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Round One is such a great arcade.

Haven't even started it yet.  Very busy. :)

LIke the others on your list so far, I only rented this one.  I was never very good at Contra, but I enjoyed playing this with friends when we'd rent it.

I wish I had time to play more RPGs like this.

I reviewed Blazing Chrome last year:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/07/15/blazing-chrome-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc/

FF9 is one of my favorte FF games as well.  It's what FF7 and FF8 should've been.

Like Darius Twin, I only rentd Super Castlevania IV a couple of times.  I was never a big Castlevania person, but I liked the SNES so much I was willing to give a lot of games more of a chance on that system.  The thing that impressed me the most about the game (and most SNES games in general) is the sound.  Very good music on the SNES!

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Oh man, I love Darius.  I think it's my favorite shooter series.  I first played it in the arcade, and while it was pretty standard gameplay-wise, the fact that it was three screens long (like the X-Men and Tecmo Bowl arcade games), made it stand out.  Darius also has one of my favorite video game themes of all time: the stage 1 music titled "Captain NEO."  Look it up sometime if you'd like to hear it.

So when Darius Twin came out on the SNES, I was very excited, but I never owned it.  I just rented it.  I was just a high school kid with a limited income, so I rented a lot of games back then.  Playing a game for a weekend for a buck was a lot more appealing than plunking down 40 or 50 bucks for it.  I remember when I rented Darius Twin, I beat it pretty quickly, which is rare for me and shooters!  

I didn't know there was a Darius collection coming out.  Which suprrises me because I get Taito's press releases.  One of my favorite games in the series is G-Darius on the PSOne.  Have you ever played that one?  I've also played the newest Darius game in the arcade.  It's called DariusBurst and is four player with a long screen like the original.

It's hard for me to imagine Link to the Past in 3-D.  I could see Link's Awakening in 3-D more than that.  Speaking of Link to the Past, I sure did like the sequel: A Link Between Worlds.  I couldn't skip out on Smash on 3DS and Wii U because Pac-Man was in it!

I liked Tales of Graces f.  I felt it focused more on good battles and gameplay, which some of the more modern Tales games are lacking in.  Which is why I haven't played a new one since Zestiria.  One reason why Graces wasn't up to people's expectations is that it's actually a port of the Wii version that was only released in Japan.

I don't think any Tales game has that great music.  I mean, it's not bad, just not memorable.  But there is one exception.  My favorite Tales game, Tales of Legendia, has an awesome soundtrack because it was all composed by Go Shiina, my favorite video game musician.  I know I've talked about him a lot before.  If you want to listen to some really unique game music, listen to some of Go Shiina's tracks from Legendia or Mr. Driller: Drill Land.