Colossal Game Adventure Schedule: April - September 2026
Schedule
| Month | Game | Host |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Space Rogue | |
| May 2026 | Sid Meier's Pirates | |
| June 2026 | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | |
| July 2026 | Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals | |
| August 2026 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | u/Boojum |
| September 2026 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 |
Discussion Topics
Each month will have two discussion topics:
- "Insert Cartridge" - 1st of the month
- "Remove Cartridge" - 28th of the month (25th for February)
Insert Cartridge topics are primarily for getting the game set up and running. Remove Cartridge topics are primarily for reflecting on the game once you've played it. However, the game itself and anything else related to it can be discussed in either one.
Hosting
Each month, the discussion topics will be posted by a different "host" who will act as the emcee for that month.
Hosting is not required, but it is encouraged that people host months for games that they are either already very familiar with or that they are strongly interested in playing.
People who nominated a game will be given preference for hosting, otherwise it will be given to whomever claims it first.
Check out old months to get a feel for what it's like.
Required Hosting Responsibilities
- Editing the templates for the month's "Insert Cartridge" and "Remove Cartridge" topics.
- Posting the month's "Insert Cartridge" and "Remove cartridge topics.
Optional Hosting Responsibilities
- Talking up the game.
- Giving tips/tricks/guides/cheats.
- Sharing your own thoughts/memories/reflections.
- Asking questions.
- Anything else you feel like doing (e.g. setting up a multiplayer tournament, making game-related memes, sharing fun trivia, etc.)
If you would like to host a month, let me know which one and I will add you to the schedule.
Before your month begins, I will send you a "Hosting Package" featuring templates that you can edit to your liking.
If no one claims a month, I will host it as a fallback.
Voting Results
The top 6 games from the voting round were chosen to be played.
Of the remaining games:
- The top 50% will advance to the next round. They will start the next round with a base score of 30% of their vote totals.
- The bottom 50% will be removed from the list.
Removed games will be able to be re-nominated in future rounds if someone chooses to do so.
| Game | Votes | Status | Rollover Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | 31 | Won | |
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | 29 | Won | |
| Sid Meier’s Pirates | 26 | Won | |
| Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 2 | 26 | Won | |
| Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals | 25 | Won | |
| Space Rogue | 23 | Won | |
| The Grue That Binds | 22 | Advances | 7 |
| Another World | 19 | Advances | 6 |
| Back in a Flash | 18 | Advances | 5 |
| Tetris | 18 | Advances | 5 |
| Mother 3 | 17 | Advances | 5 |
| The Genesis of Treasure | 17 | Advances | 5 |
| Descent | 16 | Advances | 5 |
| Resident Evil (REmake) | 16 | Advances | 5 |
| Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | 15 | Advances | 5 |
| Beneath a Steel Sky | 13 | Advances | 4 |
| Crystalis | 13 | Advances | 4 |
| Maniac Mansion | 13 | Eliminated | |
| Red Dead Redemption | 12 | Eliminated | |
| Scroll Lock-on | 10 | Eliminated | |
| The Colonel’s Bequest | 10 | Eliminated | |
| Threads of Fate | 10 | Eliminated | |
| Behind the Wheel | 9 | Eliminated | |
| Metroid | 9 | Eliminated | |
| StarTropics | 9 | Eliminated | |
| Metroid Prime | 8 | Eliminated | |
| JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future | 7 | Eliminated | |
| Lode Runner | 7 | Eliminated |
CGA Announcement: Voting has concluded and we now have the new schedule for April - September 2026!
Action Items
1. Selecting New Hosts
People who nominated winning games have first dibs on hosting those months.
Let me know whether you want to host. If you do NOT, I will open up hosting to anyone who would like for your month.
2. Praising Old Hosts
Can we give it up for the AMAZING hosts we had in the first round of games? They have given this club so much personality, and I've loved seeing the variety of different styles we've had.
3. Pastebin Alternative?
I've been keeping the hosting docs and some Backlog Burner stuff on Pastebin, but I've started getting spam comments on some of them. Is there a good Pastebin alternative I can use that isn't spam-ridden?
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I think it says a lot about how good our game list is that looking at the eliminated games kind of hurts because there are a LOT of great titles in there.
I do think that we're ripe for re-nominations in the future though, so I don't want people to think of an eliminated game as "gone forever" but more as "not in this round."
Also, I think it's safe to say that the Lobbying Topic was a success: three of the five games endorsed ended up winning, and the other two advanced. Of course, this could be mixing up cause and effect and maybe people were just supporting popular games in the first place, but I have a hard time believing that Space Rogue would have made it to the top without @vili's outstanding writeup
and the $100 they Venmoed me.CGA has been one of my favorite things over the past months, and I look forward to it continuing. It's fun to dive into these old games together, and it's great to read everyone's different perspectives on them.