What's funny about Death Duel is that at Electronics Boutique, we devoted a full side of a kiosk in promoting its impending release, because E.B signed an exclusivity deal with Razorsoft. But then Razorsoft broke the deal and shipped it to every retailer when it came out anyway, hahaha. I wish I had the promo material still, I'd send it to Joe who I'm sure would treasure it always!
You're in the 1% because you guys stumbled on a brilliant approach with infinite possibilities ... picking games that fit some totally random theme for each episode. "Games whose titles contain a hyphen." "Games that use the color blue. Part I."
Never played it. But I love the music for that game and listen to it in the car sometimes. Top Gear on the SNES was the racing game that I played when I was younger. It's basically the same thing with cool music of its own.
+Dan Allnatt Amiga audio chip (Paula) was phenomenal - it's the sole reason why I can't play games like Lotus, Cannon Fodder or Flashback on any other systems. I can cope with the downgrade of graphics and swapped or reduced colour pallet, but simply can't turn a blind eye (deaf ear?) to pauperized sound/music ;P
Doom Train What do you mean "come on"? We've done it three times, I've seen it happen first hand. I'd prefer not to "seasonalize" our episodes like that.
I guess... sorry, I don't mean to sound pushy. I just feel like Halloween gets undersold. you can't even use a streaming service this time of year to see great horror films unless you pay out the ass for it, y'know? I'll shut up now
I see where he is coming from though, it's rare that in a two week schedule your Saturday falls on Halloween so there is an expectation for that. But heck I am just glad we have game sack period.
FINALLY someone gave the Top Gear series some love. Those games were absolutely huge here in Brazil for some reason, it was really hard to find a SNES owner who hadn't played them. I owned all three, and seeing them here really reminds me of my childhood. Thanks Game Sack!
Anyone wanting to save money while still playing Neo Geo games should just get them on PS2 you can get Art of Fighting 1, 2, and 3 for under 15 dollars. I think I found mine for like 7 dollars though.
Some other fun and cheap games: 1. Trampoline Terror - Genesis ~$12 cartridge only 2. Atomic Robo Kid - Genesis ~$13 cartridge only 3. Skate or Die Bad N Rad - Game Boy ~$4 cartridge only 4. Bio Hazard Battle - Genesis ~$13 cartridge only 5. Solar Eclipse - Saturn ~$12 disc only 6. James Pond 3 - Genesis ~$15 CIB, ~$4 cartridge only 7. Legendary Wings - NES ~$7 cartridge only
I actually like that on Black, the background blurs while reloading the weapons. It gives the illusion like when your eyes focus on an object closer in your vision. l remember I rented that game on the PS2 from Gamefly eons ago and liked it so much that I bought a copy the same day I returned the rental copy.
Black was such a fun game. Custom soundtrack plus infinite ammo equals hours of fun. Protip: You can detonate grenades mud air by shooting them. Love the episode guys, great presentation
Shadow of Rome, Burnout 3, Ace Combat 4 and 5. Final Fantasy 10, ICO, Onimusha 1, 2 and 3, Ratchet and Clank 1, 2 and 3, The Punisher, SSX 3, Gungrave, Freedom Fighters, Silent Hill 2, Killer 7, God of war, Devil may cry 3, Destroy all humans. All great games which can be found easily for less than $10.
Hey Guys, huge fan over here & wanted to congratulate you & your awesome channel for making the WatchMojo Top 10 list of Retro Gaming Critics. If you weren't on the list, that would have been criminal. LOVE the channel & keep up the awesome work.
Oh man, showing some love for Black! Nobody talks about it. That was one of the games I searched for when I bought that generation of consoles after the fact. Word is the sound guys even went out and recorded the actual weapons firing, not just using stock sounds.
Top gear was really famous in Brazil. I've talked with some american friends that never played it. Hopefuly, more people will play it now. Great episode!
There's also a PS1 version of Mickey Mania, but it was only released in Europe and is called Mickey's Wild Adventure. I don't know how much a physical version costs but it goes for pretty cheap on the Playstation Store, much like alot of the other Disney PS1 games on there.
This may just be my new favorite episode of 'Sack. Seeing Ghen War, Skitchin, and Lotus/Top Gear get their due after decades of obscurity definately put a smile on my face. I didn't even know about Top Gear 3000. If you can find it, RDF Total Conflict on the Sega CD might be a good choice for another budget episode. It's obscure as hell and I didn't pay much for it.
Panzer Dragoon Orta is pretty cheap, usually 10 bucks, and add in that it has the first game as an unlockable, so you get half of the series on a disc, and one hell of a deal. Also the 007 games for the PS2/XBOX/GameCube are also pretty cheap, and fun still, well besides Goldeneye Rogue Agent. And not necessarily the cheapest advice here, but if you want to play Chrono Trigger without paying for the overpriced Snes copy, get the DS version instead.
Also cheap games that are worth it, well to me at least Burnout Legends on the PSP, which is a greatest hits version of that series, pre Burnout Revenge. Mario Vs Donkey Kong on the GBA is a great puzzle platformer, especially if you liked Donkey Kong on the original Gameboy. Also the Timesplitters games are pretty cheap, and still relatively fun, especially if you enjoyed Goldeneye 007, or Perfect Dark, though the Xbox versions usually are the cheapest as I got Future Perfect for 2 bucks complete.
Alright I said I was done, but I'm not. Four racing games from the last generation that are generally cheap to get whether on console or PC, Blur aka Mario Kart with standard cars by the people who made the Project Gotham Racing games (also the PGR games are relatively cheap as well for the Xbox systems, and pretty cheap as well). Split Second, basically a mix of Burnout, and a gameshow, Driver San Francisco in which a concussion lets you possesses other drivers, and finally Ridge Racer Unbounded which adds in a lot of Burnout to the Ridge Racer name. Last game I'll recommend is Ken Griffey Junior Baseball on the Snes (the first one), as it is my favorite baseball game even more than the Mario Baseball game.
Nice review of Mickey Mania. Watching you play Skitchin' was indeed painful lol I'm glad you acknowledged that in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, Skitchin' can be very fun.
4x4 is exponentially superior to 3x3. held my interest and view start to finish, reminded me of oldschool game sack and i loved every second of it. fantastic vid, makes me pines for blu rays all over again
Great video guys! You've done so many I can't recall every game you've covered but some inexpensive ones I really enjoy include: Beyond Oasis on the Genesis (not terribly cheap but affordable), and Jackal, Rygar, and Batman on the NES,
I know that it's outside of the scope of Game Sack, but of course there's also a ton of cheap gaming to be had on even the feeblest of computers. If you're like me and have any amount of nostalgia for old MS-DOS titles, you can get them for literally nothing much of the time. I've even sometimes thought about putting together a proper late 90s-early 00s PC to scratch my itch for the early 3d stuff, since dads the world over are typically happy to hand over their old pentiums and whatnot. Keep up the excellent videos, guys. Looking sharp!
Surely, for cheap but good gaming things you should look at the common stuff like Sonic, Mario, Tomb Raider. They're definitely not expensive and they sold loads for a reason.
Top Gear 1 and 2 were a sensation in Brazil. Everyone loved it and it was prety competitive!!!! I think its fair to assume TG1 was the game I rented the most.
Top Gear is really expensive here in Brazil, since is one of the games most people played during childhood around here, and now everyone wants to have it in their collections.
Friend of mine constantly played Black. I dunno how many times he completed it, but it was several. I liked what I saw...although I never played it myself.
BLACK IS FRIGGIN' AWESOME! (I had it on xbox.) What most people don't seem to realize is enemies only take 3 bullets on average to kill. It's just that they have "recovery time" after each bullet where they don't take damage. It's just like when a player gets hit, (like in old school games,) & he flashes for a moment of invulnerability, except here the enemy gets this moment of invulnerability. Just shoot, pause, shoot, pause, shoot, dead. (Unless they have body armor.) Also, the blur goes away if you hit "X" (I think. It's the "pick up item" button.) right as you start to reload. I would've hated it if I couldn't get rid of that blur. I never saw such a destructive environment back then, or so many particle effects, or such impressive sound effects. Everything was just so intense! I was so glad MS made it backwards compatible for the 360. It looks even sharper on it. (Yes, it's still rendered at 480p & scaled up, but it's still sharper.) And getting unlimited ammo after beating the game on normal... soooo friggin sweet to go through it again with a rocket launcher or magnum!
Be honest. You just made this to see if you could spike eBay prices. Kidding! Mickey Mania is fantastic. Happy to see it featured and looking forward to a future full review.
