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The Queen and the Nine looked way too similar.

Brick Zone Dynasty Wars Tattoo Assassins all arcade

Hey Anthony, Sorry-- I don't think I'll mess with Rage Of The Dragons, at least for a while. The game is frustrating as hell to me and in order to get anywhere in the game it seems you have to know the Supers like the back of your hand and use them right away when possible because even the first opponents will do it to you without hesitation. I just played it a handful of times and just gave up. Maybe sometime but not right now.. sorry!

RAGE OF THE DRAGONS KURI KINTON CRAZY CLIMBER 2 all arcade

Hey NEO GEO fans, My latest video is for PUZZLE DE PON!, which is very similar to PUZZLE BOBBLE/BUST-A-MOVE. Only Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble are not in it. They are replaced with a little anime girl and another major difference is that the ceiling does not descend-- the need to complete the goal is made more imperative by instead the presence of a timer-- and it's VERY strict! Your goal is to "free" a symbol from the bubbles that hold it in place-- pop the bubbles (create a chain of like-colored bubbles together [at least 3]) and you can move on to the next stage. Every 3rd stage has a Zodiac symbol to release and when all 12 are freed, you must free one last symbol of the sun, and you then become the God of the sun! One other difference from Puzzle Bobble is the presence of helpful bubbles-- Bomb bubbles will destroy all neighboring bubbles it touches, Arrow bubbles (comically called "Allow bubbles" in the game's hints) show a line indicating where your fired bubble will stick, and Star bubbles are the best-- they destroy ALL the same color of bubble on screen that it touches. Puzzle De Pon! R's only difference from Puzzle De Pon! is the different symbols (the non-Zodiac ones). A bit too difficult for my tastes.

PUZZLE DE PON! PUZZLE DE PON! R STREET FIGHTER: THE MOVIE all arcade

From the Genesis game GENERAL CHAOS comes.. well, you probably recognize the character.

This one is from the RPG "Aerobiz" where you're the CEO of an airline company. What if you were an exercise nut and still got to be the CEO?

This is a nod to a "Married With Children" episode where Al can't remember the lyrics to a song and he tries to enlist help, with the vaguest of clues.

Hey all. Newest NEO review video: NEO MR. DO! (1996 Visco) The beloved classic gets remade for the MVS. Yes, remade; the gameplay is generally exactly the same as the original. Dig your way through a total of 28 mazes, eating all the foodstuff items to clear a maze or kill all the monsters that emerge from the maze center. Or, you can exit to a bonus round by killing all the letter monsters (you can reach a certain score to release one or release them all by touching the center of the maze when all the monsters have left it), or gain a 1up and exit the maze by collecting 100 coins (a new concept missing from the original). A handful of consecutive stages have the same background and the last will contain a new, far more dangerous enemy among the regular monsters. Nice graphics, sound effects and music keep this interesting to a fault, but I kind of prefer the original. Although the amusing cutscenes you can actually interact with (press the button to make Mr. Do screw up an act) are a plus.

Yuko and her mystical sword are somehow transported to an infamous game in 2004 between the Pistons and Pacers..

JACKIE CHAN: THE KUNG FU MASTER PIRATE SHIP HIGEMARU NEO MR. DO! all arcade

Pretty damn stupid.. still kind of made me chuckle. It's late right now so maybe anything amuses me at this point..

The famed German director gets a heroic role in this game, as his nemesis/collaborator Klaus Kinski dementedly looks on..