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So you finally found this blog. Not sure how (unless I told you) The blog is about my random life. My job, games, movies or anything that interest me. Feel free to comment or just enjoy the ride.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Gamestop the Wall Street Hijack

 The thing that happen last year 










What is it about?
The story on how normal people overthrew Wall Street

The Good 
They make it where normal people like me can understand it
The Wolf of Wall Street (real person) is the narrator 

The Bad
Nothing much. It is a documentary

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credits: No

Verdict: If you love real stories. You can watch this

Finch

Imagine Wall-e but darker 










What is it about?
A post apocalyptic world. A inventor call Finch made a robot to help him 

The Good
The movie is fun when the robot comes on 

The Bad
The movie is dark since it is not a fun time being in a nuclear wasteland 

The Ugly
The ending sucks

After Credits: No 

Verdict: It's an okay movie. Watch Wall-e is better


Neo Geo Pocket Color










History 
I've never owned a Neo Geo Pocket Color but I do have magazines with ads featuring this and I thought to myself how cool it would be to bring around my games. 

The Games
The games range from all the SNK console collection but in pocket form. The only genre that is missing is Racing. Other than that all is there even thought is not a lot. The library is super small

The Good 
SNK makes great fighting games. With two buttons they can make a deep fighting game with robust combos and mechanics. The RPG are great too but I am not a fan of them 

The Bad
Some of the games fall short due to the limitation of the hardware. So there is nothing much you can do about it

The Ugly
A lot of casino games. 

Conclusion

The Neo Geo Pocket is a forgotten gem. They have ported some of the games to newer systems but the original is still an awesome part of history. I like it. Too bad you can get bored of the games after a while. 

Sega CD  (171 games)
Sega 32X (33 games) 
Sega Saturn  (97 games)
Sony PlayStation (453 games) 
Neo Geo Pocket / Color  (10/40 games) 25% replayability 
Nintendo 64  (317 games)  
Nintendo Game Boy Color  (530 games)  

Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure

One of the better 2d Sonic games

Game no: 479
Genre: Action 
Platform: Neo Geo Pocket
Release Date: 1999

This game is basically an original game but it has elements of Sonic 2 in it. So the stages are new but the music is from Sonic 2. As well as the gameplay. A Sonic game is basically you going to point A to point B and fight some bosses after the end of act 2. The game is fun as a sonic game should be and as the last game of the neo geo pocket color I give this game a A rank

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Until Dawn

Choose your own horror story adventure

Game no: 478
Genre: Adventure 
Platform: PS4
Release Date: 2015

A year ago a group of friends went to the mountain and two of them disappeared. Now a year after the group of friends return to the scene to honor their memory. After that that when thigs start to go crazy 

Until dawn is a choose your own adventure where the controls are only moving using the right stick. Picking up items using X and R2 and QuickTime events using button prompts when you are in a tense situation. Other than that the game doesn't let you deviate to much from the script. There are branches of options to choose from which will effect the outcome of the story and each choice you make is a butterfly effect (a concept where they try to tell you over and over again). This game was meant to be replayed again after you finish a run. But even though the story is interesting in the first half, once you get to experience the story again there is no reason to come back to it. You'll probably will want to reply this only to try to save the people you lost (that apparently is the good ending) 

The things that I like is the storyline and the gameplay method. You really just can play this game lying on the back of the chair and just relaxing. As for the horror elements I am going to say that once you know what is the McGuffin is. You won't be scared. There are a lot of jump scares but you can probably see it a mile away. The lore doesn't make sense (or probably I didn't get all of the clues of it to make sense) but it's a game so is either you enjoy it or you don't. 
I manage to finish the game until the end credits with only 3 out of 8 survived (I was an error in my part). Play this game with someone if you like scary movies and you want an interactive experience. I will give this game a B rank.   
 




Monday, August 15, 2022

SNK vs Capcom - The Match of the Millennium

The Final Neo Geo fighting game and it is one of the best

Game no: 477
Genre: Fighting
Platform: Neo Geo Pocket
Release Date: 1999


Basically is the crossover that we wanted and we got. This game is deep and amazing. It has a rich story where both bosses from Capcom and SNK are trying to stop our heroes. The final boss is also super hard which is always the way of this types of games. I can say for two buttons you can do all the moves and specials which is a real feat of this small machine. This is a must play for any Neo Geo Pocket owners. I give this game an A-Rank

SNK Gals' Fighters

I think by this time they just recycle the sprites 

Game no: 476
Genre: Fighting
Platform: Neo Geo Pocket
Release Date: 2000

This game was release at the end of the Neo Geo Pocket life cycle and I think they want something to be made fast since this game is just all the girls from different fighting games. The art is the same as their respected game series (Fatal Fury, KOF, Samurai Showdown) and they have the same tight fighting controls. There is a story and it quite interesting. Overall fighting games on the NGP is always a win. A-Rank