THE BEST OF 1989

Show notes

• Introductions
• 250 episodes
• Started Jan 29 2021
• Year in Review
• 96 Games
• 10 Essential
• 20 Sports Games
• 1 Nintendo Game - Tetris
• Published 7
  • Dance Aerobics
  • Cobra Triangle
  • Dragon Warrior
  • Faxanadu
  • Tetris
  • To the Earth
  • Short Order / Eggsplode!
• BEST OF 1989
• This year we won’t be listing our picks. The math has already been calculated and so we will go right into the TOP 10 games of 1989
• ESSENTIAL GAMES LIST VOTING
• First, the games on the list - Shout if you have any objections
• KID ICARUS
• BIONIC COMMANDO
• OPERATION WOLF
• BASEBALL STARS
  • Duck Hunt
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Balloon Fight
  • Gradius
  • Castlevania
  • Kid Icarus
  • Metroid
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
  • Mega Man
  • Contra
  • Double Dragon
  • Life Force
  • Spy vs. Spy
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Blaster Master
  • Bionic Commando
  • Tecmo Bowl
  • Ninja Gaiden
  • Adventures of Lolo
  • The Guardian Legend
  • Operation Wolf
  • Mega Man 2
  • Baseball Stars
  • Faxanadu
  • Archon
  • Shadowgate
• Next, the Patreon Fans Games
• Zelda 2
• DuckTales
• Goonies 2
• Tetris
• Gyruss
• Excitebike
• The Games we wanna add
• Rygar
• Gun.Smoke
• RBI Baseball
• To the earth
• 1990
• Events of 1990
• A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge
• The Miracle Piano Teaching System
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Adventures of Lolo 2
• Snake's Revenge
• Final Fantasy
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• Wall Street Kid
• Crystalis
• Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
• Dragon Warrior II
• Maniac Mansion
• Dr. Mario
• Mega Man 3
• Dragon's Lair
• StarTropics
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
• Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
• THE GAME BOY EPISODE TEASE

Show notes

• 1990 by the numbers
• 170 games
• 11 Nintendo Published Games
  • Super Spike V'Ball
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Pin*Bot
  • Final Fantasy
  • Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
  • Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
  • Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
  • NES Play Action Football
  • Dr. Mario
  • Nintendo World Cup
  • StarTropics
• 15 Essential Games
  • Double Dragon II: The Revenge
  • River City Ransom
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Terra Cresta
  • Super C
  • Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
  • Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
  • Crystalis
  • Final Fantasy
  • Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
  • Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
  • Kickle Cubicle
  • Mega Man 3
  • Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
  • StarTropics
• TOP 10 GAMES OF 1990
• MIKE:
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Final Fantasy
• Mega Man 3
• Startropics
• Castlevania 3
• Crystalis
• River City Ransom
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
• Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• SEAN:
• Super Mario Bros 3
• Crystalis
• Castlevania III
• Startropics
• River City Ransom
• Super C
• Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
• Kickle Cubicle
• Snake Rattle and Roll
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• JOE:
• SMB3
• FF
• Maniac Mansion
• Mega Man 3
• Castlevania III
• Crystalis
• Supert C
• River City Ransom
• Star tropics
• Chip n Dale
• AWARDS
• The “Atari Crash” Award (Most Chaotic Design Decision)
• Nominees
• Silver Surfer — one-hit deaths in a crowded shmup lane
• Dragon Warrior II — encounter spikes + late-game gauntlet
• Ninja Gaiden II — wind physics + bird RNG
• The Punisher — on-rail shooter, no zapper
• Werewolf: The Last Warrior — backflip invincibilities
• The “World 1-1” Award (Best Tutorial Without a Tutorial)
• Nominees
• Super Mario Bros. 3 — 1-1 teach everything again?
• Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers — Stage 1
• TMNT II: The Arcade Game — first street teaches spacing/throws
• The “Manual Was The Game” Award (Best Packaging)
• Nominees
• StarTropics — the letter you had to dip in water
• Final Fantasy — the manual that’s basically a strategy guide
• Dragon Warrior II — maps/charts that save your sanity
• Ultima IV — 64 Page Full Color Guide complete with history of Ultima so far
• The “Italian Plumber on Mushrooms” Award (Best Playable Character)
• Nominees
• Mega Man (Mega Man 3) — slide + usual weapon rotation
• Trevor Belmont (Castlevania III) — swap-able buddies, more flexible kit
• Mike Jones (StarTropics) — yo-yo hero
• Jackie Chan — tight responsive kung fu action
• ESSENTIAL GAMES LIST CHANGES
• MIKE
• IN:
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
  • Gyruss
  • Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• OUT:
  • Shadowgate (Same reason Maniac Mansion isn’t on the list)
  • Terra Cresta
  • Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
  • Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
  • Kickle Cubicle
• JOE
• IN:
  • Zelda II
  • Maniac Mansion
  • To The Earth
• OUT:
• SEAN
• IN:
  • Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• OUT:
  • Terra Cresta
  • Dragon Spirit
• Games to look forward to in 1991
• Less games!
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
• Metal Storm
• Battletoads
• Uninvited
• Where's Waldo?
• Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
• NES Open Tournament Golf
• Pirates!
• Tecmo Super Bowl