Back when I was in college in Austin, I interviewed Retro Studios when they were called "Iguana Entertainment." and worked on Turok games. In the interview they said they were working on a secret project that they couldn't talk about. I bet it was Metroid Prime!
Tropical Freeze had some awesome level designs, but the game was WAY too hard.
ActRaiser is freaking awesome. I rented it a bunch of times back in the day, and got it right away when it was on Virtual Console. It's a shame the sequel wasn't good.
The Mega Man Amiibo is very cool. I just wrote an article about the Amiibos I just got.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2015/03/13/hola-amiibos-wave-3/
The five volumes of Namco Museums on the PSOne is one of my top five favorite games of all time (Yeah I know it's five games, not one, but it's my list and I can do what I want). So I have a lot of things to say about the Namco Museums. I could make whole blogs on them, and I have in the past on 1up.com.
Namco Museum vol. 2 was one of the reasons why I got a PlayStation in the first place, because it had Super Pac-Man on it. I loved how you could walk around a museum because it was very similar to a childhood idea I had of making an arcade with themed rooms based on the game series, like a Pac-Man room. Seeing my idea come to life in a game was very cool. These games also helped me rekindle my interest in learning about classic Namco games, and these museums helped shape the gamer I am today.
In response to your blog, did Activision make a compilation for the PSOne? I only remember Activision Anthology for the PS2. That was one of the only collections I feel rivalled the Namco Museums.
There is actually a LOT of differences between Rally-X and New Rally-X. The new one has better graphics and music, better gameplay, and more cars do show up as you play. Did you know that when Namco first showed Pac-Man and Rally-X in arcade shows, everyone said Rally-X would be the bigger hit? Boy were they wrong!
I was also pleasantly surprised with Bosconian, as I had never played it before. The reason why it's not as common is because it uses the same arcade board as Galaga, so most arcade owners could easily change it to the more popular game in the cabinet. Bosconian had a sequel in Japan called "Blast Off," but it was just a regular vertically scrolling shooter. Bosconian ships can be seen in other games like Galaga '88, though.
ToyPop was the only game on this collection not released in the US. Did you know that ToyPop and Wonder Momo were the last arcade games from Namco that used an 8-bit processor?
I thought there was a way to exit a game and go back to the museum, but I forget how to do it. You can download all five of the Namco Museums on PSN, though. I wish we could've got the sixth volume, Namco Museum Encore, though. Oh well. I could go on and on about the Namco Museums, but I'll stop for now. I really do love these games, as you can tell. --Cary
I'm too busy enjoying games and reviewing them to even mess with that GamerGate stuff.
The only random thought in my head right now is that it would be fun to play "Gourmet Race" in an orchestra. "BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM-BUM-BUUUUUMMMMM!"
I did not like Kid Icarus: Uprising at all. The controls just flat out sucked! I did like the cards, though. I've never been a fan of the Kid Icarus games, but I did like the banter between Pit and Palutena.
Good to hear from you again. Hope you are doing well and we get to hear from you more in the future.
I remember another game that had great song lyrics: Sam & Max: Season 1 from TellTale. I especially liked the "Ted E. Bear" and "War" songs.
And if you want to hear an old game with really BAD lyrics, look up SNK's Psycho Soldier. Heh heh heh.
You've got some things to look up now, mister! Better get on it! :)
