Random Game Wednesdays

Random Game Wednesdays: Conker’s Bad Fur Day (N64)

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I’ve started Conker’s Bad Fur Day several times, but for one reason or another, have never finished it. I’m not really sure why, I’m a huge fan of Rare’s games, especially on the N64, but I just never made it all the way through. But, when I sat down to figure out what game I’d be playing today, the random number generator decided I need to play it again. I don’t know that this will lead to me finally beating the game, but I sure did play through the first hour or so again.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Super Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (SNES)

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By some coincidence, the random game chosen for me on the week of Star Wars Day is a Star Wars game. Super Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, or Super Return Of The Jedi as we always called it, is a game that I spent a lot of time with growing up. The same is true with the other games in the Super Star Wars trilogy, the first of which I actually wrote a Random Game Wednesdays post on all the way back in 2016. I was mostly positive on that first one, but what about this third one?

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Random Game Wednesdays: WCW Backstage Assault (N64)

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While browsing a thrift store some time last year, I came across a blue Nintendo 64 cartridge. Upon inspecting it, I learned it was a copy of WCW Backstage Assault, I could have it for less than five dollars. I have never really enjoyed any of the N64 wrestling games, even the ones that everyone says are great, but I happen to know that this isn’t one of those. I’m also something of a late bloomer when it comes to being a wrestling fan, so this game is based on an era of wrestling that I don’t have any nostalgia for. But, it would be funny to own the bad wrestling game and it was cheap, so it came home with me. It has sat on my shelf ever since.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Dragon’s Lair (SNES)

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Dragon’s Lair is a 1983 arcade game by RDI Video Systems. Its most well known for featuring animation by Don Bluth of An American Tale and The Land Beford Time. Gameplay involved hitting the correct buttons to match what was happening on screen, basically what we call quick time events. The interactive animated feature film look really stood out compared to other arcade games of the time. But what do you do with the game when trying to put it onto platforms that don’t support that kind of video?

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Random Game Wednesdays: Medal of Honor (PlayStation)

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The original PlayStation isn’t really known for its first person shooters, but there are a few notable ones. When I think of exclusive FPS game son the console, the one that I immediately think of is the original Medal of Honor. This was a World War II themed shooter thought up by Steven Spielberg, of all people, during the making of his movie, Saving Private Ryan. That’s a neat thing, but does the game still hold up?

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Random Game Wednesdays: Silent Service (NES)

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One of the interesting things about having a large retro collection is that there is a lot of games that I own that I’ve never played. I’m not even sure when I got Silent Service. It’s not a game a grew up with, and I doubt it would be I would have picked up at a local gaming shop. Maybe at Goodwill or a garage sale? But either way, it’s in my collection and apparently today was the day I was going to give it a try.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Illusion of Gaia (SNES)

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The Super Nintendo was the console that I discovered RPGs on. I didn’t have my own yet, but I was at a friend’s house and he showed me Final Fantasy II (which is what we called IV back then). During this time, I quickly became aware of many other games in the genre. One that I had heard of but knew absolutely nothing about was Illusion of Gaia. It had a logo that made it look like something similar to Final Fantasy, a title that reminded me of Secret of Mana, and I had no idea if it had anything to do with either of these. Well, now, in 2025, the random number generator has decided that I need to actually see what this game is.

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Random Game Wednesdays On Friday: High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge (Sega Saturn)

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I thought I’d try something new this week and do a Sega Saturn game for Random Game Wednesdays. Earlier this year, I did a Genesis game and was disappointed when instead of getting any of the cool games I own, the random number generator gave me Warlock, a licensed game for a movie I had never even heard of. My Saturn collection is quite a bit smaller, but there’s some cool stuff in there like Nights Into Dreams and the first Panzer Dragoon. But of course, instead of getting something like that, the random number generator picked High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge.

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