PixlBit

I kind of miss the mom and pop brick and mortar retro game stores.  There was one in a local mall for the longest time called FX.  And back in college I would go to GameFellas, which is a store that one of the folks who helped start PixlBit worked at.  I might've met him and not even known it then!  When I would visit family in Alabama, I would go visit a store called Player Two.  And when I was in high school, there was another retro game store in Alabama that was about the size of a walk in closet.  It didn't have a name and might've been a bit sketchy, but you couldn't beat those prices!  I got a lot of games there.

I hope it has instructions on how to play!

Unless the Switch puts it on their Genesis online collection someday.

When I got the Genesis Mini 2, games like Crusader of Centy wasn't even on the Switch yet, so it seemed like a better deal at the time.  But then, I still don't have the Online Plus account for my Switch, so I wouldn't be able to do Genesis games anyway.

New Pokemon Snap was my GOTY when it was released.  I think it's cool that HAL Laboratory made the first game and Namco made the second one.  They do make reference to characters in the first game in the second one if you play it long enough.

Aw yeah!  You played Arkanoid DS?  Isn't it great?  A lot of people hate it, but I really liked it.  And that music!  What do you think of the music?

I think I'm the only person in the world who likes Mario 2 more than Mario 3.

I remember Vindicators and Xybots in the arcade.  Even though Xybots isn't my cup of tea, it's really not that bad of a game.

Mega Man 2 is one of the best games on the NES.  Even though my favorite is MM3, I can understand why someone might like 2 more.  My favorite Mega Man games are MM3, MM2, MM8, MMX, and MMX4.

I think Crusader of Centy is the best game in this batch.  But wait'll you see the crazy stuff that's in Part 2 next week!

So if you have to choose between Zelda 1 and 2, I'd pick Zelda 1.  To this day that's still one of my favorite Zeldas, and the second one is way too hard and one of the few Zelda games I never finished on my own.

I really like the Ys games.  Purists may not like it, but I enjoyed playing the first one on my DS.  Such great music in those games, too.

For shooters, I know you know that I like 1943.  I also really like Fantasy Zone but it's way too hard.  I also really enjoy Darius.  Another one of my top favorite shooters.  The first stage music "Captain NEO" is one of my top favorite video game tunes ever.

Mega Man came out in 1987...

That's what they do!  I just bought some Mario Oreos that I mgiht write about later.

The original Dragon Ball (Not Z) is one of my favorite anime cartoons.  

I really liked New Super Lucky's Tale and I'm glad it eventually came to Switch, since I don't have the new Xbox consoles.  It reminded me of something you'd play on the GameCube.  

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/11/29/new-super-luckys-tale-switch/

I reviewed Arkanoid: Eternal Battle.  It's all right, but it felt like it was missing something.

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2022/12/09/arkanoid-eternal-battle-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc/

I may have said this before, but 1943 is one of my top favorite shooters, even after all this time!

You said, "Sent Us Emails" in the description up there.  Does that mean you'd rather us email you our responses instead of posting them here?  If so, could you please post the email here again?  I know you say it in the podcast, but I tend to forget what it is by the time I have something to say.  I can then repost this reply as an email and send it to you if you'd like.  Thanks.

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Here are my top three games I'm looking forward to:

3. WarioWare: Move It!

It's just one of my favorite Nintendo series.  That's all.

2. Detective Pikachu Returns

I loved the first game and it's nice to play a Pokemon game where you can enjoy the characters and not have to battle all the time.  Gameplay is like Phoenix Wright for kids.

1. Super Mario RPG remake

I have a lot of speical memories with the first game.  My younger brother Jeff was very little when the first one came out, and he'd always ask for me to play "Mario PG" and "Chwono Twigger."  He couldn't read so I always had to read the text to him aloud, so my throat would get pretty tired after a while!

Other games I'm looking forward to include Illusion Island, Samba de Amigo: Party Central, and Super Mario Wonder.