Mario Golf is out now

[A Black Falcon]

Not really.

Yeah, Elite has more depth to it.

Definitely.

The only difference between Contra and Doom is perspective and controls, but the differences between Outrun and Mario Kart are large and numerous. No more driving in a straight line, insane weapons and power-ups which completely changed the way the game was played, close battles with other vehicles instead of just seeing on car fly right by you like in Outrun, the power-slide (one of the most innovative aspects of Mario Kart which everyone copied), arena battles, etc. The list goes on.

Mr. "you're are hypocrite" is a hypocrite himself! Doom and Contra have far, far more differences than that, and you know it! Don't be THAT stupid...

Lets see. Perspective. Controls. Enemy type. Levels. Game style. Genre. More. They are very different! Yes, in both you shoot people. Sure. But in Doom you run around in 3d shooting enemies (which often take many hits to kill)... and then get keys to open doors. While in Contra you shoot usually 1-shot-kills enemies and deal with progressively harder jumping puzzles as a part of the game at least as important as the shooting. Thats just not in Doom.

I maintain that they have more differences than Outrun and Mario Kart.

Oh, and its not like its the first racing game where you drive in laps, either. Lots of racers had done THAT before, and plenty had done laps and some weapons... sure MK did more weapons than before, and powerslides, and used the technology for circuit-based 3d racing (often circuit-based games before had been topdown), so yes, it had some big changes. But most of them were totally new -- they were mostly improvements on what had come before.

The first two Rush games and POD are pretty crappy.

Rush 2. 8.9 at your precious IGN. Sure does stink, huh?

http://ign64.ign.com/articles/153/153852p1.html

I haven't played Rush 1 on N64, so can't judge it, but Rush 2 is a great game. Lots of tracks, they are long, some nice cars... sure it doesn't match 2049 but it IS a great game.

As for Pod, YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME!