GAB GBC #30 - Alfred Chicken, Burai Fighter Deluxe, Lupin the Third

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Akazukin Chacha - AB - 25% (2)
Hiden Inyou Kikouhou: Ca Da - AA - 50% (2)
Magnetic Soccer - BBB - 0% (3)
Mercenary Force - AGGG - 88% (4)
Nail 'N Scale - AGG - 83% (3)
Side Pocket - BB - 0% (2)

Kind of a quiet topic last week. I figured in particular that Side Pocket would have gotten more votes, but maybe few people ever played the Gameboy version.

Games for this topic:

Alfred Chicken
Burai Fighter Deluxe
Card Game
Lucle
SD Lupin Sansei: Kinko Yaburi Daisakusen
Top Rank Tennis

I actually recently went back and completed Super Alfred Chicken on SNES after owning it forever, so I'm kind of interested to try out the Gameboy version. I've also had my eye on Lucle for a while.

GAB PS1 #227 - Batman Forever, Dracula Last Sanctuary, Hot Shots Golf 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Bounty Sword First - AA - 50% (2)
Flintstones, The: Bedrock Bowling - AAABBA - 33% (6)
Invasion From Beyond - AAA - 50% (3)
Rally Cross 2 - BBB - 0% (3)
Rapid Angel - AA - 50% (2)
Samurai Shodown 3: Blades of Blood - AB - 25% (2)

No Gs at all were given in this topic, which is thankfully a rarity, but I guess it's inevitable that it will happen occasionally.

Games for this topic:

ATV Mania
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru: Another Step
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Hot Shots Golf 2
World Neverland: Olerud Oukoku Monogatari

Look, I remembered Halloween this year. Actually though, I'm most intrigued by World Neverland, which seems like a very unique game, though I have some fears that it might be very complex. It was apparently released on Steam as well, but sadly left untranslated so it'll probably be up to me to try to make sense of it.

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 - BBBB - 0% (4)
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.