I haven't played Gunpoint, but really enjoyed SteamWorld Dig (even if it was a little too short imo) and Hammerwatch. HW is kinda similar to Gauntlet if you ever played that. They just released a free expansion for it on Steam too.
I recently played through 1943 (the NES version), and felt that while it was a solid SHMUP overall, it wasn't worth the effort required to beat it. The game dragged on for FAR too long: 24 stages! That's insane for a NES SHMUP! It kept repeating itself. You'd fight the same bosses over and over. The difficulty was all over the place. I'd breeze through some stages, but then get stuck on others for hours on end. There was also some horrific slowdown near the end. So much that it almost made the game unplayable. The password system was really nice though, and it was fun... but again, it simply dragged on for way too long IMO. Sorry if this has nothing to do with 1942 lol 
Have you played the original Half-Life? Man, I used to love that game... but having played through it recently, felt differently. It's so incredibly easy to die. Almost to the point where you have to save every five seconds simply to make progress. Then again, I probably just sucked lol.
My favorite part of Half Life 2 was the Gravity Gun.
Nah. I got rid ot it. I wasn't a fan of the Wii to be honest. Not with the gimmicky motion controls, vast amounts of shovelware, and having to buy batteries all the time.
That Kirby's Dream Collection is great. I recently played through it while I still had a Wii. Don't forget about Kirby's Dream Land 2 on Gameboy! It improves upon the first game by quite a bit. Kirby's Adventure was the only Kirby game I knew for a long time. Your right about the slowdown. It can be pretty bad at times. HAL Laboratory must have pushed the NES hard when they made that.
I think Quina is hilarious, and he/she is actually my favorite character in FF IX. Personality wise anyway. In battles he/she is pretty much useless. Blue mages have always been a crappy class in FF games though. Steiner is awesome too ... but then again, the whole cast is great really. They are all so vivid and memorable. Bosses may not give XP, but you can steal some of the best equiptment this game offers from them. Multiple times too! It's a shame FF IX came out so late in the PS1's life cycle because it seems like a lot of people missed out on it.
This isn't much of a surprise really. Remember when Square Enix considered the Tomb Raider reboot a "failure"? Despite selling over 3.4 million copies at the time? That's crazy lol. It costs so much to make AAA games nowadays. If they restricted it to one console, especially one that's lagging behind in sales like the X1... well, it just doesn't seem viable.
I recently played through Strider on Steam, and enjoyed it quite a bit. It gets repetitive after awhile... but then again, what game doesn't?
I never could get into Earthbound though. Despite the seemingly endless amounts of praise surrounding it. I guess getting it free off the Wii U's VC is better than paying the asking price for a SNES cart.
Coincidentally, you use pain pills to heal in Max Payne. I always thought that was hilarious for some reason. I don't know about the PS2 version, but Max Payne on PC was great. It gets repetitive after awhile though.
That was hilarious. I never really thought about how unbalanced games could be with the wrong power ups. It seems kinda pointless to hunt with a BFG lol. There would be nothing left!
