PixlBit

It does have more varied graphics than the water, clouds, and small islands of 1943.  I don't know if the planes would be considered more realistic, though.

Eh, it's just a lesser 1943.

There were some NEO GEO games on Wii Virtual Console, but I'm not sure if Blazing Star was one of them.  I know Blazing Lasers was, though, because I downloaded it as well.  One of the best TG-16 shooters.  It was made by Compile you know.  That's one thing I liked about Hudson Soft. back then is that they really supported the Wii with original games and downloadable titles and lots of their TG-16 catalog on Virtual Console.  That's how I first discovered a lot of TG-16 gems since I never had one as a kid.

I have a podcast now, too, by the way.  I'll write about it in an upcoming blog.

https://anchor.fm/pizza-pixel-podcast

I never really played this game, but I saw it a lot at demo stations at game stores and computer places like Babbage's.  I only remember the first part of the game where the buffalo monster thing chases you.

I'm not really into Halo games, but my brothers sure did like them.  Only two things I remember about those games are when I watched them play.  Any time there was a vehicle, for some reason I always called them a tractor.  So I'd say, "Get in the tractor!" and they'd say, "That's not a tractor, Cary."

Another time I bought them a six pack of Mountain Dew Halo flavor, because they liked the game so much.  It had extra caffeine, which I probably shouldn't have given the youngest to.  Because after that his eyes got real dialated and he said, "Ican'tstoptalkingfast! Ican'tstoptalkingfast!" And I said, "Why don't you run around the couch a few times?"  And he said, "OK!"  ZOOM!

Have you ever played the Halo arcade game?

Why are you watching Looney Tunes?  Is it in preparation for the new Space Jam movie?

Wow, you're the only person I know who owned a NEO GEO system other than the handheld one!  I remember Viewpoint, that's the one with the Zaxxon-like view, right?

I forgot to mention it, but even though i wasn't a big fan of the original DK arcade game, I love, love, love the Game Boy game.  Have you ever played it?  It's still one of the best arcade classic updates to this day!

I always find it interesting when talking to people who hadn't had much exposure to SNK.  If you read my above blog post reply, you can see that it was definitely big in Texas.  I guess it wasn't so much in other parts of the US.