#V: The Battletoads

[muses-inn]

[🚀] Crash landing was certainly not part of Zitz' top ten of the day. Needless to say, he's in a surly mood as they stand in front of the wreckage that was once their leased spaceship. How is he going to explain that? They'll never get out of their depths that way. "Yeaaah well, that ship is trash", Rash states in the same unremarkable tone as if he just announced rain for the rest of the day, which earns him a sharply hissed "Thanks for pointing out the unmistakable, Captain Obvious" from their enraged leader. The sunglasses one merely shrugs to that. "Hey, I didn't think that guy would actually shoot us down, okay? I was just kiddin', man!" "What else did you think that guy would do after you told him that we're going to arrest him for space-littering? Our LEASED ship was not made for 'getting shot down by a mercenary-fighter-class ship', MAN!"

"Hey, I told you, let's lease the ship with guns, but you said 'Noooo'--"

"Uhm, guys? We're having company." To Pimple's rather distressed comment, the other toads now turn around to see that they're indeed being watched. Eavesdropped, even? Zitz quickly flashes a very awkward grin. Add stress now to his anger and annoyance, it doesn't mix well.

"Oh, heh-- hiiiii. We, uh, we didn't just crash land on something that was yours, right? Look, we're kinda sorta flat-broke at the moment, but we can pay you for any damage in maybe ten years?"

@outofthiisworld (for Doc) / SC

[seansilv25]

So that Partner Showcase, huh?

I don't know if my statement on the State of Play post would technically still be correct or not, but who really cares about that part? Right now I've got a bunch of games to give my short thoughts on!

Grounded: Anyone else think this game looks like if Honey I Shrunk the Kids had the artstyle of Hello Neighbor? Ender Magnolia: Looks like Little Nightmares with all the creep sucked out and replaced with depression Arranger: (Shrugs) Okay, I guess? Unicorn Overlord: This honestly looks like your basic Squeenix JRPG Monster Hunter Stories: Don't really care about MH, but it looks cute, I guess Epic Mickey Rebrushed: OOOOOOOH MY GOD, LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!! SMT V Vengeance: Do people still talk about this game, let alone its series? Star Wars Battlefront Classic: Y'know, I keep forgetting this series had a first game. It's like Street Fighter or Terminator, everyone always talks about the second more South Park Snow Day: Still don't know how I feel about the 3D South Park look. I thought the visuals of Stick of Truth and Fractured But Whole were fantastic SAO Fractured Daydream: I really don't care about anything SAO outside of Something Witty Entertainment, but go off, I guess Gundam Breaker 4: As far as I know, this game is solely for Gundam making and nothing else Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble: OOOH, B A N A N A World of Goo 2: Cute, I suppose Fantasy Life I: This has the artstyle that makes it look like it fills our farming sim quota Another Crab's Treasure: Huh... neat Penny's Big Breakaway: Sonic lite. But given Sash Lilac, I suppose this makes it Sonic lite-LITE Suika Multiplayer: "Suika Game" Wow, real original name there, guys Pepper Grinder: Hmmm... okay Pocket Card Jockey: Horse. Just Horse Final Sizzle Reel: They look fine NSO updates: Killer Instinct and Battletoads are cool, I suppose Endless Ocean Luminous: It looks fine, but who would think to end on this

Overall, I went in expecting a new Mario & Sonic Olympics, and I walked out with Epic Mickey. I'd say that was a fair trade

But in regards to only Japan getting Mother 3 again, I have this to say:

Nintendo... this is why people emulate your games

[digi-tama-in-your-pocket]

This may be my last update on the Floppy Frog for a while because I do believe it reached it's final stage. I only started running it 7 days ago. Now there is a secret stage, but I think I may have experienced that already? I'll explain in a bit.

So I've noticed that every time the frog evolved, it did so immediately after eating. So it kind of guarantees that it won't grow without you getting to see it, which is actually a pretty nice change.

It evolved this morning when I was doing my usual "raise it's score up to 100" routine.... and then it evolved again... it turned into a woman in a dress wearing a crown, I'm assuming a princess... she stayed on my screen for a while until I attempted to feed her, then she changed back... I think this is a reference? But I thought the story was the Frog Prince, not the Frog Princess...? Weird. But i'm actually glad it turned back. I do not care for humanoid virtual pets and I draw the line at literal humans.

One more thing to note... one of it's minigames in the final stage is literally just frogger. Even it's sprite looks like classic frogger. The main difference is that you can take several hits from the cars, and there is no section after the cars where you have to jump on moving logs or turtles. You just gotta make it to the water... always thought it was weird that Frogger dies in the water... the second mini game has the frog inflate itself and descend down between two trees, trying to dodge the branches... it actually reminds me a lot of level 2 from Battletoads in Battlemaniacs and I wonder if that's a coincidence...

So all the references in this V-pet include

Yoshi ( uses his tongue lash sound byte )

Frogger

BattleToads

The Frog Prince/Princess and the Frog??

The WB frog ( it grabs a cane and top hat from time to time )

maybe Sanrio's Keroppi, idk the designs on the side kinda look like him

So far... this is the best Gigapet I've ever played with, but i've only played with three Gigapets... four, if we count the digital doggy I had when I was a child. I have a vintage floppy frog but it's in rough shape, pixels are barely visible, no sound, and I can't figure out how the minigame works. So i'm happy with this replacement.

[d1c3r]

Топ по годам

Сначала указаны игры, которые мне удалось пройти и оценить. Полужирным выделены игры, на которые следует обратить особое внимание.

После этого курсивом выделены игры, в которые мне не удалось поиграть, но хотелось бы или которые, на мой взгляд, оказали сильное влияние на индустрию.

В топе не учитывались дополнения и DLC, за исключением некоторых, позиционирующихся самостоятельными играми. В дальнейшем этот пункт может быть пересмотрен. Также, некоторые крупные игры отсутствуют в списке, поскольку не вызывают у меня никакого интереса. Если не нашли важную игру, но считаете необходимым включить её в этот топ - пишите в комменты.

Топ будет дополняться и исправляться по мере выхода и прохождения игр или по иным причинам.

Можете поделиться своим топом или впечатлениями в комментах.

1987

Final Fantasy

Zelda II: The Adventures of Link

Contra

Double Dragon

1988

Final Fantasy II

Wasteland

1989

DuckTales

Prince of Persia

Golden Axe

1990

The Secret of Monkey Island

Chip ’n Dale Rescue Rangers

Final Fantasy III

Dr. Mario

Dragon's Lair

1991

Sonic the Hedgehog

Battletoads

Streets of Rage

Road Rash

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Final Fantasy IV

Final Fantasy Adventure

Golden Axe II

Another World

1992

Streets of Rage 2

Wolfenstein 3D

Final Fantasy V

1993

Disney's Aladdin

Doom

The Legend of Zelda: Linl's Awakining

Secret of Mana

Sam & Max Hit the Road

1994

DOOM II: Hell on Earth

The Lion King

Earthworm Jim

Final Fantasy VI

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

System Shock

1995

Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

Comix Zone

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Chrono Trigger

Full Throttle

1996

Quake

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Duke Nukem 3D

Resident Evil

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Tomb Raider

Diablo

The Neverhood

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

1997

Final Fantasy VII

Fallout

Star Wars: Dark Forces II

Quake II

Blood

Age of Empires

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

MDK

Shadow Warrior

Postal

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

1998

StarCraft

Half-Life

Unreal

Grim Fandango

Fallout 2

Baldur's Gate

Xenogears

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Parasite Eve

Shogo: Mobile Army Division

Blood II: The Chosen

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

1999

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Unreal Tournament

Planescape: Torment

Silent Hill

Final Fantasy VIII

System Shock 2

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Shenmue

2000

Diablo II

Deus Ex

The Sims

Hitman: Codename 47

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Final Fantasy IX

The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Vagrant Story

MDK 2

American McGee's Alice

2001

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Max Payne

Halo: Combat Evolved

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Grand Theft Auto III

Silent Hill 2

Devil May Cry

Final Fantasy X

Red Faction

Black & White

Ico

Onimusha: Warlords

Aliens vs. Predator 2

Shennmue II

Clive Barker's Undying

2002

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Dungeon Siege

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Neverwinter Knights

Freedom Force

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

Resident Evil

2003

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Beyond Good & Evil

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Need for Speed: Underground

Freedom Fighters

Call of Duty

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Manhunt

2004

Half-Life 2

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Sacred

Doom 3

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Unreal Tournament 2004

Star Wars: Battlefront

The Sims 2

Halo 2

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

Far Cry

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines

The Suffering

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

Painkiller

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

2005

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Jade Empire

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Lego Star Wars

Farhenheit

Call of Duty 2

Age of Empires II

Resident Evil 4

Shadow of the Colossus

Psychonauts

Quake 4

F.E.A.R.

God of War

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Dungeon Siege II

Serious Sam II

2006

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Gears of War

Prey

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Company of Heroes

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

Final Fantasy XII

Tomb Raider: Legend

2007

BioShock

Assassin's Creed

Mass Effect

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

The Witcher

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Portal

Crysis

Halo 3

World in Conflict

Stranglehold

Hellgate: London

Timeshift

2008

Grand Theft Auto IV

Gears of War 2

Dead Space

Prince of Persia

Bully

Fallout 3

Spore

Far Cry 2

2009

Assassin's Creed II

Dragon Age: Origins

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Bayonetta

Halo 3: ODST

2010

Red Dead Redemption

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Mass Effect 2

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Fallout: New Vegas

Sid Meier's Civilization V

Shank

Alan Wake

Limbo

Call of Duty: Black Ops

BioShock 2

Halo: Reach

Metro 2033

Darksiders

Medal of Honor

Vanquish

Alpha Protocol

2011

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Dragon Age II

Rayman Origins

Gears of War 3

Bastion

Portal 2

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Dead Space 2

Crysis 2

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

L.A. Noire

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

2012

1. Max Payne 3 2. Far Cry 3 3. Spec Ops: The Line 4. Sleeping Dogs 5. Hotline Miami 6. Dishonored 7. Diablo III 8. Mass Effect 3

The Walking Dead: The Game

Journey

Mark of the Ninja

Assassin's Creed III

Halo 4

2013

1. Rayman Legends 2. BioShock Infinite 3. The Last of Us 4. Tomb Raider 5. Brother's: A Tale of Two Sons 6. Grand Theft Auto V

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

The Stanley Parable

Metro: Last Light

Rogue Legacy

The Wolf Among Us

2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Far Cry 4

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

South Park: The Stick of Truth

The Banner Saga

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Transistor

The Evil Within

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Watch Dogs

Sunset Overdrive

2015

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt

Ori & The Blind Forest

Life is Strange

Mad Max

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Fallout 4

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Undertale

SOMA

Crypt of the NecroDancer

2016

Fury

Doom

Owlboy

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Hyper Light Drifter

Firewatch

Final Fantasy XV

Inside

The Banner Saga 2

Titanfall 2

No Man's Sky

Gears of War 4

Quantum Break

The Last Guardian

Super Hot

Dishonored 2

Ratchet & Clank

2017

1. Assassin's Creed: Origins 2. Horizon: Zero Dawn 3. Cuphead 4. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nier: Automata

Pyre

Little Nightmares

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Prey

2018

1. Red Dead Redemption II 2. God of War 3. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 4. Gris 5. Into the Breach

Return of the Obra Dinn

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

A Way Out

The Messenger

Far Cry 5

Octopath Traveler

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Colossus

2019

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Death Stranding

Disco Elysium

The Outer Worlds

Katana ZERO

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Control

Resident Evil 2

2020

1. Ori & The Will of the Wisps 2. Desperados III 3. The Last of Us Part 2 4. Cyberpunk 2077 5. Doom Eternal

Ghost of Tsushima

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2021

The Forgotten City

The Artful Escape

It Takes Two

Deathloop

Halo Infinite

Psychonauts 2

Life is Strange: The True Colours

Far Cry 6

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

2022

Neon White

Stray

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Cultic

Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Horizon Forbidden West

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

2023

Baldur's Gate 3

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Diablo IV

Resident Evil 4

Dead Space (Remake)

Starfield

Alan Wake 2

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Hi-Fi Rush

Final Fantasy XVI

Hogwarts Legacy

Atomic Heart

RoboCop: Rogue City

<3

[skuttie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojW41TR1KIU Battletoads in Battlemehniacs

[doamarierose-honoka]

Announced just yesterday in their QByte Connect 2023 showcase, Brazilian game publisher QByte Interactive have announced an official Genesis/Mega-Drive port of 99Vidas, a classic indie beat-em-up that they released to modern platforms in 2016. No release date was given yet, but they have made it clear that they intend to make this available as a working Genesis cartridge, giving enthusiasts of original hardware something new to look forward to.

99Vidas was meant to be a loving tribute to the best and most influential beat-em-ups in gaming history, like Double Dragon, Battletoads, Final Fight, and Streets of Rage, and was already a fittingly retro looking game, but this brings it to the next level of retro. No doubt the Genesis was chosen to be the retro console of choice for this due to the continuing dominance of the Mega-Drive, and its predecessor the Master System, in that region.

As usual, you’ll hear from us here at Segabits when a release date and price for Mega 99Vidas is finally announced. Until then, you can also check out the original version of 99Vidas on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox, and Steam. Links to each version of the game, as well as additional info about it, are all available here at the 99Vidas official website. Tell us what you think about all this in the comments below.

UPDATE: It’s been revealed that Mauro Xavier is on the development of Mega 99Vidas. Mauro Xavier is also heading the development of Final Fight MD, an amazing fanmade Genesis port of Capcom’s arcade classic Final Fight, one of the inspirations for 99Vidas that is still work-in-progress as of this writing. Based on that, I’d say Mega 99Vidas is in excellent hands.

[trickstrust]

Sea of solitude e3 reveal

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL SOFTWARE#

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL PLUS#

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL SERIES#

Little more than a teaser with a suggestion that we'll see "hell on Earth," but the end of the world is apparently going to take a very long time in Doom Eternal. This is going to be the next Bethesda Game Studio title after Starfield.Īgain, this wasn't really shown off except for the title and vaguest idea of a space setting, but hype is high for Bethesda Game Studio's first new IP in a very long time.įollow-up to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will see players taking the role of protagonist BJ Blazkowicz's twin daughters in this 1980s synth-infused Nazi murder spree across Paris. BethesdaĪ stripped-back Elder scrolls adventure for mobile set to arrive later this year.īethesda basically just showed some text superimposed over a landscape. First up is Cursed Sails in July, followed by Forsaken Shores in September. Two new expansions are lined-up this year for Rare's Sea of Thieves.

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL SOFTWARE#

Set for release four years after the original, Ori and the Will of the Wisps looks as beautiful as you'd imagine from developer Moon Studios.ĭystopian smile-athon from Gearbox Software gets a new trailer and release date. Terry Crews' polygonal form dragged us all into the uncanny valley to announce that Crackdown 3 is indeed still on its way.

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL PLUS#

People asked for Skate 4, and got Session it's too early to tell if that's a good compromise though as the game doesn't even have a release date yet.įast cars and serpentine roads, Forza Horizon 4 will be set in Britain and feature dynamic seasons, plus an online shared world with games-as-a-service characteristics. Studio MDHR offers up a round of DLC for the critically acclaimed 2017 Microsoft exclusive.

#SEA OF SOLITUDE E3 REVEAL SERIES#

Yet another major franchise to put women in the lead role, Gears of War 5 still looks like what you'd expect from the chainsaw-machine gun wielding series.īuilt on 343 Industries' new Slipspace Engine, the next addition to the Halo series looks like another contender in the persistent world shoot-and-loot space.Ĭutesy action-adventure in the Legend of Zelda vein from indie developer Finji. Taking a page from the XCOM handbook, Gears Tactics looks like departure from the conventional adrenaline fuelled fury of the franchise. Not a reboot anyone was expecting, but Battletoads is set to return sometime next year.Īppearing for the first time on mobile, the horrors of blood-soaked warfare on hostile alien planets gets some Funko Pop packaging. More details on Battlefield V emerged, along with a confirmed release date.ĮA announced a whole new app for its Madden mobile series, rebuilding the game from the ground up as a fresh experience. Septem/ PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo SwitchĪs reliable as the tide, the next FIFA game is slated for its usual release window. The spooky sea adventure exploring depression and isolation has been announced previously, but now has a rough launch window.īioWare's attempt to enter the persistent world shoot-and-loot at the behest of EA finally has some gameplay footage and a release date. Little more than a promise at this point, Jedi: Fallen Order could turn out to be a collectable card game for all we know, but with a studio like Respawn at the helm, it's already got potential.Ĭommand & Conquer is set to make its return to real-time strategy after more than seven years, this time on mobile.ĮA announced the surprise launch of Unravel 2 the day of its E3 showcase, live on stage.Īnother addition to the EA Original line-up, this one from Jo-Mei games. What looks like a sizable expansion pack for Destiny, though it requires all previous DLC in order to play.Īctivision follows up its successful Crash Bandicoot revival with a similar return to the purple dragon's pre-Skylanders roots. We already know Black Ops IIII won't feature a single player campaign, but now we know it will feature remastered multiplayer maps from earlier entries in the series. Activisionįrom Software's latest main project not only appearing on the Xbox stage, but also under the banner of Activision, came as a surprise to many, but the third-person action game looks entirely on-brand for the acclaimed Japanese studio. You'll find the games organised by their publisher or, in the case of indie games, the host of the conference in which they were featured. To help remedy that situation, we've compiled a list of major games showcase, announced, or dated at the E3 conferences this year. There was a lot to see at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and no shortage of things to distract you from getting to all of it. E3 2018 is in the books, and by some metrics it was the biggest show in a dozen years.

[whisperedshadow]

random starter - @thecooltoad​

“A talking... kappa? Ichi isn’t expecting to meet a new.” Oichi is aware that her roommate is Rash, which was recently arrived here. Remember your practice. Ichi, you can do this even if this one isn’t human at all than a talking toad.

“Ichi takes it that you are new?”

[personalityisnice]

Checking out the reactions to the new episode, I was amused to see that quite a few people seemed perplexed by Patton's transformation into a giant muscular frog, as I got the reference right away. I must be getting old.

Y'all never heard of Battletoads?

Basically it was an old game series, which fits both with the episode's video game theme, as well as Patton's allusion to Frogger. (Even if frog ≠ toad, it fits thematically.)

There are actually a few pretty funny races and speedruns on YouTube from the early aughts. Might be worth checking out if you can stand the screaming.

[crezno]

This was one of my favorite songs I composed.

I hope u like

.

[thelaststarman]

My list of games

Here are the list of games I have on my emulator (OpenEmu).

Finished games in green, games I'm currently playing in blue, games I haven't started yet in red.

*has Amiga, MS-DOS, PS2, Dreamcast or Xbox instalments I can't get yet

A/N: I use Save States.

NES = Nintendo Entertainment System

FC = Famicom

FDS = Famicom Disk System

GB = Game Boy

GBC = Game Boy Colour

SNES = Super Nintendo Entertainment System

SFC = Super Famicom

GG = Sega Game Gear

GEN = Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

MCD = Sega CD

32X = Sega 32X

SAT = Sega Saturn

N64 = Nintendo 64

PSX = PlayStation

WS = WonderSwan

NGP = NeoGeo Pocket

GBA = Game Boy Advance

GCN = Nintendo GameCube

NDS = Nintendo DS

PSP = PlayStation Portable

List of games

Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (NDS)

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All (NDS)

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (NDS)

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (NDS)

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (NDS)

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (NDS)

ActRaiser

ActRaiser (SNES)

ActRaiser 2 (SNES)

Aleste

Musha Aleste (GEN)

GG Aleste (GG)

Super Aleste (SNES)

Robo Aleste (MCD)

GG Aleste II (GG)

Alundra

Alundra (PSX)

Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins (PSX)

Bangai-O

Bangai-O (N64)

Bangai-O Spirits (NDS)

Banjo-Kazooie

Banjo-Kazooie (N64)

Banjo-Tooie (N64)

Battletoads

Battletoads (NES)

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES)

Blaster Master

Blaster Master (NES)

Blaster Master Jr (GB)

Blaster Master 2 (GEN)

Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)

BlazBlue

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (PSP)

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (PSP)

Boktai

Boktai 1: The Sun Is In Your Hand (GBA)

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (GBA)

Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack (GBA)

Lunar Knights (NDS)

Bomberman

Super Bomberman (SNES)

Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)

Super Bomberman 3 (SNES)

Super Bomberman 4 (SFC)

Super Bomberman 5 (SFC)

Bomberman 64 (N64)

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! (N64)

Bomberman Hero (N64)

Bomberman Max: Blue Champion/Red Challenger (GBC)

Bomberman Max 2: Blue/Red Advance (GBA)

Breath of Fire

Breath of Fire (GBA)

Breath of Fire II (SNES)

Breath of Fire III (PSX)

Breath of Fire IV (PSX)

Burnout*

Burnout (GCN)

Burnout 2: Point of Impact (GCN)

Burnout Legends (PSP)

Burnout Dominator (PSP)

Castlevania*

Castlevania (NES)

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)

Super Castlevania IV (SNES)

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TurboGrafx-CD)

Castlevania: Bloodlines (GEN)

Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX)

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (N64)

Castlevania Chronicles (PSX)

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (NDS)

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS)

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (NDS)

Chibi-Robo

Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol (NDS)

Okaeri! Chibi-Robo!: Happy Rich Oosouji! (NDS)

Chrono

Chrono Trigger (SNES)

Radical Dreamers (SNES)

Chrono Cross (PSX)

Clock Tower*

Clock Tower: The First Fear (SFC)

Clock Tower (PSX)

Contra*

Contra (NES)

Super Contra (NES)

Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)

Contra: Hard Corps (GEN)

Contra 4 (NDS)

Crash Bandicoot*

Crash Bandicoot (PSX)

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PSX)

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PSX)

Crash Bash (PSX)

Custom Robo

Custom Robo (N64)

Custom Robo (GCN)

Custom Robo Arena (NDS)

Destruction Derby

Destruction Derby (PSX)

Destruction Derby 2 (PSX)

Die Hard

Die Hard Trilogy (PSX)

Dino Crisis

Dino Crisis (PSX)

Dino Crisis 2 (PSX)

Disgaea

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (PSP)

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (PSP)

Disgaea DS (NDS)

Disgaea Infinite (PSP)

Disney*

QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (GEN)

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (GEN)

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (SNES)

Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald (SFC)

Mickey Mania (MCD)

Dragon Quest*

Dragon Quest I & II (SFC)

Dragon Quest III (SNES)

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (NDS)

Dragon Quest V (SFC)

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS)

Dragon Quest VI (SFC)

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (NDS)

Dragon Quest VII (PSX)

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (NDS)

Driver*

Driver (PSX)

Driver 2 (PSX)

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES)

Donkey Kong 64 (N64)

Duke Nukem*

Duke Nukem 64 (N64)

Earthbound/Mother

Earthbound Beginnings (NES)

Earthbound (SNES)

Mother 3 (GBA)

Earthworm Jim

Earthworm Jim (GEN)

Earthworm Jim 2 (SAT)

Ecco the Dolphin

Ecco the Dolphin (GEN)

Ecco the Dolphin: The Tides of Time (GEN)

Enix*

Soul Blazer (SNES)

E.V.O. Search for Eden (SNES)

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (SNES)

The 7th Saga (SNES)

Illusion of Gaia (SNES)

Brain Lord (SNES)

Robotrek (SNES)

Wonder Project J (SFC)

Mystic Ark (SFC)

Terranigma (SNES)

Dark Half (SFC)

Final Fantasy*

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (GBA)

Final Fantasy III (NDS)

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (PSP) - Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV: Interlude, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Final Fantasy IV (NDS)

Final Fantasy V (SFC) + Spoof Mod

Final Fantasy VI (SNES)

Final Fantasy VII (PSX)

Final Fantasy VIII (PSX)

Final Fantasy IX (PSX)

Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)

Final Fantasy A2: Grimoire of the Rift (NDS)

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GCN)

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate (DS)

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS)

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (DS)

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS)

Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP)

Final Fight

Final Fight CD (MCD)

Final Fight 2 (SNES)

Final Fight 3 (SNES)

Final Fight Revenge (SAT)

Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (FC)

Fire Emblem Gaiden (FC)

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (SFC)

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (SFC)

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (SFC)

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (GBA)

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (GBA)

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA)

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GCN)

Fossil Fighters

Fossil Fighters (NDS)

Fossil Fighters Champions (NDS)

F-Zero

F-Zero (SNES)

F-Zero X (N64)

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (GBA)

F-Zero Climax (GBA)

Gargoyle's Quest

Gargoyle's Quest (GB)

Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness (GB)

Demon's Crest (SNES)

Gex

Gex (PSX)

Gex: Enter the Gecko (PSX)

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PSX)

Ghosts'n Goblins

Ghosts'n Goblins (NES)

Ghouls'n Ghosts (GEN)

Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (SNES)

Glory of Heracles

Legend of the Fighting Demon's Lair: Glory of Heracles (FC)

The Glory of Heracles II: Titan's Downfall (FC)

The Glory of Heracles III: Silence of the Gods (SFC)

The Glory of Heracles IV: Gift from the Gods (SFC)

The Glory of Heracles: Snap Story (GB)

Glory of Heracles (NDS)

Goemon

Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES)

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64)

Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)

Golden Sun

Golden Sun (GBA)

Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA)

Gradius/Salamander*

Gradius (NES)

Salamander (TurboGrafx-16)

Gradius III (SNES)

Gradius Portable (PSP) - Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III, Gradius IV, Gradius Gaiden

Guilty Gear*

Guilty Gear (PSX)

Gunstar Heroes

Gunstar Heroes (GEN)

Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA)

Joe & Mac

Joe & Mac (SNES)

Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics (SNES)

Keio Flying Squadron

Keio Flying Squadron (MCD)

Keio Flying Squadron 2 (SAT)

King of Fighters*

King of Fighters R-1 (NGP)

King of Fighters R-2 (NGP)

The King of Fighters: The Orochi Saga (PSP) - KOF '94, KOF '95, KOF '96, KOF '97, KOF '98

King of the Monsters

King of the Monsters (SNES)

King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)

Kirby

Kirby's Adventure (NES)

Kirby Super Star (SNES)

Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

Kirby: Nightmare In Dreamland (GBA)

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (GBA)

Kirby: Squeak Squad (NDS)

Kirby Super Star Ultra (NDS)

Klonoa*

Klonoa: Door To Phantomile (PSX)

Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (WS)

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)

Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (GBA)

Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal (GBA)

Langrisser*

Warsong/Langrisser (GEN)

Der Langrisser (SFC)

Langrisser IV (PSX)

Legacy of Kain*

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (PSX)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PSX)

LEGO*

LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (GCN)

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (GCN)

Lemmings

Lemmings (SNES)

Lemmings 2: The Tribes (SNES)

3D Lemmings (PSX)

The Adventures of Lomax (PSX)

Lost Vikings

The Lost Vikings (SNES)

The Lost Vikings 2 (SNES)

Lunar

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PSX)

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PSX)

Mana

Secret of Mana (SNES)

Trials of Mana (SFC)

Legend of Mana (PSX)

Sword of Mana (GBA)

Children of Mana (DS)

Mario

Super Mario World (SNES)

Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)

Super Mario 64 (N64)

Luigi's Mansion (GCN)

Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)

Mario vs Donkey Kong (GBA)

Super Princess Peach (NDS)

Mario RPGs

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)

Paper Mario (N64)

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GCN)

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (NDS)

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS)

Mario Kart

Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Mario Kart 64 (N64)

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA)

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)

Mario Kart DS (NDS)

Mega Man

Mega Man (NES)

Mega Man 2 (NES)

Mega Man 3 (NES)

Mega Man 4 (NES)

Mega Man 5 (NES)

Mega Man 6 (NES)

Mega Man 7 (SNES)

Mega Man 8 (PSX)

Mega Man (Game Boy)

Mega Man: Dr Wily's Revenge (GB)

Mega Man II (GB)

Mega Man III (GB)

Mega Man IV (GB)

Mega Man V (GB)

Mega Man Legends

Mega Man Legends (PSX)

Mega Man Legends 2 (PSX)

Mega Man X*

Mega Man X (SNES)

Mega Man X2 (SNES)

Mega Man X3 (SNES)

Mega Man X4 (PSX)

Mega Man X5 (PSX)

Mega Man X6 (PSX)

Mega Man Zero

Mega Man Zero (GBA)

Mega Man Zero 2 (GBA)

Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA)

Mega Man Zero 4 (GBA)

Mega Man ZX

Mega Man ZX (NDS)

Mega Man ZX: Advent (NDS)

Mega Man Battle Network

Mega Man Battle Network (GBA)

Mega Man Battle Network 2 (GBA)

Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version (GBA)

Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun (GBA)

Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation (GBA)

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team (NDS)

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar (GBA)

RockMan EXE WS (WSC)

Mega Man Star Force

Mega Man Star Force: Dragon (NDS)

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja (NDS)

Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace (NDS)

Megami Tensei*

Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei (SFC)

Shin Megami Tensei (SFC)

Shin Megami Tensei II (SFC)

Shin Megami Tensei: If... (SFC)

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (NDS)

Revelations: The Demon Slayer (GBC)

Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II (GBC)

Last Bible III (SFC)

Another Bible (GB)

Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special (GG)

Majin Tensei (SFC)

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis (SFC)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (PSP)

Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSX)

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSX)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (NDS)

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (NDS)

Metal Gear*

Metal Gear Solid (PSX)

Metal Slug

Metal Slug: 1st Mission (NGP)

Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (NGP)

Metal Slug Advance (GBA)

Metal Slug Anthology (PSP) - Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 4, Metal Slug 5, Metal Slug 6

Metal Slug XX (PSP) + DLC

Metroid

Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)

Super Metroid (SNES)

Metroid Fusion (GBA)

Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)

Metroid Prime (GCN)

Metroid Prime 2 (GCN)

Metroid Prime: Hunters (NDS)

AM2R (PC)

Mortal Kombat*

Mortal Kombat Trilogy (PSX)

Myst

Myst (PSP)

Riven: The Sequel to Myst (PSX)

Need for Speed*

Road & Tracks Presents: The Need for Speed (PSX)

Need for Speed II (PSX)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (PSX)

Need for Speed: High Stakes (PSX)

Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 (PSX)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (GCN)

Need for Speed: Underground (GCN)

Need for Speed: Underground 2 (GCN)

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (GCN)

Need for Speed: Carbon (GCN)

Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City (PSP)

Need for Speed ProStreet (NDS)

Oasis/Story of Thor

Beyond Oasis (GEN)

Legend of Oasis (SAT)

Oddworld*

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PSX)

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PSX)

Pac-Man*

Pac-Man World (PSX)

Pac-Man World 2 (GCN)

Panzer Dragoon*

Panzer Dragoon (SAT)

Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (SAT)

Panzer Dragoon Saga (SAT)

Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve (PSX)

Parasite Eve II (PSX)

The 3rd Birthday (PSP)

Parodius

Parodius (SNES)

Gokujou Parodius (SFC)

Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (SFC)

Parodius Portable (PSP) - Parodius, Parodius Da!, Gokujou Parodius, Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius, Sexy Parodius

Phantasy Star

Phantasy Star (SMS)

Phantasy Star II (GEN)

Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (GEN)

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (GEN)

Phantasy Star 0 (NDS)

Phantasy Star Portable (PSP)

Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP)

Pikmin

Pikmin (GCN)

Pikmin 2 (GCN)

Pokemon

Pokemon: Crystal Version (GBC)

Pokemon: Emerald Version (GBA)

Pokemon: Platinum Version (NDS)

Pocky & Rocky

Pocky & Rocky (SNES)

Pocky & Rocky 2 (SNES)

Prince of Persia*

Prince of Persia (SNES)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (GCN)

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (GCN)

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (GCN)

Professor Layton

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (NDS)

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (NDS)

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (NDS)

Professor Layton and the Last Specter (NDS)

Quake*

Quake 64 (N64)

Quake II (N64)

R-Type

Super R-Type (SNES)

R-Type III: The Third Lightning (SNES)

R-Types (PSX) - R-Type, R-Type II

R-Type Delta (PSX)

Rayman*

Rayman (PSX)

Resident Evil*

Resident Evil (PSX)

Resident Evil 2 (N64)

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PSX)

Resident Evil - Code: Veronica X (GCN)

Resident Evil 4 (GCN)

Resident Evil 0 (GCN)

Ridge Racer*

Ridge Racer (PSX)

Ridge Racer Revolution (PSX)

Rage Racer (PSX)

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PSX)

Ridge Racer 64 (N64)

R: Racing Evolution (GCN)

Ridge Racer (PSP)

Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)

Rival Schools*

Rival Schools: United by Fate (PSX)

Rollcage

Rollcage (PSX)

Rollcage: Stage II (PSX)

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder (NES)

Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN)

Rolling Thunder 3 (GEN)

SaGa*

Romancing SaGa (SFC)

Romancing SaGa 2 (SFC)

Romancing SaGa 3 (SFC)

SaGa Frontier (PSX)

SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX)

Samurai Shodown

Samurai Shodown Anthology (PSP) - Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown II, Samurai Shodown III, Samurai Shodown IV, Samurai Shodown V, Samurai Shodown VI

Scribblenauts

Scribblenauts (NDS)

Super Scribblenauts (NDS)

Shantae

Shantae (GBC)

Shantae: Risky's Revenge (iOS)

Shining Force

Shining Force (GEN)

Shining Force II (GEN)

Shining Force CD (MCD)

Shining the Holy Ark (SAT)

Shinobi*

Shinobi (SMS)

Shadow Dancer (SMS)

The Revenge of Shinobi (GEN)

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (GEN)

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (GEN)

Shinobi (GG)

Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (GG)

Shinobi X (SAT)

Solstice

Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos (NES)

Equinox (SNES)

Sonic*

Sonic CD (MCD)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (GEN)

Knuckles' Chaotix (32X)

Sonic the Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (NGP)

Sonic Advance (GBA)

Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)

Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)

Sonic Heroes (GCN)

Shadow the Hedgehog (GCN)

Sonic Rush (NDS)

Sonic Rush Adventure (NDS)

Sonic Colours (NDS)

Sparkster

Rocket Knight Adventures (GEN)

Rocket Knight Adventures 2: Sparkster (GEN)

Sparkster (SNES)

Splatterhouse

Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16)

Splatterhouse 2 (GEN)

Splatterhouse 3 (GEN)

Spyro

Spyro the Dragon (PSX)

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rampage! (PSX)

Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PSX)

Squaresoft*

Alcahest (SFC)

Live a Live (SFC)

Secret of Evermore (SNES)

Bahamut Lagoon (SFC)

Treasure of the Rudras (SFC)

Einhänder (PSX)

Xenogears (PSX)

Brave Fencer Musashi (PSX)

Chocobo Racing (PSX)

Threads of Fate (PSX)

Vagrant Story (PSX)

Blood of Bahamut (NDS)

Starfy

Densetsu no Stafy (GBA)

Densetsu no Stafy 2 (GBA)

Densetsu no Stafy 3 (GBA)

Densetsu no Stafy 4 (GBA)

The Legendary Starfy (NDS)

Star Ocean*

Star Ocean (SFC)

Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSX)

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (GBC)

StarTropics

StarTropics (NES)

Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II (NES)

Star Wars*

Super Star Wars (SNES)

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (SNES)

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES)

Street Fighter

Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)

Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PSX)

Streets of Rage

Streets of Rage (GEN)

Streets of Rage 2 (GEN)

Streets of Rage 3 (GEN)

Strider

Strider (PSX)

Strider 2 (PSX)

Super Monkey Ball

Super Monkey Ball (GCN)

Super Monkey Ball 2 (GCN)

Super Monkey Ball Jr. (GBA)

Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. (N64)

Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)

Tales*

Tales of Phantasia (SFC)

Tales of Destiny (PSX)

Tales of Eternia (PSP)

Tales of Symphonia (GCN)

Tales of Innocence (NDS)

Tales of Hearts (NDS)

Tekken*

Tekken (PSX)

Tekken 2 (PSX)

Tekken 3 (PSX)

Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP)

Tekken 6 (PSP)

Tengai Makyō

Tengai Makyō Zero (SFC)

Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai (GBA)

Thunder Force*

Thunder Force II (GEN)

Thunder Force III (GEN)

Thunder Force IV (GEN)

Thunder Spirits (SNES)

Thunder Force V (SAT)

Time Crisis*

Time Crisis (PSX)

Time Crisis: Project Titan (PSX)

Timesplitters*

Timesplitters 2 (GCN)

Timesplitters: Future Perfect (GCN)

Tomb Raider*

Tomb Raider (PSX)

Tomb Raider II: Starring Lara Croft (PSX)

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (PSX)

Treasure

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (GEN)

Dynamite Headdy (GEN)

Alien Soldier (GEN)

Light Crusader (GEN)

Guardian Heroes (SAT)

Mischief Makers (N64)

Silhouette Mirage (PSX)

Radiant Silvergun (SAT)

Sin and Punishment (N64)

Ikaruga (GCN)

Turok

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64)

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (N64)

Turok: Rage Wars (N64)

Turrican

Mega Turrican (GEN)

Super Turrican (NES)

Super Turrican (SNES)

Super Turrican 2 (SNES)

Twinbee

Pop'n TwinBee (SNES)

Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures (SNES)

Detana Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack (SAT)

Twisted Metal*

Twisted Metal (PSX)

Twisted Metal 2 (PSX)

Twisted Metal III (PSX)

Twisted Metal 4 (PSX)

Twisted Metal: Head On (PSP)

Ultraman

Ultraman: Towards the Future (SNES)

Valkyrie Profile*

Valkyrie Profile (PSX)

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP)

Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (NDS)

Vectorman

Vectorman (GEN)

Vectorman 2 (GEN)

Wild Arms

Wild Arms (PSX)

Wario

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (GB)

Wario Land II (GBC)

Wario Land 3 (GBC)

Wario Land 4 (GBA)

Warioware Inc: Minigame Mania (GBA)

Wario World (GCN)

Wario: Master of Disguise (NDS)

Wars

Advance Wars (GBA)

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (GBA)

Advance Wars: Dual Strike (NDS)

World Heroes

World Heroes (SNES)

World Heroes 2 (SNES)

World Heroes 2 Jet (GB)

World Heroes Perfect (SAT)

X-COM*

X-COM: UFO Defense (PSX)

X-COM: Terror from the Deep (PSX)

Ys

Ys I & II Chronicles (PSP)

Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (SFC)

Ys IV: Dawn of Ys (TurboGrafx-CD)

Ys V: Kefin, Lost City of Sand (SFC)

Yoshi

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)

Zelda

The Legend of Zelda (NES)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (FDS)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages (GBC)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GCN)

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS)

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS)

One-offs

Cadash (TurboGrafx-16)

Cosmic Epsilon (NES)

Crystalis (NES)

Journey to Silius (NES)

Silver Surfer (NES)

Metal Storm (NES)

Vice: Project Doom (NES)

Mr. Gimmick (NES)

Kick Master (NES)

Little Samson (NES)

Summer Carnival '92: Recca (NES)

Phalanx (SNES)

HyperZone (SNES)

Axelay (SNES)

Run Saber (SNES)

Zombies Ate My Neighbours (SNES)

Ardy Lightfoot (SNES)

Wild Guns (SNES)

Energy Breaker (SFC)

Columns (GEN)

Super Fantasy Zone (GEN)

Ranger X (GEN)

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (GEN)

Pulseman (GEN)

Panorama Cotton (GEN)

Ristar (GEN)

Comix Zone (GEN)

Toy Story (GEN)

Sol-Feace (MCD)

Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm (MCD)

Popful Mail (MCD)

SoulStar (MCD)

Flink (MCD)

Tempo (32X)

Kolibri (32X)

Astal (SAT)

DoDonPachi (SAT)

Steam Hearts (SAT)

Wave Race 64 (N64)

Mace: The Dark Age (N64)

Dark Rift (N64)

Tetrisphere (N64)

GoldenEye 007 (N64)

1080° Snowboarding (N64)

Iggy's Reckin' Balls (N64)

Space Station Silicon Valley (N64)

Glover (N64)

Jet Force Gemini (N64)

Rocket: Robot on Wheels (N64)

Perfect Dark (N64)

In the Hunt (PSX)

Rapid Reload (PSX)

Vandal Hearts (PSX)

Disruptor (PSX)

NanoTek Warrior (PSX)

Panzer Bandit (PSX)

Shadow Master (PSX)

Skullmonkeys (PSX)

Heart of Darkness (PSX)

Future Cop LAPD (PSX)

The Adventure of Little Ralph (PSX)

LSD: Dream Emulator (PSX)

Vib-Ribbon (PSX)

Cave Story (PSX)

Doshin the Giant (GCN)

Meteos (NDS)

Scurge: Hive (NDS)

Elite Beat Agents (NDS)

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (NDS)

Currently playing

Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

Live a Live (SFC)

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)

Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis)

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (GBA, FF2 only)

Super Aleste (SNES)

Bomberman 64 (N64)

Bomberman Max: Blue Champion/Red Challenger (GBC)

Mega Man X5 (PSX)

Pop'n Twinbee (SNES)

Pikmin (GCN)

[muses-inn]

[😎] "YEEAAHHH! Let's go on a new journey!!"

[🚀] "Rash, it's 3am, go back to SLEEP!"

[🪨] "Did a spaceship just crash into our hotel room?"

____

UPDATE: Pimple's Page now holds all three Battletoads and got changed from /pimple to /battletoads.

[supermagictimefriends]

Don't Burn These Witches!

Witches, witches, witches, this certainly was an episode about witches. It seems like every year somebody will tell you that 'witches are back' and that they're 'all the hype now'. That all started with Charmed.

Emilio can hate this series all he wants, but without these three witches we wouldn't have... the reboot of Charmed...

If you made your way all the way to our Tumblr, you're probably here for some visual stuff. Like... comics! Black Magick is one of the best looking comics in the industry at the moment:

Look at those colors and the lack of it!

Not everybody is a fan of The Witches of Eastwick, but come on, the cherry scene...

Can't hate that right?

And finally, Bayonetta.

Look at that crazy design. It's the coolest thing ever!

Let's rank these witches:

'Hurling Day’ (Dinosaurs, season 01, episode 03, TV, 1991)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (movie, 2001)

Death Note vol 1 (manga, 2003)

Samurai Jack Season 01 (cartoon, 2001)

Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together (comic, 2007)

Bayonetta (game, 2009)

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (game, 2013)

Black Magick (comic, 2015)

New Super Mario Bros. (game, 2006)

Donkey Kong (game, 1981)

Beauty and the Beast (movie, 1991)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (movie, 2001)

A Short Hike (game, 2019)

The Last Hero (book, 2001)

Infinity Gauntlet (comic, 1991)

Black Mirror Season 01 (TV, 2011)

Subnautica (game, 2014)

Dr. Strange (movie, 2016)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie, 2005)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie, 1981)

Alpha Flight #1-8 (comic, 1983)

The Tick (TV, 2016)

Dungeons and Dragons Season 01 (TV, 1983)

Warhammer Quest (board game, 1993)

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (game, 1992)

Mad Max 2 (movie, 1981)

The Evil Dead (movie, 1981)

Dr. Mario (game, 1990)

Hook (movie, 1991)

The Last of Us: American Dream (comic, 2013)

Forever Knight (TV, 1992)

The Witches of Eastwick (movie, 1987)

Until Dawn (game, 2015)

Prototype 2 (game, 2012)

DIE (comic, 2018)

Twisted Metal: Black (game, 2001)

Black Jack (anime, 2004)

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (game, 1992)

Charmed season 01 (TV, 1998)

Battletoads (game, 1991)

Conker’s Bad Fur Day (game, 2001)

Being Human US (TV, 2011)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (movie, 1989)

Mortal Kombat 4 (game, 1997)

Planet of Fire (Doctor Who, Season 21, 5th serial, TV, 1984)

Bender’s Game (Futurama, Season 6, episode 9-12, TV, 2008)

SeaQuest DSV (series, 1993)

Dead Island (game, 2011)

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (cartoon, 1981)

Blackstar (cartoon, 1981)

300: Rise of an Empire (movie, 2014)

A Star Is Born (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, season 1, episode 32, TV, 1993)

‘Sanguinarium’ (X-Files, season 04, episode 06, TV, 1996)

Sucker Punch (movie, 2011)

Seven Samurai 20XX (game, 2004)

New Mutants #98 (comic, 1991)

X-Men Toybiz action figure vehicles (action figure, 1991)

Superman IV (movie, 1987)

TigerSharks (cartoon, 1987)

Silver Surfer (game, 1990)

Pac-Man (cartoon, 1982)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie, 2009)

Conan the Barbarian (movie, 2011)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (movie, 2001)

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veloctfx.wad: Velocity CTF X MAP04: Industrial Nukage Mining (2720, 275, 320) Author: The Mechanix Union Date: 2012-11-18 Description: The expansion of Velocity CTF: 32 maps of high-speed action-packed Capture the Flag maps by various individuals of the Mechanix Union. Map list: MAP01 - Rotated Infinity by Dusk MAP02 - Crypts of Eternity by Decay MAP03 - and Hell Captured by Dusk MAP04 - Industrial Nukage Mining by Dusk MAP05 - Gun Shy by Kamai MAP06 - Generatrix by Decay MAP07 - Tyr's One-Wheeled Bicycle by HeavenWraith MAP08 - Bleak Outlook by Synert MAP09 - Swap Meet by Shane MAP10 - PACK ATTACK by Dusk MAP11 - Winter Sacrifice by Decay MAP12 - Complex Beta by Decay MAP13 - Stand-Off by Decay MAP14 - Industrial Waste Sewers by Decay MAP15 - The E4-Themed Reject by Kamai MAP16 - Heavy Water by Omegamax MAP17 - Return to the Crypts by Decay MAP18 - Clash of Empires by Shane MAP19 - Alpine Insurrection by Shane / Decay / HeavenWraith MAP20 - DECAY INDUSTRIES by Decay MAP21 - Save the Universe! by Heavenwraith / Dusk MAP22 - Chernobyl's Requiem by Kamai MAP23 - Radial Ruins by Omegamax MAP24 - Remmi's Wrath by Remmirath MAP25 - Mount Idle by Shane MAP26 - Mortal Revulsion by Exl MAP27 - Corrupt Technology by Decay MAP28 - Deathgrind by Dusk MAP29 - Sound Familiar? by Shane MAP30 - Artificial Valley by Heavenwraith / Dusk MAP31 - Charon Orbit by Dusk MAP32 - Complex Delta by Decay Uses the following music tracks: MAP01 - Flame Mammoth's theme from Mega Man X, sequenced by Teck MAP02 - "Skedar Mystery" from Perfect Dark, sequenced by Gold Jinjo MAP03 - "Wicked Child" from Castlevania, remix by Jay Reichard MAP04 - "Fear Factory" from Donkey Kong Country, sequenced by Jay Reichard MAP05 - "Names" by Bobby Prince, from Duke Nukem 3D MAP06 - "Conductor" by James Paddock MAP07 - Main theme of Fairy Tail (metal ver.) by Takanashi Yasuharu, sequenced by HeavenWraith MAP08 - "Bleak Outlook" by Synert MAP09 - "Path of Destruction" by Mark Klem (Requiem MAP06) MAP10 - "Strange World" from Mega Man 9, sequenced by Teck MAP11 - "Under a Crimson Moon" by TheGreenHerring (Plutonia 2 MAP12) MAP12 - "Transducer" by James Paddock MAP13 - "The Extreme" by Uematsu Nobuo MAP14 - "Submission" by James Paddock MAP15 - "Storming the Trenches" by Disintegrator MAP16 - "Duff McWhalen's Stage" from Mega Man X5, sequenced by King Meteor MAP17 - "Destiny" by Mark Klem MAP18 - "Sequenz - Dies Irae" from W. A. Mozart's Requiem MAP19 - "Surf City", Battletoads theme, sequenced by The Jade Emperor MAP20 - "Streets of Desolation", from Batman, sequenced by LK*1 MAP21 - "Ankoku no Madoushi" by Takanashi Yasuharu sequenced by Heavenwraith MAP22 - "L's Theme" by Taniuchi Hideki sequenced by Heavenwraith MAP23 - composed by Heavenwraith MAP24 - "Black Inferno" by James Paddock MAP25 - "Fire Field" (echo mix) from F-Zero, sequenced by Jay Reichard MAP26 - "Mourning Palace" by Dimmu Borgir, sequenced by Set Abominae MAP27 - "Raven's Nest" by James Paddock MAP28 - "Fallen" by Symphony X, sequenced by Simone Mularoni MAP29 - "Wolfsong" by Darkhaven3 MAP30 - "Schismogenesis" by Sekito Tsuyoshi sequenced by Heavenwraith MAP31 - "Opening Stage: Axl - 'Conflict'" from Mega Man X7, sequenced by King Meteor MAP32 - Wily Fortress 1/2 theme from Mega Man 2, sequenced by V-King Title music from "Gate of Thunder Stage 6: Dark Gate" Sequenced by Disintegrator Intermusic: "Hard as Iron" by Judas Priest, sequenced by "Judas Priest Tabs"

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Introduction

Who is the Internet Historian?

'Internet Historian’, who also goes by the pseudonym of ‘Dr. Harold’ is a New Zealand YouTuber currently residing in Australia according to “evidence found on his second channel” (Wikitubia, 2020). Harold (as he will be referred to henceforth for the sake of brevity) is most notable for being a documentarian of ‘internet history’. His first video entitled ‘GameStop’s Battle with Toads’ (Internet Historian, 2017) recounts the cult phenomenon of the 1991 ‘beat ‘em up’ platformer ‘Battletoads’ and a series of prank calls associated with the anonymous imageboard 4chan whereby posters to the site would ring up video game outlets and ask if they had copies of ‘Battletoads’ in stock, despite it being an antiquated release at the time, evoking varied responses from chagrin to cheek by workers at the stores.

His early videos saw quick an immediate success, owing to his unique style of production and concise format that place a clear emphasis on not wasting the viewers’ time as he realised that potential viewers have what is, in effect, an infinite content library at their disposal already (The Creator Generation, 2019). Pairing this with an unparalleled dedication to persistent production, where he would often put seventy to eighty hours of work in per week resulted in the amassing of a large following of over 2.6 million subscribers on his primary YouTube channel and a further 1.1 million on his second channel, ‘Internet Historian: Incognito Mode’, which combine for a total viewership of 377 million views.

Eponymous yet Anonymous

One of the most distinctive features of ‘Dr. Harold’ is that he is anonymous yet eponymous; there is a persona attached to the brand that is ‘Internet Historian’. A persona which constitutes more than just the name ‘Dr. Harold’, but a voice and face too.

The face of Harold’s persona is taken from a retired Hungarian electrical engineer named András Arató, who worked on the side as a model for the stock photo company Dreamstime. The images of Arató came to be known as ‘Hide the Pain Harold’ within online circles due to what was perceived as hidden pain behind his face (KnowYourMeme, 2014). The name ‘Harold’ also provided a name for Internet Historian’s persona.

In interviews, Harold himself notes that he has a distinctive voice that compliments his presentation style, and that he is frequently imagined as an older man, an illusion which is “shattered” once met in person (The Creator Generation, 2019). In the same interview Harold mentions that it was his intention from the get-go to establish a false persona or character to present his videos as he views anonymity as especially important.

Metamorphosis

It is undeniable that in the three and a half years since Harold released his first video on ‘Battletoads’ in 2017, that there has been a significant metamorphosis of not only his production quality, but also of his online persona. Here are a few of the ways in which his content and persona have evolved.

In Harold’s early uploads there is generally little editing outside of moving text and images with a narrative overlay. This is something that has developed as his skills have progressed. In an interview he gave, he stated that he didn’t wish to learn to use ‘Adobe: After Effects’ (a digital effects and compositing software), due to the steep learning curve, preferring to stick with the limitations of Premiere Pro (The Creator Generation, 2019). One might see this as being a handicap to allow further progression of his skills as an editor, but instead this has played into his hand in what has resulted in a unique and niche video aesthetic that emphasises 2D visual effects and animations with frequent stock-images inclusive of branded watermarks used for copyright protection.

Much of this innovation has been spurred on by the experimental content posted on his second channel, ‘Internet Historian: Incognito Mode’. This channel has allowed him to see what kind of content is enjoyed, without disengaging his core viewership.

As a trend, Harold’s videos have become longer and less frequent. This is likely due to him being able to get away with this as a larger content creator, without falling into the trap of algorithmic irrelevancy as there is a core viewership at his disposal who identify with the brand that is ‘Internet Historian’.

The aims of this blog

This blog aims to offer an academic analysis of Dr. Harold and how his video content and use of other social media platforms allows him to gain traction and expand upon his following within online spheres. 

In terms of the actual content that will be analysed; this will include Internet Historian’s video content across his three YouTube channels. His primary channel, ‘Internet Historian’; secondary channel called ‘Internet Historian: Incognito Mode’, and the VoD (video on demand) uploads taken from livestreams on Twitch.tv and uploaded to a tertiary channel; ‘Internet Historian: Live’. There will also be comments passed on his use of Twitter and any other VoD clips that are only available on his Twitch.tv channel.

I aim to parse this information through the main theoretical works relating to digital communications, social media and ideas of the self. I will be focusing firstly on Goffman’s theory of the presentation of the self (1956), and Habermas’ theory of the transformation of the public sphere (1989).

References

Goffman, E. (1956) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life., Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Habermas, J. (1989)  The structural transformation of the public sphere : an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society. Cambridge: MIT Press

Internet Historian (2017) Gamestop’s Battle with Toads. [Online video] [Accessed on 13th December 2020] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmVdzgfhCY

KnowYourMeme (2014) Hide the Pain Harold [Online] [Accessed on 13th December 2020] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hide-the-pain-harold

The Creator Generation (2019) The INTERNET HISTORIAN // YouTuber Interview [Online video] [Accessed on 13th December 2020] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi8k2KKcMEg

Wikitubia (2020) Internet Historian [Online] [Accessed on 13th December 2020] https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Internet_Historian

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How Double Dragon’s Abobo Became a Beat em up Legend

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In the late ’80s, video games started featuring over-the-top, meaty musclemen. Metro City had Mike Haggar, a shirtless former wrestler who became mayor and decided that being “tough on crime” meant ridding the streets of criminals with his bare hands, his girlfriend’s psycho boyfriend, and a ninja in Nikes. Circus strongman Karnov scoured the world for adventure and treasure, fighting all kinds of mythical monsters. Bald Bull was trying to dominate both the boxing ring and the arm-wrestling circuit. Gutsman was a jacked construction robot who was later rebuilt as a 40-foot-tall tank centaur.

And then there was Abobo, the gigantic antagonist from Double Dragon. He wasn’t THE antagonist. Hell, in the first game, you fight him within the first two minutes. Despite his low-level status, he’s still far more fondly remembered than the main Double Dragon bad guys like Willy and the Shadow Master. There’s just always been something about this random brute that’s made him special.

Abobo’s journey begins in the original Double Dragon, Technos’ 1987 arcade hit. The game’s story is very simple. A dystopian, lawless, post-nuclear war version of New York City has been overrun by a gang called the Black Warriors or Shadow Warriors or Black Shadow Warriors. (They kind of workshop that name from game to game.) Billy and Jimmy Lee are two martial arts brothers whose mutual friend Marian is captured by gang members. Off they go to lay out everyone in that gang with their bare fists and occasional barrel/whip/knife/baseball bat.

While the cannon fodder is mostly made up of normal-sized guys, out walks Abobo, who makes his entrance by punching his way through a brick wall. From the moment he appears on screen, it’s clear Abobo is meant to stand apart from the rest. He has longer reach, takes more hits, can’t be thrown, and is able to throw Billy and Jimmy like ragdolls. The only guy more dangerous than Abobo is Willy, the final boss, who brings a machine gun to a fist fight.

Weirdly, Abobo has various forms in the game. His initial form is as a bald, pale guy with a mustache. Soon after, we fight Jick, an Abobo clone who closely resembles Mr. T. Later, we face off against an Incredible Hulk version of Abobo. This is post-nuclear war, so I suppose this tracks.

But it was NES port that really delivered the ultimate form of Abobo, whose appearance was seriously altered for the 8-bit console. With orange-brown skin, Abobo is still bigger than everyone else, but also looks inhuman. He has a giant, bald head almost the size of his bulky torso, and a black arch on his face that is apparently a mustache merged with a frown! While the NES version had its own quasi-fighting game mode with everyone redrawn with a bigger and better sprite, Abobo looked exactly the same. You just can’t mess with perfection!

Abobo sort-of-but-not-really appeared in the sequel, 1988’s Double Dragon II: The Revenge. In a game filled with giant enemies, there was a guy named Bolo who looked exactly like Abobo, but with long, black hair. Actually, in retrospect, he looks a lot like Danny Trejo.

Huh.

Abobo sat out of the next few Double Dragon games, as the Lee brothers busied themselves fighting mummies and chubby clowns. But he returned in a very unexpected crossover: 1993’s Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team. The game featured a bizarre team-up between the Dark Queen from Battletoads and the Shadow Warriors. As Double Dragon didn’t have too many memorable boss characters that could stack up to the likes of a giant rat in a singlet, they went with what they could get.

As with the other bosses in the crossover gamer, Abobo was depicted as an absolute giant compared to the Lee Brothers and the Toads. He was also very generic-looking, appearing as a shirtless, bald guy with no ‘stache. Due to the sci-fi nature of the crossover, his storyline ended with him getting booted off a spaceship and sent spiraling through space itself.

1993 also gave us the Double Dragon animated series. Somehow, this thing ran for two seasons (26 episodes) and Abobo was there from the beginning. The first episode was a weird Saturday morning-style retelling of the NES game’s plot, down to Billy Lee having to fight his “evil” brother at the end. Abobo acted as a henchman, alongside a very colorful take on Willy.

In the cartoon, Abobo was a bald muscleman with blue skin, meaning he has the same mysterious complexion situation as Captain N’s King Hippo. Abobo was also strangely competent on the show, all things considered, although the only fighting he ever did was throw oil drums at Billy and miss every single time. He spent more of his time annoyed at Willy, who was depicted as a psychotic cowboy with a laser gun — one-half Yosemite Sam and one-half the Interrupter from Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

The second episode introduced the Shadow Master, who immediately showed disgust at his underlings’ failure by magically bonding Willy to a giant mural of punished souls. Abobo tried to run for it, but succumbed to the same fate. The two would remain in that mural for the rest of the series.

While there was a fighting game released based off of the Double Dragon cartoon, Abobo wasn’t part of the roster. It was just as well. Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls was a really bad game and Abobo had bigger things on the horizon.

Abobo was about to go Hollywood!

In 1994, Imperial Entertainment Group released the Double Dragon movie, a total cheesefest that couldn’t make back its $8 million budget. But Robert Patrick’s scenery-chewing main villain made the movie almost watchable. The story takes place in a version of Los Angeles that’s a cross between The Warriors and No Man’s Land from the Batman comics. Billy and Jimmy are teens who get roped into a plot that involves two dragon-shaped necklaces that form an all-power medallion when put together.

Initially, Nils Allen Stewart plays the gang leader Bo Abobo. As head of the Mohawk Gang, he’s there to act all intimidating in a goofy ’90s bully sort of way, but he really doesn’t actually do much. He takes part in a car chase and teases a fight scene, but nothing happens.

Then, the villain Koga Shuko transforms him into a literal steroid freak with some experimental machine. From there on out, Abobo is played by Henry Kingi in a bloated, rubber suit. Despite being a muscle golem at this point, Abobo STILL doesn’t actually fight anyone and is instead kidnapped by Power Corps.

Abobo eventually sees what he looks like in the mirror. Broken over what he’s been transformed into, he turns on Koga and…still doesn’t fight anyone. He just gives Power Corps some advice to help turn the tide against the bad guys. At the end of the movie, he asks the Lee Brothers if they could be buddies and recklessly drives their car.

Yeah, it’s…almost something. Not the awfulness of Super Mario Bros, but not the good-for-the-time quality of Mortal Kombat. It’s also not quite as fun-bad as the Street Fighter movie, but it does share one major similarity to it.

Much like Street Fighter, the Double Dragon movie had its own fighting game spinoff. Rather than a one-on-one fighter featuring digitized actors (which was the original idea until it wasn’t deemed viable for the deadline), Technos put together a Neo Geo animated fighter that isn’t so well-known these days due to how run-of-the-mill it was. It looked like your average SNK fighting game, with no real identity of its own. The game was released for arcade, Neo Geo CD, and PlayStation.

The 1995 fighting game was loosely based on the movie’s plot and featured some FMV clips. Showing up from the movie are Billy Lee, Jimmy Lee, Marian, Shuko, and Abobo. The rest of the roster is made up of original characters, though Technos did redesign Burnov, the Big Van Vader-looking boss character from Double Dragon II: The Revenge. Abobo more closely resembles his initial, more human-looking form from the movie, complete with mohawk, although he’s cartoonishly big in the game. Fortunately, he occasionally transforms into his blobby, tumor-like mutant form during certain moves and winposes.

His ending in the game features him eating a lot of meat at a restaurant, demanding to eat meat so rough that it’ll make his teeth bleed. Heh. And Roger Ebert said video games aren’t art.

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After the inexplicable crossover, animated series, failed movie, and fighting game tie-ins, Double Dragon as a franchise was finally spent. As the arcade scene died down in the late ’90s, the side-scrolling beat ‘em up disappeared for a time, and it would be a little while before nostalgia for it would kick in.

Fortunately, there was still some juice left in the fighting game genre, and in 2002 the Neo Geo had just enough time left before SNK’s hardware line was discontinued. The company Evoga developed what was, for a time, meant to be a Double Dragon fighting game, but ultimately the team wasn’t able to secure the rights and was forced to make the game with a knockoff cast of characters. The result was Rage of the Dragons, a tag-team fighting game featuring Billy Lewis, Jimmy Lewis, and Abubo…

Abubo does not have a tag partner and is instead a mid-boss so powerful that it takes two opponents to stop him. He’s depicted as a low-level mob boss with a ponytail, sunglasses, pink tank top, and overly-long, muscular arms. It’s a decent enough redesign of the original, but…Abubo? That’s the best they could come up with?

As for the official Double Dragon, it made its comeback a year later. Double Dragon Advance for the Game Boy Advance took the original arcade version, updated the graphics just enough, added more stages, enemies, and attacks, turning this installment into a souped-up take on the classic. This of course meant the return of the real Abobo!

2012 would be a banner year for the musclebound henchman. Since 2002, I-Mockery’s Roger Barr had been trying to develop an Abobo-based fangame, and in early 2012, the free-to-play masterpiece Abobo’s Big Adventure was released to the public and we were better for it.

Using 8-bit graphics, the game follows Abobo as he searches for his kidnapped son Aboboy. Each level is based on a different NES title and features a dizzying amount of Easter eggs. There’s a Double Dragon level, underwater Super Mario Bros. level, Urban Champ, Legend of Zelda, Balloon Fight, Pro Wrestling, Mega Man, Contra, and finally Punch-Out. The game is an absolute blast, especially for anyone who grew up with the NES and features such whacked out moments as:

Abobo mating with the mermaid from Goonies 2, which gives him a forcefield powerup made up of Abobo/mermaid hybrid babies, one of which begs for death!

An Abobo vs. Amazon wrestling match that includes the summoning of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Roddy Piper, and Undertaker assists in the form of Pro Wrestling sprites.

Taking on Krang’s giant robot body with Kirby in the abdominal area.

An incredibly long and over-the-top ending that gets extremely and laughably violent. If you’ve ever wanted to see a muscular child drink blood from the Shredder’s dismembered arm, this game is for you!

In terms of OFFICIAL nostalgia, 2012 also saw the release of Double Dragon Neon for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (and later PC). Using 3D graphics, the game was a modern update of Double Dragon’s playstyle while playing up the 1980s aesthetic. It was a lot more ridiculous than the original series. In fact, it’s more in line with the Battletoads crossover since this game also lets you launch Abobo into the deep recesses of outer space to die.

This game also gave us the first – and, as of this writing, only – polygon Abobo. This time a towering, hunched over brute with lots of spiked armbands. All that AND the mustache!

But of those two 2012 releases, Abobo’s Big Adventure is surprisingly the better game in terms of its portrayal of the big man, as it solidified his status as nostalgic beat em up icon.

In 2017, Arc System Works put together Double Dragon IV for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Rather than emulate the arcade original’s aesthetic, the game took its art style from the NES games. That meant the return of the classic NES Abobo as not only a recurring enemy but an unlockable playable character. Double Dragon IV actually lets you play through the story mode as various enemy characters, but honestly, who else would you pick in that situation? Well, maybe Burnov.

Sadly, playing as Abobo in Double Dragon IV leads to a non-ending. I know you can’t improve on “Abobo punches Little Mac’s head off so hard it transcends time and space,” but at least TRY!

Around the same time, another game tried to play up Abobo’s ironic/iconic status. River City Ransom: Underground was released for the PC in early 2017. The River City Ransom series has always had ties to Double Dragon, but this high school brawler goes the extra mile by putting Abobo on a big pedestal. First off, he’s the school principal. If you attack any of your teachers, you’re sent to Principal Abobo’s office to suffer a serious slap on the wrist, shoulder, jaw, spine, etc. Sometimes he’ll even enter classrooms by punching holes through the brick walls, all while shirtless and talking like the Hulk.

Even better than that? Abobo’s not only the school principal but the Mayor of River City! No wonder everyone’s always kicking the shit out of each other! God bless Mayor Mike Haggar for being a true trendsetter.

The Double Dragon/River City connection only grew stronger when 2019 brought the absolutely must-play River City Girls. As the story goes, River City Ransom heroes Kunio and Riki have been kidnapped, so their badass girlfriends Misako and Kyoko go on a violent rampage to save them. Early in the game, while Misako and Kyoko fighting in a classroom, there’s a projector playing a short film about a boy learning about puberty.

It just so happens that the kid in the video is being taught by Abobo, who thanks puberty for his monstrous size and strength. This, my friends, is foreshadowing, as Abobo shows up later in the game as a boss.

Misako and Kyoko confront Abobo about their missing boyfriends, and Abobo admits that he isn’t sure whether or not he kidnapped them since he kidnaps a LOT of people. They throw down and we’re treated to the most powerful take on Abobo yet, considering the length of his life bar. Once defeated, Abobo admits that he has nothing to do with the missing boyfriends, but gives the heroes a lead by talking about his side job as security for an upcoming concert.

In 2020, Arc System Works released a collection for PS4 and Switch called Double Dragon & Kunio-Kun Retro Brawler Bundle. It collects 18 8-bit games, including the three NES Double Dragon games, River City Ransom, and all the old spinoffs from the River City Ransom universe. And who’s on the cover?

Yes, despite technically being in one game out of 18, and not even being the final boss of any of them, Abobo gets a major spot on the cover of this huge collection among the games’ hero characters. Finally, the world understands that Abobo is a star. Now we just need Abobo to appear in Guilty Gear Strive and then we’ll really be cooking.

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