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"52 You had me at "hello." JERRY MAGUIRE 1996" This was really really really really really ghey 9 years ago, and it's 20x gheyer now. Who the hell fondly remembers this one?

Good game, actually. Scorpion ruled over everyone, though.

The Suikoden II deal I'm quite jealous of Renegade for. I enjoyed the first Suikoden but never got to play the sequel much. Pawn shops are good to raid, cuz usually the people running it have no clue what games are worth. That's where I got the above deals.

None of them are eligible. Missed rule 2 as well, I see.

Very good games, even if the latter is kind of boring. Crap, but despite the marketing campaign, that made you think it was an MK clone, it was unique in ways. The art style was kind of cool and the motions for special moves, the way chi was supposed to be limited (so you couldn't fire off specials constantly) were rather unique. Most people seem to praise the CD version, but I only played the Genesis version and thought it quite lame. KI for SNES was fun, and I played a hell of a lot of it until I had beaten the game with every character and was able to pull off stuff like the Ultimates and Ultra combos. Good 1 player game, but not much fun as a 2-player competition. By the time KI Gold came out, the ship had long sailed. Not much was really added to the gameplay, and the awful animation, choppy feel, and controllers ill-suited for fighting kept me from getting the same enjoyment. Both are notable for their utterly cheeseball soundtracks. IMO: 1. Interesting original project, massively popular, not the deepest game around. Genesis version was good for its time, but could have been better. 2. Great graphics, music, mood, gameplay system even with poor balance. Genesis version kinda blew though. 3. Attempts at innovation that were poorly implemented. Genny version was decent for 16 bits. 4. A huge stinking pile of rehashed crap, without a single original idea to be found anywhere within it. The N64 was a good translation, and the real-time cinemas were even funnier than the pre-rendered ones.

Well, that's kind of mucking things up for the video store, because when somebody else rents it, they're going to have to go through a bunch of hassle to exchange it for an actual Outbreak 2. My only guess is that it was a botched pirate disc, but I've never heard of pirate PS2 discs good enough to pass off as the real things.

See... I was going to nominate him, but I didn't think Final Fight would count. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The genres are closely related, FFi is from the creator of SF2, and originally FFi was going to be titled "Street Fighter II," so I think it should count.

That's a great game, actually.

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I own the GBA version. The Genesis version was unlicensed, and is supposed to have really crappy control: http://www.classicgaming.com/doubledragon/rdd1gen.htm No, considered a classic.

Go to another store--buy a RE Outbreak 2 used. Keep the receipt. Now swap the discs with the one that was actually DIIRs and take it back to the 2nd store, and tell them it was like that when you bought it. I'm assuming both were used, but if not, you can still do it this way. If they know you well enough at the first store, they might exchange it for you, off the record. Depends though, and would technically be against policy.

Probably, but they didn't even try. However, odd that they have kept the Masterlock Challenge going, since I'd have figured they'd blow it off first. Of course, they don't do it every week anyway, and maybe they'll kill it next Raw.

As far as I know, she was merely missing and presumed dead at the end of Last Revelation. There's a book that explains what happens after, Amulet of Power: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...151327?v=glance

Between Capcom and Sega, Disney had bar-none some of the best licensed games of any era during the 8-bit/16-bit days. Only Konami seemed to come close. Sure, there was the boring stuff like Rescue Rangers (co-op is nice, but any little kid would probably rather take Contra), but Capcom had the Ducktales games, the Magical Quests (the Japan-only 3 is actually coming out here on GBA; decent in its time, though), Darkwing Duck (Mega Man clone), Aladdin on SNES, and the Great Circus Mystery. Sega had the Genesis Aladdin (preview of the goodness to come in EWJ and World of Illusion. Of course, almost all of them pale next to Mickey Mania There was some sort of Ducktales/Donald game for Game Gear that I liked when I was younger. I also really liked the Game Gear Star Wars game, although it was probably crap next to the SNES games. And Jurassic Park was the first game I owned and beat for the Genesis. I liked it but probably wouldn't today.

I feel JBL is more entertaining in the ring these days than Taker or Booker T, and I don't particularly like JBL either. And JBL/Cena sure as hell beats any expectations I have for a Big Show/Batista match or Taker/Batista.

That's 80's Beat 'Em Rule #45, with the provision that sometimes you might run across an enemy with a dinky pistol, in which case the boss will have a really friggin' huge gun.

That outfit he dons is his old wrestling gear, too. And in a town filled with street punks who wield pipes and knives, the guy with the gun is king of the underworld.

You're not alone, and I think it's better overall than Begins, but since Timm/Dini and crew borrowed a lot from Year One, they don't deserve *full* credit. They'd probably be comfortable with doing commentary since they've already done commentary tracks on the box sets. I'd be up for it, even double-dipping. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think its actually "Batman: Year Two" that they borrowed from. The Phantasm is pretty damn similar to the Reaper. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The scene in the building under construction? Bruce's early vigilantism prior to donning the costume? Those are borrowed from Y1. Y2 was out of print for a while but I see that apparently it's available again. I'll have to pick it up, but from what I'm reading, the story doesn't really match up even if the Phantasm is *kind of like* the Reaper.

I still don't remember her. Or even the Smackdown Diva Search, for that matter. I think she means explicit spreading, but regardless, she sounds like Sable expressing her outrage after being fired. In her case it's even worse because at least they were using Sable as a wrestler and she was decent for a WWF woman in the ring at the time. I believe WWE would call Joy a "team player." Rochelle either never saw what the regular Divas do on TV, or is just stupid. I always get a kick out of Playboy models trying to make what they do seem more dignified. They love to equate it with posing nude for a work or art or something. Yeah, the average Playboy subscriber admires the attention to light and shadow, the angles and poses themselves, etc.

Didn't see that "fighting game origin" provision. In that case, instead of EWJ may I nominate Mike Haggar? Beat 'em ups are close to fighting games, and I seem to recall Guy in one of the previous ones. Plus he's in the Slam Master games, which were fighters of sorts and take place chronologically before FF.

Bubsy. First game was mediocre at best...well over 10 years ago, so today it'd probably be considered bad. Bubsy 2 was AWFUL. The Jaguar game I remember reviews being "eh" for. Bubsy 3D sucked heavily, too.

I think it was a year or two ago Cena when partnered with Buchanon said the Guerro's were only good for mowing lawns, which is kind of a manual labor jab against mexicans only being good for that kind of stuff. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think it probably goes back at least 8 years when Eddy was getting those sorts of signs all the time in WCW.

Harvest Moon 64, Mario 64, Ogre Battle 64, and Conker's BFD for $7 each. Kirby 64, Mario Kart 64, DK 64, and Banjo Tooie all for 12 bucks. Link's Awakening, Oracles of Ages, and Minish Cap all for 20 bucks.

He's just been dicking around ever since the match with Cena at WMXX, really.

I don't think you need to second any votes. I'd give Ibuki one, though. Cute kunoichis = My nominations: Geese Howard - Might be an obvious choice, but sometimes bosses are forgotten. Awesome character design, very menacing presence, awesome moves (and often cheap as hell), and one of the greatest stage themes in a fighting game ever. Lord Raptor/Zabel - if Darkstalkers had sucked, it's character designs would still be worth mentioning. First time I played the arcade game, I was drawn to this crazy-looking mofo. A heavy-metal shredding zombie mofo who can stab you with his own ribs, kick your ass and dance on your body, turn his limbs into chainsaw blades, and roll you up into a ball and slam dunk you. (Plus he's representing the Aussies, UYI.)