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I really can't weigh in meaningfully on any of these as I've not spent more than a couple minutes on any one of them. But from what I know of them, what little I've played and the conversations I've had with a friend of mine, the ones that I'll probably get the most out of would be Baba is You and Obra Dinn. The Witness is a genre of game that I haven't been terribly impressed by and Tunic seems like territory that I've tread many times over already (and the cutesy animal aesthetic is fine but doesn't do anything for me).

There's just no way I can give this less than a 10. Call it nostalgia if you want to but this is honestly one of my favorite games of all time and so stupidly replayable. Still my favorite mainline Mario game.

I really wanted to like Sekiro and gave it more than a few fair shakes. In the end, it felt too punishing for me in my current stage of life and I just don't think my skill level and patience were up to the demands required to feel like I was making progress. Keep in mind, I'm very hyper-critical of the "Souls-like" genre on the whole and if I like a Souls-like game, it's in spite of its difficulty. I appreciate challenge in games. I even don't mind replaying portions of a game to "master" it, to an extent. I remember how beating Ninja Gaiden on X-Box felt like one of the greatest accomplishments ever. But that was...damn...18 years ago and these days, games have to give me a reason to want to come back to them, either by rewarding my effort or by at least acknowledging what it demands of the player. Sekiro has a very fascinating world and setting...but I couldn't see much of it because it kept putting up walls for me to beat my head against until my vision was blurry and my head was hurting. Take all that with a grain of salt or two.

This is a good example of a quality early title for the Genesis. That is to say, it has lots of great qualities...and only suffers because it was an early release. It's not exactly pushing the hardware in any way but the play control is good, the graphics and music are quite excellent (again, for an early title) and it's one example of licensed games done right. It's fairly slow-paced for some and I get that. It's also pretty dang easy. But it's still great. I struggled between a 7 and 8 but I think it's not quite up to the task of the top-tier. So, 7 out of 10 it is.

Well...here we are. My personal nostalgia for Sonic 2 is stronger than for Gunstar Heroes but setting that aside and trying to be at least slightly objective, I think Gunstar is just an overall better game. I still love and appreciate Sonic 2 but I don't think it would even rank in my top 10 Genesis titles, let alone meet my standards for best game on the console. Next question: When are we doing this for the Super Nintendo?

I give it a Ghostly Space-Clown mixing Whiskey Sours out of 10. Would recommend.

It's no NBA Jam but it's got the same spirit. This, Tecmo Bowl and Mutant League Football are pretty much the only football (both kinds) games I'll bother playing. I'm feeling generous and nostalgic, so I'll give it an 8/10.

Some tough choices, here. I really like the Genesis Ghouls 'N Ghosts but putting it up against Gunstar Heroes... Same could be said for all of these matchups, really. In my opinion, Sonic 2 is the weakest on the list but even that's still a great game. Goes to show how strong the library really was.

Played the first Crash (original and remaster) but never any of the sequels or spin-offs. The first game was fine enough as an early 3D platformer but didn't exactly blow me away. I own the N-sane Trilogy, so I guess that gives me an excuse to fire up Crash 2 at some point but it's not truly a priority for me.

Shaun! Never played it/10

Revenge of Shinobi

I can appreciate Pitfall for what it is. Probably in part because I didn't own it at the time, it never became one of my favorites on the Atari and I'd say that rings true even today. 5/10

Castlevania: Bloodlines

That's me with just about every Bethesda or From Software game.

I've played about 5 minutes of DKR and found it...okay. The N64 era was not my favorite for racing games as-is, so I probably don't see myself visiting the game much beyond that. River Raid has some special significance to me, so I'm hoping (although it seems unlikely) that we'll get to discuss that one.