GAB SAT #80 - Dead or Alive, Dodonpachi, Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Choro Q Park - GG - 100% (2)
Farland Saga - AAA - 50% (3)
Lupin Sansei: Pyramid no Kenja - GA - 75% (2) (1 SR)
Mechanical Violator Hakaider: Last Judgement - GA - 75% (2)
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers - GGGGGGAG - 94% (8)
Zoop - AAB - 33% (3)

Well, it took 79 topics, but we've finally found the last game on the Saturn ratings list, it's Zoop. There are no games that come after it alphabetically that can take its place at the bottom of the low ratings list. It also currently occupies this spot on the PS1 list, but there are still games that come after it alphabetically left for PS1 that could take its place.

Games for this topic:

BattleSport
Dead or Alive
Dodonpachi
Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei
Trash It
Voice Fantasia S

It's a topic for big sequels this time, though I'm also looking forward to trying out the original Dead or Alive. Even Voice Fantasia seems like kind of an interesting game.

GAB PS1 #174 - Lagnacure, Odo Odo Odyssey, Soul of the Samurai

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Blast Radius - AAB - 33% (3)
Cybernetic Empire - AA - 50% (2)
Ducati World Racing Challenge - GG - 100% (2)
Hard Blow - BB - 0% (2)
Rival Schools - GGGGGAG - 93% (7) (1 SR)
Wonder 3 - AGA - 67% (3)

The ratings between the two topics last week were oddly similar, with many games getting the same or very comparable scores. The battle between Rival Schools and Virtual On was interesting to see.

Games for this topic:

Ayrton Senna Kart Duel Special
Blockids
Lagnacure
Odo Odo Oddity
Soul of the Samurai
Ultimate 8 Ball

This is an eclectic topic, but it looks like an interesting one. If you've been noticing that there's more Japanese RPGs lately, it's because I recently went back through the list of JRPGs for PS1 and added some more that I hadn't allowed the first time, as with the improvements in automatic translation it's getting easier to play them.

GAB SAT #79 - Choro Q Park, Lupin the Third, Virtual On

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Deep Fear - GGGAAAA - 71% (7) (1 SR)
Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble - GGAGA - 80% (5)
Grandia - GGAGAAGGGG - 85% (10) (1 SR)
Sexy Parodius - GGGGGG - 100% (6)
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo - GGAGGGA - 86% (7)
Z - BB - 0% (2)

What a topic! If not for Z this would have been a clean sweep of the high range. Has that ever happened before? I can't recall it happening.

Games for this topic:

Choro Q Park
Farland Saga
Lupin Sansei: Pyramid no Kenja
Mechanical Violator Hakaider: Last Judgement
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
Zoop

Fun fact: Choro Q Park was my first Saturn game, which I owned for years before Saturn GAB even started, since I have all of the other games in the series. I'm also never sure whether or not to translate the titles of games like Lupin the Third where the series is very well known by its translated name, though in this case because of the subtitle I opted not to. We also have maybe the last appearance of Zoop.

GAB PS1 #173 - Cybernetic Empire, Rival Schools, Wonder 3

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Arthur: Ready to Race - GG - 100% (2)
College Slam - AAA - 50% (3)
Ganbare Goemon: Oedo Daikaiten - AGG - 83% (3)
Puzzle Mania - GA - 75% (2)
Shachou Eiyuuden - GBB - 33% (3)
Ubik - BBB - 0% (3)

Bit of a quiet week last week, especially compared to Saturn, but there were still a few solid titles in there.

Games for this topic:

Blast Radius
Cybernetic Empire
Ducati World Racing Challenge
Hard Blow
Rival Schools
Wonder 3

I remember Rival Schools being a game I thought was incredibly cool back when it was new, but I haven't been back to it for a long time, and I'm now much more familiar with Project Justice, so I wonder how it will hold up.