Rate the Game: Week 61
 

How's it hanging, boys and girls? Ready for another week of this shindig? We've surpassed the 60th week which is truly a milestone...somewhat. Last week's Condemned: Criminal Origins wasn't exactly one of the more popular titles amongst the TPWW community as I would have thought as there was a surprisingly large number of people who hadn't played it. Fortunately, I wasn't entirely alone when it came to people who had played it and so we still can figure out where it ranks amongst the rest of the pack as we determine it's average rating. The leaderboard is prepped and ready to receive another entry. And away we go...

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<option>1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)</option>
<option>2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>3. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>4. (TIE) Mega Man 2 (4.44), Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>6. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>7. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>8. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>9. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>10. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>12. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>13. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06), The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>15. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>16. (THREE-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart (4.0), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0), Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>19. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>20. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>21. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>22. (THREE-WAY TIE) Contra (3.8), Castlevania (3.8), Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>25. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>26. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>27. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>28. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>29. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>30. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>31. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>32. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>33. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>34. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>35. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>36. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>37. (TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33), Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>39. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>40. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22), Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>42. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>43. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>44. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>45. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>46. (FOUR-WAY TIE) Time Crisis (3.0), Tekken (3.0), Earthworm Jim (3.0), Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>50. Crash Bandicoot (2.9)</option>
<option>51. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>52. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>53. Dead Rising (2.71) </option>
<option>54. (TIE) Silent Hill (2.6), The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>56. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>57. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>58. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option>
<option>59. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>60. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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Well, as it stands the few people who did play it and rate it helped Condemned: Criminal Origins secure the number 37 spot and place it alongside Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. If that's not the biggest contrast between use of first-person perspective in terms of gaming, I don't know what is. I mean, there's porn obviously but that's a whole other issue. An issue we don't have time to tackle as we've got to move on to another game! Let's dive in and see what's on tap for this week....

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Well, I would imagine this game touched the lives of more of you than the last one. This week, our game to rate is the Konami arcade quarter-munching beat-'em-up based on another popular franchise, The Simpsons. How does this '90s staple of arcades and Chuck E. Cheese's nationwide stack up? What fond memories, if any, do you have of it? Is it indeed a classic? Rate and vote and discuss and rant and all of that good stuff. Until next week!

not the best arcade beat em up but there's nothing bad about it. 3.

Solid entry, gave it a 4 for the simpsons factor otherwise I agree 3.

3

Probably could have been higher if it came out later, and would thus have more characters and references from the show. Still fun, but doesn't compare to its fellow Konami beat em ups.

What your not a fan of the random red hair boy that appeared in one episode?

5/5. All-time arcade beat-'em-up classic.

It's TOO CLOSE TO CALL as to what drained more of my quarters between this, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and X-Men.

I beat it one time with a partner at Crab Towne USA, I believe marge with vacuum cleaner was my main

I love how this is an achievement and that they use that picture for the icon. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/ggCiz5r.png

Sideshow Bob should have been a boss. And maybe Drederick Tatum could be like a power up or something.

definitely don't know how many quarters I wasted on this game. Remember beating it with a "random" in a mall arcade once. That was fun.


I miss arcades :(

Of the big three from Konami, this is probably the one I played the least but only because it wasn't in as many places. I could find X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost anywhere but Simpsons, not so much. I remember being so miffed about it never being ported to any home consoles for a long time.

i remember stumbling across it in a Shoe Carnival one day and thought that was the most random place for an arcade machine ever

That was one of the great things of the days of the arcade cabinets. It was a nice little surprise seeing where one would pop up. I remember a laundromat had Mortal Kombat 2, some Mexican restaurant had Street Fighter 2 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a supermarket would have Primal Rage, Darkstalkers, and Ninja Baseball Batman, and even a local shithole of a pizza place had X-Men. I suppose it was nice way to earn a little extra cash on top of your business.

Pizza Hut was the shit for arcade games.


Lots of Neo Geo cabinets.

^This! The sole Pizza Hut that we had would often switch out what game was in the cabinet. They would have a jukebox as a constant fixture and right next to it we would be dazzled by stuff like Samurai Shodown and what not.

Along with ninja turtles and xmen, this was one of my fave arcade games.