The screenshot above looks like an ordinary emulator screenshot of Excitebike, but it's actually VS. Excite Bike.
I have very (fund) fond (sorry, can't spell) memories of Excite Bike when I was a punk kid. I remember spending about 4 hours a day playing this game or just constructing wacky tracks for me to race on. Those were the days.
Anyway, if you want to see video of actual VS. Excite Bike gameplay just see below.
It looks pretty fun to play with some friends and family. I wish I can get the rom. I looked for the VS. Excite Bike rom in this website, but I can't seem to find it yet because I don't have much time today. Maybe later.
If you know where to find the rom, please point me in the right direction in the comments area below.
Ed: You can find the original Excite Bike rom around, not really, but maybe here. As promised, the disc system VS Excite Bike can be found here. Maybe you can find the FDS Bios if you Google it?
Chrome is a good browser with the potential to become the dominant choice for web heads in the future. For now it's in beta, and I really don't want to use this browser when accessing my business intranet or anything involving important data.
Here's how I use Chrome from day to day:
1. Using it to make web apps
As most of you already know, Chrome can make shortcuts for web sites. I use it to make web apps of Last.fm, Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and a lot of web pages that I can live to access in a standalone form.
This frees up my Firefox 3 to do the heavy surfing while avoiding Flash heavy sites.
2. Incognito mode
This is very useful when accessing unknown content. This is not just for porn. Since Incognito will not leave any traces on your hard drive, you can access educational sites like warez, torrentz, ebookz etc. without getting tracking cookies or something similar.
That's how I use Chrome from day to day. It's a good product but not just ready to topple Firefox yet. If you have tips on how to make effective use of Chrome, please write your comments below.
This is a quick review of Google Chrome, the beta browser of the big G. I'm using it now as I'm typing this entry.
Initial impressions:
1. It feels snappy but it could be psychological.
2. The Google services work like a well oiled machine.
3. The rendering is fast even with initial zero cache use.
4. I have 6 tabs opened and only 26 MB of my eeePC's memory is used.
5. The zoom functionality only works for text. Firefox can zoom out the whole web page, which is crucial (but not a game breaker) for the small screen of the eeePC.
6. Every blank tab page has your most recent / most visited web pages all listed with screenshots.
7. Incognito mode or porn mode as we all know it can be activated anytime.
That's all for now. I am missing my Firefox extensions but not that much.
I remember watching Daimos and the love story of Richard and Erica when I was 7 or 8. This show taught me that a man can love a winged, alien girl who looks like a super model.
True love can transcend race, creed or religion - as long as you are hot and not that much different.
If you want the hottest online manga scanlations you should check out One Manga. They have 669 manga scanlations available for your online, manga reading pleasure.
They cover every genre from shonen & shoujo to josie & seinen. They even have 238 complete manga scanlations.
Another good online manga site is Manga Fox. It has almost the same collection as One Manga but it also has some ecchi stuff. Everything can be read for free but the mature stuff needs registration, as it should.
Click on the links above to scan the manga directory of this site. If you really need to read a particular manga, it's probably listed in their directory.
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Edit 2: No virus. Links are up again.
Edit: I temporarily removed the link to OneManga because of possible malware infection to Windows users. I'm not sure about this and I'm not accusing anyone. Just be cautious if you're a Windows user.
Chronicle of the Radia War - Find the Japanese ROM and Patch it. Play it on a NES emulator.
This little NES game is an RPG way ahead of its time. I've been playing this more than crappy PSX RPGs out there.
Radia Senki or Chronicle of Radia War is a Japanese only release made by the awesome people at Tecmo. It's best played on an emulator with an english patch.
The game is the basic noble guy with a big-ass sword, destined to rescue the kingdom from evil people. Yeah, the story sucks but the gameplay is classic. The mechanics of this game will be copied by games like Tales of Phantasia and Star Ocean.
Here's my take on this game:
Story: The game starts with an awesome cut-scene of two air ships dog fighting. This is the freaking NES we're talking about here. It's that impressive.
The story over-all is pretty generic and sucky at times. Watch the intro below and tell me that it's not a programming marvel during its time.
Gameplay: This is where this game really shines. You control the main dude in real-time, like Link in Zelda. You have companions of up to 4 at the most during combat. You control your companions strategically in the game menu where you can set their attitude to be physical, magical, aggressive, defensive or laid-back.
I have to mention that Radia Senki is somewhat realistic for a NES game. For example, you will only get meat or bones when you kill monsters. You can sell these spoils to shops for money. When you kill people, you will get money, as you should. It's so refreshing to have this kind of realism in a console RPG.
Graphics: The super deformed sprites look great for this game. The game has a tone that takes itself a bit seriously in some places but the chibbi look does not detract from this kind of tone.
The art work for the character portraits are awesomely done.
Sound: Music is standard NES fare, repetitive and annoying. It's not bad but I just zone out the music.
Bottom-line: Nice and fun game. I will definitely finish this game when I find the time. This is better than a lot of crap coming out today.
