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Still love a good run at Street Fighter II.  Something about making your way through all the opponents, and then say, taking out M. Bison with an uppercut that sends him off the screen, finishing him.  Satisfaction

Just got to say how much I love Mortal Kombat 9 (specifically).  Always been my favorite of the series.  Nothing against MKX, 11, or the new one...just didn't have the same magic as the big return to 2d playing field.  Love the graphics, the AI, just adore it, great fun.  And finally got a copy on PC so I don't have to worry about killing my Xbox 360.

Just bought a little indie game on Steam that I STRONGLY recommend   "Dome Keeper" is currently $8, and it's like a cross between Dig Dug and Tower Defense games.  I really....dig...it.   Wah waaaaah.  Seriously though, give it a shot.  Plus if you hate it Steam lets you get a refund if you don't play it too much.

Just skipped my way through a couple of videos discussing whether a new fighting game was "dying", and complaining about the social media managers not responding to player complaints and releases of patches, new content etc.  And I remember with one of my arcade consoles, reading a ton of "this company isn't doing this isn't doing that", not to do with game releases etc.  And my summary is that I'm just so very glad to not be a part of this whiny, I-bought-your-product-so-you-must-fellate-me-constantly-24/7 mentality.  I don't play online or care about it, never have, never will (except for like, co-op stuff once in awhile just to chat up a friend).  So I'm glad but I also want to say... these are the jackholes that are causing game prices to rise; $70 is alarming especially for an incomplete game.  Why so expensive? Because they have to have teams of people constantly placating whiners online.

Give me Robotron, Street Fighter II, Borderlands, or Mortal Kombat 9 all day over this dipsh1t stuff.

Shall you defeat Gunrock at Downvolta??  Shall you??!??

Working on SD cards for my Modded Dreamcast.  And...having trouble paring it down to TWO 32 gb cards (the max size that GD EMU will accept).  So. Many. Great. Games.  Soul Calibur, Speed Devils, Armada, Silent Scope, Project Justice, Power Stone, Space Channel 5.  Just 7 of the 50 I had to narrow down to.  Just crazy.  Oh, and just in case anyone asks, yeah, I have and purchased all my games too.  DC nut.

Finally got around to some of the lesser known Dreamcast games; weird since I'm a huge Sega and DC guy, strange that it took me so long.  But having an absolute blast with Suzuki Alstare Racing, Tech Romancer, and Test Drive LeMans.  What a great system, when even the unheralded games are pretty awesome.

Been using an Xbox One controller for PC / Steam gaming, and enjoying it...but mine died recently (the directional Up button appears to have died, working about 20% of the time at best).  Looking for a good replacement, and am honestly just bewildered at the number of choices!  Rather too many than too few but...daaaang some people spend as much as a new Series S console for a controller!    Probably just going to get a MS Series controller after spending HOURS reading reviews of various brands.  What a crazy market!!

Just a brief mention of how thankful I have been lately, as a gamer.  To be able to have all the best systems and games at my fingertips with modern advances, just incredible.  Playing the 2600 or 7800 either with an Edladdin arcade stick, or on an OLED via the GameStation Pro, just insane experiences.  Genesis via the Analogue Mega SG, all the great re-releases of old games onto new systems.  It's just wonderful.   

Very seriously considering going to a local game shop tomorrow and unloading a boxed 5200 2-port, a Saturn CIB (nearly new with all docs, etc), Saturn Virtua Stick, a Genesis / Sega CD / 32x Model 2 Tower combo with box for the 32X, a Bioshock Skyhook replica boxed / working / like new, Typing of the Dead for Dreamcast With Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreadnaught Factor for 5200 CIB and a buncha other goodies.  Hoping they make me a solid offer on everything, fingers crossed!  If anyone has interest in those items for reasonable prices LMK.  Otherwise, hoping to get some decent $ and/or store credit...and finally unload some of my IMO oversized / underused collection

OG Xbox games are nice and dirt cheap, thankfully.  Was Xmas shopping for others but ended up with nice copies of Apex, Wrath Unleashed, and the Halo 2 Steelbook version for less than a pizza would've run me.  

FINALLY got my hands on a Satiator for the Saturn, and oh is my free time gone.    Had played SF Zero 3 before but never with the Saturn controller.  Whole world of difference, what a great experience!  Now to get into some of the more obscure (and/or too expensive) titles.  Er I mean games that I already own but am playing the backup version of.

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Insanity.  I love it.

Hello and thank you for hearing my proposal! My game would involve digging into the dirt for no reason.  Whilst underground, you encounter cute little fellas who are for some reason deadly to touch, and fire breathing dragons.  In both cases, you jam a nozzle up their butts and pump air into them until they explode grotesquely.  But it's all very colorful, cartoonish, and set to very cute music.  *handshake*

Bomb Rush CyberFunk looking like a delicious return to Dreamcast dayz

Finally got a copy of the Beat Em Up book "Go Straight"...STRONGLY  recommend! It's expensive (about $60 with shipping from the UK), but it's thorough, well written, and just an absolute joy.  Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Captain Commando, Ninja Baseball BatMan, Gaia Crusaders, Renegade, the Combatribes, it's all there.

There's a super fun little indie game on sale on Steam right now for under $4 that I just got to recommend.  Boneraiser Minions.  Check it out, I think nearly everyone will be entertained.  If not, well, it's dirt cheap.

Kicked around some games today just because they were easy to start...MK11, KI for Xb1, they looked good but just didn't satisfy.  Then I fired up Castle Crashers.  Nothing like an absolute classic to fill the need!  Still one of my favorites!

Enjoying the demo of SF6 so far, just wish it was for XB 1.  

Egads I love Kingdom Rush.  So, so, so much.

Had a surprisingly engaging experience playing the original Halo on the original Xbox last night.  Roped me in for a few hours - still incredible fun.  Such perfect music, controls, dramatics.

This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively, but if sweetness can win, and it can, then I'll still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend. Peace.

Pointless mental gymnastics... Which is truly better, Streets of Rage 4 or Streets of Rage Remake?  Leaning towards SoRR...but not by much   Also recommend against playing a bunch of one, then the other...since SoR4 changed up the button layout to fit new style controllers, vs the old Genesis 6-button arcade pad.

The recent TMNT Shredder Streets of Rage 2 Genesis hack is INSANE.  Just imagining how our faces would have looked to see a Genesis running animation like this back in the day.  I'm not even a huge TMNT guy, but this is just amazing work.

I know it's almost ten years old now...but Double Dragon Neon is just one of the best brawlers ever made.  It's funny, has great enemies, stages, combat... Clearly a labor of love and full of humor and great action.  And with a killer ending, just terrific.  Oh, and how many brawlers are 3 plus hours long to beat?? Class of its own in that way.