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SB Recommends Nintendo 3DS Games

2018-08-21T17:26:50-04:00

SB Recommends Nintendo 3DS Games It's sort of a portable Wii equivalent, without the motion controls, a no-glasses-required 3-D screen, and some new hardware gimmicks. Of course there is a later, larger version: The 3DSXL, and there is soon to be a cheaper, non-hinged

SB Recommends Games from 1980

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1980 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Pac Man - 7 * username, rt, skelethulu, kthor, the king, levi, luvcraft, remote, 108 Zork - 6.5 * kthor, bennett, ebf, vic, grimm, firenze, remote Defender - 5.5

SB Recommends Games from 1981

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1981 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Donkey Kong - 10 * firenze, remote, sniper, handsome, sollah, faithless, 108, bennett, luvcraft, landrover, rt, username, skelethulu Galaga - 8.5 * firenze, remote,

SB Recommends Games from 1982

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1982 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Joust - 6 * ebf, handsome, sniper, bennett, sollah, the king, remote Robotron 2084 - 5.5 * handsome, elvis, kthor, remote, T., vamos, neggy Dig Dug - 4.5 * skelethulu

SB Recommends Games from 1983

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1983 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Spy Hunter - 4.5 * ronnoc, username, mikey, sollah, ninjafetus Star Wars - 4.5 * sollah, bennett, rt, remote, the king, handsome Bomberman - 3 * the king, neggy

SB Recommends Games from 1984

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1984 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Tetris 20.5 * kthor, neggy, sniper, vic, skelethulu, handsome, the king, ninjafetus, levi, username, ronnoc, bennett, rt, remote, firenze, handsome, sleazy, mikey, vamos

SB Recommends Games from 1985

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1985 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Super Mario Bros - 14 * neggy, lasakon, levi, gironika, vamos, mikey, felix, the king, kthor, handsome, elvis, rt, username, remote Ultima IV - 6 * T., tulpa, levi,

SB Recommends Games from 1986

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1986 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended The Legend of Zelda - 12.5 * remote, handsome, mikey, isfet, neggy, rt, tulpa, grimm, username, kthor, starblood, ebf, koholint, elvis, skelethulu, 108 Metroid - 8 *

SB Recommends Games from 1987

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1987 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Contra - 9.5 * ronnoc, neggy, tulpa, lasakon, skelethulu, kthor, remote, levi, felix, handsome, rt, username, firenze Zelda II - 6.5 * levi, remote, shrug, handsome, firenze,

SB Recommends Games from 1988

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1988 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Super Mario Bros 3 - 17 * neggy, levi, starblood, faithless, handsome, lasakon, vamos, grimm, the king, kthor, elvis, nothingxs, costel, rt, username, 108, remote, spinach

SB Recommends Games from 1989

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1989 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Prince of Persia - 7.5 * dracko, bennett, ebf, tulpa, remote, handsome, felix, vamos, botagel Strider - 4.5 * neggy, lasakon, costel, handsome, levi Batman (NES) - 4

SB Recommends Games from 1990

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1990 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Super Mario World - 6.5 * firenze, username, handsome, remote, vamos, sleazy, mikey, harveyq, Lick Meth, YourImaginaryFriend The Secret of Monkey Island - 6 * firenze,

SB Recommends Games from 1991

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1991 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Sonic 1 - 9.5 * neggy, spinach, handsome, remote, vamos, loki, sleazy, james, harveyq, lick meth, yourimaginaryfriend, rt Zelda 3 - 5 * felix, handsome, remote, vamos,

SB Recommends Games from 1992

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1992 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Sonic 2 - 7 * handsome, remote, vamos, the king, lick meth, loki, booji, yourimaginaryfriend, felix, sleazy, koholint Streets of Rage 2 - 7 * handsome, remote, vamos,

SB Recommends Games from 1993

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1993 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended DooM - 13 * remote, the king, levi, vamos, ebf, felix, tulpa, handsome, neggy, field balm, harveyq, elvis, costel, sleazy Zelda 4: Link's Awakening - 8 * remote, vamos

SB Recommends Games from 1994

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games from 1994 bold = 1 point regular = .5 point Recommended Super Metroid - 9 * remote, diplo, felix, deets, username, skelethulu, costel, harveyq, handsome, rt, grimm Mother 2 (Earthbound) - 8.5 * felix, deets, dinghy,levi

selectbutton.net’s top 64 vidcons 2020

2024-07-17T21:58:43-04:00

selectbutton.net’s top 64 vidcons 2020 The most scientifically accurate list of selectbutton's favorite videogames attempted thus far. A double elimination tournament. During the nomination phase, posters were allowed to submit as many games as they liked, followed by a series of threads where users could vote & make impassioned arguments. Ties were settled with online matches of Melty Blood, although it is currently unknown exactly which polls this method was used for & who the players were.

SB Recommends Amiga Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Amiga Games The Commodore Amiga is personal computer, or group of computers, with a thing for gradients and barbarians. A few hardware variations exist, but the vast majority of the system's catalogue are compatible with the Amiga 500.

SB Recommends Android Games

2018-11-06T02:09:51-04:00

SB Recommends Android Games Recommended * Angry Birds (also on: iOS, PSN, lord knows what else) * gatotsu2501: Ridiculously hyped physics-based puzzler that is actually pretty good. * Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney * Bad Piggies * Shnozlak: Design a vehicle of sundry parts to get your pig and egg to the goal. The game mixes puzzle play, customization and vehicle piloting. The levels and sub goals start easy but get truly puzzling near the mid to late levels. Winning makes you fe…

SB Recommends Apple II Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Apple II Games The Apple II series, especially the Apple ][e became a dominant force in the late eighties and early nineties through ubiquity in educational settings. It comes as no surprise then that there's a slew of edutainment titles that called this platform home.

SB Recommends Arcade Games

2020-05-18T02:20:19-04:00

SB Recommends Arcade Games The arcade, though once the hub of videogame culture and bleeding edge of videogame hardware, has since dwindled in popularity in most parts of the world. And the arcades that are still to be found are mostly dedicated to a few select genres. Luckily we have MAME, which does a good job of emulating the wide variety of arcade hardware, even if it can't simulate the variety of input and feedback features that still make arcade cabinets special. Not to mention the atmosp…

SB Recommends Atari 800 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Atari 800 Games Recommended * Abracadabra * Mr. Apol: i really like this game. it's set in a maze that constantly morphs and changes, and has enemies that run around and create more enemies. you have to find the key to exit without time running out, and it can get really hectic. another game i'd love to see updated.

SB Recommends Atari VCS / 2600 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Atari VCS / 2600 Games Recommended * Demon Attack * Sniper Honeyviper: An unnerving Space Invaders-style shmup, with a bit more devious personality to the enemies. * Yar's Revenge * Rudie: Everyone should play Yar's Revenge

SB Recommends BBC Micro Games

2021-04-25T13:55:36-04:00

SB Recommends BBC Micro Games A personal computer, developed by Acorn, for the BBC's BBC Computer Literacy Project. It appeared in UK schools throughout the 80s, and 90s, much like Apple's computers did in the US. This made it a popular choice in homes, too. Until the, much cheaper,

SB Recommends Commodore 64 Games

2024-04-30T17:56:52-04:00

SB Recommends Commodore 64 Games Recommended * Agent USA * wourme: Travel around the United States, cultivating diamonds and searching for the fuzz bomb. I always liked the mix of concrete reality and abstract strangeness in this game. * Agent X II

SB's Sacred Cows

2024-06-30T19:48:01-04:00

SB's Sacred Cows I'm not sure what exactly a “sacred cow” is, but this page appears to be collecting results from some “wut r ur favorite gaems” threads. The 2011 "Game of the Year of All Years" Thread In 2011 this forum thread was made to determine Selectbutton's favorite games from 1980 to the then-present. There was some silly voting system and voters were given a good amount of leniency to define a release year that suited them, therefore the results might not be completely accurate as a …

SB Recommends CPS Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends CPS Games Given the abundance of emulators that specificly serve CPS and Neo Geo games, I figured it was best to separate CPS games from the rest of Arcade games. The CP System (abbr. CPS) is/was Capcom's arcade board system. There are 3 different models: CP System (abbr. CPS-1), CP System II (abbr. CPS-2), and CP System III (abbr. CPS-3). I'll go over each in turn.

SB Recommends MSDOS Games

2017-07-20T01:40:46-04:00

SB Recommends MSDOS Games Recommended FIXME * Alien Legacy * CubaLibre: I was obsessed with this game called Alien Legacy that was in essence a 4X but was really a hugely ambitious hybrid game. You had to manage the personalities of your advisors, build stations and colonies

SB Recommends Dreamcast Games

2021-04-24T18:17:27-04:00

SB Recommends Dreamcast Games Sega's little white almost could. What an amazing selection of games were put out in its mere 20 months of viability. Model 1 Dreamcasts will boot pirated and homebrew games off of burned CD-Rs (though a boot disc may be needed), model 2s have protection against this. Thankfully, model 1s are the most common. Look for the number in a circle on the bottom of your console. There is some debate over whether CD-Rs can wreck your Dreamcast's laser arm motor, however.

SB Recommends Nintendo DS Games

2023-03-17T20:24:11-04:00

SB Recommends Nintendo DS Games The main features of the Nintendo DS family are their dual screens, and their touch screen stylus controls. The DS now comes in four models: * DS - sometimes unfortunately referred to as the 'DS Fat'; * DS Lite - Smaller, lighter, and brighter than the DS;

SB Recommends Games that are Significantly Different and Better on Console

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games that are Significantly Different and Better on Console Generally agreed upon list of games that are significantly different and better on consoles than in the arcade (or elsewhere?). Recommendations * The Revenge | Arcade > NES / PCE * Super C | Arcade > NES

SB Recommends ROM Hacks and Game Mods

2018-03-07T14:20:29-04:00

SB Recommends ROM Hacks and Game Mods Organised by system Game Boy * For the Frog the Bell Tolls (カエルの為に鐘は鳴る) | patch forum thread SNES PlayStation See Also * SB Recommends ROM Hacks and Game Mods * Translations and Romhacks Thread - SB1 forum thread. * Translations and ROMhacks II - SB2 forum thread.

SB Recommends Game Gear Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Game Gear Games SEGA's bulky battery killer. There isn't a lot on the system that stands out---and there's a lot of Master System overlap---but we'll try to find you something. There are instructions available online to change the backlight for an LED, increasing the system's battery life significantly.

SB Recommends Game Boy Games

2017-11-23T07:27:42-04:00

SB Recommends Game Boy Games Aside from PCs, the black and white Game Boy with its ghosting “spinach” screen was the most popular and successful gaming platform of all time. It maintained its market supremacy through a gauntlet of would-be competitors, such as the

SB Recommends Game Boy Advance Games

2019-04-07T21:31:06-04:00

SB Recommends Game Boy Advance Games Nintendo's nearly-as-popular successor to the Game Boy, with graphics comparable to the SNES. There were three very different hardware versions released, each with distinct advantages and disadvantages. It can link up to the

SB Recommends Game Boy Color Games

2017-11-23T07:29:02-04:00

SB Recommends Game Boy Color Games A slightly upgraded version of the Game Boy that came out a good nine years after the mono's release. As the name implies, it can do color graphics, and has an easier-to-see screen. Much of the Color's library consists of ports and remakes of NES/SNES games. Most Color games will play on older Game Boy models in monochrome, but there were some later Color-only titles.

SB Recommends Gamecube Games

2021-10-23T02:30:04-04:00

SB Recommends Gamecube Games Nintendo's follow-up to the N64. In perhaps typical (or perhaps admiral) Nintendo backwardness the GameCube is not able to play film DVDs, and this contributed to its 'toy' image. Otherwise the hardware is really well designed, and balanced (though it could use a bit more RAM). Games often look really clean, and the system can do some really tidy stuff with surface layers and effects. The hardware was eventually built upon in the design of the

SB Recommends Mega Drive / Genesis Games

2017-07-10T11:48:38-04:00

SB Recommends Mega Drive / Genesis Games Sega's 16-bit console, home to a good range of action games, most of them being arcade ports. And of course that sound chip. It also has lots of hardware variations and add-ons, such as the Mega-CD, 32x, Wondermega, and so on. Recommended (Base model)

SB Recommends Games by Year

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Games by Year Right now this section is basically the wiki equivalent of this thread. Years 1980s * SB Recommends Games from 1980 * SB Recommends Games from 1981 * SB Recommends Games from 1982 * SB Recommends Games from 1983 * SB Recommends Games from 1984 * SB Recommends Games from 1985 * SB Recommends Games from 1986 * SB Recommends Games from 1987 * SB Recommends Games from 1988 * SB Recommends Games from 1989 1990s * SB Recommends Games from 1990 *…

SB Recommends GamePark 32 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends GamePark 32 Games Released by Gamepark in 2001, the GP32 was one of the first open source handhelds (if not the first). Like others of it's ilk, it's main draw was emulation, with homebrew games a distant second, and commercial games a very distant third. It also had the capabilities for playing mp3 audio, and with some commercial software, video files, too. It used Smartmedia Cards for it's media, going up to a maximum of 128MB. There were 4 versions of the GP32: no light, front …

SB Recommends iOS Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends iOS Games Recommended * 1-bit Ninja * Deets: A very playable take on the 2d/3d world-spinning thing that we've been seeing bits and pieces of over the years * glossolalia: 1-bit Ninja is the best semi-traditional platforming experience I've had on the iPhone. it's hard because it's designed to be hard, not because of the controls. the 3D-ness is a cute touch.

SB Recommends GNU/Linux Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends GNU/Linux Games FIXME Linux gaming is in a realy nice spot at the moment. Support from Steam games is growing, and the popularity of game making tools like Unity 3D mean that there's a whole bunch of interesting shortform stuff availible for free.

SB TOP 1700+ TVgame Songs

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB TOP 1700+ TVgame Songs ~Where SelectButton selects a bunch of TVgame songs because we can~ INCOMPLETE YOUTUBE PLAYLIST LIST (200/700/1575) Please enlisten. What follows will most likely be a list. VOTES FIVE VOTES Space Harrier - "Main Theme" Streets of Rage 2 - "Go Straight" FOUR VOTES Castlevania: Bloodlines - "Iron-Blue Intention" Castlevania: Bloodlines - "The Sinking Old Sanctuary" Ico - "He…

SB Recommends Mac Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Mac Games Recommended * Avara * Cycle: Now this is a very special game to me. When most people think of Ambrosia, they think of Escape Velocity. I think of Avara. I'm slowly putting together a wiki for this game right now, but there is so much I could write as I was part of the community for about six years. It was a first person shooter - you were in a robot, but it wasn't a mech game. It also wasn't really a FPS, I guess. It was very unique, and required smart use of ever…

SB Recommends Master System Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Master System Games Almost completely ignored in North America, Sega's 8-bit console enjoyed a fair amount of popularity in Europe, and possibly still reigns as Brazil's most popular console ever. Most NES games are not on the Master System, and vice versa. Most Master System games are either first party, or ports of European computer games.

SB Recommends ROM Hacks and Game Mods

2017-07-24T19:16:13-04:00

SB Recommends ROM Hacks and Game Mods Modifications of games done without the consent of their authors. They can range in scope from minor tweaks to “total conversions”. While ROM hacks and mods are technically the same thing, there are various differences between them, such as their perceived legitimacy and histories, that warrant the distinction.

SB Recommends MSX Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends MSX Games * Kyokugen * Shiren the Launderer: A neat shmup from M-KAI (creator of Judgement Silversword) released for the MSX2 in 1997. A lot of ideas in this game are used to greater effect in Judgement Silversword, but Kyokugen is still worth playing for the combination of modern ideas and outdated hardware pushed to its limits.

SB Recommends Neo Geo Games

2018-11-06T02:06:49-04:00

SB Recommends Neo Geo Games SNK's powerful-for-1990 arcade platform with a mostly identical, ridiculously expensive home counterpart, and a later CD-based version with games that took approximately seven lunar cycles to load anything. Despite bankruptcy and the soiling of several key franchises by some hack Korean developers, the

SB Recommends NES/Famicom Games

2020-05-18T03:52:01-04:00

SB Recommends NES/Famicom Games If you were gaming in the mid-to-late eighties, lived in North America or Asia, and owned a console, this was probably it. Home to countless platformers and venerated Miyamoto/Yokoi classics, all surrounded by a thick layer of licensed crap. Through the efforts of Chinese pirates and homebrew coders, the Famicom has lived on.

SB Recommends Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color Games SNK's tragically unsuccessful foray into the portable market. As far as 8-bit systems are concerned, you won't find a better selection of fighting games, and it's home to the first post-Mega Drive-era game

SB Recommends Nintendo 64 games

2017-10-07T19:19:07-04:00

SB Recommends Nintendo 64 games Nintendo's awkward, misunderstood entry in the 32-bit wars, and the last major home console to take games on cartridges. Largely ignored in Japan, the N64 found its niche here as the system of choice among Mario-obsessed kids and

SB Recommends PC-88 & PC-98 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends PC-88 & PC-98 Games Recommended (PC-88) * Final Crisis: Terrestrial Defense Police * sharc: On its own merits this is a somewhat standard horizontal shooter for its time. However, the PC88 really struggles with fair, playable shooters in general and fast-moving sprites, smooth scrolling and layers of parallax in particular; it's quite a feat to wrangle the hardware for all that in one game. Despite different team names, this is the work of the same doujin circle that did MELT…

SB Recommends PC Engine / Turbografx-16 Games

2017-07-10T01:56:54-04:00

SB Recommends PC Engine / Turbografx-16 Games The TRUE SUPER NES. Recommended * Alien Crush (also on: Wii VC) * Atomic Robo-Kid * Krazii Bakon Lypes: A strange and entertaining shooter from UPL, the people who made Rad Action (Ninja Kid 2). Atomic Robo-Kid has complete freedom of movement, and several weapons to select from. There is great variety in the types of levels you will encounter. Straight lines fraight with swarms of weird robots with cube-brains floating in an infinite blue m…

SB Recommends Platform Independent / Browser-based Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Platform Independent / Browser-based Games Recommended * A Dark Room - Play Forum talk * bort: this game is cool. i think it's better than candy box. * tacotaskforce: Oh holy shit. If I had made a game, it would be this. * gary oldman dwarfism: It is way better than

SB Recommends PlayStation Games

2022-12-01T10:27:15-04:00

SB Recommends PlayStation Games Sony's first console. There have been literally dozens of hardware revisions over the years, but only three are worth mentioning: old model with parallel port; old model without the parallel port (SCPH-900x series); and the PSOne (also without the parallel port). The parallel port was only used for old model hardware cheating / region free / burnt disc playing devices, and these generally work better than the later disc-based versions, but less-better than modchi…

SB Recommends Playstation 2 Games

2024-02-18T22:51:28-04:00

SB Recommends Playstation 2 Games One of the most popular non-portable game consoles made. Released with two major different models: the larger original and the much smaller “thin” version. If you know someone that only owns one recent-ish console, this is probably it. Its popularity meant tons of games were released for it, from shovelware to hidden gems. Also had good backwards compatibility with PS1 software.

SB Recommends Playstation 3 Games

2021-09-28T06:08:09-04:00

SB Recommends Playstation 3 Games While there are a myriad of different models, the important ones are 20GB and 60GB are hardware based compatible with playstation 2 games. The early 80GB models have software based PS2 emulation. This results in a few graphical and sound errors, but supposedly has a 98% playability. If you want to upgrade your harddrive, it's an

SB Recommends PlayStation 4 Games

2021-04-06T05:42:19-04:00

SB Recommends PlayStation 4 Games [intro goes here] Recommended * Bloodborne * sleepysmiles: I’m very pleased at the difficulty of this game. It seems like a natural step up from Dark Souls and not an arbitrary one. It’s pleasantly surprising how the simple removal of your block button adds so much tension to each encounter

SB Recommends PS Classics Games

2021-04-24T18:11:28-04:00

SB Recommends PS Classics Games PSOne Classics * Alundra * Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (not on Vita) * Breath of Fire IV * Castlevania Chronicles (not on Vita) * Castlevania: Symphony of the Night * Chrono Cross * Crash Team Racing * Dino Crisis 2

SB Recommends Playstation Network Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Playstation Network Games Downloading games of the PSN can be great, however there are roughly three main stores (US, PAL, Japan) and they all have exclusive content, including their downloadable PS1 games. If a game is exclusive to one of the English speaking regions or Japan it'll be marked as such.

SB Recommends PSP Games

2018-11-26T10:29:36-04:00

SB Recommends PSP Games Sony's first portable system. The PSP has been released in four major iterations, differentiated by size and screen, and then by a new form entirely (PSPGo). Hacking all of them is relatively simple, and gives much better load times for most games, access to most of the

SB Recommends Room Escape Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Room Escape Games Room escape (or Escape the room) games guarantee unequal parts frustration, pure mathematics, problem solving, pixel-perfect presumption and post-intuitive gameplay. While its intrinsic hard-boiled point-and-click style is certainly not for everyone, the genre continues to multiply, producing outstanding examples. Below, you will find a sample of the room escape games that

SB Recommends Sega Saturn Games

2021-04-24T18:20:33-04:00

SB Recommends Sega Saturn Games One of your first purchases with a Sega Saturn should be the 4-in-1 cart. Outside of being a RAM cart and cheat device, it allows you to play imports (regardless of your system's country of origin.) The Japanese versions of games are almost guaranteed to be cheaper than everyone elses.

SB Recommends SG-1000, SG-1000 II, & SC-3000 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends SG-1000, SG-1000 II, & SC-3000 Games * Gulkave * field balm: This is an awesome early Compile title for the SG-1000. Unlike Compile’s usual fare, it’s a Hori scroller. * Ninja Princess / Sega Ninja * field balm: These games are basically Master System and SG-1000 versions of the same game, but look completely different. I kind of prefer the SG-1000 version as it has smaller/better looking sprites and less flicker. Vertical scrolling shmup where you play a ninja on foot,…

SB Recommends SNES/Super Famicom Games

2020-05-18T03:41:00-04:00

SB Recommends SNES/Super Famicom Games Nintendo's entry in the 16-bit console wars. Probably the most popular “retro” system due to its huge library of JRPGs, polished graphics, prevalence of GBA/DS ports and ease of emulation. The Super Famicom had a little-known second life in Japan well into the 32-bit era, due to

SB Recommends Switch Games

2020-06-03T19:08:02-04:00

SB Recommends Switch Games [VISUAL PUN] Nintendo's second eighth-generation system --- a console/handheld hybrid. It comes with two detachable controllers --- ahem, Joy-Cons --- that can be used either by one player together, or by two players separately. Recommended Switch Games

SB Recommends Games

2020-06-19T09:55:25-04:00

SB Recommends Games We at selectbutton play videogames, sometimes. These pages collect the games we find particularly worth playing, with comments from various members of the SB community on why exactly one might want to play them. Hardware is organised by both 'kind' (eg: arcade, mobile, pc) and 'company' (eg: Atari, Nintendo, Sega). Everything is in the 'company' category, but (for the moment, at least) many things are excluded from the 'kind' category.

SB Recommends Virtual Boy Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Virtual Boy Games Nintendo's most spectacular failure in the hardware market. Famously, the Virtual Boy can only display red and black, and has a never-duplicated dual-padded controller that only a few games fully utilise. It produced an interesting handful of optimistic experiments and tech demos in the very short span of time it was supported, and arguably the best Wario game ever made. Allegedly causes eyestrain, and all games have a built-in timer to warn you to take a break.

SB Recommends Virtual Console Games

2018-11-26T13:43:52-04:00

SB Recommends Virtual Console Games NOTE: As of 2018 the Wii Virtual Console is down - permanently - taking with it a whole mess of games that have never gotten another digital release. RIP. NES * Balloon Fight * Blaster Master * Castlevania *

SB Recommends PlayStation Vita Games

2017-12-18T19:42:53-04:00

SB Recommends PlayStation Vita Games You own a Vita? That was a mistake. Now you're stuck with a gorgeous fantastic piece of hardware with almost nothing on it. You could get some forms of current console hits in portable form. You could play slightly upresed PSP games. You can play some PS1 games looking better than they have ever looked on that delicious screen. You'll mostly use the device for playing little bitsized phone style games with an actual game pad. Apologizes for that.

SB Recommends Things to Watch

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Things to Watch We at selectbutton watch videos, sometimes. These pages collect the videos we find particularly worth watching, with comments from various members of the SB community on why exactly one might want to watch them. This could become a very busy page.

SB Recommends Wii Games

2021-04-24T18:13:39-04:00

SB Recommends Wii Games There were some high hopes for Nintendo's Wii round these parts: thoughts that it would broaden videogames' appeal, make interaction more intuitive, that the Virtual Console would make the generational aspect of videogame hardware less restrictive---

SB Recommends Wii U Games

2017-11-01T19:35:39-04:00

SB Recommends Wii U Games Nintendo's kinda-awkward followup to the Wii. Their first HD console and the first entrant into the eighth-generation console wars, its default controller is a large, strange combination between tablet device and traditional gamepad - a hi-res 16:9 touchscreen with traditional grips, buttons and analogue sticks on either side, plus built-in peripherals like a camera and microphone. Some games and apps can be streamed directly onto the controller, eliminating the need f…

SB Recommends Windows Games

2021-04-24T18:10:16-04:00

SB Recommends Windows Games More delicious recommendations from the selectbutton community! The IBM-compatible personal computer has a long and storied history as a piece of gaming hardware. It is the bastion of North American game design, and its games historically reflect a less arcadey, more patient, approach. The PC is also the current hub of independent game development.

SB Recommends WonderSwan & WonderSwan Color Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends WonderSwan & WonderSwan Color Games Bandai's budget-priced, failed Game Boy competitor with dual D-pad/button setups and the ability to play in vertical or horizontal alignment. Rather obscure due to never being released outside Japan. Like the Game Boy, it got a color-graphics upgrade. A lot of the WonderSwan's library was ports and anime licenses, with few standout titles aside from Riviera, a Rockman EXE sidescroller and Final Fantasy ports. The best-remembered games for it are…

SB Recommends Sharp X68000 Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Sharp X68000 Games The X68000 can be simply described as Japan's Amiga. While the PC-98 was geared for businesses, and the FM Towns for schools and families, the X68K was a computer specifically targeted at enthusiasts and content creators. The most notable of these was Capcom, who used it to develop all their CPS1 games. Rather than the rampant eroges and RPGs of its brethren, the X68K is home to a fairly large library of crunchy action games, which are only now being mined throu…

SB Recommends XBLA Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends XBLA Games More assorted games handpicked from the Selectbutton troop. These games are available through download on XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) on the Xbox 360. Recommended * Alien Hominid * Rudie: At once quarter munching and too easy Metal Slug with a newgrounds coat.

SB Recommends Xbox Live Indie Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends Xbox Live Indie Games Recommended * Aban Hawkins & the 1000 SPIKES * Kitten ClanClan: Developed by 8-Bits Fanatics, the same people who developed the XBLIG game The Tempura of the Dead and the notoriously difficult PC game, Challenge from Kiyoshi

SB Recomends Xbox One Games

2020-03-03T13:40:05-04:00

SB Recomends Xbox One Games Recommended * Batman: The Telltale Series (also on: Android, IOS, PS4, Windows) * Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (also on: PC, PS4, Switch) * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (also on: PC, PS4) * 2501: Doesn’t fix what ain’t broken, but it truly is one of the most gorgeous remastering jobs out there (as it damn well better be, considering what Activision’s charging for it) and makes the original

SB Recommends Xbox Games

2021-04-24T18:08:54-04:00

SB Recommends Xbox Games Microsoft's first game console that was host to Halo LAN parties, SEGA exclusives, and the world's largest first party controller. Japan ended up getting a smaller controller, which eventually replaced the grizzly bear original in the west. If you have an original Xbox, it's highly recommended you mod it, either by a softmod or a modchip. This gives you access to an excellent

SB Recommends Xbox 360 Games

2019-02-03T22:58:10-04:00

SB Recommends Xbox 360 Games Microsoft's successor to the Xbox. Due to faulty hardware, nearly all units made from 2006 to at least 2008 have experienced or will experience what is affectionately known as the “RRoD”, requiring servicing or possibly replacement. Save a couple of notable exceptions, the 360 is the console du jour at the moment. This is largely due to its excellent third-party support, key exclusive franchises, and role as a (generally shit) indie development platform.

SB Recommends ZX Spectrum Games

2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00

SB Recommends ZX Spectrum Games Read as Zed-Ecks Spectrum, affectionately called a Speccy. UK basement legend, hidden hero of the Russian Cold War. After delivering the somewhat successful ZX81, Sinclair Research (led by the baldest men in computer history, Clive Sinclair) set into building a low-cost, household machine that could withstand