If you are like me at all you probably have some used video games in you collection without a proper label. Maybe you even have a disk case that has been broken into several small bits.
In that case just buy some plain DVD cases and then go over to this site.
http://dreamagain.free.fr/layout.php?p=DVD
Even though the site is not in english you can get some new fancy labels for your favorite games (and homebrew games!) (and some wallpaper!)
There is also a nice selection over at the dcevolution site.
http://www.dcevolution.net/covers/
Including a pretty sweet duckhunt label for the NESter emulator!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Dreamcast? Meet your d00m
YES!
It supports keyboard AND mouse though so you can party like it's 1994 once again!
Doom for Dreamast.
Or...nxdoom for dreamcast to be exact...Get the latest version here...
It's pretty damn kick ass. The sfx are there but the midi music you have to install are a bit crappy.
It supports keyboard AND mouse though so you can party like it's 1994 once again!
Holy crap. At this rate I will be playing more homebrew games than regular dreamcast games!!!!!!!
If you have the collectors edition of doom like I do you can use Bootdreams to burn a self boot copy of all the versions of this awesome game. Just jam those .wad files into a folder along with the midi files and burn.
The Dreamcast has not seen so much digital blood! (except when I played HotD2, RE, Illbleed, The Ring, Blue Stinger, Quake, Quake 3, Unreal T, Legend of Kain Soul Reaver, Shadow man, D2...HOLY CRAP! WHo says Dreamcast was a pussy system!?!?!?! Look at all these violent games!!!!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Phear my 133t Dre@mcast Skillz!!!!!!!!!
...Yeah not really...
So anyways I was checking to see if I could use my meager skills to play full version Quake on my dreamcast.
I was inspired by a dreamcast junkyard post in which it was discovered that a copy of Quake turned out to be just the shareware version.
There are actually many different little setups that will allow you to play Quake on your Dreamcast.
Sadly the only one that has full hardware accleration (and looks the best) is QuakeDC. You can get the shareware version of it along with a bunch of SP maps at DCevolution. That also comes with copies of HexQuake (remake of QuakeDC) and Makaquake and covers for your disk and stuff. (use explore when you use the CD in your computer)
If you have the full version of Quake at home you can play it on your dreamcast using HexQuake or Makaqu. Here's the damn twist though...
It's easy to burn both of these using bootdreams, but...
Both versions are sort of a pain to use music on. You can use Joymenu and a Quake sound pack to install music on the directory you are going to use bootdreams on. It's a pain. The only version that you don't have to dick around with this stuff is the .CDI that only has shareware.
Hexquake LOOKS awesome. But no mouse support. None. It never will. Long story.
Makaqu has mouse support, but no hardware acceleration. So it doesn't look as good.
The DC controller with keyboard does a decent job. But I LOVE mouse support for FPS.
So you have three choices!
1. The easy path of going to the above link, burning a copy and having fun playing shareware Quake and a ton of little deathmatches against bots. NO MOUSE SUPPORT. Looks awesome because of hardware accel.
2. Burn Hexquake and screw around trying to get the music to work and getting the files off the original quake for Full version play. NO MOUSE SUPPORT. Looks great because of hardware acceleration.
3. Burn Makaqu Screw around with music. Get full version play. Mouse is supported. Feel slightly dissapointed that you can't get full graphic smoothness because it is software accelerated.
So as you can see there is no perfect solution to this situation...
The easiest I found was to get Hexquake and use it with the full version without music. Painless, looks great. You can always get used to the controll and play music on a nearbye boombox.
However I think I am going to end up editing a Makaqu disk for full version quake and music. It will be a pain, but I will have my DC mouse support and music. It may not look as good and seamless but the damn gameplay is kick ass and the music really adds to the game!
So anyways I was checking to see if I could use my meager skills to play full version Quake on my dreamcast.
I was inspired by a dreamcast junkyard post in which it was discovered that a copy of Quake turned out to be just the shareware version.
There are actually many different little setups that will allow you to play Quake on your Dreamcast.
Sadly the only one that has full hardware accleration (and looks the best) is QuakeDC. You can get the shareware version of it along with a bunch of SP maps at DCevolution. That also comes with copies of HexQuake (remake of QuakeDC) and Makaquake and covers for your disk and stuff. (use explore when you use the CD in your computer)
If you have the full version of Quake at home you can play it on your dreamcast using HexQuake or Makaqu. Here's the damn twist though...
It's easy to burn both of these using bootdreams, but...
Both versions are sort of a pain to use music on. You can use Joymenu and a Quake sound pack to install music on the directory you are going to use bootdreams on. It's a pain. The only version that you don't have to dick around with this stuff is the .CDI that only has shareware.
Hexquake LOOKS awesome. But no mouse support. None. It never will. Long story.
Makaqu has mouse support, but no hardware acceleration. So it doesn't look as good.
The DC controller with keyboard does a decent job. But I LOVE mouse support for FPS.
So you have three choices!
1. The easy path of going to the above link, burning a copy and having fun playing shareware Quake and a ton of little deathmatches against bots. NO MOUSE SUPPORT. Looks awesome because of hardware accel.
2. Burn Hexquake and screw around trying to get the music to work and getting the files off the original quake for Full version play. NO MOUSE SUPPORT. Looks great because of hardware acceleration.
3. Burn Makaqu Screw around with music. Get full version play. Mouse is supported. Feel slightly dissapointed that you can't get full graphic smoothness because it is software accelerated.
So as you can see there is no perfect solution to this situation...
The easiest I found was to get Hexquake and use it with the full version without music. Painless, looks great. You can always get used to the controll and play music on a nearbye boombox.
However I think I am going to end up editing a Makaqu disk for full version quake and music. It will be a pain, but I will have my DC mouse support and music. It may not look as good and seamless but the damn gameplay is kick ass and the music really adds to the game!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
D2 Dreamcast Finished - Review
I do not know why it took me so long to beat D2 but I am glad I did.
First off let me tell you D2 is not to everyone's taste. Some people might not like it at all. Other might be put off by some of the gameplay issues.
Here are a quick few bad points about the game.
1. This game has VERY annoying cutscenes. Didn't like the doors opening and closing in RE games? You will HATE the amount of time this game takes to focus on opening doors and picking up items and stuff. Learn to love double clicking the B button since that is what skips cutscenes. A real shame since most of the cutscenes are great! But WHY would we need a 10 second cutscene of Laura picking up an item????? It's not even an important item, just a health pack or something...shit man.
2. This game should have had lightgun funtion. This would have been AWESOME. When you go into combat in this game you move from 3rd person to 1st person perspective. You have a target that you move arount with the directional or the analog controller. I use directional since the analog aiming seems to be pretty damn shoddy. But I think the light gun could have made this game SO much better. I mean you go into combat mode. You quickly grab the lightgun and aim it. It would have been great!
3. The voice acting does not match up well to some of the characters.
4. The item system sucks.
5. Not enough bonus stuff to find. Everything is linear.
6. Battle system is either WAY too easy or RAPES you.
Overall though I had an excellent time in this game. I like the weird story more than the glitchy gameplay. You command your chracter Laura (who must be related to Gordon Freeman because she almost never TALKS) around Canada after a plane crash. The story is weird and the cutscenes are weirder. Consider slogging through the 4 disks just to watch the ending movie. It's awesome and possibly the most messed up video I have seen in a video game yet.
You get levels as a character that give you more hit points and allow you to do more damage but this is more of a bonus than something you need to do. Collecting the weapons and lmited ammo is more important. This is one of the VERY few games that I didn't feel the need to max out my characters levels to beat the game. You get basic weapons that have unlimited ammo...I usually do not like this, but the fact that you also have limited ammo weapons like the shotgun make it more acceptable.
A quick note on item collecting. You need to use the Y button + the analog stick to look around every room to collect items when you are inside a building and in first person mode. This is annoying... What is even more annoying is that in some spots you CANNOT get items that you miss after you leave a room or something happens. They are still there, you just CANNOT get them....this drives you slowly insane in certain spots where you can miss ammo and health packs. So when you get to a new area, look ALL around and get all the items before you actually DO anything. That's the only way to avoid missing items.
The hunting aspect of this game is nice and can be considered a minigame. In fact if your controller sucks and you can't get a hang of the combat, hunting is a great way to get meat to replenish life points without having to waste medkits. (save those for the final CD, there are NO animals to shoot and eat) Just select the gun from the left trigger menu when you see an animal in the distance, zome in and shoot the bugger. Kill more animals for better aiming and little metals. The meat is the important thing though. You need to keep plenty healthy in this game incase you get suddenly beat down by three different monsters. Save often so you don't loose your levels or meat if you happen to die accidently. (which is actually difficult until the last CD since you can pause and heal yourself at any time)
The bosses make up for the normally crappy gameplay. VERY cool. If the regular enemies were half as fun to fight as the bosses then this game would be GREAT.
There is also a ton of messed up shit in this game which is actually toned down from theJapanese version (tenacle in the mouth, nudity).
You really get the feeling that some of the characters in this game that you face off against are truly demented. Notice that I say demented and not evil, in fact most of the creatures and bosses you face were once normal humans and you feel better after putting them out of their insane mutated misery.
The true evil is the last boss, which was about the only gameplay I truly got into. An experience!
Good for collection purposes and to fight the last boss to see the ending. If you see if for about $9 American get it. Otherwise hold out. It was one of the last games distributed in the USA and it is NOT really rare (no matter what people tell you). I wouldn't pay over $15 for this game unless it was NEW in shrink wrap.
Like I said some people like me will enjoy this strange game, others cannot look past it's flaws. Not for everyone, but I enjoyed it. 8/10
First off let me tell you D2 is not to everyone's taste. Some people might not like it at all. Other might be put off by some of the gameplay issues.
Here are a quick few bad points about the game.
1. This game has VERY annoying cutscenes. Didn't like the doors opening and closing in RE games? You will HATE the amount of time this game takes to focus on opening doors and picking up items and stuff. Learn to love double clicking the B button since that is what skips cutscenes. A real shame since most of the cutscenes are great! But WHY would we need a 10 second cutscene of Laura picking up an item????? It's not even an important item, just a health pack or something...shit man.
2. This game should have had lightgun funtion. This would have been AWESOME. When you go into combat in this game you move from 3rd person to 1st person perspective. You have a target that you move arount with the directional or the analog controller. I use directional since the analog aiming seems to be pretty damn shoddy. But I think the light gun could have made this game SO much better. I mean you go into combat mode. You quickly grab the lightgun and aim it. It would have been great!
3. The voice acting does not match up well to some of the characters.
4. The item system sucks.
5. Not enough bonus stuff to find. Everything is linear.
6. Battle system is either WAY too easy or RAPES you.
Overall though I had an excellent time in this game. I like the weird story more than the glitchy gameplay. You command your chracter Laura (who must be related to Gordon Freeman because she almost never TALKS) around Canada after a plane crash. The story is weird and the cutscenes are weirder. Consider slogging through the 4 disks just to watch the ending movie. It's awesome and possibly the most messed up video I have seen in a video game yet.
You get levels as a character that give you more hit points and allow you to do more damage but this is more of a bonus than something you need to do. Collecting the weapons and lmited ammo is more important. This is one of the VERY few games that I didn't feel the need to max out my characters levels to beat the game. You get basic weapons that have unlimited ammo...I usually do not like this, but the fact that you also have limited ammo weapons like the shotgun make it more acceptable.
A quick note on item collecting. You need to use the Y button + the analog stick to look around every room to collect items when you are inside a building and in first person mode. This is annoying... What is even more annoying is that in some spots you CANNOT get items that you miss after you leave a room or something happens. They are still there, you just CANNOT get them....this drives you slowly insane in certain spots where you can miss ammo and health packs. So when you get to a new area, look ALL around and get all the items before you actually DO anything. That's the only way to avoid missing items.
The hunting aspect of this game is nice and can be considered a minigame. In fact if your controller sucks and you can't get a hang of the combat, hunting is a great way to get meat to replenish life points without having to waste medkits. (save those for the final CD, there are NO animals to shoot and eat) Just select the gun from the left trigger menu when you see an animal in the distance, zome in and shoot the bugger. Kill more animals for better aiming and little metals. The meat is the important thing though. You need to keep plenty healthy in this game incase you get suddenly beat down by three different monsters. Save often so you don't loose your levels or meat if you happen to die accidently. (which is actually difficult until the last CD since you can pause and heal yourself at any time)
The bosses make up for the normally crappy gameplay. VERY cool. If the regular enemies were half as fun to fight as the bosses then this game would be GREAT.
There is also a ton of messed up shit in this game which is actually toned down from theJapanese version (tenacle in the mouth, nudity).
You really get the feeling that some of the characters in this game that you face off against are truly demented. Notice that I say demented and not evil, in fact most of the creatures and bosses you face were once normal humans and you feel better after putting them out of their insane mutated misery.
The true evil is the last boss, which was about the only gameplay I truly got into. An experience!
Good for collection purposes and to fight the last boss to see the ending. If you see if for about $9 American get it. Otherwise hold out. It was one of the last games distributed in the USA and it is NOT really rare (no matter what people tell you). I wouldn't pay over $15 for this game unless it was NEW in shrink wrap.
Like I said some people like me will enjoy this strange game, others cannot look past it's flaws. Not for everyone, but I enjoyed it. 8/10
Monday, February 19, 2007
L33t Dre@mcast Ge4r
Yes I don't know how many of you read this blog but this is public service message.
You see when I was in college I was poor. I had my beloved dreamcast but pretty much nothing else. Not even a computer that was good enough to play video CDs. Not even a VCR. (Of course not a DVD player)
If I would have known what I know now I could have been doing alot better. I could have been playing video ON MY DREAMCAST!
Thats right. It's easier than you can imagine.
Remember this site:
http://www.dcevolution.net/
And this, Dream Selection Vol. 1.
With this nifty, FREE, program you can listen to .mp3s on a tracklist, play some cool games (including the most messed up version of minesweeper you will ever find...) and WATCH VIDEOS ON DREAMCAST!
Just get the .cdi file and burn it using Alcohol120 or the free program Bootdreams.
Here is an easy lesson on how to use Bootdreams.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=21626
Let me tell you. This little program would have saved my brain from exploding when my crap computer couldn't play the video cds that I had.
Just burn the .avi files you want to watch on a CD and swap the CD's after starting the DCDivX program. Same thing with the included .mp3 player with tracklist. Just start up the program and swap a cd burned with all the media you want.
There is also a pretty cool collection of demos and full games on the Sandman disk as well an excellent shareware version of Quake 1 with 300 frag maps. (think quake 3) In addition you can find CDIs collections of almost EVERY version of Beats of Rage, including Hatchet Ninjaz. Just look at the difference catagories on the left hand side.
Overall it's a pretty damn cool site and I wanted to let people who can't use torrent or sharing services like me know that you can still find cool downloads for your dreamcast.
On another note I found out that Memorex Lightscribe CD-Rs seem to work really well in my dreamcast. Consider it if you have a lightscribe recorder or find some disks on clearance.
You see when I was in college I was poor. I had my beloved dreamcast but pretty much nothing else. Not even a computer that was good enough to play video CDs. Not even a VCR. (Of course not a DVD player)
If I would have known what I know now I could have been doing alot better. I could have been playing video ON MY DREAMCAST!
Thats right. It's easier than you can imagine.
Remember this site:
http://www.dcevolution.net/
And this, Dream Selection Vol. 1.
With this nifty, FREE, program you can listen to .mp3s on a tracklist, play some cool games (including the most messed up version of minesweeper you will ever find...) and WATCH VIDEOS ON DREAMCAST!
Just get the .cdi file and burn it using Alcohol120 or the free program Bootdreams.
Here is an easy lesson on how to use Bootdreams.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=21626
Let me tell you. This little program would have saved my brain from exploding when my crap computer couldn't play the video cds that I had.
Just burn the .avi files you want to watch on a CD and swap the CD's after starting the DCDivX program. Same thing with the included .mp3 player with tracklist. Just start up the program and swap a cd burned with all the media you want.
There is also a pretty cool collection of demos and full games on the Sandman disk as well an excellent shareware version of Quake 1 with 300 frag maps. (think quake 3) In addition you can find CDIs collections of almost EVERY version of Beats of Rage, including Hatchet Ninjaz. Just look at the difference catagories on the left hand side.
Overall it's a pretty damn cool site and I wanted to let people who can't use torrent or sharing services like me know that you can still find cool downloads for your dreamcast.
On another note I found out that Memorex Lightscribe CD-Rs seem to work really well in my dreamcast. Consider it if you have a lightscribe recorder or find some disks on clearance.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
This started out as a response to FC and I just kept writing.
*EDITED*
IMHO - "New" Consoles - by Caleb
I REFUSE to pay full price for ANYTHING. Let alone video games.
I played Wii at a party and I think it's keen and all but I don't have a burning desire to have it. I already have awesome systems and a growing collection of cool games. As for X-box 360 all the games I would want to play on it I can play on my PC. (I already got Fear on sale for $15.99) And there have been NO games for it that I REALLY want...Now if later down the road I find one of these systems for a good price then yes I might buy it. Or if something truly great comes out.
For example I bought Resident Evil 4 for full price. But, I didn't have a problem with doing that since I really knew that it was a good game and I wanted to play it.
Can I say the same thing about any game out there today? No.
God forbid I ever get hooked by a game release and HAVE TO play it...but I still won't pay full price for new system.
The only one that tempts me alittle is the DS which has FF3 on it. (But now I can play the original Japanese FF3 with an English sub on my dreamcast! Whoot! F the DS)
Then there is simple economics...
I guess I just can't justify spending money on games I KNOW will go down in price when I can pick up retro stuff for a cheap price that I KNOW will only go up in price.
For example the NES I picked up at salvation army ($8.99) is selling for $60 at the local pawn shop. That means that they would pay 1/3 that price for one, i.e. $20. I could get more than DOUBLE my money back for the NES. And that number will only go up if I sold it on ebay.
Or I could buy a Wii for $250 and download NES games for $5 each and then play those. And not get anywhere near that much money back for a used Wii.
*ALSO*
And I am a solitary person in crap wilderness now...No proper lines for internet connection or anyone nearbye to multi-play.
As far as I am concerned single player games have not come as far as multiplayer/internet-content ones.
For my money the PC I purchased was well worth it. I can play games and edit video and stuff.
I have no need of "new" consoles (Which are untested) until something truly awesome comes out or I can get a system UNDER $100. That has always been my way.
And have you ever talked to someone that ONLY plays new console games? HINT: They are normally 13-16 years old and/or REALLY piss you off when they said that the X-box "is the greated system ever" and now they say the EXACT SAME thing about the X-box 360 and think that the original Xbox is nothing special.
FINAL ANSWER: Old games are still fun. Thats why the Wii has them for sale via download...They are not GIVING them away. I have fun collecting games and systems and playing them. I have no NEED nor WANT for the newer stuff.
Who really does? Where do you draw the line between what the hype is and what YOU want? Some dumbass consumers can't. Some people have just been trained by society to spend money or get left behind in the dust. If you REALLY like a new game then buy it. If you like collecting older games then buy them. Don't bow down to pressure from either side of the arguement...
Now FC - PRAY that I don't report you to the Retro Gamer PD and have your retro game creds destroyed...you new console loving traitor.
IMHO - "New" Consoles - by Caleb
I REFUSE to pay full price for ANYTHING. Let alone video games.
I played Wii at a party and I think it's keen and all but I don't have a burning desire to have it. I already have awesome systems and a growing collection of cool games. As for X-box 360 all the games I would want to play on it I can play on my PC. (I already got Fear on sale for $15.99) And there have been NO games for it that I REALLY want...Now if later down the road I find one of these systems for a good price then yes I might buy it. Or if something truly great comes out.
For example I bought Resident Evil 4 for full price. But, I didn't have a problem with doing that since I really knew that it was a good game and I wanted to play it.
Can I say the same thing about any game out there today? No.
God forbid I ever get hooked by a game release and HAVE TO play it...but I still won't pay full price for new system.
The only one that tempts me alittle is the DS which has FF3 on it. (But now I can play the original Japanese FF3 with an English sub on my dreamcast! Whoot! F the DS)
Then there is simple economics...
I guess I just can't justify spending money on games I KNOW will go down in price when I can pick up retro stuff for a cheap price that I KNOW will only go up in price.
For example the NES I picked up at salvation army ($8.99) is selling for $60 at the local pawn shop. That means that they would pay 1/3 that price for one, i.e. $20. I could get more than DOUBLE my money back for the NES. And that number will only go up if I sold it on ebay.
Or I could buy a Wii for $250 and download NES games for $5 each and then play those. And not get anywhere near that much money back for a used Wii.
*ALSO*
And I am a solitary person in crap wilderness now...No proper lines for internet connection or anyone nearbye to multi-play.
As far as I am concerned single player games have not come as far as multiplayer/internet-content ones.
For my money the PC I purchased was well worth it. I can play games and edit video and stuff.
I have no need of "new" consoles (Which are untested) until something truly awesome comes out or I can get a system UNDER $100. That has always been my way.
And have you ever talked to someone that ONLY plays new console games? HINT: They are normally 13-16 years old and/or REALLY piss you off when they said that the X-box "is the greated system ever" and now they say the EXACT SAME thing about the X-box 360 and think that the original Xbox is nothing special.
FINAL ANSWER: Old games are still fun. Thats why the Wii has them for sale via download...They are not GIVING them away. I have fun collecting games and systems and playing them. I have no NEED nor WANT for the newer stuff.
Who really does? Where do you draw the line between what the hype is and what YOU want? Some dumbass consumers can't. Some people have just been trained by society to spend money or get left behind in the dust. If you REALLY like a new game then buy it. If you like collecting older games then buy them. Don't bow down to pressure from either side of the arguement...
Now FC - PRAY that I don't report you to the Retro Gamer PD and have your retro game creds destroyed...you new console loving traitor.
A few good links.
The underdogs site. A great site for old games that are free AND legal to download.
The only problem is that it seems like some of the games that I used to be able to download are not in that catagory any more, still a good site.
HERE
The warmmilkcomics site. The site that features a few skits that I wrote and acted in. Check out the free episodes. I appear in episode 1 in talkline and I wrote "Dark romance of the Vampyre" in episode 2.
http://www.warmmilkcomics.com/
I also did a quick web commerical awhile back because I was bored.
The only problem is that it seems like some of the games that I used to be able to download are not in that catagory any more, still a good site.
HERE
The warmmilkcomics site. The site that features a few skits that I wrote and acted in. Check out the free episodes. I appear in episode 1 in talkline and I wrote "Dark romance of the Vampyre" in episode 2.
http://www.warmmilkcomics.com/
I also did a quick web commerical awhile back because I was bored.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Snow and more snow.
Well the weather in my neck of the woods has hit some national news lately so most people in the USA know how bad the lake effect snow is.
Today was one of those days when I had to got to work at the TV station and create the "school closings" list for all the schools and local businesses that are closed because of the weather. It's a long list...
So while everyone else from college kids to local businessmen had the day off I had to work. It sucks, but it is actually not that bad. I have to get up early in the morning to go to work and nobody else is one the road. I am a really good driver in bad weather so it's OK. It's always the other guy you gotta look out for in bad weather. Who cares if you skid on the snow covered road if there is nobody else on the road to hit?
This weather is awesome for alot of stuff like skiin. It's also a great time of year for video games. There is nothing like chopping a bunch of wood for the fire, throwing off the snow and getting the feeling back into your hands before sitting down to burn a copy of SMS for the dreamcast!
And SMS for the dreamcast is smooth as silk! Look up SMS in the dreamcast junkyard for more on this emulation goodness.
Today was one of those days when I had to got to work at the TV station and create the "school closings" list for all the schools and local businesses that are closed because of the weather. It's a long list...
So while everyone else from college kids to local businessmen had the day off I had to work. It sucks, but it is actually not that bad. I have to get up early in the morning to go to work and nobody else is one the road. I am a really good driver in bad weather so it's OK. It's always the other guy you gotta look out for in bad weather. Who cares if you skid on the snow covered road if there is nobody else on the road to hit?
This weather is awesome for alot of stuff like skiin. It's also a great time of year for video games. There is nothing like chopping a bunch of wood for the fire, throwing off the snow and getting the feeling back into your hands before sitting down to burn a copy of SMS for the dreamcast!
And SMS for the dreamcast is smooth as silk! Look up SMS in the dreamcast junkyard for more on this emulation goodness.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Yeah. So.
Well shit man. I have tried to get pictures of the games I bought and tried to get a blog up but it has been hard as hell.
I have been working my ass off at the two jobs and getting my resume updated and trying to get into the placement center of my old college. So the Hunyak blog has been put on hold for awhile.
And my cat decided to blast my jacket when I hung it up down cellar. If you have not had the honor of of having your stuff "marked" by a cat please take note: If the ENTIRE side of your cool polar-tek jacket is stiff as a board do NOT put it on.
In his defence I DID pet another cat in a bookstore when I was wearing that jacket so I guess he just wanted to remind me that I am only supposed to pet ONE cat, him.
In other news fatherkrishna put up a punks and nerds webcomic on the dreamcast junkyard blog that I had featured in my blog. Such an honor. I will have to light an extra incense burner at my Segata Sanshiro shrine tonight. It's a shame he didn't repost this classic...
In other news fatherkrishna put up a punks and nerds webcomic on the dreamcast junkyard blog that I had featured in my blog. Such an honor. I will have to light an extra incense burner at my Segata Sanshiro shrine tonight. It's a shame he didn't repost this classic...
Right click and open in new window.
Yeah as for new "Cool stuff" thing I have to offer is a list of the used merch. I scored from the local Salvation Army, Used shop, crooked pawn shop, comic book store and opium dens around town. I will arrange by console.
Saturn:
These are the games that I got 2 per game case for $3.00 each.
Mr Bones - Side scroller! Score! This game looks Hella fun. I had trouble with the first level though. It is a two disk swapping game which makes it a first for my Saturn. It looks AWESOME.
According to Wikipedia this little know Saturn game is quote: "one of the Saturn's most technologically advanced games"
Also the storyline:
"A dead blues musician, Mr. Bones, was mistakenly buried in a cemetery full of criminals. The evil Da Goulian, not knowing this, brought the entire graveyard to life. He is quickly pointed out by a nearby skeleton, and they are ordered to catch him."
I don't know about that but this is the kind of game that Saturn was SUPPOSED to be made for! Side scrolling goodness!
Crimewave- Vehicles, guns and missiles? GTA for Saturn?
Die Hard trilogy - Crappy Bruce Willis audio!
Maximum Force: Pull the Trigger - crappy Arcade translation shooter. Live action actors -AGAIN! Kind of like Area 51 - except without all the good stuff like aliens and zombies...
Note: since I got these games two in a case I only got the cases for Crimewave and Maximum Force. All disk were in decent condition though.
Got for 1.50 a week later on reduced sale...
Hangon GP '95 - Have not played it yet - looks alot like a hang one game I played on the computer...
VR Soccer - Have not played it yet.
PS1:
Like NEW PS one - tiny version with controller memory card and all cables for $9. -used shop. Nice... I will enjoy FINALLY finishing FF7 and Crono Cross on this. It reminds me of the...
Dreamcast:
Sonic Adventure - 2.99 Wow! Who knew a whale could be so bad ass? A bad copy of the game, the cutscenes and some audio seem messed up...Still playable. Will have to be my crap copy if I ever get a good one.
Maken-X - 3.99 "Jackinto" other people...hahaah! Shoved in a genesis case but has intructions and CD cover on front. - Blockbuster rental copy I would bet...in good condition.
Ooga Booga - 2.99 Looks fun if I ever get 3 other people to play it with me.
Disney's Dinosaur - 2.99 Suckarse...but a DC game...(I made it past the fire!)
Ripping Rider - 2.99 Snow boarding for the bored.
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX - 2.99 I hope it's about vampire dragons. *fingers crossed*
Re-Volt - 2.99 Control radio controlled cars without the hassel of going outside.
Nintendo:
A fully functional NES system with two controllers, power cable and RF connector
+ Star Tropics - 8.99!!!!!!!!!!!! Salvation Army score! These are going for $60.00 in the local crooked pawn shop!
All in all a nice haul for January and the beginning of Feb. I will have more info soon! I am working on a few projects including my local access cable show and online video blog as well as regular work and better job hunting.
-Caleb
Friday, February 02, 2007
This is America?
http://collegehumor.com/video:1739538
Looks like those guys at Adult Swim have decided to treat the matter like a joke. Which is what it is. Fucking moron authority figures in Boston...
Those fucking light bright signs were up for like 3 weeks!
Goddamn losers dropped the ball on this one and they won't admit it.
Looks like those guys at Adult Swim have decided to treat the matter like a joke. Which is what it is. Fucking moron authority figures in Boston...
Those fucking light bright signs were up for like 3 weeks!
Goddamn losers dropped the ball on this one and they won't admit it.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Those crazy Moonintes
Well it looks like those two Atari Characters from the moon have tried to wreck havoc once again.
Again once again the stalwart Boston police quickly respond after just 3 weeks!
Hopefully these horrible terrorists with their brightly colored bombs will not win!
BAN ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC ART BEFORE WE AMERICANS ARE OVERRUN AND DESTROYED! ACT NOW!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249241,00.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2840425
Again once again the stalwart Boston police quickly respond after just 3 weeks!
Hopefully these horrible terrorists with their brightly colored bombs will not win!
BAN ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC ART BEFORE WE AMERICANS ARE OVERRUN AND DESTROYED! ACT NOW!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249241,00.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2840425
Monday, January 29, 2007
Dreamcast in webcomics.
http://www.punksandnerds.com/d/20060919.html
Just one of the webcomics that has featured the dreamcast.
It's amazing just how many dreamcast references there are out there.
Again i will post my new dreamcast and saturn games as soon as I have 5 minutes of free time. 7 day weeks suck much ass.
Just one of the webcomics that has featured the dreamcast.
It's amazing just how many dreamcast references there are out there.
Again i will post my new dreamcast and saturn games as soon as I have 5 minutes of free time. 7 day weeks suck much ass.
Friday, January 26, 2007
So looks like Blogger is new.
I finally had to update my blogger which sucks...
Anyways I have just finished watching some videos featuring Segata Sanshiro and I feel bad that I have not yet posted about how I aquired some new Saturn games. I have no pictures yet so I will have to post them on Monday.
A hint though...when I bought 2 Saturn games from a Salvation Army store I found out that there were MORE than just two games in the cases. More like 4!!!! So some person must have been trying to save space and jammed a bunch of games in the same case...SCORE. Well not really since I don't know if the games are any good yet.
I also happened to get quite a selection of DREAMCAST games from the local crooked pawn shop in town. So you can tell I have been busy and not been posting to this blog very much. Nothing great and rare (unless you count Oogha Booga [sp*?])
Also the best score (if not ever at least the best one in awhile)
SEGA GENESIS 3! The teeny tiny one.
I dunno why they decided to make the Genesis so small since it was pretty streamlined to start with but it look so damn awesome! Plus I think that the graphics look a bit sharper off this unit (Maybe because my orginal Genesis was stored under conditions that killed my SNES)
Anyways what did I pay? 3$!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats right a friggin' 16 bit system with controller and power cable for just 3$! And that is damn sweet.
Altered beast is kickin' much ass. I still can't wait for a copy of Shining Force!
Anyways I have just finished watching some videos featuring Segata Sanshiro and I feel bad that I have not yet posted about how I aquired some new Saturn games. I have no pictures yet so I will have to post them on Monday.
A hint though...when I bought 2 Saturn games from a Salvation Army store I found out that there were MORE than just two games in the cases. More like 4!!!! So some person must have been trying to save space and jammed a bunch of games in the same case...SCORE. Well not really since I don't know if the games are any good yet.
I also happened to get quite a selection of DREAMCAST games from the local crooked pawn shop in town. So you can tell I have been busy and not been posting to this blog very much. Nothing great and rare (unless you count Oogha Booga [sp*?])
Also the best score (if not ever at least the best one in awhile)
SEGA GENESIS 3! The teeny tiny one.
I dunno why they decided to make the Genesis so small since it was pretty streamlined to start with but it look so damn awesome! Plus I think that the graphics look a bit sharper off this unit (Maybe because my orginal Genesis was stored under conditions that killed my SNES)
Anyways what did I pay? 3$!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats right a friggin' 16 bit system with controller and power cable for just 3$! And that is damn sweet.
Altered beast is kickin' much ass. I still can't wait for a copy of Shining Force!
Friday, January 19, 2007
No real posting or anything...webcomics kick continues.
I know there is work and media porjects to be done but The PBF webcomic is just too choice.
I am so happy that there is humor like this out there. I feel inspired for my local access cable show.
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF001AD-Mice_Gun.jpg#72
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF28042BC-Pyro_Billy.jpg#30
I am so happy that there is humor like this out there. I feel inspired for my local access cable show.
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF001AD-Mice_Gun.jpg#72
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF28042BC-Pyro_Billy.jpg#30
Monday, January 08, 2007
Webcomics with robots are funny.
It's true.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=20
Plus I went over to Matt's place and kicked his ass in Soul calibur. This time he was sober.
I am so awesome.
And Eye toy fitness is no friggen' joke. I am sore as hell today after beating the crap outta virutal targets yesterday. Best $5 I have spent in awhile!
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=20
Plus I went over to Matt's place and kicked his ass in Soul calibur. This time he was sober.
I am so awesome.
And Eye toy fitness is no friggen' joke. I am sore as hell today after beating the crap outta virutal targets yesterday. Best $5 I have spent in awhile!
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Nothing much to do with video games.
Well it has been a pretty fun time. Except for the fact that I have been a bit sick the past couple of days and I cannot seem to drag myself to the gym or apply for jobs... No sleep = sick for me. I dunno. I am healthy as a horse most of the time. But when I don't get sleep I get sick. Always. I spent my first year in college sick as a dog before I realized that. So that sucks.
And the whole ad campaign thats going on about not spreading germs and shit that keeps airing on the radio and TV is freaking me out. Is there some SUPER bug on the loose?
Holiday time was busy as hell.
Highlight was New Years when I faced off in a dreamast duel against Matt. I never knew he played but I guess he does. He does the whole "plays with fingers instead of thumbs" thing on the DC pad. He used to play Soul Calibur against other people for money. So I beat him by two games in Soul Calibur he but he crushed me in SNK Vs Capcom. To his credit he was VERY drunk at the time. Fun times. In shameful news I got beat out by a girl (my cousin no less) in SNK vs. Capcom but I beat her so yeah. Still lamez. I don't have much experience facing other people in those games though so I think I did good. Overall it sucked that I had to leave early since I had to work the next morning...
However I would have stayed the whole night if I would ahve known that I had NO work on the first. Shit dude. Nothing. I basically just sat there and read webcomics.
Anwyays I blew through a TON of webcomics in the past week. Including leastIcoulddo penny-arcade and RPGworldcomic. And by that I mean I start at the first one and read my way through. Hundreds of pages.
I have a bad habit of ripping into books, art, movies or whatever reading them and throwing them away.
I mean authors and artists put a ton of work into these creations and I rip my way through them hungry for the next panel, the next page. Whatever.
And then I never pause to refect on the deeper meanings of the story. Sure I can read any book in a few hours and remember enough of it to write a college level paper without any trouble. (Thats why I kept the History portion of my college education ...easy A's and B's.) But do I really get anything out of it?
Have I actually got anything out of all the material I have gone throughout the years?
So for the past week a ton of material and I gotta say the one comic that actually stopped me in my tracks for a second was megatokyo. Wow. What a friggen' awesome little free comic that is. Like most comics it started off very rough but it really expanded beyond most. It's actually not that great at times but really captured my interest due to the mood I was in. Very ironic and stupid and annoying at times. But overall prett cool. It took me two days to read what was there so far. A record length for me. So unlike most of the others that I will probably check in with it once in awhile. I don't usually follow much manga or anything.
But thats the exception rather than the rule. I blow through media of all sorts really quickly trying to get to the next page or episode or whatever. Maybe I should just concentrate on trying to come up with stuff on my own?
Hanging out with other people that I knew was fun too. So maybe it is just a social life I am lacking?
Anywho. Need more money. Better job. Social life. Purpose for existance. Outlet for creative impulses. Answers to all life's questions. I need alot of stuff.
I am 25 and I feel like my life is already slipping away. I feel like such a waste. And I also hate feeling like this because feeling like this seems to waste even more of my time.
Wtf?
Someone was asking me life questions like this at the party and I started to realise that I had no fucking answers at all. Yet I am not a person that can just sink into total oblivion or blindly follow someone else's lead.
I can't put my life into some else's religion or way of thinking. I have read and learned about a ton of shit.
None of it rings as the truth to me.
I can't believe in the shit that other people tell themselves or lie to themselves about.
Is my life really a waste?
Beacause what else can I do? Lead a "Normal" life. Sire offspring that will have the same non-existance as myself?
And people that have seem to shun "normal life" are EVEN MORE NORMAL THAN NORMAL PEOPLE!
And I really am NOT a fucking person who doesn't believe in anything. I WANT to believe in something. I know there is a higher power. I fucking know there is something somewhat like a plan. I WANT to believe in other people and in myself.
But there is so much shit like emotion and chemicals in my brain that don't make any sense at all. Why do I build up so much fantasy when there is no reality to support it?
Is the fog in my brain self inflicted to keep myself from going batshit crazy?
I dunno. I do not have any answers to anything. I hope to God that someone else does or at least does not have to deal with the kind of shit that is going on with me. Because if everyone is like that it would suck ass.
My brains are srcamblezedddddd.
And the whole ad campaign thats going on about not spreading germs and shit that keeps airing on the radio and TV is freaking me out. Is there some SUPER bug on the loose?
Holiday time was busy as hell.
Highlight was New Years when I faced off in a dreamast duel against Matt. I never knew he played but I guess he does. He does the whole "plays with fingers instead of thumbs" thing on the DC pad. He used to play Soul Calibur against other people for money. So I beat him by two games in Soul Calibur he but he crushed me in SNK Vs Capcom. To his credit he was VERY drunk at the time. Fun times. In shameful news I got beat out by a girl (my cousin no less) in SNK vs. Capcom but I beat her so yeah. Still lamez. I don't have much experience facing other people in those games though so I think I did good. Overall it sucked that I had to leave early since I had to work the next morning...
However I would have stayed the whole night if I would ahve known that I had NO work on the first. Shit dude. Nothing. I basically just sat there and read webcomics.
Anwyays I blew through a TON of webcomics in the past week. Including leastIcoulddo penny-arcade and RPGworldcomic. And by that I mean I start at the first one and read my way through. Hundreds of pages.
I have a bad habit of ripping into books, art, movies or whatever reading them and throwing them away.
I mean authors and artists put a ton of work into these creations and I rip my way through them hungry for the next panel, the next page. Whatever.
And then I never pause to refect on the deeper meanings of the story. Sure I can read any book in a few hours and remember enough of it to write a college level paper without any trouble. (Thats why I kept the History portion of my college education ...easy A's and B's.) But do I really get anything out of it?
Have I actually got anything out of all the material I have gone throughout the years?
So for the past week a ton of material and I gotta say the one comic that actually stopped me in my tracks for a second was megatokyo. Wow. What a friggen' awesome little free comic that is. Like most comics it started off very rough but it really expanded beyond most. It's actually not that great at times but really captured my interest due to the mood I was in. Very ironic and stupid and annoying at times. But overall prett cool. It took me two days to read what was there so far. A record length for me. So unlike most of the others that I will probably check in with it once in awhile. I don't usually follow much manga or anything.
But thats the exception rather than the rule. I blow through media of all sorts really quickly trying to get to the next page or episode or whatever. Maybe I should just concentrate on trying to come up with stuff on my own?
Hanging out with other people that I knew was fun too. So maybe it is just a social life I am lacking?
Anywho. Need more money. Better job. Social life. Purpose for existance. Outlet for creative impulses. Answers to all life's questions. I need alot of stuff.
I am 25 and I feel like my life is already slipping away. I feel like such a waste. And I also hate feeling like this because feeling like this seems to waste even more of my time.
Wtf?
Someone was asking me life questions like this at the party and I started to realise that I had no fucking answers at all. Yet I am not a person that can just sink into total oblivion or blindly follow someone else's lead.
I can't put my life into some else's religion or way of thinking. I have read and learned about a ton of shit.
None of it rings as the truth to me.
I can't believe in the shit that other people tell themselves or lie to themselves about.
Is my life really a waste?
Beacause what else can I do? Lead a "Normal" life. Sire offspring that will have the same non-existance as myself?
And people that have seem to shun "normal life" are EVEN MORE NORMAL THAN NORMAL PEOPLE!
And I really am NOT a fucking person who doesn't believe in anything. I WANT to believe in something. I know there is a higher power. I fucking know there is something somewhat like a plan. I WANT to believe in other people and in myself.
But there is so much shit like emotion and chemicals in my brain that don't make any sense at all. Why do I build up so much fantasy when there is no reality to support it?
Is the fog in my brain self inflicted to keep myself from going batshit crazy?
I dunno. I do not have any answers to anything. I hope to God that someone else does or at least does not have to deal with the kind of shit that is going on with me. Because if everyone is like that it would suck ass.
My brains are srcamblezedddddd.
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