The number that won the war
What is 299?
The first system Nintendo launched color variants for
What is Game Boy?
The only game that launched between the actual launch of the Saturn and its intended September 2 launch, according to one Greg S.
What is Bug!?
The demo for this PC strategy classic promised funnier humans and no singing orcs in the retail version
What is Warcraft II?
Lara Croft "Design"er (4)
What is Core?
An early PlayStation hit that was later adapted to a Peacock series where the same character is portrayed by Will Arnett and Joe Seanoa
What is Twisted Metal?
The game that although not naming them called Sonic and Earthworm Jim "no hopers": they were half right
What is Donkey Kong Country 2 [Diddy's Kong Quest]?
It's not clear what was worse for the reputation of this fighter: missing Christmas in Europe or a Genesis version that ran at approx. 5 frames per minute
What is Virtua Fighter 2?
When this fighting game ditched some of the most popular characters in the series, an "Ultimate" version was quickly commissioned
What is Mortal Kombat 3?
Launched game with two colons (6)
What is Capcom? [Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game]
A soundtrack CD for this racer features New Order and the Manic Street Preachers, though most only remember contributions by The Prodigy
What is WipeOut?
The existence of the ESRB gave Nintendo cover to publish this arcade fighter on the Super Nintendo where its name was banned previously
What is Killer Instinct?
This title that some have called "the Zelda of Sega" was actually published in North America by Atlus
What is Crusader of Centy?
Now owned by Fandom, this website which held the first published writing of the quizmaster was born on November 2
What is GameFAQs?
"Good morning, _____!" (5)
Who is Crono?
An early PC port to the PlayStation was a game in this series that was rebooted in 2012 by Firaxis
What is X-COM?
The first appearance of this RPG series outside Japan was a Virtual Boy platformer that starred its mascot
What is Shin Megami Tensei? (SMT also acceptable)
The prominent second banana whose "Slam City" was a rare example of a game that required the 32X and the Sega CD
Who is Scottie Pippen?
Among the groups involved in the creation of E3 were the ESA and IDG, publishers of this California based game magazine
What is GamePro?
Three hidden in NBA Jam TE (7)
What is Clinton? [Bill, George, and Hillary)
When "ESPN Extreme Sports" was re-released following the expiration of the license, it took this name derived from its sequel
What is "1Xtreme?"
The most powerful - and inaccurate - weapon in Earthbound that takes its name from a 1888 poem by Ernest Thayer
What is the Casey Bat? (Note: It hits 1/4 of the time.)
Sega Technical Institute's last Genesis release was not Comix Zone but rather this goo-based title that followed a few months later
What is "The Ooze"?
Before Namco got Soul, they entered the weapon based fighting game arena with this 2D fighter for 16-bit consoles
What is WeaponLord?
What is Circana?