I played Alien Crush/Crash a lot when I still had my TG-16; still kicking myself for trading it off. Devil's Crush was ported to the Sega Genesis as "Dragon's Fury", and that I still have; all in all, a fun game I still pop in occasionally.
But hilariously, Tengen (who published Dragon's Fury) also published a game called Dragon's Revenge, which had a similar cover design to Fury, despite the fact that Revenge had nothing to do with Fury other than the fantasy motif. The guy in the video isn't very good at it, but even though it isn't nearly as polished control-wise as Devil's Crush/Dragon's Fury, there's just something about the game that makes you want to play it.
Hell, depending where you put the ball on the screen, you keep hearing either insults from the woman's face on the screen, or sounds suggesting that she's, uh....getting turned on.
o_O
Nor did Metallica have anything to do with Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24" ^_^.
I'd love to go to more yard sales, but generally I have to travel out of my area to get to the better ones (and I have this uncanny ability to find out about the big Merion Village block sales too late for me to take advantage of them ^_^). As it is, I go for my daily walks and hit the two thrifts closest to me to see if there's anything interesting at those.
But the one I described in my earlier post have recently been having these "handyman specials", so I try and get up there when I'm in the area to see what they have. Last time (a couple of weeks ago) I found a Lenovo laptop that needs a battery and a plug. I ordered the plug on EBay and discovered that, other than a bad DVD drive it works fine. It has 1GB of DDR2 RAM, Win XP w/license (even though it was made in 2007), dual-core Intel and 120GB HDD and has a great picture. It too was 10.10.
I found a replacement for the DVD drive that, while not great it works. What I usually do with computers I find like that is repair what needs fixed and re-sell them, so I can make a nice profit on them without gouging people out of their hard-earned cash. Many of the people around here don't know much about computers, and I've seen some of the stores sell computers that hardly have a 1Ghz proc and 40GB HDDs, and as long as the buyer sees XP on it they think they're getting a great deal at $200 or more.
I refuse to take advantage like that.
I think there is a difference between simple disagreement on a subject and being a prejudiced prick about a person because of who they are. I am assuming those who get banned are of the latter group.
Went to a thrift store earlier today (this one is at Great Southern mall in South Columbus OH), and I spied a rather new-looking HP computer case with a "handyman's special" written on it, for 10.10. I was wondering why it was still there, so I take a closer look at it.
Specifically through the back of the unit. Sure enough, the motherboard was gone (and the memory and proc with it). Explains why it was still there. But I don't just stop at that. I open the side up and discover that it has its DVD-RW DL (SATA) with it....and a 320GB SATA 7200 Seagate HDD.
So I buy it (figuring if the drives don't work I could still use the case and card readers still attached). Pop the drives out and discover that the DVD-RW is a Sony Optiarc made in November of 2010 (curiously, with a beat-up Age of Mythology: The Titans expansion disc inside of it). Then I put the HDD in an external drive case I have, and sure enough, it worked too. Had a load of music of various types (much of it being country and Southern Gospel, but a considerable amount of rock from the 50s-70s (top 40). Curiously, Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo were on there too (movies).
Judging from the pictures and loads of church-related info the people who owned this computer formerly are a Southern Gospel music group with a ministry. I'll probably back up the few music acts I'd be interested in and then either wipe the drives or see if I can get a mobo to match up with it all, since it has a license and a restore partition for Vista Home Premium.
All in all, not too bad.
If y'all like the Oddworld titles, you may want to look closer at the Amazon "casual" titles...they're all in the sale, and the first two (Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus) are .99 each.
I got it for PC awhile back when it was on sale for 3-something. I've yet to finish it (usually get distracted by something, so I play it in spurts).
But on a console, 4.99 wouldn't be bad. What I've played isn't great but for what I paid I don't feel cheated either.
Japanese vocal track? Nooooo problem!
(video...from the guys who would eventually bring you metal Christmas specials ^_^)
I have a Tankstick on my arcade cab because I love playing Robotron with it twin-stick style. But I got a stack of in the box 7800 games from my nephews awhile back, and Karateka was one of them. I have two original 7800 sticks with my machine, but they tend to hurt my old-ass hands too much to use them for more than a few minutes.
I typically use a Championship joystick (originally for the 2600) for most of the 7800 games I play with, simply because it's more comfortable. But I never tried it with Karateka (and probably won't). Maybe I will try it with a Genny controller (original) instead, just to see it in action.
I don't have Ninja Golf, but I'm going to be heading up to a couple of used game shops I know carries 2600/7800 titles here soon, so if I can get it at those places I may add it to the collection.
I have it for my 7800 as well; thinking of seeing how it plays with one of my old Sega Master System controllers tonight.
I go around the thrifts close to me as well as occasionally hitting the used shops up near Ohio State U when I'm in the area. Probably have way more than I should ^_^.
I have a lot of favorites, but the best ones would be my older Genesis albums (Peter Gabriel period, like Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound) and Pink Floyd's The Wall. Also have a ton of old 78s I've been recording onto my hard drive whenever I have the time.
I've got the vinyl soundtrack to Superfly, where this originates.
Looks like a fun, if short game. Gotta love "Search Princess".
Princess: "Wha-what the @#$@ do you think you're doing, you pervert!?"
Hero: "Sorry ma'am, but them's the rules." ^_^
With bells on, apparently ^_^.
"Miracleman" (aka Marvelman in England) was created by Mick Anglo in 1954 to replace the Capt. Marvel licensed reprints, that was eliminated when the American creators of the character lost a copyright-infringement lawsuit DC Comics had brought against them (under the belief that Capt. Marvel was too similar to their Superman).
Alan Moore's version of Marvelman was based on Mick Anglo's version, and first saw print in Warrior Magazine in England in 1982 (I have the first two issues). I recall Marvel recently got the rights to Anglo's version and has reprinted some of those earlier stories here in the US.
The reason Marvelman became Miracleman here in the US was because of fears Marvel could take them to court over "Marvel"man. Moore at the time was quite upset with having to change the name (there was commentary in the 2nd issue of the original Eclipse issue of Miracleman).
Ye-ah, that's weird. And hilarious.
I used to walk to elementary school back in the 60s-early 70s, in inclement weather! But of course, the school was barely 10 minutes away, and the ground was as flat as Twiggy ^_^
But yeah, if the kids ain't walking, video games seem to be the "go to" excuse for the "experts" to blame.
Time for another AMV before heading off to bed...This time it is Janken Pyon to Azumanga Daioh. Yeah, it's a few years ago but it's still going to get stuck in your head ^_^.
Sleeeeepysleepysleepy...
Not sure if GoG has it, but I just checked Steam, and the Hexen games are on there, with the first one being 4.99. Would probably be better if GoG did have it.
Right now, the only freebie record from the mags I still have is one in an old Fantagraphics anthology comic called Critters, issue number 23 I think. It has a song from Ty Templeman (supposed to be his character) and "March of the Sinister Ducks" featuring the band Alan Moore was with (o_O).
One of my older sisters collected the records that were on the cereal boxes (she was strictly Top-40) and one of them had her favorite, Bobby Sherman. Brrr. Good thing my tastes in music didn't stem from hers ^_^.
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