Jikkyou G1 Stable is one of those weirdly addictive N64 horse racing sims that makes you care way too much about digital thoroughbreds. You start off picking a stable, naming your first horse (I always go for something ridiculous like "Noodle Legs"), and then it's straight into training—feeding, workouts, the whole deal. The races themselves are tense, with this janky-but-charming 3D that somehow makes pixelated horse butts look dramatic.

What hooked me was the breeding system. After a few races, you unlock the ability to pair your best performers, and suddenly you're deep in spreadsheet mode trying to optimize bloodlines. My third-gen stallion "Brick Tamland" (yes, from Anchorman) somehow became a monster on wet tracks. The menus are all in Japanese, but icons and trial-and-error get you there—just expect to accidentally retire a champion or two along the way.

It's niche, but if you like management games where tiny decisions snowball, this one's got that "one more race" pull. Just don't blame me when you start yelling at a 20-year-old game about hoof angles.