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Figured I'd pipe in with my plans.

Jan: Riviera - I'm playing this now. GBA version via emulator.

Feb: King of Fighters '98 - Ultimate Match is on XBLA. I'll go that route.

Mar: Dark Forces - 5 bucks on steam? I'm no Star Wars fan, but I like shooters from that era, so why the hell not? If its half as fun as Doom (though I doubt that) then I can ignore the license. Hopefully I can get the damn thing running with little hassle.

Apr: Deja Vu - I'll pick up an Nes copy. It looks cool, and there are several complete copies for about $20 on ebay.

May: Zoop - I'll give the Genesis version a shot. Don't know how long I'll play this though.

Jun: Gradius III & Parodius - I don't know if I'll be able to play Parodius. Maybe I'll emulate the gameboy version. But Gradius 3 is easy enough to get. If I don't get a Snes cart, I'll just pick it up on VC.

Jul: Rayman - Saturn version. I'm particularly looking forward to this one. I've never played the original Rayman, and my Saturn needs some love.

Aug: Populous - Haven't decided if I want to play it yet. If I do, I'll probably go Genesis. When I was a kid, we had a hand me down Tandy 486, that came with Populous on the old 5 inch floppy disks, among other games. Memories.

Sep: World Series Baseball '95 - I want to get the 32x version, but its way too expensive. ($90 for baseball? Holy mother...) I want to complete my 32x collection one day, but I don't think it'll be this year. I'll be playing the Genesis version.

Oct: Splatterhouse - TG16 on VC. That's my only option.

Nov: Shining Force - I have this on Sega Smash Pack on DC, as well as Sonic's Genesis Collection on X360. I've never finished it, this time I think I'll finally do it. I'll probably play it on 360 for the sake of convenience.

Dec: Super Monkeyball - Never owned this game, though I rented it a couple of times. I'll play it on GC.

Might as well add my plans as well.

Feb: King of Fighters '98 - Picked up the PS2 UM version

Mar: Dark Forces - I will pick up the Playstation version since I've been on a little bit of a gaming spree with the PS1.

Apr: Deja Vu - I'll pick up the NES version.

May: Zoop - I'll track down a PS1 copy, again trying to build up the PS1 collection.

Jun: Gradius III & Parodius - Either the Gradius Collection for PSP or Gradius III/IV for PS2. I'll probably end up importing Parodius Portable for PSP as well.

Jul: Rayman - Saturn or PS1, depends which console I feel like giving some lovin'.

Aug: Populous - Gonna go with Populous: The Beginning for PS1.

Sep: World Series Baseball '95 - Without a doubt the Saturn version, will be fun to see how it holds up. I had a blast with this one back in the day.

Oct: Splatterhouse - Not really sure, I'm not too excited about this one. Maybe I'll pick up the PS3 or 360 version down the line.

Nov: Shining Force -Shining Force III for the Saturn.

Dec: Super Monkeyball - Original Gamecube version, just because my buddies and I have really fond memories with this game.

FerretGamer wrote:Aug: Populous - Gonna go with Populous: The Beginning for PS1.

I was on the fence about getting this one, but if you're gonna play it then maybe I will to knowing I'll have someone else to discuss the same version with.

noiseredux wrote:

FerretGamer wrote:Aug: Populous - Gonna go with Populous: The Beginning for PS1.

I was on the fence about getting this one, but if you're gonna play it then maybe I will to knowing I'll have someone else to discuss the same version with.

It will be interesting to see how well it holds up today. In the worst case, at least it gives me a chance to play a game I most likely would've ignored.

FerretGamer wrote:

noiseredux wrote:

FerretGamer wrote:Aug: Populous - Gonna go with Populous: The Beginning for PS1.

I was on the fence about getting this one, but if you're gonna play it then maybe I will to knowing I'll have someone else to discuss the same version with.

It will be interesting to see how well it holds up today. In the worst case, at least it gives me a chance to play a game I most likely would've ignored.

same here. Apparently The Beginning is more of a sequel than a remake or whatever. But still...

Dark Forces was HUGE back in the day. I spent dozens of hours playing the custom maps people cranked out for it (some of them had tougher puzzles than the original game, if you can believe that).