Archive for Author: Jeff Day

  • Gamera Obscura: Kat’s Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken (Super Famicom)

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    This month's game is Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken for the Super Famicom. Shuffled out quietly in 1995, it never came out in North America or Europe. Purely a racing title, Kat's Run plays quite similarly to games such as Super Mario Kart and Top Gear.

  • Gamera Obscura: Tetsuwan Atom (Famicom)

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    That's right! It's time for another edition of "Gamera Obscura," where we uncover strange and somewhat obscure games. And this month, I have something fun to show you.

  • Gamera Obscura: Pac-Boy & Mouse

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    You can barely find any knowledgeable source of information on this game, it's so lost in the bowels of time. But from what I gathered from the awful introduction is that a mouse has been beating up your girlfriend and now you, in your fit of rage, are solely devoted to avenging her by squashing all mice.

  • Gamera Obscura: Yume Penguin Monogatari

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    There's this game called "Yume Penguin Monogatari" for the ol' Famicom. Prepared by the almighty Konami, it never made it overseas, and it didn't star any whip-wielding characters. Instead, it stars some of their lesser-known mascots: a penguin named Penta. Perhaps you've seen this guy in Antarctic Adventure or the beloved Parodius series. He's never been much of a major player in the videogame circuit, considering he has no discernible personality. But don't let that fool you: he's all man.

  • Gamera Obscura: Wakataka Oozumou: Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu

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    This month, I present to you Wakataka Oozumou: Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu for the Super Famicom. Yes, it's Japanese, and thank fucking goodness it stayed over there.

  • Gamera Obscura: Asmik-kun Land

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    Over 8 million people purchased Halo 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold a whopping 12 million. And Nintendo can't defecate out Pokémon and "Wii Insert Random Thing To Do Here" games fast enough to

  • Gamera Obscura: Biometal Unitron

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    This month, let's take a quick look at Biometal Unitron, a game released in 1999 for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color. Remember that little handheld console? One of the many portable systems that was trounced to death by the Game Boy like a wild puma on a steaming plate of Hamburger Helper?

  • Gamera Obscura: Popeye: Ijiwaru Majo Sea Hag no Maki

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    Believe it or not, Japan must really like that Popeye character. I just hope that Japanese audiences don't consider Popeye as the embodiment of Western freedom, or else we're going to end up looking like ship-hugging, anchor-loving sea yokels with puffy arms and heroin-addict level spinach infatuations (not to mention the fact that our women all look like coat racks, which is straying farther and farther from the truth every year).