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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 27d

How you doin'? I'm Bruno, I make bad jokes, talk about old and indie games, and my music taste is stuck in the mid-2000s. Favorites include:

🔶Playstation (PS1/PS2)
🟨Capcom
🟦SNK
🥋Fighting games
👊🏻Beat 'em Ups
🍄Platformers
🚗Racing games
🦇Castlevania
🛹THPS
🎸Alt Rock/Metal
📺Sitcoms/Comedy

#promosky

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Ace Attorney Trilogy
Alien vs. Predator
Ape Escape 3
Banjo-Kazooie
Battle Chef Brigade
Bayonetta 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Bloody Roar 2
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout Paradise
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Castlevania IV
Celeste
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Team Racing
Dead Space
Death's Door
Devil May Cry 3
Devil May Cry 5
Dino Crisis
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Double Dragon Gaiden
Downhill Domination
Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Elite Beat Agents
Fatal Frame II
Ghost Trick
God Hand
Goof Troop
Gravity Circuit
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Hades
Infamous
Jak II
Jak X
Katamari Damacy
The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters XIII
Kingdom Hearts II
Kirby: Planet Robobot
The Last Blade 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Lost Kingdoms
Metal Slug X
Super Metroid
Metroid Dread
ModNation Racers
Mole Mania
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Ninja: Shadow of Darkness
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
Ōkami
The Pathless
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Portal 2
Project Justice
Psychonauts
Psychonauts 2
Rabbids Go Home
Ratchet & Clank 3
Rayman Legends
Rock Band 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Sleeping Dogs
Solar Ash
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Marvel's Spider-Man
Spiritfall
Split/Second
Spyro 2
SSX Tricky
SSX 3
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 4
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Strikers
Sword of the Sea
Tales of Vesperia
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Tekken 3
Tekken 5
Tenchu 2
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Tomb Raider
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Under the Skin
Uncharted 2
Untitled Goose Game
Vanquish
Victory Heat Rally
Yakuza 3
Yu-Gi-Oh! CMC

Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Anri - TIMELY!!
Anthrax - Among the Living
Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
Bad Religion - No Control
blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Cibo Matto - Stereotype A
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - Desintegration
A Day to Remember - Homesick
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Evanescence - The Open Door
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
The Flatliners - Destroy To Create
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Garbage - Garbage
Godsmack - Faceless
Goldfinger - Open Your Eyes
Green Day - American Idiot
IDLES - Ultra Mono
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (Deluxe Edition)
Jinjer - Wallflowers
Korn - Issues
Lamb of God - Omens
L'Arc-en-Ciel - Awake
Letters to Cleo - Aurora Gory Alice
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
The Living End - Modern ARTillery
Metallica - And Justice For All
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
The Offspring - Americana
Paramore - After Laughter
Pearl Jam - Yield
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Rancid - Indestructible
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Spiritbox - Eternal Blue
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Tears for Fears - Elemental
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz
Yellowcard - Lights and Sounds

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 1h

Hell yeah!

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 1h

Developed and published by Capcom in 1999 for the PS1, this game is currently unavailable to be purchased or played on modern platforms, so you know what to do.

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 1h

Game 282: The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.

Tron needs money to pay her brother's debt, and she'll do anything to get it in this really funny game that mix a whole bunch of genres. Shooting, dungeon crawling, puzzle solving—as long as there's a payout at the finish line, Tron rises to the challenge.

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 2h

I heard that's a really special one, so take your time with it. But after you're done with it, do consider giving Absolum a try, there's a demo available on Steam 👀

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 2h

GLADLY! It is a super stylish, beautifully animated fantasy beat 'em up that, yes, is also a roguelike!! Just take a look at those animations and combos!! 😍

Absolum | Available Oct 9

YouTube video by Dotemu

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 2h

Morning Meagan! Just chillin' at work, waiting for the time to go home and play this banger of a game. What about you?

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 2h

October is absolutely stacked with good games, but this is the big one for me, so everything else will have to wait 🤣

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 2h

GOOD MORNING, AND HAPPY ABSOLUM RELEASE DAY!!!

Man, seeing my favorite genre (beat 'em ups) being combined with my most recent obsession (rouguelikes) by one of my favorite publishers, to say I was looking forward to it would be a huge understatement. I can't wait to get home and finally play it.

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Hades II comic
Melinoë (she looks very cool and powerful)
Melinoë when Selene calls her “little star” (she is a cute baby star being held by Selene)

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Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️🎃🦇 @retrogameart.bsky.social · 3h

Tony Hawk Pro Skater ad (1999)

#retro #art #gaming #TonyHawk

Tony Hawk Pro Skater ad
Activision
Multi System
1999

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 13h

First one would be Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, because of course it would. And then, probably Tony Hawk's Underground, Jak 2 and Ratchet 2. It feels bad leaving F-Zero behind, but I'll live 😅

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 13h

These extra characters look kinda cool. I have to give the original a replay one of these days, but I'll wait and see if there's a sale on the Switch so I can give them a try!!

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 13h

What really caught my attention in the remake was the sprite art, it looks super slick. But I'll give the original a replay before thinking about getting it, because it's been a while!!

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 13h

Great list!! Love to see Guardians and Battle Circus getting some love.

And it reminded me I really need to play that new Ninja Warriors game, heard really good things about it.

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 13h

Always glad to see some old SNK ports getting added. The SNES port of Fatal Fury Special, although obviously not as good as the arcade original, is really enjoyable, and has a great roster too.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 13h

Super NES - Nintendo Classics NSO titles added:

-Mario & Wario
-BUBSY in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
-FATAL FURY SPECIAL

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 14h

My experience with Castlevania Lords of Shadow has been really positive so far. The combat is basic but fun, it looks really good and Gabriel is a surprisingly compelling character. I don't know if I'm "invested" in this story yet, but I'm enjoying it.

Oh, and also Claudia. I like her, she's neat.

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 15h

That's a fair point, every franchise you listed managed to outclass Double Dragon with ease. And nothing worthwhile of note was released between the original trilogy and Neon, so really, it's more about Double Dragon pioneering the genre than the quality of the franchise itself.

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 16h

I really like the franchise's old stuff. I haven't played Neon, but I did play a lot of Gaiden, the one they released a couple of years ago, and it is a really great beat 'em up.

it's a strong brand with a strong legacy, but they really don't know how to make it appealing to a broader audience 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 17h

I still need to play that one!! Heard a lot of good things about it.

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 17h

And to be honest, the exact same description applies to Heihachi from Tekken, but I won't post twice in a row this time 😶‍🌫️

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 17h

G: Geese Howard (Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters)

Dude's the embodiment of ambition and persistence. He's an evil dude that refuses to be stopped in his pursue for power.

Oh, and he also refuses to stay dead, there's that too. So he might also be the embodiment of stubbornness 🤣

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 18h

And also, I'm still a little bitter about the fact that they're calling this game "Revive", as if they're bringing the franchise back, when only two years ago a legitimate 10/10 beat 'em up was released in the franchise with Double Dragon Gaiden. But I digress.

Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 18h

As far as this month's releases go, Double Dragon Revive remains the biggest uncertainty for me.

On the one hand, more beat 'em up goodness is always good, hell yeah. But I'm not convinced by the way this game looks and the somewhat generic art direction.

I'll wait and see, but I hope it's good.

Double Dragon Revive - Product Introduction Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

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👻🍔BUR-GHOUL-SAMA🍔👻 @burgersama.bsky.social · 19h

Skele-posting

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Bruno for the PS2 🦇 @apesnake3.bsky.social · 21h

It was made in a happy place formerly known as "Pop Cap Games", a place which today houses the Plants vs Zombies mines and nothing else 🥲

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