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.

GAB GBC #20 - Adventure Island, Dig Dug, Sanrio Carnival

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Altered Space - BABA - 25% (4)
Ayakashi no Shiro - AGABA - 50% {5}
Bases Loaded - GBAB - 38% {4}
Q-Bert (GB) - BGAA - 50% {4}
Super Bikkuriman - AAB - 33% (3)
Trax - AAAGG - 70% (5)

Well, this was quite a topic, with 3 games getting the squiggle bracket and 5 of the 6 games getting at least one B vote. Only Trax escaped, and was the only game in the high range for this topic. Yikes. I feel like this may not be an uncommon scenario, because there's so many unknown games on GB that it's very hard to predict how any topic will fare ahead of time.

Games for this topic:

Adventure Island
Bionic Battler
Dig Dug
Racing Damashii
Sanrio Carnival
World Bowling

Every time I see it in the list, I always think Bionic Battler is Barcode Battler, and I keep wondering how we'll cover it without the peripheral. Of course, it actually has nothing to do with barcodes whatsoever, even though there is actually a device called the Barcode Boy which is used for a couple games (which may well be impossible to cover, but we'll deal with that when the time comes).

GAB PS1 #217 - Dragon Quest 4, Rugrats in Paris, Tenchu 2

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Last Topic's Ratings:

Big Ol Bass 2 - GGG - 100% (3)
Ridegear Guybrave 2 - AA - 50% (2)
Sexy Parodius - GGGG - 100% (4)
Starwinder - BG - 50% (2)
Super Hero Sakusen - AA - 50% (2)
Thrill Kill - AAGG - 75% (4)

Actually an extremely well-reviewed topic, especially compared to the much more divisive GBC topic. The fact that the two Ridegear Guybrave games got the exact same score despite being drastically different games is also kind of hilarious.

Games for this topic:

Davis Cup Complete Tennis
Dragon Quest 4
Game of Life, The
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Puzzle Action: Ganba no Bouken
Tenchu 2

I feel like it's been a long time since we've covered a Dragon Quest game. In any case, though there's no translation for this version, it's very similar to the localized DS version, so guides for that version should suffice just fine.