Capybara Shufflestew

is an ongoing shuffling project serving as the flagship of my streams.
There are (usually) 12 games in the rotation, and they automatically switch every 1-5 minutes, preserving the gamestate exactly.
Eight of these are drawn from pre-set lists: Action Platformer, Mario, Mega Man, Mega Man X, Nintendo Misc., Puzzle, SHMUP, and Sonic
Once a game is completed, I simply move to the next game on the list next stream.
The other four games are "free." When it's time to pick a new one of them, I take the average release year of the other games, and pick something from that year.
I try to avoid games with complicated navigation, or that would otherwise be extra hard to play with constant interruption. That rules out a lot of RPGs and Zeldas and such!
I also won't play anything I've beaten before- this is about catching up on stuff I missed! (or at least, that I never completed)
And I don't like playing games with text I can't read!
Due to software limitations, this will go up to about N64, PS1, and Game Boy Advance, and some formats like Arcade and Dreamcast are unusable.

Last updated 6/25/25

Current Games

Game Category System Release Year Date Started
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja Free choice SNES 1991 1/6/25
Adventures of Lolo 2 Puzzle NES 1990 1/25/25
Fantasy Zone II SHMUP Master System 1987 2/16/25
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project Free choice NES 1991 3/23/25
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Misc. SNES 1995 4/2/25
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Action Platformer NES 1989 6/11/25
Streets of Rage Free choice Genesis 1991 6/11/25
Tecmo Super Bowl Free choice NES 1991 6/14/25
Super Mario Land Mario Game Boy 1989 6/14/25
Mega Man 5 (Roll-chan) Mega Man Classic NES 1992 6/14/25
Mega Man X5 Mega Man X PS1 1997 6/26/25
Sonic Drift 2 Sonic Game Gear 1995 Early July

Coming up

Here's what's left on the lists, and some hints at the free slots! If there's a question mark, that means I'm not sure if it'll work logistically.

Current year for free games: 1992

Leading candidates for 1992: Zool, Pocky & Rocky, Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury 2, Gargoyle's Quest II, DinoCity

Remaining games on the set lists:

Cleared games

I use save states a lot, if that bugs you please slap an asterisk on all these! I've noted other cut corners in the list. Generally we're not goin' for 100% or good endings or anything fancy like that.

  1. Kirby's Dream Land
  2. River City Ransom
  3. Boy and His Blob (bugs used)
  4. Kirby's Adventure
  5. Kickle Cubicle
  6. Bubble Bobble
  7. Wario Land
  8. Burger Time (3 boards only)
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog
  10. Castlevania II
  11. Super Mario Bros.
  12. Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
  13. Gradius
  14. Psychic World
  15. Mega Man X
  16. Mega Man
  17. Donkey Kong Country
  18. RC Pro Am (except the last race)
  19. Tecmo World Wrestling
  20. Sonic 2
  21. Xevious: The Avenger
  22. The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
  23. Mega Man 2
  24. Golden Axe
  25. Bomberman
  26. Rygar
  27. Baseball Stars
  28. Castlevania: The Adventure (Quick Fix mod)
  29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
  30. Adventures of Lolo
  31. Life Force
  32. Kirby's Dream Land 2
  33. Sonic Spinball
  34. Snake, Rattle, & Roll (only partial)
  35. Fantasy Zone
  36. Pilotwings (only through Special Mission 1)
  37. Wizards & Warriors
  38. Sonic Triple Trouble
  39. Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
  40. Super Mario Bros 3
  41. Mega Man 3
  42. Dr. Mario
  43. R-Type
  44. F-Zero
  45. Mega Man X2
  46. ActRaiser
  47. 100 Worlds Story
  48. Wario Land II
  49. Super Smash T.V.
  50. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
  51. Bionic Commando
  52. Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
  53. Super Mario Bros 2U
  54. Mega Man 4
  55. Tails no Skypatrol

Dropped games