A while ago I wrote a blog about the peripherals that I own for the NES. Since then I've acquired some more, and I feel that the time has come to write another blog about the new ones. I hope you all find this informative.

The Beeshu Zinger:

This is the Beeshu Zinger. This is a third party joystick controller. It has Start and Select as well as A and B buttons on the base, and A and B buttons on the stick. It also has a turbo switch for both the A and B buttons. There are suction cups on the bottom, and for some reason the cable and suction cups are lavender. I think they are supposed to be Grey, but either the rubber discolored, or they came from a bad batch.

This controller feels pretty solid, except for the stick. It wobbles back and forth and feels like it may break off in my hand.

I pulled out a copy of Top Gun and tried it out. It works just like a regular controller but shaped differently. The buttons are responsive, and the stick moves the plane well. After using this controller I actually saw a difference in game play. It was much easier to fly the plane, and the missiles and guns were much easier to use. Although the game isn't all that good, it is actually playable with this thing.

The Nintendo Power Pad:

About a week ago I was looking on craigslist and happened upon a Nintendo Power Pad, in box, for ten dollars. I immediately e-mailed the person selling it and was told that I was second in line to buy it. A day later I was notified that I could meet with the person if I wanted to see it, and I said yes. Yesterday I went to see it, and purchased it. I then brought it home, and didn't try it out until today.

I pulled out my copy of World ****Track Meet and plugged it, a controller, and the Pad in. I used the controller to select a game, and stepped into the middle of the pad. Unfortunately nothing happened. I then restarted the system, and tried again. Still, I was greeted with nothing. After contemplating whether or not I got a broken Power Pad I decided to get on the Internet and see if I was even using it right. (I've never even seen one of these until yesterday.) It was right about then that I realized that the T.V. screen was telling me that I was supposed to be using side b, which I wasn't, so I flipped it over. I tried it again, and nothing. The Internet was the way to go, obviously.

After searching on the 'net for ten minutes I found a site that told me what I needed to know. I was supposed to be standing on the 1 and 2 buttons respectively, not the 6 and 7 buttons in the middle of the Pad. Supposedly the game will not even start the race until you are standing on 1 and 2, and I found this to be true!

After I stepped on the 1 and 2 buttons the race began, and I ran like a little rabbit. I won, and was rewarded with an elevated heartbeat. What fun! I then tried to do the hurdles, which I sucked at, and a triple jump, which I Faulted on three times. The hurdles are actually pretty easy, but timing the jumps right is tricky.

I like this thing. You actually run on it and your character runs in the game. When you jump (in real life) you jump in the game. That is awesome. The triple jump is tricky, but I'll get the hang of it. I am impressed that this peripheral actually works like it should. Especially with all of the horror stories about the Power Glove, and The U-Force…

The Gun Shot:

This little Joystick was sitting on a shelf at the Goodwill one day, and I just had to pick it up. I was going to pull it out and see how good it is, but when I pulled it out of the box I realized that it was most likely never used. This, coupled with the fact that what I can find on it on the internet seems to tell me that it is a bit rare made me decide not to use it.

From what I can tell by looking at it, it seems pretty well made, and should be a decent Joystick. I really couldn't tell you though. Aside from that, the text on the bottom of the box seems to say that this thing was made for Venture, a chain of stores akin to Walmart and Target. Who didn't cash in on the Nintendo craze?

This is it for the second installment of NES peripherals. When I organize my gaming stuff again maybe I'll find enough to do part III. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

Earlier today I was out and about, and had decided to make the Goodwill one of my many stops. I pulled in, got out of my car, and walked through the front doors. As I looked around to decide where I was to look first, I spied a bunch of NES games and a few SNES games on a shelf right up front. I really got excited when I saw that one of the NES carts was just a little bit different than the others.

I yipped with excitement, pushed my girlfrend out of the way, and giddily ran over to take a look at what was there. Among such titles as Volleyball, Rampage, Final Fight, and some SNES sports games I found this unique little gem...

Now I have seen multi-carts before, and I know two things about them. First: they usually suck hard! Second: they are usually very expensive, as they more than likely saw very poor distribution. So here I am, unloading in my drawers (crapping in my pants for all of you with no imagination), thinking "I need"! I took it, and 7 other games I didn't have and looked around the rest of the store. I didn't find anything else of note, so I found my girlfriend and made my purchases. The best part you ask? The games only cost $1.99 each!

I love that Goodwill...

Some of you may remember a little blog I posted on the 12th of October of 2009, at 9:19 pm. Some of you may not remember such a thing, as that was quite a long time ago, and I'm pretty sure I had no friends at that time. For the benefit of everyone, as I'm quite sure that nobody actually reads this crap, I am of course speaking of the time I said I was going to beat Jesus and the Temple again, and take pictures of it. Well, I have done it, and it was good…

This is the title screen for King of Kings: The Early Years. As you can see, there are three different games to choose from.

This is the first screen on Jesus and the Temple. As you can see, Mary and Joseph seem to have misplaced the lord…

This is Level one. All you do is jump down and run across the screen.

This is Level two. This happens to be the level that the AVGN gave up on. I can't say I blame him.

This is Level three. You have to keep jumping down holes and water falls. The top of the screen moves down and tries to crush you…I'm not quite sure on the physics of this though.

This is Level four. You have to jump up logs in this one. It is quite difficult, as they are completely random.

This is Level five. I am convinced that this is the castle from Jewel Quest. The screen keeps moving right at a decent clip, so it is fairly hard to navigate with all of the falling spikes.

This is Level six. It's the same as level five but night time or something. There are also falling floor tiles.

This is Level seven. This is one of only two levels with Mary. You run across the screen jumping over pitfalls. I'm not sure what the giant cogs are for…they don't even seen to hit you.

This is the last (eighth) level. You are Mary trying to jump from roof to roof in the city. The only problem is that she only seems to jump when she feels like it, and she never seems to feel like it when it's convenient.

This is the end of the game. Mary and Joseph have found Jesus at the temple. It looks like he's having a pretty good time…but what's up with that guy behind him. He looks pretty pissed.

This is one of the scrolls that are placed throughout the game. They act as a life bar, and if you answer the question right, you get more life!

This is a glitch on Level two. As you can see, that first log has another right on top of it making it longer. This is a pretty common glitch.

This is a bad glitch, on Level five I think. I've only gotten this once. I did get another glitch on Level three, but I couldn't get a picture. Joseph disappeared and the screen started panning up and left for some strange reason.

This concludes my blog on Jesus and the Temple. I hope you all enjoyed seeing pictures of a game you will probably never play. I recommend this game though. It's really not that bad. I beat this one in under half an hour.

I got my 360 back today...or should I say "a 360"? They sent me a letter that said, make this as quick as possible, they just replaced the unit...what ********! I'm pretty sure the thing red ringed before I even plugged it in, so I'm going to keep the box it came in to make things easier next time...cause we all know there will definately be a next time.

I would appreciate it if you could all wish me luck, and join me in a prayer to the elder gods.

Thank you...

So I bought Pokemon Heart Gold on Sunday...and I haven't played it much. I know, I know, I'm a terrible person. I should be ashamed of myself...and I am. I was cought up in a book; that devilish medium that holds power over weak individuals like myself. 400 pages in 4 days! I could have finished it sooner if I didn't have to work two jobs!

See, there I go again. I'm hopelessly addicted to this archaic form of conveying a story. It's almost as bad as playing the 2600!

Back to Pokemon. I picked a Cyndaquill! I named myself Lucifer, and Cyndaquill is Blasphemy. Pidgey is Demon, and Bellsprout is Necro! I need to find another Abra so I can name him Alhazred again...

Sorry, I'm just a weirdo...

So I signed on just now, and lo and behold there was a message in my inbox about my having been modded. I'm not sure what it was that I said that was modable, but I know where it was. They don't even tell you what it was that you did, they just tell you some overly simplistic reason, and assume that you know what they are talking about. The only reason why I know where it was that I was modded was that I only posted one message before work. Oh well, guess I'll have to refrain from stating my opinions. They do seem to aggrevate people sometimes...

Has anyone else ever been modded?

What does it mean that "No points were lost for this moderation"?

Should I even be talking about this, or will I get modded again for mentioning my having been modded?

I finally found a suitable coffin for my 360, albiet not a "coffin", as my girlfriend said that UPS might not take it if it looked like a coffin. I also decided against writing R.I.P. on the box, but I might have been able to get away with "In pace requiescat". We'll never know though, as I already sent it off.

Strangely enough, before I left the house, some old guy came to warn me against burying it in the old Micmac burial ground. He said something about what comes out ain't what you put in. I kicked him off of my doorstep and brought the package to UPS...

This blog is all about the crapptasticular Power Joy! (cue epic intro music)

About a year back I picked up this thing called a Power Joy. I had no idea what it was, but it looked like a N64 controller with a cartridge slot in the back, a/v cables coming out the bottom of the handle, and a controller port in the bottom of the handle. What a strange piece of machinery. It was after I got home that I realized that the thing took batteries too!

After a few hours of digging I found the exact model Power Joy I had online. As it would turn out, I had just purchased a Famiclone. Luckily for me, it has 10 games built right in! They are; Shoot Copter, Falling Bricks, Shoot Copters, Panzer Fly Car, Debar Bomb 1, Shooting, Debar Bomb 2, Future Tank, Space War, and Shoot Glass. What a list! After playing Shoot Copter I decided that I had wasted my money and my time. All it is is a crappy Duck Hunt rip off. It isn't even very good. Strangely enough though, the controller has a light gun on the end of it, although it isn't very good. Oh who am I kidding, it's ****ing terrible! It never shoots where you want it to, and it only shoots when it feels like it.

I didn't play any of the other games, but I did play my newly acquired copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 with it. After slapping four AAA batteries in the thing I was ready to play. To my surprise the thing started the game right up without any problems. Score one for the Power Joy. The only problem I could find was that the controller is terrible. It is very unresponsive, but when you get it to respond, it doesn't want to stop. Go figure. I can't tell you how many times I over shot my destination. One cool thing though is that you can play with either the d-pad or the joystick.

As for the second controller, I didn't plug it in. I'm not sure if it works or not, and quite honestly, I don't care. This thing is a piece of garbage, and the only reason why I'll ever bring it out again is to review the built in games in the future. I would suggest never buying one of these, as it is a complete waste of money.

So I finally requested a shipping label to send my 360 back. What a **** load of ****. I guess I will have to hook up the Saturn or something. That 360 pisses me off. It's not even 6 months old (I got it in October), and it is already ****ed! I guess I wont be playing Final Fantasy XIII. Damn Bill Gates and his black heart! Hopefully I get the damn thing back in good condition. Oh well, I'll quit *****ing.

For reference, look a few blogs back and see the sad state my 360 is in! Yay!

So, am I the only person who didn't know that JVC made a Gen/CD combo unit? Probably, but in case I'm not, I'll share some info with you.

The X'EYE is the bastard offspring of JVC. This abomination only exists because Sega asked JVC to make the sound chip for the Sega CD and JVC wanted a piece of the action. Apparently JVC was the only one who wanted any action associated with the X'EYE, as it sold very poorly, and it was discontinued very quickly. It retailed for $499.99 in 1994, so I wonder why it didn't sell...

Now for the fun part. I was in the Goodwill yesterday and saw a console in a plastic bag. All I could make uot with clarity was the Gen controller, so I asked if I could take a look at it. What I found, however, boggled the mind. I looked upon it with a stupified look on my face, and told the guy I would take it. The $6.99 price tag had something to do with it. I got it home, looked it up online, and found that I had a rare console on my hands. Cool beans! (I know, fruity as hell, but they wont let us swear...)

This console is actually pretty nice. It has a/v inputs on the back, so the picture and sound are crystal clear. What else could I possibly ask for? Compatibility with the 32X, you might ask? Sure, just don't try to open the CD tray while that beast is plugged in. (The 32X hangs over the CD tray a bit.)

So this is my latest find, and I think I did pretty good with it. I think I may even put the Genesis away and use this to play Genesis games. Maybe...