A surprisingly technical fighter - I expected the first in the Soul Calibur series to be a bit jankier! Slower combat than I like and dodgy voices, but an impressive set of modes and a really fun core combat system!
2024 gaming backlog no.14 - Super Smash Bros. (N64)
The game that put crossover fighting on the map, the original SSB doesn't entirely hold its weight anymore. It's a lovely curiosity though, and a fine part of any N64 collection - rude that my boy Luigi is so hard to unlock though!
This past weekend, we stopped at a tiny arcade at the hotel I stayed at with the family. They have one of the two greatest arcade games of all time - Ms. Pac-Man and Mortal Kombat II.
Don't argue with me...that's totally a fact.
Regardless, as the main screens cycled through I took this picture. There was a screen that showed up with details on how to order the soundtrack as well as two different Mortal Kombat comic books back when this dropped in 1993.
I wonder...do you think that's still valid? And if not, do you think there's folks out there who still have copies of these comics / the CD? Cause...I kind of want them.
Also, who stood around in an arcade in 1993 with a pen and paper to write down all this information? Cause I want to meet those people too...
Ahoy! I'm Scribe. This is kind of just a side account while I'm just trying out different instances to see which ones I vibe with most.
For a bit of an informal #introduction, I'm a cishet autistic dude from the Hudson Valley. I like #fightinggames, #linux (especially #immutablelinux) and unhinged DIY projects - ask me about some of the custom controllers I've built!
Okay, @miona's #VGMWednesday has a theme of #Sampled - looking for songs where elements from video game music is incorporated into the beat / melody of a song.
Let's take it back to 1995 when Bone Thugs-N-Harmony sampled the underrated #SegaGenesis fighting game Eternal Champions in their aptly titled track, "Eternal."
The new MOrtal Kombat 1 is definitely a high point for the franchise. I personally like the game and I'm usually just not a fan of Mortal Kombat in general, especially when I feel that there are better fighting game franchises out there like StreetFighter and the Marvel Vs. Capcom series of fighters. I'd put this in A-tear for sure but the PS2 MK games will always be in god-tear. If you disagree, fine but come up with actual reasons instead of fighting me. #Gaming, #MortalKombat, #VideoGames, #FightingGames.
So this is going to sound pretty obvious, especially from someone.who grew up in the era when games had manuals, but I am learning so fucking much from finally reading the Killer Instinct manual 😅😅😅