From news Thu Jul 1 11:42:42 1993 From: tmartin@dpw.com (Thomas Martin) Subject: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BIG Tom's Sega CD Ratings <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 22:29:12 +0000 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BIG Tom's Genesis CD Game Ratings <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This week: Unfortunately, I am still having posting difficulties. If anyone has a U.S. site where I can SEND this list to be posted by a news demon, please write to me. BIG Tom tmartin@dpw.com ============================================================================ Are you tired of spending $60 for a disk, getting it home, and finding it would be best used as a coaster? Is 4 hours of fun not exactly what you had in mind when you layed out those bucks? Here is a list of ratings, from people like you who voted their mind about how good or bad their cartridges are. Read this list and don't buy crap! See the end of the list for how to vote, but at the very least: WHOLE NUMBER VOTES ONLY! WHOLE NUMBER VOTES ONLY! WHOLE NUMBER VOTES ONLY! ============================================================================ New entries since last post: Company: Year: Cyber Aleste Tengen 1993 Time Gal Renovation 1993 ============================================================================ Those who voted this week: Of: Bobby Martin prism.gatech.edu Sergey Shimkevish acs.bu.edu >>>>>>> Thanks for participating and making this list so successful. <<<<<<< - BIG Tom M. =========================================================================== # of | Game ^ | Hours | # of |Votes| Name of Game Players| Rating |of Play|Voters|Tally| Description ============================================================================ Batman Returns **** 1/2 60 2 9 Multiple Black Hole Assault 2 * 1/2 # 12 18 Fighting Chuck Rock 1 ** 1/4 14 10 24 Platform Cobra Command 1 ** 3/4 16 16 47 Shooter Cyber Aleste 1 *** 1 3 Shooter Jaguar XJ-220 2 **** 1/2 # 4 18 Racing Marky Mark, Make y/o Video 1 * 2 2 Interactive Night Trap 1 ** 3/4 20 18 53 Interactive Road Avenger 1 *** 3/4 16 5 19 Driving Prince of Persia 1 *** 37 13 42 Platform Sewer Shark 1 ** 3/4 12 18 52 Shooter Sherlock Holmes Con. Det. 1 *** 28 19 61 Mystery Sol-Feace 1 ** 1/2 60 26 70 Shooter Time Gal 1 *** 1 3 Interactive Willy Beamish 1 ** 1/2 15 2 5 Adventure Wolfchild 1 ** 6 3 6 Platform Wonderdog 1 *** 10 16 49 Platform ============================================================================ 15 games reviewed # Means can be played over and over. ^ All game ratings above are rounded down to the nearest quarter star. THE BEST ======== Games with a 3 star rating or more, that 4 or more people voted for: ============================================================================ Game # of Votes Year Rating Name of Game Voters Tally Released Company ============================================================================ 4.500 Jaguar XJ-220 4 18 1993 3.800 Road Avenger 5 19 1993 3.230 Prince of Persia 13 42 1993 Imagesoft 3.210 Sherlock Holmes Con. Det. 19 61 1992 3.063 Wonderdog 16 49 1993 JVC ============================================================================ 5 games out of 11 with a 3 star or higher rating. (40.0% of rated games) THE WORST ========= Games with less than a 3-star rating that 4 or more people voted for: ============================================================================ Game # of Votes Year Rating Name of Game Voters Tally Released Company ============================================================================ 2.969 Sol-Feace 26 70 1992 Sega 2.944 Night Trap 18 53 1992 Hasbro 2.938 Cobra Command 16 47 1992 Wolfteam 2.889 Sewer Shark 18 52 1992 Imagesoft 2.400 Chuck Rock 9 22 1992 Imagesoft 1.500 Black Hole Assault 11 17 1992 ============================================================================ 6 out of 10 games with less than 3 stars. (60.0 % of all reviewed games) GLOSSARY ======== # - Game can be played over and over again. * - Dreck, yak, bleck, hack, gleck (Horrible beyond words). ** - OK, playable, still dreck, although someone might like. *** - Decent game that will appeal to some (But not everyone). **** - Pretty good, a fun game that almost everyone will like. ***** - Damn good, a real winner, every game should be this good. GAME DESCRIPTIONS ================= Adventure - Games where you must explore large worlds, killing enemies, and discovering hidden treasures, sometimes with a quest. Arcade - Games that fit in no specific catagory except that they are easy to start playing and are like arcade games. Copter Sim. - Games where you are controlling the flight and other capa- bilities of a helicopter, from a cockpit view. Easy R.P.G. - Games that are role-playing games but are designed for the novice player to easily begin play. See Role-Play. Fight & Jump - Games where you fight and jump to stay alive, and sometimes have other powers. Boards usually scrolling horizonatally. Fighting - Games where you face off against another player, or the computer in some form of one-on-one combat. Flight Sim. - Games where you are given a cockpit view of some sort of aircraft, and are given a flying mission. Game/Show - Games that either emulate game-shows or board games. Competition is with other players or against the computer. Interactive - Games where you interact with on-screen video characters in order to complete the given scenario. Light-Gun - Games where you must use your system's light gun to perform some function, usually similar to Shooter-type games. Maze Game - Games where navigating a maze is the main objective. This can be from any perspective, such as above and inside. Multiple - Games where there are a variety of game scenarios of differing sorts, played either randomly or in sequence. Pinball - Games that emulate the playing of arcade-style pinball machines, usually with some different options though. Platform - Games where moving from platform to platform, avoiding enemies, and getting prizes are the objective. Reality Sim. - Games of this type take place from the point of view of a fictional character's perspective. Like virtual reality. Role-Play - Games where you take on the role of some sort of adventurer, able to increase in abilities and experience along the way. Shooter - Games where you shoot a lot and avoid being shot by the enemies you are shooting. Most often are space scenarios. Sports^ - Games where there is some sort of sporting event to play other than everyday, normal sporting events. Strategy - Games that require more thought than dexterity. This can encompass a great variety of different type games. Tank Sim. - Games where you are given the command and control of a tank and play from a viewpoint within the tank itself. Think Fast - Games that require the player to make fast decisions and act on them, kind of a quick-thinking strategy. Very Young - Games that are too easy for adults and even kids, these games are really meant for kids 5 and under. ^ Regular sports games will be described by their appropriate sporting event. HOW TO VOTE =========== Simply E-mail me (tmartin@dpw.com) with your votes. You certainly can vote for games that are not on this list and they will be added. Please make your vote an even number of stars 1-5 (NO 0's) or we will not include it in our list. Also include the number of hours of play you think the average game player can reasonable expect to beat or play out the game. If you agree with the amount of hours already down, you needn't bother. A typical vote will look like this: Name of Game Vote Hours ============================================================================ Black Hole Assault * Chuck Rock 1 3 Sol-Feace One # If you see there is some information in the list missing, or the game you are voting for is new, please include the number of players (available on the screen at once), as well as one of the descriptions found in the previous glossary. And, if you can, the company name and the year it was originally released. Something like this: Name of Game Players Vote Hours Description Year Company ============================================================================ Prince of Persia 1 *** 60 Adventure 1991 Whatever Please vote for ALL your games, not just the good ones, people really want to know what the crap games are. Also, if you have a suggestion or a complaint, send it to me - as you can see I've been more than willing to to make changes - but I make no promises that everyone's ideas and changes will be made. I apologize to anyone who's votes I lose or mess up and any mistakes I make in the future. WARNING - you will find mistakes. My feelings will not be hurt if you write to correct any goofs that I make, but I am sorry if I cannot respond to all the correspondence that I receive. To those who do participate though - Thank You BIG Tom Martin