Sorry guys. I'm kinda busy this week with schoolwork. Here's this weeks' update - finished weeks in advance.

GAME NUMBER NINE - BOKOSUKA WARS (Sharp X1, MSX, Famicon, NEC PC-88 - 1984).

I just had to do this one. You'll have probably heard of any of the other games on this list, but I unless you're someone who lives and breathes bad games, or has a somewhat large knowledge of obscure Famicon games, then you'll know exactly what I'm about to talk about. Otherwise, allow me to explain.

Bokosuka Wars is an strategy game where you play as King Suren, whose army has been turned into various objects by the evil King Ogereth. The idea is that Sureth is 597M away from his castle (and subsequently Ogereth), and you and your army are constantly moving towards this goal, defeating enemy soldiers and recruiting friendlier soldiers.

Now, you might think of this as a turn based strategy game, but it's not like that – it's actually more action based. You basically have free control over Suren as you move towards the goal, but in a move of sheer bastardry, everytime you take a step, your enemies also take a step. If you've played a 'rogue-like', or any of the Chunsoft dungeon crawlers (i.e. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Shiren the Wanderer etc.), it's very similar.

Here's where the game falls apart in a huge way. If Suren is not with an army, he dies instantly. Which is, of course, never fun. If he's with an army, then your chances of survival are still pretty slim. Why? All the battles in the game are randomized. You have absolutely no control over the battles whatsoever. You may have one hell of a huge army, but at any time, the game decides randomely whether or not you'll win or lose.

Though that does lead to arguably the highlight of the game, and one of the biggest 'flip the bird' moments in gaming. If you get a game over, you're greeted with a screen saying, in huge red letters, "WOW, YOU LOSE". I'm not making that up. It gives a similarly positive message if you win, but trust me, the game over screen is worth playing through the game – because you'll be seeing it A LOT. And because it's awesome.

That being said, there really isn't much else to it. It's a REALLY obscure game that never got released in English, The Famicon port was the last port of the game made (following a port on the MSX), but is arguably the most infamous. I really wish that I could speak a little more about it, but really - there isn't much else to it.

Later...