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Beating Gamesmaster magazine's best time on the original Rainbow Road by 3 seconds.

For me any of the GB Zelda games and Mystic Quest. Maybe the DS Castlevania games as a backup option.

Nice little find the other day - Castle of Illusion (MD) boxed with instructions. Cost me one whole pound. I'll probably put it on eBay sometime soon though - I don't actually have a Mega Drive but I just can't resist a bargain!

I didn't realise that Probotector and Contra were the same game/series until I'd played Super Probotector and seen Contra 3 as a challenge on Gamesmaster. Even back then I thought the censorship idea was being really soft.

2D wins by a mile for me. The 3D games are good, but the 2D ones are generally just more satisfying and I find them more user-friendly. The same goes for Metroid, Castlevania and Zelda.

Looks like a token from SegaWorld - a big Sega arcade in London. I doubt it's there any more, but in about 1997ish I went on a school trip to London and a visit there was part of the itinerary. You got given tokens like that one for the entry fee which counted as a credit in the machines. I can't re...

no-one's gone for Rise Of The Robots yet :wink: Ah, 'tis a fine game to be sure, but it falls into insignificance when compared with Catfight :wink: I'm not aware of Catfight enlighten me. You'll probably have a whole new appreciation of and lamentation for your former blissful unawareness of this ...

gman72 wrote: no-one's gone for Rise Of The Robots yet

Ah, 'tis a fine game to be sure, but it falls into insignificance when compared with Catfight

Very tough question! I think it's probably Super Metroid, but there are a LOT of games nibbling at its heels.

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and I've picked up my savefile of FF7 after about 8 months off.

Ristar
Fantasia
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
Toki
Krusty's Funhouse

I remember that me and my mates had a pretty good spread of consoles between us and we'd spend weekends at each others' houses often bringing consoles (and occasionally a spare portable telly) with to play whatever we fancied. We all had our faves and there were many friendly arguments, but on the w...

TheDude18 wrote: What about that Sonic Game on the Megadrive that used an isometric perspective? Does that count?

In the same category of does that count, I'll pitch Kirby's Dream Course

Great question! My list is also quite a mix, but I find I tend to enjoy more "best games" on older systems. For example, on NES my list includes some obvious "best" titles like LOZ, Mario, Metroid, Castlevania etc, a few undisputed classics (great games but not in the best of category) like Bubble B...

Face McShooty from Borderlands 2 is one nutter who deserves a mention. Always makes me laugh!