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Renaissance2K

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Retro Talkshop Thread

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

Game of the Month Captain: Renaissance2K

Retro Talkshop Thread Founder & CEO: Lunar

February 2023

Final Fantasy VI

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

Super Famicom and

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

Play it on

Super Nintendo

PlayStation (Final Fantasy Anthology)

Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy VI Advance)

Wii Virtual Console

SNES Classic Mini

Android

iOS

PC

Play the Pixel Remaster on

Android

iOS

PC

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

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Monthly Leaderboard

You open the chest and find nothing. Perhaps you should have waited until the World of Ruin.

2023 Annual Franchise Challenge

Shining

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

Suggested Games

Shining in the Darkness

Shining Force

Shining Force II

Shining Force CD

Shining Force III

Shining Wisdom

Shining the Holy Ark

Shining Force Gaiden

Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict

Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

Shining Soul

Shining Soul II

Shining Force Neo

Shining Force Exa

Shining Tears

Shining Wind

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

2023 Recap

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Yoshi

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January 2023 Edition - Doom 64

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

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

Beat Doom 64 or its remaster to earn a badge.

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Who's On?

Switch Friend Codes

Lunar

SW-7373-6931-1610

2022 Recap

January

Another World / Out of this World
February

Banjo-Kazooie
March

NBA Jam
April

Kirby Super Star
May

Alien Soldier
June

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
July

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
August

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
September

Dynamite Cop
October

Castlevania franchise
November

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins &

Robo Aleste
December

Mega Man 7
Annual Franchise Challenge

Lunar

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December 2022 Edition - Mega Man 7

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

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October 2022 Edition - Castlevania franchise

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

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

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September 2002 Edition - Dynamite Cop

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

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

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

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August 2002 Edition - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

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

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June 2022 Edition - Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

{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

{imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 60 75{imgt}

January 2022 Edition - Another World / Out of this World

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

benstylus

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BleedingViolet

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BloodPuppetX

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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razeak

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Renaissance2K

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Slickriven

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SupremeSarna

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2021 Recap

January

Jackal
February

Super Turrican
March

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
April

Metal Slug X
May

Strider
June

Darkstalkers 3
July

Shantae
August

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
September

Super Mario Kart
October

Splatterhouse &

Silent Hill
November

Yoshi's Story
December

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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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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benstylus

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BleedingViolet

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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Scott

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Slickriven

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Wheels617

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2020 Recap

January

Sunset Riders
February

Strikers 1945
March

Super Mario Bros.
April

Super Dodge Ball
May

Metal Slug
June

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
July

Renegade
August

Metroid Fusion
September

Super Metroid
October

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
November

Sonic CD
December

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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2019 Recap

Games

January

The Adventures of Lolo
February

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
April

Blaster Master
May

Beyond Oasis
June

Castlevania: Bloodlines
July

Onimusha: Warlords
August

Ico
September

Ninja Gaiden
October

Super Mario 64
November

Final Fight
December

Altered Beast

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December 2019 Edition

Altered Beast

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November 2019 Edition

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Bonus:

Final Fight 2

Final Fight 3

October 2019 Edition

Super Mario 64

September 2019 Edition

Ninja Gaiden

August 2019 Edition

Ico

July 2019 Edition

Onimusha: Warlords image

June 2019 Edition

Castlevania: Bloodlines image image

May 2019 Edition

Beyond Oasis image

April 2019 Edition

Blaster Master image

March 2019 Edition

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening image

February 2019 Edition

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

January 2019 Edition

The Adventures of Lolo image
Bonus:

Outrun image

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2018 Recap

Games

January

Streets of Rage
February

Neutopia
March

Galactic Attack
April

Astyanax
May

Maniac Mansion
June

Arrow Flash
July

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August

Popful Mail
September

Crash Bandicoot
October

Resident Evil 2
November

Mega Man 3
December

Outrun

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January 2018 Edition - Streets of Rage

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Skipping Messages Here

8-Dec-22 2:02am
#241

Renaissance2K

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Credit for this clear, without a doubt, goes to @SupremeSarna. There's no way I would have survived that final fight without knowing Wily could be stunned. Even then, it still took me multiple attempts and more E-cans than I'd care to admit before Wily took pity on me and started spawning low enough to be hit with a Coil/Shock combo.

8-Dec-22 12:15pm
#242

SupremeSarna

@Renaissance2K Happy to help!

13-Dec-22 6:40pm
#243

BloodPuppetX

I beat Mega Man 7

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16-Dec-22 5:12pm
#244

Renaissance2K

Meta post time! Let's talk about ways we can do things in 2023.

Nominations & Voting
I like the idea of allowing any number of nominations during a voting month. It reminds me of when the Oscars increased the Best Picture category to ten; in theory, it allows for a broader range of options and lets more people participate.

I can't think of any downside except that - if we stick to the usual at T-minus 7 days - it doesn't leave a lot of time for either nominating or voting. It used to take a few days to reach five nominees which gave us plenty of time for everyone to weigh in who wanted to, but giving threeish days to nominate and threeish days to vote isn't a ton of time, especially if one of those blocks falls on a weekend where people seem to be less active.

Does anybody else have a problem with removing the nominations cap? If we stick with that plan, maybe we can start the process at T-minus 10 days instead of 7?

Annual Franchise Challenge
I started the Annual Franchise Challenge this year as a bit of a side quest, since GOTMs tend to favor shorter titles, which means a lot of retro titles with longer campaigns are going to be overlooked. As a trial run, I picked Lunar because of the franchise's obvious connection to the origins of this thread and the game club, offering up a "permabadge" of sorts as the reward.

As far as I know, I'm the only person that played a Lunar game this year. I don't know if this is because people don't like the concept of the quest, don't like Lunar, or didn't realize this was actually a thing that we were doing. (It's underneath the GOTM details, so it's not difficult to miss.)

Should we try again next year with a franchise that gets voted in, or should we K.I.S.S. and just do monthly games?

O Captain, My Captain
I've been thread "captain" for two years now, and I'm having a lot of fun. I've played through a ton of great games, some of which were on my radar and some of which weren't, and I've especially enjoyed when we pick a game or a franchise that stirs up a lot of clears and discussion.

I'm content with keeping things rolling through 2023, but I wanted to reach out in case someone among you has been quietly wishing you could take the reigns, either because it sounds like fun or because you want to do things differently.

Basically, the "duties" include the following:
- Keeping the OP updated with objectives and results each month
- Running the nomination and voting process
- Producing badges for GOTMs
- Coming up with themes (spooky games, sixth gen games, FPS, etc.) or "executive picks" (Darkstalkers 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Castlevania franchise, etc.) for some months
- Stirring up discussion about retro topics (I've been slacking a bit here, especially in the second half of the year when I get busy with RL stuff)

Again, I'm happy to keep things going as is. I just don't want to selfishly keep it all to myself if there are people out there that wanted to take over.

Thanks. Hope everybody's having fun this month.

16-Dec-22 5:37pm
#245

SupremeSarna

All I know is that my goal next year is to play the entire Pikmin series (give or take Hey! Pikmin).

17-Dec-22 12:51am
#246

BleedingViolet

@Renaissance2K unless you’re tired of all the duties or are just too busy I’d prefer to see you or @Lunar
Keep running this. Neither one of you seems biased and you both let everyone speak and be heard.
There have been arguments in the past over really dumb and or petty crap and you have never seemed
to engage in any of it. I know I’ve been in plenty of dumb arguments here and plenty of them were because
of my (or someone else) overreacting to things that don’t really matter.

I like the idea of more nominations too. And having more time to nominate and vote might
be cool too. Also why not do the regular GOTM plus one bonus game of your own
choosing so even if one person is really annoyed by a GOTM they have at least one
other game to try to play through instead? It might get more people participating.

I’ve always wanted us to play more rpgs so of course I’m on board with certain games or
series being more spread out over the year where people don’t feel forced into
speedrunning through a giant RPG with tons of different paths in one month.
Most people intentionally vote AGAINST games like that. I’ve personally never played the
Lunar games but the series started when I had less money for games and couldn’t just
buy something whenever I wanted. So I stuck more to games and systems I knew and
had already.

Anyways that’s my thoughts about everything.

19-Dec-22 2:38pm
#247

Scott

I like the idea of removing the nominations cap. However, I don't know that it should be unlimited. Maybe we should have a per-person cap at least, like 3?

I somehow missed the Annual Franchise Challenge and knew nothing about it. I'd say it's fine to keep, but honestly, I'm not very likely to go out of my comfort zone and try a brand new franchise. However, if a franchise I like is selected, I'm very likely to fit in 1 of its games over the course of the year.

You've been doing a great job and I have no interest in taking over running this.

19-Dec-22 2:49pm
#248

benstylus

Is it time to nominate already? We are doing a FPS for January, right?

19-Dec-22 3:58pm
#249

Renaissance2K

I was going to call for nominations tomorrow, but feel free to post yours if you have some in mind.

19-Dec-22 4:21pm
#250

benstylus

I nominate the Catacombs 3D series. It's the first texture mapped FPS as far as I am aware.

Catacomb Abyss is free shareware so you don't even have to buy it. If you like it, the whole series being available on Gog for a pittance.

https://www.gog.com/...

Hah - it's even on sale for 20% off! The whole series (four 3d games plus the two earlier 2d games) for under $5 total. Easy to play on any pc that uses dosbox. And all of them are short enough to not become a slog.

That game is where my current avatar comes from.

20-Dec-22 4:19pm
#251

Renaissance2K

As the end of the year and the holidays approach, let's look at all the badges we've earned in December:

BloodPuppetX

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Renaissance2K

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SupremeSarna

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Dr. Wily deserves as many smackdowns as we can muster, and there's still time to be a cool kid and finish Mega Man 7 before the ball drops on 2023.

Let's start taking nominations for the January Game of the Month. The theme for January, as suggested by @benstylus, is first-person shooters. Nominate some games or franchises that fit the theme, and we'll play through them as a group in January.

We'll start voting on December 26 and call the winner on January 1.

Ben has already nominated the Catacomb franchise. Since we're not capping nominations anymore, I'm going to throw my hat in the ring and nominate the Unreal franchise, especially considering Epic is about to turn off their servers next month.

Let's hear some nominees!

22-Dec-22 6:42am
#252

BleedingViolet

I will nominate two games

Star Wars: Dark Forces (playstation 1 and pc)

And

Hexen (playstation 1, PC, Saturn and N64)

Both of these games may be available other places and of course I wanted to nominate
Doom or Final Doom or Doom 64 (you get the idea) but I can’t see no one else nominating it
AND the other two games are really cool and not as well known I don’t think.
There’s also insanely cool looking remakes of Dark Forces with graphics that just weren’t possible
when it was released almost 30 years ago. Worth checking out on YouTube just to see what’s different
and new. I’m not sure if there are playable builds of it anywhere but I was mostly just looking
for the original PS1 game. I never played through Hexen and always wanted to, I DID play through
Dark Forces I’m pretty sure and it was just great 😃 both games are still not crazy expensive
on PS1 so I figured they were both worth nominating.

22-Dec-22 8:03am
#253

benstylus

I tried playing through Hexen when it was a new release, but there was so much backtracking I eventually gave up. I don't think I would want to try it again.

Here's another nom:

Powerslave/Exhumed
Got a great Saturn port and a remaster was recently released on Switch (and I'm assuming other current gen consoles).

22-Dec-22 8:50am
#254

Lunar

I think GOG got a release. Not sure about Steam.

22-Dec-22 10:15am
#255

Renaissance2K

Steam has both the DOS version and the re-released Saturn port.

22-Dec-22 11:37am
#256

benstylus

Gog has both as well, and they are currently on sale for $6.99 for the Dos version (regularly 9.99) and $14.99 for the remaster (regularly 19.99).

Can't beat free for Catacomb Abyss though

25-Dec-22 12:03am
#257

Renaissance2K

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates.

Anybody else have any classic FPSs or franchises they want to nominate? We'll start voting on the 26th.

25-Dec-22 5:45am
#258

BloodPuppetX

I’ll nominate Doom 64.

25-Dec-22 6:37am
#259

ErickRPG

Renaissance2K wrote:
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates. Anybody else have any classic FPSs or franchises they want to nominate? We'll start voting on the 26th.
Sure I'll nominate any Duke Nukem game (since my PS1 is working again and I have Time to Kill!)

25-Dec-22 10:04am
#260

Lunar

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26-Dec-22 10:30am
#261

Renaissance2K

Happy Boxing Day! Let's unbox which of our nominees will be the January 2023 Game of the Month!

Nominees
Catacomb franchise

Unreal franchise

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Powerslave / Exhumed

Doom 64

Duke Nukem 3D series

Disruptor

Either publicly in this thread or privately in a PM to me, give each nominee 0-5 points. Omitting a nominee is equivalent to giving it a vote of 0. The game with the highest score by the end of the month will be the January 2023 GOTM.

I'm not going to vote because, honestly, I really want to play nearly every one of the games we nominated, and giving everything a 5 doesn't really change much. Looking forward to seeing the results, so git yer votes in.

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