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Accidental double post.

Well considering just how difficult this game can be, that happens frequently enough to become a real pain.

The one Zelda game I cannot beat even with save states, it is just way too damn hard. I can respect Nintendo for trying something different with the sequel to The Legend of Zelda, but I personally do not feel that everything in the game works. The random battles are really annoying, especially in those cases it brings you to areas that have nothing on them. The fact that for most of the game if you die you start all the way back at the first temple is terrible. Death Mountain is a nightmare without a guide and even then, it is still a long slog. For me it is the worst of the Nintendo-published Zelda games. A 5/10 for me.

I gave it an 8. It's an absolutely fantastic system with a great library of games where we saw a significant move from the simple games we saw on earlier consoles like the Atari 2600 towards more in-depth experiences with things like Final Fantasy, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. It made Nintendo the juggernaut that we know it is today and it really set the trend for how the industry operates today, where you no longer can just dump whatever game you want on the system, you instead have to gain a license from the console manufacturer. With all that said, there are two reasons why I don't rank it higher. First, as good as the NES is, I personally place the SNES and the PS2 higher. Second, the physical design of the NES does have a significant flaw that required most consoles to be repaired with new connector pins, to the point that it is rare for me to see a used NES that doesn't need them.

C'mon, everyone knows that you can't possibly top FM Towns Marty!

That's quite rad, I'm curious if they are actually selling it or keeping it as a display piece. I can't imagine how you would even price such a thing.

I can't help but bring up Fallout 76.

Odyssey 2 unfortunately falls into the same category as the Atari 2600 in that the vast majority of the games available just do not hold up today. However, the Odyssey lacks the historical significance that the Atari 2600 had, so I ended up giving it a 3. It's certainly not the worst thing on the market, but there are far, far better consoles in existence and there's really no reason to go back to this system unless you had a personal connection to it or you just collect everything and anything.

I think I am somewhere around 60-40 or 70-30 with the majority being bought in person. I have three GameStop locations within ten minutes from me and about five retro game stores near me that gives me plenty of opportunities to pick things up locally. Nevertheless, I do buy games online from limited print companies like Limited Run Games somewhat regularly, so they are a decent chunk of my collection.

I'm happy with the open preorder system that they have active at this point, I know that I would have missed out on plenty of games if they stuck with the original model of having a very limited supply available. I have so many games to play at this point, I don't need to have anything from Limited Run ready at this very moment. I can wait.

Personally I find the PS1 port of Star Wars: Dark Forces to be pretty decent.

Yeah and Pirate's Curse was Switch release #21, so it was very early in the days of Limited Run doing Switch games, so I bet far fewer sold then than if they had put it out today or even last year. I remember a lot of calls for a reprint when the other games went up for sale.

I decided on 6/10, but it's not an easy console to rank. It absolutely is one of the most influential, iconic and medium-defining consoles ever created and some of the programming wizardry and imagination that went into creating games for it is amazing. It is one of my favorite eras of gaming to read about. But I honestly cannot recommend going back to it unless you are a die-hard fan of video game history and want to see what the early years of console games was really like. I've booted up an Atari and dabbled with it's games while working for my local retro game store and for me personally, it's just a terrible experience. While there are a number of games that still hold up today, the joystick is way too stiff for my liking. I never feel like I have good control over what is happening on screen and when the games as a whole are so basic, it just never feels like it's really worth the effort to go back to, even for the really good stuff. We've got great modern renditions of stuff like Breakout and Space Invaders, so I just don't see much value in going back for casual play.

I think last year the rest of the Shantae games finally got physical editions on Switch, so people want it to complete the set.

Well my favorite genre is first person shooters, so here is mine: 1. Halo 2 2. Doom 3 3. BioShock 4. Halo: Reach 5. Fallout: New Vegas 6. Singularity 7. Star Wars: Republic Commando 8. Half-Life 2 9. Halo: Combat Evolved 10. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

My current longest is about 2 and a half years, I backed the Region Locked book back in July of 2018 and am still waiting for it to be published.

Absolutely, there are plenty of games that fly way below the radar, but are still well-worth playing. With how massive the indie scene has become, there is more than enough fodder for 'Hidden Gems' videos for the Switch or PS4.

I have a soft spot for the original XBOX, this was the console that really turned me into a gamer. I played games before the XBOX, but it was not my primary form of entertainment. But the XBOX completely changed that after I played Halo for the first time. I don't exactly know what it was about Halo, but it completely grabbed me in a way that other games hadn't previously. I owned a GameCube at the time and sold it with the games I had to get one with Halo and KOTOR and everything changed. Going forward I actually starting paying attention to the gaming industry and following news and reviews in magazines. It is missing some of the big hitters of the era and never was able to establish a strong Japanese presence on the system, but I think it holds up enough to give it a seven. It's also a great console to collect for as so much of the library can still be bought on the cheap.

Actually, it's mostly because I just like retro games. I don't collect a whole lot, I just focus on PS4. But I enjoy seeing the old stuff.

Customer Service Representative. I also work at a retro video game store once a week.

7/10 It was a significant step towards standardizing FPS games, but it just doesn't hold up that well anymore compared to even it's immediate successor Doom.

Of the games that I have actually played, I have to give no. 1 to Odyssey. Super Mario 64 undoubtedly changed the gaming industry forever, but I think Odyssey really took it to a completely new level and is probably the best 3D platformer I have ever played. I gave Super Mario 64 my second spot, because again it's very hard to overstate just how much of a landmark title that is not just for Nintendo, but for the industry as a whole. My least favorite is Sunshine and that's mostly because I find the controls are just wonky and makes it more of a pain to play than necessary. I don't have a Switch, so I can't say if that was improved with the port.

I give it a 6/10. Honestly, I just don't think there is that many games really worth going back to in this day and age. There's a handful of great games, mostly from Nintendo or Rare, and the rest if just a bunch of stuff that might have been good back in the day, but just does not hold up today. This is also the point where Nintendo lost a huge amount of third-party support, so it misses out on a lot of great games from the era, like Final Fantasy VII.

I'm definitely at the point where I usually avoid collector's editions if at all possible. I just don't have the space for the huge boxes and they usually don't contain anything I care about. Artbooks, soundtracks, random figures, just not worth the money for me. I wish more companies did behind-the-scenes documentaries, as I really enjoy learning about the development process. I have made exceptions, I bought Ori and the Will of the Whips because I loved the first Ori so damn much, and I have the collector's editions of Spelunky and Narcosis because I got them at prices cheaper than buying the game by itself on eBay, or I buy it new and it's the only version offered (Play Asia exclusives).

For me, Tetris is THE perfect game. It's such a basic concept that practically anyone is able to understand how it is played with very little background, but it does take skill to get truly good at the game. The mechanics are tuned in such a way that there's really not much you can change to make it that much better than earlier versions. It's a game that, to this day, continues to be ported and played by people all over the world. It's timeless.