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Here go again, folks! Welcome to December. The countdown to Christmas is underway! Or Hannukah, if that's your bag. Everyone's welcome here. Just thinking about the goodies that we'll be unwrapping during the holidays is enough to get me pumped. Perhaps one of the games on our illustrious list here can make a great present. Maybe this week's game? Well, we'll get to that in a bit but first let's perform our ceremonial duty of putting last week's Final Fight in its proper place. How does it stack up?

Rate the Game Results

1. (TIE) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)
3. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
5. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
6. (3-WAY TIE)Chrono Trigger, Portal, Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
9. (TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
11. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
12. God of War (4.4)
13. (TIE) Metal Gear Solid, BioShock (4.33)
15. Perfect Dark (4.3)
16. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)
18. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
19. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
21. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
22. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
24. NBA Jam (4.05)
25. (8-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid, The Simpsons, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
33. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
34. Mega Man (3.89)
35. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)
38. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
39. Half-Life (3.83)
40. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)
42. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
43. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
44. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)
46. Tetris (3.69)
47. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
48. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)
50. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
51. Doom (3.625)
52. StarFox (3.61)
53. Resident Evil (3.58)
54. (TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi (3.5)
56. Dead Space (3.4)
57. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
58. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
59. (4-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
63. Gears of War (3.27)
64. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)
66. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)
69. Pac-Man (3.125)
70. Killer Instinct (3.11)
71. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)
73. (4-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid (3.0)
77. Guitar Hero (2.875)
78. Streets of Rage (2.84)
79. Altered Beast (2.8)
80. Dead Rising (2.71)
81. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)
83. Tomb Raider (2.55)
84. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
85. Twisted Metal (2.42)
86. Gran Turismo (2.3)
87. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)


Well it doesn't have enough to get to the top of the pack but Final Fight enjoys some company in the number 40 spot right next to Sim City 2000 with a 3.8 average.

IDEA TIME!!! A Final Fight/Sim City crossover game where you roam the streets of your custom city as Final Fight characters, beating the shit out of criminals!!! LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY!!!

OK, enough of that. Let's get back to business here. It's the 88th week of this shindig so let's have a look at what we're tackling this time. I summon the bowl!!!

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Well, back to the arcade past once again this week as we look at what I consider the grandfather of a lot of arcade titles, the legendary Gauntlet! Yellow Wizard may need food but we need to know how this game ranks amongst the people of TPWW. Let's do that rating thing and hopefully the month of December treats us well. Until next week!