GAB GBC #15 - Battle Unit Zeoth, DuckTales, Rolan's Curse

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Amazing Spider-Man, The - BBBBBB - 0% (6)
Bubble Bobble - GGAG - 88% (4)
George Foreman's KO Boxing - BBBB - 0% (4)
Lamborghini American Challenge - GGA - 83% (3)
Lingo - BGGG - 75% (4) (1 SR)
San Goku Shi Game Boy Han - AA - 50% (2)

I don't really have a ton to say here, other than that I'm surprised Bubble Bobble got as few votes as it did, as I would have expected it to be very well known. I guess a lot of people just stuck to the NES version, which segues well into our next topic...

Games for this topic:

Battle Ping Pong
Battle Unit Zeoth
Dexterity
DuckTales
Shounen Ashibe
Rolan's Curse

Battle Unit Zeoth is a game I keep seeing on the gameboy list since it's near the top of the list alphabetically and by release order, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it's about, but no question the big story here is DuckTales. As one of the most popular NES games, I'm quite curious to see how that will help or hurt the reception to the GB game. Rolan's Curse is also a game I remember being popular in the old days.

GAB PS1 #212 - Descent Maximum, Dragonseeds, Makeruna Makendou 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

End Sector - GG - 100% (2)(1 SR)
Killing Zone - BBBB - 0% (4)
Magical Drop 3 - GAGA - 75% (4)
Porsche Challenge - AAAAA - 50% (5)
Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 - GG - 100% (2)
Slamscape - BBBBB - 0% (5)

I really wish more people had the ability to try End Sector. If I can ever get some free time maybe I'll end up writing a guide for it. Also, we were very in sync in this topic, only Magical Drop 3 didn't get the same rating across the board.

Games for this topic:

A2 Racer 3
Descent Maximum
Dragonseeds
Kururin Pa
Makeruna Makendou 2
Sitting Ducks

I remember a very long time ago, someone asked if we were going to cover the sequel to Descent. And we are, only 7 years after the original! I wonder if whomever posted that is still here, because I couldn't find the original post. Speaking of sequels, we also have Makeruna Makendou 2, which you probably don't recognize because the original game was called Kendo Rage in the US. I also think Dragonseeds looks like an interesting game.

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.