From news Thu Aug 6 09:35:19 1992 Path: uwm.edu!lll-winken!ames!agate!ucbvax!plitvice.berkeley.edu!erc From: erc@plitvice.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng) Newsgroups: rec.games.video Subject: VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT (NINTENDO SNES, NES, GAMEBOY) Message-ID: <44563@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 4 Aug 92 07:33:05 GMT Sender: nobody@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: video@irss.njit.edu Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 158 For information on the list format and on submitting your ratings, consult the article entitled `ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT' in the newsgroup rec.games.video. VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT NINTENDO GAMEBOY New Distribution Votes Rank Title .....*.... 1 6.0 Asteroids ...3.33... 3 5.7 Batman ........63 3 9.3 Boxxle * ....*..... 1 5.0 Brainbender ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Castlevania II ......55.. 2 7.5 Daedalus Opus .....*.... 1 6.0 Dead Heat Scrambler ......252. 4 8.0 Dr. Mario * ........*. 1 9.0 Elevator Action .........* 1 10.0 Final Fantasy Adventure ....101023 13 8.1 Final Fantasy Legend ......44.2 5 8.0 Final Fantasy Legend II ....2222.2 5 7.2 Gargoyle's Quest ...2..4.22 5 7.4 Golf * ......*... 1 7.0 Klax .....1142. 7 7.9 Metroid II ......*... 1 7.0 Missile Command .....252.. 4 7.0 Qix ...5..5... 2 5.5 Quarth * ..*....... 1 3.0 Serpent ....35.1.. 6 6.0 Solar Striker .......*.. 1 8.0 Star Trek .....0.323 16 8.9 Super Mario Land .......*.. 1 8.0 Tail Gator ....*..... 1 5.0 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 ......*... 1 7.0 Tennis ....201031 22 7.6 Tetris ......*... 1 7.0 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (NES) AND FAMICOM New Distribution Votes Rank Title ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Adventures Of Bayou Billy ...3...6.. 3 6.7 Alien Syndrome ..2...222. 4 6.8 Baseball Stars ..3.3.3... 3 5.0 Bases Loaded ....2..52. 4 7.5 Battle Of Olympus ....212111 8 7.1 Blades Of Steel ...2..6.2. 5 6.8 Blaster Master ...422.2.. 5 5.4 Bubble Bobble .....11311 6 8.0 Castlevania .....1.222 7 8.6 Contra ....52.2.. 4 6.0 Double Dragon ...2.222.. 4 6.2 Double Dragon 2 ....11421. 9 7.1 Dragon Warrior 04210..... 13 2.7 Duck Hunt ..6.3..... 3 3.7 Excite-Bike .1.1..231. 8 6.6 Faxanadu ......2223 9 8.7 Final Fantasy ...1214... 7 5.9 Gauntlet ....5.22.. 4 6.2 Gradius ...333.... 3 5.0 Heavy Barrel ....55.... 2 5.5 Journey To Silius 1.1.1..31. 6 5.7 Legacy Of The Wizard .....10224 15 8.7 Legend Of Zelda ...31.121. 8 6.1 Life Force * ........55 2 9.5 Lolo 3 .....63... 3 6.3 Marble Madness ....1.2231 9 8.0 Metroid .....442.. 5 6.8 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out .....55... 2 6.5 Ms. Pac-Man .....2.4.4 5 8.4 Ninja Gaiden .....2.242 5 8.4 Ninja Gaiden 2 ..252..... 4 4.0 Off-Road ......55.. 2 7.5 Pinbot 3....3.3.. 3 5.0 Pipe Dream ..*....... 1 3.0 Platoon ......*... 1 7.0 Power Blade ......*... 2 7.0 Quantum Fighter ....2.52.. 4 6.8 R.B.I. Baseball ....*..... 3 5.0 R.C. Pro-Am ..55...... 2 3.5 Rad Gravity .....*.... 1 6.0 Roller Games ...22.2.2. 4 6.2 Rolling Thunder ..3..6.... 3 5.0 Rygar ......*... 1 7.0 Shadow Of The Ninja ......*... 1 7.0 Silver Surfer 3..33..... 3 3.3 Skate Or Die ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Solar Jetman ...*...... 1 4.0 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary ......252. 4 8.0 Star Tropics .....5...5 2 8.0 Star Wars .....522.. 4 6.8 Street Fighter 2010 ..*....... 2 3.0 Strider ..1...1213 8 8.1 Super C 0..021121. 23 6.4 Super Mario Brothers ....1.125. 9 8.1 Super Mario Brothers 2 ...00..142 17 8.5 Super Mario Brothers 3 ...12.221. 8 6.6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ....3.5.1. 6 6.7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game ..5....5.. 2 5.5 Time Lord 222.2..... 4 2.8 Top Gun .......*.. 1 8.0 Totally Rad ..*....... 1 3.0 X-Men 22...42... 5 4.4 Xenophobe ......63.. 3 7.3 Xevious 0....01041 12 7.8 Zelda II: Adventures Of Link SUPER NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND SUPER FAMICOM New Distribution Votes Rank Title ..0010122. 28 6.9 Actraiser 3....33... 3 4.7 Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball .....13.5. 6 7.8 Contra III 15.1..1... 6 3.0 D-Force .11.22000. 14 5.1 Darius Twin 2.111.2... 7 4.0 Drakkhen ...0010131 31 7.9 F-Zero .0.0.00222 22 8.0 Final Fantasy II 01..0.43.. 16 6.2 Final Fight .......64. 5 8.4 Gradius III * .....*.... 1 6.0 Hole-In-One Golf *......... 1 1.0 Home Alone 5.....5... 2 4.0 Hyperzone .111311.11 10 5.6 John Madden Football ....4.24.. 5 6.6 Lagoon .....6..3. 3 7.0 Legend Of The Mystical Ninja, The .......414 7 9.0 Lemmings ..5.5..... 2 4.0 Paperboy 2 ...1.13110 16 6.9 Pilotwings * *......... 1 1.0 Pit-Fighter 00..111020 16 6.5 Populous .......36. 3 8.7 Ranma 1/2 .....2233. 10 7.7 Sim City * .........* 1 10.0 Street Fighter 2 .0.0010132 26 8.0 Super Castlevania IV .....36... 3 6.7 Super E.D.F. 0.0.001320 30 7.3 Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts 000.000222 51 8.2 Super Mario World ...011220. 12 6.7 Super Off-Road ....312211 10 7.0 Super R-Type 2.4..22... 5 4.0 Super R.P.M. Racing ..0..10042 15 8.2 Super Smash T.V. * ........*. 1 9.0 Super Soccer 1....2113. 8 6.9 Super Tennis .0.0.1133. 20 7.4 U.N. Squadron .1.2211... 7 4.7 Ultraman .......*.. 1 8.0 Waiahali Golf .13213.... 10 4.2 Wanderers From Ys III ........55 2 9.5 Zelda III: A Link To The Past In this report, video games have been rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best and 1 being the worst. For each video game, the total number of votes, the average rating, and the vote distribution are shown. New video games are indicated by an `*' before their entry. Mail votes to video@irss.njit.edu or ...!uunet!irss.njit.edu!video; if you have any questions, mail them to video-request@irss.njit.edu or ...!uunet!irss.njit.edu!video-request. -- eric ng erc@zabriskie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!zabriskie!erc