I'd be in big trouble if they did a toys to life game with Pac-Man. Or even worse, one with all classic Namco characters! It's a good thing Namco never made an Animal Crossing game!
I don't know if Nintendo and Ikegami got their issues totally squared away if the only way to get Donkey Kong is to have it go through another company. But oh well. I think both Bandai Namco and ATGames are in the wrong in their issue, but you can read more about that in my Pac-Man Museum article.
I met the guy who played Eddie Munster once at a convention, too.
Slimer was a freaking celebrity when I was a kid. He had his own cartoon and juice box. And when the Ghostbusters sequel came out and Slimer was shown, all the kids in the audience screamed out his name!
That Transformer pictured is not Optimus Prime, but an Autobot named Blaster. He turned into a boom box and was the counterpart to the Decepticon Soundwave. Soundwave was the tape deck who could send out tapes that could transform into littler animals and robots. Soundwave was one of my favorites. I was really into Transformers as a kid for a bit.
I know I've played it on collections, but it wasn't spruced up or anything.
I learned how to play Backgammon from the Clubhouse Games on the Switch. But I bet I've forgotten how since then.
Can you guess my favorite character in Golden Axe?
Final Fight in the arcade is great, but not the SNES version. I wish I would've played the SNES sequels, though. Mighty Final Fight on the NES is surprisingly good.
I think I unlocked She Hulk in the LEGO Marvel game because I thought she was cool in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Yeah Road Rash was really popular for a while. I'm surprised they haven't tried to remake it yet. Or maybe they have and I just missed it.
I haven't played the AC Monopoly game yet. I haven't had time. I usually have enough regular games to play and review.
Yeah my favorites are kart racers and super simple arcade racers.
I remember when Road Rash was really popular. When I finally played it on one of the game compilations, I found that it was really choppy!
Enduro was really fun. Activision sure knew how to make good 2600 games.
As much as I like Namco, I do have to admit SEGA has a better track record with arcade racing games.
I didn't get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe since I played it to death on the Wii U, but I did get Mario Kart Live.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2020/12/25/mario-kart-live-home-circuit-switch/
Yes the Choro-Q game on N64 was brought to the US as Penny Racers. But the 3D tracks were really barren and unimaginative. I liked the Choro-Q Road Trip game on PS2 much more.
Thanks for listening! --Cary
The first time I saw a Game & Watch was after the NES came out, I saw the Super Mario Bros. one. But even then I didn't know it was called Game & Watch. I saw the Mario Bros. one that someone brought in at Middle School once, and my cousin got a Mickey Mouse Game & Watch for Christmas. I saw the Zelda Game & Watch in stores, too, but they were really expensive. But I didn't know about the other Game & Watch handhelds until after the Game & Watch Gallery titles came out.
