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How is doomguy a failure? We even had two stellar doom entries this gen.
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FreedomOfSpeech
Banned
He just has no real redeeming features.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Chuck Rock was super cool. I remember seeing the magazine reviews and loving the graphics and the Flintstones humour. I played it recently on an emulator and it was nowhere near as good as I thought it would be - gameplay is weak.
zaanan
Banned
Well- if not, he should have been! Super fun games, and Jazz showed up in OMF2097 too (another awesome game).
zaanan
Banned
Well, the topic was DOOMed or forgotten mascots...
And I consider him forgotten, just hasn’t been the same since Doom 2
iconmaster
Banned
I still love PA
Great Hair
Banned
Codes 208
Member
Fuck, i Can’t believe how that whooshed me.Well, the topic was DOOMed or forgotten mascots...
Silent Duck
Member
Doomed from conception.
Balducci30
Member
I don’t know if it counts but MDK should be rebooted imo.
Vawn
Banned
Think about it longer....
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Jetpacks on afterburner for our nameless Sega arcade and Master System icon. Dude never even got a name, he was just called "Harrier". The game was a huge success and the character was mascot status alright, even ported to something like 20+ devices. Sega still did not name that 80s blonde haired jetpacking hero. However, bosses in game were named after game designers and even Sega's then president.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
You missed out on a fantastic little game. It really was excellent.
Knitted Knight
Banned
He just has no real redeeming features.
There is always one...
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The Lunch Legend
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
molasar
Banned
Gormless Noodle
Member
Honestly, the Klonoa series of games is so rampantly ignored and yet has some of the best platforming games I've ever played, it's fucking criminal. Especially the PS2 game (in my personal top 3 of all time) is completely overlooked and that's the best one out of what is really a stellar line-up of games. Even the beach volleyball game he had on PS1 was pretty great and for a while they did seem to intend to make him the Namco mascot, but none of those games ever sold decent numbers.
Even Bubsy gets more attention than he does, it's legit pretty frustrating.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Jetpacks on afterburner for our nameless Sega arcade and Master System icon. Dude never even got a name, he was just called "Harrier". The game was a huge success and the character was mascot status alright, even ported to something like 20+ devices. Sega still did not name that 80s blonde haired jetpacking hero. However, bosses in game were named after game designers and even Sega's then president.
Reading this and it's clear Sega wanted him as a mascot. Sega could have ended up with anything really. I like Sonic but I would have liked a character from Altered Beast to be the mascot just as well.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Mario has dominated the mascot scene, yes GEX, spryo etc. are dead but they weren't trying to be mascots.
Hulk_Smash
Banned
I bought this game. Honestly, it kinda sucked. I know it was the same guy who did the original, but the updated graphics were really off-putting. And there was just something about the gameplay that I cant put my finger on that I didn’t like.
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Hulk_Smash
Banned
Kameo
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
Bummer. I never played it but I know a lot of folks were over the moon when it was announced.
Red Rackham's Revenge
Member
Alex Kidd.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I think Sony did want either Spyro or Crash as mascots. It seems today they're not interested in having one. They don't really need one. Sony and Microsoft seem fairly decent just releasing exclusives. Nintendo and previously Sega tend to run more with mascots. However, if Nintendo ditched their mascots...they wouldn't be the Nintendo we know.
TheContact
Member
Jack Tretton
I will forever miss his smug ass.
Jack Tretton was a God! I miss that guy so much.
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
2 pages and no love for JAMES POND and Robocod? And the Penguin... you know, the biscuits? 
Kokoloko85
Member
Cool Spot.
The first game was great too.
This and Zool is what I came for. Im glad people remember these lol
Kokoloko85
Member
Jack Tretton
I will forever miss his smug ass.
Bring back Jack lol
BusierDonkey
Member
I almost forgot Tomba!
I guess that's the whole point of the thread though.
Tomba! was such a good game.
I guess that's the whole point of the thread though.
Tomba! was such a good game.
Laconian Sword
Member
I still have mine too!
I remember the reviews in EGM(?) glowing so much, yet it really isn't a great fighting game. Pure gimmickry, but I loved it.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
EGM is pretty much where I read on anything prior to buying in the 90's (considering what the internet was it at all). It was pure gimmick. However, I had a cousin who didn't get the joke apparently and would smash his controller against the screen every time he (Ichabod Clay) died.I still have mine too!
I remember the reviews in EGM(?) glowing so much, yet it really isn't a great fighting game. Pure gimmickry, but I loved it.