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Renaissance2K

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Retro Talkshop Thread

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Let's Play Together! Game of the Month
Every month, RTT gets together and brainstorms choices to vote as the Let's Play Together! Game of the Month.
Upon completion of the GotM, you will be rewarded with an Achievement Icon!
Let's play some awesome games together!

Game of the Month Captain:

Renaissance2K

Retro Talkshop Thread Founder & CEO: Lunar

May 2023

Daytona USA

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DAYYY-TOOOO-NAAAAAAAAAAAH USA is one of the highest-grossing

arcade games of all time, praised for its advanced graphics, its realistic physics, and of course, its unforgettable original soundtrack. The game - and its enhanced follow-up - ended up being a flagship launch-window title for the

before finding a home on

3D-accelerated PCs shortly after.

Play it on

Arcade

Saturn

Windows

PlayStation 3

Xbox 360

Play Daytona USA Deluxe on

Windows

Play Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition on

Saturn

Play Daytona USA 2001 on

Dreamcast

Finish the Beginner Circuit on any version of Daytona USA earn the Beginner Circuit badge:

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Finish the Advanced Circuit on any version of Daytona USA to earn the Advanced Circuit badge:

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Finish the Expert Circuit on any version of Daytona USA to earn the Expert Circuit badge:

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Monthly Leaderboard

Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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Slickriven

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2023 Annual Franchise Challenge

Shining

Shining is a Sega role-playing game franchise that originated back in 1991 on the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive. Over the years, the games have adopted different modalities and mechanics - including turn-based RPG, strategy, and dungeon crawler - though many games share common character threads and a fantasy aesthetic. Most Shining games take an average of about 20 hours to complete, with later generation titles being longer and portable titles being shorter.

Suggested Games

Shining in the Darkness

Shining Force

Shining Force II

Shining Force CD

Shining Force III

Shining Wisdom

Shining the Holy Ark

Shining Force Gaiden

Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict

Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

Shining Soul

Shining Soul II

Shining Force Neo

Shining Force Exa

Shining Tears

Shining Wind

Beat any game in the Shining franchise in 2023 to earn the {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 15 18{imgt} Max icon which will appear to your username everywhere in the Retro Talkshop Thread.

2023 Recap

Leaderboard

BloodPuppetX

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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SupremeSarna

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Yoshi

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May 2023 Edition - Rayman

Rayman launched an empire of cartoonish platformers, became one of Ubisoft's first unofficial mascots, and spawned a race of parasites so vile, they even threatened the Mushroom Kingdom. The hand-drawn hero made up for a lack of a body with excellent animations, psychadelic level design, and an incredible amount of detail to distract you from some brutal platforming and bosses. Originally intended to be a

Jaguar exclusive, the first Rayman adventure fell onto the scene in 1995 for the

PlayStation,

Saturn, and

PC, eventually being ported to a variety of handhelds as the horsepower became available.

Beat Rayman or any of its ports to earn the Rayman badge:

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April 2023 Edition - Golden Sun

Golden Sun was published by Nintendo in 2001, shortly after the launch of the

Game Boy Advance. Calling back to the best RPGs of the 16-bit era, it was at the time one of the largest RPGs to ever launch for a handheld. The game is remembered years later for its unique magic system which uses spells not just for battle but for navigating the world and solving puzzles.

Beat Golden Sun to earn the Isaac badge:

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March 2023 Edition - Virtua Fighter

Virtua Fighter released in

arcades in 1993 and is widely-considered the first 3D fighting game ever. Its character designs and fighting mechanics have gone on to inspire numerous other fighting games that followed. Sega developed home ports of the game for its

Saturn and

32X consoles, and followed up with a Virtua Fighter Remix re-release that improved the graphics.

Beat Virtua Fighter or any of its re-releases to earn a badge for the character you used:

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February 2023 Edition - Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VI - released as Final Fantasy III in North America - was originally released for the

Super Famicom and

Super Nintendo. The game's legacy as the last old-guard Final Fantasy game is massive, and it's still celebrated for its memorable characters, unique antagonist, and robust soundtrack.

Beat Final Fantasy VI or any of its re-releases to earn the Kefka badge.

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January 2023 Edition - Doom 64

Doom 64 was released as a brand new Doom campaign for the

Nintendo 64, set after the events of Final Doom. While not extremely successful or lauded upon its release, the game has become somewhat of a cult classic over the years for its difficulty and atmosphere, in part due to a spooky ambient soundtrack from Aubrey Hodges. The game's sleeper status peaked in recent years when Bethesda dropped a remaster of the game in 2020 for modern platforms at a bargain price.

Beat Doom 64 or its remaster to earn a badge.

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Who's On?

Switch Friend Codes

Lunar

SW-7373-6931-1610

2022 Recap

January

Another World / Out of this World
February

Banjo-Kazooie
March

NBA Jam
April

Kirby Super Star
May

Alien Soldier
June

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
July

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
August

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
September

Dynamite Cop
October

Castlevania franchise
November

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins &

Robo Aleste
December

Mega Man 7
Annual Franchise Challenge

Lunar

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December 2022 Edition - Mega Man 7

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November 2022 Edition - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Robo Aleste

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October 2022 Edition - Castlevania franchise

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Beat Castlevania: Bloodlines to earn either the John Morris badge and/or the Eric Lecarde badge - both of which first debuted in June 2019.

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Beat Castlevania: Rondo of Blood to earn the Grand Cross badge, debuting this month for the first time.

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September 2002 Edition - Dynamite Cop

Beat Mission 1 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Pool Jump badge.

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Beat Mission 2 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Flying Kick badge.

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Beat Mission 3 of Dynamite Cop to earn the "Pardon Me" badge.

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August 2002 Edition - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

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July 2002 Edition - Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

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June 2022 Edition - Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

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May 2022 Edition - Alien Soldier

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April 2022 Edition - Kirby Super Star

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March 2022 Edition - NBA Jam

Beat any release of NBA Jam on any platform before to earn a roster badge for each team you use.

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Complete the NBA Jam: Tournament Edition challenge and beat every available team to earn the Jam-pionship Badge.

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February 2022 Edition - Banjo-Kazooie

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January 2022 Edition - Another World / Out of this World

Beat Another World on any platform to earn the Lester badge.
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Beat Another World on a second platform to earn the This F###ing Worm badge.
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Leaderboard

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BleedingViolet

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BloodPuppetX

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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razeak

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Renaissance2K

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Slickriven

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SupremeSarna

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2021 Recap

January

Jackal
February

Super Turrican
March

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
April

Metal Slug X
May

Strider
June

Darkstalkers 3
July

Shantae
August

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
September

Super Mario Kart
October

Splatterhouse &

Silent Hill
November

Yoshi's Story
December

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Icons

December 2021 Edition - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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November 2021 Edition - Yoshi's Story

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October 2021 Edition - Splatterhouse & Silent Hill

Beat Splatterhouse on any platform to earn the Rick badge.
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Beat Silent Hill or its fogless remaster to earn the Silent Hill badge.
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September 2021 Edition - Super Mario Kart

Beat the 100GP or 150GP Special Cup in the original Super Mario Kart to roll the
credits before October 1 to earn the Mario Kart badge.
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Beat the 100GP or 150GP Extra Special Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit to earn
the Yoshi Kart badge.
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August 2021 Edition - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

Play through Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2's career with any of its releases, ports, or remasters to earn a badge for the character you used.

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July 2021 Edition -

Shantae

Play through the original Shantae on any platform to earn the 8-Bit
Shantae badge.
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Play through Shantae: Risky's Revenge - or its Director's Cut - on any platform
to earn the More Than 8-Bit Shantae badge.
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June 2021 Edition - Darkstalkers 3

Play through Darkstalkers 3 on any platform to earn a badge for the
character you used. The game has 18 playable characters, plus two secret characters
in some ports. Gotta catch 'em all!

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May 2021 Edition - Strider

Play through Strider on any platform to earn the Strider, standing
still and looking cool badge.
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Play it on two platforms to earn the Strider, vertical slash badge.
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Play it on three platforms to earn the Strider, legion badge.
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April 2021 Edition - Metal Slug X

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March 2021 Edition - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Play through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV on one platform - the arcade original,
the famed Super Nintendo port, one of the maligned 3D remakes, or another version
I've missed - to earn the Leonardo badge.
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Play through the game on an additional platform before the deadline to earn the
Donatello badge.
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February 2021 Edition - Super Turrican

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January 2021 Edition - Jackal

Play through Jackal on one platform to earn the Jackal Squad
badge.
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If you decide to play through a second time on a different platform, you'll also
earn the Medium Tank badge.
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For each platform you play through beyond the second (third, fourth, etc.), you'll earn a Heavy Tank badge.
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Antipop

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BleedingViolet

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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Scott

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Slickriven

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2020 Recap

January

Sunset Riders
February

Strikers 1945
March

Super Mario Bros.
April

Super Dodge Ball
May

Metal Slug
June

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
July

Renegade
August

Metroid Fusion
September

Super Metroid
October

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
November

Sonic CD
December

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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August 2020 Edition

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January 2020 Edition

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2019 Recap

Games

January

The Adventures of Lolo
February

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
April

Blaster Master
May

Beyond Oasis
June

Castlevania: Bloodlines
July

Onimusha: Warlords
August

Ico
September

Ninja Gaiden
October

Super Mario 64
November

Final Fight
December

Altered Beast

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December 2019 Edition

Altered Beast

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November 2019 Edition

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Bonus:

Final Fight 2

Final Fight 3

October 2019 Edition

Super Mario 64

September 2019 Edition

Ninja Gaiden

August 2019 Edition

Ico

July 2019 Edition

Onimusha: Warlords image

June 2019 Edition

Castlevania: Bloodlines image image

May 2019 Edition

Beyond Oasis image

April 2019 Edition

Blaster Master image

March 2019 Edition

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening image

February 2019 Edition

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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image - Beat RR1 with a buddy OR Beat RR2

January 2019 Edition

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Bonus:

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2018 Recap

Games

January

Streets of Rage
February

Neutopia
March

Galactic Attack
April

Astyanax
May

Maniac Mansion
June

Arrow Flash
July

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August

Popful Mail
September

Crash Bandicoot
October

Resident Evil 2
November

Mega Man 3
December

Outrun

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January 2018 Edition - Streets of Rage

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Skipping Messages Here

11-May-23 12:48pm
#241

Renaissance2K

A single level in isolation doesn't get all that frustrating. It's having to beat a chunk of them at a time and being afraid to lose lives because of the limited continues.

It's a gorgeous game, though. Once I got past that first band level, which is where I got stuck last time I attempted the game, I really started.to appreciate all the world building.

I think I'm going to give up on getting all the Electoons I can as I go and just work on completing levels until I have all my abilities. I'm going to need to run through almost all the levels again at the end, so there's no point in stressing about missing them.

11-May-23 12:59pm
#242

BleedingViolet

Thats a great strategy actually. I think having everything available
all at once in any given game takes away from learning how to implement
each thing as you go along anyways. I’m mostly thinking of a game
like Hollow Knight when I say that though. But surprisingly enough that
is how this game works too.

I’ve only sat and played for maybe an hour each time and only have the first two abilities.
The world we live in now is far more demanding of our time than it was when this game
first came out though so it doesnt surprise me that its harder for people to get into it these days.

12-May-23 12:16am
#243

Slickriven

If my posts sounded like I wasn't enjoying the game, that wasn't intended. It certainly is from a different era and has different goals - you're meant to revisit all or most levels after earning more abilities and there's not necessarily anything wrong with that, but that tactic has largely gone away in modern titles, unless they're Metroidvanias and those generally are larger maps vs. individual levels. It is really great looking and unique. I've had digital copies of several later Rayman games and have been interested in playing them, so once I complete this I think I'll push a little towards playing the later titles as well.

12-May-23 4:45pm
#244

Antipop

Rayman is hard as hell. I tried to conquer it a couple of years ago but gave up when I realized you had to 100% the game in order to finish it. It is one of the most challenging games I've attempted.

13-May-23 11:53pm
#245

Slickriven

I put another session in tonight and changed up my approach, didn't follow the YT walkthrough and just made progression, a few sections were tough, but I reached and beat the next boss, the stone dude - he was a little annoying as even though I got his pattern down, he evolved a bit and some attacks were still hard to dodge. Based on looking at some info about the game, the power I got after him seems to be the final one, so I went back and got all 6 cages now on the first 4 levels and I actually got all 6 on I think the stone-dude's one, so I feel like I made solid progress. I still have 4 levels that I need a few cages yet, as well as 2 that I've gained access to but haven't played yet. There's also several levels that I've not exposed yet either.

I largely enjoyed that session, especially since I made some good progress and didn't feel like I cheated by using the walkthrough so heavily.

15-May-23 1:10am
#246

Slickriven

Put a good bit of time into this today and man as a kid in the 90's I'm not sure how you'd know where some of the cages were or how to trigger them. I've completed all of the first 6 zones and got 6 cages per stage. My hands are sore from some of the platforming required. The saxophone and pirate bosses were relatively easy, but the washing machine lady can suck it.
It's been interesting watching the YT vid I found that's noted as being captured on the

while I've been playing the

port - there are several differences with enemy and blue orb placements, backgrounds of levels, and more - I do wonder if some of my differences could be from emulation, but I don't think too much is.
Been largely enjoying this, it's challenging but I'm mitigating some of that thanks to the YT video and save states. I've oscillated btwn 2 approaches of either playing out ahead of the YT video and have found a good number of the cages and such on my own; OR I'll jump ahead by 5 secs at a time on the video until I see them find a cage, checkpoint or exit the level - then I play and 'catch up' basically only having seen the general path forward and to know what to look for next. I'm sure it's still cheating to some and that's fine. I don't want to miss a cage and have to replay sections/levels if I don't have to. Looks like I've got 1 area and only a handful of levels left. Whomever recommended this, I'm glad they did.

16-May-23 11:50pm
#247

Slickriven

I've done it, I've saved the world!
Game was fun but yeah without save states I could see myself getting frustrated with some things. The final few bosses were actually pretty easy once you saw their attack patterns and could react accordingly. The final area was pretty cool too with a few unique things mixed in. I all but abandoned my YT walkthrough in my final session and I got 5/6 cages before having to check against it. I didn't use it at all after that.
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17-May-23 6:54am
#248

Kommie

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19-May-23 1:42pm
#249

Renaissance2K

I'm a little behind on OP updates and posts in general - I've been getting killed at work these past two weeks, and don't even have my PC plugged in - but I'll catch up this weekend.

Once I catch my breath, I'll start making progress in Rayman and Golden Sun again.

21-May-23 1:58am
#250

Renaissance2K

The last weeks of May are upon us. Before we start prepping for BBQs, let's look at who has led a pile of disconnected body parts to victory this month:

Kommie

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Slickriven

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Many thanks to everyone who's taking a shot at Rayman this month. It's brutal, but it's also gorgeous and overflowing with personality, so give it a look if you haven't already.

Let's take some nominations for the June Game of the Month. Since the summer concert season is upon us, nominate some games with soundtracks you love. Be it an epic orchestral monster, some incredible chiptunes, or just the best damn licensed soundtrack ever, give us all something to pump out of our Bluetooth speakers.

We'll start voting on May 26 and call the winner on June 1.

Let's hear some nominees!

21-May-23 8:06am
#251

SupremeSarna

I nominate Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

21-May-23 9:19am
#252

benstylus

I mean if we are talking about soundtracks then we have to have a nomination for Daytona USA

21-May-23 10:15am
#253

SupremeSarna

My second nomination is Kirby’s Epic Yarn. The piano there is too darn good to ignore. If I’m only allowed one, Epic Yarn it is.

21-May-23 10:32am
#254

Renaissance2K

SupremeSarna wrote:
My second nomination is Kirby’s Epic Yarn. The piano there is too darn good to ignore. If I’m only allowed one, Epic Yarn it is.
We've been able to nominate more than one for a few months now. Go ahead.

21-May-23 7:26pm
#255

SupremeSarna

I’d gleefully nominate LocoRoco also, if both 1 and 2 could count for it. I just finished 1, so I wouldn’t play that one again so soon.

22-May-23 2:12pm
#256

BleedingViolet

June was supposed to be “amazing” but clearly we need more nominations
With good music.

I’ll nominate some stuff I’ve prolly nominated before like

GTA San Andreas (PS2, Xbox and many other rereleases)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (original Xbox)

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 (playstation 1, Dreamcast other rereleases and remakes)

And one I may not have,

Wu Tang Shaolin Style (playstation 1)

Hopefully other people will also nominate more games with good music.
Nothing I nominated this month is easy or short. Great music though, mostly anyways.

22-May-23 2:15pm
#257

Kommie

PaRappa the Rapper

22-May-23 2:29pm
#258

BleedingViolet

Kommie wrote:
PaRappa the Rapper
I thought about that one too, but having never played it much I couldn't recommend it.

Plus I watched some music videos from Um Jammer and …. Well I didnt like that music.
I only hope they used better vocalists in PaRappa. Imma check some veedjos for it 🎵

Edit: I checked and the music is SO much better than Um Jammer 🎵😃

22-May-23 3:52pm
#259

Renaissance2K

BleedingViolet wrote:
Wu Tang Shaolin Style (playstation 1)
Was this the game that they turned Thrill Kill into?

22-May-23 7:41pm
#260

BleedingViolet

Renaissance2K wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> Wu Tang Shaolin Style (playstation 1) Was this the game that they turned Thrill Kill into?
Absolutely yes sir, but I’ve played both and Wu Tang is definitely its own game.
They added a ton of cool stuff to Wu Tang and the fighting within is way more fair
and complex. Every character has a ten hit combo at least and each character
has a lot of personality all their own. Method Man and or Old Dirty Bastard
are my favorites prolly but they are all worth playing with. Its alot of fun and
a pretty cool party type of game.

I had a copy of Thrill Kill on playstation classic mini. They used to sell these rom collections
that I wasn’t sure was legit or not but I bought the fighting pack mostly for that game.
I let a friend borrow it so now that I’m not friends with her anymore I won’t ever get it back.
But i did play through with at least one character and its not anywhere near as fleshed out
as Wu Tang Shaolin Style, they said Thrill Kill was basically a finished product but there’s
way more available content in the Wu Tang game. I been wanting to buy another copy anyways.
It’s nowhere near as violent as any of the recent Mortal Kombat games anyways so
the gore factor shouldnt be a problem for anyone. Definitely not too much for me.
Its a pretty cool game that I would recommend even if its not game of the month.
If even one person here checked it out and really liked it I would be happy 😃

24-May-23 1:05am
#261

Renaissance2K

I'm posting just to say that these eraser levels are harder than diamond-encrusted balls, knowing full well how brutal the next worlds will probably be.

This is like when you finally beat the dam level in TMNT on the NES, only to learn that everything that follows is a million times worse.

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