PixlBit

Even though I had played Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior on the NES at a friend's house and had fun, it really wasn't until FF4 came out that I really got into RPGs.  I know the story is trite by today's standards, but back then it was pretty revolutionary and was one of the first times I kept playing a game just to see what would happen next.  The amazing musical score helped, too.  Along with FF6 and FF9, FF4 is one of my favorite FF games.

The PSP version is actually pretty nice. It has all the stuff from the PSOne game, plus the extra dungeons and items from the GBA version, and it also comes with The After Years and its prologue.

It does have more varied graphics than the water, clouds, and small islands of 1943.  I don't know if the planes would be considered more realistic, though.

Eh, it's just a lesser 1943.

There were some NEO GEO games on Wii Virtual Console, but I'm not sure if Blazing Star was one of them.  I know Blazing Lasers was, though, because I downloaded it as well.  One of the best TG-16 shooters.  It was made by Compile you know.  That's one thing I liked about Hudson Soft. back then is that they really supported the Wii with original games and downloadable titles and lots of their TG-16 catalog on Virtual Console.  That's how I first discovered a lot of TG-16 gems since I never had one as a kid.

I have a podcast now, too, by the way.  I'll write about it in an upcoming blog.

https://anchor.fm/pizza-pixel-podcast

I never really played this game, but I saw it a lot at demo stations at game stores and computer places like Babbage's.  I only remember the first part of the game where the buffalo monster thing chases you.

I'm not really into Halo games, but my brothers sure did like them.  Only two things I remember about those games are when I watched them play.  Any time there was a vehicle, for some reason I always called them a tractor.  So I'd say, "Get in the tractor!" and they'd say, "That's not a tractor, Cary."

Another time I bought them a six pack of Mountain Dew Halo flavor, because they liked the game so much.  It had extra caffeine, which I probably shouldn't have given the youngest to.  Because after that his eyes got real dialated and he said, "Ican'tstoptalkingfast! Ican'tstoptalkingfast!" And I said, "Why don't you run around the couch a few times?"  And he said, "OK!"  ZOOM!

Have you ever played the Halo arcade game?

Why are you watching Looney Tunes?  Is it in preparation for the new Space Jam movie?

Wow, you're the only person I know who owned a NEO GEO system other than the handheld one!  I remember Viewpoint, that's the one with the Zaxxon-like view, right?