The BEST episodes of GameCenter CX season 10
Every episode of GameCenter CX season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of GameCenter CX season 10!
GameCenter CX (domestically imported as Retro Game Master) is a Japanese television series where Shinya Arino, a member of comedy duo Yoiko, plays Japan's most popular classic video games and records his progress. From shooters (his worst genre) to puzzles (his best) and anything in between, Arino tackles an amazing variety of games. He is supported by his Assistant Directors (ADs) and staff, who offer moral support, tips and tricks, and occasionally take the controller and play themselves. He also gets the chance to interview game designers and to visit arcades all over Japan.
#1 - Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country) (1)
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2009
It's been a while since the show has featured a bona fide classic but that's about to change when Arino takes on Donkey Kong Country. This being a Rare developed game Arino can expect great graphics and deceptively difficult gameplay. Arino travels to a restaurant with a gaming themed dish in the latest TamaGe, and while he's waiting for his meal he partakes in some retro games of chance. Project: Game Version 2 picks up steam as we step into the recording booth with Arino. We also get a sneak peek at a few staff cameos in the game.
#2 - First Samurai
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2009
For today's challenge Arino will take on the bizarre European made (though you wouldn't know by looking at it) First Samurai. It's a difficult game but it's most challenging aspect may be deciphering it's voice samples. We also get a report from a recent launch event for the fifth DVD box set which included a stamp rally and the usual meet and greet. Arino attempts to sort the wheat from the chaff as he reads entries for a Retro Game Challenge 2 competition in the latest Project: Game Version 2 segment. But that's not all as there's also new footage of two sequels to games that appeared in the first Retro Game Challenge. In what will be the final time Arino gets to Sing Whatever The Hell You Want he's backed by tunes from Ghosts 'N Goblins, Final Fantasy and Mega Man.
#3 - Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country) (2)
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/4/2009
Given the game length and pedigree of the developer it's no big shock that the Donkey Kong Country challenge has been extended to part 2. There will however be no more extensions as Arino tries to topple the evil King K. Rool. In the latest Project: Game Version 2 update we get to see a new feature inspired by Arino's behaviour on the show. Plus the last game of the collection is revealed to be 16-bit inspired.
#4 - Garou Densetsu Special (Fatal Fury Special)
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/18/2009
It's time for the console that towers above all the rest when AD Nakayama presents Arino with a Neo Geo and a copy of Fatal Fury Special for today's challenge. Arino has had a poor history with the fighting genre before but maybe a change a system is all that he really needed. Warehouse Kawasaki is the venue for this episode's TamaGe and it may be the strangest of them all, on the outside at least. Encased inside a rusted windowless tower that looks like something from a horror game Arino finds plenty of arcade games, both old and new. With Retro Game Challenge 2 complete at last, Arino can sit down to enjoy the finished product in this final instalment of Project: Game Version 2.
#5 - Chelnov (Atomic Runner)
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2008
The original endless runner, Atomic Runner Chelnov, is the star of today's challenge. While Arino can stop the Runner when he desires the screen will always keep moving in this high tempo action game. For the second Singing Whatever The Hell You Want Arino belts out some lyrics over music from Super Mario Bros., Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man 2. Project: Game Version 2 is making steady progress as Arino and Abe both present some character ideas to the staff of indieszero. A few weeks later and it's indieszero's turn as they show off a big character poster for the adventure game that'll appear in Retro Game Challenge 2.
#6 - Yuuyu's Quiz De Go! Go!
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2008
The quiz genre makes a triumphant return to the show with Yuuyu's Quiz De Go! Go! The eponymous Yuuyu was a popular teen idol during the 80s and 90s who also acts as the quiz master in the game. Will a group of adults be able to handle the precocious teenager or will Yuuyu leave them stumped? For this TamaGe the staff pay a visit to one of the most famous locations in all of Tokyo, the Tokyo Tower. It houses an arcade on the fourth floor where Arino and Abe enjoy a high octane bike race. We in Project: Game Version 2 that Retro Game Challenge 2 is making swift progress as Arino presents some game ideas and we get to see some footage from the upcoming game. Finally, Arino decides to Sing Whatever The Hell You Want to the tunes of Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Gradius.
#7 - Lemmings
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/10/2008
Lemmings, a puzzle game inspired by a long held misconception of the small rodent, is Arino's challenge for the day. Like that misconception, the creatures in Lemmings have no regard for their own well being and it will be up to Arino to steer them safely through 30 trap filled stages. We join Arino in the offices of indieszero as he checks out a near complete version of Retro Game Challenge 2's adventure game in Project: Game Version 2. We're also given an overview of the game shop which contains some special versions of games found in the first Retro Game Challenge. No one can stop Arino from Singing Whatever You Want over tunes from Dragon Quest 3, Super Mario World, Twinbee and Spelunker.
#8 - Dragon Ball: Mystery of Shenlong (Dragon Power)
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2008
For the season 10 opener we have a game that was memorably mangled in its overseas release, it's Dragon Ball! As it turns out, Master Roshi doesn't like sandwiches as much as you might have originally thought. It's that time again as the Game Center CX crew pay a visit to the Tokyo Game Show and they brought the massive announcement of Retro Game Challenge 2 along with them. There was also some talk of the English release of Retro Game Challenge as well as Arino's usual visit to the Game Center CX merchandise booth. Sing Whatever The Hell You Want is the title for season 10's new segment and it gives you exactly what it says on the tin. In it Arino sings submitted lyrics to the tune of famous video game music or sound effects. This week's tune is the theme from world 1-2 in Super Mario Bros. To go along with the announcement of the game sequel a sequel to Project: Game Version has also been launched. Since the game is still in the very early stages this first report has Arino speaking to the producers about the vision for the game.