GAB GBC #14 - Amazing Spider-Man, Bubble Bobble, Lingo

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Atomic Punk - AAGGA - 70% (5)
Bart Simpson's Escape From Camp Deadly - GAAAAB - 50% (6)
Monster Maker - AGG - 83% (3)
Mortal Kombat - ABBBBBB - 7% (7)
Motocross Maniacs - GGGGB - 80% (5)
Spot: The Video Game - AAGBA - 50% {5}

I was pleased to see the interest in Monster Maker. I posted some information about how to play Japanese games in that thread if anyone is interesting, though we don't have any untranslated JRPGs in this topic. Don't worry, there'll be tons more, gameboy has around 100 of them.

Games for this topic:

Amazing Spider-Man, The
Bubble Bobble
George Foreman's KO Boxing
Lamborghini American Challenge
Lingo
San Goku Shi Game Boy Han

Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in. I remember how happy I was when we finished the ROTK games on PS1, thinking "this is the last time I'll have to play one of the NES ROTK games". But no! There's a Gameboy port of ROTK! And it's also totally untranslated! In years past I would have just left this off the list as ROTK is hard enough to play when you can understand it, but I actually think ROTK might be a somewhat decent fit for GB, so I will soldier on. At least all the rest of the games are in English this time.

GAB PS1 #211 - End Sector, Magical Drop 3, Porsche Challenge

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Air Race Championship - GGAB - 63% {4}
Lucky Luke: Western Fever - BGAGB - 50% {5}
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter - GGAGAGG - 86% (7)
Neorude 2 - BB - 0% (2)
Wolf Fang: Kuhga 2001 - GGG - 100% (3)
Yetisports World Tour - BAB - 17% (3)

Two squiggle bracket games last week. I feel like these are becoming more common. Maybe it's because we're getting slightly more overall votes? I hope so.

Games for this topic:

End Sector
Killing Zone
Magical Drop 3
Porsche Challenge
Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001
Slamscape

I recently played through Magical Drop 6, so I'm well warmed up for Magical Drop 3. Also, just in case you're confused, this Porsche game is not the similarly named game in the NFS series (NFS: Porsche Unleashed), it's a totally separate title. End Sector seems like a pretty complex game, but someone has put up a pretty detailed guide to it on its message board.

GAB GBC #13 - Atomic Punk, Mortal Kombat, Motocross Maniacs

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Adventures of Star Saver, The - AAABB - 30% (5)
Crystal Quest - AGAAA - 60% (5) (1 SR)
Jordan vs Bird - ABAA - 38% (4)
Kininkou Maroku Oni - AG - 75% (2)
Turn and Burn - BBBBB - 0% (5)
Yoshi - AABAAAG - 50% (7)

A solid set of ratings. I'm always happy to see obscure games getting a decent number of votes.

Games for this topic:

Atomic Punk
Bart Simpson's Escape From Camp Deadly
Monster Maker
Mortal Kombat
Motocross Maniacs
Spot: The Video Game

I have a long history of hating on Mortal Kombat here at GAB, but I feel like Gameboy could be the one system where its excessively simplistic gameplay might actually be a good fit. Also, we have the first of many Bomberman games here. I was ready to make fun of them for changing the IP to make it more "cool", but actually they did this in the Japanese version too.

GAB PS1 #210 - Air Race Championship, MSH vs Street Fighter, Neorude 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 - AAABG - 50% {5}
F1 World Grand Prix - BAG - 50 {3}
Game no Tetsujin: The Shanghai - AB - 25% (2)
Nagano Winter Olympics 98 - BB - 0% (2)
Ningyo no Rakuin - AAA - 50% (3)
Strider 2 - GGGGAGGG - 94% (8) (1 SR)

I meant to mention this last topic, but I accidentally closed it first, but I really enjoyed CyanRouge's detailed writeup on Ningyo no Rakuin. I sort of wish it had been for a slightly better game, but one of my goals with the PS1 GAB was to explore the mysteries of PS1's Japanese library, which has been very interesting even if the need for translation tools makes it take somewhat longer.

Games for this topic:

Air Race Championship
Lucky Luke: Western Fever
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Neorude 2
Wolf Fang: Kuhga 2001
Yetisports World Tour

I feel like this is an unusually eclectic mix of games even by GAB standards. Cowboys, mechs, superheroes, yetis, fantasy heroes, and biplanes, all in one topic. Playstation is such an absurdly diverse console.