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My dad really liked playing Ridge Racer when it was first in arcades.  In fact, many years later when I was playing Ridge Racer 64, he walked by and said, "Hey, is that Ridge Racer?"  I was impressed that he recognized the game just by looking at the screen because he usually wouldn't be able to do that.

I didn't get into Ridge Racer right away.  I didn't get a PlayStation until it had already been out for nearly two years, so I missed out on a lot of the launch titles and early games.  But many years later, when Ridge Racer Type 4 came out, I still couldn't get it because i was a poor college student.  But shortly after graduating and getting a little more money, I found R4 really cheap and bought it.  From then on I was hooked.  I got many of the older Ridge Racer games on the PlayStation that came out before it, but not the very first one because R4 came with a bonus disc that had the first game on it with a better framerate.

From then on I would get all other Ridge Racer games, but I would usually wait until the price went down a little bit before getting them.  I love the arcadey feel and the fact that you are drivng cars with Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, and Mappy on them.  You know how I'm a big Namco classic junkie.  I even find the Ridge Racer lady funny even though she's pretty useless. 

Anyway, very good article. If you get a chance, I'd like to encourage you to read my blog and check out my PAX Prime articles at GamerDad.  I took a lot of neat pictures and played a lot of cool games!

It was a lot of fun and was probably one of the better PAX shows I've been to.

Are you going to get LEGO Dimensions or Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer? 

If you haven't already, I'd like to encourage you to check out my blog and read my PAX Prime articles at GamerDad.com.  I took a lot of cool pictures and played a lot of neat games.

Just wanted to say hello and we miss you.

This is a very good article.  It's good to read about what could've happened, but also what wouldn't have happened.  We wouldn't have things like Mario 64 as we know it, probably.  But who knows? 

I read somewhere that at the end of the SNES' lifecycle, Nintendo and Argonaut were working closely together on 3-D gaming, due to the success of Star Fox.  Rumor has it they worked on a 3-D Mario or Yoshi game.  But when the Nintendo PlayStation thing fell through, Argonaut made their own game and called it Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.  That may be why Croc kind of looks like Yoshi.  But it's just a rumor.  I'm kind of glad it didn't happen that way, though, because Croc really wasn't that good.

I also read that Secret of Mana was orignally planned for the CD add-on, and that's why the final game was so buggy, because it was meant for CD-ROM. 

Another interesting fact about Nnitendo and Sony is that the reason why the SNES' sound chip was so good was because Sony made it.

By the way, if you get a chance, I hope you can visit my blog and read about my PAX articles.  Have a great day!  --Cary

2000 had a lot of good games.  Majora's Mask, Banjo-Tooie, and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, to name a few. It was also the last full year I wrote at The Dallas Morning News, and I was doing very well at this time.  Unfortunately, after 2001, it went a bit downhill from there.

You should enjoy everything I like because I said so. :) Just kidding!

If you haven't yet, I'd like to encourage you to read my PAX Prime articles on my blog if you get a chance.

Thanks for reading my articles!

I'm playing a game right now, too, that I didn't expect to like.  It's called Lara Croft Go on iPad and it's actually pretty fun.  It's like a cross between the other Lara Croft game, and isometric puzzlers like Captain Toad.  Hey that gives me an idea!  Lara Croft and Captain Toad should team up and be in a game together!  Yeah, I guess it's probaby good that I don't make games, huh?

I love the Phoenix Wright games.  Did you try the DLC case in Dual Destinies?  It's worth it.  I hope Capcom localizes the next TWO Phoenix Wright games.  They just came out with Phoenix Wirght X Sherlock Holmes, and they just announced Phoenix Wright 6!

Child of Light was a great RPG.  I named it my RPG of the Year last year.

Oh I love The Misadventures of Tron Bonne!  Still have it on disc!  I named that my Game of the Year in whatever year it came out, and there were some great games that year.  Tron Bonne and the Servebots are some of the best characters Capcom ever created.  I think the only reason why Minions are so popular is because they imitate the Servebots (it was probably me that pointed the Servebot Minion thing out to you)!  I'm so sad they never made Mega Man Legends 3.  I was looking foward to more Tron and Servebots.

I'm playing a Lara Croft game, too.  It's called Lara Croft Go on iPad and it's actually pretty fun.  It's like a cross between the other Lara Croft game, and isometric puzzlers like Captain Toad.  Hey that gives me an idea!  Lara Croft and Captain Toad should team up and be in a game together!  Yeah, I guess it's probaby good that I don't make games, huh?

I love Theatrhythm Curtain Call.  It almost has TOO many songs!

Hey, if you haven't done so already, I'd like to encourage you to please read my blog and check out my articles from PAX Prime in Seattle!  I took a lot of pictures and played a lot of games!  Check it out!  --Cary