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at this point its stuck in the back log. Its likely I wont get to a fraction of what I'm holding on to.

Side scroller beat em ups!

These started hard in the 80s and really peaked in the 90s. I could ramble off dozens of titles I played through on the NES, SNES, Genny, and in the arcade. Back then it was my favorite genre. Technology got better, and devs shifted towards making 3d games and the genre just stalled out. Occasionally games like Viewtiful Joe showed up as a reminder of their glory days but going back just didn't hit the same.

There's been a small resurgence with some decent game (Streets of Rage 4 comes to mind) and some good compilations but I just don't get the mileage out of them I used to. 

WOW, it's been five year since 3d all stars was released, where's the time gone. Just put this together after griping about the poor showing for the 40th anniversary realizing this came on the 35th anniversary

So far I've been getting my monies worth out of GamePass. I meet up with some people 2 - 3 fridays a month and there's usually something on there we all play. Recently its saved me from buying The Outer Worlds 2 (loved the first one, would have bought this game otherwise) and Monster Train 2. There's at least a new game a month I would have purchased and probably not played that game pass has saved me from.

I build my PCs with tons of disk space so I opt for the PC version of gamepass. Everything seems to work without issue outside of some of the EA offerings and of course when theres a game preview (Smite 2).

They did just increase the price, but still not horrible unless you've got ultimate then it's a bit much.

waiting for it to hit Disney +. Marvel's first family has never been done well outside of comics, The jessica alba movies were OK, the other one was OK, I'm sure this one will be OK too. Tired of going to movies for OK.

I started it up and enjoyed what I've seen so far.

Its always a good time with some alcohol! Still trying to get my brother to put one in his restaurant, he said he's holding out for Ms. Pacman

I got super Mario Bros with the NES in 1986 or 87, for a birthday or Christmas. I was 5 or 6 years old. I've played every main line SMB game as they've come out and a ton of the offshoots; always favorites at time of release. Top 10 franchise in my opinion. Very likely my gateway drug into video games, and why I'm still a junkie.

Showbiz Pizza was my first and most favorite arcade experience. Mid 80's birthday paradise. Ball pits, bubble hockey, air hockey, skee ball, and all the Ms. Pacman, Qbert, Pole Position, etc. you could play. The animatronics were an afterthought, just something you got to watch while scarfing down pizza too quick so you could get back at running around like a crazy person playing everything.

Pinball was prevalent as well and I probably enjoyed it a little more than most my age. It was always cool when your favorite movie was made into a machine but Pinbot stood out over most others.

There was also the Williams Slugfest. It was a pinball like machine set up like a baseball field. It was a quarter an inning and it pitched a pinball and where you hit it determined the results of that at bat. The coolest part was when it was released it dispensed baseball cards. later they were converted to dispensing arcade tickets, but the freaking baseball cards were the draw.

I played Golden Tee heavily from the time PBR was $1.00 until it was $3.00, so early 2000's maybe? Lots of fun with friends and beers. Arcade 1up has several different versions for the low low price of 500 bucks. There are new machines in bars and arcades that have huge screens and cup holders. It's still going strong

I couldn't wait for a physical release and bought it on Steam when it came out. I was excited for it but wound up lukewarm on the game. It 100% didn't get the time it deserved but I couldn't get good at the run and gun melded into a tactics game and lost interest before I figured it out. I also didn't appreciate the roguelike aspect of the game despite generally liking roguelike games.

This game would absolutely hit different if I was looking for what it offered. It's a fresh take on a tactics game incorporating the Metal Slug essence unexpectedly well.

I don't recall enjoying this game.

I found it at a time where I'd just trudged through Shining Force 3, Dragon Force, Disgaea 2, and tactics ogre so in fairness I may have just been burned out on the genre.

People who enjoy tactics games have raved about it and IGN usually has it at the top of its lists so it's probably a great game and I'm sure I'll get around to playing it one day, although now I really want to break out Shinning Force.

I've really dialed back the spending on game nostalgia, but this is a must have for me. It'll likely get encased in acrylic and never be used but it'll look pretty on a shelf.

how many lego games does that bring you up to?

I get your point but why wouldn't Nintendo come out and say that? If they straight out blamed tariffs or just raised their prices in the US I'd wholly agree. With half the US blaming tariffs for everything, Nintendo could say tariff and would get no push back what so ever. Why be coy only citing market conditions? Even if it was BS it'd be completely believable. Why lump in Canada if it's US Tariffs that's causing the spike?

I've not seen Nintendo come out and say it, I've only seen sites like CNBC and Gamespot, and of course the youtubers citing said sites. 

I don't get it. Nintendo says "market conditions" seemingly implying tariffs (as well as the dood in the video) BUUUUT Nintendo also raise rates in Canada who's got some 14 consonant (exaggeration - its CPTPP) acronym for we've mutually agreed to keep tariffs at a minimum and haven't raise tariffs on Japan.

Nintendo has been moving from reliance on China to other Asian countries (Cambodia and Vietnam) which have from my understanding been able to undercut china in a lot of areas. I think US tariffs make a great scapegoat and could be a smoke screen. Price increases are pretty accepted at this point except when it comes to video games. People lose their mind over video games costing more and Tariffs make a great red herring, especially when Nintendo isn't the one actually blaming them.

The inter-web says the switch 2 sales are record breaking for Nintendo, kinda hard to believe they're not making lots of money. It is more expensive to live, why wouldn't it be more expensive for a corporation. Market conditions could just mean we don't want to absorb costs so here you go consumers.  It seems to me why no matter what the last two administrations have done, the stock market has flourished and whatever dip happens rubber bands back further to the good in no time.

We've got a barcade and pinball museum in Asheville that's fairly decent but I usually steer clear of downtown so I'm not there much.

When I go visit my brother in Myrtle Beach I usually take the kids to a few of the arcades scattered out there. The four player beat-em-ups, the racing ones, and the light gun games were always favorites.

Grocery prices been doing that for me. Once upon a time I'd buy 50 or so physical games in a year, now I'll be lucky to end the year out with 5.

I wish. My one slotter got gone years ago. I miss it but it didn't get used much what seems like a week after I got it. I likely only miss it because it and all the MVS carts I had are worth 10x what I paid for it / sold it for.

I went ahead and ordered the xbox series x one, game looks good, can't wait to play something I've got on playstation again!

missed the switch deal, thinking about getting the xbox one for 29

I'll stop by

case queen, officially commandeered.

I saw Noodles from Offspring doing an interview on Youtube recently and he looked like hippie grandpa... He looks like the Asheville bar flies that frequent the bars that were cool here in the early 2000s.

Almost as bad, there's 20 somethings at work talking about bands like Highly Suspect like they've been around forever. 90s and 2000s rock is called divorced dad rock and Dave Mustaine is 63 going on 112!

maybe this should be reposted in the loser section!?

ooooh I woulda bought in at 60, its 122 right now

Early 30's Dave, dood's mid 50s now. Makes you feel old...

I'm kind of ready for a new Nintendo IP. Newer iterations of Mario, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Donkey Kong, Kirby, etc. are fun, but just don't bring back the excitement each once did. It feels like how junkies talk about their first time, a video game chasing the dragon scenario. I looked at a few lists of future releases for the Switch 2 and the only game I even might play is Disgaea 7, and I quit that series 5 iterations ago. DK Bananaza looks like they built the game around the chunk gimmick, and everything else looks like stuff we already have. Not to mention 80 dollar Mario kart looks a lot like Mario kart 8 with more characters, less tracks.

So far, the entire thing seems miss able. I'm certain I'll change my mind over time but for now, I'm saving my money.

probably a case queen at this point.

It was my first playstation game. Most of my 100% completes came from the xbox 360 days, although if you added up xbox live, steam, and playstation I still don't have 16. I typically try to finish the game, just not necessarily the achievements.

thanks guys!

Its been so long I cant remember what games I got!