>This one involved:
>- accutane
>- teeth whitening
>- microblading
>- breast augmentation
>- dermal fillers (cheek and chin)
>- lip filler
>- chemical peels
>- botox
>- microneedling
>- laser hair removal
>- hair extensions
>- spray tan
>ETCETERA
Every slur... even THAT one??
DAE this promo was actually Triple H speaking through Gunther, mocking the fans at home (and those fans' friend, Mark)?
Who could support the Fed after this...
Anyone who thinks Renegade was the worst Warrior-ripoff clearly has never seen One Warrior Nation...
I'm trying to familiarize myself with all there is to know about the Sega Stunner/Virtua Gun. Here's the list of official games that support it in one way or another, to my knowledge:
In recent months, I've been revisiting City Connection here & there to see how far I can get. It's the first time I've played the game in many years.
Today I was playing and drove into a cat (damn it) but then is occurred to me... I can look up sprite rips on the internet now! Let's see what that cat is holding...
Looks like the type of checkered flag associated with racing. Makes sense! Maybe I assumed it was an American Flag since the 1st thing you see in this game is this:
Perhaps I would've re-assessed the flag if I ever got past the 1st level back then... I didn't know if you hold Up when jumping, you can hop back up to the upper levels. I thought you had the paint the whole stage top-to-bottom, and if you fell down a level before you finished it, you were screwed!
For more City Connection graphics, check out Spriters-Resource:
For the last decade, I get my gaming fix via RetroPie on a Pi 4, composite out to a Trinitron. To keep things feeling authentic in my hands, I have a collection of (mostly) original controllers, either with USB adapters, or USB versions of such (Genesis Mini controller).
In the future, I'll probably end up getting a MiSTer to play these systems on a CRT. But whenever I look into using original controllers on a MiSTer, I only see adapters that use what look like an HDMI port. Will I have to invest in of those adapters to use my controllers on a MiSTer, or is there a way to connect controllers via USB like my Pi does?
Great song, but wtf is the title supposed to mean?
Phonetically, it looks like what's pictured below, but that's called a "chalice."
I'll get us started:
This isn't possible in real life since the SGB only supports original GB games, not GBC. But some emulators support GBC ROMs with injected SGB borders, allowing for the best of both worlds.
For example, pictured below is the Windows version of mGBA running Mario Tennis for GBC + a custom SGB border. This isn't a graphics overlay like RetroArch supports, it's an actual GBC ROM w/an injected border.
Is there any way to achieve this in RetroPie? lr-mGBA immediately crashes, it doesn't even get to the Nintendo boot screen. I had no luck with lr-gambatte either, so I assume it just isn't doable, but figured I'd try asking here first.
Mario Tennis for GBC + injected SGB border, running in the Windows version of mGBA.
I realize I could just use an image overlay & resize my game window to fit the middle of the screen, but that's a bit more complicated due to my setup. I output to a CRT using the 3.5mm audio output jack + a cable with composite out. Unlike the older Pis, the Pi4 dropped official support for composite output - it can do it, but it's a bit hacky.
As a result, there's side-effects for stuff like scaling the video. It considers "full screen" to be 720x480 (not 640x480), so if I'm trying to figure out the right numbers for a SGB-imitation setup like this, the math won't check out / if I'm using a image editor on PC to figure it out, the pixel values won't match.
In other words, it's much simpler to just use an injected SGB border, so I'm ruling that out first.
For me, it's Mark Jindrak's "Reflection of Perfection" gimmick in WWE.
I've been watching wrestling almost constantly since late '96, except for brief periods in the late-2000s/early-2010s. Jindrak's mirror gimmick would've taken place within the years I was most interested in wrestling: late 90s to mid-2000s... so why don't I remember it?
I'd occasionally miss the weekly shows, but I had a good friend I'd talk to on the phone whenever one of us missed Raw, SD, or iMPACT - if one of us missed a show, the other friend would clue them in (I'll never forget when I had to call him and explain "A new tag team debuted: The Dicks..."). So I pretty much kept up with everything during those years.
I'll have to try and find out when Jindrak's mirror gimmick existed so I can go back and watch (does anyone know?)
What about you?
These attacks remind me of Tonga Loa's infamous strikes on Okada.
I guess Mongo was supposed to hit Renegade with the briefcase, but he was out of position... so instead he tried to THROW the briefcase, but missed. Beautiful!
I was watching at the time, but don't remember this or the context for it at all.
I was just playing an old favorite, City Connection on the NES which inspired this topic. In it, you drive through 6 cities trying to paint the floor white for some reason.
I never got far enough to see past Level 1 back then (I didn't know you could jump back UP platforms!), so I never looked to City Connection for geography lessons.
The 1st game to make me wonder "Are these places really like that?" was Street Fighter II. My parents met while traveling the world on the Air Force's dime, so I had lots of questions. I don't recall them being too impressed by SFII's locations, at least not from their experiences.
Perhaps the best "geography" game I had Mario is Missing - yes I wanted a proper Mario game and was disappointed - but I learned to appreciate it for what it was. Bowser's goons have stolen 3 relics from each of the world's cities, and kidnapped Mario - it's up to you (Luigi) to return the relics, connect with Yoshi, and get Mario back!
When you return one of the city's stolen relics, you're rewarded with a fullscreen "photograph" (more like a realistic drawing) and I'd always show those to my mom, asking if she's ever been there, etc.
London's 3 Stolen Relics | Mario is Missing (SNES)
Did you have a similar experience with any games back in the day?
I'm a big wrestling fan + big Dreamcast fan, so when I saw all the 9/10, 10/10 scores this game got in its reviews, I was excited to try it. I mean, just look at these quotes:
So I gave it a shot and it just didn't click with me. A few years would go by, I'd try it, but had the same result. Fire Pro D and Giant Gram 2000 were both incredible and I pumped a huge amount of time into both of them... the latter took some time to learn, but it was well worth it.
All these years later, I find myself wondering about Toukon Retsuden 4 again. Can anyone sell me on this game, or are those GameFAQs reviewers wrong?
Rob Van Dam debuted this move at ECW Heatwave 2000, I'll never forget the 1st time I saw this move. If I recall correctly, RVD told everyone that he'd be debuting a new move during this match - the Van Terminator - and it absolutely lived up to the hype.
According to Wikipedia, Heatwave 2000 had 5,700 fans watching in person & another 60,000 watching on PPV.
But then a year later in 2001, at Wrestlemania X7...
Shane McMahon debuts the Coast-to-Coast
Shane McMahon debuted his version of the Van Terminator, dubbed Coast to Coast, in front of 67,925 live fans & 1,040,000 watching on PPV.
Now 25 years have passed and Coast to Coast seems to be the default name for this move, I never hear it referred to as the Van Terminator nor any mention of RVD. I'll give Shane credit, he's taken all sorts of wild risks in his career, and he's done so by choice - he's a crazy mofo. But I'd rather RVD be remembered for this particular move.
What are your thoughts on the Van Terminator?
I'm over here taking photos for some new eBay listings, while in my head daydreaming... and this question is what came to mind.
If you write something horribly offensive in your listing, will eBay block it and tell you? or maybe they won't tell you, but will shadowban the listing?
I'm curious, but not curious enough to try it and possibly get my account flagged!
I've never heard much about Battletanx for N64 prior to this, but my ears perked up when I heard it compared to Alien Front Online.
Admittedly, a big part of why I've always liked AFO so much is the presentation. Loud, up-tempo rock music accompanies the visuals of an alien invasion across the globe. If not for that, maybe I would've overlooked it.
AFO also has a great control scheme. The Dreamcast's analogue triggers lets you aim your tank treads in any direction, and it's buttery smooth to control.
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In other words, comparing any game to AFO is high praise as far as I'm concerned. But I'm interested in hearing more opinions. If you've played Battletanx, what did you think of it?
