PixlBit

Ah, the late 90s.  My college years.  The 80s were the best times for arcade games, but the 90s were the best times for consoles.  At least for me anyway.  In the early 90s I had my SNES, and in the late 90s I had the PlayStation and N64.  Here's a list of games I made up off the top of my head that you should try for the late 90s:

Chrono Trigger

Super Mario RPG

Yoshi's Island

Super Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Banjo-Kazooie

Mario Kart 64

Diddy Kong Racing

Donkey Kong 64

Namco Museums vol. 1 to 5

Mega Man Legends

Mega Man 8

Mega Man X4

Pac-Man World

Tail Concerto

Ridge Racer Type 4

There are tons more I'm sure, but these are the ones that popped into my head and I didn't feel like doing any research right now.  --Cary

After you do a certain number of things they should prompt you to go to another action side scrolling stage.

If you never get to play Sticker Star, don't feel too bad.  It's not good at all.

Detective Peach is one of my favorites.  It's just so different.  With a few tweaks, they could probably make a whole game out of that.

I don't think I've been to a library since college.

Yes that would be 'map mode' or 'simulation mode' or 'angel mode' or whatever you want to call it.

I liked Shantae and the Seven Sirens pretty well.  I was more disappointed with the Shantae game that came before that, but I think they're all good.  Can't wait for Shantae Advance!

That's cool you have a friend who published a book. Can you buy it online?

Yeah ever since that game came out, I've always wanted to eat "For Real Life" Yoshi Cookies.  But they look like they'd be hard to make.  I just want to eat them, not make them.

And I also wish Nintendo would remake Yoshi's Cookie like how they have a million times over with Dr. Mario.  Yoshi's Cookie is actually a pretty fun little puzzle game, too.

Because of my poor vision and motor skills, I don't think I could paint a Warhammer figure.  At least not very well.  it's also why I don't do LEGOs.  Plus both Warhammer and LEGO are expensive.

I think you would like Match Village.  Just don't expect a lot out of it.  Heck, even the game tells you that!

Have fun at the expo.  Maybe you can take some pictures and show them off here?

The only problem I had with ActRaiser Renaissance was the tower defense stuff they added to the map mode.  I hate tower defense.  Here it just pads out the game.  Otherwise it's great.