Here's a little silly one -- I felt like doing something Christmas themed. Of course, basically all of the commercial Xmas games have been done nowadays...so here's an obscure fangame based off of ...
2020-12-10 09:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, I finally have another top 50. This is a bit later than planned as things have been a little hectic lately personally, but hopefully things are now a bit calmer. I do hope that these lis...
2020-12-03 09:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
A look back at something that's not quite as common in Puro these days, but was especially all the rage in 90's All Japan...the Supermove. The Big Match Finish. The MDK. You might want to get some ...
2020-11-27 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey -- just a quick note to say that this month's wrestling vid should be coming in a few days' time, it just needs editing. We're going to be looking back at one of Puro's staples, especially ...
2020-11-25 11:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Festive top 50 action continues, and the systems get even more obscure! Or...well, not. Hopefully you enjoy this one :)
2020-11-15 14:51:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We did 10 Japanese Wrestling Games that aren't Fire Pro a while ago, and now here's a follow-up with a load more. There's some intriguing ones to look at -- unknown Smackdown games, management sims...
2020-11-08 10:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In the middle of the 1980's, Joshi and AJW ruled the world of puro. At the heart of it was a feud between a duo that transcended wrestling and reached the hearts of people everywhere, and a group t...
2020-10-27 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This list has been requested for a fairly long time -- my collection of top 50's and 100 vids has kinda felt incomplete without it, it has to be said. And so, quite simply, here's my Top 50 C64 Gam...
2020-10-11 09:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
...is Joshi centric at last. Expect this later in the month!
2020-10-01 17:29:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Alfred Chicken is, for the most part, a run of the mill Euro platformer for the early '90s featuring a kooky animal hero, like so many other games. But there's a big difference...none of the others...
2020-10-01 10:00:31 +0000 UTC View Post
With streaming now becoming bigger on the Internet than ever, it's a fun time to examine its weird origins. And it doesn't get more odd than this -- in 2001, fresh off an ill-advised visit to a cer...
2020-09-24 12:51:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Having done a lot of videos focused on the top of the card, it's time to take a trip to the bottom! We're looking at 6 jobber stories -- half of them are about great jobbers, the other half...um, n...
2020-09-16 08:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Seeing as how a lot of games were played for the big old Codemasters documentary, it seemed like a pretty good idea to do a video that concentrates purely on those games, celebrating the best of th...
2020-09-11 09:04:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey!
If you're a patron of the almighty OSW's, you may have seen that they're moving their work away from Vimeo due to their costs getting ridiculously jacked up -- a similar thing happen...
2020-09-03 17:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most successful British games companies, Codemasters have been responsible for many legendary series and games over the years. It's been an interesting journey, and this video covers the...
2020-08-30 08:14:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! The Codemasters documentary is progressing very well -- it's at about 50 minutes long and all being well, it should be out fully next Monday! Of course it should be out for you guys a co...
2020-08-27 14:54:28 +0000 UTC View Post
When legendary wrestler and booker Riki Choshu leaves NJPW under a cloud in 2002, World Japan is the result. It should have enough of a pedigree to get something of a foothold but overspending, lou...
2020-08-18 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey, just a quick one this morning -- the World Japan video (Defunct Puro Companies Part 3) should be fully done in the next couple of days, but if you want a quick shot then here's a preview -...
2020-08-17 09:58:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey folks, just a quick lil' update. All is good with the 3rd part of the defunct puro c...
2020-08-15 17:16:13 +0000 UTC View Post
HUSTLE isn't a flat-out failure like the other two companies we are covering in this series, but there's certainly no other Japanese promotion like them. The most sports entertainment-centric promo...
2020-08-07 09:12:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The SWS, a big money project with Genichiro Tenryu as their all-star headliner, wanted to run the Tokyo Dome so badly that they partnered up with the equally eager WWF to do it. Was it worth it?......
2020-07-31 08:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
As a prelude of sorts to the upcoming big video all about classic Codemasters, here's a look at Fantastic Dizzy all on its own, as it's my favourite game. There's also some fairly interesting circu...
2020-07-24 19:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Fancy over an hour looking at some of the greatest and most important arcades of the 90's? Here ya go. Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, Sega Rally, House of the Dead, Virtua Cop and many more are here ...
2020-07-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey, thought I'd quickly give you people a lil' update on what's currently going on!
The final Sega arcade video (for now) on Sega Model 1 is almost finished -- just working my way ...
2020-07-11 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most intense wrestlers in Puro history, Morishima was a savage both in Japan and the US -- a multiple time champion in NOAH, he also shocked the Indies when he won the ROH title. His tal...
2020-06-30 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The ST-V board is an intriguing subject -- it's essentially a Sega Saturn in arcade form, and most of its games were released only in Japan. While that means a lot of weirdness and Mahjong, it also...
2020-06-28 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey all -- just a very quick update while my nose is on the grindstone. The Takeshi Morishima video will be coming very soon! I did miss my desired date of yesterday (keeping in with other vids...
2020-06-26 08:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Sega's Super Scaler games are undoubtedly their greatest gift to the Arcades -- who knows where we'd be without the likes of Space Harrier, OutRun and After Burner. All these games and more are cov...
2020-06-14 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1898, a man billed as the "Terrible Turk", Yusuf Ismail, landed in New York. Over the course of five months he made quite a name for himself, pulling big crowds in matches against the day's top ...
2020-06-05 09:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for another big arcade countdown! I'm really pushing hard with these now, aiming to include lots of infos on the boards and the games rather than just counting them down from the worst to best...
2020-05-29 16:30:36 +0000 UTC View Post