tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586632844803395242024-03-05T12:53:27.457-08:00Old-School Game DorkF.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418232745517051648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958663284480339524.post-15139934994157402512012-10-26T08:56:00.000-07:002012-10-27T19:35:50.567-07:00King of the Ring<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to talk about an arcade favorite of mine- <strong>WWF WrestleFest</strong>. I got into the <strong>WWF</strong> (now known as <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">WWE</span></a> </strong>- <strong>World Wrestling Entertainment</strong>) around the early 90's. I spent one night at my uncle and aunt's place. Me and my cousins watched a WWF show on TV. I don't remember the exact year, but I think it was the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Royal Rumble</span></a></strong>. My cousins were already into the <strong>WWF</strong> at the time, but it was something new to me and I found it very interesting. It had controversy, rivalries, even love stories. It was soap opera for guys. It's sports, it's entertainment...It's sports entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>WWF WrestleFest</strong> (developed by <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technos_Japan_Corporation" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Technos</span></a></strong>) was released in 1991. It's a wrestling game (obviously) that features WWF Superstars around that time. The most prominent wrestlers in the game are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_hogan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Hulk</strong> <strong>Hogan</strong></span></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Warrior" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Ultimate</strong> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Warrior</strong></span></a>. I tend to use those 2 most of the time when I play as they seem to be the most well-rounded wrestlers in the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although there are 12 wrestlers featured in the game, only 10 are playable. The tag team- <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warriors" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Legion of Doom</span></a></strong> (also known as the <strong>Road Warriors</strong>) is in the game, though they aren't available as selectable wrestlers. They do appear in both modes of the game, so the player still gets the chance to face them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 2 modes of play to choose from at the start of the game. The first one is <strong>Royal Rumble</strong> (Battle Royal). In this mode, the player selects one wrestler and goes up against multiple wrestlers in the ring. There can be 6 wrestlers in the ring at one time. The goal is to eliminate every wrestler until only one is left standing. Wrestlers can be eliminated by being thrown out of the ring, by submission, or by pinfall (3-count). Once other wrestlers are eliminated, others come into the ring to join the mayhem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 modes of arcade wrestling goodness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The other mode is <strong>Saturday Nights Main Event</strong> (Tag Match). In this mode, the player selects 2 wrestlers to form a <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">tag team</span></a></strong>. The player goes through a series of tag matches against other teams, the last one being a title match against the <strong>Legion of Doom</strong>. Although <strong>Smash</strong> and <strong>Crush</strong> of the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Demolition</span></a></strong> may be used individually in the Royal Rumble mode, they may only be used together in the Tag Match mode. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All wrestlers have their signature finishing moves such as Hulk Hogan's leg drop and <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_%22The_Snake%22_Roberts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jake "The Snake" Roberts</span></a></strong>' DDT. These moves can only be done when the opponents have low or no energy in their life bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>WWF WrestleFest</strong> is one fun game, more so if you're into wrestling. It has an awesome lineup of wrestlers (the addition of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"<strong>Macho Man" Randy Savage</strong></span></a> would've been nice though). Its simple control scheme adds to its charm as well. The game only utilizes a joystick and 2 buttons, and yet there is a lot of variety in the moves that the player can execute. As </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">far as arcade wrestling games go, <strong>WWF WrestleFest </strong>is, in my opinion, (to quote <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bret Hart</span></a></strong>) - "the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be".</span></div>
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F.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418232745517051648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958663284480339524.post-60830730039644893612012-08-29T07:09:00.000-07:002012-09-06T12:47:50.487-07:00The "Dork" Knight<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been over a month since the new <strong>Batman</strong> movie (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Rises" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong></span></a>) came out in theaters. I've been a fan of the Batman movies ever since I saw the 1989 movie - <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Batman</span></a></strong>. Its sequel, <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Batman Returns</span></a></strong> (1992), was my favorite Batman movie and still kind of is. Anyway, I've mentioned those movies because they are related to the game that I will be talking about in this post. That game is <strong>Batman Returns</strong> for the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super NES</span></a></strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Batman Returns</strong> is a "<strong>beat-em-up</strong>" that is based on the movie of the same name. The beat-em-up genre was popular during the 80's and 90's, especially in the arcades. These games consist of players going through a number of stages while beating up a group of enemies in hand-to-hand combat, and sometimes with the use of weapons as well (bats, clubs, etc.) . In most games of this type, the player faces a boss at the end of each stage. Gameplay mostly comes down to "<strong>button-mashing</strong>" (rapidly pressing buttons), which is actually one of the genre's biggest appeal, since it is relatively simple to play and any gamer can easily get into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Batman Returns</strong> was released in 1993 and was developed by <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Konami</span></a></strong>, one of the top makers of arcade beat-em-ups at the time. The game has similar gameplay to <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fight" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Final Fight</span></a></strong> (developed by <strong>Capcom</strong>), which is one of the more popular beat-em-ups back in the early 90's. The player takes control of Batman and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">goes through 7 stages battling clowns and other freaks from The Penguin's <strong>Red Triangle Circus Gang</strong>. Batman is able to punch, kick, and throw enemies around. He is also able to use the <strong>Batarang</strong> to momentarily stun enemies. He may use <strong>test tubes</strong> as well, which act like bombs that take out every enemy on-screen. The test tubes are limited though, so their usage is only ideal in desperate situations or during tough boss encounters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batman faces a number of bosses through each stage- all of which are characters from the movie itself. The main antagonists are <strong>Catwoman</strong> and <strong>The Penguin</strong>. Both villains show up multiple times during the game, with The Penguin being the final boss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Beat-em-ups</strong> are some of my most favorite games. I remember playing a lot of them at the arcades back in the day. I'm also somewhat of a "Batdork", so combining 2 things that I like (Batman and beat-em-ups) made me one happy gamer. I consider <strong>Batman Returns</strong> one of the best beat-em-ups on the <strong>Super NES</strong>, and it is in my opinion, one of the best Batman games around.</span></div>
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<br />F.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418232745517051648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958663284480339524.post-15355404710088285062012-07-18T08:08:00.001-07:002012-09-06T10:17:29.823-07:00Round 2<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <strong><a href="http://oldschoolgamedork.blogspot.com/2012/07/fight.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">my last post</span></a></strong>, I talked about the first 3 "<strong>Street Fighter II</strong>" (SF2) games that were released in the arcades- <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SF2: The World Warrior</span></a></strong> (1991), <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Champion_Edition" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SF2: Champion Edition</span></a></strong> (1992), and <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Hyper_Fighting" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SF2: Hyper Fighting</span></a></strong> (1993). This time I'll be talking about the 3 remaining arcade games in the SF2 series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Street_Fighter_II" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers</span></a></strong> came out during the latter part of 1993. The game featured a new graphics engine, but still had that familiar SF2 look. All characters have multiple color costumes depending on what button is pressed when selected (at least 6 color schemes for each character, as the SF2 series uses a 6-button layout). </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another new aspect was the scoring system which kept track of combos, first attacks, etc. However, t</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">he faster game speed that was introduced in <strong>Hyper Fighting</strong> was changed back to the normal speed similar to <strong>Champion Edition</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can still play as any of the 12 characters from the previous games, but this time there are 4 new characters added into the lineup - <strong>Cammy </strong>(from England), <strong>Dee Jay </strong>(from Jamaica), <strong>Fei Long </strong>(from Hong Kong), and <strong>T. Hawk</strong> (from Mexico). This brings the total number of playable characters to 16.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong>Street Fighter II</strong> games are some of the best fighting games ever made. They have inspired other exceptional fighting games such as the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mortal Kombat</span></a></strong> series and the crossover titles from <strong>Capcom </strong>and <strong>Namco</strong> (VS. and X series). Street Fighter's legacy lives on with more recent games such as the 2008 remake of SSF2 Turbo- <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Street_Fighter_II_Turbo_HD_Remix" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix</span></a> </strong>(that's a mouthful) and the awesome <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_fighter_iv" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Street Fighter IV</span></a></strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I'd talk about one of my most favorite games. It's a one-on-one fighting game released in the arcades in 1991. The game I'm talking about is <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Street Fighter II: The World Warrior</span></a></strong> (SF2) which was developed by <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Capcom</span></a></strong>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The early 90's was an important period for arcades. <strong>SF2</strong> was the most well-known arcade game at the time, and it popularized the fighting game genre. This prompted other developers to make their own fighting games as well. However, none would ever come close to SF2's fighting perfection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The game's goal is simple- face each fighter and beat them up. Win 2 out of 3 rounds to advance, then face the next fighter until you get to the final boss. Don't get me wrong though, the game isn't easy. It's quite challenging, but also fun if you know what you're doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF2 games came in a number of different versions. The original (<strong>SF2: The World Warrior</strong>) gave you a choice to play as 1 of 8 characters, or "<strong>World Warriors</strong>" as the title implies. Each comes from a different country, and each have their own distinct fighting style. Although 2 of them share the same moves- <strong>Ryu</strong> (from Japan) and <strong>Ken</strong> (from the U.S.).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other 6 playable characters are: <strong>Blanka</strong> (from Brazil), <strong>Chun-Li</strong> (from China), <strong>Dhalsim</strong> (from India), <strong>E. Honda</strong> (from Japan), <strong>Guile</strong> (from the U.S.), and <strong>Zangief</strong> (from Russia). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Blanka</strong> is the only non-human character in the game. As a little boy, he and his mother were on a plane that crash landed into the rain forests of Brazil. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He got separated from his mother and was exposed to some form of electricity (from the plane or eels), which mutated him and gave him electrical powers. He was then raised in the wild which eventually changed his appearance as well. It's a silly story, but fighting games aren't about the story anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another version came out in 1993 called <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Hyper_Fighting" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting</span></a></strong>, also known as "<strong>Street Fighter II Turbo</strong>". You can still play as any of the 12 characters, and they all have new color costumes again. The main feature of the game however, is that the overall speed of the game has been made faster, which made the game even more exciting and challenging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There were 3 more versions of the game that came out in the arcades (<strong>Super Street Fighter II</strong>, <strong>Super Street Fighter II Turbo</strong>, and <strong>Hyper Street Fighter II</strong>). I will probably talk about those games in a future post.</span></div>
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</div>F.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418232745517051648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958663284480339524.post-71230651578784044642012-06-27T09:19:00.000-07:002012-07-04T19:17:31.973-07:00Press Start<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mentioned in <a href="http://oldschoolgamedork.blogspot.com/2012/06/old-school-gaming.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">my first post</span></strong></a> that the system that got me into video games is the <strong>Family Computer</strong> ("Famicom" for short) or the <strong>NES</strong> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nintendo Entertainment System</span></strong></a>), as it is known in the U.S. I was born and grew up in the <strong>Philippines</strong>, and the Famicom was what we had there. It is the Japanese version of the NES and is what was available around Asia. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Famicom was originally released in Japan in 1983 while the NES was released in the U.S. in 1985.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't remember the exact year I got my Famicom, but it was around the late 80's. It was a gift from my parents and it came with a game called <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super Mario Bros.</span></a></strong> (SMB). Not only is <strong>SMB</strong> the first video game I ever had, it's also one of the best games for the NES/Famicom, as well as one of my favorite games for it. I'll talk more about SMB in another post, but do I really have to? Every gamer should know about it one way or another.</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Famicom and the NES are basically the same machine as far as hardware is concerned. The most significant difference is in their appearance and design. The NES has a boxy, gray and black design while the Famicom has a smaller, red and white design. The NES also has a front loading cartridge slot for its games, while the Famicom has a top-loading slot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The game cartridges themselves look quite different from each other. NES cartridges are colored gray (much like the system). Famicom cartridges come in different colors and are about half the size of a NES cartridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Another difference is that the controllers for the NES are detachable from the system while the Famicom's controllers are hard-wired into the system, and I think has shorter cords too. It never bothered me much though, now that I think of it. I just wanted to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1993, <strong>Nintendo</strong> released a redesigned version of the NES called the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_101" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NES-101</span></a></strong>. It is also known as the "<strong>Top Loader</strong>" due to its top-loading cartridge slot similar to the Famicom. The controllers were also redesigned, making it similar in shape to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_nes" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super NES</span></strong></a> controllers. </span><strong> </strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NES/Famicom is probably one of the most important video game systems ever released. It made gaming more popular than ever with its wide variety of games and products. It introduced gamers to the now standard <strong>D-pad</strong> (directional pad) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on controllers. It is also where major franchises such as <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_(series)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Super Mario</span></a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Final Fantasy</span></a></strong> started- both of which are still around to this day. With the advent of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Console" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Virtual Console</span></a></strong>, the NES/Famicom lives on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm starting this blog simply because of my love for <strong>video games</strong>. I consider myself an old-school gamer. The term "<strong>old-school</strong>" in gaming refers to the hobby of collecting and/or playing of older video games. I especially like games from the <strong>NES</strong> era (1985-early 90's) up through the <strong>PS1</strong> era (1995-early 2000's).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What started it all for me was the <strong>Family Computer</strong>, more commonly known in the U.S. as the <strong>NES </strong>or<strong> </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Nintendo Entertainment System</strong></span></a>. It was called the Family Computer<strong> </strong>("Famicom" for short)<strong> </strong>in Japan and in most of Asia. For those who don't know me personally- I was born and grew up in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Philippines</strong></span></a>, and what we had there was the Famicom. Anyway, I'll talk more about the NES/Famicom and my favorite games for it in a future post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Other systems and games I'd like to talk about in the future are the Sega Genesis, Super NES, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Sony Playstation</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (PS1). I may look into some PS2, Arcade, and PC games as well. The <strong>PS1</strong> in particular is probably my favorite video game system, so I'll be sure to talk about that soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's all for now, and always remember- the game is never over.</span><br />
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