The most notorious Street Fighter II clone, mainly due to being the game Capcom decided was close enough for a lawsuit. This game's innovation is its weak point system; hit a guy in a certain spot multiple times, and they lose an accessory with a boing sound and a guaranteed dizzy. Other than that, it's basically Street Fighter II with a cast that just isn't as iconic outside of the final boss being none other than the fire-breathing, inflatable Data East mascot known as Karnov.

Out of all the fighting games on Nintendo Switch Online, this is the best one outside of the Japan-only Joy Mech Fight. This is more telling of the quality of NSO's fighting game selection, as its only competition is the also okay Tuff E Nuff and the utterly abysmal Doomsday Warrior. The sequel on the Neo Geo, Fighter's History Dynamite/Karnov's Revenge, makes a lot of improvements on this game.

A very good selection of games from the Genesis' history, with Sonic 2, Thunder Force III, a bunch of good Treasure games, and even two pretty good Mickey Mouse games.

Half a star removed for giving America three button controllers. I get it, it's the controller we grew up on, but c'mon, who's going to play Street Fighter II by switching punches and kicks with the start button?

Ranking based on some short plays of each game:
1. Gunstar Heroes
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. Streets of Rage 2
4. Dynamite Headdy
5. Alisia Dragoon
6. Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition
7. Sonic The Hedgehog
8. Thunder Force III
9. Castlevania Bloodlines
10. Shinobi III

A great tribute to classic early 80's arcade platformers like Donkey Kong, and it could fit right in with them. It's very easy to pick up and play, and while there's only 5 distinct levels, they are each unique, fun, and get harder with each loop of the game.

There's a bit of leeway that this game gives that some retro games do not; losing a life merely just puts you in the starting position and doesn't reset your bonus combo, there's no penalty from falling from a great height, and it's rare to be put in a situation that cannot be gotten out of. This is not to say this game is easy, but it's not frustrating either. Highly recommended for any fan of 80's arcade games.

Frank West is a photojournalist who has covered wars (y'know), and he just happens to get stuck in a mall full of zombies. It turns out, there's a lot of ways to kill zombies, and most of the fun of this game is finding out all of those ways. Also, there's all the weird outfits that, thanks to the power of in-engine cutscenes, Frank gets to wear even during the serious moments.

There are some rough edges here and there. The survivors can sometimes get stuck in places or just run into a bunch of zombies, and it's just for the best to just direct them exactly where to go and follow them. The fighting is very much suited for one-vs-many-zombies, and not necessarily for the one-on-one fights. Also, all of the jokes anyone hears about a guy named Otis will absolutely be understood once they play the game. Yeah, sorry for being so rude, Otis. Even with the jank, this game is one of my favorite playthroughs of the year.

The choices are a little more out there compared to the original, though that isn't too surprising considering the original Genesis Mini had all the hits, but there's a great selection here. There's some great choices that somehow missed the original Mini (Ristar, Revenge of Shinobi), some hidden gems (Grenada, Ranger X), games that prove the Sega CD wasn't just the Sonic CD and bad FMV game machine (Robo Aleste, Shining Force CD), some arcade ports that were impressive back in the day but are kind of awkward to play now (Virtua Racing, Night Striker), and some curiosities. A highlight is a version of Space Harrier II that has sprite scaling, finally making that game playable from a modern perspective.

Top 10, just from impressions:
1. Ristar
2. Alien Soldier
3. Super Street Fighter II
4. Elemental Master
5. Herzog Zwei
6. Grenada
7. Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
8. Sonic CD
9. Ranger X
10. Gain Ground

It’s a dollar, and it’s way better than Bouncy Bob.

In all seriousness, this is a very slimmed down version of a Japanese baseball game with only multiplayer modes and custom teams of original characters. Power Rangers, Frankenstein monsters, ninja girls, and tons of guys with faces I can only describe as “good.”

I’m not super into baseball, but this seems good enough. If only the rest of the game was here.

A Mortal Kombat knockoff from Japan. One thing it has going for it is that the sprites are huge. As in, Art of Fighting huge. Back in 1993, screenshots of this would have impressed a lot of people, and seeing in it motion...let's just say this game has a very distinct presentation. Gameplay-wise, it's a total mess, up there with Angel Eyes.

Balance is pretty much nonexistent. Poor Tasha, the ninja girl, only has a dragon punch and nothing else. Meanwhile, Mongo has way more special moves than everyone else, including a move where he drops a bunch of bombs on the opponent, taking off almost half of the opponent's lifebar if they're unlucky! There's also Gunner's 100% gun combos, Hanna's strange ability to throw anyone even if they're far away, and Hiryu pretty much says "screw this game's rules, I'm a ninja. And not one of those one special move ninjas either!"

It's not a particularly good game, but the jank was entertaining for a playthrough to the point where I had to give it at least 2 stars.

Out of all the Disney versions of DDR, this is the one with the most appeal to major DDR fans. It's not just Disney songs in this game, it's Eurobeat versions of Disney songs, and Eurobeat and DDR go together very well. Also, it has Night of Fire.

The American version trades out a few covers (no Macarena for you!), that great remix of Electrical Parade, and one of the most ridiculous unlock methods I've ever seen to unlock Maniac for some random DDR songs and a much easier Maniac unlocking method. Kind of odd to see B4U in this, really. But hey, they managed to keep all of the Disney Eurobeat and Night of Fire, so at least everything important is here.

They sure knew how to turn Kim Possible and a bunch of the live action Disney Channel stars, including Kyle Massey, into DDR dancers. Too bad this game's timing is utterly broken; even if you like covers of Disney Channel songs or want to play the handful of Konami Originals (and hey, there's some Xbox Ultramix/Universe material in here that isn't in any other PS2 game, so that's something!), the game's way of grading each step just feels arbitrary. The kids might not mind, though, and this is the only game where Cory can dance to DoLL.