Emulation

I love emulators. It's like having a bunch of old games all in one box, without needing any physical space. Like a museum of old software. I kinda get giddy sometimes.

WEE! OLD GAME!

Here's something I've been meaning to post for a while:

Tymime's Recommended Emulator/Simulator List!

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is crazier than you think

It all started out rather simply: in 1989, Kemco released Roger Rabbit for the Famicom Disk System.

"P-p-p-p-p-p-please set side B!"

It was a fairly simplistic arcade-style platformer in which Roger ran around the screen collecting hearts and avoiding palette-swap weasels (who all look like Smarta**). It didn't really have much to do with the movie.

But what's this? Capcom has exclusive rights to produce Disney games on Nintendo systems in America! What's Kemco to do?

"Push Start, Doc!"

Why, license a character from another company, of course.

It's all downhill from here...

IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE

This might sound odd, but when it comes to console RPGs, all you have to do to get me to play one is to use the phrase "Zelda knock-off". Most of the usual type of RPGs take themselves way too seriously for me to even consider picking it up.

FACE MY BLADE CLUMP OF GRASS YOU CANNOT HIDE THE TREASURES YOU CONTAIN CHOP CHOP CHOP

Observations from the outside #2

I was really surprised to learn that Tails is male a few years ago. Looking at him now, I think it's probably I never detected even the slightest hint of testosterone in him. Well, he is supposed to be 8 years old- at least that's what the Sonic Wiki says. Thing is, the guys at my elementary school sure seemed to know about sex when I was only nine (i.e. they had testosterone). I didn't get what they were talking about until I was 10.

God, those kids were disgusting.

Ignorance and squirrels

Sometime last year while riding the train, we overheard the conversation of two little boys playing their DS (I believe it was New Super Mario Bros.). They constantly referred to it as the "Nintendo". Of course, we both thought this was pitifully ignorant of them, maybe even a little stupid.

It would have been nice to go up and tell them that they should call it the "DS", and that "the Nintendo" is really only used to refer to the NES. But of course, you just can't do that sort of thing these days. They probably never heard about the NES. I wonder if they even know what New Super Mario Bros. is inspired by. Did they ever wonder about the "new" in the title? Even then, why not call it the DS anyway? Don't they realize that "Nintendo" is the company that makes it, not the name of the thing?

This is an odd request, but if anyone's reading this, does anyone have a better copy of this image?:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/tymime/squirrel_stretched.png