I cleared Pac-Man Arrangement, a 1996 maze game from Namco that was released as part of the Namco Classic Collection vol. 2 arcade cabinet.

I cleared the first loop Elevator Action, a 1993 run 'n gun' maze game from Taito, on the hardest difficulty.

I got a 1 credit clear of Hop Top, a 2024 shoot em up platformer by Miracle for the PC.

I cleared Funky Jet, a 1992 single-screen beat 'em up platformer by Mitchell / Data East.

I cleared Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, a 1993 beat 'em up by Capcom, on the hardest difficulty.

I cleared The King of Dragons, a 2019 beat 'em up game from Capcom, on the hardest difficulty!

I got a 1 loop of Caramel Action Micro, a 2026 top-down run 'n gun maze game by Boghog that reminds me of games like Tank Force/Battle City, Pac-Man and Rolling Bird.

Out of all the games I played for the first time this year, there were 17 that I really liked. Instead of bringing the list up to 20 by adding a few games I wasn't particularly enthusiastic about, or cutting off a few of the games I liked to bring the list down to 15 or 10, let's go through all of them. This list is ordered but I really do like all 17 of them, so feel free to take all of these as recommendations from me.

I got a 1 credit clear of Bomber Man and Bomber Man World, two arcade Bomberman games by Irem from 1991 and 1992 respectively.

I got a 1 credit clear of Midnight Wanderers (a.k.a. Roosters), one of the three games that makes up Capcom's 1991 arcade game Three Wonders.

I got a 2 loop clear of Rolling Bird, a 2018 tactical run 'n gun game by Hijong Park for the PC.

I cleared The Ninja Warriors Once Again (a.k.a. The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors), a 2019 PC/console beat 'em up game from NatsumeAtari, on the hardest difficulty.

I got a 1 credit clear of the 2000m mode (i.e. hard mode) of Mr. Driller 2 and Mr. Driller G, two arcade sequels to Namco's Mr. Driller!

I cleared both loops of Violent Storm (a 1993 beat em up by Konami) on the hardest difficulty, including the Violent Round!

I got a 1 credit clear of Bonanza Bros (a 1990 action stealth game by SEGA) in 16 minutes and 41 seconds, which is the speedrun world record!

I got a 1 credit clear of Splatterhouse, a 1988 arcade action platformer by Namco!