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.

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!

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

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!

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.

Christmas!

While Christmas might mean hangin' out with family and friends for most this year it means racking up the holiday pay hours at both of my jobs.

So I do not have time to post much in the next couple of days.

However I do have one question...

Why do North America game release covers suck so much ass compared to Japanese and European game covers?


























Which game would YOU rather play?

All in all Japanese cover art kicks so much ass it's not funny.

I am going to make some custom art for my emulators and stuff. Because I have no social life right now...

Sega Dreamcast - The solution to everything

Well I am no longer pissed or sad that my perfect looking SNES shit the bed and is no longer working properly.

And why? Because dreamcast is indeed the answer to all problems in life.

I followed the advice of fatherkrishna of dreamcast junkyard and saturn junkyard fame (See links to the right) and used a little thing called DREAMSNES.

...while this program does indeed has bugs and some slowdown on some games it emulated the games I can no longer play on my broken SNES on Dreamcast perfectly.

I am very happy. I didn't think that I was going to be able to burn a disk with so much ease but with the program bootdreams and Alcohol 120 (The program, not the
drink) I was able to do so easily.

So I am not going to attempt any more fixes with that damn system. I am gonna play my dreamcast!

Ironically this was probably the first case where a person used emulation who actually had the original game carts. Imagine!

Muhaahahaha!

Sega proves it's awesomeness again...

I would also like to make a quick note about the Genesis that was stored in the exact same manner (and was bought in much worse condition) as the seemingly broke SNES. It is still in excellent working condition.

So while Super Mario is running around in screwed up pixelated backgrounds the dude from Altered Beast is still beating the crap outta zombies and Joe from N.G. 3 is throwing daggers like a champ.

And it doesn't have that annoying as hell eject button.

So Sega still rules as a console maker!

My poor poor SNES...

SNES might be dead fer good.

From what I have read the video problem might mean that the actual RAM have been destroyed. Ram for an SNES costs more than the actual system...

...So I am gonna clean 'er out with a toothbrush today to see if that will help.

And maybe take the bad boy apart to see if there is anything loose.

If nothing else I am going to pray that I can find another SNES somewhere...

My SNES has graphic errors.

If anyone knows anything about graphic errors in a SNES please contact me...

The forground graphics are fine. But the background in games like Mario is messed up.

I am gonna try screwing around with the AV cable to see if that will fix anything (the only advice from the nintendo site). But I dunno.

Please help me.

I thought I had a cool ass dreamcast collection...

This guy has all the dreamcast games I wanted and all the ones that I wished I would have bought when I had the chance. He even has a couple that I was forced to sell in college when I needed the money. *sad* There were even a few that I forgot or didn't know existed!!!!

Not the best CG intro I ever saw...

Before you die...you play the ring video game for dreamcast...

7....days....

The Dreamcast Game That Time Forgot.

I was greedly looking through my dreamcast games when I notice one on the side of the "Big Cardboard Box 'O Dreamcast Games".

It was in a blank case (as is alot of my other dreamcast games since I bought them used and the dumbasses that work in the used stores lost all the original cases of the dreamcast games) I had not noticed it much before (Like Virtual On and Vigilance 8). I have actually wanted to make some labels for them but I have been too damn lazy.

It was E.G.G. or Evolution Gimmick Gear.



A dreamcast game that I gave not played yet!!?!??!?!?!?


*Shock!*

Regardless it seems like a mix of Zelda style fighting mixed in with various RPG elements.

The strange graphics of this game are trippy. Overall it seems to be a much better attempt than the "Silver" game. And the cutscenes are really nice. Kinda like the anime that mixes CG and traditional animation ( was it Blue Sub?).

Anyways it's nice to know that I can find something new with my dreamcast stuff.

In other news I was comparing my dreamcast (The one that is not in storage) with my Saturn.



Overall I gotta say that the Saturn just can't compare. In looks, gameplay, and loudness.



And the Saturn is so dumb it still thinks it 1994 for cripes sake...get a clue console...



And the controller? Hell I mean the controller for the Saturn just looks like a blank. Nothing. And people that complain about the dreamcast controller being hard to handle should try to use the Saturn pad. On a side note I do not have any of the "normal" Saturn game pads without the analoge toggler thingie...and without NiGHTS I can't really use the special controller for much. I could have used it for Panzer Dragoon 2...but the game is still busted and...

Anyways it still pisses me off that the dreamcast controller VMU design was not used in the new wave of controllers. I mean it was just so damn cool to look at the controller in RE CV and see how much health was left or see how much ammo was left in DINO CRISIS. It was really a gameplay element that I still think is awesome. Nowadays people just keep their eyes glued to the damn TV screen...I dunno. I think it is one of the coolest aspects of the dreamcast controller. I am pissed most games did not make more use of it. I like extra little stuff like that.

So the Saturn pad looks like the Dreamcast controller's ugly cousin.



And despite the fact that I have limber toes I cannot play either of these controllers with my feet with any accuracy. So that's one thing the classic NES, SNES, and GENESIS controllers have over the newer ones.

(and yes those are my real feet...I have werewolf stock in me.)

Kewl Modding and the size of game cases.

Even Bandit the cat loves Dreamcast!

Well yesterday after I got done testing out my new stuff I realized that I never posted that I modded my dreamcast.



Well...the skull doesn't actually do anything but it makes my dreamcast look less girly.

I have always loved and hated the cuteness factor of my dreamcast. This is the same system that plays games like Resident Evil Code Veronica and House of the Dead 2 and Shadow man, yet it seems like it has always been pidgeon holed as a "cute" system. Hey people. The dreamcast has form and functionality. It is bad ass. The skull just proves it.

Since it doesn't have any harddrive you don't have to actually make any physical changes to play games like Beats of Rage or Crisis Evil but you do have to consider the effects of CD-Rs on the system. There are also step by step instruction on how to change the LED lights on the dreamcast but I think that I am happy with just the skull for now.

Anyways while Bandit was playing Expendable I was considering the Dreamcast games VS. the Saturn game I bought yesterday.

Take a gander.





Look how Friggin' HUGE the Saturn cases compared to the tiny ass dreamcast jewel case.

I have always thought that US dreamcast games are so easily beat up because of their tiny ass cases. I mean look at the modern DVD and Game cases. Not as huge as the saturn but much less likely to shatter.

This makes me want to protect my used dreamcast games without cases using DVD cases. I will have to get some cool covers and stuff.

New stuff!

Well something made my dreamcast happy!

Was it my cellar full of classic video game stuff?










Was it an awesome sandwhich?













Was it my cat Bandit falling asleep in a comical fashion?





Cool Classic Cat





No! It was new Dreamcast stuff!

Namely Centipede and the atari collection! Bought from the local pawn shop (renamed a re-sale shop to avoid the fact that pawn shops are supposed to be illegal in my area).

These two game BOTH have a copy of the arcade version of centipede on them. (though the atari edition has the actual arcade sounds which are cooler) $5 bucks each. Not to horrible. (and I haggled 10% off the total - a dollar is a dollar-) Fun classics on the atari. and now I can finally challenge other people to a PONG battle. Awesome!

You will also notice a MINT copy of fighting vipers for the Saturn that someone put in with the SEGA CD used games. $3.99 American. Oh if only people sold more saturn and dreamcast stuff....

For people to say that dreamcast stuff sucks is stupid since you can hardly ever find ANY of the games for sale in used shops here. I mean crap man. You can find TONS of PS1 and PS2 games. Try finding dreamcast and then tell me what the better system is?

I was very happy with both purchases only to weep as I remembered that my copy of panzer dragoon 2 for satun does not work past the opening credits and menu selection. If you hold it up to the light you notice 3 areas where the light shines through...Chipped from the top...I don't think there can ever be a fix to this. The funny thing is that my copy of Rayman for Saturn looks like swiss cheese when you hold it to the light and I have yet to have a problem with that game. Too bad. So sad. There is another copy in Rochester I can buy if I am ever feeling rich I guess.

Does anyone know if there is a fix to games that are chipped from the top? Please let me know if you do.

Anyways I am going to play some PONG and totally PWN the computer!

Oh the joys of CLEARANCE PRICED games.

So to start off I decided to drop off at the local K-Mart on a whim yesterday and picked up some good deals.

It was almost as great as the time I got 30 game gear games and other stuff for $5.oo when the Ames chain store closed. (Sold the extra copies for more than $100.00) Good times!

But of course nothing could really compare to that. (Except when I got a bunch of discounted DC games when Gamestop stopped selling them but that was lame because other people beat me there for all the REALLY good games)

Anyways. I guess the big chain stores are trying to sell out of their old stuff. (i.e When Walmart had the packs of Soul Calibur and stuff for PS1 for like $5.) So big displays of PS2 and Gamecube stuff has been showing up in stores. Nothing great mind you...Until I checked in on Kmart. Last week they had no good deals, this week...

First and perhaps greatest buy! EYETOY FITNESS! $5.00! WITH EYETOY!!!! HURRAAHH!!!















Yes proving again that some game designers have no shame, it a video game that makes the person exercise! It was priced at $50.00 so I think that the $5.00 price was GREAT.

I have got to try this out soon. Also I got a spy game that goes with the Eye toy as well. $3

I have never used an eye toy before but it seems like a cool concept. So it looks like I am going to look like a moron playing a video game...AGAIN. Eat your heart out Maraca Vegeta.







A bit more expensive was the double pack of Castlevania Aria and Harmony $15







Very cool games though! It's awesome to whip the hell outta some skeletons throwing their own skulls at you on the go!

And finally...

Metal Slug 4+5 for $9.00, not the greatest price but I have a deep joy for fast playing video games with a ton of mindless violence. And this has it.

Not gotten but hidden (!) for today was

Indigo Prophecy $4. Ape Escape 3 $4. Gunstar SuperHeros GBA $10. Odama $12.

Has anyone played Odama? Is it worth it to pay $12? I think I am going to get the other games since they are such good prices but Odama? I dunno. Yelling into a controller is something I like to reserve for dreamcast.

Overall a success!

BONUS! Here are some stories I worked on at work today! They impact the quaint rural atomostsphere that surrounds me in my current area.

Two stories I did today that struck me as funny.

1. - A really old couple held off two 200+ pound robbers. The husband fought with the robbers and hit one in the head with a sugar bowl while the wife got the shotgun to drive them off.
http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=03AE46C9-C5E5-420D-97AE-CE1B60C4879A

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO. This is one video that really captures the attitude of people in my area.

2. - Two guys (one or both of them drunk an on some drugs) used a 50 caliber muzzle loader rifle to rob am Amish man in a horse drawn Buggy. Then they followed him to his house and tried to rob that. The kicker? They were looking for drugs. They evidently confused the Amish in our area for the VERY few Amish in Penn. that once were arrested for drugs.

http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=385C1F14-0006-4C70-BDF8-6739FE9B0E91

Yeah...wow.

I hope some of those video games are still there today!

Not angry blog.

Well I was going to post a really really angry note here...

However this blog is less of a sounding off and pissed off and vent blog than the others.

With the easy upload of pictures and stuff I think that this blog would be better used a center for my media projects as well as my dreamcast and video game stuff.

I really think that the tone of this blog should be less angry and shit.

So as soon as I have some cool video stuff or anything I will update!

Peace out y'all.

Christmas cheer

Someone created this video and I can only hope to one day make something that even comes close to it.

VMU Batttery and Gauntlet Anst

SO it turns out I was right about the VMU Battery. It just takes 2 normal batteries that you can find in any photography shop. I got 2 for $1.50. Now my VMU is ALIVE!










Now I can play the mini games. For anyone that is interested there is an OFFICIAL VMU manual download at the sega America site

(http://www.sega.com/support/support_manuals.php)

as well as manuals for the dreamcast itself and some of the games. ( a must for people like me who buy used games with no cases or manuals)


And on to the deep sorrow of gauntlet legends...


















I first played this game at a friends house (gamecube version?) and found it to be fun as hell when you are drunk and want to play a simple game with only three buttons. Very cool. and it's four players!

Gameplay it like the original gauntlet. A ton of respawning enemies! Different characters to choose. A great game in my opinion.

Imagine my joy when I found out it could be bought for the dreamcast!

I bought it orginally like 2 years ago and found that it crashed as soon as you tried to actually play the game. ARGHH!!!

I tried cleaning it and repairing it in my rotary cleaner and NOTHING.

So last night I was looking through my stuff and I found the disk. Well I was bored and as a last resort I tried a pair of deer leather gloves I had for wood working. I was really sleep deprived and this seemed like a good idea. Anyways it WORKED!















The game booted up and played normally! I tried it again and it worked again! And then next time it did not....and then it did! and then it crashed the next time...

I was considering to just leave it in a dreamcast when it WAS working and to never open that dreamcast again and use that particular one just for the gauntlet game. An interesting approach but it fell through when the game STILL stopped working when I moved the console around a bit.

Ergo the anst. I have a fun as hell game that will not boot up on a regular basis.

As a last ditch effort I am going to take it to be repaired today at the game store.

*sigh*

Hopefully that will work.

Until then I can at least be happy that my VMU doesn't beep any more.