Guerrilla War (NES) Review

Guerrilla War is a vertical run and gun game by SNK that was released as an arcade game in 1987. It was heavily influenced by 1986's Ikari Warriors. Guerrilla War was eventually ported to many different consoles including the Commodore 64 and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This review is from the NES version.

You and a friend if you have one are freedom fighters trying to remove the Dictator out of his fortress to run Cuba yourselves and I think I just gave away too much of the plot, more about that later.

Five Came Back Documentary

Five Came Back is a documentary based on the book of the same name by Mark Harris. The documentary goes into these five directors service during World War II and the how it shaped not only their lives but the lives of the people who watched their movies. The three-part documentary was added to Netflix on March 31st, 2017.

WWF WrestleMania (NES) Review

WWF WrestleMania is a game based upon the WWF (WWE today) WrestleMania annual extravaganza. It was designed by Rare!?? and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the NES in 1989. WWF WrestleMania is the first licensed WWE game and was released right before WrestleMania V.

Gun.Smoke (NES) Review

Gun.Smoke is a vertical scrolling shooter that was developed for the Arcade by Capcom and was released in 1985. In 1988 it was ported to the NES and the Family Computer Disk System. Will you take the reins and fight down the streets as Marshall Dillon?...... no, but you'll find a good game to play.

I've Turned To The Dark Side Of Video Gaming

Over the years I've made it clear that I wasn't a fan of emulation and have almost never played any emulated games, the few times that I did it was with my friend's setup. I like playing games on the consoles and TVs that they were designed to be played on. It doesn't matter how fancy your new TV is, it won't play light gun games. The designers utilized the limitations of the CRT TVs when creating the graphics which looked great years ago on those TVs but they look off on modern HDTVs. I could go on and on but my point is made, I don't like emulation.

28mm Hedgerow Tutorials

I've been playing World War 2 games for years now and most of the games I've played would take place around D-Day in France. One of the biggest issues the allied soldiers ran into was hedgerows. I have zero hedgerows and I've been meaning to make some for years and I decided that today was the day.

Blog Update! (February 2017)

I remember that I said I would be posting weekly wrestling shows with a PPV February 26th and it didn't happen but I have a good reason.