I remember being impressed with both Ikari 3 and Prehistoric Isle when I first saw them in arcades. The theme in Prehistoric Isle is especially interesting.
I can't remember if it was Iron Tank or TNK 3, but in one of those games, the pilot of the tank is actually the same guy from Ikari Warriors.
I remember P.O.W. was really popular in arcades when I was little. I saw it everywhere.
The SNK collection is great. I wrote a blog about it when it came out on the Switch. You should try Munch Mobile on it. That's the only time I've seen it on a home console! I bet you can guess my favorite character in Golden Axe!
The first RBI Baseball on the NES is actually the first in a series of Namco baseball games that are still popular in Japan today. They go under the name "Family Stadium" or Famista for short.
I remember this being really popular back in the day. I saw it everywhere in arcades. Did you know that in other countries besides the US, the game was called Burnin' Rubber? The NES version of the game added a few new things and a story, too.
I'm playing the Contra Collection right now for a blog I will write about it in the middle of June. There are a lot of choices to choose from, but technically there are only five main games on it.
I'm glad you're playing NES Mega Man games! They can be hard, but they are so much fun. As you play them, remember that those were my childhood mascot platformers of choice, not Mario. Actually on the NES I was more into Capcom games in general than Nintendo made ones.
I miss the arcade collections in the PS2/360 era of gaming, as they usually had tons of games on them and some really obscure ones, too. Now companies can get away with a 30 dollar collection of five games. I feel like we've gone backwards. But that's why I didn't get the Contra collection until it was on sale!
If I had an Xbox One, Rare Replay would be the first game I'd get for it.
Oh, and Alex Kidd on the Genesis is horrible. If you want to play a good Genesis 2-D platformer, try Ristar.
On the Atari 2600, Activision made a game called Space Shuttle. Also have you ever heard of a game called Kerbal Space Program? I think those would be considered astronaut simulators.
The owners were jerks. When I volunteered there, I had several customers tell me I belonged there.
Now go look up a video on TwinBee Yahoo so you can see how cool it looks.
You beat Rime? It has one of the saddest endings I've ever seen in a video game!
Do you have the Castlevania collection? I hope you get to play my favorite game on it! You'll know what it is when you play it.
One of the very first E3's I went to in LA, they were showing off the new Pod Racer game. R2-D2 was even at the press conference!
One crappy prequel trilogy Star Wars game that I kind of like is Super Bombad Racing.
My claim to fame is that I've met Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando, in person.
Yeah I hate the term "new normal" too. None of this is normal.
