GAB GBC #20 - Adventure Island, Dig Dug, Sanrio Carnival

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Altered Space - BABA - 25% (4)
Ayakashi no Shiro - AGABA - 50% {5}
Bases Loaded - GBAB - 38% {4}
Q-Bert (GB) - BGAA - 50% {4}
Super Bikkuriman - AAB - 33% (3)
Trax - AAAGG - 70% (5)

Well, this was quite a topic, with 3 games getting the squiggle bracket and 5 of the 6 games getting at least one B vote. Only Trax escaped, and was the only game in the high range for this topic. Yikes. I feel like this may not be an uncommon scenario, because there's so many unknown games on GB that it's very hard to predict how any topic will fare ahead of time.

Games for this topic:

Adventure Island
Bionic Battler
Dig Dug
Racing Damashii
Sanrio Carnival
World Bowling

Every time I see it in the list, I always think Bionic Battler is Barcode Battler, and I keep wondering how we'll cover it without the peripheral. Of course, it actually has nothing to do with barcodes whatsoever, even though there is actually a device called the Barcode Boy which is used for a couple games (which may well be impossible to cover, but we'll deal with that when the time comes).

GAB PS1 #217 - Dragon Quest 4, Rugrats in Paris, Tenchu 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Big Ol Bass 2 - GGG - 100% (3)
Ridegear Guybrave 2 - AA - 50% (2)
Sexy Parodius - GGGG - 100% (4)
Starwinder - BG - 50% (2)
Super Hero Sakusen - AA - 50% (2)
Thrill Kill - AAGG - 75% (4)

Actually an extremely well-reviewed topic, especially compared to the much more divisive GBC topic. The fact that the two Ridegear Guybrave games got the exact same score despite being drastically different games is also kind of hilarious.

Games for this topic:

Davis Cup Complete Tennis
Dragon Quest 4
Game of Life, The
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Puzzle Action: Ganba no Bouken
Tenchu 2

I feel like it's been a long time since we've covered a Dragon Quest game. In any case, though there's no translation for this version, it's very similar to the localized DS version, so guides for that version should suffice just fine.

GAB GBC #19 - Altered Space, Q-Bert (GB), Trax

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Aerostar - AGAG - 75% (4)
Godzilla - GAA - 67% (3)
Marble Madness (GB) - AAAB - 38% (4)
Q Billion - GAB - 50% {3}
Sports Illustrated: Golf Classic - GBB - 33% (3)
Star Wars - AAAA - 50% (4)

I'm pleased that every game in this topic got at least 3 ratings. I guess it helps that there were no import-only titles here, but there's still some pretty obscure titles here.

Games for this topic:

Altered Space
Ayakashi no Shiro
Bases Loaded
Q-Bert (GB)
Super Bikkuriman
Trax

Once again, we have to clarify that this is the original GB version of Q-Bert, not the GBC version, which is a completely different game. What was it with developers and reusing titles on Game Boy, anyway?

GAB PS1 #216 - Big Ol Bass 2, Sexy Parodius, Thrill Kill

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Ball Breakers - AA - 50% (2)
Burger Burger 2 - GG - 100% (2)
Hyper Securities 2 - AA - 50% (2)
NASCAR Rumble - GGGG - 100% (4)
Puchi Carat - GG - 100% (2)
Super Shot Soccer - BB - 0% (2)

A pretty quiet topic, but actually a fairly highly-rated one. It's always my hope that some people will end up checking out some of these games later on, even if they don't have time when the topic is actually up.

Games for this topic:

Big Ol Bass 2
Ridegear Guybrave 2
Sexy Parodius
Starwinder
Super Hero Sakusen
Thrill Kill

I remember Thrill Kill being a big deal back in the day, so much so that I had actually played it at the time, even though it was never officially released. That's actually kind of crazy to think about with how much less discourse there was around games back then. Of course, I don't actually remember anything about it, so it'll be interesting to see if it was really such a big deal with the benefit of hindsight.