Earthworm Jim Coming To All Major Platforms; Sega Genesis XBLA Poll Gets Cockblocked
Updated 8/19/09 2:20PM EST
It’s like the industry is looking for an excuse to kick this past (and somewhat late) Weekend GGP Report in the face! As I mentioned VERY EARLY yesterday morning, Sega has a poll letting fans vote on what Sega Genesis (that’s MegaDrive to my PAL nation guttergamers and import snobs) title to bring to Xbox Live Arcade, as this "thing" to celebrate the 20th Aniversary of the self-proclaimed “leader of the 16-bit revolution”. The poll includes Golden Axe II, Shining Force, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Toejam & Earl, WonderBoy In Monster World, and… up until now… Earthworm Jim. Now the first four of these games are already available on Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, and latter three are available on Wii Virtual Console (If you're wondering "what about the SNES version?", my buddy DJRanmaS pointed out to me that the Gen/MD version has an additional level that was left out of the SNES version.)
Well, guess what guys? Interplay and Gameloft just announced that they’re working on an Earthworm Jim for Xbox Live, WiiWare, PlayStation Network and mobile phone platforms.
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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive 3-in-1 Guttergamer Collection- THE FREE
Well, for all THREE of you that check this site regularly, it should not come as a shock that I’ve been slacking on updates the past few days. I’ll discuss it more in this end of week report… or “blog” if we REALLY have to use that term. I missed two important deadlines (assuming that doesn't get delayed). One was this week’s Broke Gameleaching Scrub Friday (I don’t think we’ll ever come up with a real name for Friday articles on free games). Two is that I missed the 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis. I was on Nintendo’s side during the console wars growing up (well, until PlayStation 1), but even I have to tip my hat to the good ol’ MegaDrive as many true guttergamers got their start kicking it with Sonic on the black deck.
It’s with that we’re showcasing three abandoned/public domain titles from yesteryear for all you fans. This time I did my research, and as far as these being available on Wii VC… well, Nintendon’t. And needless to say, they’re not on any other compilations right now. But if that happens to change, please support these titles by actually purchasing them.
Remember, you’ll need an emulator such as Kega Fusion to play these.
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A semi-lazy Weird Ass Wednesday
Mr. Thompson does not feel like talking much. I almost wish some of you would just make up your own witty banter and talk amongst yourselves. Well here we go.
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A Guttergamer’s Definition Of Guttergaming (Kinda)
A guttergamer is the kind of video game enthusiast that normally has at least three different consoles hooked to his TV at once; at least two of them are obsolete.
A guttergamer will spend hours digging through the bargain bin of his local video game specialty outlet looking for that one inexpensive game that was painfully overlooked by critics, or just laughably bad. Even giving a bad game the roasting treatment with friends is entertainment.
A guttergamer doesn't really care how s/he plays that old 16-bit era game; be it a cheap anthology disc, a plug and play system, or on the original console. As long as it's fun, the medium matters little.
A guttergamer buys games for fun, not for collector's value. So what if only 1,500 copies of Cheetamen 2 for NES exist? It's still not worth $200 to own one of the worst games ever made!
A guttergamer will normally not care about having an instruction manual or case for the game (unless it's for personal sentimental value); they're crafty enough to not need them.
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