The title screen music from Majin Tensei, a strategy game spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei. Pumping and menacing industrial beats that bring early Front Line Assembly to mind.

Faisan Pass, outside the cathedral, in the Sega Genesis version of Exile/XZR 2. I daresay the Genesis chiptune OST for this game is better than the Turbo-CD redbook audio. Both are good, though

Wolf Team soundtracks <3

Soul Hackers: Paradigm Bank. There is absolutely no benefit of going to the bank. It has no practical use, and most players won't spend more than 2 seconds in there for the entire duration of the game.

POGS?!

Keep doing what you're doing. I'm really impressed with devs who release stuff on obsolete consoles. Aside from the zinester-esque DIY aesthetic, there's something to be said for breaking down the barrier standing between us, the game fans, and those who were licensed to release stuff on console platform. Great work!

There's a lot of surprisingly recent series there.

Perfect list, Jason. These are five that I would recommend to non-fans of visual novels. And perhaps Hatoful Boyfriend. That arguably requires working knowledge of visual novel tropes for the satire to operate at peak, but my girlfriend and her friends got a kick out of it.

THAT'S OK THEN!

At the end of the demo I came across a shipwreck caught in planes of ice, and docked to investigate. A little flock of penguins was gathered on the edge, and they all slipped into the water when I approached. ("Thank you for not trying to kill the penguins," said a Ubisoft developer at this point, making me wonder…

President Cody and Vice President Todd

I see orientalism is alive and well in the kotaku comments section

BETTER DEAD THAN RED

Ding!

I thought he may have been the marshmallow stick, but wow, can't believe that passed me by. Nice! Thanks!

I get Peach eating Mallow...But isn't Geno made of wood?

To add to the confusion, Working Designs localized Growlanser 2 and 3, then Atlus USA did 5 and 4!

TAKE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEED (hey, hey)

IIRC the Playstation Ogre Battle and Tactics Ogre ports were put out by Atlus, not Working Designs.

Yeah, but Borgan was putting children and old people in slave mines. I don't feel that's easily redeemable.