I hope Dragon Quest IV and Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime make somebody's list. Those were my plane trip games this Christmas and man were they adorable. They hit all the right nostalgic buttons.

Samit, I have not forsaken PSN. You fanboy, you.

It's been a great year with dolphins, chocobos and slurpies! Here's to another Retromazing year! (dununnunnun na nana dununua nanan)

After finishing Chrono Trigger DS yesterday, some thoughts crossed my mind. What makes us retrogamers? We live on games of the past, things that made us happy while we were kids. New stuff simply wonīt do it. Unless itīs something very different from what we had back then (Hotel Dusk, Phoenix Wright), simply more of the same wonīt satisfy us. Is really Chrono Trigger the greatest game ever made? What about Metal Gear Solid 4, or GTA 4? I believe these games are as good as or even better than CT, so why canīt I enjoy them as much? Well, I think I got the answer.
We ARE getting old.
I fell kind of sad to leave such good memories behind. Then again, I guess my grandpa miss his kites and marbles too. Thatīs a natural process, we are always evolving. Since you are putting the last year in perspective, I just wanted to know do you guys feel about "growing up" on your games of old...

Retrolutions for me:
-Finish Baten Kaitos (Hey it has that Tower of Druaga section, it counts!)
-Start cblogging again.
-Complete a lot of other games.
-Get a Popeye arcade cabinet.
-Stop being a lazy bastard.

Also looking forward to Retro Game Challenge on the DS in a few months.

In other news, have you heard the rumor that Hudson has dropped support of the Virtual Console in the US to focus on WiiWare (see comment #22 in particular?) This is kind of upsetting.

have any of the retro crew played bonerquest yet? thats retro-ish

I finally got a chance to get a 360 and play Castle Crashers over the holiday weekend with my friends and I'm puzzled as to why no one is talking about this as the Game of the Year.

Bitches be trippin'

Does the game that tops the Worst Game category/list win The Yaris Award 2008?

Chad looks good in a suit.

What games are Retroforce looking forward to next year?

Also for Topher:

I'm looking into Playstation 2 games and for some reason, Gradius 5 was seventy dollars on amazon. Is it really that great?

whats the best game to get on the cheap right now as it seems 2009 won't be a great year for the economy

My retrolution: Play SSF2THDR until my hands hurt. and then play it again.

Hey Retroforce, I've got a question. Have any of you kept last year's retrolutions?

Who do you think did the best translation this year?

Questions:

What are your retro regrets for the year?

What are the new year's resolutions of different retro characters? (ex: Mario, Sonic, Mega Man)

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Chad lists: FUCK YEAH :D

Random question: can you forgive a game that is incredibly difficult due to poor design decisions because you still get a great feeling of accomplishment from beating it?

Oops and I forgot: What is your Top 10 games o' the year?

With many of us penniless or not far off, I see no better time than to put off major next-gen releases at $60 a shot.

That makes this a wonderful time to relive the classics through used game sales (or Not-roms). What games would you recommend to your loyal and handsome listeneres that you feel are retro gems that you feel are often passed over or never got the recognition they deserve.

1.Have any of you guys ever got a retro game that you never played in the past but now that you have played it became a big fan of?

When I downloaded Rez HD I became a huge fan of it. I just want to thank Topher for recommending it on the show.

2. Has any ever completed a game or completed a certain part of a game that they could never ever complete when they were younger? I only say this on the new years show because earlier this year I finally was able to complete Quick Man's stage going through the last part with the insta kill lasers without using Flash Stopper. I felt like the freaking man.

Also I'd like to make a list of some games I'd like to see on virtual console.

1.Pilotwings 64 for N64
2. UN Squadron for SNES
3. Illusion of Gaia SNES

Crap.



That's what I meant.

Retrolutions:
- Finish Persona 4 and start my copy of Persona 3: FES.
- Finish Chrono Trigger DS.
- Be way more involved with the Dtoid community.
- Go to PAX.
- Get some awesome collectible figures!

Question: What was the year, if it exists, when you realized that you wanted to work in the video games industry? Mine is this year.

For next year's retrolutions:
Do PSN updates! There have been 5 new games and 3 PSOne games in December.

Also question:
Do you expect 2009 to be an even better year for retro gaming or do you think, that it will be hard to top this year?

My retrolution: finish Earthbound (i have started it but it's a slow process) and buy more retrogames.

Question: Any new RetroforceGO! merch on the horizon that is the year 2009?

Question:

Would you rather play Castlevania all the way through with only the unpowered up whip.

or

Play Megaman 2 all the way through with only the leaf shield.

(given that each can hurt any boss)