From: erc@plitvice.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT (NINTENDO SNES, NES, GAMEBOY)
Date: 1 Sep 92 05:09:00 GMT
Reply-To: video@irss.njit.edu
Organization: University of California at Berkeley

For information on the list format and on submitting your ratings,
consult the article entitled `ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT' in
the newsgroup rec.games.video.

VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT

NINTENDO GAMEBOY
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      .....*....       1   6.0  Asteroids
      ...3.33...       3   5.7  Batman
      ........63       3   9.3  Boxxle
      ....*.....       1   5.0  Brainbender
      ......55..       2   7.5  Daedalus Opus
      .....*....       1   6.0  Dead Heat Scrambler
      ......252.       4   8.0  Dr. Mario
      ........*.       1   9.0  Elevator Action
      .........*       1  10.0  Final Fantasy Adventure
      ......44.2       5   8.0  Final Fantasy Legend II
      ....2222.2       5   7.2  Gargoyle's Quest
      ......*...       1   7.0  Klax
      .....1142.       7   7.9  Metroid II
      ......*...       1   7.0  Missile Command
      .....252..       4   7.0  Qix
      ...5..5...       2   5.5  Quarth
      ..*.......       1   3.0  Serpent
      .......*..       1   8.0  Star Trek
      .....0.323      16   8.9  Super Mario Land
      .......*..       1   8.0  Tail Gator
      ....*.....       1   5.0  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
      ....201031      22   7.6  Tetris
      ......*...       1   7.0  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (NES) AND FAMICOM
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      ....5..5..       2   6.5  Adventures Of Bayou Billy
      ..2...222.       4   6.8  Baseball Stars
      ..3.3.3...       3   5.0  Bases Loaded
      ....2..52.       4   7.5  Battle Of Olympus
      ....212111       8   7.1  Blades Of Steel
      ...2..6.2.       5   6.8  Blaster Master
      ...422.2..       5   5.4  Bubble Bobble
      .....11311       6   8.0  Castlevania
      .....1.222       7   8.6  Contra
      ....52.2..       4   6.0  Double Dragon
      ...2.222..       4   6.2  Double Dragon 2
      ....11421.       9   7.1  Dragon Warrior
      04210.....      13   2.7  Duck Hunt
      ..6.3.....       3   3.7  Excite-Bike
      .1.1..231.       8   6.6  Faxanadu
      ......2223       9   8.7  Final Fantasy
      ...1214...       7   5.9  Gauntlet
      ....5.22..       4   6.2  Gradius
      ...333....       3   5.0  Heavy Barrel
      ....55....       2   5.5  Journey To Silius
      1.1.1..31.       6   5.7  Legacy Of The Wizard
      .....10224      15   8.7  Legend Of Zelda
      ...31.121.       8   6.1  Life Force
      ........55       2   9.5  Lolo 3
      .....63...       3   6.3  Marble Madness
      ....1.2231       9   8.0  Metroid
      .....442..       5   6.8  Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
      .....55...       2   6.5  Ms. Pac-Man
      .....2.4.4       5   8.4  Ninja Gaiden
      .....2.242       5   8.4  Ninja Gaiden 2
      ..252.....       4   4.0  Off-Road
      ......55..       2   7.5  Pinbot
      3....3.3..       3   5.0  Pipe Dream
      ..*.......       1   3.0  Platoon
      ......*...       1   7.0  Power Blade
      ......*...       2   7.0  Quantum Fighter
      ....2.52..       4   6.8  R.B.I. Baseball
      ....*.....       3   5.0  R.C. Pro-Am
      ..55......       2   3.5  Rad Gravity
      .....*....       1   6.0  Roller Games
      ...22.2.2.       4   6.2  Rolling Thunder
      ..3..6....       3   5.0  Rygar
      ......*...       1   7.0  Shadow Of The Ninja
      ......*...       1   7.0  Silver Surfer
      3..33.....       3   3.3  Skate Or Die
      ....5..5..       2   6.5  Solar Jetman
      ......252.       4   8.0  Star Tropics
      .....5...5       2   8.0  Star Wars
      .....522..       4   6.8  Street Fighter 2010
      ..*.......       2   3.0  Strider
      ..1...1213       8   8.1  Super C
      0..021121.      23   6.4  Super Mario Brothers
      ....1.125.       9   8.1  Super Mario Brothers 2
      ...00..142      17   8.5  Super Mario Brothers 3
      ...12.221.       8   6.6  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      ....3.5.1.       6   6.7  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
      ..5....5..       2   5.5  Time Lord
      222.2.....       4   2.8  Top Gun
      .......*..       1   8.0  Totally Rad
      ..*.......       1   3.0  X-Men
      22...42...       5   4.4  Xenophobe
      ......63..       3   7.3  Xevious
      0....01041      12   7.8  Zelda II: Adventures Of Link

SUPER NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND SUPER FAMICOM
New  Distribution  Votes  Rank  Title
      ..0010122.      28   6.9  Actraiser
      3....33...       3   4.7  Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
      .....13.5.       6   7.8  Contra III
      .11.22000.      14   5.1  Darius Twin
      ...0010131      31   7.9  F-Zero
      .0.0.00222      22   8.0  Final Fantasy II
      01..0.43..      16   6.2  Final Fight
      .......64.       5   8.4  Gradius III
      .....*....       1   6.0  Hole-In-One Golf
      *.........       1   1.0  Home Alone
      5.....5...       2   4.0  Hyperzone
      .111311.11      10   5.6  John Madden Football
      ....4.24..       5   6.6  Lagoon
      .....6..3.       3   7.0  Legend Of The Mystical Ninja, The
      .......414       7   9.0  Lemmings
      ..5.5.....       2   4.0  Paperboy 2
      ...1.13110      16   6.9  Pilotwings
      *.........       1   1.0  Pit-Fighter
      .......36.       3   8.7  Ranma 1/2
      .....2233.      10   7.7  Sim City
      .........*       1  10.0  Street Fighter 2
      .0.0010132      26   8.0  Super Castlevania IV
      .....36...       3   6.7  Super E.D.F.
      0.0.001320      30   7.3  Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
      000.000222      51   8.2  Super Mario World
      ...011220.      12   6.7  Super Off-Road
      2.4..22...       5   4.0  Super R.P.M. Racing
      ..0..10042      15   8.2  Super Smash T.V.
      ........*.       1   9.0  Super Soccer
      1....2113.       8   6.9  Super Tennis
      .0.0.1133.      20   7.4  U.N. Squadron
      .1.2211...       7   4.7  Ultraman
      .......*..       1   8.0  Waiahali Golf
      .13213....      10   4.2  Wanderers From Ys III
      ........55       2   9.5  Zelda III: A Link To The Past

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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