Want to know what Namco was up to in the pre-Time Crisis, Point Blank days? Giving Taito's Chase H.Q. a run for its money with Lucky & Wild, a light-gun shooter in which you drive (sort of) and shoot bad guys at the same time.
Of course, this exercise will seem like child's play if you are used to driving and talking on the phone without a hands-free device (which you shouldn't do regardless of its legality in your particular state), so add some challenge by letting your little brother handle both guns!

The site is 2 years old this month (it feels like forever though, for some reason). I have rearranged the articles section into multiple pages, for speedier browser access and to alleviate server strain.
Maintenance-wise, I also took upon myself to rewrite most of the OutRun series article, 20 Years of OutRun, in a more digestible form. I updated it with some newly discovered OutRun 2019 and OutRun 2 SP info and trivia, too.
If anything's broken, please let me know.

It's very frustrating to me when I can't find a specific review of a GameBoy or Game Gear title online. Which is, honestly, most of the time.
Granted, nobody really cares about carry-around 8-bit games anymore. Reviews for portable titles other than DS and PSP are scarce at best, which is why I decided to do something about it. You'll see lots of old portable games featured here in the future in the form of small genre compilations and the like. You have been warned.

Oh, and yeah... Here are the 3 titles that form Konami's Motocross Maniacs series. A surprisingly fun and addictive gravity-challenged motocross competition exclusive to GameBoy consoles, its popularity hindered by its technical simplicity right from the start. Don't judge it by its looks! Read it, play it, buy it. Now.

Update accomplished! It's been over 2 months since the last one, and I think I rather spare you from listening to lame excuses. But hey, here's a quick list:
- Job
- The rest of my life
- This extensive article, with equally extensive title, that I call Of argonauts, vectors, and flying foxes: The rise of 3D on Nintendo consoles.
Inspired by this great 1UP interview with Dylan Cuthbert, it covers British developer Argonaut's beginnings, how Dylan impressed Miyamoto with his vector-based GameBoy demo that resulted in the game X, and Jez San's 3D NES version of Starglider that (after the invention of the world's first graphics accelerator chip) eventually evolved into Starfox. Great stuff.

I'm back after some long vacations, so here's the conclusion to the Naughty Arcades article. It includes the excellent successor to Data East's pool series Billiard Academy: Real Break by underdog Nakanihon, Toaplan's black sheep Pipi & Bibis, and Kaneko's semi-legend Gals Panic!, which started one of the most well known and successful (if not THE) adult arcade series ever made. Enjoy.