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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Fantastic sequel in about every respect and peak of the series
Bust A Groove 2
Bust A Groove 2
Kino to the ends of the earth
Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Why did they port this to GG? Just to flex I guess
Pikmin 2
Pikmin 2
Best multiplayer experience of the year, spent about 3-4 months going back and forth on this with my brother and it's evil, it brings out the demons
Ridge Racer Type 4
Ridge Racer Type 4
Life-changing moment
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Byotiful, a fantastic replay to end the year. Unfortunately, I can't speedrun this, and Terri is gonna kick my ass whenever we get around to racing it
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
Nourishment
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2
Nourishment... 2!!!
StepManiaX
StepManiaX
i did Crab Rave doubles on this at a fun center and a dad came up and high-fived me, I'm winning at life
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
I ran through this in co-op with my older brother who never plays beatemups and it was one of the best experiences I had this year. And then I realized there's like barely any other beatemups that even get close to this and I got a little sad.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Best new game I played this year maybe. I want to be hopeful and excited for the future of expansive AAA experiences at a time where 99% of studios are bleeding out at the hands of their corporate ringleaders.
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Art
Beatmania IIDX 30 Resident
Beatmania IIDX 30 Resident
Why is there so many got dang menus? I just wanna play some songs by good-cool
Bust A Groove
Bust A Groove
I think this is the only time I've ever heard the N-word used in a japanese video game
DDRMax2: Dance Dance Revolution
DDRMax2: Dance Dance Revolution
Kino
GG Aleste 3
GG Aleste 3
Need more GG stuff like this, please, please please please
Gitaroo Man
Gitaroo Man
ALSO kind of dogshit to play but the ludonarrative power here is immaculate
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart DS
When I played this at 6 years old it rocked my world, 3D on handheld that went above and beyond its console sibling titles blew my mind. And it's still great today!
Mega Man 8
Mega Man 8
I could squeezehug the life out of this game
Mega Man: The Sequel Wars
Mega Man: The Sequel Wars
It made me like Mega Man 4!! It's beautiful!!!!
Pikmin
Pikmin
Beautiful beyond its aspirations, and very underdiscussed as far as its technical achievement goes. Can't believe I didn't play it sooner
Poinie's Poin
Poinie's Poin
When I say gaming is dead I mean no games like this are being made anymore
Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2
They do a really bad job of hiding that they wrote this during questionable political times in America but it's otherwise really stellar
Sanvein
Sanvein
The 2nd most I've ever sweated playing a video game (behind DDR)
Soldier Blade
Soldier Blade
Peak of the entire PC-E Hu-Card library

But seriously seriously stop putting obscene difficulty bumps at the end of your shmups Hudson
Sonic Riders
Sonic Riders
Honestly? This is the best Sonic game to come out of the post-DC era until Mania
Spinmaster
Spinmaster
shovelware-shaped kino
Um Jammer Lammy
Um Jammer Lammy
i remember listening to this OST on my psp while visiting my uncle as a teen. He passed away a few years ago, there's no sentimentality between these two factoids but it's impossible to think about one without the other now. Life is odd.
ActRaiser
ActRaiser
Man they should make one of these with nothing but sidescrolling, there's no way they could screw that up
Advance Wars
Advance Wars
Great start to one of the best series I got into this year, wish I knew about mech spam first time I played it
Battletoads
Battletoads
that goofy-ass :0 the enemies make when you slam your head into their stomach
Beatmania IIDX 3rd style
Beatmania IIDX 3rd style
I paid 200+ to import controllers for this and one of them stopped working after a week, fuck you buyee and fuck you bemanituber that shilled for them
Beatmania IIDX 4th style
Beatmania IIDX 4th style
we must realize that our people will do whatever we do !
Bird Museum
Bird Museum
:bottom-eyes:
Bugsnax
Bugsnax
It's quirky - but with a dark SECRET!! OooOOOOOoooOOooooohh!!

And that secret is MUPPET HOMOSEXUAAAAAAALS!!! OOOOO O O O O OOOOOO O O OOOOHHH!!!!!!!
Cool Cool Toon
Cool Cool Toon
It has The Vibes and that's all that matters. It's kind of dogshit when you're actually playing it
Cybernator
Cybernator
Damn good, one of the better SNES things I played this year
Dance Dance Revolution A
Dance Dance Revolution A
Thank you konami but also fuck you konami
Dance Dance Revolution ExtraMix
Dance Dance Revolution ExtraMix
Solo and 4th Mix Plus in the same place, a damn steal
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
They took away my jangling keys but they gave me my ball-pop lawnmower thingy instead, all is right with the world after all
Dance Summit 2001: Bust a Move
Dance Summit 2001: Bust a Move
GROWLBACKS GROWLBACKS WE'RE NOT DEAD, AT LEAST TRY TO BEAT THIS SPREAD, YAAAAAYYYYYYYY
Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
JaFAR, this actually IS the better one!
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone
Great game, used to think super and IIDX were just superior but this port really shows how its reservations make it shine.
Galaxy Force II
Galaxy Force II
Gorgeous to look and feel, truly out of this world, masterpiece
Hameln no Violin Hiki
Hameln no Violin Hiki
I think more games should be about skrunkly couples throwing each other at walls
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
The best game in a PC-E series is the one not on PC-E? Curious!
Magical Chase
Magical Chase
PC-Engine shmups are dime a dozen but the ones with name-brand recognition really are something special, great game
Majuu-ou
Majuu-ou
Kino
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Did you know popular games are popular because they are good?
Mémoire 0079
Mémoire 0079
Extremely creative and affective concept, was really happy to contribute to this
NBA Hangtime
NBA Hangtime
Benny hill type beat
Ninja Spirit
Ninja Spirit
I have never seen such a good game drop the ball so hard on the last level, what the actual fuck
Power Strike II
Power Strike II
We need more steampunkish halcyon shmups... made by anyone but the british
Pu Li Ru La
Pu Li Ru La
Need more games like this
Ristar
Ristar
Very good handheld port, probably one of the best GG games (not a high bar)
R-Type
R-Type
Is it sacrilege to say this one beats the arcade version?
Sonic 3 & Amy Rose
Sonic 3 & Amy Rose
crying
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 2
Accidental kino
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Easy argument for the best kart-style racer if it didn't have such overbearing CPU difficulty
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
YEAR OF AMY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2
Dig dig a tunnel, quick before the hyena come
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6
In the time since this released I went from loving it to despising its bloated single-player campaign to feeling nothing but animosity towards its monetization. It feels like Capcom is always gonna be the scummiest swine no matter how much they fix up their old franchises
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
Very good handheld port, pretty recurring theme of the best GG games being Genesis ports. There should've been even more tbh. Where's my 8-bit Bio Hazard Battle and Granada?
The * BishiBashi
The * BishiBashi
Ridiculous and very cool
Vector the Crocodile in Sonic the Hedgehog
Vector the Crocodile in Sonic the Hedgehog
he's columbo in one of the sonic x episodes and i think that's pretty neat
WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!
Great, please let Ko Takeuchi work a new rhythm heaven now
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
A good, different direction for the series to end on, but it's poorly balanced in the exact opposite way every other AW game is. Very odd.
Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog
Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog
crying
Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
Was really cool until it buckled down on the bullshit, rounded out to mid in hindsight
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Super scaler racers need a comeback
Battle Clash
Battle Clash
I don't remember if I actually sincerely liked this or if Yoshi's Safari left me all vulnerable and frail, oh heavens
Beatmania IIDX 5th style
Beatmania IIDX 5th style
i thought ddr games didn't change up much between sequels, damn iidx makes that series look like a never-ending string of reboots
Beatmania IIDX 6th style
Beatmania IIDX 6th style
These games are so fucking hard how do you guys have enough time to learn this shit
Chameleon Twist
Chameleon Twist
I'm not being an N64 boomer, this was actually really solid
Coca Cola Kid
Coca Cola Kid
:0
CTGP Nitro
CTGP Nitro
A big mixed bag but worth a look if you like MKDS
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix
Amazing sequel, not a big songlist but everything here slaps.
Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Edition
Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Edition
SOUL. The worst beats known to man
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
Where the fuck is ska a go go???????
Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection
Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection
Something about playing 'If You Were Here' at home on a real DDR game with a real DDR pad did something special to me. It's the small victories.
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Dashin' Desperadoes
Dashin' Desperadoes
The Blowjob Brothers
Demon's Crest
Demon's Crest
Gorgeous, ambient, but not something I'd return to probably
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone
That's some good MS soul right there
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Pac-Man... with a GUN!
Fire Shark
Fire Shark
Evil kino
Gate of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
I was shocked when I ended up disliking this, I think Red/Technosoft kinda overestimated their game design skills here, should've stuck to something more simple and cinematic
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Beating this was a herculean trial and I don't know if I'd revisit it but the high certainly felt good at the time
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Never forgiving the nintentubers for what they did to this game's price
Haunting Starring Polterguy
Haunting Starring Polterguy
I would probably punch polterguy in real life if I ever saw him, looks like the nazi teenager from that one Fat Albert scene
Hotdog Storm
Hotdog Storm
Mid iirc but the music was good
Lords of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
I didn't like how this played especially, but it's Lords of Thunder, it's metal, that's all that matters y'know?
Madden NFL 96
Madden NFL 96
Somewhere playing this my brain went 'football is just a turn-based tactical rpg' and I was affected by The Disease
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
My man Mario, you're cool, but you're bringing too much of your bing-bing-wahoo to my golf, maybe tone it down
Mercs
Mercs
Mercs players :handshake emoji: Overwatch players

"Fuck Tanks"
Metal Head
Metal Head
32X kusoge has me acting perplexed and intruiged
Mystic Riders
Mystic Riders
Pretty cool
Neo Bomberman
Neo Bomberman
The more time passes the less forgiveness I have towards quarter munchers
NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana
NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana
Sports games kinda go hard?
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
games like this make it so confusing how irem pushed out something as poorly-balanced as undercover cops

2 Comments


5 months ago

Tee hee, plane of existence I get it.

5 months ago

Banger


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