GAB GBC #22 - Jeopardy, Ninja Boy, Puyo Puyo

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Fist of the North Star - BBBB - 0% (4)
Hyper Lode Runner - GBB - 33% (3)
NBA Jam - AAA - 50% (3)
Painter Momopie - AA - 50% (2)
Race Drivin - BAAGAGA - 57% (7)
Saint Paradise: Saikyou no Senshi Tachi - BB - 0% (2)

A pretty low-rated topic, but there's something kind of epic about Race Drivin' winning its topic. No other version of the game scored higher than 18% (the Genesis version). What a glow-up for the GB version. I wonder if any other much maligned games will ever get their redemption like this?

Games for this topic:

Battle Bull
Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Shiro wa Otomodachi da yo
J.League Fighting Soccer: The King of Ace Strikers
Jeopardy
Ninja Boy
Puyo Puyo

I'm simultaneously intrigued and worried about Puyo Puyo. Obviously, unlike Tetris, which is mostly just about shapes, this is a game about colour. Is this going to be at all playable on Gameboy? I guess we'll find out. As for Jeopardy, there's many different versions of Jeopardy on Gameboy (Jeopardy Platinum, Sports, Teen Tournament), but they are all the exact same game with different questions, so we're only going to rate this one but you can rate based on any version of the game.

GAB PS1 #219 - Chef's Luv Shack, Dukes of Hazzard 2, Liberogrande 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Hot Wheels Extreme Racing - AA - 50% (2)
Incredible Hulk, The: The Pantheon Saga - BABBB - 10% (5)
Las Vegas Dream 2 - GG - 100% (2)
NCAA GameBreaker 2001 - AAGB - 50% {4}
Slayers Royal - ABB - 17% (3)
Wing Over 2 - GAA - 67% (3)

Well, I'm glad to see we didn't miss out on too much by not rating Slayers Royal on Saturn. Actually, there's a couple more games on the PS1 list that we didn't rate on Saturn, mostly because I went back and did another pass on Japanese-only RPGs about 6 months ago and added more games that I omitted when the list was first created, so those games will get their day in the sun eventually.

Games for this topic:

Dukes of Hazzard 2, The: Daisy Dukes It Out
Gundam 0079: The War For Earth
Liberogrande International
Mizuki Shigeru no Yokai Butouden
Pachi Pachi Saga
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack

This looks like an interesting set. I remember the original Liberogrande being a pretty unique game.

GAB GBC #21 - Fist of the North Star, NBA Jam, Race Drivin

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Adventure Island - AGGG - 88% (4)
Bionic Battler - AAAA - 50% (4)
Dig Dug - BAAA - 38% (4)
Racing Damashii - ABB - 16% (3)
Sanrio Carnival - AAA - 50% (3)
World Bowling - BBB - 0% (3)

20 topics down for Gameboy. It might not seem like it, but it's already been almost a full year since we started. Get comfy though, we've still barely scratched the surface of the system.

Games for this topic:

Fist of the North Star
Hyper Lode Runner
NBA Jam
Painter Momopie
Race Drivin
Saint Paradise: Saikyou no Senshi Tachi

Fist of the North Star seems to be everywhere these days (Kenshiro was recently added to the new Fatal Fury game), so covering the GB game seems timely. Also, I'm morbidly curious to know how NBA Jam and Race Drivin will be on GB, as both games seem like they'd be quite hard to port to the device.

GAB PS1 #218 - Hot Wheels Extreme Racing, Las Vegas Dream 2, Wing Over 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Davis Cup Complete Tennis - GA - 75% (2)
Dragon Quest 4 - GGABG - 70% {5}
Game of Life, The - BAB - 17% (3)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - AGABB - 40% {5}
Puzzle Action: Ganba no Bouken - GA - 75% (2)
Tenchu 2 - GGGGGBBA - 69% (8) (1 SR)

A rare occurrence of the 70% squiggle bracket (the highest possible squiggle bracket). I feel like squiggle games are almost always closer to the low range (as is the case with Rugrats here), though Tenchu 2 almost fell into that category as well (it just would have needed 1 more A vote, since the rule is at least 20% of the total rating must come from each grade).

Games for this topic:

Hot Wheels Extreme Racing
Incredible Hulk, The: The Pantheon Saga
Las Vegas Dream 2
NCAA GameBreaker 2001
Slayers Royal
Wing Over 2

You might not recognize the name, but Las Vegas Dream 2 is the sequel to SNES cult hit Vegas Stakes. This was one of my favourite games as a kid, so I've been anticipating trying out the PS1 sequel for some time. The main reason I learned to read some Japanese in the first place was to play Japanese-only sequels to some of my favourite games, but I actually didn't know this game even existed until we started GAB.