadowrun - 47 points / 3 Votes62 - Shinobi III - 47 points / 2 Votes63 - Road Rash II - 46 points / 2 Votes64 - E.V.O. The Search for Eden - 45 points / 2 Votes65 - Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins - 44 points / 1 First-place votes / 2 Votes66 - UN Squadron - 44 points / 2 Votes66 - ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkatron - 44 points / 2 Votes68 - Cannon Fodder - 43 points / 3 Votes69 - Wonder Boy V: Monster World III - 43 points / 2 Votes69 - Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen - 43 points / 2 Votes69 - Castlevania: Bloodlines - 43 points / 2 Votes72 - Nobunaga's Ambition - 42 points / 2 Votes72 - Final Fantasy IV (II) - 42 points / 2 Votes74 - On the Ball - 40 points / 1 First-place votes / 1 Vote75 - Mortal Kombat 2 - 40 points / 2 Votes76 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - 38 points / 2 Votes77 - Final Fight - 38 points / 1 Vote77 - Rings of Power - 38 points / 1 Vote
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
KM you should play ActRaiser it's good
FF2 with only two votes is insane but I guess everyone opted for 3 instead and didn't want to waste two votes on FF games
Secret of Evermore is amazing & I'm glad it made the cut
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
and we're off! woohoo!!!
stunned at 'turtles in time' getting only two votes. in the very wacky Dom poll of 2008 it was the #56 greatest game ever. obviously that is crazy, but i think a lot of people treated it as stand-in for its genre. and surely there is not a better home-console version of the 2.5D side-scrolling cooperative beat-em-up? colorful, fast, fun, satisfying, trading on a popular license but by no means coasting on it. yeah i dug streets of rage too, but only because all i had was a genesis. at the very least, this has to be the best turtles game ever made, besides the arcade one itself.
i want to say mortal kombat never ever spoke to me as much as street fighter - it was just uglier, and SO much stiffer in terms of control and animation. but i have to cast my brain back to 6th grade and remember that i, too, gazed deeply into the magazine screenshots showing the differences between the SNES and Genesis versions. was this my first encounter with the idea of "censorship" in my actual lived experience? the injustice of that blood turned into sweat! laughable! i definitely rented the game and played it very thoroughly, and i'm sure the digitized actors wowed me more back then than they do now... but i really don't think there's all that much to it. also about half the characters are pretty boring. i basically never played the sequels except once or twice at friends' houses. not enough to make any sense of the giant casts of characters, or learn any moves or anything.
tetris attack is a real hoot. not much to say about it beyond that - if you haven't played it, play it, but play it two player.
shining force is great and REALLY fascinated me in 1993. as i said in the voting thread, it hasn't held up so well in terms of certain gameplay and interface choices, and (aside from a couple of hidden character things) it's painfully linear. very close to someone's observation about final fantasy I, on last year's poll, that essentially once you put your name in you are done making choices for the rest of the game.
zombies ate my neighbors is way too hard, but it is great co-op fun. the kind of thing where if you don't personally need to beat it, you can be satisfied playing the first few levels over and over. very fun music too IIRC.
man, seeing the box art nice and big is a good reminder that while the NES era gets most of the lolz for terrible cover art, it definitely did not end there. "shinobi iii" looks so cheap and generic.
several of these - ogre battle, actraiser, shadowrun - are ones i always heard i needed to play but never once saw a copy of, and somehow just forgot to ever check out via emu. others, like 'on the ball,' are totally new to me. this is fun!
is secret of evermore really an okay game? i remember starting it, getting a little while in and being like "this seems like it's for littler kids than me." but if you take away all the trappings/reputation around it, is it basically fun?
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
i definitely remember being amazed by how the mortal kombat characters looked just like real life. now i feel somewhat less amazed.
besides a couple of others that will certainly show up micro machines (well, the second one) was my favourite racing game of this era, and maybe the most fun multiplayer of all of them.
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link
i want to say mortal kombat never ever spoke to me as much as street fighter - it was just uglier, and SO much stiffer in terms of control and animation.
although i said upthread that MKII deserved to place better tahn it did, this is otm. MKII is all about the fatalities, basically. the fighting itself was noticeably worse than SFII even when it was first released, and time has not treated it well. all the characters have the exact same speed, same jumping height and distance, everything. you're playing different versions of the same character, with different special moves and fatalities. SFII, of course, had a completely different feel depending on who you were playing as, not even taking special moves into account. still, MKII was such an important part of that era, and it deserves to place a little higher than it did.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
not sure i ever played mk2 and i voted for 3, is 3 considered inferior?
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
3 had a weird lack of focus, MKII had that nice "Big Trouble in Little China" feeling to the aesthetic whereas 3 added cyborgs and Paul Blart mall cop.
MKII was a big one for me. i liked the first game enough to get the SNES version but MKII i remember knowing the release date and asking walmart to hold it for me. maybe the fighting game mechanics were sub-SF2 but to me it was a rich, deep game with a million secrets and little tricks. that they actually included "Friendship" and "Babality" options was kind of amazing at the time -- it was like a playground rumor come true.
TMNTIV is really something else. there's not much to the game, and you are sort of fighting one type of bad guy (foot clan soldier) throughout the entire game. and yet the presentation holds it all together. the music, the graphics, that neat mechanic where you fling your opponent forwards into the screen. i rented this game and beat it several times before bringing it back and then buying it anyways the next week. it was a hell of a lot of fun!
Tetris Attack, they need to remake that for phones
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
o wait i didn't vote for any mortal kombat. sorry mk, needed to make sure that sparkster gets the top 3 placing it deserves
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
many xps but EVO was the besthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv6FHOYf-Sk
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
wistful feeling of having missed out following these results. i guess i was just playing sensi soccer and football manager constantly on the amiga at this point, probably civ games. looking at the box art is terrific tho, totally transports me back to having to wait months to get a game, going into the shop every week and looking at the back of the box, expectations spiralling out of control. sort of similar now in a way, many of these i think i want to grab on an emulator but inevitably will disappoint.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 13:13 (eight years ago) link
Gonna post a little different today, since I have a lot to do not at the computer I'm going to to a little "sprint" every hour or so of like 8 things in rapid successiun.
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LMzTg6y.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RmUZu1a.jpg47 - Shining Force 2 - 64 points / 2 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
oh man slow down on these if you're under any pressure at all! i for one won't even have a chance to respond to anything more til the end of the day so less of a deluge works fine on the reader's end too. just sayin'! i know i post something like this on every poll and i'm probably in the minority.
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ueYupJN.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1arJ6ac.jpg46 - Harvest Moon - 64 points / 5 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
nah it's just that later today I'll need to run some errands so it'll get a little clustery
^also this game is for "city kids of all ages" lol