Ep. 371 - Insert Credit Annual #6

The Insert Credit Show

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. Plus, the first ever spending of credits on Insert Credit Show. 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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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!

12: Round 4 - Brandon’s Final Nomination (01:18:18)

• Puyo Puyo~n
• Vincent Diamante
• Sega Dreamcast
• Sony PlayStation

13: 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

1. Silent Hill
2. Raw Danger!
3. Panzer Dragoon Saga
4. Crazy Taxi
5. NBA Jam
6. Tekken 3
7. Rock Band
8. Animal Crossing (GCN)
9. Virtua Cop 2
10. Puyo Puyo~n
11. Mr. Bones
12. Concord

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