2025-01-06



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)

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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.

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