2011 Together Retro calender

[alienjesus]

This is our 2011 calender as it stands. If you have any major concerns speak now or hold your peace.

Jan: Dragon Warrior - NES and Gameboy
Feb: Street Fighter Alpha series - Arcade, Playstation, Saturn, Gameboy, PC, SNES
Mar: Faceball 2000 - Gameboy, SNES, Gamegear, PC
Apr: Deja Vu - NES, GBC, PC, Mac, etc

May: Puyo Puyo - everything
Jun: Parodius Da - Arcade, Gameboy, SFC, Saturn, PSX
Jul: Rayman - Jaguar, Saturn, PSX, PC, GBA, DSi
Aug: Populous - everything

Sep: Bases Loaded - Arcade, NES, Gameboy, Wii
Oct: Splatterhouse - TG16, modern, PC
Nov: Nobunaga's Ambition - everything
Dec: Super Monkeyball - Arcade, Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, GBA

Im actually pretty happy with this list. I've never heard of Deja Vu though. I was going to suggest Sam & Max season 1 as a possibility for adventure. Its on Wii, XBLA and PC for sure, and possibly Mac, but I dont know. An old school adventure game like deja-vu should be interesting though.

For January I'll probably have to play a different game in the series, because the original isnt on NES in PAL regions and the game boy one seems to go for about £40 (0_0). Dragon Warrior Monsters or one of the DS dragon quests will serve as a cheaper replacement though, so it's all good.

Nonobuga's ambition however doesn't seem to have been released in europe on any of the 20 billion platforms it's on. Neither, seemingly, has bases loaded, but that one doesnt bother me as much because I wasnt planning to join in the baseball month anyhow.

Still, I'm looking forward to most of the rest.

[dsheinem]

This is our 2011 calender as it stands. If you have any major concerns speak now or hold your peace.

Jan: Dragon Warrior - NES and Gameboy
Feb: Street Fighter Alpha series - Arcade, Playstation, Saturn, Gameboy, PC, SNES
Mar: Faceball 2000 - Gameboy, SNES, Gamegear, PC
Apr: Deja Vu - NES, GBC, PC, Mac, etc

May: Puyo Puyo - everything
Jun: Parodius Da - Arcade, Gameboy, SFC, Saturn, PSX
Jul: Rayman - Jaguar, Saturn, PSX, PC, GBA, DSi
Aug: Populous - everything

Sep: Bases Loaded - Arcade, NES, Gameboy, Wii
Oct: Splatterhouse - TG16, modern, PC
Nov: Nobunaga's Ambition - everything
Dec: Super Monkeyball - Arcade, Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, GBA

I do like the picks of Splatterhouse, Deja Vu, Super Monkeyball, and Rayman quite a bit.

But...most of the rest of these are very "meh" to me, and I can't see myself wanting to do a podcast for many of them...

In particular I'd like to see a fighter other than a Street Fighter game (which everyone knows), an FPS other than Faceball 2000 (which is frankly one of the most boring FPSs I've ever played), an RPG that was available on more platforms, a puzzle game that is a little more obscure, a shmup that isn't a parody game, and a Baseball game that is, well, good. I don't have interest in the strategy or sim games, but that is just me and the picks seem fine.

So, I'd like to see more than a few changes...and if the thread is now open for actual game suggestions I'd be happy to make them. I'm actually not sure why we didn't just do the game suggestions publicly anyway...

[alienjesus]

This is our 2011 calender as it stands. If you have any major concerns speak now or hold your peace.

Jan: Dragon Warrior - NES and Gameboy
Feb: Street Fighter Alpha series - Arcade, Playstation, Saturn, Gameboy, PC, SNES
Mar: Faceball 2000 - Gameboy, SNES, Gamegear, PC
Apr: Deja Vu - NES, GBC, PC, Mac, etc

May: Puyo Puyo - everything
Jun: Parodius Da - Arcade, Gameboy, SFC, Saturn, PSX
Jul: Rayman - Jaguar, Saturn, PSX, PC, GBA, DSi
Aug: Populous - everything

Sep: Bases Loaded - Arcade, NES, Gameboy, Wii
Oct: Splatterhouse - TG16, modern, PC
Nov: Nobunaga's Ambition - everything
Dec: Super Monkeyball - Arcade, Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, GBA

I do like the picks of Splatterhouse, Deja Vu, Super Monkeyball, and Rayman quite a bit.

But...most of the rest of these are very "meh" to me, and I can't see myself wanting to do a podcast for many of them...

In particular I'd like to see a fighter other than a Street Fighter game (which everyone knows), an FPS other than Faceball 2000 (which is frankly one of the most boring FPSs I've ever played), an RPG that was available on more platforms, a puzzle game that is a little more obscure, a shmup that isn't a parody game, and a Baseball game that is, well, good. I don't have interest in the strategy or sim games, but that is just me and the picks seem fine.

So, I'd like to see more than a few changes...and if the thread is now open for actual game suggestions I'd be happy to make them. I'm actually not sure why we didn't just do the game suggestions publicly anyway...

While I'm perfectly happy with the idea of changing the RPG, fighter, puzzle, FPS or sports games (although personally I dont mind the majority of the ones chosen), I for one am putting myself forward to say that I'd really like Parodius to stay as the shmup game.

Oh and while I think of it, a possible replacement strategy game could be Command & Conquer. I do realise that it's not turn based though, and so people might object.

[YoshiEgg25]

But the RPG game is the only one I have...and I just got it, it would give me an excuse to play it. :/

[fastbilly1]

We were trying something different this year. I guess it didnt work out. So yes, open title suggestions.

Keep in mind we like to choose titles on atleast two platforms natively (meaning not counting emulation).

[dsheinem]

While I'm perfectly happy with the idea of changing the RPG, fighter, puzzle, FPS or sports games (although personally I dont mind the majority of the ones chosen), I for one am putting myself forward to say that I'd really like Parodius to stay as the shmup game.

Since shmups are short, why not do Parodius and a Gradius game, so that people will "get" the parody?

[noiseredux]

While I'm perfectly happy with the idea of changing the RPG, fighter, puzzle, FPS or sports games (although personally I dont mind the majority of the ones chosen), I for one am putting myself forward to say that I'd really like Parodius to stay as the shmup game.

Since shmups are short, why not do Parodius and a Gradius game, so that people will "get" the parody?

good idea.

(though Darius is better than both )

[dsheinem]

We were trying something different this year. I guess it didnt work out. So yes, open title suggestions.

Keep in mind we like to choose titles on atleast two platforms natively (meaning not counting emulation).

I think the discussion of genre actually worked out really well, and some of the suggestions (like Party games) were excellent. So the experiment was still a good idea

[fastbilly1]

Fair enough dsheinem, which Gradius would you like to add in there. I wont add 2 since the cost of entry is so high. So 1,3,4,5? 3 is the logical choice since it is also on the SNES/SFC.

[dsheinem]

Fair enough dsheinem, which Gradius would you like to add in there. I wont add 2 since the cost of entry is so high. So 1,3,4,5? 3 is the logical choice since it is also on the SNES/SFC.

3 sounds good, it is also on PSP and PS2