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What was the first video game you can remember playing?
Cage Match:
Definitely Goldeneye, even though I wasn't part of the college dorm four player spilt-screen scene for that game. It was still one of the better designed console FPS's. I have never especially liked sports games, so other than a couple of tries of a demo at Electronics Boutique, Tony Hawk was never on my radar.
I loved the original G&G on NES, then I played Super G&G on SNES. I didn't play Ghouls 'n' Ghosts until it came out as part of the Capcom Classics Collection on PS2. My cousin had a Genesis but he only had Sonic and Mortal Kombat, so I didn't get to experience much of the Genesis until later.
I know I learned to make do with bad games because money was tight. It made me more discerning in game buying.
I played the home version of Qix on the Atari 130XE. Never seen the arcade version. I did see the GB version.
Did you ever see the Gals Panic games? Those were Qix games made by Kaneko where the ultimate payoff was topless pictures of nubile young Japanese ladies. I used to see them at truck stops, LOL.
DK Junior is available on the NES for Switch now, and so is the arcade version, as an Arcade Archives title. I definitely prefer the arcade version of the two. That said, NES version at least has all four levels, unlike the NES version of the originall DK, and was a pretty good home version for its time. The arcade version has better graphics, sound, and cut scenes. Either way, you should give it a try.
It's too bad Namco hated Jr. Pac-Man so much because it was made by Midway. It wasn't quite as good as Ms. Pac-Man, but isn't bad either.
I played the NES version of this, and I just downloaded the arcade version onto my Switch. I now have all three of the original DK arcade games.
This game is mostly frustratingly hard, even more so than Galaga or Gaplus. The arcade version naturally has a lot of details the NES version didn't. The bugs actually eat Stanley if there are enough of them on-screen when he dies. Donkey Kong ends up with half his face swollen when you push him up into a beehive. Kind of reminds me of Homer's stint as head bee guy,
I need to buy a new memory card. I buy most of my games on cartridge, but every time Mortal Kombat 11 needs an update, I have to delete stuff because I don't have enough space.
On this episode, that bit about Bing Gordon came from an interview in Game Informer magazine. At the time, they were running a "what if" feature, and one of those articles explored "what if" Sega had sabotaged EA at CES 1992 with Madden.
Stage Select:
My favorite era of gaming is actually going on right now. On one handy device, I have an arcade bigger than the Gold Mine/Tilt at my mall when I was a kid, and one that has most of Nintendo's arcade library; my three favorite Final Fantasy titles (VII, XII, and IX), two entries in my favorite SRPG series, lots of other great RPGs, as well as games yet to come, a lot of contemporary classics like Celeste and Cuphead... and the big, beautiful Zelda game that my young self always dreamed about. So with a mix of nostalgia and contemporary classics, I'm having a better time in gaming than I've possibly had since I was a kid.
Cage match:
Gonna go with Asura's Wrath on this one. Until Dawn and Heavy Rain type games aren't my cup of tea.
I wouldn't mind having.a mug like that myself. The only thing I've gotten lately in the drinking department is a set of silver goblets, boring. I want my Zelda mug!
