A lot of today’s games have something in common in that they represent a leap in quality over similar games that we may have seen on past systems, but still fail to be truly recommendable today.

Lethal Weapon is a 2D platform game that’s based on a license that’s playable and presented well, but still isn’t amazing enough to shake the stigma of being a cynical cash-in.

Musya is a game that we’d never heard of before researching it for this show and comes to us from a handful of obscure and short-lived Japanese game companies. And yet, it’s close to being amazing but a few unfortunate design choices prevent it from getting into “hidden gem” territory.

Finally, NHLPA (which arguably fairs the best of all of these games today) is almost accessible enough to bridge to gap for non-sports folks like us, but doesn’t quite reach that lofty goal. It’s still a solid hockey game if that’s what you’re looking for.

Reveal List

1. Super Mario World
2. Street Fighter II
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Super Castlevania IV
5. Final Fantasy II
6. TMNT IV: Turtles In Time
7. Out of this World
8. Soul Blazer
9. Space Megaforce
10. Actraiser
11. UN Squadron
12. Top Gear
13. Super Mario Kart
14. Contra III: The Alien Wars
15. Lemmings
16. BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
17. Hook
18. Darius Twin
19. Super Off Road
20. F-Zero
21. SimCity
22. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
23. Mario Paint
24. Ys III
25. Spanky’s Quest
26. Super Star Wars
27. Super Buster Bros
28. HAL’s Hole In One
29. NCAA Basketball
30. The Irem Skins Game
31. King of the Monsters
32. The Addams Family
33. Gradius III
34. Joe & Mac
35. Super R-Type
36. Super Soccer Champ
37. On the Ball
38. PGA Tour Golf
39. Super Soccer
40. NHLPA ’93
41. Magic Sword
42. Dinocity
43. Rival Turf!
44. Imperium
45. Drakkhen
46. Populous
47. Desert Strike Return to the Gulf
48. Super Smash TV
49. Super Double Dragon
50. Rampart
51. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
52. Final Fight
53. Pilotwings
54. Super Play Action Football
55. John Madden Football 93
56. John Madden Football
57. Krusty’s Super Fun House
58. Firepower 2000
59. Musya
60. Arcana
61. True Golf Classics Pebble Beach
62. Spiderman and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
63. Lagoon
64. Lethal Weapon
65. True Golf Classics Waialae
66. Phalanx
67. Strike Gunner STG
68. Wing Commander
69. Prince of Persia
70. Hyperzone
71. Axelay
72. Paperboy 2
73. Super Tennis
74. Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
75. Super Bowling
76. Raiden Trad
77. Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally
78. James Bond Jr.
79. Extra Innings
80. F1 ROC Race of Champions
81. Super Adventure Island
82. D-Force
83. Monopoly
84. Nolan Ryan’s Baseball
85. Jack Nicklaus Golf
86. Super Batter Up
87. Super Bases Loaded
88. Smart Ball
89. The Chessmaster
90. World League Soccer
91. Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts
92. Wheel of Fortune
93. The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare
94. Wordtris
95. Q*Bert 3
96. Captain Novolin
97. Chuck Rock
98. Clue
99. Faceball 2000
100. Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
101. Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
102. Cyber Spin
103. Ka-Blooey
104. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
105. Xardion
106. Super TKO Boxing
107. Best of the Best Karate Championship
108. Skulljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
109. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
110. George Foreman’s K.O. Boxing
111. Space Football: One on One
112. Thunder Spirits
113. David Crane’s Amazing Tennis
114. WWF Super Wrestlemania
115. Gunforce
116. Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
117. Wings 2: Aces High
118. Ultraman
119. Earth Defense Force
120. Home Alone
121. Road Riot 4WD
122. RPM Racing
123. Robocop 3
124. The Rocketeer
125. Pit-Fighter
126. Race Drivin’