Old Gamer’s Almanac
The definitive ranking of all every video game, every week at a time. If you work in the gaming industry, please stop making games while we catch up.
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Episodes
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Matt and Hunter were in the same place for a weekend, which is why you're getting a few episodes in a row of this particular era and breed of video game. This time, it's one from Hunter's childhood, vehicular car combat legend Twisted Metal 2. So many things about this game are "out-dated," but does that make it bad, or does that make it a product of it's time? Who cares, it's all Beavis and Butt-head jokes.
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The List So Far
1 Celeste
2 Super Mario Brothers 3
3 Getting Over It with B. Foddy
4 Katamari Damacy
5 Halo: Combat Evolved
6 Quake
7 Papers, Please
8 Hyper Light Drifter
9 Crusader Kings 3
10 Hitman (2016)
11 Jet Set Radio
12 Halo 3
13 Mass Effect 3
14 Mass Effect 2
15 Out Run
16 Centipede
17 Inscryption
18 Kirby Superstar
19 Forza Horizon 5
20 Metroid Dread
21 Donkey Kong Country 3
22 Final Fantasy 7
23 Pikmin
24 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
25 Kingdom Hearts
26 Mass Effect
27 Journey to Silius
28 Solar Ash
29 Halo 2
30 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
31 Killer Instinct
32 GoldenEye 007
33 War of the Monsters
34 Sonic Adventure
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
It's time to get cool again and talk about one of those college dorm classics: GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64. There are a lot of folks out there who hold this game firmly in their nostalgia, and today we're here to tell them to let it go. This one can die and be a historical event. We also bring back crowd favorite as well as introduce highly anticipated guest: Matt's cousin Kimmy. Listen, we wanted to play 4 player GoldenEye, and this was our crew, and each of our voices deserves to be heard!
Mentioned in the episode: Errant Signal's GoldenEye 007 (Children of Doom 1997) video
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The List So Far
1 Celeste
2 Super Mario Brothers 3
3 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
4 Katamari Damacy
5 Halo: Combat Evolved
6 Quake
7 Papers, Please
8 Hyper Light Drifter
9 Crusader Kings 3
10 Hitman (2016)
11 Jet Set Radio
12 Halo 3
13 Mass Effect 3
14 Mass Effect 2
15 Out Run
16 Centipede
17 Inscryption
18 Kirby Super Star
19 Forza Horizon 5
20 Metroid Dread
21 Donkey Kong Country 3
22 Final Fantasy 7
23 Pikmin
24 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
25 Kingdom Hearts
26 Mass Effect
27 Journey to Silius
28 Solar Ash
29 Halo 2
30 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
32 Killer Instinct
33 Goldeneye
34 War of the Monsters
35 Sonic Adventure
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
This one is a stone cold classic straight out of Matt's Nostalgia Bag. Is it the perfect Kirby game? Can such a thing exist? Does Hunter have any room left in his big video game noggin for this pink cutie? Am I going to keep asking questions until I feel like this episode description is sufficiently long? Yes.
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The List So Far1 Celeste2 Super Mario Brothers 33 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy4 Katamari Damacy5 Halo: Combat Evolved6 Quake7 Papers, Please8 Hyper Light Drifter9 Crusader Kings 310 Hitman (2016)11 Jet Set Radio12 Halo 313 Mass Effect 314 Mass Effect 215 Out Run16 Centipede17 Inscryption18 Kirby Super Star19 Forza Horizon 520 Metroid Dread21 Donkey Kong Country 322 Final Fantasy 723 Pikmin24 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)25 Kingdom Hearts26 Mass Effect27 Journey to Silius28 Solar Ash29 Halo 230 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire32 Killer Instinct34 War of the Monsters35 Sonic Adventure
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Well today is a weird one. Matt has come a long way in his relationship with difficulty and frustration and this is a chance to put that to the test. But the real test is the fact that Hunter is actually playing and trying to beat Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy for the first time while recording the episode. Experience the highs and the lows in real time and see if Hunter can Get Over It with Matt jabbering on in his ear.
Mentioned in the episode:
Bennett Foddy Plays Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy with Tim Rogers
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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
The darkness. The light. The heart. The chains. The shoes. Is this the most important episode of the show? Probably. Donald Duck is like a wizard and Goofy is a knight? Shut up and quit asking questions. Come for the Disney, stay for the clothes and pop music. It's time for us to embark on our Kingdom Hearts journey.
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Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Nintendo is knows for classic, cute, and relatively easy games. And then there's Pikmin. It's had its share of sequels and spinoffs, but this original entry is notably punishing and finicky, and yet it still has all of the charm and allure of other Nintendo fare. So what does that mean for The List?
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Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
We're digging through the early Nintendo 64 catalog today with one of the earliest big Star Wars video game projects. Lauded as a movie without a movie, Shadows of the Empire had the full backing of Lucasfilm to be cross-media success. There's a lot of history to this game that is somewhat lost to time and will that be enough to carry it in our stupid ranking?
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Today is the splendid arcade classic from Arkansas' own Dona Bailey! Centipede by Atari has such an original look and feel that it easily stands out from so many games at the arcades of old. Good arcades are hard to find these days, but if you can find this cabinet in good condition, it's absolutely worth the time!
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The Ranking So Far:1 Celeste2 Super Mario Brothers 33 Katamari Damacy4 Halo: Combat Evolved5 Quake6 Papers, Please7 Hyper Light Drifter8 Crusader Kings 39 Hitman (2016)10 Jet Set Radio11 Halo 312 Mass Effect 313 Mass Effect 214 Out Run15 Inscryption16 Forza Horizon 517 Metroid Dread18 Donkey Kong Country 319 Final Fantasy 720 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)21 Mass Effect22 Journey to Silius23 Solar Ash24 Halo 226 Killer Instinct27 War of the Monsters28 Sonic Adventure