As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time, or at least 87% of them: the ones the industry won’t sell you anymore.
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SHOW NOTES:
- The Boss
 - 87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games
 - PC Engine
 - Sega Saturn
 - OutRun: Online Arcade
 - Asuka 120% series
 - Ga-rou-den Breakblow
 - Ribbit King
 - NiGHTS into Dreams...
 - Spec Ops: The Line
 - Rain Jerks
 - Lost Odyssey
 - Bloodborne
 - Nintendo Wii
 - Nintendo DS
 - Nintendo 3DS
 
1: Round 1 - Frank’s First Nomination (08:13)
2: Round 1 - Ash’s First Nomination (13:08)
3: Round 1 - Brandon’s First Nomination (16:12)
4: Round 2 - Frank’s Second Nomination (19:34)
- NBA Jam
 - Michael Jordan
 - Madonna
 - A League of Their Own (1992)
 - 1991-92 Chicago Bulls season
 - Magic: the Gathering
 - Jordan vs Bird: One on One
 - Grand Theft Auto series
 - Madden series
 - Call of Duty series
 - Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
 
5: Round 2 - Ash’s Second Nomination (28:00)
- Tekken 3
 - Tekken series
 - Super Smash Brothers series
 - Street Fighter series
 - EVO
 - Gon
 - Masashi Tanaka
 - Hunter X Hunter
 - SoulCalibur IV
 - Darth Vader
 - Geralt
 - Zelda
 - Def Jam series
 - Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
 
6: Round 2 - Brandon’s Second Nomination (32:43)
- Virtua Cop 2
 - Time Crisis series
 - Resident Evil: Dead Aim
 - Area 51
 - Fighters Megamix
 - The House of the Dead series
 - The Police
 
7: Round 3 - Frank’s Third Nomination (36:50)
- Animal Crossing
 - Animal Crossing series
 - Chulip
 - Booker
 - Copper
 - Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
 
8: Round 3 - Ash’s Third Nomination (43:37)
- Crazy Taxi
 - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
 - Tim Waltz
 - Sega Dreamcast
 - OutRun
 - Games Done Quick
 - The Offspring
 - Bowling For Soup
 - Ozzfest
 - GameTap
 
9: Round 3 - Brandon’s Third Nomination (51:06)
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
 - Sega Saturn
 - Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
 - Sega Genesis
 - Doctor Who
 - Super Scaler
 - Burning Rangers
 - Sony PlayStation 2
 - Sony PlayStation 3
 - Pong
 - Arkanoid
 
10: Round 4 - Frank’s Final Nomination (01:02:04)
- The Secret of Monkey Island
 - Ship of Theseus
 - Raw Danger!
 - Disaster Report / Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series
 - Roland Emmerich
 - Die Hard (1988)
 - Mass Effect series
 
11: Round 4 - Ash’s Final Nomination (01:09:02)
- Elite Beat Agents
 - Mr. Bones
 - LaserDisc
 - Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
 - Grateful Dead
 - The Sirens of Titan
 
12: Brandon’s Honorable Mentions (01:15:17)
- OutRun: Online Arcade
 - Ga-rou-den Breakblow
 - Asuka 120% series
 - Ribbit King
 - NiGHTS into Dreams...
 - F-Zero GX
 - Resistance series
 - Killzone series
 - inFAMOUS series
 - Halo series
 - Spec Ops: The Line
 - Rain Jerks
 - Sakura Taisen
 - Burning Rangers
 - Magic Knight Rayearth
 - Sega Rally Championship
 - Dino Crisis 2
 - Ridge Racer 7
 - Ridge Racer 6
 - WipEout XL
 - Parasite Eve
 - Bushido Blade
 - Snatcher
 - Vakyria Chronicles 2
 - Oh Deer!
 
13: Round 4 - Brandon’s Final Nomination (01:18:18)
14: Frank and Ash’s Honorable Mentions (01:20:19)
- Lemmings
 - Amiga
 - Rockstar Games
 - Psygnosis
 - SSX Tricky
 - Diddy Kong Racing
 - Nintendo 64
 - Sailor Moon Drops
 - Nintendo DS
 
Why do games go out of print? (01:24:58)
Credit Report (01:37:58)
THE INSERT CREDIT ANNUAL #6
- Silent Hill
 - Raw Danger!
 - Panzer Dragoon Saga
 - Crazy Taxi
 - NBA Jam
 - Tekken 3
 - Rock Band
 - Animal Crossing (GCN)
 - Virtua Cop 2
 - Puyo Puyo~n
 - Mr. Bones
 - Concord
 
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.