Today, it's 1988. What are we playing today?
Perhaps Go to the Arcade?
Altered Beast - "Rise from your grave". I like the visuals and the transformations in this game but it's kind of difficult. Not impossible though, just a lot of replays to master.
Ordyne - I love those cute 'em ups like TwinBee from '85. I could replay this one many more times than Altered Beast.
Splatterhouse - I'm not great at this, but it's worth replaying because it has a look I like and some interesting and meaty melee.
Or How About A PC Game?
I would be into the first DnD Gold Box RPG game Pool of Radiance on my Mac Plus. Or maybe check out that new Madden Football. That'll never last as a series.
Perhaps a Console Game?
The NES has Metal Gear, Jackal, Super Mario Bros 2, Legend of Zelda 2 and Castlevania 2. That's a lot of sequels that might be good.
However, the Sega Master System has a new RPG called Phantasy Star I'm excited to try.
A Board or Card Game?
DragonLance has a board game out, or read one of the 9 novels out right now. Read?
Or a TV Show or Film?
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is on as well as this new show Mystery Science Theater 3000. What a strange idea to talk over B-movies, but I'm interested. "Robot roll call!"
Or a comedy film like Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, A Fish Called Wanda, Scrooged or Naked Gun? Maybe action is appealing with Die Hard, Midnight Run, or They Live? Fantasy with Willow? Or perhaps it's fun to get creeped out with Dead Ringers? Perhaps music related with Hairspray or Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years? Lots to choose from.
There's Still Canadian TV
SCTV is always good for a laugh as well as Kids in the Hall.
You're hard to please it seems, but choose one because next time it'll be 1989!
I loved playing Ordyne with my brother Jeff when he was little. He called it the 'flying game.'
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers is my number one favorite cartoon of all time.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is my number one favorite TV show of all time.
Did you play Ordyne in the arcade? I'd love to see and play the cabinet.
I'll have to watch some Chip n Dale this month.
I never saw Ordyne in the arcade. I think it was just a Japanese exclusive. It did get a release on the TG-16 in the US, but I still never heard of it until I played it on the Namco Museums.
How are you going to watch DuckTales and Rescue Rangers? Do you have Disney+? I think you can at least watch a few of the episodes on YouTube.
You just gave me a reason to own a TG-16.
YouTube, whatever is available. I've noticed that a lot of old cartoons are behind a paywall on youtube now, but not He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which I just watched the other day.
I would really rather just play the arcade version of Ordyne over the TG-16 version.
Sure, but another console to add to my collection. It's almost irresistible.
I discovered how cool the TG-16 was when the Wii started putting a lot of TG-16 games on the Virtual Console.
Yea! I discovered some of those games on VC too. I can't wait to break out the Wii and see what I still have there on my memory stick. Dungeon Explorer was one, if I remember right.
Hudson Soft. was a big supporter of the Wii, with lots of TG-16 titles and many original ones. Like a remake of the TG-16 pinball game Alien Crush!
Too bad I'll not be able to buy any more games on VC for the Wii, but maybe Switch, when I get to that.
Unfortunately by the time the Switch came around, Konami bought out Hudson Soft. and all we've seen from them now are Bomberman games mostly.
What's the deal with Konami anyway. I'd love a great Konami arcade collection but they've put out so few. I was so happy to have a bunch of them on Xbox 360's Game Room, but that was a decade ago.
Konami kind of sucks now. They are getting better, but I still think they suck. They did just release a Goemon collection that I REALLY wish they'd localize.