What games have you played lately??

Terry, what is wrong with the Forgotten Worlds emulation (I have the Xbox version)? Unfortunately I don' t think I ever got to play FW in the arcade, but I know it had a dial for a controller, right? I bought the game SPECIFICALLY for Forgotten Worlds. I know Ghouls N' Ghosts is far too dark in the compilation.

I' ll need to fire up MAME for 100001% confirmation but I remember there were more voice samples in the arcade version. Specifically from the Shopkeeper who' s awfully quiet in Capcom Classics Collection... I know it' s an *extremely* minor issue but it makes the game feel more like a port of the Genesis version instead of the coin-op version

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Maybe you are thinking of the TurboGrafx-16 shopkeeper, which reminds you of Lords of Thunder on that same system, which had a Sega CD version in which the shopkeeper actually talked.

Flatout - Fun mindless driving with plenty of mindless fun!

Battlefield 2 - Fun mindless war fps. Online is just chaotic but fun.

Backyard Wrestling 2 - no-fun mindless crap

Punisher - Fun of the darker Punisher will enjoy, and those who enjoy extreme violence. Pretty fun run and gun, but more of a rental.

PGR3 - omg teh pwnz0rz
PDZ - pretty cool, co-op pwnz0rz
COD2 - teh multiplayer is teh pwn, single player cool too

I just decided to try out some xbox 1 games on my 360 tonight
Fuzion Frenzy - awesome party game (only game a girl actually beat me consistently in (the DJ ones everything else i pwnt her at))
Super Monkey Ball Delux - ton o fun for split screen
Sonic Mega Collection Plus - if you are a sonic fan it is well worth it
Within SMC+:
Dr. Robotnik' s Mean Bean Machine - so awesome for its time, if you can' t get your hands on puyo puyo 4 or puyo pop fever you gotta play this. Part of the best puzzle game series ever. And has the best midi song ever for the 2 player versus mode.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball and Shenmue 2 didn' t work for the emulation yet.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Playing Soul Calibur III at the moment. A pretty cool game, at times has really nice detailed models and stages and at times not. I' m kinda getting tired of of it actually, why? it' s not online.

Hope the rumours about a soul calibur III special edition for xbox360 is true.

My freind let me borrow Conker:Live and Reloaded. Its is really fun but I needed a guide for a lot of it. its hard to find out what you gotta do sometimes. The Multiplayer is very chaotic and has a lot of shooting I thought it was really fun. Really good game overall I would recommend it.

Let' s see.... latey I have played the following:

-Phantasy Star 4 - Sega Genesis. I never beat this before now, it is fantastic! Now I have to track down part 3 and beat it, just because.
-Dracula X - TurboGrafx-16 CD. I always come back to this. 74% or so right now.
-Moto GP 3 - Xbox. Totally kick ass motorcycle game.
-Burnout Revenge - Xbox. Amazing! Also the best sound EVER in any videogame.
-Street Fighter II' Champion Edition - TurboGrafx-16. Nice... hopefully my 6-button pad will arrive soon. I' ll also be able to play Forgotten Worlds correctly with that new pad as well.
-E-SWAT - Sega Genesis. Much more fun than the arcade... for the first 2 levels anyway.
-Quackshot - Sega Genesis. I have a hard time getting into this one even though it is good.
-Jaki Crush - Super Nintendo. Ultra cool sequel to Alien Crush. Not quite as good as Devil' s Crush, but really close!
-Cosmo Gang the Video - Super Nintendo. This is a weird game in the Galaga vein by Namcot.
-Wonder Boy in Monster Land - Sega Master System. Excellent! Damn the Sphynx and his Missile Defense 3D! For a great time, try playing this with a Genesis control pad!
-Wonder Boy III: The Dragon' s Trap - Sega Master System. The 30fps scrolling hurts my eyes, but the music and graphics are amazing. Great fun. Can' t wait for Dragon' s Curse for my TurboGrafx to arrive so I can experience 60fps scrolling.
-Rastan - Sega Master System. Much better than the arcade... not in terms of graphics and whatnot, but in control, playability, and fun!
-Thunder Storm & Road Blasters - Sega Saturn. Saturn versions of the Sega CD games Cobra Command and Road Avenger. Great full screen non-grainy fun!

-Burnout Revenge - Xbox. Amazing! Also the best sound EVER in any videogame.

Does that include Music or is it just the sound effects and stuff?

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Cod2 and pgr3, damn it feels good to have my Xbox 360.

WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2006 for the PSP.

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Indigo Prophecy - Apretty cool and very original game (aside from a few odd matrix-esque style sequences.) Very fun tho.

Does that include Music or is it just the sound effects and stuff?

Well it' s the Xbox so that depends. If you listen to the built-in music, then no way, the music doesn' t even come close! However if you put Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 by Yuzo Koshiro as well as a lot of other techno stuff on there, then you have an experience that cannot be denied, especially on a well-tuned 5.1 setup like mine. You' re welcome to come over and try it out and see what you think of the sound! You FEEL the crashes and that is awesome.

I hate to reply to myself, but I must update my list! I recently played tonight:

John Madden Football - Sega Genesis. This is the first one for a console. In my opnion it is the best as well. Great music by Rob Hubbard. I don' t care for sports games that much but there are a few that are worthy.

Sonic Rush - Nintendo DS. This is an early Christmas present. I love it! Of course I was only able to make it to level 2-1 before my battery ran out, so now I await as my DS recharges.

Monster World IV - Sega Genesis. Hard to put this one down, even after I beat it.

OK now I am hating Sonic Rush. After the first stage it becomes much too hard to be enjoyable. I' m glad I didn' t pay for this. There are way too many bottomless pits and the blaze the cat level is awful. I guess Sega truly is gone.

Would you believe I just completed Neopets: The Darkest Faerie? Yep! Rented for the kids (of course) and thought it looked cute, so I gave it a try and kept on playing it. Lots of glitches and the camera was horrible at times, but overall the RPG was fun. There were actually times I got pissed because some of the puzzles were harder than I expected.

Currently I' m working on Star Ocean, but haven' t formed an opinion on that game yet.

Just picked up Far Cry: Instincts...will be playing it by this weekend!

Love both the FPS and editor aspects!!!

Can' t wait...can' t wait...don' t have a choice, but to wait - darn it!

Videogaming is the contemporary interactive pasttime.

I' m currently playing Oddworld: Strangers Wrath. I didn' t know that the game was THIS AWESOME! If you have an Xbox and don' t own this game you are truly cheating yourself out of one helluva gameplay experience.

When I first put in the game I noticed that not just the graphics, but the artistic style and gameworld, are on another level. You can tell that this game was definitely developed with a lot of LOVE. Then there' s the gameplay. It' s so innovative and fresh, I' m just having a ball playing it. I thought that, since I' m a FPS fan, the 3rd person view would suck, but it actually ADDS to the feel of the game. Also, the fact that there are little critters running all over the place makes it feel like a living and thriving world. Actually CATCHING the creatures to use as ammo is CRAZY!

In summary, if you have an Xbox, go buy this game!

I agree with Chee Saw...I especially like having to hunt down live ammunition. The fact that each type of critter does something quite a bit different, and you will use these critter-weapons to progress (as long as you use some kind of strategy) through each level.

Awesome title...makes owning an XBOX a wonderfully exciting experience!

Videogaming is the contemporary interactive pasttime.

So I got hold of a PSP and am playing:

GTA: Liberty City Stories - I' m a sucker for GTA games but I' ve gotten all of them since the first and even though I' ve not actually finished a GTA game since number 3 I just love running arond a new world. It might be the same city as GTA 3 but seeing it on a handheld is just awe-inspiring. I just hope the quality holds up

Everybodys Golf - It came with the PSP and I' m no good at golf. I may end up selling it butwill give it a bash

Metal Gear Acid: It' s that new I' ve not even booted it up yet.

Oh, and I' m going to get Call of Duty for 360 because I' m sick of everyone telling me how great it is while I don' t own it.

I just got Half-Life 2 for Xbox. Its really good. I like how you are always Gordon Freeman. You never leave his body. No Cut scenes, No Switching heros like in Halo 2 (still love it though). Plus the Gravity Gun is so Cool. Their so many weird enemies U have to face. And the Ravenholm chapter is more scary then some " Horror" games. Not to mention the vehical levels are so fun.Overall Half-Life 2 is a great game. I definetly Recommend it.

Congrats on the PSP games Paul, you' ve got a pretty solid collection to start off with. Liberty City Stories is a pretty good entry in the series. I liked it a hell of a lot more than I did Grand Theft Auto 3 (Vice City is still my absolute favorite in the series). Even though the game takes place in the same city as part 3, Liberty City Stories is a great side-story with enough bite-sized missions to make it ideal for on-the-go gaming. It' s also a graphically more impressive game than Grand Theft Auto 3 since they used a different engine in the PSP game.

Everybody' s Golf, is a game a lot of people seem to swear by. Sadly I' ve had the game since December of last year and STILL haven' t played it yet, LOL.. Metal Gear Ac!d is also pretty darn good, which is VERY surprising coming from me given my total disdain for TURN-BASED RPGs, strategy games, and card games. But despite that, I was totally engaged by the game. Was walking around the office, bumping into walls while playing the game, just couldn' t put it down.

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Man, I haven' t bought any games for ages, so I spent some money that I shouldn' t have last week on Soul Calibur 3 and Phantom Brave, both of which I' m enjoying thoroughly. When I head back to college next week though I' m going to be strapped for time to play them (my Mitsurugi impression will have to wait too, I guess). And I still haven' t even removed Viewtiful Joe 2 from its packaging.

Hmmm...I have so many games to complete. I' m also digging around my house for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, which seems to have disappeared. I swear by that game though, especially for chilling with in your bathtub with the lights turned down and the SP' s backlight turned on :D

...err, yeah. Pretend I never told you guys that ^_^;;

I totally missed the opportunity to buy Electroplankton a few days ago...I' m so gutted. I want to get a PSP...but only if it' s Homebrew Compatible (someone should trademark that and make a little Intel Inside-esqe sticker for the PSP) so I can emulate. I' m one of those weirdos that actually has the games he downloads. Hell, I' m going to check if there' s a NeoGeo pocket emulator for the PSP. I' ve been dying to play Faselei! on a decent screen for the past couple of years.

Terry, Vice City is easily the best in the series. It was a stylistic victory for the series, and that' s coming from the only guy in the world (apparently) who doesn' t find the GTA games as alluring as everyone else. Vice City really does make you feel cool.

Terry, Vice City is easily the best in the series. It was a stylistic victory for the series, and that' s coming from the only guy in the world (apparently) who doesn' t find the GTA games as alluring as everyone else. Vice City really does make you feel cool.

Believe me, you' re not alone in your disinterest ;).. I stopped playing Grand Theft Auto 3 after an hour and just couldn' t be bothered anymore. I invested a decent amount of time into Vice City, never finished it but it was still my favorite from the series for two main reasons.. The setting was my home town of Florida AND the game had 80s music!!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

You see, Vice City does what no movie, no book, no anything has managed to do before. Make me wish I was back in the 80s. You see, the music will always have a special place in my heart (in just about every genre too), but I just don' t like the 80s (though, granted, I didn' t spend much time there, I was born in ' 87). Now, if I wear a blazer...I roll up the sleeves :D
I' m considering suing Rockstar for making me emulate Don Johnson, and I may even have a case. Meh, I' ll let Jack Thompson burst a blood vessel on them (oh please, let it happen - please!). ;)

I have been playing Rockman Megaworld on my 16-bit Sega Genesis video entertainment system and it is hard as ****!

I' ve been playing Area-51, Doom 3 and pariah. I love my shooters.

Catching up on Halo, and playing Perfect Dark Zero (still)

I beat Wonder Boy in Monster World, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon' s Trap and Dragon' s Curse all in the last 2 days.

aw man, i miss wonderboy, i only played it on a friends Sega back in the day, never had it myself!

I recieved Resi 4(PS2) for christmas so, needless to say, I' ve been on that A LOT since then. I really should get back to working on that essay for English...

Hopefully I will be playing Mario Kart DS online in a week or two. We have NETGEAR but it isn' t the approriate version, so I have to get the USB connector which won' t dispatch until a week or two on Amazon.

Perfect Dark Zero - Not the most visually impressive (altho not bad at all either), its packed with so many other little details and extras that you dont mind that at all. Added with the abundance of online modes, its a pretty damn good and very fun game.

Condemened - They say its a short game but it hard to keep yourself from losing yer sanity without shutting it off form time to time or playing an up beat song in the background. This game will at some point make you shit yerself...litterally or not. Its a little bit Butcher Bay spliced with the atomosphere of Silent Hill.

Project Gothem Racing 3 - Racing games dont keep me hooked often. ToCA 2, Burnout 3, and Forza all had the time, but PGR3 has a tight grasp on me and its gonna be hard to get me out of it. The game is visually amazing, I love the racing style, and theres many type of modes to be enjoyed. But the destructive side of me still wants to see these beautiful cars get demolished from time to time, but thats really my only complaint.

Hexic HD (Xbox Live Arcade) - One of those basic games that are fun to play

Geometry Wars 2 (PGR3 mini arcade) - Another basic thats fun to play. Also very visually pleasing when you' re shooting.

I' m starting to get into Advent Rising. It' s a very good story, thus far, though it seems to be moving at a rushed pace. Probably so the action goes ahead full bore, so I can' t complain. The combat is pretty interesting, and leveling up the weapons as you fight is cool. I think people may have been put off of this game because it looks very simple, but It' s more of an art direction decision, and I think it works well. At least your girlfriend in the game has very good breast physics! (not good as in " realistic" , but good as in " holy crap" )

Perfect Dark Zero (xbox 360):
I' ve been playing Dark Ops multiplayer online a lot. I don' t think very many people realize you can play ranked games instead of player matches. It can be hard to get a ranked game going in the middle of the night but there are always tons of people playing player matches.

Call of Duty 2 (xbox 360):
Just awesomely balanced and fun multiplayer. And I pwn so much at it.

StarCraft: Brood War (PC):
Still the best real time strategy game out there. Multiplayer on battle.net never gets old. Every night there are still over 100 thousand people playing Starcraft Brood War at one time.

That and I' ve been waiting for a part to come in the mail so I can fix my good computer. Right now I' m on a windows ME 350mhz Pentium 2 with 256mb of memory and a voodoo 3 16mb video card. It really isn' t that bad because I keep my stuff clean. Web sites load instantly and my computer is up and running in less than 30 seconds. It is only good for old games though. It runs games a little bit better than a PS2 but not quite as well as a Dreamcast.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Condemned - They say its a short game but it hard to keep yourself from losing yer sanity without shutting it off form time to time or playing an up beat song in the background. This game will at some point make you shit yerself...litterally or not.

Really? I guess I won' t play it then, I scare easy.

I did get a few nervous vibes and got a bit jumpy on Resi 4, but I find it quite tame myself. It does tend to get a bit scarier with Ashley as you have to always protect her from being touched once! *SPOILER*It' s a good thing you lose her shortly after you enter the church.*/SPOILER*

Res 4 is by far the very best game i have played from the current generation. I bought it on it' s day of release for Gamecube, then again when it was released on PS2 so i could play the additional stuff. But it wasn' t scary, i just really enjoy shooting axes out of the air as they spin towards Leons face!

But lately i' ve been playing all things 360. As much praise as PGR3 deserves i think i' ve probably spent more time playing Need For Speed Most Wanted! Kameo is great but too short and GUN sucked muchly, but Condemned is astonishingly good! I like the fact that you don' t find ammo and only get what' s in the gun when you find it, it makes the choice between the shotgun you have that has 2 shells left and the revolver you just found that has 4 rounds left that much more interesting. I actually jumped in horror when i had run out of ammuntion and flipped the boom-stick round to beat my attacker over the head with it, only for the butt to break when i hit him and the weapon to become useless! Remember, when you can just taser his/her ass and steal THEIR weapon!

But Call Of Duty 2 has to be 360' s best launch title, it' s simply brilliant!!!

Finished Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Took me close to 80 hours to complete. An excellent game

Now I' m waiting for Shadow Hearts: Convenant to arrive. I hear this is a pretty good RPG as well.

Ooooooh, add DoA4 (gorgeous), Amped 3 and Ridge Racer 6 to mine!!!!

Finished Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Took me close to 80 hours to complete.

Shouldn' t it have taken till the end of time to complete? Maybe you have a defective copy

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

I' ve been playing Sega Rally 2006 (just about to try out that bonus disc which is the reason for owning the game). Also I am about to play Soul Calibur 3 to be wowed by the amazing end boss graphics. ;)