Ah yeah, here’s the real deal:
Detana! TwinBee Yahho! is the game released for SAT and PSX in 1995, which includes both Detana and Yahho
I am editing the previous post!
Well damn I might as well mention Gokujyou Parodius Da (PlayStation 1994(!), Saturn 1995) is a double pack of parodius da (1990) and gokujyou parodius (1994). Release dates are my secret passion lol
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Ah yeah! The Parodius console release has a similar 2-in-1 thing going on, I didn’t realize this.
DKC2 came out in 1995, but I’m not sure if many people would want to use that title to “defend” the year. Personally, I find it one of the finest console platformers of the 16-bit era, but I know that not everyone shares a love of Rare’s Donkey Kong sidescrollers.
I’d probably put it slightly above Rayman, so I feel like I should mention it. Rayman’s art style, however, holds up better for me.
Believe it or not, King of Fighters '95 was actually released in July of the titular year! It’s a heck of a lot more playable for me than '94, but it still doesn’t grip me the way that '97 and later do.
It seems like 1995 was a big year for old game compilations on consoles…that was the year of the first Namco Museum. There were Hudson caravan shooting, ninja gaiden and nichibutsu compilations on the super famicom. Game & watch gallery for game boy. I’m sure there are others. I want to tie it all together and say something like “a lot of companies needed a quick stopgap while they figured out 3D”
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It was also a transitional year in a lot of ways. Mega Drive/Genesis and SFC/SNES had matured and were still receiving great games, but felt relatively unexciting in 1995 due to the torrent of new consoles and 3D technology. Meanwhile, those exciting new consoles had patchy early libraries and most of the extreme game hotness was happening in the arcades (for my money).
GAMEST of the year 1995
Top Ten Best By Popularity
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Night Warriors
- Street Fighter Alpha
- The King of Fighters '95
- Tekken 2
- Tekken
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
- Samurai Shodown II
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Puzzle Bobble
Top Ten Best By Income
- Virtua Fighter
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Night Warriors
- Tekken
- The King of Fighters '94
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Samurai Shodown II
- Tekken 2
- Puzzle Bobble
Top 50 of the Year
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Night Warriors
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Tekken
- The King of Fighters '94
- Tekken 2
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Samurai Shodown II
- The King of Fighters '95
- Puzzle Bobble
- World Heroes Perfect
- Strikers 1945
- Fatal Fury 3
- Ridge Racer 2
- Rave Racer
- Samurai Shodown III
- Darius Gaiden
- TwinBee Yahhoo!
- Virtua Striker
- DonPachi
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Puzzle Bobble 2
- Daytona USA
- Sega Rally Championship
- Ace Driver
- Virtua Striker
- Soccer Superstar
- Point Blank
- Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash
- Viper Phase 1
- Marvel Super Heroes
- Mach Breakers
- Virtua Fighter 2.1
- Stakes Winner
- Cyberbots
- Virtua Cop
- Galaxy Fight
- Aero Fighters 3
- Ultra X Weapons
- Quiz Nobunaga no Yabou 2
- Magical Drop
- Double Dragon '95
- The Outfoxies
- Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1
- Taisen Puzzle Dama
- Super Slam
- Gunbird
- Darkstalkers
- Raiden DX
Gamest’s Nominees of 1995
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Night Warriors
- The King of Fighters '95
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Samurai Shodown II
- Tekken
- Cyberbots
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Fatal Fury 3
- Kabuki Klash
Best Action Game
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Rave Racer
- Outfoxies
- Powered Gear
- Puzzle Bobble
- Elevator Action Returns
- Mach Breakers
- Sega Rally Championship
- Puzzle Bobble 2
- Magical Drop
Best STG
- TwinBee Yahhoo!
- DonPachi
- Strikers 1945
- Ultra X Weapons
- Pulstar
- Cyber Commando
- Viper Phase 1
- P47 Aces
- Space Invaders '95: Attack of the Lunar Loonies
- Sega NetMark
Best FTG
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Night Warriors
- The King of Fighters '95
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Samurai Shodown II
- Tekken
- Cyberbots
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Kabuki Klash
- Galaxy Fight
Best Graphics
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Night Warriors
- The King of Fighters '95
- Tekken 2
- Rave Racer
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Pulstar
- Samurai Shodown II
- Sega Rally Championship
- Cyberbots
Best Cutscenes
- The King of Fighters '95
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Samurai Shodown II
- Cyberbots
- Night Warriors
- Virtua Fighter 2
- TwinBee Yahhoo!
- Fatal Fury 3
- Tekken 2
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
Best VGM
- Night Warriors
- The King of Fighters '95
- Virtua Fighter 2
- RayForce
- Samurai Shodown II
- TwinBee Yahhoo!
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Cyberbots
- Power Instincts Legend
- Ultra X Weapons
Editor’s Choice Awards
Alpine Racer
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Sega Rally Championship
Tekken 2
DonPachi
Virtua Striker
Top Companies
- Capcom
- SNK
- Sega
- Namco
- Konami
- Taito
- Psykyo
- Atlus
- ADK
- DECO
Best Characters of 1995
- Iori Yagami
- Genjuro Kibagami
- Kyo Kusanagi
- Devilotte
- Dan
- Nakoruru
- Hsien Ko
- Anita
- Athena
- Guy
- Akira Yuki
- Morrigan
- Donovan
- Lion Rafale
- Heihachi Mishima
- Ryu
- Terry Bogard
- Ken
- Jacky Bryant
- Rave Reiko (unofficial name for the Rave Racer girl)
- Mai Shiranui
- Pastel
- Akuma
- Felicia
- Sarah Bryant
- Old man
- Kuma
- Jun Kazama
- Gin-kun (from Ganbare Gin-kun)
- Yuri Sakazaki
- Sie Kensou
- Geese Howard
- Haohmaru
- Yagumo (Kabuki Klash)
- Ryuji Yamazaki
- Chun-Li
- Bishamon
- Ukyo Tachibana
- Captain Sawada
- Kagemaru
- Pai Chan
- Rose
- Hanzo Hattori (Samurai Shodown)
- Charlie (aka Nash)
- Sasquatch
- Kim Kaphwan
- Shun-Di
- Rasputin
- Super 8
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This is a really insightful time capsule, thanks for digging it up!
EXTREME GAME HOTNESS
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warcraft II is the best warcraft game and the best RTS send tweet
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I probably still have a ZIP drive full of custom maps. Hundreds of custom maps.
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did anyone else ever try to make a war2 map based on the actual World Map? Or was there ever one that was good? It seems like a fun idea but island maps are hard to do well
I totally tried to make a war2 map based on earth. I probably gave up after fucking up north America. for a while, I played with the map editor a lot before I learned to even play the game really.
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gamest polls are one of our most important cultural artifacts
BUT
what
It’s a bizarre misreading of Sky Target
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ah, i see.
also, in case anyone didn’t see it at the time, there’s another gamest poll translated here
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I definitely did this in Advance Wars
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Alien Soldier is good.
Like so, so good.
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Astal
Cho Ren Sha 68K
Chrono Trigger
Clock Tower
Command & Conquer
Crusader: No Remorse
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Discworld
The Dig
Dragon Quest VI
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
DonPachi
Front Mission
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Jagged Alliance
King’s Field II
Kolibri (arguably the finest hummingbird-based shooter available for the 32X)
Lufia II
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)
Marathon 2: Durandal
Mario’s Picross
Mega Man X3
The Outfoxies
Panel de Pon
Panzer Dragoon
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Rise of the Triad
Romancing SaGa 3
Seiken Densetsu 3
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shiren the Wanderer
Soul Edge
Space Quest 6
Street Fighter Alpha
Strikers 1945
Suikoden
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
Tactics Ogre
Tales of Phantasia
Tekken 2 (the good one)
Terranigma
Time Crisis
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
Wipeout
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand
the PlayStation
the Virtual Boy
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This is actually one of several topics that interests me for reasons I don’t understand. There is a pattern I noticed where every year ending in a 7 tends to be excellent for gaming
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I think it’s happened to coincide with midpoints on console lifecycles, so you get the considered second-round games
Except 2007, which I remember as “I hope you like modern warfare because nobody else knows what the fuck they’re doing right now”