I picked this for my SPY spot in the Retro Achievements Challenge. A fun and challenging run & gun game that punishes you for going too fast unless you've died a few times and you learn the patterns. But be forewarned, one shot kills on you. Unless its a grenade (Which you don't get i-frames and they will spam grenades) or they punch you. You can walk into the enemies to push them back and not lose health. But its very quirky.
The game starts mild mannered until round 8. Where there's a huge spike in difficulty because of the boss. Having to shoot in four corners whilst a crosshair is jumping around the screen can really take a toil on a person. The final stage of the game is the worse because in order to have enough bullets to even have a shot of the boss, you have to play the whole stage flawlessly. The only check point is at the final elevator where you have to use at least 10 of your 40 starting bullets and the first phase of the boss takes close to 40 shots. I'm glad I am done with this game.
At least the music is fantastic.

I was suggested to play this game and it didn't disappoint! You might only get one life in this game but it's very generous with items and a password with every area you complete. The music is fantastic! And it's just long enough that it doesn't over stay its welcome. It has some fun concepts with its water mechanics and cloud platforms that you can slowly fall through. I'm also very impressed with how many enemies can be on the screen and the Game Boy just plays it like a champ and doesn't even lag.

I played this for Retro Achievements Challenge. What a fun little 2d platformer with charm! The music is jazzy/big band and its fantastic! The game isn't that hard but it ramps up in the final two stages. Eight total stages with five boss fights. And one boss fight, you need to know how to pick up items to throw or you aren't finishing the boss. And with 6 buttons, the manual tells you that X,Y, and Z aren't needed. So they thought that holding down the attack button was the best bet for this action. Other then that, still a fun playthrough.

I picked this game for the Stealth spot for my Retro Achievement Challenge and to finish my challenge! Metal Gear Solid, I remember playing the demo a lot when I was young and so happy when I got it any played it a bunch. So I wondered how much this replay of the game was going to go all these years later.
It was very nostalgic when hearing for the first time in years, "This is Snake! Colonel, can you hear me?" And from there on I hit the ground running. I forgot that this game didn't have the tranquillizers and tried to CQC enemies but they just get back up quickly and don't stay stunned at all. And you can't force them to sleep with a choke hold. It's kill or sneak. I did love how over the top the game still is and how much 4th wall breaking it was. And being a kid at the time, it took me forever to find Meryl's number. I ended up finding it in the manual if I remember correctly not realizing it was the actual game CD case. And little me thought it was on on the Optical Disc you get from Baker. And more about Meryl, I thought it was so risque that you could see her without her pants at the time. Now though, it just makes me go, why? I also forgot how smooth of a talker Snake is. That and I didn't remember how much they focus on Meryl butt to show you how to find her later. But other then that the game and gameplay is solid. There's some cheap hits you will suffer from if you don't know ahead of time but all in all, still fun.

I picked this game for my Minigames spot in Retro Achievements. I played this back when it first came out and I loved it. This time around, I forgot how crazy and off the wall this game really is. Micro games lasting from three to five seconds was such a great idea when this came out. You can complete the game in less than a hour if you just play and beat each stage once. But the beauty of this game is it replayability! Beating your high score and unlocking the rest of the micro games. And also unlocking other mini games like paper plane, Dr. Wario and my favorite Pyoro 1 & 2!

I picked this for my Arcade spot for my Retro Achievements spot. I ended up picking Jack Skeleton due to the friend that suggested to try it. It was a fun little game. I kinda wish I had a Virtual Boy to play this legitimately. Falling down to the next stage would of been cool to see. But the game is comprised of little levels that you need to collect keys. Either through a puzzle or by killing enemies. The bosses are a dps rush until you run out of time. And you also collect stars to bank screen clears. The final boss has two phases and the second phase is hectic. Jack Skeleton is a melee character and this made it tough. After I beat it, I tried the rest of the characters and they both have range attacks. So it seems my friend had trolled me on my character choice.
In short, its a fun little puzzle arcade game.

I picked this game for my Run & Gun spot for the Retro Achievements Challenge. This game has always been on a backlog for me to give it a playthrough and I'm happy I was able to finish it. The music is fantastic. But the game does have some big glaring issues and that there's virtual no health drops. It's super rare for them to drop. The other issue is that if you are turning or ducking/standing up and you try to jump, the game prioritizes the turn/duck/stand over the jump and this feels really clunky. It took me three restarts to beat the game. I got to the final stage and thought I had lost for good to be kicked back to the start but I miscounted my continues and was able to pull out the win. In all, a tough but great game.

Went for the wild card space in the Retro Achievements challenge and had the site to pick a random sent of achievements and this was the game that came up. I still have my copy as a kid and I checked it after I finished it and noticed, I never beat the game. I think I just enjoyed playing it whilst using a transfer pak on the 64 version.
The game itself it was fun little RPG. Game was super easy up to the first tournament match. I ended up changing my racket just before it and made the match vs Sammi dummy hard. After I went back to the normal equipment, it was just easy sailing. Fun game but WAY to repetitive.