PixlBit

You know, as a kid, I honestly don't remember seeing Scramble or Super Cobra in arcades back then.  But then, if I did see them, they probably wouldn't have made much of an impression on me since there were so many space shooters out there back then.

I think it's weird that sometimes Konami says that Scramble is part of the Gradius series.  Especially since the only things they have in common are that they're side scrolling shooters and you can bomb targets.  But then, sometimes Konami puts Rush N Attack/Green Beret in the Contra series, so yeah.

Only way to get me to play Overwatch would be if it were LEGO.

I'm revieweing a Hot Wheels game on my iPad, but you probably wouldn't like it because it's designed for very young players.

I just got finished reviewing WWE 2K Battlegrounds.  It's all right.  It's great for wrestling fans, but it didn't win me over.  Still a good game, though.  I made a female wrestler that was like a cross between Reiko Nagase from Ridge Racer and She Hulk.  Except I accidentally put a giant red bow in her hair but was too lazy to remove it.  

I remember going to computer game stores like Babbage's and seeing Populous everywhere, so I knew it was popular.  I rented the SNES version once and had no idea what I was doing.  But Populous was certainly influential, as you can tell it inspired other games, like my favorite 'god' game: ActRaiser on the SNES.

My favorite god game is ActRaiser on the SNES.

Next time you do a search for it, try searching for the Japanese title for Fire Shark.  It was called "Same! Same! Same!" there, which translates to "Shark! Shark! Shark!"  I think we got the better title this time.

I know eventually in the future, all games will be digital, but I'll have to be dragged kicking and screaming all the way, as I buy phyiscal whenever I can.  I even do that with games I've reviewed, if i like them enough, like Streets of Rage 4.  The last physical game I bought was Super Mario 3-D All-Stars, and I have physical copies of the Kingdom Hearts music game and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity pre-ordered.

Pardon my ignorance, but both those pictures look pretty sketchy to me.  That top one with the very plain cartridge 'art' looks more like a preview version or a pre-release review copy of the game.  Did other Genesis games do that?  And if that bottom picture is from Japan, why does it say "SEGA Genesis" on it?  In Japan, the Genesis is called the Mega Drive.

2011 had a lot of great games, looking back on my GOTY list that year.  I loved Portal 2, and Okamiden was my GOTY.  Here's my article from that year:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2011/12/26/carys-best-games-of-the-year-2011-awards-show/

Yeah now I kinda want to play the PSOne sequel Star Ixiom.

Well it's a lot of games you can download.  The cartridge only comes with 12 Famicom games on it.  

Yeah I imagine people in Japan have fond memories trading secrets about Druaga back then.  I miss those days, too, but in a way, I'm also glad we have all the info at our fingertips.  It was just so frustrating as a kid to get stuck on a game and then have to wait in hopes a magazine would have the answer.  It's one of the reasons why I didn't get into the NES as much as you might think.