As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time, or at least 87% of them: the ones the industry won’t sell you anymore.
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SHOW NOTES:
The Boss
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games
PC Engine
Sega Saturn
OutRun: Online Arcade
Asuka 120% series
Ga-rou-den Breakblow
Ribbit King
NiGHTS into Dreams...
Spec Ops: The Line
Rain Jerks
Lost Odyssey
Bloodborne
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
1: Round 1 - Frank’s First Nomination (08:13)
Rock Band
Guitar Hero series
Rock Band 4
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
2: Round 1 - Ash’s First Nomination (13:08)
Concord
Foamstars
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
3: Round 1 - Brandon’s First Nomination (16:12)
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
Silent Hill 2
Stephen King
Wes Craven
P.T.
4: Round 2 - Frank’s Second Nomination (19:34)
NBA Jam
Michael Jordan
Madonna
A League of Their Own (1992)
1991-92 Chicago Bulls season
Magic: the Gathering
Jordan vs Bird: One on One
Grand Theft Auto series
Madden series
Call of Duty series
Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
5: Round 2 - Ash’s Second Nomination (28:00)
Tekken 3
Tekken series
Super Smash Brothers series
Street Fighter series
EVO
Gon
Masashi Tanaka
Hunter X Hunter
SoulCalibur IV
Darth Vader
Geralt
Zelda
Def Jam series
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
6: Round 2 - Brandon’s Second Nomination (32:43)
Virtua Cop 2
Time Crisis series
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Area 51
Fighters Megamix
The House of the Dead series
The Police
7: Round 3 - Frank’s Third Nomination (36:50)
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing series
Chulip
Booker
Copper
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
8: Round 3 - Ash’s Third Nomination (43:37)
Crazy Taxi
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Tim Waltz
Sega Dreamcast
OutRun
Games Done Quick
The Offspring
Bowling For Soup
Ozzfest
GameTap
9: Round 3 - Brandon’s Third Nomination (51:06)
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Sega Saturn
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Sega Genesis
Doctor Who
Super Scaler
Burning Rangers
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation 3
Pong
Arkanoid
10: Round 4 - Frank’s Final Nomination (01:02:04)
The Secret of Monkey Island
Ship of Theseus
Raw Danger!
Disaster Report / Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series
Roland Emmerich
Die Hard (1988)
Mass Effect series
11: Round 4 - Ash’s Final Nomination (01:09:02)
Elite Beat Agents
Mr. Bones
LaserDisc
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Grateful Dead
The Sirens of Titan
12: Brandon’s Honorable Mentions (01:15:17)
OutRun: Online Arcade
Ga-rou-den Breakblow
Asuka 120% series
Ribbit King
NiGHTS into Dreams...
F-Zero GX
Resistance series
Killzone series
inFAMOUS series
Halo series
Spec Ops: The Line
Rain Jerks
Sakura Taisen
Burning Rangers
Magic Knight Rayearth
Sega Rally Championship
Dino Crisis 2
Ridge Racer 7
Ridge Racer 6
WipEout XL
Parasite Eve
Bushido Blade
Snatcher
Vakyria Chronicles 2
Oh Deer!
13: Round 4 - Brandon’s Final Nomination (01:18:18)
Puyo Puyo~n
Vincent Diamante
Sega Dreamcast
Sony PlayStation
14: Frank and Ash’s Honorable Mentions (01:20:19)
Lemmings
Amiga
Rockstar Games
Psygnosis
SSX Tricky
Diddy Kong Racing
Nintendo 64
Sailor Moon Drops
Nintendo DS
Why do games go out of print? (01:24:58)
Credit Report (01:37:58)
THE INSERT CREDIT ANNUAL #6
Silent Hill
Raw Danger!
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Crazy Taxi
NBA Jam
Tekken 3
Rock Band
Animal Crossing (GCN)
Virtua Cop 2
Puyo Puyo~n
Mr. Bones
Concord
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.