#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 160

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the first round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the set generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming later this year.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.

• You have 6 total votes to distribute.
• You can only select up to 3 options.
• You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
• NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
• The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.

EXAMPLES

• You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
• If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
• If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).

This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting!

[Kong Wen]

There are a few games in here, but none that rival Symphony of the Night or Quake. Even though I only voted for 2 games, I had to give SotN the slight vote edge over Quake...

[The Shoemaker]

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is such a unique game. It's just a bunch of baseball themed minigames but you can tell they really took the time to make each game feel great from the sound effects to the visuals. The game feels very tactile, and that's without rumble on the 3DS. It feels like very classic Nintendo in the way the games are made.

It's all wrapped together with a story of a dog who's wife left him because he wouldn't give up on his retro game store. You actually have to buy the minigames with real money, but you haggle with Rusty to bring the actual price of the games down in a puzzle like fashion. Eventually you help Rusty to get back together with his wife.

The microtransactions were a definite turn off for people, but it was done in such a unique way, and the total price when you buy everything is like $15.

[Kong Wen]

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is such a unique game. It's just a bunch of baseball themed minigames but you can tell they really took the time to make each game feel great from the sound effects to the visuals. The game feels very tactile, and that's without rumble on the 3DS. It feels like very classic Nintendo in the way the games are made.

It's all wrapped together with a story of a dog who's wife left him

That took an unexpected turn.

[The Shoemaker]

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is such a unique game. It's just a bunch of baseball themed minigames but you can tell they really took the time to make each game feel great from the sound effects to the visuals. The game feels very tactile, and that's without rumble on the 3DS. It feels like very classic Nintendo in the way the games are made.

It's all wrapped together with a story of a dog who's wife left him

That took an unexpected turn.

Which is just one reason why it's such a unique game