Rate the Game: Week 101

[M-A-G]

Oh, right, I still have to keep doing this.

Well, we're in triple-digit territory now, folks, as we kick off week 101 of this sucker. Ending things last week with 100 and a game like Super Mario RPG would've been fine with me, but I pledged more than that, so more is what you're going to get. Speaking of Super Mario RPG, how did it fare? What spot on the leaderboard will it claim?

<select><option selected="">Rate the Game Results

<option>1. (TIE) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)</option>
<option>3. (TIE) Hitman: Codename 47, Mass Effect (4.75)</option>
<option>5. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)</option>
<option>6. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>7. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
<option>8. (3-WAY TIE) Chrono Trigger, Portal, Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>11. (3-WAY TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>14. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>15. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>16. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>17. (TIE) Metal Gear Solid, BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>19. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>20. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>22. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>23. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>25. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>26. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>28. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>29. (10-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>- Sonic the Hedgehog 2</option>
<option>- Super Metroid</option>
<option>- The Simpsons</option>
<option>- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night</option>
<option>- Donkey Kong Country 2</option>
<option>- Resident Evil 4</option>
<option>- Super Smash Bros.</option>
<option>- Banjo-Kazooie</option>
<option>- EarthBound</option>
<option>39. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>40. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>41. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>44. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>45. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>46. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>48. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>49. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>50. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>52. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>53. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>54. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>56. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>57. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>58. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>59. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>60. (TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>62. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>63. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>64. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>65. (5-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D, Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>70. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>71. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>73. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>76. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>77. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>78. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>79. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>81. (5-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid, Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>86. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>87. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>88. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>89. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>90. (3-WAY TIE) Dead Rising, Gauntlet, Assassin's Creed (2.71) </option>
<option>93. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>95. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>96. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>97. (TIE) Twisted Metal, Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>99. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>100. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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Well, if nothing else, Ghosts n' Goblins' spot doesn't seem to be threatened anytime soon. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars earns itself some high praise but it ends up scraping at the door alongside Mega Man and Donkey Kong and doesn't enter the elite top ten despite its respectable 4.44 overall average. It's alright; I have no doubt that if ClockShot and DAMN iNATOR had played it, they'd have given it fives, too.

But what will they, or any of us, be giving this week's game? The bowl has work to do!

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Well, we begin the countdown of the final 25 games with this lovely gem, one I remember being specifically requested. It's another Konami romp through beat-'em-up territory with some familiar reptilian faces, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time! No, not that shitty movie from your childhood that made you question everything. It's the arcade title that sends our four heroes in a half shell through a temporal adventure. What do you say, TPWW? Are we talking "Cowabunga" or what? Let's do the rating thing and we'll see you next week!

[Lock Jaw]

Pretty sure I played this, but I could actually have just played the original arcade game only. I remember it being pretty radical and always looking forward to playing it... would always spend all my quarters on it instead of any other offerings....

[ClockShot]

Yeah. I played this. All I remember is the opening cutscene with Krang stealing the Statue of Liberty. The rest is a blur.

I'll give it 3, I guess.

[screech]

I fucking love this game

[Sepholio]

Peak 16 bit sidescrolling beat em up imo.

[Destor]

beat em ups rately resonate with me but ill give it a 3 because its very well made

[M-A-G]

I feel like if Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project hadn't been released I'd be more about this game than I already am. Three beat-'em-up titles in such a short span is a bit excessive. That said, this game is still fun. If they could have held off on some of the material from The Manhattan Project and used it for this game it would've been even better.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It was pizzarific.

Five stars.

[M-A-G]

I remember being excited when I heard about The Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis. Not owning a Genesis made me upset that they were getting another Turtles game and no one else was. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that it was just a version of this game.

[drave]

PLayed the hell out of it on SNES if I recall.

[Sepholio]

I remember Krang being an absolute bitch in this game. Found him harder than Shredder I think.

[drave]

Krang was definitely a coin hose. Cheap fight.

[M-A-G]

I feel ripped off living 2 years after the date Neon Night Riders was set; this is not the future I was promised.

[OssMan]

Big Apple, 3AM and Sewer Surfing really memorable themes... 1 of the most memorable beat them ups, actually did beat this one with a friend who was more talented at it than I was

Turtles discussions in the VG forum always get a lil heated... heh...

[drave]

"Big Apple, 3AM"




You just unlocked a memory AussMan.

[M-A-G]

Big Apple, 3AM and Sewer Surfing really memorable themes... 1 of the most memorable beat them ups, actually did beat this one with a friend who was more talented at it than I was

Turtles discussions in the VG forum always get a lil heated... heh...

We take our child exploiting nineties products VERY SERIOUSLY around these parts!

[Fignuts]

4 out of 5.

Theres better beat em ups out there, but not many.