Remember when music videos were super popular in the 80's? I remember when we first got cable and I'd see all these commercials where people were saying "I want my MTV!" I had no idea what MTV was when I was a little kid and saw those commercials. I thought it was just a special kind of TV.
In the Japanese version of his game, Karnov is actually a bad guy. Kind of like Wario before Wario even existed.
Karnov is probably forgotten because his company, Data East, is out of business. He did show up in a lot of games, though!
When I was a kid, I had a Russian Blue cat and I wanted to give him a Russian name. But I was just a little kid and didn't know any Russian names. My dad suggested Chekov, after the guy from Star Trek, so we went with that. I'm not even a big Star Trek fan either. But If I got another Russian Blue cat, I know what I would name it: Karnov!
I never got into NBA Jam but boy it sure was popular in the arcade! Everyone was crowded around it. They've even referenced it in cartoons like Regular Show!
I never got into the Assassin's Creed games, but I watched my brother play one and the only things I can remember about it is that you can fall from 20 stories high and be OK if you land in a tiny haystack. And you can feed animals by summoning bread crumbs from your hand that wasn't there before! That's some kind of super power!
I never got into D&D, but my first taste of RPGs was on the NES with Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. I liked them, but not enough to buy them myself. I was perfectly happy playing them over at a friend's house. It wasn't until the SNES and FF4 that I got really into RPGs myself. I was especially into them during the 16-bit days. FF6 is even one of my top five favorite games of all time. But in the 32-bit era and beyond, I kind of got out of RPGs. I had too many other commitments and RPGs were getting too long for my tastes. But I still dabble in RPGs from time to time, like FF9, Tales of Legendia, or Mario RPGs.
As a kid, I remember the local game rental store had a couple of NES Dizzy games unlicensed by Nintendo for rent. I also remember reading that Dizzy was more popular in Europe. But yeah, I've never played a Dizzy game. They sound frustrating, though.
Chun-Li totally deserves a valentine. My favorite Street Fighter female character is Cammy, but Chun-Li is still pretty cool.
I kind of remember this one, but I think I passed up on it in the arcades. Too many other things to spend my quarters on.
I never got a chance to play this one. I'd like to, since I heard it was good.
Yeah I've always wondered why Sonic the Hedgehog hasn't done any promos with Sonic the restaurant. They even serve chili dogs for crying out loud! At this time last year when the live action Sonic movie was out, Arby's did a kids meal promo with Sonic.
Speaking of which, in February Burger King is having Nintendo toys in their kids meals. And it's not just Mario ones either! They have toys based on Luigi's Mansion, Mario Maker 2, Splatoon, and others. I really want to get the Link's Awakening and Animal Crossing toys!
I reviewed that Sakura Wars way back when. It's a quality game, but I'm not into strategy RPGs or dating sims. My favorite character in it was a red haired lady that I THINK was named Gemini Sunrise or something like that. She was from Texas, so you know she had to be cool since people from Texas are cool. :) In the game, she also tried to sneak her horse in her apartment, which I thought was hilarious. So that was the character I tried to be friendly with in the game. That's all I remember about it, though, so let me know if there are any other cool characters in it I forgot.
