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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.

Does Tabletop Simulator count? There are thousands of great mods and add-ons for that singular "game".

Super Mario RPG had lots of fun little cameos and easter eggs by the likes of Link, Samus, Culex, etc.

It has seriously been decades since I last played it but...as the only kid I knew that had a Sega CD, I absolutely had to rent this one and I recall renting it at least a couple of times. The intro and music were pretty spectacular and I thought the game itself was great fun, possibly my favorite of the Sonic games, although I admit that I didn't own or play much of Sonic 3 or Sonic & Knuckles at the time. My foggy nostalgia goggles say 8/10 but I'm not sure how well that would hold up if played today. Honestly...I kinda miss my Sega CD.

It's been a very long time since I last played it but it was a great run 'n gun for its time. The difficulty was kind of aggravating toward the final stage or two but it manages to stay fun and charming enough to be forgiven for a little cheapness. Also not a terribly long game, so that helps it stay appealing. 7/10

Nice! I actually just installed this the other day and going to finally try to knock it off my list. By all accounts, I think I'll quite enjoy it.

The fact that System Shock 3 apparently got sucked down into development hell really upsets me. At least we finally got an incredibly high-quality remake of the original but I've kinda lost hope for the arrival of future games. If you ask me, I feel like Mortal Kombat is passing the point of saturation. I love the early games in the franchise and a couple of the later games are pretty decent but, man, there are just so many of them now and they all start to blend together.

I also generally like fairly flamboyant colors and costumes on my characters, given the choice. Color and flair is fun.

The original game is also available through Steam or GOG and usually on sale for less than $5.

This is a personal favorite on mine, not because I think most of the game play is exceedingly strong. None of it is bad, for sure, but neither does any of it truly excel. No, where BG&E hits its high notes is in world-building, relatable and fun characters and an overall story that has just the right blend of excitement, intrigue and emotional melodrama. By the end, I truly cared about the stakes of what was happening and was truly curious about some of the loose ends that are teased but never fully explained. That, combined with appealing graphics and character designs and some really wonderful music makes it a very memorable experience in my eyes and I think everyone should give it a try at least once knowing this. 8/10 easily.

I actually rather enjoyed Temple Run and Temple Run 2 a half-dozen years ago or so. They were entertaining for what they were and weren't overtaken by predatory gimmicks. Honestly, I still haven't been able to find a decent (free or one-time payment) mobile game and have been thinking about just going back to Temple Run because...well...everything else has just felt hollow and scummy. Will gladly take any suggestions.

I downloaded Jetpack Joyride a couple weeks ago after doing a YouTube search for "mobile games that aren't complete garbage" and seeing it recommended. No joke, one of the videos was of a 20-something talking about it with nostalgia from his "distant childhood" and how they "don't make mobile games like this anymore". I mean, nothing wrong with that. Nobody gets to choose when they were born and you gotta appreciate every day you're given but it just made me chuckle a little inside when I realized that the game came out in 2011 and...fuck...now I feel old! By the way, the game itself? Yeah...I uninstalled it after about 20 minutes. I guess you just had to be a kid in the 2010's.

Played the original for about an hour. Interesting concept but the game itself was only average. Played AC2 for about 8 hours and enjoyed it quite a bit at the time...but have not revisited it since, what...2010? Have not played any other game in the franchise, so no comments there. 6/10, I guess?

I love it when games can work their HUD into the game diegetically, the way Dead Space does.

I love Jackal. One of my favorites on the NES, honestly.

I agree. Astyanax was a game I never knew existed until the late-2000's. The cartridge caught my eye at a local shop one day. The label art was appealing and it was only like $6, so I gave it a shot. Very underappreciated, I think. The game play is immediately reminiscent of the quite excellent Legendary Axe on Turbografx and that's when I discovered that they share the same developer. If I had access to it as a kid, I certainly would have given it at least a few rentals.

It's beginning to happen, gents. I'm finding myself thinking I'm gonna need to start carrying reading glasses. My standard prescription just ain't cutting it anymore. Those instruction manuals are getting blurrier and blurrier.

Great game, especially for its time, but way too fucking hard in spots. The difficulty is really the only thing that keeps it from being higher for me. Even so, I still remember what a huge deal the Batman movie was in '89 and playing this game in 1990 was honestly very exciting. The graphics and music absolutely slay and the play control is very solid, with my only complaint being that I wish they allowed the player to switch special weapons on the pause screen. Having to rapidly switch weapons mid-action can be frustrating at times. I've never beaten it and am not terribly worried about doing so. I just like to pop it in and play a few stages to listen to those beautiful chiptunes. 8/10

I concede that my word choice was not ideal. What I was implying was that "modern devs have done great things with [it] the inspiration that they've taken from that series".

Yeah, I don't know what it is about the game but I have a difficult time adjusting to the controls and pacing of the action. A fantastic game but if I want to see anywhere beyond the first stage, I'm going to have to buckle down and get serious.

Well...when they take inspiration, they really take inspiration, don't they? But hey, I'm sold. Classic Castlevania is one of my "anytime, anywhere" game series and many modern devs have done great things with it, like the Bloodstained games. Here's hoping this one turns out as good as it looks.

The word "parody" would imply that there were some level of comic/humorous value to it. There is no humor or joy to be found in the entirety of the game. If parody was what they were going for, I think they missed the mark. Instead, I'd call it a "soulless imitation" of the beat-em-up genre. All the elements are present but they don't combine to create a greater whole. It's kinda like those famously-bad Turkish and Italian films of the 70's and 80's that tried to imitate popular Hollywood action movies without understanding how to make those kinds of films or even how to write dialog in English. That's The Tick on SNES in a nutshell. It's trying to copy the beat-em-up formula without understanding how to make it interesting.