The Grand Emperor's Retro Video Gaming Blog

Happy Memorial Day Weekend Everyone! Oh, and yes welcome to the unofficial start of summer! This may not be the first three day weekend to occur since I've been writing these but it is the first that has given me an open schedule to do some gaming. For this particular weekend it hasn't been Friday or Saturday so much that has given me the opportunity to game as it has been Sunday. With Sunday falling dead center in the middle of these Monday holiday weekends, it often has the feel of a Saturday to it and it's easy to forget what day it is sometimes.  This Friday's (Weekends) Buys: Black Belt (SMS) - Departing from my last few Friday buys I didn't get any SHMUPS this weekend. It's not that I've run out of them it's just time for me to try to play through the ones I have. With that said enter Black Belt. From what I know it's kind of like the SMS's version of the NES's Kung Fu but just different enough to not be a direct rip off. I...

Friday May 20, 2016 Well, its been a long five weeks since I posted last. A combination of long Fridays, and traveling have lead to my game play plans basically taking a backseat as either just not being around, or being too tired to stay up late, have lead me to taking some time off from late night gameplay. With that said it doesn't mean things haven't been eventful on a gaming level. For instance three Fridays back I picked up my first arcade machine and old Namco Air Combat  system complete with cockpit. Than the Friday after would mark the first time I was finally able to get the machine into a spot where I could play it in my garage, and last Friday finally down to my basement. I've also added new games over the past few weeks including some Friday buys, but since those Friday's are past I will only mention them if they're played.  This Friday's Buys R-Type (SMS) - To continue on with my current flirtation with SHMUPS I decided to add this one to...