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Mario Party 2 (N64)

Suikoden (PSX)

Mario Party (N64)

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GameCube)

Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSX)

Super Nintendo Scope 6

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PSX)

Dreamcast w/ 2 controllers, VMU and Sonic Adventure

Breath of Fire III (PSX)

Super Nintendo Bundle – Donkey Kong Country 2 Pirate Pak

Ice Blue Nintendo 64

NES Action Set

Want to play the worst versions of Carmageddon around? Play one of these guys. Carmageddon was a smash hit on the PC and a logical conclusion was bringing it to consoles. Unfortunately the rights ended up with Titus, so the end result was a muddy, censored mess which barely resembled the original.

Hot on the heels of the Monkey Island HD remakes, LucasArts Singapore started work on a similarly styled remake of the developer’s popular adventure game Day of the Tentacle.

Although never officially greenlit, the project was pretty far along – some say as much as 80% complete. However, LucasArts executives didn’t get behind the project, with one source saying to Kotaku that “he company’s higher-ups had no interest in continuing to make what they called “legacy” titles like this one.”

Another for the long list of LucasArts failures.

Source: Kotaku

Crystalis is one of, if not the most popular pre-Neo Geo game developed by SNK. It’s a pretty damn solid action-RPG for the NES, sharing a bit in common with Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda. Crystalis is also remembered for being quite heavily censored for its outside-Japan release: heck, the original title was God Slayer.

Sunsoft got their hands on the license to develop Batman games based on the smash hit 1989 movie. While the NES game is the one most remember, the Mega Drive one was no slouch either. I’ll go on the record as saying the soundtrack is vastly underrated, too.

Mad City is the Japanese incarnation of the game we know as The Adventures of Bayou Billy, one of Konami’s lesser NES efforts. Whereas Bayou Billy was bullshit hard, Mad City is far more reasonable – it’s still not that good though.

The situation on eBay Australia is starting to become absurd. I’m not sure whether it’s the greedy sellers or cashed up impatient buyers that are the problem. It’s probably both.

Super Nintendo Bundle – Super Mario All Stars

Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)

Killer Instinct + Bonus Watch (SNES)

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (GameCube)

Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 and 3 (GBA)

Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive)

Marko's Magic Football (Mega CD)

The Firemen (SNES)

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)

Pokemon Stadium 2 (Nintendo 64)

Daze Before Christmas (Mega Drive)

Sonic Adventure marked the long awaited return of Sega’s mascot and the franchise’s first foray into full 3D. Widely praised at the time, and one of the most successful games on the Dreamcast, critics have been less friendly to the game over time, given that it was the first game to introduce a large number of playable characters who weren’t Sonic.

Today marks 14 years since the Dreamcast launched in North America. The 9.9.99 release date is one that will stick with Sega fans forever – it was a pretty damn magical day. The Dreamcast launch was more successful than many had believed, even with a really hot showing at E3 1999. We all know how the story ends, but it’s nice to remember the times when the Dreamcast was on fire.

Blue Stinger is quite an oddball survival horror game that was released as part of the Dreamcast launch lineup in North America and Europe. Originally released by Sega in Japan, it was picked up by Activision for its western release. Said non-Japanese release changed the game’s camera to a more standard 3rd person camera, which some felt removed some of the dramatic tension of the original version.