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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

March 2024

Donkey Kong franchise

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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?

Recommended Games

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong III

Donkey Kong Jr. Math

Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble

Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Konga

Donkey Konga 2

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Land

Donkey Kong Land 2

Donkey Kong Land 3

Donkey Kong: King of Swing

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

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

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The three Donkey Kong games have been added to the RTT Arcade Back Room. Finish one loop in any Donkey Kong arcade game to earn the corresponding arcade cabinet badge.

Monthly Leaderboard

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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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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Who's On?

Switch Friend Codes

Lunar

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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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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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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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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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

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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

Icons

January 2018 Edition - Streets of Rage

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13-Feb-24 3:55pm
#201

Slickriven

BleedingViolet wrote:
I have been drinking today
Not busting your balls, but admitting this explains things a little...

13-Feb-24 4:39pm
#202

Renaissance2K

Slickriven wrote:
I have the more recent redone Shaq game, would that count, instead of trying the dumpster that is the original?
Nah. If we're gonna nominate this dumpster fire, no shortcuts.

I have to check that out at some point, though. I got it free as an early adopter of NBA Playgrounds.

13-Feb-24 4:43pm
#203

BleedingViolet

Slickriven wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> I have been drinking today Not busting your balls, but admitting this explains things a little...

I only tried the FU for the 3 lives given to Shaq in the story and yeah it was bonkers as I got wrecked in no time flat. I cleansed that by beating the excellent Nightdive remaster of Quake 2. I have the more recent redone Shaq game, would that count, instead of trying the dumpster that is the original?
Not saying anyone is busting mah balls,
Honestly though for me booze makes some of these games playable.

But not this one.

In fact one game in particular I never wanted to play again TMNT 4 on Snes I actually
Played mostly drunk with everything else against me. Including my bunny eating my Snes cables
and having to buy new ones.

Also maybe unlike other people here I am a huge MDE fan (Shaquille O’Neill aka Most Dominant Ever)
And a huge Lakers fan and I actually read the reviews back in the day and avoided this game.

The only thing it truly explains is I hold my tongue on things like this,
We all dislike games from time to time but intentionally trolling a group
You supposedly are happy to be a part of by saying “oh yeah im voting for something
because I know how much everyone is going to hate it”.
Why tf would anyone do that?

Dont get me wrong I STILL plan to finish it, I literally got out a system to play it on
and everything, but what I won’t ever do is lie and say a game that has no redeeming
qualities is worth being game of the month. Even games that I had problems with
like alttp and I think it was out of this world had things that were worth playing for.
This does not. If I hadn’t drank anything today I wouldnt even have accidentally
Found this game whilst looking for something else.
And had I been completely sober and seen this game I would have made up
all kinds of excuses to play it later. The Booze itself softens the edges on my
jaded views of old ass games I have never played. It actually makes them more fun for me.
That did not happen today. Even through my slightly inebriated sensibilities I found this game
to be utterly repulsive. Even watching a trailer of a next gen Shaq game had me realizing
that Shaquille himself thought the game sucked. Its not fun, its not a “true” fighting game,
Its literally a waste of anyones time ever.

This is literally one of the games that satan makes you play on a loop whilst you are burning in hell.

Jussayin its that effing bad.

13-Feb-24 4:46pm
#204

benstylus

BleedingViolet wrote:
Yeah but why is it good to say that?
There are certain pieces of media that are so iconic, everyone should experience them at least once.

Shaq Fu is the quintessential example of a bad license game, 90's attitude, and the Street Fighter clone movement all in one incredible 24 meg cartridge.

It is a game that has been derided for decades, and will continue to be mocked for millenia. But until you have played the game, any sneering superiority rings as hollow as a long dead log that has been home to generations of termites.

It wasn't just some throwaway release from an unknown company. This was EA, a well respected developer and publisher (at least back then). The graphics were done by Delphine Software who did Another/Out of this World and Flashback.
The animations in the game are fluid and beautiful. This game had a real budget.

If you have even a passing interest in gaming history (or even fighting game history) Shaq Fu is an incredibly complex and rich piece of that history.
Not in terms of mechanics but in terms of everything it embodies. It is story after story, lesson after lesson.

Is it gaming's most fitting example of what can happen when a joke goes too far? Is it a tale of all the stars aligning and yet it still goes horribly wrong? Is it something that other devs and publishers looked at learned from? Yes, yes, and yes.

Shaq Fu is a touchstone to look back on, wonder how it happened, and ask ourselves the truly probing questions.

13-Feb-24 5:16pm
#205

BleedingViolet

I respectfully disagree with that point.

Afterall I sat through a slander veedjo of the best Jaguar fighting game
Done by some dickless loser who calls himself McMuscles and is totally oblivious
to video games or their value. All he did was make fun of it but did he ever actually play it?
I doubt he actually did though.

I actually WANTED to like this game until I actually tried playing it this morning.
Now I borderline think slitting my wrists would be a better way to pass the time.

Let me ask you Ben, how many Jaguar and or 3DO games have you played
Just to see how bad they are?

I personally love the Jaguar and really enjoy 3D0/Sega Cd/PSX games that have
Lame video scenes. But The Way of the Warrior on 3DO actually IS a fighting game.
And it is also NOT very good.
Shaq Fu is not. Its supposed to be a 2D one on one fighter but it is so laggy and glitchy you
can’t even pretend that was what they were going for.

I played almost every fighting game in the 90s that I could afford to get my hands on including renting
Ranma 1/2 because I wanted to fight as an mfing Panda. But I did NOT play this and now I unfortunately
know why. Its the worst game we have ever nominated or played in this group.
Its not some funny cliche to force other old school gamers to play one of the worst games
in video game history for funzies. Its fudgeed up is what it is.

13-Feb-24 6:42pm
#206

Renaissance2K

BleedingViolet wrote:
Afterall I sat through a slander veedjo of the best Jaguar fighting game Done by some dickless loser who calls himself McMuscles and is totally oblivious to video games or their value. All he did was make fun of it but did he ever actually play it? I doubt he actually did though.
Hey now, Matt McMuscles is the man. I haven't watched his "Worst Fighting Game" videos, but "Wha Happun?" is hilarious.

13-Feb-24 7:06pm
#207

benstylus

BleedingViolet wrote:
Let me ask you Ben, how many Jaguar and or 3DO games have you played Just to see how bad they are?
I used to own a 3DO. Most of the games on that system were sub-par.

I've never owned a Jaguar, always wanted to, though.

I personally love the Jaguar and really enjoy 3D0/Sega Cd/PSX games that have Lame video scenes. But The Way of the Warrior on 3DO actually IS a fighting game. And it is also NOT very good.
That was the OTHER fighting game Craze of the 90s. Instead of "Steeet Fighter but worse" there was "Mortal Kombat but worse"

Shaq Fu is not. Its supposed to be a 2D one on one fighter but it is so laggy and glitchy you can’t even pretend that was what they were going for.
You say laggy, I say it's deliberately slow. I've played Flashback and Out of This World and the controls are similarly delayed. But it's intentional to show off that animation.

I will agree Shaq Fu is not a fighting game in the same style as MK or Street Fighter. Shaq Fu has a rhythm all it's own. Does having a different cadence from everything else out there make it good? No, it honestly makes it stick out like a sore thumb. I would have loved to see what they could have done with it as a platformer instead of a fighting game, but a fighting game it is.

Its not some funny cliche to force other old school gamers to play one of the worst games in video game history for funzies.
Pretty sure participating in this thread is optional, otherwise we got a lot of enforcing to do. Knocking on people's PM box and telling them they should be playing Shaq Fu, and it'd be a shame if something were to happen to their account

As you said, this thread is what we make it. It took more than one vote for Shaq Fu to win. There are other folks in this thread that said to themselves "You know what? LETS DO THE 'FU!"

And it isn't even close to being one of the worst games in history, just probably the most high profile bad one of it's era.

This is what the voice of the people wanted.

13-Feb-24 8:01pm
#208

BleedingViolet

This is what some people choose to play which I try to do every month even when I can’t complete a game.

It is optional but my option is to try everytime I can.

I wasnt planning on playing this game. I literally found it this morning after
Having some coffee tequila which I love and which has tricked me into playing every
Game of the month I otherwise didnt plan to.

I dont think 3DO had subpar games. If we go back to those days I would for instance rather
Play the same game on 3DO compared to Snes like Jurassic Park or Samurai Shodown.

13-Feb-24 11:11pm
#209

Slickriven

Yeah that game was terrible, but #Beat-it on the

- story mode with Shaq
I resorted to the juvenile means of beating most characters - jump kick a lot, trap them in the corner when possible and spam the snot out of the fast low kick... Does Shaq only have kicks? I really only got hard or fast kicks, but eh it's beat. I had tried the

version a couple of days ago and that went really poorly, but this version I actually beat the first island pretty easily and really only used the two attack buttons and not the 'Move/Taunt' ?? button. I used save states but only needed them between fights initially. The 2nd island's dude with the guns was a bit cheap and I lost 1 match to him as well as the first gate elderly guy - Leotsu I believe? The possessed kid was pretty easy, the chick with the tail gave me the most trouble as she was a lot more mobile with her attack that teleport to drop on you and her projectile was pretty large and harder to properly jump over since Shaq's jump animation was a little slow. I used a save state after getting a touch lucky and beating her in round 1 (on likely my 3rd or 4th attempt against her) and then surely lost the 2nd round a bunch before finally getting her. The Beast dude felt cheap as heck, as it looked like his health bar would go up at times and I'd wail away with light attacks only for him to 1 hit drop 33% of my health, so I used states with him but only lost like 6 rounds vs. a good 10+ to the earlier chick. Sett-Ra was actually a lot easier as I edged him with just a sliver of health on my 2nd attempt in round 1 and only took 2 cracks at round two to beat him.

Not my personal worst game - 12 Minutes holds that crown firmly, but plenty happy to have beaten this and don't think I'll try the duel arcade mode with any of the characters, not with effectively only 2 attack buttons and no interest in learning moves.

Proof:

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Turns out if you use save states and don't die, you likely get a higher score, <shrug>

14-Feb-24 5:11am
#210

benstylus

BleedingViolet wrote:
I dont think 3DO had subpar games. If we go back to those days I would for instance rather Play the same game on 3DO compared to Snes like Jurassic Park or Samurai Shodown.
Is this the Jurassic Park game you are talking about? It seems pretty dang subpar based on this video.
https://m.youtube.co...

Not saying every game on 3DO was bad. But it had the unfortunate fate of being a system released in 1993 when the "future of gaming" was obviously going to be FMV.

Beyond that, it got a lot of really rough early 3d games, some of which were fun, but most of the decent ones were done better on Saturn and PlayStation.

Still, it did have the definitive version of Star Control 2 for a while until the developers released the source code and "The Ur-Quan Masters" was created.

14-Feb-24 5:47pm
#211

BleedingViolet

So I tried taking some advice and played this terrible game sober.
I still want to beat it with Shaq in story mode. I liked it even less today despite
putting on some Bikini Kill to drown out my inner turmoil.
I’m sure I could get lucky and spam a win against cat woman
eventually but today is not the day.

On a smaller screen you are right Ben the animations in the background
are really nice. But at the same time it was wasted on this game.

Now for a couple of games of Brotato 😃

14-Feb-24 5:59pm
#212

BleedingViolet

benstylus wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> I dont think 3DO had subpar games. If we go back to those days I would for instance> rather> Play the same game on 3DO compared to Snes like Jurassic Park or Samurai Shodown.> Is this the Jurassic Park game you are talking about? It seems pretty dang subpar based on this video. https://m.youtube.co... Not saying every game on 3DO was bad. But it had the unfortunate fate of being a system released in 1993 when the "future of gaming" was obviously going to be FMV. Beyond that, it got a lot of really rough early 3d games, some of which were fun, but most of the decent ones were done better on Saturn and PlayStation. Still, it did have the definitive version of Star Control 2 for a while until the developers released the source code and "The Ur-Quan Masters" was created.
I dont even remember those goofy looking mini games from that veedjo.
Maybe you’re right and those games were bad. I still like them for
being different from other games though.

Im trying to remember which game I liked on 3DO but I think it was Starblade maybe.
I’d have to look it up I guess.

Oh and I really liked Twisted the game show. It was stupid but fun and I used to play
it with my Homegirl when she would rarely visit. So its a good memory I have of us.

14-Feb-24 10:13pm
#213

Renaissance2K

That's the second time this week I've heard someone recommend Twisted. I have to check it out at some point.

14-Feb-24 10:48pm
#214

BleedingViolet

Renaissance2K wrote:
That's the second time this week I've heard someone recommend Twisted. I have to check it out at some point.
Its good as long as you dont take it too seriously or expect too much from it.
Also its prolly best played with a friend.

15-Feb-24 6:45am
#215

benstylus

Renaissance2K wrote:
That's the second time this week I've heard someone recommend Twisted. I have to check it out at some point.
I had fun with both Twisted and Zhadnost. They aren't going to be games you go back to week in and week out, but they are fun little party games.

15-Feb-24 6:57am
#216

benstylus

BleedingViolet wrote:
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Im trying to remember which game I liked on 3DO but I think it was Starblade maybe. I’d have to look it up I guess.
Starbase is a port of an early 3d Namco arcade rail shooter.

I've played the arcade version, and it's fun, but the whole game is something like 20 minutes long. Did they add anything for the home port?

15-Feb-24 8:04am
#217

BleedingViolet

benstylus wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote: .> Im trying to remember which game I liked on 3DO but I think it was Starblade maybe.> I’d have to look it up I guess. Starbase is a port of an early 3d Namco arcade rail shooter. I've played the arcade version, and it's fun, but the whole game is something like 20 minutes long. Did they add anything for the home port?
Yeah I doubt it. I never finished it though. I just looked up a video of it on 3do (Starblade) and its
Still a beautiful game. I think I had trouble with my original 3do controller. I remember it wasn't easy
Playing Mad Dog Mcree on there either but I wanna say I actually finished that one or part 2 but I really
can’t be sure. Now I wish I still had a working 3do and those two games 😃

16-Feb-24 5:55am
#218

benstylus

So looks like Genesis Shaq Fu is going to be it for me.

Unfortunately (fortunately?) The ebay seller I bought the gamegear version from never shipped, and after some waiting and wrangling (mostly waiting because ebay thinks a seller who hasn't even marked shipped after ten days still needs another 5 before they will look at it), it's being refunded.

Having now played the Genesis version again after all these years, I'm not sad about not getting the second copy.

20-Feb-24 2:46pm
#219

Renaissance2K

It's been a busy month! Let's take a look at everyone who's been pulling off rocket jumps this month, either with a Rocket Launcher or size 22 sneakers:

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