In their first episode recorded remotely the guys sit down to discuss the our favorite TV shows that premiered or ended in 1995 and the biggest events of the year including the OJ Simpson Trial, Cal Ripken's Ironman record, a murder on the Jenny Jones show and celebrities who died on Christmas Day.
Genre: Action
Publisher: American Sammy
Total time played: 3.5 Hours
Short review: An action platformer that plays like Ninja Gaiden mixed with Batman, with some first person action as well as some driving levels. The game also has a pretty involved story.
Interesting links related to Vice: Project Doom
Soundtrack Speedrun (14min 28sec) All Cutscenes
Fresh Air
After so many long, hard and/or boring games in a row it was nice to get a short and to the point game with
Fixed 2 bugs in the veil engine today. Neither were apparent til I tried to use the veil engine on a project other than Janus. The first bug was in the metasprite module's initialization subroutine and it manifested by crashing the game when no metasprites were in a scene. Here is a snippet containing the issue:
INVALID_METASPRITE_CHR_BANK = 255
.export __metasprites_init
.proc __metasprites_init
lda #0
sta updown_flag
sta oam_spr_ptr
lda #INVALID_METASPRITE_CHR_BNK
sta __metaspr
Songbird Symphony
PQube
Joysteak Studios
July 25, 2019
Quite regularly, after having played through a big meaty game, I like to jump to something more bite-sized rather than move onto the next big thing. It allows me the chance to dive into smaller experiences that would otherwise be overlooked while I knock out the big hitters in my backlog and I like having a break before tackling the next dozen-plus experience. Following my playthrough of FInal Fantasy VII Remake, Songbird Symphony
What Remains of Edith Finch
Annapurna Interactive
Giant Sparrow
April 25, 2017
What secrets does my family hold? What kind of legacy will I leave behind once I have passed on? How much do I really know about my heritage? All these questions arose as I played through Giant Sparrow’s remarkable What Remains of Edith Finch. As is the case with a number of other so-called ‘walking simulators’, the story leaves you with plenty of food for thought long after you have put down the controller
Genre: Fighting
Publisher: Electro Brain
Total time played: 10 Hours
Short review: I guess this qualifies as a karate game but I never once felt in control so it almost felt like I was watching a poorly animated 8-bit cartoon over and over until I was lucky enough to win.
Interesting links related to Best of the Best: Karate Championship
Video Review (FilmnStuff)
Soundtrack
They Tried
I’ll give it to the developers, they really tried to make this game realistic. The graphics are pretty d
I have seen all of the Indiana Jones movies, even the fourth one that everyone seems to want to forget ever happened. I watched them all just once, all in a row, probably 10 years ago or more by now. It was so long ago that I forgot pretty much everything from any of the movies, but not so long ago that I remembered that I enjoyed this one the most. That seems to fall in line with the consensus of the series. This movie had to have been well loved because the NES ended up with two video game
This is the complete Nintendo Entertainment System Video Game Master Set:
NES Control Deck
3 NES Controllers
Orange NES Zapper
Robotic Operating Buddy
Robotic Operating Buddy filter glasses
NES Four Score
2 Gyros
Left Gyro hand
Right Gyro hand
Gyro holder
Gyro spinner
Gyro tray
2 block hands
5 block trays
red block
yellow block
blue block
green block
white block
Hey, it’s another milestone post! Finally made it to #150! The milestones on the 50s have been pretty kind to me so far. Let’s recap. Game #50 was Dragon Warrior, which is a very nostalgic game from my childhood and a nice one for that spot on the list. Game #100 was Milon’s Secret Castle. While not the most classic title to remember, it was one I played a lot growing up. Plus, I got to beat the second loop for the first time which was nice. So, I was pretty excited to get to #150, only
(graphic courtesy of @CasualCart)
Well, it was a marathon, but I finally did it. After almost 6 months I finally crapped out wrote up 50 more games.
COVID-19 couldn't stop me. Losing my home office couldn't stop me. Buying and selling a new home couldn't stop me. Losing some of my cartridges couldn't stop me. Playing Survivor couldn't stop me. Hosting Werewolf 3: The Deafening couldn't stop me. Getting a repetitive muscle injury from too much... reading, couldn't stop me.
Homebrews in Focus - 001 Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Looking at how Minesweeper was finally brought to the Nintendo and what its development was like. Let's take a dive into this homebrew game that is much more than a port of a computer classic, but a game that stands on its own. The mine detection and disarming puzzle logic game, Unexploded Ordnance.
[Regular Edition, Special Edition Cart in NES Front Loader]
Contents: 1. Intro 2. Origins 3. Minesweeper The Game 4. UXO Devel
Greetings, all. We're back for part 2 of my riveting journey through the top 10 shoot 'em up games on the Sega Genesis. If you didn't catch part 1 which covers numbers 10 through 6, you can find it on the home page of my blog, or on the bottom of this page where it says “previous entry.” I'll reiterate here that the criteria of my top 10 is based on the North American releases for the Sega Genesis. I realize that there are many highly regarded shoot 'em up games which were released in foreign m
It’s been awhile since I’ve played a game that brought me to a point of real frustration and anger. I think as I’m getting older, I am mellowing out a little bit and I put up with a lot more in my gaming. I have to if I’m going to play all these NES games, and I also need to set a good example for my kids. Thankfully as I played this game alone late at night, I could vent my frustration a little. I didn’t go full out tantrum or anything, but I spent a fair amount of time visibly upset at thi
Over the years, I have come to realize that the shoot em up genre is among my favorite video game styles, and quite possibly my favorite. And while I enjoyed some of the earlier arcade games from the 80s which I would play whenever I came across a cabinet at the mall or pizza parlor or wherever, I fell in love with games such as Gradius, 1943 and Captain Skyhawk which I could play at home on my NES. But by the early 90s when I received a Sega Genesis for my birthday, my love for the genre explod
Shortly before the world descended into this virus-induced chaos, I took the family on a long-planned Disney vacation to Florida. We had an amazing time at the parks and whatnot, but naturally, as I'm wont to do when I'm somewhere away from my home town, I did a little google maps research and discovered a game shop that was within driving distance from the resort. And when the wife and kids were content in the pool one afternoon, I ducked out for a couple hours and hoped to get lucky.
Now
NES Black Box games are always worth celebrating for being the fun launch titles that helped propel the NES to great success in the 1980s. I like to celebrate Gyromite both as a launch title and the introduction of the world to R.O.B. He was the gateway of the introduction to the NES in the North American market and we should be eternally grateful to him for that. Unfortunately, beyond his two launch games, he was relegated to closets gathering dust. I'm here as part of a micro-revival to pu
I've long considered the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on the Nintendo to be my favorite of the series. The NES sequels are fun beat em ups, as are the Genesis and Super Nintendo games, but the first game is something entirely different. If you want to have a fun co-op experience with a buddy, you really can't go wrong with any of the beat em up games, but if you want to sit down by yourself and have a serious gaming session, the first Turtles game is the way to go.
Yet for some r
This is the complete Nintendo DS Video Game Master Set:
4 DS's/DS Lite's/DSi's/DSi XL's (any colors)
4 pairs of DS headsets
4 DS battery chargers
4 DS AC adapters
4 Pokéwalkers
4 DS stylus pens
4 DS Rumble Paks
4 128-in-1 Nintendoverse game cards
4 DS Game cards cases
DS instruction manual
DS Consumer Information and Precautions booklet
DS manual bag
This is the complete Nintendo Gamecube Video Game Master Set:
Nintendo GameCube Control Deck (any color)
4 Nintendo GameCube Controllers (any colors)
4 DK bongos
4 Nintendo GameCube Wavebird wireless controllers
4 Nintendo GameCube Wavebird receivers
Nintendo GameCube Action Pad
Nintendo GameCube memory card
Nintendo GameCube Dance Dance Revolution pad
Nintendo Game Boy Player with boot disc and case
Nintendo GameCube Component
This is the complete Game Boy Advance Video Game Master Set:
4 Game Boy Advances/Game Boy Advance SP's/Game Boy Micros (any colors)
Game Boy Advance Link Cable
4 Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapters
4 pairs of Game Boy Advance SP Headphones
4 Game Boy Advance SP Controller Grips
4 Game Boy Advance SP Stereo Speakers
Game Boy Micro Link Cable
4 118–in–1 Game Boy Advance Nintendoverse game paks
4 Game Boy Advance game pak cases
4
This is the complete Nintendo 64 Video Game Master Set:
N64 Control Deck (any color)
4 N64 controllers (any colors)
4 N64 Rumble Paks
4 N64 Transfer Paks
N64 Expansion Pak
N64 Expansion Pak tool
N64 Power Supply
N64 RF Switch
N64 RF Modulator
N64 S–Video cable
300/75Ω converter
75/300Ω converter
59–in–1 N64 Nintendoverse game pak
Nintendo game pak case
N64 Instruction manual
N64 Consu
This is the complete Game Boy Color Video Game Master Set:
2 Game Boy Colors (any colors)
Game Boy Color game link cable
2 Game Boy stereo headphones
2 66–in–1 Game Boy Color Nintendoverse game paks
2 Game Boy game pak cases
Game Boy Color instruction manual
Game Boy Color Consumer Information and Precautions Booklet
Game Boy Color manual bag
This is the complete Super Nintendo Entertainment System Video Game Master Set:
Super NES Control Deck
5 Super NES Controllers
Super NES Mouse
Super NES mouse pad
Super NES Mouse cleaning tool
Super NES Super Scope
Super NES Super Scope sight assembly
Super NES Super Scope receiver
300/75Ω converter
75/300Ω converter
Super NES AC adapter
Super NES RF switch
Super NES A/V cable
S-VHS cable
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