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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 2024

The Secret of Monkey Island

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The Secret of Monkey Island stands out among early LucasArts adventure games for its artwork, its music, and its extraordinary sense of humor. Whereas many of its cousins were brilliant one-offs, Monkey Island launched a decades-spanning franchise of swashbuckling misadventures that began with a humble entry for personal computers like the

IBM PC,

Atari ST,

Amiga, and

FM Towns. Aside from a

port, the game's mouse- and artwork-heavy gameplay didn't have much of a footing on consoles until a downloadable remaster crashed into digital stores on

Xbox 360 and

PlayStation 3.

Play The Secret of Monkey Island on

MS-DOS

Amiga

Atari ST

FM Towns

Mac OS

Sega CD

Play The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on

Windows

iOS

Xbox 360

PlayStation 3

Complete any version of The Secret of Monkey Island to earn the Guybrush Threepwood badge:

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BONUS GAME: Complete the world tour in Top Gear to earn a bonus badge:

Badge coming soon

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2024 Annual Franchise Publisher Challenge

Psygnosis

Psygnosis is a British developer and publisher founded nearly 40 years ago. While they made a name for themselves developing distinct titles for computer platforms like the Amiga and Atari ST, they achieved worldwide fame in 1991 with the release of Lemmings, which they ported to nearly every platform imaginable. Over time, they developed a reputation for original titles with advanced graphics, which caught the attention of Sony as they prepared for the launch of the PlayStation. Many of the PlayStation's early standout titles were developed by Psygnosis, and they continued to develop original titles and flesh out franchises on the platform - and others - for nearly two decades afterwards.

The Psygnosis portfolio is massive and diverse, even excluding the games they developed after rebranding as Studio Liverpool. Wikipedia has a comprehensive list that can be sorted and filtered to your tastes, but I've done my best to highlight some standout franchises below.

Suggested Games

Shadow of the Beast

Lemmings

Ecstatica

Defcon 5

Discworld

Toy Story

Destruction Derby

WipEout

Assault Rigs

Formula 1

Colony Wars

Rollcage

Alundra

Beat any game developed and/or published by Psygnosis in 2024 to earn the image Owl icon which will appear next to your username everywhere in the Retro Talkshop Thread.

The Arcade Back Room

Beat the arcade version of any Game of the Month to earn its Back Room arcade cabinet badge.

2024 Recap

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April 2024 Edition - Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness

Gender dynamics being what they are, while Pac-Man built an empire of arcade games, follow-ups, and power-ups, it took his poor wife 18 years to get the pseudo-sequel that her grown-breaking eponymous title deserved. Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - a reimagining of the blockbuster classic arcade game - dropped for the

PlayStation in 2000 and infused the Pac Maze formula with 3D graphics, level progression, and a big bad that's after the world's treasures. The initial PlayStation release was followed up with spruced up ports for the

Nintendo 64 and

Dreamcast, a 2D portable release for the

Game Boy Advance, and a PC sequel that nobody cares about.

Complete the single player mode in any release of Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness to earn the 3D Ms. Pac-Man badge:

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March 2024 Edition - Donkey Kong franchise

Sometimes a villain and sometimes just another stupid monkey, Donkey Kong began as a means of recycling failed arcade cabinets and ended up launching Shigeru Miyamoto's career as a superlative game designer and laying the foundation for Nintendo's video gaming empire. Even before Mario became a household name, Donkey Kong starred in numerous arcade and handheld names, sharing the pantheon with other mascots of the arcade like Pac-Man, Q-Bert, and Frogger. Since those humble single-screen arcade beginnings, DK - and the entire Kong family - have reappeared in platformers, rhythm games, racing games, and even a... math quiz?

Complete any Donkey Kong game to earn a barrel badge for the game that you played:

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February 2024 Edition - Shaq Fu & Quake

At the peak of his presence in the zeitgeist, Shaquille O'Neal could do no wrong. Except free throws. And acting. It was only a matter of time before he would appear in a video game. Shaq Fu is the result of that odyssey, a 2D fighting game released for the

Genesis,

Super Nintendo, and

Amiga - as well as some portables - that pits Shaq Daddy against a bunch of interdimensional weirdos to save a young boy. The game received a middling reception at launch, a sentiment that comically seems to have deteriorated over time. Today, the game is - some would argue, unfairly - remembered as one of the worst games of all time, not because of its objective gameplay quality but because of its blatant absurdity as a cash-in.

Play Shaq Fu on

Sega Genesis

Super Nintendo

Game Boy

Game Gear

Amiga

Complete Story Mode in any version of Shaq Fu (or Duel Mode in the Genesis, SNES, or Game Gear releases) to earn the a badge for the character you used:

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Quake's impact on its genre is arguably matched only by its older cousin Doom. While not the first fully-3D first-person shooter, its revolutionary engine set the new standard for competing games moving forward. Quake was one of the first killer apps for the

PC's nascent 3D accelerator market, came with its own robust scripting language, and launched a multiplayer community and culture that still exists today. While not as omni-ported as Doom, it was later officially ported to the

Saturn and

Nintendo 64, unofficially ported to numerous other platforms by the homebrew community, and recently remastered by Bethesda for modern platforms.

Play Quake on

DOS & Windows

MacOS

Amiga

Saturn

Nintendo 64

Xbox One

PlayStation 4

Switch

Buy it on Steam
Buy it on GOG
Buy it on Humble
Buy it on the Xbox Marketplace
Buy it on the PlayStation Store
Buy it on the Nintendo eShop

Complete any port or version of Quake to earn the Quad Damage badge:

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Complete any port or version of Quake II to earn the Quake II badge:

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January 2024 Edition - Sonic Adventure

After a whole console generation without a mainline Sonic game, Sonic Adventure arrived on the

Dreamcast, ready to satiate a ravenous fanbase. The game, which launched in North America on 9/9/99 alongside the Dreamcast, catapulted the Blue Blur into the third dimension with a large, story-driven narrative that spanned many locales, challenges, and playable characters. After the release of a sequel and the failure of Sega's final console, the game was ported to

Windows and

GameCube as Sonic Adventure DX with adjustments to suit the new platforms, and to the

Xbox 360 and

PlayStation 3 as a rushed HD remaster. While Sonic Adventure's legacy is somewhat mixed, it is fondly remembered among Sonic superfans as the first time Sonic dropped on hardware that could match his attitude.

Play Sonic Adventure on

Dreamcast

Xbox 360

PlayStation 3

Buy it on the Xbox Marketplace

Play Sonic Adventure DX on

GameCube

Windows

Xbox 360

PlayStation 3

Buy it on Steam
Buy it on Humble
Buy it on the Xbox Marketplace

Finish any release of Sonic Adventure to earn the a badge for the character you used:

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Switch Friend Codes

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SW-7373-6931-1610

2023 Recap

January

Doom 64
February

Final Fantasy VI
March

Virtua Fighter
April

Golden Sun
May

Rayman
June

Daytona USA
July

Bionic Commando
August

Arcade August
September

Tomb Raider
October

R2K's Birthday Extravaganza
November

The Legend of Zelda
December

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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December 2023 Edition - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

November 2023 Edition - The Legend of Zelda

October 2023 Edition - R2K's Birthday Extravaganza

Play through any numbered Mega Man game to unlock the Mega Man badge.
Play through Mega Man 2 on any platform to gild your badge.
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Play through One Player Mode or Tournament Mode in either One Must Fall game to earn the One Must Fall badge.
Play through Tournament Mode in One Must Fall 2097 to gild your badge.
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Finish Warhawk: The Red Mercury Missions to unlock the Warhawk badge.
Unlock the "best" ending to gild your badge.
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Finish MDK or any version of MDK2 to unlock the MDK badge.
Watch the original music video ending of MDK to gild your badge.
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Play through the Career mode of Rollcage, the Career or Scramble modes of Rollcage: Stage II, or the Campaign mode of GRIP to unlock the Rollcage badge.
Unlock Yuri in Rollcage to gild your badge.
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Play through the One-Player Mode or Story Mode in any Twisted Metal game to unlock the Twisted Metal badge.
Play through the One-Player Mode of Twisted Metal Black to gild your badge.
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September 2023 Edition - Tomb Raider

Arcade August 2023

Beat any of the Front Room arcade games (or complete one loop, where appropriate) or one of their home ports to earn the game's Front Room Arcade Machine badge:

July 2023 Edition - Bionic Commando

Finish the original arcade release of Bionic Commando to earn the Super Joe badge:

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Finish Bionic Commando for the NES or Bionic Commando Re-armed to earn the FA Rad Spencer badge:

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Finish Bionic Commando for the Game Boy to earn the FF Rad Spencer badge:

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June 2023 Edition - Daytona USA

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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May 2023 Edition - Rayman

April 2023 Edition - Golden Sun

March 2023 Edition - Virtua Fighter

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

January 2023 Edition - Doom 64

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Yoshi

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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

{imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 120 106{imgt}

May 2022 Edition - Alien Soldier

{imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 139 150{imgt}

April 2022 Edition - Kirby Super Star

{imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 207 150{imgt}

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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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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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

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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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Leaderboard

Antipop

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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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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

Icons

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

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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
image - Beat the game
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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11-Mar-24 2:21am
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Renaissance2K

Happy 29th birthday, Chrono Trigger. Only one more year before college girls no longer find you attractive.

14-Mar-24 2:36am
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SupremeSarna

I beat two more DK games: Donkey Kong Country

and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

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I raced a friend at DKC. To make it a bit more fair for him, I remapped my Joy-Con and played the game with one hand, even putting said Joy-Con in an awkward-to-hold peripheral. I won by a country mile, but we both expected that given my knowledge of DKC.

I love DKC. The challenge, the personality-filled foes, the Animal Buddies, rolling through enemies, finding bonus rooms, etc. the graphics are a product of their time, yet we’re also revolutionary for said time! My personal favorite stage is Misty Mine—you can practically feel the sweat on your brow as the cave becomes a snake-infested sauna! Poison Pond and Tree Top Town are the worst stages—one likes pelting you with fast hazards that come out of the limited camera, the other has annoying barrel cannon sequences.

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As for DKJB, it works way better than it has any right to. The would-be Super Mario Galaxy devs got DK flinging around stages, grabbing bananas, killing enemies with sound waves, and racking up combos… using a bongo-themed controller! The game is crazy fun, and even earned the very first E10+ rating from the ESRB. You beat the ever loving snot out of bosses, sometimes in a straight-up boxing match. It’s a blast, and you should really try it if you get a chance.

14-Mar-24 1:49pm
#4

Renaissance2K

Damn, @SupremeSarna is on a roll this month. I know I'm a little behind on badges - both of my PCs are in pieces at the moment - but I'll catch up shortly.

I'm still working on the GBC release of Donkey Kong Country. The 8-bit arrangement of Fear Factory (the music in the factory levels) is the remix I never knew I wanted.

14-Mar-24 7:42pm
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Lunar

Quake 1 + 2 is on sale on PSN

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20-Mar-24 1:55am
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Renaissance2K

Mission complete. I finished Donkey Kong Country for the Game Boy Color.

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Definitely wild that they were able to cram most of the original game into such a limited platform, but it works fairly well. Unlike a lot of downsized games like this, the smaller viewport didn't seem to hinder the core gameplay all that much. Moving platforms and barrels, however, seemed to be a lot more finicky than their Super Nintendo counterparts. The original wasn't without its frustrating moments, too, but there were a couple of jumps, bees, and barrels that made me want to throw my Pocket out the window.

There was also something funny going on with the A and B buttons when both held down, but I don't know if this was an issue with the game or with the Analogue Pocket. Both seem equally likely. Both the jumpiness of the engine and the imprecision on the Pocket are well documented.

Next on my list is Donkey Kong Land 2. I played through most of the first world when OpenFPGA was released for the Pocket last year and will hopefully work my way through the rest of it before the end of the month. I've also managed to track down cabinets for all three of the original Donkey Kong arcade games at work, so I'm trying to figure out the logistics of hammering on them for a few hours next week.

20-Mar-24 2:38am
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SupremeSarna

Renaissance2K wrote:
Mission complete. I finished Donkey Kong Country for the Game Boy Color. https://twitter.com/... Definitely wild that they were able to cram most of the original game into such a limited platform, but it works fairly well. Unlike a lot of downsized games like this, the smaller viewport didn't seem to hinder the core gameplay all that much. Moving platforms and barrels, however, seemed to be a lot more finicky than their Super Nintendo counterparts. The original wasn't without its frustrating moments, too, but there were a couple of jumps, bees, and barrels that made me want to throw my Pocket out the window. There was also something funny going on with the A and B buttons when both held down, but I don't know if this was an issue with the game or with the Analogue Pocket. Both seem equally likely. Both the jumpiness of the engine and the imprecision on the Pocket are well documented. Next on my list is Donkey Kong Land 2. I played through most of the first world when OpenFPGA was released for the Pocket last year and will hopefully work my way through the rest of it before the end of the month. I've also managed to track down cabinets for all three of the original Donkey Kong arcade games at work, so I'm trying to figure out the logistics of hammering on them for a few hours next week.
You work in at a business with arcade machines? Keep an eye out for Donkey Kong 2, which I have played in an arcade. I have no clue if it’s an officially-licensed Nintendo game, but it looks the part.

I also beat DKC on GBC.
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It’s so much better than the GBA port that came two years later. This one feels like an earnest attempt to bring the original DKC to a handheld while adding a few neat extras, rather than an attempt to “improve” the original with really bad sound effects and colors grading (looking at you, GBA). It even contains a couple tunes from DK Land, which was refreshing.

Did you enjoy Necky Nutmare, Renaissance2K? It’s a completely unique stage, y’know.

20-Mar-24 4:55pm
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Renaissance2K

We're entering the last act of March, so let's look at all the monkeys among us that are the Kings of Kong this month:

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Many thanks to everyone who picked up a Donkey Kong game this month. Hopefully you found it a-peel-ing.

April 2024 marks a milestone anniversary for Final Fantasy VI and Super Mario Land, two classics that we've played before. Let's start taking nominations for the April 2024 Game of the Month and add some new titles to our pantheon.

We'll start voting on March 26 and call the winners on April 1. What does everyone want to play?

20-Mar-24 5:53pm
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SupremeSarna

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We're entering the last act of March, so let's look at all the monkeys among us that are the Kings of Kong this month: BloodPuppetX

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