From: erc@plitvice.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT (NINTENDO SNES, NES, GAMEBOY)
Date: 13 Apr 92 00:32:35 GMT
Reply-To: video@irss.njit.edu
Organization: University of California at Berkeley

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consult the article entitled `ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT' in
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VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT

NINTENDO GAMEBOY
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      ...*......       1   4.0  Bases Loaded
      ...5.5....       2   5.0  Batman
      ...5...5..       2   6.0  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
      .*........       1   2.0  Boulderdash
      ........*.       2   9.0  Boxxle
      ...*......       1   4.0  Bubble Ghost
      ......36..       3   7.7  Castlevania
      ....5..5..       2   6.5  Castlevania II
      ......*...       1   7.0  Chessmaster
      .......*..       1   8.0  Choplifter II
      ......*...       1   7.0  Crystal Quest
      ......*...       1   7.0  Daedalus Opus
      ......333.       3   8.0  Dr. Mario
      ......*...       1   7.0  Dynablaster
      ..2.2.24..       5   6.2  F-1 Race
      ....101023      13   8.1  Final Fantasy Legend
      ......52.2       4   8.0  Final Fantasy Legend II
      .....222.2       4   7.8  Gargoyle's Quest
      ...2..4.22       5   7.4  Golf
      .....55...       2   6.5  Ishido: Way Of The Stones
      ....5...5.       2   7.0  Kwirk
      ......*...       1   7.0  Lock 'N Chase
      ........*.       1   9.0  Matchmania
      .3...3.3..       3   5.3  Megaman
      .....2242.       5   7.6  Metroid II
      ...222..22       5   6.8  Nemesis
      .........*       1  10.0  Nemesis II
      ...*......       1   4.0  Paperboy
      ........*.       1   9.0  Parodius
      .2....2.42       5   7.4  Pipe Dream
      ...*......       1   4.0  Play Action Football
      ........*.       1   9.0  Probotector
      .....*....       1   6.0  Puzzle Road
      .......*..       1   8.0  Puzznic
      ......55..       2   7.5  Qix
      ...*......       1   4.0  Quarth
      ..3..3.3..       3   5.7  R-Type
      ....22.22.       4   7.0  Revenge Of The Gator
      .*........       1   2.0  Robocop II
      ........*.       1   9.0  Scrabble
      ....*.....       2   5.0  Shanghai
      .......*..       1   8.0  Side Pocket
      .....5..5.       2   7.5  Skate Or Die
      ..*.......       1   3.0  Sneaky Snakes
      ....35.1..       6   6.0  Solar Striker
      .....0.224      14   9.0  Super Mario Land
      ........*.       1   9.0  Sword Of Hope
      ......*...       1   7.0  Tennis
      ....201031      19   7.6  Tetris
      ........*.       1   9.0  Yakuman

NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (NES) AND FAMICOM
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      .........*       1  10.0  A Boy And His Blob
      .......*..       1   8.0  Adventures Of Bayou Billy
      ......25.2       4   8.2  Adventures Of Little Nemo In Dreamland
      ...3...6..       3   6.7  Alien Syndrome
      ..3...3.3.       3   6.3  Baseball Stars
      ....5.5...       2   6.0  Bases Loaded
      ....5...5.       2   7.0  Battle Of Olympus
      ....31.111       6   7.2  Blades Of Steel
      ...3..3.3.       3   6.7  Blaster Master
      ...6...3..       3   5.3  Bubble Bobble
      .......6.3       3   8.7  Castlevania
      .....2.2.5       4   8.5  Contra
      ......225.       4   8.2  Crystalis
      ...5...5..       2   6.0  Deja Vu
      ......55..       2   7.5  Destiny Of An Emperor
      ....6..3..       3   6.0  Double Dragon
      ...3.3.3..       3   6.0  Double Dragon 2
      ....115.1.       7   6.9  Dragon Warrior
      1332......       9   2.7  Duck Hunt
      ..5.....5.       2   6.0  Dungeon Magic
      ..*.......       2   3.0  Excite-Bike
      .1.1..15..       6   6.2  Faxanadu
      ..5..5....       2   4.5  Fester's Quest
      ......1223       8   8.9  Final Fantasy
      ...2.26...       5   6.2  Gauntlet
      ..3..3.3..       3   5.7  Gauntlet II
      ....6..3..       3   6.0  Gradius
      ......*...       2   7.0  Gyruss
      ....55....       2   5.5  Heavy Barrel
      .......*..       1   8.0  Iron Tank
      ...*......       1   4.0  Ironsword
      ....*.....       1   5.0  Journey To Silius
      ..3....6..       3   6.3  Legacy Of The Wizard
      .....10014      11   8.6  Legend Of Zelda
      ...4..222.       5   6.4  Life Force
      .*........       1   2.0  Magic Johnson's Fast Break Basketball
      .....55...       4   6.5  Magic Of Sheherazade
      ........*.       1   9.0  Maniac Mansion
      .....*....       2   6.0  Marble Madness
      ....2.224.       5   7.6  Metroid
      .....63...       3   6.3  Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
      ......*...       1   7.0  Ms. Pac-Man
      .....3...6       3   8.7  Ninja Gaiden
      .....3..33       3   8.3  Ninja Gaiden 2
      ....*.....       1   5.0  Off-Road
      .*........       1   2.0  Pinball Quest
      .....*....       1   6.0  Pipe Dream
      ....5.5...       2   6.0  R.B.I. Baseball
      ....*.....       1   5.0  R.C. Pro-Am
      ...33.3...       3   5.3  Rolling Thunder
      ..5.....5.       2   6.0  Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
      .....*....       2   6.0  Rygar
      5..5......       2   2.5  Skate Or Die
      ....*.....       1   5.0  Solomon's Key
      ...5..22..       4   5.8  Solstice
      ...*......       1   4.0  Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
      ......36..       3   7.7  Star Tropics
      .....63...       3   6.3  Street Fighter 2010
      ..2......7       4   8.2  Super C
      0..021121.      18   6.3  Super Mario Brothers
      ....2.224.       5   7.6  Super Mario Brothers 2
      ...00..133      13   8.5  Super Mario Brothers 3
      .....55...       2   6.5  Super Sprint
      ....2...26       5   8.8  Super Tecmo Bowl
      ....22222.       5   7.0  Tecmo Bowl
      ...11.311.       6   6.7  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      ....2.7...       4   6.5  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
      .......*..       1   8.0  Time Lord
      333.......       3   2.0  Top Gun
      .....25.2.       4   7.2  Willow
      3....6....       3   4.3  Xenophobe
      ......*...       2   7.0  Xevious
      .....11.52       8   8.6  Zelda II: Adventures Of Link

SUPER NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND SUPER FAMICOM
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      ..0020230.      24   6.6  Actraiser
 *    .....*....       1   6.0  Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
      15.1..1...       6   3.0  D-Force
      .01.31000.      12   5.3  Darius Twin
      2.111.2...       7   4.0  Drakkhen
      ...0011121      27   7.9  F-Zero
      .0.0.00221      21   7.9  Final Fantasy II
      01..0.42..      12   5.8  Final Fight
 *    ........*.       1   9.0  Gradius III
 *    *.........       1   1.0  Home Alone
 *    *.........       1   1.0  Hyperzone
      .1.13.1.11       8   5.9  John Madden Football
      ....5..5..       2   6.5  Lagoon
 *    .........*       1  10.0  Lemmings
 *    ....*.....       1   5.0  Paperboy 2
      ...2.1221.      14   6.7  Pilotwings
      00..111020      16   6.5  Populous
      .....2223.       9   7.7  Sim City
      .0.0.10132      22   8.1  Super Castlevania IV
      ......*...       1   7.0  Super E.D.F.
      ..0.001320      26   7.7  Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
      .00.000223      41   8.3  Super Mario World
      ...12.211.       7   6.4  Super Off-Road
      ....312211      10   7.0  Super R-Type
      2.2..22...       4   4.2  Super R.P.M. Racing
      ..1.....62       8   8.5  Super Smash T.V.
      1....3.13.       6   6.5  Super Tennis
      .0.0.1042.      17   7.2  U.N. Squadron
      .2.2222...       5   4.8  Ultraman
 *    .......*..       1   8.0  Waiahali Golf
      .11213....       8   4.5  Wanderers From Ys III

In this report, video games have been rated on a scale of 1 to 10,
with 10 being the best and 1 being the worst.  For each video game,
the total number of votes, the average rating, and the vote
distribution are shown.  New video games are indicated by an `*'
before their entry.

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