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    1. Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Nominations Topic

      We are up for another round of nominations for Colossal Game Adventure, Tildes' very own retro video game club! These nominations will form the ballot for the next round of voting, in which will...

      We are up for another round of nominations for Colossal Game Adventure, Tildes' very own retro video game club!

      These nominations will form the ballot for the next round of voting, in which will we choose the next SIX games to play after March's Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls).

      Nominations for CGA do not start fresh each time. We rollover the top 50% of nominations from the previous round, and we decay their vote totals by 30%. So, many of the previously nominated games are still eligible to win in the upcoming voting.


      Procedural Details

      Nominations will be open for 96 hours (4 days) from the time of this posting.

      Anyone can nominate. You do not have to have previously taken part in CGA in order to participate.

      Anyone nominating in this topic will be added to the CGA notification list if they're not already on there (unless you request otherwise).

      There is no hard definition for "retro." Choose whatever you feel fits that label.

      Games that have been nominated in the past but were cut are still eligible for nomination again. They do not get "locked out" of CGA.

      Voting will follow in a separate topic, and I will also be trying out a "lobbying" topic this time around to see how that goes. More on that in the comments.


      Nomination Process

      Everyone has the ability to take one (and ONLY one) official action for the nominations topic.

      EITHER: Boost a rolled-over title.

      This will add 3 points to the title's rollover points from the previous round.
      You will also be able to add points to the game during the voting round.
      The purpose of this is to limit new nominations if there are games already in the list that strongly interest you.

      OR: Nominate a new title.

      This will add a new game/arcade special to the ballot.
      An arcade special is a group of shorter/smaller games meant to be played together.
      Any new title starts at 0 points.


      Nomination Formatting

      Please do the following:

      Bold your action (boosting/nominating).

      If nominating, please link to your title on MobyGames. (You do not need to do this for boosting since the links are already in the list.)

      Examples:

      Boosting a game:

      • Boost: Lode Runner

      Nominating a game:

      Nominating an Arcade Special:

      It is recommended (but not required) that you share why you are nominating/boosting a particular game as well.


      Rollover Titles

      Game Rollover Votes
      Arcade Special: Back in a Flash
      Bloons Tower Defense
      Line Rider
      Motherload
      QWOP
      Stick RPG
      22
      Sid Meier’s Pirates 21
      Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow 20
      Another World 19
      Metroid Prime 19
      Descent 18
      Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals 17
      StarTropics 15
      Arcade Special: Behind the Wheel
      Lego Island
      Rally-X
      Sega Rally Championship
      15
      Crystalis 15
      The Colonel’s Bequest 15
      Threads of Fate 15
      Beneath a Steel Sky 15
      Metroid 14
      Arcade Special: Scroll Lock-on
      Einhander
      Ikaruga
      Paradroid
      Raid on Bungeling Bay
      Thunder Force IV
      14
      Tetris 13
      Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist 13
      Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 2 13
      JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future 12
      Lode Runner 12
      Arcade Special: The Grue That Binds
      Border Zone
      Twisted!
      Zork
      12
      The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 12
      11 votes
    2. Midweek Movie Free Talk

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.

      Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.

      7 votes