Great episode! Thanks to TYP, James C., and all the users who suggested music.
I'm pretty sure that Game #1 is not on VC -- but I'll check to make sure when I get home. If it is, I will download it immediately. I think TYP got it confused with the similarly pronounced Ristar, which was one of the very first VC games.
Game #3 -- Wow. Like James, I must now play it just for the music. I don't regret voting for Wario Land: Shake It in that category, but if I had played both last year... who knows which way it would have gone.