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I love the NES version.  Utterly unique, even to this day. 

But the two Gameboy titles.... I hear they are good.  Are they AS good?

Here's my top 10, in no particular order.  Nothing exciting, I'm afraid, as most of these are universally known to be top quality.  The surprises come further down the list:

Zelda: A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 3, Mike Tyson's Punchout, Metal Gear Solid 3, Snatcher, Metroid Prime, Bionic Commando, Final Fantasy X.  Maybe replace Punchout with Xenogears, but it's a close call, only because I love story-driven JRPGs.

Point is, everyone knows about those games.  For the most part, they are consensus picks (for good reason), and thus uninteresting.  I'd rather hear unusual requests, and if it's in my wheelhouse, I'll play it and give thoughts.

Hey Snee.  It's not that I won't write what I want to write about.  It's just that, like many, I have this massive catalogue of games that I'd like to eventually get through, and it'd be fun to go in an unexpected order.  When researching which games to buy, there were so many that I had near no info on before I purchased.  At it stands now, the next games I plan on playing are Bionic Commando for Gameboy, Ninja Five-O for Gameboy Advance, Lucienne's Quest for 3DO, and some unchosen as of yet SNES RPG.  Probably Treasure of the Rudras.  But, like I said, I'll happily detour to talk about some other games.  :)  

And it's funny you mention Hydlide and Quest 64 after Ultima: Exodus was metioned earlier...... When I was visiting my girlfriend in MN last Summer, I ranked EVERY RPG (not just the 100 I posted on 1up) I ever played, and three of my bottom ten were Ultima: Exodus, Quest 64, and...... you guessed it, Hydlide for NES.  Hydlide is actually the worst RPG I've ever played.  Just awful. 

Hey Cary.  I actually did Spike McFang for you back at 1up.  :)  But I'm happy to repost it for you later this weekend.  I was unimpressed, to say the least.

I should probably add some provisos.  I won't play a game that I've already beaten.  I also won't play a game that I've tried multiple times to beat but couldn't because of its crappy interface, horrific presentation and general inscrutability.  Ultima Exodus falls into the latter category.  :)

Honestly, that one is nigh unplayable. I wrote a crazy long series of blogs at 1up on the top 100 RPGs or somesuch, and it didn't come close to cracking the countdown.  I believe I had Exodus somewhere near the bottom of the (unpublished part of the) list, at like 210 out of 220.  It was that bad.  Quest of Avatar, on the other hand, was decent for the NES. 

Thanks for the suggestion, however.  I promise to be more willing in the future if my demands are met!

All this is good news to me.  I've been game-starved this semester, but I'm looking forward to delving into some super-obscure older games.  Any suggestions?  I'll take a poll soon enough and see if anyone bites..... I've got about 1000 carts and cds sitting in my closet that I've never touched before.  The obsession knows no bounds.

Half right.  But if it's not Stallone, it must be.....?

And the preceding line of dialogue: "Dylan..... you son of a bitch!"

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Gameboy Color.  It was a pretty neat game for its time.  In the Metroidvania mold- lots of hidden items and the like.  It had its problems, but it's probably one of the top ten Gameboy games of all time.  In my opinion, of course.  :)