GAB GBC #29 - Magnetic Soccer, Mercenary Force, Side Pocket

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Blodia - AA - 50% (2)
Ghostbusters 2 - GAGG - 88% (4)
Kung Fu Master - ABBBB - 10% (5)
Peetan - AA - 50% (2)
Starhawk - GAA - 67% (3)
WWF Superstars - GAAG - 75% (4)

I was pretty surprised that WWF Superstars did pretty well, usually people are not too kind to retro wrestling games.

Games for this topic:

Akazukin Chacha
Hiden Inyou Kikouhou: Ca Da
Magnetic Soccer
Mercenary Force
Nail 'N Scale
Side Pocket

I feel like a solid 10% of GAB is rating a million different versions of Side Pocket, RotK, and Race Drivin'. People always talk about how many times Street Fighter 2 and Doom got ported but these games were also everywhere.

GAB PS1 #226 - Bedrock Bowling, Rally Cross 2, Samurai Shodown 3

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Champion Wrestler: Jikkyou Live - AAA - 50% (3)
Hebereke's Popoitto - BBBB - 0% (4)
Kart Challenge - BBBBB - 0% (5)
Pandemonium 2 - BAGGGG - 75% (6)
Spec Ops: Covert Assault - AAABB - 30% (5)
Treasure Gear - GGG - 100% (3)

I'm always glad to see more people trying out the import games. One of my primary reasons for wanting to do this GAB was because so much of the PS1 library is essentially unknown in the west.

Games for this topic:

Bounty Sword First
Flintstones, The: Bedrock Bowling
Invasion From Beyond
Rally Cross 2
Rapid Angel
Samurai Shodown 3: Blades of Blood

You might have noticed a significant uptick in unlocalized JRPGs in the PS1 GAB lately. When the PS1 list was originally created (over 8 years ago now), I limited Japanese-only RPGs to those with translations or ones that looked relatively simple to play, because I figured that's mostly what people would be willing to vote on. However, since then translation tools have improved quite a lot and playing unlocalized JRPGs is now more accessible, so a few months back I went back through the PS1's JRPG list and added a bunch more games I originally passed on. However, this means there's now quite a lot of RPGs on the list, and it's going to take a while before the numbers even out again.

GAB GBC #28 - Ghostbusters 2, Kung Fu Master, WWF Superstars

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Jungle Wars - AA - 50% (2)
Madden 95 - GGG - 100% (3)
Maru's Mission - AG - 75% (2)
Missile Command - AAAA - 50% (4)
Pagemaster, The - BBBB - 0% (4)
Super RC Pro-Am - AGGG - 88% (4)

It feels so weird seeing Madden be a carry title on the retro systems considering the reputation it would later develop. It was really solid back in the day!

Games for this topic:

Blodia
Ghostbusters 2
Kung Fu Master
Peetan
Starhawk
WWF Superstars

When I first saw Blodia I figured it would have some connection to Cyberbots (it's the name of Jin's mech), but it turns out it has nothing to do with it, it is in fact so named that because it's a simple rearrangement of the word "Diablo", which is the game's title on most other platforms. My mind is blown.

GAB PS1 #225 - Pandemonium 2, Spec Ops Covert Assault, Treasure Gear

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Blast Lacrosse - BAA - 33% (3)
Bust-A-Move 99 - AGGGGG - 92% (6)
Gun Shooting 2, The - GG - 100% (2)
Jet Moto 3 - AGGAGA - 75% (6)
Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2 - GAB - 50% {3}
Seikoku 1092: Souheiden - AA - 50% (2)

There were 3 PS1 sequels in this topic and all 3 rated higher than their predecessors, which was interesting to see as I didn't especially expect it with Bust-A-Move 99. Kid Klown is a sequel as well, though it actually scored the same as the SNES game.

Games for this topic:

Champion Wrestler: Jikkyou Live
Hebereke's Popoitto
Kart Challenge
Pandemonium 2
Spec Ops: Covert Assault
Treasure Gear

We've got a couple more sequels this time with Pandemonium 2 and Spec Ops: Covert Assault, so I wonder if the trend of them scoring better will continue. Treasure Gear also looks like kind of an interesting game.