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Original Release: Sammy, 1999, Wonderswan An extremely basic golf game dropped early in the Wonderswan’s lifespan Nice On (Wonderswan, Sammy, 1999) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! This is about as stripped-down a golf game as you’re going to see short of maybe the Atari 2600 era, more basic than even NES and…

Original Release: Jaleco, 2000, Wonderswan A forgotten entry in the Japanese source of the “Bases Loaded” series, this one is most reminiscent of the original NES games Pro Yakyuu Rookies (Wonderswan, Jaleco, 2000) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! This entry in Jaleco’s “Bases Loaded” series is a real odd duck. There’s almost…

Original Release: Bandai, 2002, WonderSwan The Kinnikuman NES game gets a seeming direct sequel many years later on Bandai’s short-lived portable Kinnikuman 2nd Generation (Wonderswan, Bandai, 2002) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! For some reason, it seems Bandai set out to make this intentionally like the chintzy NES game (which came out…

Original Release: SNK, 1995, ArcadeOther Releases: NeoGeo CD/Saturn/PlayStation (1996), Wii (2012), PS4/Switch/Xbox (2018) An unusual pure horse racing title with no gambling or management element, Stakes Winner is very quirky but has proven to have a small but consistent cult following over the years Stakes Winner (Arcade, SNK, 1995) Where to Buy: eBay How to…

Original Release: Accolade, 1989, PCOther Releases: Amiga (1990) Accolade combines a bunch of genres of “adult” game with the merest scrap of “adult” content, in a package that doesn’t come off well Bar Games (PC, Accolade, 1989) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: MS-DOS Emulation Guide Leisure Suit Larry opened the door for mainstream…

Original Release: Bandai, 2001, WonderSwan The quick (and colorized) follow-up to Final Lap 2000 makes the driving action a little more challenging, but removes the checkpoint system and adds some new play modes Final Lap Special (Wonderswan, Bandai, 2001) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! When the Wonderswan Color came out Namco fired…

Original Release: Namco, 2000, WonderSwan The first handheld Final Lap replicated the look and feel of the arcade original with easier handling, but traded off for a more demanding checkpoint system Final Lap 2000 (WonderSwan, Namco, 2000) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! The first handheld Final Lap title looks the most like…

Original Release: Namco, 1987, ArcadeOther Releases: NES (1988) Namco’s follow-up to Pole Position in the F1 racing genre leveraged new hardware breakthroughs to become more of a sim and a multiplayer phenomenon Final Lap (Arcade, Namco, 1987) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: Arcade Emulation Guide Released about four years after Pole Position, Final…

Original Release: SNK, 1999, Neo Geo Pocket ColorOther Releases: Nintendo DS (2006), Nintendo Switch (2022) Meant as the Neo Geo Pocket Color’s Pokémon equivalent, but patterning itself more on the trading card game than the original release, Card Fighters mixes up about 350 SNK and Capcom characters in a similar world SNK vs Capcom: Card…

Original Release: Nintendo, 1991, SNESOther Releases: Switch (2019) This launch title ended up being one of the most technically sound tennis games made in 2D, at the cost of user-friendliness and limited modes of play Super Tennis (SNES, Nintendo, 1991) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: SNES Emulation Guide One of the launch titles…