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Retro Talkshop Thread - Game of the Month *nes* Donkey Kong franchise
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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!

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March 2024

Nintendo Entertainment System 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
coin Nintendo Entertainment System Donkey Kong
coin Nintendo Entertainment System Donkey Kong Jr.
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Super Nintendo Game Boy Color Game Boy Advance Donkey Kong Country
Super Nintendo Game Boy Advance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Super Nintendo Game Boy Advance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble
Nintendo 64 Donkey Kong 64
Nintendo GameCube Donkey Konga
Nintendo GameCube Donkey Konga 2
Nintendo GameCube Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Game Boy Donkey Kong
Game Boy Donkey Kong Land
Game Boy Donkey Kong Land 2
Game Boy Donkey Kong Land 3
Game Boy Advance Donkey Kong: King of Swing
Game Boy Advance 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.



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2024 Annual Franchise Publisher Challenge

Amiga Psygnosis Amiga

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
Amiga Shadow of the Beast
Amiga Lemmings
PC / Windows Ecstatica
PC / Windows Defcon 5
PC / Windows Discworld
Super Nintendo Toy Story
PlayStation Destruction Derby
PlayStation WipEout
PlayStation Assault Rigs
PlayStation Formula 1
PlayStation Colony Wars
PlayStation Rollcage
PlayStation 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.



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


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February 2024 Edition - Sega Genesis Shaq Fu & PC / Windows 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 Sega Genesis Genesis, Super Nintendo Super Nintendo, and Amiga 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 Sega Genesis
Super Nintendo Super Nintendo
Game Boy Game Boy
Game Gear Game Gear
Amiga 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 / Windows 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 Sega Saturn Saturn and Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64, unofficially ported to numerous other platforms by the homebrew community, and recently remastered by Bethesda for modern platforms.

Play Quake on
PC / Windows DOS & Windows
Apple MacOS
Amiga Amiga
Sega Saturn Saturn
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64
Microsoft Xbox One Xbox One
PlayStation 4 PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch 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 - Sega Dreamcast Sonic Adventure
After a whole console generation without a mainline Sonic game, Sonic Adventure arrived on the Sega Dreamcast 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 PC / Windows Windows and Nintendo GameCube GameCube as Sonic Adventure DX with adjustments to suit the new platforms, and to the Microsoft Xbox 360 Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 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
Sega Dreamcast Dreamcast
Microsoft Xbox 360 Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3

Buy it on the Xbox Marketplace

Play Sonic Adventure DX on
Nintendo GameCube GameCube
PC / Windows Windows
Microsoft Xbox 360 Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 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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2023 Recap

January Nintendo 64 Doom 64
February Super Nintendo Final Fantasy VI
March coin Virtua Fighter
April Game Boy Advance Golden Sun
May Atari Jaguar Rayman
June coin Daytona USA
July coin Bionic Commando
August coin Arcade August
September PlayStation Tomb Raider
October Birthday Cake R2K's Birthday Extravaganza
November Nintendo Entertainment System The Legend of Zelda
December Nintendo Entertainment System Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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December 2023 Edition - Nintendo Entertainment System Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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November 2023 Edition - Nintendo Entertainment System The Legend of Zelda
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October 2023 Edition - Birthday Cake 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 - PlayStation Tomb Raider
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coin Arcade August 2023 coin
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:

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July 2023 Edition - coin Nintendo Entertainment System 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 - coin Sega Saturn 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 - Atari Jaguar PlayStation Sega Saturn Rayman
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April 2023 Edition - Game Boy Advance Golden Sun
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March 2023 Edition - coin 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 - Super Nintendo Final Fantasy VI
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January 2023 Edition - Nintendo 64 Doom 64
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2022 Recap

January Amiga Another World / Out of this World
February Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie
March coin NBA Jam
April Super Nintendo Kirby Super Star
May Sega Genesis Alien Soldier
June MSX Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
July Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
August Super Nintendo Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
September Sega Dreamcast Dynamite Cop
October love Castlevania franchise
November Game Boy Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Sega CD Robo Aleste
December Super Nintendo Mega Man 7
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December 2022 Edition - Super Nintendo Mega Man 7
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November 2022 Edition - Game Boy Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Sega CD Robo Aleste
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October 2022 Edition - love 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 - Sega Dreamcast 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 Nintendo Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
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July 2002 Edition - Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
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June 2022 Edition - MSX Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
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May 2022 Edition - Sega Genesis Alien Soldier
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April 2022 Edition - Super Nintendo Kirby Super Star
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March 2022 Edition - coin 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 - Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie
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January Nintendo Entertainment System Jackal
February Super Nintendo Super Turrican
March coin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
April Neo Geo Metal Slug X
May coin Strider
June coin Darkstalkers 3
July Game Boy Color Shantae
August PlayStation Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
September Super Nintendo Super Mario Kart
October coin Splatterhouse & PlayStation Silent Hill
November Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story
December Super Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past


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October 2021 Edition - coin Splatterhouse & PlayStation Silent Hill
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September 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo Super Mario Kart
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August 2021 Edition - PlayStation Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
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June 2021 Edition - PlayStation Darkstalkers 3
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March 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
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2020 Recap

January Super Nintendo Sega Genesis Sunset Riders
February Nintendo Switch Sega Saturn PlayStation Strikers 1945
March Nintendo Entertainment System Super Mario Bros.
April Nintendo Entertainment System Super Dodge Ball
May Neo Geo Metal Slug
June NEC PC Engine NEC PC Engine Duo-RCastlevania: Rondo of Blood
July Nintendo Entertainment System Renegade
August Game Boy Advance Metroid Fusion
September Super Nintendo Super Metroid
October Super Nintendo Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
November Sega CD Sonic CD
December Nintendo DS The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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2019 Recap

Games
January Nintendo Entertainment System The Adventures of Lolo
February Nintendo Entertainment System Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March Game Boy The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
April Nintendo Entertainment System Blaster Master
May Sega Genesis Beyond Oasis
June Sega Genesis Castlevania: Bloodlines
July PlayStation 2 Microsoft Xbox PlayStation 4 Microsoft Xbox One Nintendo Switch Steam Onimusha: Warlords
August PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Ico
September Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden
October Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64
November Super Nintendo Sega CD Final Fight
December Sega Master System Sega Genesis Altered Beast

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December 2019 Edition
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November 2019 Edition
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Bonus:
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October 2019 Edition
Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64


September 2019 Edition
Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden


August 2019 Edition
PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Ico


July 2019 Edition
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June 2019 Edition
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May 2019 Edition
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April 2019 Edition
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March 2019 Edition
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February 2019 Edition
Nintendo Entertainment System Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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2018 Recap

Games
January Sega Genesis Streets of Rage
February NEC TurboGrafx-16 Neutopia
March Sega Saturn Galactic Attack
April Nintendo Entertainment System Astyanax
May Nintendo Entertainment System Maniac Mansion
June Sega Genesis Arrow Flash
July Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August Sega CD Popful Mail
September PlayStation Crash Bandicoot
October PlayStation Resident Evil 2
November Nintendo Entertainment System Mega Man 3
December Sega Genesis Outrun

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25-Feb-24 12:04pm
#241
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

Wait, so Y’all don’t like Dave Chapelle, or is it just his sassy portrayal of Rick James that is objectionable? Lol 😂

Okay okay

Dark Forces - 5
Shadowman - 5

And I was going to vote for Donkey Kong too but I really like Dark Forces.

Fine I will still give it something (though I may regret it later)

Donkey Kong Country - 3
25-Feb-24 12:55pm
#242
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

@Renaissance2K would it be weird or unmanageble for you if we always had
Two games per month? Like the game that gets the MOST votes would still be the game of the
month but the runner up would also be a game of the month that we could all play
and converse about.

I know its extra work for you but I’ve noticed during slow months we have here
people just don’t talk very much and it almost always seems to be related to a game
people seem to have no interest in.

What do you think about that as a possibility going forward?
25-Feb-24 1:12pm
#243
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

BleedingViolet wrote:
I know its extra work for you but I’ve noticed during slow months we have here people just don’t talk very much and it almost always seems to be related to a game people seem to have no interest in. What do you think about that as a possibility going forward?
I've considered this before, but if it's a game nobody's interested in, why did it win the vote?

There have been plenty of times where folks will vote 5 on a game and not play it. We play games for fun, and even if were amped up to play Superman 64 or whatever game wins, maybe you want to finish your current game first. Maybe you get distracted by another game. Maybe real life gets in the way. Maybe you just change your mind for no particular reason.

I don't really think there's any changing that unless we incentivize playthrough with a raffle or something, like Frank does, but that's not really a can of worms I feel like opening on a regular basis. This was a pretty noisy month because the game we picked - for better or worse - had a lot to unpack.

If I've missed something here or if someone has other thoughts, please share.

One thing I've wondered (but have been too lazy to analyze properly) is if the switch to unlimited nominees (vs. the hard limit of "first five, one per person") impacted participation because, while more people nominated games, people played less overall because more people end up discouraged that their nominee didn't win the vote.

I also think availability is a huge factor. While we effectively (using that term extremely loosely) have access to every game released before 2005 with emulators, people are more likely to jump on a game that was just re-released or remastered over something that requires digging up an old console, finding a working ROM, or raiding eBay. I spent years hoping Unreal or some variant thereof would be a GOTM some day, but Epic killed those dreams when they delisted nearly the entire damn franchise for no reason last year.

25-Feb-24 2:21pm
#244
SupremeSarna
Silver Good Trader This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)

DK - 5
Kirby’s Epic Yarn - 5
Rampage - 1
25-Feb-24 3:22pm
#245
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

Renaissance2K wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> I know its extra work for you but I’ve noticed during slow months we have here> people just don’t talk very much and it almost always seems to be related to a> game> people seem to have no interest in. > > What do you think about that as a possibility going forward? I've considered this before, but if it's a game nobody's interested in, why did it win the vote? There have been plenty of times where folks will vote 5 on a game and not play it. We play games for fun, and even if were amped up to play Superman 64 or whatever game wins, maybe you want to finish your current game first. Maybe you get distracted by another game. Maybe real life gets in the way. Maybe you just change your mind for no particular reason. I don't really think there's any changing that unless we incentivize playthrough with a raffle or something, like Frank does, but that's not really a can of worms I feel like opening on a regular basis. This was a pretty noisy month because the game we picked - for better or worse - had a lot to unpack. If I've missed something here or if someone has other thoughts, please share. One thing I've wondered (but have been too lazy to analyze properly) is if the switch to unlimited nominees (vs. the hard limit of "first five, one per person") impacted participation because, while more people nominated games, people played less overall because more people end up discouraged that their nominee didn't win the vote. I also think availability is a huge factor. While we effectively (using that term extremely loosely) have access to every game released before 2005 with emulators, people are more likely to jump on a game that was just re-released or remastered over something that requires digging up an old console, finding a working ROM, or raiding eBay. I spent years hoping Unreal or some variant thereof would be a GOTM some day, but Epic killed those dreams when they delisted nearly the entire damn franchise for no reason last year.
I definitely agree or “get” most of what you are saying here.

Most of my thought process about having a second or runner up game
of the month is making everyone who does or will participate happier hopefully.
When people have a game they don’t want to play as the only option it gives them
all the more reason to just say “fudge this thread, fudge these people” and maybe they
never come back. Even though when I finally played Shaq Fu I was really annoyed,
it didn’t deter me from being here or wanting to play something else every month,
all it did was make me want to double down on being more serious here.
I’m pretty stubborn like that.

I’ve said it before, this is the only thread I choose to participate in.

More than anyone else here I get the whole availability thing too.
Since I choose to play every game I can and I usually can’t emulate
I try to buy things legit wherever possible. And I also usually prefer
original games on original systems. But especially because of availability
having a second game might make it easier for more people to participate.
I can’t play everything legit so i may have to skip a month here and there
but I have spent a ton on games just to participate as well.

Mostly I’m thinking of Dynamite Cop on Dreamcast ($85 if I remember right) but I may have also
bought Zelda Spirit Tracks on DS because I do love Zelda anyways but also wanted
to play Zelda with Y’all. I think it was $50 though so I am committed to this thread
but most people may not be. Which is okay but I think an extra game might make
more people happier, and you could be right if people don’t give af now maybe they
never will. But maybe an extra game will help people feel more heard or more included.
I guess thats my hope, and maybe its naive but its still just a hope not a condemnation
of all the cool things we’ve already played together. Sometimes more is better.
26-Feb-24 1:41am
#246
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

Not to change the subject abruptly, but I'm super excited about this.

https://twitter.com/...

I'm kinda surprised it took this long to develop, but better late than never. Nintendo had every opportunity to release a Virtual Boy collection, and they chose the ostrich approach, so bully for homebrew developers.

26-Feb-24 1:54am
#247
SupremeSarna
Silver Good Trader This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)

Awesome stuff! I find them fulfilling to play on real hardware, so I wouldn’t get much use out of it. But I’m glad others can experience the VB library in on a convenient platform, now in 3D!
26-Feb-24 6:23am
#248
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

That actually does look really cool. I remember thinking when Virtual Boy was first going to
release that it actually was a virtual reality system lol.

I still havent played any of these newer “actual” Virtual Reality systems like
the one for PS4. Has anyone here played anything on any of them?
If so, what are your thoughts and do you actually like playing that way?
I know its not retro but I guess at least its still veedjo games.
26-Feb-24 1:44pm
#249
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I have a Vive Pro and both PSVRs at home. And a Virtual Boy (lol).

I think VR is a blast and I love the additional immersion, but setup and space are always two big hurdles. All but the PSVR 2 is a tangle of cables and devices, and unless I'm in "seated" mode, I'm afraid of slamming into one of my screens with the controllers. I've moved my PS5 into the living room (out of the office / game room) where there's space to move around, but that's a common area, and I try to minimize gaming experiences that would make my wife question our marriage...

I'm crossing my fingers for PC support on the PSVR 2. If it's decent and compatible with Steam VR, I'd love to retire the Vive (and its creepy base stations) and go down to just the two Sony headsets. The OG PSVR isn't going anywhere unless WipEout gets PSVR 2 support, which is doubtful. That game's as close to my killer VR app as I'll likely ever get.

I tried out Red Viper this morning with Red Alarm. The 3D effect is "uncomfortable" like the actual Virtual Boy headset, which is pretty cool. There's no support for the 3D slider, though, so the 3D effect is either very on or it's off.

26-Feb-24 2:09pm
#250
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

Theres a VR WipeOut game? Thats awesome! How is that?

I’m guessing if its why You are keeping both PSVRs it must be even better than I can imagine?

Thats it Im checking Youtube for a veedjo 😃

Also that is cool about the 3ds but I dont know how any of that works.
Does the system need to be modded first or something? (which I also know next to nothing about)
26-Feb-24 3:07pm
#251
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

WipEout Omega Collection on PS4 has full in-cockpit PSVR support for all three of its sub-games, and it's incredible.

Unfortunately, Studio Liverpool (the developer formerly known as Psygnosis, for those of you eyeing the annual challenge) was decommissioned before the PSVR 2 was released, so we'll probably never see a patch for it.

26-Feb-24 3:20pm
#252
Scott
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Has Written 2 Reviews

DKC - 5
26-Feb-24 3:32pm
#253
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

The video I saw was great well I watched two different ones, not all the way through mind you.

And it looks fantastic albeit probably stomach turning with a headset on.
It looks like I need a PS4 and a PSVR eventually now. I’m sure theres other great things to
play on it as well besides just that but Im sold on just that game already.
26-Feb-24 6:06pm
#254
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

There are a few different display modes, and the UI calls out which of them is more prone to motion sickness vs. those that are more stable. The TL;DR is that the most immersive modes will pin your viewport to the rotation of your ship (for example, when you do a barrel roll, you do a fudging barrel roll) which is pretty barftastic, and the least immersive modes will pin your viewport so it's always parallel to your starting position.

Again, it's awesome. Compare that to GRIP, which does the bare minimum when it comes to orientation, making your position "snap" into place whenever you hit a surface. It doesn't feel great.

26-Feb-24 10:54pm
#255
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Rampage - 2
Kirby's Epic Yarn - 4
Donkey Kong - 5
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - 2
Shadow Man - 2
Star Wars: Dark Forces - 0 played it way back and got stuck at some gate IIRC. I don't recall how I played it, possibly old school piracy or had the disk but don't recall where - not looking to buy the remaster right now.


27-Feb-24 2:12am
#256
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I've false-started Dark Forces on a few occasions. As a Star Wars fan and an old gamer fart, it should be a perfect game for me. All the Dark Forces games are puzzle heavy, though, so I just end up lost and frustrated.

Insert a "Use the force" joke here.

27-Feb-24 5:30pm
#257
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

After the Quake comes the aftershock. Quake II is done.

https://twitter.com/...

Coming straight from the original Quake, all I noticed was how much slower the game felt. Weapon switching is slower. Many weapons have a fire delay. Enemies have more HP and dodge more often. Levels were larger and often required backtracking (or, at least, cross tracking) to move from one unit to the next.

Once I got the hang of how the game worked, though, I enjoyed myself a lot more. The Hyperblaster and Super Shotgun were more than enough for most enemies, so I didn't have to spend so much time micromanaging what weapon I was using. The tactical computer is actually super useful for determining if you're on the right track or on a wild goose chase. And God bless the run button.

I remembered reading in a game magazine about a salacious secret in the final level of the game that becomes accessible after you beat the final boss. I didn't bother to look it up but ended up stumbling upon it anyway.

You end up in a hallway filled with photos of the developers, some of them with odd effects. At the end of the hallway is a Tank snuggling up with a couple of those skanky female robot monsters. Classy.

I guess I'm done with Quake for the time being. As an Unreal Tournament snob, I never played much of Quake III Arena, and I only got halfway through Quake 4.

27-Feb-24 6:24pm
#258
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

I’m still working on the first Quake game. I made the mistake of playing the second
set of levels on something besides easy and only just finished them maybe yesterday.
Now that I switched to Easy though I’ve quickly gone through the first and third
Episodes and was working on the fourth this morning.

Maybe I’ll finish by the end of the month? Idk. But at least its such a fun game.
Thats what is important. 😃
27-Feb-24 6:34pm
#259
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I played Quake II on Easy because I didn't have the patience to get killed over and over, but I played through the OG on Normal. I thought that was a good balance, but the last few levels got a bit rough.

27-Feb-24 7:06pm
#260
BleedingViolet
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader

I think my problem was having never played the original and not being very into most
FPS games it was just too much of a learning curve for me. Also when I first started out,
I forgot to save all the time and then tried the other “game” and stopped playing this
for way too long.
27-Feb-24 11:32pm
#261
SupremeSarna
Silver Good Trader This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)

I just beat DKCTF last night. If DK wins, may I have that badge right off the bat? I realize it would be a few days before March, but that'd be nicer than needing to replay the whole game.

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