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Lisa Vannatta going down was hard to see too.

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Last finished: Defender (C64), Astro Fighter (ARC), Dead Eye (ARC), Ultra Tank (ARC), Boot Hill (ARC), Galaxy Wars (ARC), Heli Fire (ARC), Radar Scope (ARC).

Uglyface2 posted...

19 to 8.

Not getting the Violet love, but this round isn't tough competition.

I'm having a hard time remembering where I would've voted for her, including this one. I guess people are voting trashy over classy.

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Last finished: Defender (C64), Astro Fighter (ARC), Dead Eye (ARC), Ultra Tank (ARC), Boot Hill (ARC), Galaxy Wars (ARC), Heli Fire (ARC), Radar Scope (ARC).

What happened to the topic subtitles? This one should've been called Ascension.

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Last finished: Astro Fighter (ARC), Dead Eye (ARC), Ultra Tank (ARC), Boot Hill (ARC), Galaxy Wars (ARC), Heli Fire (ARC), Radar Scope (ARC), Sheriff (ARC).

I guess protesters don't mind COVID brutality, where you could also be choked to death.

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Last finished: Astro Fighter (ARC), Dead Eye (ARC), Ultra Tank (ARC), Boot Hill (ARC), Galaxy Wars (ARC), Heli Fire (ARC), Radar Scope (ARC), Sheriff (ARC).

(1) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
(24) Paperboy
(4) Metal Gear
(5) Ninja Gaiden
(15) Ghosts n Goblins
(7) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(3) Silver Surfer
(11) Superman 64

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Last finished: Sheriff (ARC), Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

According to yesterday's poll:

DO YOU REGULARLY PLAY GAMES THAT ARE OLDER THAN YOU?

No, I was born before video games were popular: 32.12%

I was expecting more Pong answers!

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

7R's battle system is what made me dislike it the most.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Test the theory of cats landing on their feet.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

An alternate timeline would've made more sense in FF8R.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Nah, LotR.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

MoogleKupo141 posted...

no, some stuff is just them rewriting a bit to expand on what was already there, theres no suggestion that every change is the fault of a time traveling Sephiroth.

I think the more powerful explosion thing is just to more clearly establish Heidegger and President Shinra as villains early on. Everyone gets way more screentime now obviously because theres so much more time to spend in Midgar.

Avalanche totally blew that thing hard in the original. That put them in a more grey area IMO.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Wait bottom player is Ryu? Why did he celebrate when he lost that round while the other guy was pissed? So confusing.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

So Sephiroth is kinda like an evil Trunks now?

Does this time traveling explain early game stuff like why Shinra decided to blow up harder their own reactor (I saw this as a way to make Avalance look less like terrorists) this time?

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Can someone spoil me and summarize what's so weird about the late-game's story? I've heard it mentioned it a few times already. Something about this been an alternate timeline? I've beaten the original, but I don't think I'll play this one ever so spoil at your heart's content.

I know the changes happen since right at the beginning, but seems the huge ones happen towards the end.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Pick a fodder console and play it!

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

I've been enjoying the 7800 so far.

Haven't played 3DO though =D

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Yeah SNES vs. 3DO is more fun *rollseyes. Thanks for participating ye unfortunate entrant kthxbai.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

LeonhartFour posted...

I don't feel like you need nominations for a console contest. You can do vote-ins for the last, what, 3 or 4, like Allen did for Years, but we know 80%+ of the stuff that would get in. This isn't a contest where you're going to have to worry about something big getting snubbed.

I've already mentioned a few and I could go on. This contest would be way more interesting among the mid and fodder level anyway.

3DO vs. CD-i
Jaguar vs. 32X
Colecovision vs. Atari 7800
Turbographx-16 vs. Neo Geo

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

Wow can't believe this was the girl who ended Irina's streak.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

I'm sorry but if you include PC there's gonna be a giant elephant in the room when it loses to a particular console. And I don't care if it gets beaten by the SNES which I love, but a system spanning 40 years with noteworthy releases left and right just shouldn't lose.

And also if you include it we better get Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum, etc which add more variety than just Nintendo/Sony/MS/Sega, and Arcade while we're at it. Also at least slap in a Neo Geo for God sake.

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Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit).

About the guy in the store reaching around the other guy to get something, the mask can prevent the spread via mouth and nose, but there's also the issue of contaminated clothes or skin, so if it was close enough for contact to be involved that could be concerning.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Seanchan posted...

But who wins in Castlevania 3 vs Contra? Prince of Persia vs Full Throttle?

For those matches to happen one of those games would have to be on the upper side of seeding, and how many times would that happen?

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Yeah, there will be some hideous fodder that makes it through, but even the weakest games in the bracket are still someone's nostalgia trip, and I guarantee you it's no worse than the fodder for the contest we just had.

It's cool when one of those games make the bracket, but it all cancels out when you know it's gonna get blown out. 90s fodder may be stronger than this year's fodder, but it would also be facing stronger competition, so the results end up been similar or worse. If one is surprised that a certain game made it through, even if it's a pleasant surprise, that just means it won't get past round 1, specially cause it most likely ended up with a low seed.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Advokaiser posted...

The 90s are not only the strongest decade in the site, but also the overall golden age of gaming. It deserves a contest of its own, imo. I'd sure as heck love to see actual CRASH BANDICOOT GAMES for once, as well as the entire Soul Blazer trilogy. Has Secret of Mana ever been in a contest before? Super Castlevania IV? Final Fantasy V? Rondo of Blood?

Having a "Game of the 20th Century" sounds like a cool idea, but I doubt it would be much different from what we had in 2004.

Having said that, if we actually did a 1990's contest, I think we can have 70's and 80's crammed into a separate contest (Pong vs. Donkey Kong, who ya got?). The only problem I see is the naming and the timing of each contest. Well... maybe not so much now that I think about it... We've already been a little atemporal in terms of decade contests, and we could work around a name like... Well, the word I thought of was "vintage", although I can't think of a good name. Eh, if Allen asked for ideas about Rivalry Rumble, it should be the least of worries.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but as godly as the 90s are, most of the games that stray from the tried and true franchises are just fodder. For example the only Castlevania game this site cares about is SotN, mayyybe AoS as it's the one that's more similar in gameplay. Castlevania III, a highly respected game among fans, was in a contest and it got mauled; I doubt SCVIV would've fared much better. As much as Final Fantasy is liked here, 6-10 are the ones who belong in the cool boys club, with 4 and maybe 1 been allowed to be in the same room as long as they stay confined in a corner. Great games such as Contra: Hard Corps, or Alien Wars? They'd be fodder. Hell I don't recall the legendary original having much strength. Original Prince of Persia got blown up in a way that would make INSIDE chuckle. Genesis' flagship RPG is fodder. Full Throttle was seen as holding 1995 back when it got featured in the match pic. Sunset Striders, Blackthorne, Gunstar Heroes? Hmmm yeah right. Has a SHMUP even made it in a contest? I think I saw Gradius for 1986 in Years, which in turn got turbofodderized.

I was kinda serious when I proposed a game contest with just the site's top 6-9 franchises. Even in SFF battles we could get something interesting like Mega Man 2 Vs. MMX, or MMX2 Vs. MMX4.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

I did know better than to pick Starcraft II, but I was surprised to see the misconception of people here that the game was panned by fans. If you take a look around for best strategy games ever, well, the game may not be particularly high in a few of them, specially compared to the original, but the point is that it makes those lists.

Most of the complaints I'd seen regarding its release was more about the thing that the whole SCII story would be told in a trilogy. The actual Wings of Liberty game though has more than enough content, and I'd dare say its gameplay is actually better than that of the original. The missions are very varied, all different from one another having their own gimmick, in a good way, kind of like the DKC2 of RTS in that regard.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

I thought Celeste was Catherine.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Advokaiser posted...

I haven't read the last 200+ posts, but I'm sure you're all talking about today's poll of what contest you might prefer next.

Seeing Game of the 1990's up there (along with something I never said before: the purge-rate shift from two years ago) really makes me wonder Does Allen listen to The Show?!

If that's the case, though, I wonder what he has to say about my idea of dividing Link into 8 or so pieces and make them face Division Winners.

Adult Link*
Young Link*
Toon Link
Classic Link
Twilight Princess Link
CD-i Link
Dark Link
Breath of the Wild Link

*I'm dividing OoT's Link into 2 since they may be too OP if crammed into one (although you could make a case for them being 2 validly by taking Smash's roster into account), plus it gives room for unpredictability.

As I said before CD-i Link is all we'd need.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Oh yeah SF2, I always lump it up to '92 for some reason.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Grimlyn posted...

but yeahh that Zelda run was wild

I see what you did there. You could also say... it was a breath of fresh air.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Put CD-i Zelda Link in all matches and make sure his name reads "CD-i Link". Let's see how far his fanbase goes.

And if he wins hey at least it's a specific Link that wins this time.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

transience posted...

not according to the gurus:

1991 - 76 (52.05%)
1994 - 46 (31.51%)

I really wonder how they came up with that conclusion. And again, SNES console launch is the only likely answer.

For games though, I love the launch line-up, but as for contest strength, '91 only really has Super Mario World. Edit: Oh yeah and FF4. Sonic 1 is forever in the shadow of 2 and 3.

Meanwhile FF4 has juggernauts such as Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid and Mega Man X, and round it up with Donkey Kong Country. Genesis watches from the sidelines with a great lineup of its own which includes Sonic 3. FF6 beats FF4, Sonic 3 takes care of Sonic 1, and the rest gangs up on Marios... *ahem...World.

1994 is considered by many to be 2D gaming's peak.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

PS1/PS2 and SNES/Switch as semifinals.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

I guess you could have a PS1/PS2 semifinals as that one debated match.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Hmm I'd place PS2 as third.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Consoles finals would be SNES Vs. PS1.

Probably a bit more exciting than Years.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Best Game of the 80s!!! Yeahhhh!!

charmander6000 posted...

Of course even with 16 games we'd be scraping the bottom of the barrel...

...F**K!

*sigh...

You know what? Best Super Mario/Zelda/Final Fantasy/Smash/Pokemon/Chrono/Metal Gear/Metroid game ever. Include ALL the games in those series and let it rip!!

Add Mega Man if you wish and include Sonic at your own risk.

These matches are really what we want to see.

And then there's rallied CD-i Zelda potentially crushing everything in its path.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

transience posted...

The big match here, outside of 97/01, was 1991 vs. 1994, which the underdog 1994 won.

The only way you could consider 1994 the underdog is if you consider console launches and include SNES for '91, otherwise 1994 is the bully here.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

MM getting stomped breaks my heart.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

MithosLowell posted...

When you allow yourself to get SFF'd. You don't deserve shit.

Goodbye to non-Witcher WRPGs and non OoT/BotW Nintendo.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

lol Mortal Kombat 11 thanks to Odyssey.

And lol Odyssey placing 20th, we all know it should be top 10.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

What would be more exciting next contest, OoT vs. BotW or BotW2?

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Hbthebattle posted...

There were three remakes of non-2010s games and all of them reached division finals

And lost!

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

I call shenanigans. Game of the Decade is still displayed on the banner so people think this is Majora's Mask 3D or something <_<

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Going with Dota 2 as it's the one with an actual community?

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

The SFF is strong in these X-Stats.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

KamikazePotato posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5555-whats-your-all-time-favorite-5-game

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7069-whats-your-all-time-favorite-5-game

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8081-whats-your-all-time-favorite-5-game

Skyrim getting weaker over time was talked about extensively pre-contest and has the benefit of being clearly documented.

Better yet is FFV creeping up on GTAV.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

I like this one cause Geralt will soon be chlling in his bath watching BotW get crushed by the moon.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

snake_5036 posted...

It turns out when you finally stop recycling several year old tropes, players love getting something different!

I wonder if BotW would still have been this powerful if Nintendo didn't decide to throw ALttP/OoT design choices in most of the Zelda games for so long and innovated the series much sooner.

Idk I feel MM is pretty unique.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Matches for me start about 10 seconds later from the o'clock. I won't get near the first vote ever )=

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

Well guess I could've made the leaderboard if Skyrim had won. Oh well.

*brags about not doing that bad for this been his 2nd bracket ever and only having played 6 games of this contest.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).

AxemRedRanger posted...

Phantasy Star IV as a top 10 JRPG is a respectable opinion but the first three might struggle to make the top 1000.

First one is well regarded.

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Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).