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We're looking at some good compilations that promise to give you a lot of bang for your buck! Do they? GAMES: Saturn - Capcom Generation Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. PlayStation - Midway presents Arcade's Greatest Hits The Atari Collection 2, Namco Mueseum Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, Arcade Party Pak Dreamcast - Sega Smash Pack Volume 1

It's always fun to play games on their original consoles, but lots of people never had the chance to play even semi-recent games for one reason or another. And with many other games getting HD makeovers, here are some that companies and sometimes even gamers themselves have forgotten about that definitely need some modern love. Special thanks to Yoshi Vu for the conceptualized Wave Race HD visuals! GAMES: Saturn - Grandia PlayStation - Jumping Flash!, Jumping Flash 2, Robbit Mon Dieu Nintendo 64 - Wave Race 64 Dreamcast - Shenmue, Shenmue 2, Grandia 2, Skies of Acradia PlayStation 2 - Grandia 3, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Shinobi, Nightshade GameCube - Wave Race Blue Storm Wii - Metroid Prime Trilogy

Not every game gets released. The reasons for their cancellations vary all over the place. In this episode we take a look at several and some of the circumstances that caused them not to be released. GAMES: NES - Titan Warriors Genesis - Jesse "The Body" Ventura Wrestling Superstars Super Nintendo - Super Shadow of the Beast, Pinkie GameBoy Color - Resident Evil Saturn - Return Fire Nintendo 64 - Mini Racers Dreamcast - Propeller Arena, Hellgate, Geist Force

Here are some more of our "recent" pickups we've gotten. And we might as well review them while we're at it! Always a good excuse to play and talk about random games and our circumstances for getting them! GAMES: NES - Power Blade, Rockin' Kats Genesis - Zany Golf PlayStation - Floating Runner, Wild Arms PlayStation 2 - GhostBusters: The Video Game Dreamcast - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker PlayStation 3 - Binary Domain Wii U - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition

Ever get sick of rescuing the princess? Wanna maybe try to kidnap the princess instead? Then perhaps games like these are for you. Here we focus on games where the main protagonist is concentrating on doing evil things for evil reasons, a few of which you may never have heard of until now! GAMES: GameBoy - Warioland: Super Mario Land 3 Dreamcast - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver PSP - What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord 2, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? PlayStation 3 - Destroy All Humans!, Overlord: Raising Hell, Darksiders Vita - Army Corps of Hell

The MSX line of home computers were popular between 1983 and 1995. In this episode we focus solely on many of the games that were released for the computer. From some of the more popular ones to some of the obscure ones, there's lots of great stuff to play! GAMES: MSX - Sky Jaguar, Front Line, Contra, Penguin Adventure, Black Onyx II, Fantasy Zone, Rastan Saga, Golvellius (cart), Golvellius (disk), Ikari, Ys, Ys II, Ys III, Aleste, Aleste 2, Aleste Gaiden, Scion, Super Laydock, Exerion, Vampire Killer (Castlevania), Space Manbow, Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, SD Snatcher

We're taking a look at games that were spun off from popular franchises in an effort to milk some more cash out of the IP. But are they any good? Let's find out together! GAMES MSX - Metal Gear Genesis - Eternal Champions, X-perts Sega CD - Eternal Champions PlayStation - Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider Dreamcast - House of the Dead 2, Zombie Revenge, Typing of the Dead, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 PlayStation 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2 Xbox - Ninja Gaiden, Shadow the Hedgehog GameBoy Advance - Pinball of the Dead PSP - Persona Xbox 360 - Ninja Gaiden 2, Ninja Gaiden 3 PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Persona 4 Arena, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Tomb Raider Vita - Persona 4 Golden Xbox One - Rise of the Tomb Raider PlayStation 4 - Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Sometimes life doesn't let you sit down with a game that requires 480 hours of grinding just to get past the first boss. And sometimes you just want a quick game fix on more modern systems. Here's a few we recommend you check out for those times. GAMES PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes PlayStation 4 - Rez Infinite, Abzu, Firewatch, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Call of Duty: WW2

Ever wonder what the BEST game in a particular series is? How about the WORST one? Well in this episode we take a few different series and find the best and the worst examples from those series! GAMES Master System - The Cyber Shinobi Genesis - The Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer Super Famicom - Ys V: Kefin, Lost Kingdon of Sand Saturn - Saturn Bimberman PlayStation 2 - Crash: Mind Over Mutant Gamecube - Animal Crossing Xbox 360 - Bomberman Act : Zero PlayStation 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic '06) Wii U - Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival PlayStation 4 - Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Switch - Sonic Mania

We're not really reviewing games this time. Instead we're talking about special memories and stories surrounding our history with these games. We hope you like hearing about these as much as we like telling them! Do you have a great gaming story you'd like to tell? GAMES NES - Jackal, Dr. Mario Master System - Black Belt TurboGrafx-CD - Lords of Thunder Genesis - Sword of Vermilion, Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf, Gaiares SNES - Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All*Stars Wii U - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Some games lend themselves to being pulled down from the shelf played quickly and often. These are some of our favorites as it's hard not to be in the mood to play these! GAMES NES - Gun.Smoke Master System - Ghost House, Castle of Illusion TurboGrafx-16 - The Legendary Axe, The Legendary Axe 2, R-Type 1, R-Type 2 Genesis - Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer SNES - Super Mario Kart GameBoy Color - Wendy Every Witch Way

More games that only remind us of how good the originals are, and how sad you'll be if you waste your money on any of these! GAMES Arcade - Strider, Pit Fighter, Golden Axe, Turbo Out Run, Mortal Kombat Master System - Strider, Golden Axe PC Engine Arcade CD - Strider Genesis - Pit Fighter, Turbo Out Run GameBoy - Mortal Kombat SNES - Pit Fighter Saturn - X-Men vs Street Fighter PlayStation - X-Men vs Street Fighter GameBoy Advance - Golden Axe

Plastering a celebrity's name on a product helps it sell. Especially sports games, but we're not talking about sports games here. But are they games that you'll wanna play after the novelty of the big name wears off? GAMES Arcade - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker NES - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Master System - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker TurboGrafx-16 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Genesis - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker SNES - Shaq-Fu, Michael Jordan Chaos in the Windy City Sega CD - Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors Saturn - Revolution X featuring Aerosmith PlayStation - Jackie Chan Stuntmaster GameBoy Advance - Kiss Pinball Dreamcast - Kiss Psycho Circus PlayStation 3 - Fast Draw Showdown with Wes Flowers Xbox One - Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn

So many games, so little time! So here we go again, playing games for the first time that we've owned for quite a while! These are our first impressions! GAMES SHOWN: NES - Monsters in My Pocket PlayStation - Ace Combat 2 GameBoy Advance - Medal of Honor: Infiltrator Xbox 360 - Nier PlayStation 3 - Catherine PS Vita - Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax

3D platforming used to be big back in the days of the N64 and PlayStation 2, etc. But some of these you may have missed and they're worth a play! You could say that they're hidden gems! Some of them are even a lot more modern than you'd think, but hardly anyone mentions or will review them. GAMES SHOWN: Dreamcast - Toy Story 2, 102 Dalmatians PlayStation 2 - Tak and the Power of Juju, i-Ninja, Vexx PlayStation 3 - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Xbox One - Super Lucky's Tale

We track down some of the worst examples of hilariously bad, ridiculous, and outright awful examples of voice acting in gaming. And this is only the beginning! GAMES SHOWN: TurboGrafx-CD - Valis 2, Valis 3, Last Alert, Final Zone 2, Ys III: Wanderers From Ys, JB Harold Murder Club Sega CD - Final Fight CD PlayStation - Time Crisis, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Mega Man 8, Resident Evil Dreamcast - The House of the Dead 2 PlayStation 2 - Chaos Wars, Vampire Night, Michigan: Report From Hell, Dynasty Warriors 3 Gamecube - Resident Evil Wii - Ghost Squad

Tons of different games from both Capcom and Konami for various systems from early arcade up to modern consoles. No actual reviews per se.

We're back looking at more recent developments you can get to improve, augment, or being your adventures in retro gaming! Tons of different games for PC Engine/TurboGrafx HuCard and CD, Genesis, Super Nintendo and Gamecube. No actual reviews. 0:30 Terraonion Super SD System 3 Review 6:30 Analogue Super Nt Review 13:03 AtGames Sega Genesis Flashback Review 19:48 Gamecube Action Replay SD Media Launcher Review

More Franchise Killers... games that put a franchise on hold.... and EXTENDED hold, that is! But a couple of these franchises will actually be back pretty soon. GAMES SHOWN: Master System - Alex Kidd Series Genesis - Streets of Rage Series, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Neo-Geo - Samurai Shodown Series SNES - Sparkster Saturn - Fighting Force, Samurai Spirits RPG PlayStation - Fighting Force, Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar 2 Nintendo 64 - Fighting Force, Turok Dinosaur Hunter Dreamcast - Fighting Force 2 Neo Geo Pocket Color - Samurai Shodown 2 PlayStation 2 - Bloody Roar 3, Bloody Roar 4, Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage Xbox - Turok Evolution, Bloody Roar Extreme Xbox 360 - Samurai Shodown Sen PlayStation 3 - Turok, Rocket Knight

Is it a shooter? Is it a platformer? Here are some games that just can't stick to a single genre. GAMES SHOWN: NES - The Guardian Legend, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Blaster Master Genesis - Toy Story, Back to the Future III, CrossFire, Thunder Force 2 TurboGrafx-16 - Final Lap Twin, World Court Tennis GameBoy Advance - Sigma Star Switch - Blaster Master Zero

There's been a lot of games based on the various Star Trek franchises over the years. Are any of them any good? We play a bunch of them trying to find something that offers some videogame enjoyment not only for Star Trek fans, but videogame fans in general. With special guest Manu Intiraymi, Icheb from Star Trek Voyager.

Sometimes you're just in the mood for a good scare. You can't get that so you decide to play videogames instead! We take a look at some more games that attempt to scare the player... some of them may even succeed! Boo! Are you scared? GAMES NES - Haunted Halloween'85 PlayStation - Swagman PlayStation 2 - Fatal Frame PlayStation 3 - Dead Space PlayStation 4 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Until Dawn, Slain

Comic book heroes are always popular to try to translate into other forms of media,like movies and, yes, videogames. So we take a look at a few of them here. GAMES Genesis - X-Men, X-Men 2, Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040 SNES - Jim Lee's Wild C.A.T.S., Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040 GameBoy Advance - Daredevil PlayStation 2 - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Xbox - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction PlayStation 3 - Batman: Arkham City PlayStation 4 - Marvel Spider-Man

The Sega Genesis was immensely popular in North America, outselling Nintendo for a while and fully riding the 'tude era. Nintendo finally had some real competition. There are many fantastic games on the console that a lot of retro game fans these days may have overlooked because they weren't on a Nintendo system. And that's primarily what we're focusing on in this episode, the games that made the Genesis great that you really couldn't get anywhere else at home.

Usually games licensed from TV shows and/or movies tend to suck. Well we looked long and hard and came up with some that are totally worth playing! Check it out! GAMES NES - New Ghostbusters 2 SNES - Goof Troop PlayStation - Blazing Dragons PlayStation 2 - The Warriors PlayStation 4 - Transformers: Devastation, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, South Park: The Stick of Truth

It's always easier to find games based on licensed properties that suck. These are some really bad games. Sit back and let us play them so you don't have to!