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Original Release: Konami, 1987, NES An early baseball release from Konami, and a competent offering that came out just before the big name baseball games for the console started to drop … but only in Japan Exciting Baseball (Famicom Disk, Konami, 1987) Where to Buy: ebayHow to Emulate: coming soon! Konami’s “Power Pro” is my…

Original Release: Nintendo, 1990, Famicom Disk System A Japan-only standalone backgammon game notable for coming from Nintendo’s internal studios and having a high-quality soundtrack. Backgammon (Famicom, Nintendo, 1990) Where to Buy: ebayHow to Emulate: coming soon! You might say to yourself, “C. M0use, why waste your time on some little ancient backgammon game for the…

Original Release: Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise, 2017, Web BrowserOther Releases: iOS / Android (2017) The Foxwoods casino-resort in Connecticut is in the “social casino” game, and offers the chance to win funds to spend at the brick-and-mortar location FoxwoodsONLINE (Web Browser, Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise, 2017) Where to Buy: Free-to-play via web browser here ,…

Original Release: THQ, 2000, PlayStation The first Yukes wrestling game, this title not only founded the Smackdown series but is the original ancestor of the modern WWE 2K games as well WWF Smackdown (PS1, THQ, 2000) Where to Buy: ebay How to Emulate: coming soon! At the time the first Smackdown! was released, the king…

Original Release: D3 Publisher, 2000, PlayStation Casino card games, specifically, but with a couple of “shedding” games you’ll never see in a betting house Card Games (PS1, D3 Publisher, 2000) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! The unassuming title hides what is actually a pretty OK little casino game. Decent little collection of…

Original Release: EA, 2000, PlayStation A game that’s all about 007 in various vehicles, somehow it ends up feeling more like a clumsy shooter half the time. 007 Racing (PS1, EA, 2000) Where to Buy: ebay How to Emulate: coming soon! If the title has given you visions of kart racing with Oddjob and Rosa…

Original Release: Sierra, 1995, PC Sierra’s first foray into pinball, not only a fairly fun game but also noteworthy in that it founded a fairly popular series that still hasn’t been picked up by one of the digital distribution platforms yet 3D Ultra Pinball (PC, Sierra, 1995) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: MS-DOS…

Original Release: Microforum, 2011, Nintendo WiiOther Releases: iOS (2011) A fairly basic kart-style racer that differentiates itself by taking place in Minecraft Steve World and requiring tilt controls to steer 3D Pixel Racing (Wii, Microforum, 2011) Where to Buy: Currently not officially available (may be saved to a used Wii) How to Emulate: Wii Emulation…

Original Release: Nintendo, 2003, Gamecube The first major collaboration between Nintendo and Sega also turned out to be the last major console entry in the F-Zero series … at least for now? F-Zero GX (Gamecube, Nintendo, 2003) Where to Buy: Play-Asia How to Emulate: Coming soon! The last of the “big” non-handheld F-Zero games (at…

Original Release: Sierra, 1992, PC The five “Crazy Nick’s Picks” games were essentially special demos for some of Sierra’s adventures of the early ’90s (the early VGA period), sold at software counters in a little blister pack for five bucks or so each in 1992-1993. At first glance they might look like a cynical scheme…