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Captain Waffle, Video Gaming's Unsung Hero

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Don't try and make sense of Spinal Breakers, a 1990 coin-op game. It's got a story that centres around nuclear war, something called "hildroids" (which look a lot like Nazis to me) and the alteration of the Earth's axis.

What's important is that you play as a man (and walking Michael Biehn tribute) called Captain Waffle.

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Captain.

Waffle.

His original escapades in Spinal Breakers are largely forgettable, but his next appearance in a game - yes, there's more than one - is much cooler.

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He's a pilot in Aero Fighters 3, aka one of the rarest and most expensive video games of all time.

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The stupid name and weird Nazi mutant enemies are of course the result of both games being developed by a Japanese studio, Video System, who sadly went bust a long time ago.



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