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As mentioned previously I bought "Shadow of Memories" on PS2, yet to play it though.

Me too.

 

That's the worst thing about this list, that on a wrestling forum a Fire Pro didn't make it.

Not exactly the most accessible series though, is it? Both in terms of availability in the UK, and getting to grips with the controls after years of Western wrestling games. Love it or not, I'm sure you can understand why it hasn't charted.

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I had Dues EX in @ No 13 on my list .. Great Game

 

Deus... it's Deus chaps.

 

Bomberman was a good call earlier, one of the most resilient game titles, it's still fun in every incarnation I've played.

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That's the worst thing about this list, that on a wrestling forum a Fire Pro didn't make it.

Not exactly the most accessible series though, is it? Both in terms of availability in the UK, and getting to grips with the controls after years of Western wrestling games. Love it or not, I'm sure you can understand why it hasn't charted.

 

Oh, totally. But it is a disappointment next to the average-at-best SmackDown series.

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I just downloaded another SNES emulator purely so I could play Yoshi's Island again. Had to fiddle with settings, but it's totally worth it. I remember my mind being blown by the Fuzzies in 1994, and it's just happened again. Joy.

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Yeah the absence of Firepro was disappointing. Firepro Returns is my ultimate wrestling game. Just edges out VPW2 and No Mercy. Firepro D and Super Firepro Premium X are both excellent too. I also enjoyed the "Queens Special" joshi version, despite the weird visuals.

 

Sorry johnnyboy, but I thought the CD-32 pad was awful. Uncomfortable to hold, unresponsive buttons and a horribly inaccurate d-pad. Plus it offended the eyes. Then again, the game I played most on it was "Dangerous Streets" and I think the quality of the pad might be irrelevant for a game as "special" as that.

 

The lack of any Bomberman games in the 50 is pretty sad, but I saw votes for Bomberman 2, Mega Bomberman and also mine and Whinehouse's votes for Saturn Bomberman. If we had all plumped for the same game in the series then it would have made it. I thought SNES Bomberman 2 might have snuck in because it seems to be the most widely loved version. In 90% of its incarnations though, Bomberman is a multiplayer classic with few peers.

 

The extremely straightforward controls made it accessible to non-gamers in a way that was perhaps ahead of its time. It takes about 30 seconds to grasp the principles of the game and get the simple "up, down, left, right, plant bomb" control scheme sorted. From there you can learn what all the power-ups do and play around on the weird stages with their quirky special features, but the fundamentals couldn't be more simple.

 

Next time I go to see the parents I am soooo digging out my Saturn. Guardian Heroes and Saturn Bomberman. I can't wait. :love:

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I always imagined that owning a Saturn was a bit like owning a Jaguar - disappointment and a sense of unfulfilled promise. With the exception of a couple of titles, all the cool shit was happening at the same time on the Playstation.

 

My fave version of Bomberman was the Neo-Geo one. That was the machine that all the rich kids had on import.

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A kid down our street had a Neo Geo. I think I probably had my first orgasm the day I played that thing. unfortuantely, I wasn't allowed to hang around with him, me Mam banned me. He used to shoplift. Bye, bye Neo Geo.

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A kid down our street had a Neo Geo. I think I probably had my first orgasm the day I played that thing. unfortuantely, I wasn't allowed to hang around with him, me Mam banned me. He used to shoplift. Bye, bye Neo Geo.

Well, those Neo-Geo games didn't come cheap.

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They really didn't come cheap. I've always wanted a Neo Geo. I have the entire software library via emulators but it's not the same. It was just soooo expensive. :(

 

Neo Bomberman is pretty good. Saturn one is still the king for me.

 

The Saturn wasn't quite on Jaguar levels of failure, but the comparison is somewhat valid. Personally I got around it by having a PlayStation as well and eventually an N64. I was spoiled, please don't judge me.

 

But yeah, the "Handful" of good Saturn games is at least a c-cup compared to the Jaguar's pre-teen doesn't fill a sports bra affair.

 

Jaguar:

 

Tempest 2000

Wolfenstein

Doom

Alien vs Predator

 

 

Saturn:

 

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Sega Rally

Virtua Fighter 2

Virtua Cop

Virtua Cop 2

Burning Rangers

Guardian Heroes

Night Warriors

Panzer Dragoon

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Saturn Bomberman

Streetfighter Alpha

Streetfighter Alpha 2

Streetfighter Collection

X-Men: Children of the Atom

X-Men vs Streetfighter

King of Fighters 95

King of Fighters 96

King of Fighters 97

Fighters Megamix

Fighting VIpers

Last Bronx

Metal Slug

Worms

Sonic R

Sonic Jam

Steep Slope Sliders

Nights

Die Hard Arcade

Quake

Duke Nukem 3D

Radiant Silvergun

Resident Evil

Worldwide Soccer 97

Silhouette Mirage

Super Puzzle Fighter 2 turbo

Tempest 2000

Tomb Raider

Virtual On

 

A good number more but I need to stop. I can see the parallells though, owning a Jag when your friends were on SNES or MD must have sucked pretty badly, and exclusively owning a Saturn when the PS releases kept pouring out must have sucked too. I wouldn't know though. ;)

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Yeah, that was very tempting too. Made the games far more affordable.

 

One day I'll own an arcade cabinet and be done with it. It's not that much more expensive than buying retro consoles and games, I just need the space for it. And somewhere to hide it in case, y'know, people come round. Unless I have it running Pacman 90% of the time and say it's some kind of retro chic item.

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