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.

Currently we're at 16 games due to charity incentives! I'm also testing an RPG because I'm a glutton for punishment...

Last updated 7/8/25

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	7/10ish
Punch-Out!	Charity (missed game)	NES	1987	7/10ish
Fatal Fury 2	Charity (free choice)	SNES	1992	7/10ish
Gradius II	Charity (catchup)	NES	1988	7/10ish
Final Fantasy V	Charity (ineligible)	SFC	1992	7/10ish

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: 1991

Leading candidates for 1991: Bomberman 2, Double Dragon III, Pit-Fighter

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

Remaining games on the set lists:

Action Platformers: Bonk's Adventure, Jerry Boy, Castlevania IV, Wacky Races, Gargoyle's Quest II, Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose, Rocket Knight Adventure, Aladdin, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventure, Earthworm Jim, Pop'n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell, Super Bonk, Dynamite Headdy, Sparkster, Ristar, Earthworm Jim 2
Mario: Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2, Yoshi's Island, Mario 64, Yoshi's Story
Mega Man: Mega Man 6, Mega Man Soccer, Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8, Mega Man Battle & Chase, Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man X: Mega Man X6, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man Zero 2, Mega Man Zero 3, Mega Man Zero 4
Nintendo Misc.: Kirby Superstar, Donkey Kong Country 3, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Wario Land 3, Wario Land 4, Wario World, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Puzzle: Rampart, Adventures of Lolo 3, Yoshi's Cookie, The Lost Vikings, Wario's Woods, Panel de Pon, Blast Corps, Tetrisphere, Magical Drop III, Puyo Pop
SHMUP: UN Squadron, Zero Wing, Super R-Type, Gradius III, Nemesis, Raiden, Aero Fighters, Nemesis II, Pocky and Rocky, R-Type III, Pop'n TwinBee, Batsugun, Pocky and Rocky 2, Tempest 2000, DonPachi, Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius, R-Type Delta (Triangle), Radiant Silvergun, Gradius IV, Pocky and Rocky with Becky, Gradius Advance
Sonic: Knuckles Chaotix?, Sonic R?, Sonic Advance, Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Battle, Sonic Advance 3

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.