668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Just realized I never posted the answers to this when I said I would. Yeah. Better late than never!

So, for those who just couldn't figure things out, here you go. We'll assume the topmost box in the first row is A1, and then work left from right, top to bottom from there.

The old screenshot, for reference:



I will also link you to the game so you can, if you'd like to, wrack your brain one more time before you spoil yourself and look at the answers.

Answer key as follows:

No Bracket/Letters: 100% Memory
[H]: Solved through Hint
[T]: Solved through Trivia
[S]: Solved through Screenshot
[G]: Forced to Google for Answer
[M]: Forced to MobyGames for Answer
[W]: Forced to Wikipedia for Answer

Spoiler:

Sonic the Hedgehog (1)

Final Fantasy (VI)

Starfox

Altered Beast

NBA Jam (SNES)

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

Legend of Zelda (Link to the Past)

Alex Kidd (in the Enchanted Castle)

Moonwalker

Donkey Kong Country (2: Diddy's Kong Quest)

(Revenge of) Shinobi

Cosmic Spacehead [G]

Double Dragon (IV?)

Jurassic Park [S]

Cool Spot [H]

Streets of Rage (1)

Micro Machines [H]

Kid Chameleon

Robocop vs. The Terminator [S]

Dizzy [T]

Eternal Champions

Aladdin (Genesis)

Puggsy [T]

The Lion King (SNES?)

Comix Zone

Gunstar Heroes

Mario Kart

Ristar

Columns

Operation Robocod [S]

Prince of Persia [T]

Tetris Attack

Zoop

Zool [H]

Golden Axe (II)

Super Monaco GP [M] (Say it's Genesis, but using the Master System shot... naughty...)

Alfred Chicken [H]

Aero the Acro-Bat [H]

Animaniacs (SNES)

Quackshot

Batman (Genesis)

Chuck Rock [S]

Dynamite Headdy

Killer Instinct

Chrono Trigger

Kirby [S]

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES)

Streets of Rage 2

WWF Raw (Genesis)

Ducktales

Air Buster [M]

Breath of Fire [T]

Earthbound

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)

Strider

Megaman (X) [S]

Super Metroid [S]

F-Zero

Gradius [S]

Road Rash (II)

Home Alone (II) [H]

Earthworm Jim [H]

Rock n' Roll Racing

Shining Force (II)

Bomberman [H]

Ecco (the Dolphin) [H]

Sparkster (Genesis)

Lost Vikings [H]

Shaq Fu

Casper [S]

Rap Jam

Tetris (Game Boy)

World of Illusion [H]

Bart's Nightmare (SNES)

NHL (92?)

World Cup Italia [W] (US: World Championship Soccer... NOT accepted by game!)

Pac Attack [M]

Mutant League Hockey

Secret of Mana [H]

Super Mario (All-Stars)

Smash TV [H]

Toejam and Earl

Psycho Pinball [M]

Super Mario RPG [T]

Super Punch-Out

Sunset Riders

Phantasy Star (IV)

Turrican [M]

The Terminator

How to unlock the three secret games (and their answers):

Spoiler:

Secret Question 1 (Up, Down, Left, Right on Cell A1) Spoiler: Sonic and Knuckles

Secret Question 2 (A, B, Right, A, C, A, Down, A, B, Right, A on Cell L3) Spoiler: Vectorman

Secret Question 3 (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A on Cell O4) Spoiler: Contra (III)[H]

Chaos Emerald Locations:

Spoiler:

Light Blue Chaos Emerald: Columns, top of leftmost column

Red Chaos Emerald: Operation Robocod, above the coin just to the right of James Pond

Dark Blue Chaos Emerald: Sunset Riders, under the right post

Orange Chaos Emerald: Streets of Rage 2, under table at left

Green Chaos Emerald: Kirby, in a cloud, up and right of center

Purple Chaos Emerald: Comix Zone, left of rock in center

Gray Chaos Emerald: Vectorman, along the path of shots

I have to admit, the game was fun. I was pretty happy that without "cheating" (i.e; referring to external sites, just the hints, trivia, screenshots, and my memory) I was able to get 92% (I only was completely stumped by seven of them - technically six, but in the case of...

Spoiler:

World Cup Italia

...while I knew the US name for the game (World Championship Soccer), it was looking for the Euro one, which I did not know), and nearly 2/3 of them (58 out of 93) were 100% from memory alone.

I think that would, by definition, make me a 90s gamer.