#tetris 1992

[moltengarnet]

Album of the Week #14

Jim Andron - Tetris CD-i OST (1992)

Click the link above to support Jim directly by listening to the higher quality version on his SoundCloud. I am only posting the YouTube version first because it has a few more tracks, and a lot of people like listening to music on YouTube.

[arconinternet]

Beetris (In-browser, DOS, Simsalabim Software, 1992)

Swedish hexagonal Tetris. You can play it in your browser here.

[angel-oftheday]

The Angel of the Day is...

Harpy

From Puyo Puyo series

Requested by @curiouslytuckered

[videogamepolls]

Video Games Polls 1-Year Report

I've been running this blog for a full year and I've polled nearly 3,000 games, so I wanted to post an updated report with the top 10 games for each of the four options included in my polls, plus a couple other categories.

📊 General Stats

Games Polled: 2,864

Average Sample Size: 728

Games with 40%+ "yes" votes: 149 (5.2%)

🏆 Most Played

Games with the highest percentage of "Yes" votes:

The Dinosaur Game (2014, AKA Chrome Dino Game) - 93.9%

Pac-Man (1980) - 93.4%

Wii Sports (2006) - 87.7%

Tetris (1985) - 86.9%

3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet (1995) - 85.5%

Pokemon Go (2016) - 82.9%

Minecraft (2011) - 81.1%

Angry Birds (2009) - 80.1%

Stardew Valley (2016) - 79.3%

Space Invaders (1978) - 78.5%

🏆 Most Known But Not Played

Games with the highest percentage of "No" votes:

Raid: Shadow Legends (2018) - 85.8%

Final Fantasy XI (2002) - 82.1%

Far Cry (2004) - 79.3%

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018) - 78.3%

Far Cry 2 (2008) - 78.2%

Halo Infinite (2021) - 77.6%

Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) - 75.4%

Final Fantasy V (1992) - 76.4%

Baldur's Gate (1998) - 76.1%

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) - 75.8%

🏆 Most Watched

Games with the highest percentage of "I watched someone play it" votes:

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2017) - 54.2%

I Am Bread (2015) - 51.3%

Octodad: Dadliest Catch (2014) - 47.0%

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021) - 45.6%

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (2018) - 43.5%

Amanda the Adventurer (2023) - 42.5%

Phasmophobia (2020, Early Access) - 41.3%

P.T. (2014) - 41.0%

PowerWash Simulator (2022) - 40.4%

The Mortuary Assistant (2022) - 38.7%

🏆 Most Obscure

Games with the highest percentage of "I've never heard of it" votes:

Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure (2023, Early Access) - 97.8%

Batty Zabella (2022) - 97.6%

Citampi Stories: Love & Life (2019) - 97.0%

Tears - 9, 10 (2002) - 97.0%

Just, Bearly (2018) - 96.9%

Anito: Defend a Land Enraged (2003) - 96.6%

That Damn Goat (2023) - 96.5%

Star Seeker in: The Secret of the Sorcerous Standoff (2020) - 96.4%

Cisini Stories: Girl Life RPG (2024) - 96.4%

Dear Substance of Kin (2019) - 96.3%

🏆 Most Balanced

Games with the most even spread of votes:

Human Fall Flat (2016) - 19.3% Yes | 28.5% No | 26.1% Watched | 26.1% Never Heard

Kerbal Space Program (2015) - 21.9% | 31.1% | 24.5% | 22.5%

The Henry Stickmin Collection (2020) - 19.3% | 29.2% | 22% | 29.5%

Ib (2012) - 24.1% | 26.8% | 19.2% | 29.9%

Superhot (2016) - 24.9% | 25.1% | 30.5% | 19.5%

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010) - 25.8% | 31.1% | 20% | 23.2%

Limbo (2010) - 30.2% | 28.7% | 23.9% | 17.1%

Wobble Dogs (2022) - 18% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 31.3%

Slay the Princess (2023) - 30.2% | 27.4% | 26.1% | 16.4%

Golf with Your Friends (2020) - 13.9% | 16.9% | 23.6% | 30.8%

🏆 Most Votes

Games with the most number of votes:

3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet (1995) - 11,773

Robot Unicorn Attack (2010) - 7,600

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) - 4,329

Flight Rising (2013) - 4,132

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004) - 4,053

Final Fantasy XV (2016) - 3,056

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009) - 2,844

Dark Souls (2011) - 2,823

The Dinosaur Game (2014, AKA Chrome Dino Game) - 2,758

QWOP (2008) - 2,636

*I did not take most Pokémon games into consideration since I handle those polls a little differently.

Check out my results spreadsheet for an alphabetized list of all poll results plus some other stats, and in case anyone is interested in comparing results to past reports here are the links to my 6-month and 9-month posts.

[eirikrjs]

Maybe you could play Christmas Nights into Dreams. From what I can tell, it's like a christmassy demo for the actual game.

My personal Christmas game is the first Ace Attorney, just because of the last case lol.

I'll pass the idea along to Soren, though I don't think Nights is within our purview (which nowadays is "Ringo Starr group masturbation" jokes)

This got me thinking about my games I received for Christmas, or games I associate with Christmas; of the latter category, they are actually few for some reason. I will try and list the former to the best of my ability. I'm 4 decades old, so strap in.

1988 (year I got my NES, though during that summer): Super Mario Bros 2, Zelda II (I think...)

1989: Game Boy + Super Mario Land

1990: Yoshi (This is apparently a faulty memory going by release date data, it's quite possible it was Dr. Mario instead)

1991:Super NES + Final Fight

1992: Super Mario Land 2 , Street Fighter 2, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventures

^Game sucked so hard I got my mother to return it, maybe the only time I ever returned a game.

1993: Clayfighter, Tetris 2 (NES)

1994:Donkey Kong Country, Super Return of the Jedi

1995: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

1996: Nintendo 64 + Super Mario 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

1997: Final Fantasy II (used but complete), I forget what happened to my original copy but I wanted the game back, possibly due to FF7 hype at the time and I had no Playstation... yet

1998: Turok 2, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (one of these I may have bought on my own in Decemberish), and, oh yeah, a Playstation + Parasite Eve

^The demo disc sold me on Xenogears.

1999: Honestly can't remember

2000: Vagrant Story, Legend of Mana, Majora's Mask

2001: Gamecube + Super Monkey Ball

2002: Super Monkey Ball 2

^ A Happy Monkey

2003: Totally forget, though by this time I was also asking for Game OSTs for Christmas

2004:Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Shadow Hearts: Covenant

2005+:Specifics become hazy as I increasingly buy games on my own throughout the year

I think this year I might ask for Dragon Quest 3 2DHD, though.

Merry Christmas to all you old gamers out there! And here's a Christmas association that's appropriate:

FFX came out in the US a week before Christmas 2001 and I would listen to this theme playing from the TV as I gazed upon the lit tree in our living room (this memory is not from 2001, though). FFX does remind me of Christmas, however, so this may be the association winner I was looking for.

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Mega Drive - Puyo Puyo (Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine)

Title: Puyo Puyo / ぷよぷよ

Developer/Publisher: Sega AM1 / Compile

Release date: 18 December 1992

Catalogue No.: G-4082

Genre: Action Puzzle

This is the original of the now ruined by Sega (to some people) puzzle game, Puyo Puyo. The original Puyo Puyo games by Compile were so much more atmospheric than the more modern in-your-face crap that Sega now produce (started with Puyo Puyo Fever). The last true Puyo Puyo game was Puyo Puyo 4 or Yon for the Dreamcast. You may have seen this Mega Drive Puyo Puyo in the west as Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine.

The original Japanese game follows the adventures of Arle Nadja. On her travels, she comes across various enemies such as skeletons that drink green Japanese tea to the Devil. In the land of Puyo though battles are undertaken by seeing who can combine jelly-like blobs onto each other in groups of 4 or more to perform combinations just as in Columns. These blobs in case you haven’t worked out are the Puyo. Puyo is actually the Japanese word for blobby and squidgy.

The concept of Puyo Puyo is just like any other action puzzle game out there, stack, combine and fall. The difference in Puo Puyo though is the ability to stack and combine in vertical and horizontal chains unlike in Tetris where you must have a straight line. It’s sort of like Columns in a way.

Mega Drive fanboys will probably insist that the Mega Drive version of Puyo Puyo is better than the Super Famicom version. This simply isn’t true. As far as playability goes, they are both pretty much equal. The downside of the Mega Drive version definitely falls on the audio quality. The speech is awful, and the music isn’t a patch on the SFC version (Super Puyo Puyo also by Compile but published by Banpresto) or the later PC Engine Super CD version (Puyo Puyo CD by NEC Avenue) although it’s not too bad. Colors are also lacking in this Mega Drive conversion. Still, if you don’t own a SFC or PC Engine then this is still a great game however maybe I’d buy Puyo Puyo 2 only if I had to own a Mega Drive Puyo Puyo game.

[zahri-melitor]

Re the last reblog: I know I’m somewhat soaked in it given my parents’ jobs, but my parents are in their 60s.

My father has been a gamer since the 80s. He’s been playing RPGs and adventure games and management sims and MMORGS for decades. He doesn’t blink at $100AUD as the price of a AAA game these days as he was paying $70-80AUD in 1992 for a game. Games got CHEAPER over the last 30 years.

My mother, who by no circumstance would ever call herself a gamer, has been using Tetris to chill her brain out since 1990 or so. She compulsively plays puzzle games on her tablet. She’s been a board game player since her teens.

There is definitely more that could be done to pick up the casual gamer market in the 50-65 demographic and design for their oncoming needs, but it’s hilarious to hear people suggest there’s not a huge group of retiree gamers ALREADY coming through the market.

[jules-has-notes]

Aca Top 10: Video Games — VoicePlay music video

Legend has it that video games helped keep the boys of 4:2:Five out of trouble during their early touring days. And photographic evidence indicates that it continued well into the VoicePlay era. But gaming isn't just about passing time and bonding with friends when you're a traveling musician. It can also be a source of inspiration for a wildly entertaining musical medley.

Details:

title: Aca Top 10 — Video Games

original songs: [0:07] HALO theme (2002); [0:26] Angry Birds theme (2009); [0:44] Pokémon Red & Blue opening theme (1996); [0:56] Minecraft theme (2009); [1:08] Final Fantasy main theme (1987); [1:22] "Dragonborn" from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); [1:40] "Type A" theme from Tetris (1988); [1:56] "Mortal Kombat (Techno-Syndrome)" from Mortal Kombat (1992); [2:14] Legend of Zelda overworld theme (1987); [2:50] Pong sound effects (1972); [2:57] Super Mario Bros. overworld theme (1985)

written by: HALO theme by Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori; Angry Birds theme by Ari Pulkkinen; Pokémon Red & Blue theme by Junichi Masuda; Minecraft theme by Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld; Final Fantasy main theme by Nobuo Uematsu; "Dragonborn" Skyrim theme by Jeremy Soule; Tetris "Type A" theme based on Russian folk song "Korobeiniki", arranged by Hirokazu Tanaka; "Mortal Kombat (Techno-Syndrome)" by Maurice "Praga Khan" Engelen & Olivier Adams; Legend of Zelda overworld theme by Koji Kondo; Pong sound effects created by Allan Alcorn; Super Mario Bros. overworld theme by Koji Kondo

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci & Layne Stein

release date: 24 February 2015

My favorite bits:

the 8-bit logo during the intro, and Layne making sound effects for Earl's requisite Mountain Dew

all of them bopping around to some degree during the Angry Birds section

Twitch streamer Layne and his adorable laugh

impressively whistling in three-part harmony for Tetris

Earl button mashing like a filthy casual, then covering his eyes during the gory fatality part

Layne using ingressive phonation to replicate the digitized voice effect at the end of Mortal Kombat

techo remix Zelda!

Geoff working so hard to not laugh after doing his part of the Pong bit

Tony just watching and having snacks during the Mario section because the 8-bit music didn't provide a part for him to sing

Trivia:

○ Several of these pieces have appeared in later VoicePlay videos:

They did a full version of the HALO theme with founding 4:2:Five member Scott Porter in 2021 as a tribute to a departed friend.

Adriana Arellano and Cesar De La Rosa joined them for a short, soothing rendition of the Minecraft theme.

They added a sample of the main Skyrim theme to their cover of "The Dragonborn Comes" with Omar Cardona.

The guys included a snippet of "Still Alive" over the patron roll just as a fun bonus for themselves, but it received such an enthusiastic response from fans that they recorded a full version of it during their first PartWork series.

They integrated elements of the original NES Mario theme and sound effects into their arrangement for "Peaches" from the 2023 Super Mario Bros. movie.

○ Apparently, Geoff cracking up during the Pong bit caused several outtakes. (Good thing they were all filmed separately, so he was the only one who had to start over when he broke.)

○ Their wardrobe represents a few different video game franchises.

Tony has a Pikachu hat from Pokémon.

Eli is repping an old-school Atari logo shirt, which was already part of his regular wardrobe.

Geoff wears a Minecraft creeper shirt from Hot Topic.

Earl is sporting a Mega Man shirt.

Layne has a subtle Minecraft hoodie with enderman eyes on the hood from ThinkGeek.

[why-bull-the-fashion-demon]

movies I watched in 2023

(taking a cue from @stenka-razin)

-January

The Power of the Dog (2021, dir. Jane Campion)

Love, Simon (2018, dir. Greg Berlant)

Gamer (2009, dir. Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine)

Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland)

The Menu (2022, dir. Mark Mylod)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013, dir. Jim Jarmusch)

The Dead Don’t Die (2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch)

-February

A Touch of Sin (2013, dir. Jia Zhangke)

Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020, dir. William Olsson)

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008, dir. Peter Sollett)

In the Mood for Love (2000, dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

The Woman King (2022, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood)

Charlie’s Angels (2000, dir. McG)

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, dir. Tsai Ming-Liang)

Nope (2022, dir. Jordan Peele)

-March

Ash is Purest White (2018, dir. Jia Zhangke)

Shoplifters (2018, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

Three (2016, dir. Johnnie To)

Nobody (2021, dir. Ilya Naishuller)

Charlie’s Angels (2019, dir. Elizabeth Banks)

The Wonderland (2019, dir. Keiichi Hara)

-April

Rebels of the Neon God (1992, dir. Tsai Ming-Liang)

Tetris (2023, dir. Jon S. Baird)

There’s Something About Mary (1998, dir. Bobby and Peter Farrely)

The Whale (2022, dir. Darren Aronofsky)

The Fabelmans (2022, dir. Steven Spielberg)

Throw Down (2004, dir. Johnnie To)

Tár (2022, dir. Todd Field)

Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022, dir. Ryan Coogler)

Catch .44 (2011, dir. Aaron Harvey)

-May

Spaceballs (1987, dir. Mel Brooks)

Bottle Rocket (1996, dir. Wes Anderson)

An Autumn Afternoon (1962, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (2023, dir. Peyton Reed)

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023, dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley)

-June

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)

Good Morning (1959, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Casino Royale (2006, dir. Martin Campbell)

Quantum of Solace (2008, dir. Marc Forster)

Skyfall (2012, dir. Sam Mendes)

Spectre 2015, dir. Sam Mendes)

No Time To Die (2021, dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga)

Octopussy (1983, dir. John Glen)

GoldenEye (1995, dir. Martin Campbell)

First Reformed (2017, dir. Paul Schrader)

-July

Zoolander (2001, dir. Ben Stiller)

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022, dir. Masato Jinbo)

Mainstream (2020, dir. Gia Coppola)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, dir. Tim Burton)

Equinox Flower (1958, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

You Only Live Twice (1967, dir. Lewis Gilbert)

-August

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023, dir. James Gunn)

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019, dir. Lee Won-tae)

Leap Year (2010, dir. Anand Tucker)

The Worst Person in the World (2021, dir. Joachim Trier)

Palm Springs (2020, dir. Max Barbakow)

Days (2020, dir. Tsai Ming-liang)

Kindergarten Cop (1990, dir. Ivan Reitman)

Barbie (2023, dir. Greta Gerwig)

Babylon (2022, dir. Damien Chazelle)

Shin Godzilla (2016, dir. Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi)

The Flash (2023, dir. Andy Muschietti)

-September

Asteroid City (2023, dir. Wes Anderson)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023, dir. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic)

The Little Mermaid (2023, dir. Rob Marshall)

Mulan (2020, dir. Niki Caro)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, dir. Wes Craven)

Fitzcarraldo (1982, dir. Werner Herzog)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022, dir. Halina Reijn)

Frances Ha (2012, dir. Noah Baumbach)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, dir. Peter Weir)

A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985, dir. Jack Sholder)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, dir. Chuck Russell)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988, dir. Renny Harlin)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989, dir. Stephen Hopkins)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991, dir. Rachel Talalay)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994, dir. Wes Craven)

Renfield (2023, dir. Chris McKay)

Theater Camp (2023, dir. Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman)

Shiva Baby (2020, dir. Emma Seligman)

-October

Friday the 13th (1980, dir. Sean S. Cunningham)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981, dir. Steve Miner)

Friday the 13th - Part III (1982, dir. Steve Miner)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, dir. Joseph Zito)

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, dir. Danny Steinmann)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986, dir. Tom McLoughlin)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988, dir. John Carl Beuchler)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989, dir. Rob Hedden)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993, dir. Adam Marcus)

Jason X (2001, dir. James Isaac)

Freddy vs. Jason (2003, dir. Ronny Yu)

Friday the 13th (2009, dir. Marcus Nispel)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, dir. Samuel Bayer)

Easy A (2010, dir. Will Gluck)

Saw (2004, dir. James Wan)

Saw II (2005, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw III (2006, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw IV (2007, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw V (2008, dir. David Hackl)

Saw VI (2009, dir. Kevin Greutert)

Saw: The Final Chapter (2010, dir. Kevin Greutert)

A History of Violence (2005, dir. David Cronenberg)

Infinity Pool (2023, dir. Brandon Cronenberg)

Dracula 2000 (2000, dir. Patrick Lussier)

Mean Girls (2004, dir. Mark Waters)

Jennifer’s Body (2009, dir. Karyn Kusama)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, dir. Werner Herzog)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979, dir. Werner Herzog)

-November

Murder on the Orient Express (2017, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

Death on the Nile (2022, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

A Haunting in Venice (2023, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023, dir. André Øvredal)

Samurai Reincarnation (1981, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)

Legally Blonde (2001, dir. Robert Luketic)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019, dir. Katt Shea)

The Last Duel (2021, dir. Ridley Scott)

Paint Your Wagon (1969, dir. Joshua Logan)

Thanksgiving (2023, dir. Eli Roth)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel)

Shogun’s Shadow (1989, dir. Yasuo Furuhata)

The Conjuring (2013, dir. James Wan)

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton (2004, dir. Robert Luketic)

The Conjuring 2 (2016, dir. James Wan)

The Nun (2018, dir. Corin Hardy)

Le Samouraï (1967, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)

-December

The Nun II (2023, dir. Michael Chaves)

Bottoms (2023, dir. Emma Seligman)

Annabelle (2014, dir. John R. Leonetti)

Gran Turismo (2023, dir. Neill Blomkamp)

Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)

Jigsaw (2017, dir. The Spierig Brothers)

Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw X (2023, dir. Kevin Greutert)

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023, dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, et. al.)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023, dir. Jeff Rowe)

Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny (2023, dir. James Mangold)

Air Doll (2009, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

The End of Summer (1961, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Air (2023, dir. Ben Affleck)

No Hard Feelings (2023, dir. Gene Stupnitsky)

Oppenheimer (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)

Yakuza Wolf (1972, dir. Ryuichi Takamori)

Yakuza: Like A Dragon (2007, dir. Takashi Miike)

Spencer (2021, dir. Pablo Larraín)

Moneyball (2011, dir. Bennett Miller)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023, dir. Steve Caple, Jr.)

Knights of the Zodiac (2023, dir. Tomek Baginski)

Dragonball Evolution (2009, dir. James Wong)

[is0gild]

I got tagged by @superfan44 to do his 100 Favorite Movies Challenge. Rules are simple: create a list of 100 of your personal favorite movies in alphabetical order and share it, then tag others to do the challenge.

I thought coming up with 100 movies would be hard, but once I got started they just kept coming and I actually had to remove some from the list when I was done to stay under 100 haha! List under the cut :)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

358/2 Days The Movie (2013) *

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Chicago (2002)

Chronicle (2012)

Coming to America (1988)

Deadpool (2016)

District 9 (2009)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Evil Dead II (1987)

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Frozen II (2019) **

Get Out (2017)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Hancock (2008)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Hook (1991)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Independence Day (1996)

Interview With A Vampire (1994)

John Q (2002)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) ***

Labyrinth (1986)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Megamind (2010)

Memento (2000)

Men in Black (1997)

Moana (2016)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

School of Rock (2003)

Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)

Serenity (2005)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Space Jam (1996)

Spaceballs (1987)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spirited Away (2001)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Tangled (2010)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Tetris (2023)

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

The Avengers (2012)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Iron Giant (1999)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

The Mummy (1999)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Titan AE (2000)

Treasure Planet (2002)

V for Vendetta (2005)

WALL-E (2008)

Warm Bodies (2013)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Wonder Woman (2017)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Zombieland (2009)

* Does this one actually count as a movie? Feel like it's a bit of a stretch, but it does say "The Movie" right there in the title xD And it's ME, I feel like my list would be incomplete if I didn't include something starring my fave fire boi lol! ** What?! Frozen II on the list, but not the original Frozen?! That's right, it IS possible for one of a person's utmost fave characters of all time to be in a movie they thought was only okay xD Don't get me wrong, I do like Frozen, it just didn't make the cut for this list! Frozen II on the other hand came out in theaters at a time when I only had to pay $15/mo for unlimited movie tickets and I loved it so much, I was seeing it 2 or 3 times a week x'D *** I know rules didn't say to point this out, but I feel like I had to do it anyway: Utmost. Fave. Movie. Of. All. Time. RDJ and Val Kilmer in a comedic whodunit? Movie gold! Watch it. It's good!

Okay, now to tag people! Remember this is just for fun, absolutely no pressure to actually do this, only if you want to! Tagging: @basiliskonline @daughterofkyne @astranovus64 and to anyone else reading this who thinks creating a list of your fave movies sounds fun, I tag you as well! :D

[retrogamingloft]

Rock Paper Shear is a 1992 Commodore 64 game published on Magic Disk 64, that presents an innovative fusion of the classic "Rock Paper Scissors" concept with Tetris-style puzzle mechanics. This hybrid approach creates an engaging experience that cleverly combines strategic element selection with spatial puzzle-solving as players navigate through progressive stages.

While the core concept is genuinely enjoyable, the game suffers from pacing issues that make gameplay notably slow and overly easy progression. These design problems reduced long-term engagement despite the solid mechanics and led me to abandon it after completing 20 stages with the impression that I could have kept on playing indefinitely without meaningful challenge.

Despite this, this unique title represents the experimental creativity that flourished in the homebrew community. However, the game remained largely unknown due to limited distribution typical of such releases. It exemplifies the "hidden gem" phenomenon in retro gaming - a title with genuinely interesting ideas that deserved broader recognition but was hampered by distribution limitations and design choices that affected its lasting appeal.

[maximuswolf]

Here's a list of every video game that's been inducted into the Hall of Fame by The Strong National Museum of Play a highly respected privately run museum located in Rochester New York.

Here's a list of every video game that's been inducted into the Hall of Fame by The Strong National Museum of Play — a highly respected, privately run museum located in Rochester, New York. 2015 Inductees: Doom (1993)Pac-Man (1980)Pong (1972)Super Mario Bros. (1985)Tetris (1984)World of Warcraft (2004)2016 Inductees:Grand Theft Auto III (2001)The Legend of Zelda (1986)The Oregon Trail (1971)The Sims (2000)Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)Space Invaders (1978)2017 Inductees:Donkey Kong (1981)Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)Pokémon Red and Green (1996)Street Fighter II (1991)2018 Inductees:Final Fantasy VII (1997)John Madden Football (1990)Spacewar! (1962)Tomb Raider (1996)2019 Inductees:Colossal Cave Adventure (1976)Microsoft Solitaire (1990)Mortal Kombat (1992)Super Mario Kart (1992)2020 Inductees:Bejeweled (2001)Centipede (1981)King's Quest (1984)Minecraft (2011)2021 Inductees:Animal Crossing (2001)Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982)StarCraft (1998)Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985)2022 Inductees:Dance Dance Revolution (1998)Ms. Pac-Man (1981)Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)2023 Inductees:Barbie Fashion Designer (1996)Computer Space (1971)The Last of Us (2013)Wii Sports (2006)2024 Inductees:Asteroids (1979)Myst (1993)Resident Evil (1996)SimCity (1989)Ultima (1981)2025 Inductees:Defender (1981)GoldenEye 007 (1997)Quake (1996)Tamagotchi (1996)Are there any games you feel deserve to be included in the list that aren't there? Mine are Tomb Raider, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy Tactics and Metal Gear Solid. Submitted May 09, 2025 at 09:43PM by TragicHero84 https://ift.tt/HOmuqoC via /r/gaming

[insanitize]

game: tetris year: 1992 platform: cdi

(the composer does not have a high quality archive of this track as he does with many others from the game. this is a gamerip instead)

[jammergangyeah]

Quick correction to the timeline

In the first timeline post of mine I stated that it was Cosmo Gang the Video that established the Cosmo police characters. I am now wrong because of the discovery of Cosmo Bazooka, it came out in 1991 before the Video! The corrected timeline would look like this

Cosmo Gangs (redemption game) 1990

-First game! Fight off the Jammers (Cosmos) that are trying to steal your energy! Can be played with one or two players.

Cosmo Bazooka 1991

-A 6 player game (or 1-6 players?) where players hit the Cosmo Gang members with balls from a bazooka. The game is mostly lost but seemed to be the game that introduced the Cosmo Police.

Cosmo Gang the Video 1992

-Shooter game where the player used the Hyperbeat to defeat the Cosmo Gangs!

Cosmo Gang the Puzzle 1992 (1993 SFC)

-A puzzle game (that's not Tetris!) where the player would line up Jammers and containers in a way where all the Jammers could be knocked out with a ball! Can be one or two player. There was a SFC port that added the 100 puzzle mode.

Untouchable Cosmo Police Feb 1993 (*Dec 1992)

-A comic that released in Comic BomBom. *There seems to be a test run/ pilot episode that came out in December of 1992.

Cosmo Police Untoucher (redemption game) March 1993

-Not to be confused with the comic with the very similar name. (In Japanese the comic is called "Cosmo Gangs World: Cosmo Police Untoucher" while the game is just "Cosmo Police Untoucher".) For the comic I used the name that some manga sites use to help differentiate the two.

-This is a game where the player controlled Ottoness in the Patobeat and would hit/ run into the Cosmo Gangs! If the player got a high score they would win a figure of a Cosmo Gangs World character!

Namco Game Sound Express Vol 8. 1993

-While not a game this is a cd that contains some music tracks from The Video and The Puzzle. It also came with a booklet that had comments from the developers and had pictures of some characters.

Dodongadon / Belly Bomber 1994

-A spinoff (?) that focused on the Dodongadon character. Players would roll balls at Dodongadon to hit them in the bellybutton that was the weak spot.

[postgamecontent]

Star Mobile (MD Mini 2)

It's interesting to look back at the 1990s and see all the various attempts developers made to put their own spin on the Tetris concept. Not many of them managed to stick, but almost all of them are fascinating. Star Mobile was originally developed for the Sharp X68000 computer in 1991 by MindWare, then known as M.N.M. Software. It received a port to the PC Engine CD a year later by Naxat, and while it wasn't announced at the time, a Mega Drive port was also developed by SEGA and MindWare. That Mega Drive version ended up not being released, perhaps owing to the temporary shutdown of MindWare from 1992 to 1995. Looking for a last-minute replacement for the behind-pace M2 port of Space Harrier, SEGA dusted this one off to use as a tenth bonus game.

Star Mobile presents you with a set of scales. Each side has a big scale and two smaller scales, making a total of six. Stars fall from the top of the screen, with their color indicating their weight. Each stage tasks you with reaching a "Pile" quota, and your game is over if your "Rest" reaches zero. You Pile number is a reflection of a few things. The first is simply the number of stars on the scales. Second, if you sandwich different-colored stars between two of the same colored stars, they'll disappear but your Pile number won't go down. Third, if pile up nine of one color of star, they will clear and you'll retain your Pile credit. Rest is easier to understand. If a star falls off the scales or is destroyed by the player, you lose one Rest. However, you can gain Rest by the sandwich/nine-match techniques I just went over.

The first thing to learn is how to keep the balances from tipping and dumping your stars. The small scales can only dip twice before they dump their load. The bigger scales can dip four times before dropping theirs. All of the scales affect the others, so you need to carefully consider which stars you're putting where. Sandwiching and making nine-matches is great for your score, your Pile, and your Rest, but when those stars disappear the other side of the scales is going to feel it. Plan appropriately.

Star Mobile is a somewhat tricky game to wrap your head around at first, and that complicated nature is probably part of why it's an obscurity. With that said, once you understand how it works, it's rather satisfying to play. There's a good risk/reward system built in here, as going for big points pretty much requires betting on big piles of stars. On top of the gameplay, I also find its presentation to be quite relaxing. An interesting puzzler, and one that makes for a good bonus game on the Mega Drive Mini 2.

[briankezer]

An Overview of Popular Video Game Genres

More than 212 million Americans, or roughly two-thirds of the population, regularly play video games, according to a 2023 report from the Entertainment Software Association. The 2023 Essential Facts About the US Video Game Industry report also found that 96 percent of the population has a positive view of games and gaming. As an industry, video games generate more than $100 billion in annual revenue and provide jobs to over 350,000 Americans. The diversity of games available to consumers is a key reason why gaming is popular among such a large section of the public. There are scores of unique genres for gamers to choose from.

Fighting games, or fighters, represent a classic game genre. Mortal Kombat, one of the most successful and influential video games of all time, falls under the fighter genre. The game’s violence sparked outrage among certain groups, resulting in a massive overhaul of how games are rated and sold to minors. Released in 1992, the game sold more than 3 million copies in just three weeks of release. Like Mortal Kombat, fighter games typically consist of two characters facing one another in a two-dimensional arena. Players enter various button combinations on the controller to execute different attacks, attempting to defeat their opponent before time runs out. Fighting games are comparable to side-scrolling brawlers and beat ‘em up games.

Farming games occupy the opposite end of the spectrum compared to fighters. These slow-paced, peaceful games simply involve managing crops and animals. Several of the most popular farming games, such as Stardew Valley and the Harvest Moon series, feature elements of romance and simulation role-playing games. In addition to managing a farm, players can interact with their employees and town members, sometimes going on sidequests or dealing with special events. Other farming games, such as Farming Simulator 22, present a more realistic simulation of the agriculture industry. There are many types of simulation games, from the best-selling Sims series to various flight simulators.

Individuals interested in farming games may enjoy another low-pressure genre, puzzle games. Like most genres, countless subgenres comprise the puzzle game category. Tetris is arguably the quintessential puzzle game, requiring players to quickly pair shapes of different sizes, colors, and dimensions. Tetris is often cited as the best-selling video game ever made, with over 520 million copies sold, according to The Tetris Company. On the other hand, action-adventure platform video games like It Takes Two and The Legend of Zelda present players with an array of puzzles to solve as they advance through levels.

For a more uptempo gaming experience, players should try shooter games. Many of the most popular games are shooters, especially first-person shooters (FPS). Shooters may take a grounded approach to gameplay, either with comprehensive tactical gameplay or by setting the game during a historical conflict. Other shooters are much more stylized and feature elements of science fiction and fantasy.

In addition, open world games break the conventions of many previously established genres, namely the concept of players progressing from one small level to another. Instead, players can explore massive game worlds that may feature little to no obstructions in the way of seeing the whole map. The Grand Theft Auto series consists mostly of open world titles, including Grand Theft Auto 5, the most profitable video game ever made. Red Dead Redemption 2, another open world game from Rockstar Entertainment, sold over 6 million copies in two days, en route to over 64 million copies.

These are only a few of the popular game genres to explore. Sports fans can choose from countless sports games. Other categories are named after specific games that inspired the genre, such as souls-like, rogue-like, and metroidvanias.