Box Art Wednesday.

Another Box Art Wednesday and we have a collection of NES titles that I've in the past like to classify as shelf warmers from back in the days when I worked at a local video store. The NES titles that you could always no matter if it was Christmas break find in the exact same spot on the shelf.

Bee 52 was developed by Code Masters and released by Camerica in 1992. You take on the role of Bee #52 in this flying side scrolling as you navigate the obstacles that come your way, you can also fire straight ahead with the A button and with the B button you will sting the enemies below you. Check out the video below thanks to Nesguide.com!


Is Best of the Best: Championship Karate based off the 1989 movie starring James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts, Chris Penn, and Sally Kirkland? I'm not sure but the game came out in 1992 so I guess it could possibly be meant to ride the coattails of that popular VHS tape back in the day. Of course the title's original name was Panza Kick Boxing...so maybe not. NesGuide.com comes to our rescue again with the video below!


Finally we have Crystal Mines, developed by Color Dreams in 1989. I've mentioned before that since Color Dreams didn't offer officially licensed NES games they had to reverse engineer the machine to get past it's "lock out" chip. I've never played this title though I do like the box art with the robot and the Earth Golem looking very much like it has just been woken up with the mining machine on its back. Once more let us all give a big thanks to Nesguide.com for the video posted below!

Go And Save The City!

A little late to the party on this announcement but the Konami arcade classic X-Men after 18 years is finally coming to home consoles on X-Box Live and the Playstation Network! A big thank to Pixel Enemy for the above video. No pricing or release date info has been given at this time...but I'll gladly take the Dazzler slot for online play!

Who Is Gillian Seed?

Let me start off this post with a huge thank you to loyal reader CritAnime for directing me to this incredibly awesome Sega CD cyberpunk graphic adventure released back in 1994, Snatcher. In the game you take on the role of Gillian Seed, a amnesiac with a vague recollection of something called Snatcher when he is awakened from Cryogenic sleep in Siberia. He joins J.U.N.K.E.R. in the hopes of reclaiming his lost memories.

The game was originally developed by famed Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima for the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 back in 1988 before being ported to the Sega CD. There have been some changes from the the original Japanese version due to fit in with what would be allowed by the censors in America. Such as nudity and a few very graphic death scenes. Check out the intro I've included below for the rest of the story...and some very nice music to boot!

Saturday Supercade Pt. 3

Would you like a Tron watch like those seen in the art mock-up above? Then head over to : http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2010/10/tron-inspired-led-watch/ and vote for these things...there is a little over two months to go before we are able to see Tron: Legacy and it would be nice if I was wearing one of these when I did so.

Everyone have a great weekend and I'll talk to you on Monday!

Saturday Supercade Pt. 2!

The Lego genius known as DM Meister created the above giant sized Luigi and now thanks to YouTube you can watch a time lapsed construction of Yoshi!

Saturday Supercade!

Fun fact: Every time I type Saturday Supercade! I hear the announcer for the Medieval Madness pinball game when you start the multi-ball.

Fun Fact 2: See that image above of Luke, Leia, and Han? That is done completely with Legos. The person responsible for this hereby never has to pay taxes or work again for the rest of their life. I hereby decree this.

Friday Flyers.

Click the awesome pics above to make 1980 sized!

There is not a single pinball machine pictured in these flyers that I wouldn't put good money down to be able to play this very evening. I'd probably have to pick the Buck Rogers one as my favorite for this week.

When you are finished reading the flyers above make sure to hop on over to the Retroist site, you might even find a couple of movie reviews that I have done. Give it a look and join the rest of us in the enjoyment of retro discussions on the forum at www.retroist.com