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 On 01/10/2026 at 11:14 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
Forgot to mention some routine stuff in yesterday's blog like purchases and youtube watches.
Purchases
Saban's Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (both N64 and PS1 versions) - I got these after watching the show on youtube. I liked the rockin' theme song and the crazy use of practical effects, toys and kaiju/robot battles in the show. The N64 version is by Mass Media Inc. who seem to be a go to dev for ports, licensed games and work on larger games like Saints Row 2, Darksiders, Space Marine and XCOM 2. I got the PS1 version too because it features the Supertrain from the show. It's by Climax Studios, another game dev that's been around a very long time and worked on many different games like Mass Media. If nothing else, these studios have a lot of experience, so I'm somewhat confident of at least a decent experience with these games. Let's take a look at a trailer.
The Tick (Genesis) - I know this is not a great game (I think I played it way back), but I wanted something from the animated TV show I liked so much in the 90s.
I see Paul the Samurai in there. Cool.
I was a big fan of the Ben Edlund authored comics at the time as well.
Youtube Watches this Week
I watched some older Japanese hero shows that matched the time of Atari (late 70s into 80s). Attack of the Super Monsters is a collection of a few episodes of Dino War Izenborg dubbed into english. It's a mix of animation, physical effects with models and live action. The animation and live action back to back is really confusing and jarring to me and so I stopped watching it. But the man-in-a-suit T-Rex villain is kind of hilarious.
Also this 1977 show J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai which is sort of a teamup hero show proto Power Rangers.
This is a good review of the complete series.
I would say neither of these really captured my continued attention. Maybe I'll load up Starfleet again that I haven't finished yet.
Finally I dug into CES videos and watched several outlets review the show. I think I'll have to catch up with day 4 etc... next week.
That's all.
As far as underground comics go, I prefer Sam & Max over The Tick. The Tick cartoon was pretty funny but the Sam & Max one beats it out a little bit. Plus the Sam & Max games are better. :)
I think I've already told you my Power Rangers stories with my brothers, haven't I?
I've never read the Sam & Max comics but I played one of the games and got stuck. I'm always tempted to try one again though.
I think so, but I've forgotten. I feel I'm about to do a run watching a lot of Power Rangers to see what each of the series has to offer. The games too.
Well I'll tell you my Power Ranger stories then, but forgive me if I already did. Anyway, when my little brothers were young, Power Rangers were really big. This was when they first came out in the US. I was a teen, so of course I thought they were dumb, but I couldn't complain about them because after watching it, I realized that it was no different than shows I watched as a kid like Godzilla and Ultraman. So I would watch them with my brothers anyway.
My brother Jeff's favorite was the Green Ranger. They introduced that character right before Halloween, and Jeff wanted to be him for Halloween. But since he was just introduced, they didn't have costumes for him yet. Luckily our aunt made him a costume. But since he was so little, the outfit swallowed him whole. And when he went trick or treating, the people giving out candy would say, "Aw, what a cute little elf." And then Jeff would say grumpily, "I'm not an elf, I'm a Power Ranger!"
Another brother Ben's favorite was the Blue Ranger. Ben was going through potty training at the time, and when I told him that the Blue Power Ranger uses the potty, I don't think he had an accident after that!
Wow! They were the right age for those shows. The shows are dumb, but I like dumb sometimes. It's sort of my favorite thing on game days to find the goofiest shows to watch between playing games with my friend MK.
I remember the Tick cartoon! Did you watch Eek the Cat? It aired around the same time.
I loved Eek the Cat! "It never hurts to help!"
Did you know that one of the creators of Eek the Cat, "Savage" Steve Holland, also did the animations for the Whammies on Press Your Luck?
I was not aware of that...but I've also never seen Press Your Luck. It makes me sad that Eek the Cat seems so forgotten. That and Bobby's World.
Aw, you've never seen Press Your Luck? "No Whammies, no whammies no whammies...STOP!"
I'm not a big Howie Mandell fan, but Bobby's World was also really good. Since both Eek and Bobby were on a FOX channel, I think Disney would own them now. Doubt they'd want to bring back Eek.
I didn't know abut Eek the Cat, but episodes are on youtube, so I will check it out next game day.
Eek the Cat had my favorite parody of the famous "Terror at 20,000 Feet" Twilight Zone episode. I hope that episode is available somewhere.
I also like the "Die Hard" parody they did as well as when they spoofed the controversy around the rap song Cop Killer with Shark Dog's rap song "Mailman Biter." Hard to believe this was a Saturday morning cartoon!
Wow, that's some deep 90s cuts they're spoofing with that song from Ice-T's Bodycount album that drew a lot of controversy. Surprising. I still have to check out the show. Next week for sure.
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