Arcade

I was so excited when I saw a video on the Polymega this morning. The Polymega is a sort of uber-emulator console that can take your PS1, Sega Saturn, Sega TurboGrafx 16, and Neo Geo CD games, rip them to internal storage to keep them safe forever, and from then you can play them on a cool looking console while your original games are stored safely away. I’ve got an original copy of Panzer Dragoon for the Sega Saturn, which (last time I looked) was worth over $600. I want that kept safe. ...

Every couple of weeks I buy something cheap and fun on Steam. Transistor a few weeks ago, Mirror’s Edge the week before last, Injustice: Gods Among Us last week. This week’s game is Little Racers STREET. I’ve loved top down racers since the first one I played back at the dawn of the arcade era. A monochrome race where blocky cars would go around a really simple track and sometimes oil would spin you out. At the height of the arcade era, top down racers had become faster, more colorful, with powerups and shortcuts and pounding music. I used to wait for takeout pizza playing this game (and if I could remember the name of it, I’d link it). (Oh, apparently it is called Super Sprint). ...