MontyCircus

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!

Yes! If you're remastering, remaking a classic game...INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL GAME!!!

Then, people like me, will happily buy the "new" game, even if it's crap, just to get the old one.

The day you posted this...

10 Taito games are on sale:

• 9 Arcade Archives
• 1 Neo Geo

You only need to answer it once, and it doesn't matter which site you do it on.

That was a relief!

Also, the question of how many indie games do we buy in a year? And the maximum was "15+"?

I do that in a month!

Was released exclusively in Japanese arcades...so gotta have it!

Ys Book I & II would be the star here among those listed.

Other top TurboGrafx-CD/PC-Engine CD games:

• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
• Star Parodier
• Gate of Thunder
• Lords of Thunder
• Seirei Senshi Spriggan
• Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

I'm interested in most Bitmap Books. This one especially.

@MegaManFan

"Mega ****ing Man, ain't a damn thing changed."

@DestructoDisk

It's on Switch too, part of the same Jaleco line:
JALECOlle Famicom Ver. Saiyuuki World

On the Shmups Forum's annual poll (they've done it for 20 years), R-Type Delta often makes the "Top 25 Shmups of All Time" list.

The original nearly always does.

Sounds good! I'm a sucker for Japanese exclusives.

Would love to see a list of the EGGCONSOLE releases that are recommended for non-Japanese speakers. I looked up the early games, picked up some more action-oriented ones, but lost the enthusiasm to sift through them.

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense.

These are waaaay down the list of SNES and Genesis games. Like hundreds down the list of top games on those consoles. Can't really imagine anyone would be interested in them.

I would need to know which versions of the games are included, as their quality varies wildly between original platforms.

Nice! Looks like this version and the NES version are practically the same, and the best way to play it.

"part of a 9,000-person cull across the Xbox family."

That makes it sound like the 9,000 firings are all from the gaming division, which is not true.

Better than free games like solitaire or minesweeper?

I'm not sure.

It looks like something a kid would make in school. And get a B+.

AdventureGamers' Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games list is fantastic: https://adventuregamers.com/article/top_100_all-time_adventure_games?cp=22

I really should copy that over in case it disappears some day.

Earlier this year I was wondering where the "Aggie Awards" (their Annual Adventure Game Awards) were. Found a Reddit thread where someone from "Adventure Game Hotspot" informed us that Adventure Gamers was going under. I think some of the Hotspot folks came from Adventure Gamers, etc.

Anyway, I was glad to see Adventure Game Hotspot's annual awards as a replacement.

GameFaqs put up a Top 100 PS1 Games of All Time poll.
Over 300 people voted and Final Fantasy Tactics ended up #6.
Just behind Symphony of the Night.

I'm a sucker for these early '80s arcade style games.

@KingMike

As I often say: Our childhoods would be illegal now!

I'll get the Saiyūki World 2 Jalecolle release
And the Arcade Archives version of Rod Land.

@sixrings

Imagine a game where you battled zombies at the 9/11 memorial freedom tower. Or at Columbine high school, etc.

@Gryffin

Yeah, for example, do you think a billionaire would care about a $1,000 speeding ticket? So for them, it is meaningless.

But there are some countries that fine you based on your income. In 2010 a wealthy Swedish motorist was fined $1 million in Switzerland, for driving his Mercedes at 290 km(180m)/h.

@NinChocolate

IGN just had a user poll on that question, Switch, N64 and Super Nintendo I believe were the top 3 (I can't find the poll at the moment to tell you the ranking).

NES support was miniscule. I suppose that makes sense, with people picking the SNES over it because it was the apex of 2D gaming (before everything went 3D).

But I would argue the leap from 2600/ColecoVision/Intellivision, to NES was an absolutely colossal jump, that changed gaming more than the leap from NES to SNES. The idea of an arcade game that you would play for minutes, to a console game that you would play for hours, or even weeks or months, was born on the NES.

@Mayhem

"Beginning with issue #65 (August 1984), Sim began collaborating with the artist Gerhard, who drew all the backgrounds while Sim, who continued to write the series himself, drew the foreground figures. Gerhard and Sim continued to work together on Cerebus until the series concluded with issue #300, in March 2004."

In CBR's latest poll, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo series was voted the #80 best comic book run of all-time.

It's also the longest-running comic-book series by a single writer/artist, with no assistance from other creators.

He's won 8 Eisner Awards (known as "The Oscars of Comics") and is in the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

Been confused about these Toaplan games for so long. Had them on my Deku Deals wishlist, staring at them from time to time just like...when the hell are these going to come to the West!?

@KingMike

And of Atari's Asteroids Deluxe and Millipede.

I remember playing Millipede, realizing it was way harder, and switching back to Centipede (the next cabinet over) for a much longer playtime and more fun for my quarter.

Looks like I missed the release of former Japan-exclusive Pizza Pop! as well.

They're all on Switch in the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, except for:

• Gradius III (in Arcade Archives)
• Salamander 2
• Salamander III

Looks fun...and familiar...I might have played this back in the day...

And not in any of the 3 Taito Milestones collections.

Cool. Never heard of any before outside of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace.

GameFaqs did a poll of the 100 Best PS1 Games. A few hundred people listed their Top 10 lists. They crunched the numbers and added it all up.

Koudelka ended up the #100 best PS1 game.

@HylianFox

Maybe it's a "bad commercial". But all I can tell you is my friends and I in the schoolyard were all yelling "Octorocks!!!" for a week, and none of us knew what the hell that meant.

Cheap lot you guys are. I was excited for this news.

I bought Shin Megami Tensei V and then a year later had to dole out another $80 CAN for the better Vengeance version.

(when, I'm sure it comes to Switch 2) I'll gladly spend another $4 CAN to get online vs. play for the fighters.

Woohoo! Super Famicom exclusiiiiiive!

There is another Othello game on Switch, and it is cheaper than the Arcade Archives release.

And if you're mad about classic board games and card games, then you probably already own Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, which has a version of Othello called Renegade.

@Teksette

Yeah I guess the address in the permanent Chrome tab I had just quit on me for some reason. Went through your link and all is well again. Thanks!

Has hamster's website been down for a week or 2? Or is it just me?

Anyway, thankful to see this article, since the website is not available to me.

This includes outlawing glitches (which is something he humorously referred to as "cheating" at the time).

When I heard that someone beat Super Mario 64 in 10 seconds or whatever, it doesn't impress me at all.

I am all for no-glitch speedrunning rules.

Glad you found it interesting!

Yeah, it's like the wisdom of crowds jelly bean effect. If you take a big jar of jelly beans, and ask passersby to guess how many there are (winner gets a prize), and ask a large enough # of people, then even though some guesses will be bizarrely big and others bizarrely small, when you take the average of all the guesses, you'll get an eerily accurate answer.

Same kind of thing here. If you get someone dedicated enough to rank their top 50 favourite Genesis games, then you're getting a very well-informed opinion. Lump a bunch of those together and you'll get a good list.

What other systems did you research? Did you do the same as you did for the Mega Drive?

Yeah I did a few others.

Here is Top 20 Sega Master System Games:
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/hp5uqx/top_20_best_sega_master_system_games/

Here is Top 26 Best Neo Geo Games:
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/opyoi3/26_best_neo_geo_games/

I also just did a TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine list. I can type that out if you'd like.

Did you keep a list or URLs of where the original lists were found?

Yup. Since I made them, some of them have disappeared or been changed.

@Sketcz
I think I've only posted my top NeoGeo games list on Reddit.
Here are the Top 25 Genesis games since you're interested:
1.) Streets of Rage 2 / Bare Knuckle 2
2.) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
3.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
4.) Contra: Hard Corps
5.) Gunstar Heroes
6.) Sonic the Hedgehog
7.) Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
8.) Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
9.) Shining Force II
10.) Beyond Oasis / The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light
11.) Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
11.) Castlevania: Bloodlines
13.) Alien Soldier
14.) Rocket Knight Adventures
15.) Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
16.) Comix Zone
17.) Ristar
17.) M.U.S.H.A. / MUSHA Aleste
19.) Ranger X
20.) The Revenge of Shinobi / The Super Shinobi
21.) Dynamite Headdy
22.) Disney's Aladdin
23.) Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
24.) Road Rash II
24.) World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

I believe 21 of those 25 are available on Switch. Only Ranger X, Road Rash II and the 2 Mickey games are currently lost to time.

@845H

Looking at the original review scores, Playstation versions are the best and PC versions are the worst.

I'd like to own both of these games, but am waiting to see if these improved GOG releases improve the original PC versions enough...

I'll wait for the NES version I think. This looks pretty rudimentary.

I have heard this game described as "bad".
And that the other games in the series are better.

I believe Hamster has said for Arcade Archives and Neo Geo games they are going to add online play for people who already own them, for an additional fee for each game.

As long as the fee is small, it seems like a plus to me.

Ah, I missed this series! I enjoyed the "Toys that Made Us" and "How Disney Built America" series.

Here's the best poll I found:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/181157-the-king-of-fighters-xiv/74794659

Your console book looks good. I'm always up for a good video game history book.

The NES coasters and the Pac-Man tree maze shirt look fun too.

@jesse_dylan

Yeah, someone is going to look at the # of buys of these and say: "Well, I guess no one was interested in these ancient Japanese-exclusive games..."

No, we just want to be able to play them without having to learn Japanese.