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Good morning! It's our own little Route 66 this week here on Rate the Game as we pull into our 66th week with our 66th game. Before we pop the clutch on whatever bad boy we pull out of the pool let's take a look at what we did with last week's Rock Band. It was a bit all over the place but how does it measure up to Guitar Hero and the rest of the leaderboard for that matter? Behold the incredibly long HTML code posing as a pulldown menu....

Rate the Game Results

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)
2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
3. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
4. (TIE) Mega Man 2 (4.44), Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
6. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
7. God of War (4.4)
8. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
9. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus (4.28), The Last of Us (4.28)
11. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
12. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
14. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
15. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06), The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
17. NBA Jam (4.05)
18. (FOUR-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart (4.0), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0), Super Metroid (4.0), The Simpsons (4.0)
22. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
23. Mega Man (3.89)
24. Half-Life (3.83)
25. (THREE-WAY TIE) Contra (3.8), Castlevania (3.8), Devil May Cry (3.86)
28. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
29. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
30. Tetris (3.69)
31. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
32. (TIE) Diablo (3.66), F.E.A.R. (3.66)
34. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
35. StarFox (3.61)
36. Doom (3.625)
37. Resident Evil (3.58)
38. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
39. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
40. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
41. (THREE-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33), Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33), Crash Bandicoot (3.33)
44. Gears of War (3.27)
45. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22), Borderlands (3.22)
47. Quake (3.2)
48. Pac-Man (3.125)
49. Killer Instinct (3.11)
50. (TIE) Virtua Fighter (3.09), Rock Band (3.09)
52. (FOUR-WAY TIE) Time Crisis (3.0), Tekken (3.0), Earthworm Jim (3.0), Metroid (3.0)
56. Guitar Hero (2.875)
57. Streets of Rage (2.84)
58. Dead Rising (2.71)
59. (TIE) Silent Hill (2.6), The Sims (2.6)
61. Tomb Raider (2.55)
62. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
63. Twisted Metal (2.42)
64. Gran Turismo (2.3)
65. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)



Well, Rock Band just barely edges out its rival with a 3.09 and shares the rather cushy number 50 spot with Virtua Fighter for the time being. I think Garbage's "I Think I'm Paranoid" was the key deciding factor. I don't have the stats to back that theory but it's a strong feeling. Speaking of strong feelings, time to see how everyone feels about this week's game! Let's see what the bowl has in store for us on Week 66!!!

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Ta-da! We jump back into the PlayStation era and the horror motif as we must dare recall and rate Konami's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night! It's one of the more well known entries but is it for good reason? How does it work for you? Take the poll, rate, discuss, inquire, and be merry and all that other good stuff! Until next week!