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Last Topic's Ratings:
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks - BBAAB - 20% (5)
Caesars Palace - BBAA - 25% (4)
Pachinko Time - BBB - 0% (3)
Parasol Henbee - BGG - 67% (3)
Prince of Persia - GAGAA - 70% (5)
Zoids Densetsu - BBB - 0% (3)
Our first very lowly-rated GB topic, with only Prince of Persia making it to the high range and only just barely. I didn't really expect it from this list of games, but I guess Pachinko always has a tendency to be a dead game. I remain hopeful that one day we'll all be blown away by some Pachinko game that totally rocks. Surely there has to be one, right?
Games for this topic:
Castelian
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Family Jockey
Football International
Knight Quest
Palamedes
I thought we had played Palamedes a bunch of times on different systems, but it seems like it's actually only on one other platform, the NES. It must just have a catchy name. I'm also kind of looking forward to Family Jockey. There are like a billion Japanese-exclusive Horse Racing games, but this seems like the first one that might be simple enough for us to properly cover here.
Monday, February 2, 2026
GAB PS1 #208 - Brian Lara Cricket, Choro Q Marine, Oddworld Exoddus
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Last Topic's Ratings:
Grind Session - AAG - 67% (3)
Kowloon Jou - GG - 100% (2)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin - GGGGAG - 92% (6)
Power Move Pro Wrestling - AGBG - 63% (4)
Pro Pinball: Timeshock - BB - 0% (2)
Votoms: Woodo Kummen - BB - 0% (2)
I was surprised there weren't more votes for Grind Session. Even though I'd never heard of it previously, it seemed like something that probably would have been more well-known.
Games for this topic:
Brian Lara Cricket
Choro Q Marine
Momotarou Dentetsu 7
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Starborders
Visiteurs, Les: La Relique de Sainte Rolande
An interesting topic here. First of all, we have Choro Q Marine, which I wrote a guide for a long time ago but haven't played since, so I'm curious to revisit that one. We have one of the Momotarou Dentetsu games, which we didn't cover in previous GABs but one of them was recently localized on Switch and I spent some time playing it so I now generally know how it plays (if you want to learn how to play it, look up the Switch game, they explain the rules on the website). I'm also kind of intrigued by Les Visiteurs, this is the first French-exclusive game we've ever covered. I'm curious to see if what little french I remember will be enough to play this game without using a translation app (it probably won't be). Oh, and there's also Oddworld. It's been almost 7 years since we covered the first one!
Last Topic's Ratings:
Grind Session - AAG - 67% (3)
Kowloon Jou - GG - 100% (2)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin - GGGGAG - 92% (6)
Power Move Pro Wrestling - AGBG - 63% (4)
Pro Pinball: Timeshock - BB - 0% (2)
Votoms: Woodo Kummen - BB - 0% (2)
I was surprised there weren't more votes for Grind Session. Even though I'd never heard of it previously, it seemed like something that probably would have been more well-known.
Games for this topic:
Brian Lara Cricket
Choro Q Marine
Momotarou Dentetsu 7
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Starborders
Visiteurs, Les: La Relique de Sainte Rolande
An interesting topic here. First of all, we have Choro Q Marine, which I wrote a guide for a long time ago but haven't played since, so I'm curious to revisit that one. We have one of the Momotarou Dentetsu games, which we didn't cover in previous GABs but one of them was recently localized on Switch and I spent some time playing it so I now generally know how it plays (if you want to learn how to play it, look up the Switch game, they explain the rules on the website). I'm also kind of intrigued by Les Visiteurs, this is the first French-exclusive game we've ever covered. I'm curious to see if what little french I remember will be enough to play this game without using a translation app (it probably won't be). Oh, and there's also Oddworld. It's been almost 7 years since we covered the first one!
Monday, January 19, 2026
GAB GBC #10 - Caesars Palace, NASCAR Fast Tracks, Prince of Persia
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Last Topic's Ratings:
Amida - BBB - 0% (3)
Battleship - BBBBB - 0% (5)
Blades of Steel - ABAA - 38% (4)
Catrap - GGAGG - 90% (5) (1 SR)
Chibi Maruko-Chan Okozukai Daisakusen - BB - 0% (2)
Mega Man - BBGGBBG - 43% (7)
This was a much more interesting topic than I expected. I thought Catrap might be the game with some back and forth, but it was actually Mega Man where there was a lot of disagreement. Even though these are still the single digits there's been some interesting results so far.
Games for this topic:
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks
Caesars Palace
Pachinko Time
Parasol Henbee
Prince of Persia
Zoids Densetsu
This topic looks like a fascinating one to me. First of all, we have the showdown between American and Japanese gambling games with Caesar's Palace and Pachinko Time. We have some PC-centric games in NASCAR Fast Tracks and Prince of Persia, and also the first game in the Zoids series, which I've long been interested in because my friend had one of the Famicom titles when we were kids. I really love the diversity in the Game Boy library. Incidentally, I believe the GB and GBC versions of Prince of Persia are identical except for the GBC version being colourized, so if you've played either one you can probably rate it.
GAB PS1 #207 - Grind Session, Persona 2 IS, Power Move Pro Wrestling
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Last Topic's Ratings:
3Xtreme - AAAGAB - 50% (6)
Critical Depth - BGAAG - 60% {5}
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix - GA - 75% (2)
ISS Pro Evolution 2 - GBB - 33% (2)
Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers - BB - 0% (2)
San Goku Shi: Eiketsuden - BB - 0% (2)
A fairly low-rated topic, but I guess good for 3Xtreme being the only game in the series to escape the low range?
Games for this topic:
Grind Session
Kowloon Jou
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Power Move Pro Wrestling
Pro Pinball: Timeshock
Votoms: Woodo Kummen
There's a game called Kowloon's Gate that I've been looking forward to playing for a long time. This isn't it, though I frequently get the two mixed up. Also, we have the first part of Persona 2 here. This wasn't localized until PSP, but there's a fan translation for the PS1 version. I'm curious to see how the two versions compare as the PSP version of Persona 1 had a lot of changes.
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