FINAL FIGHT

In Metro City a new Mayor is taking office on the platform of getting rid of crime. However, the Mad Gears, don't think so. They have stolen the Mayor's Daughter, Jessica and it's up to the Mayor Mike Haggar, her Boyfriend Cody Tavers and A Bushin-ryu master named Guy to save her from their evil Clutches!

It's Beat-em-up game time!



Originally Conceived as the next Street Fighter, tentatively titled "Street Fighter '89", This Coin-op game is rather fun. After some Internal testing they found it was nothing like the original Street Fighter at all, however it is closely tied to Capcom's history.

So after making it a Sidescrolling Beat-em-up in the vien of Double Dragon, or Golden Axe, or even Battle Toads... They created a NEW Franchise. The Sequels However, were Made for Consoles Only, and are just as good as the first. They also used the sequels to introduce new characters to the series.



However there was some Controversy. Mainly it involved the Female Characters Roxy and Poison. In Some cases They were edited to become Males, in other cases the Sprites were edited to have their clothes not be so revealing.



Also another Controversial thing about Final Fight is Poison is a Transsexual.

The picture above this sentence is that of a man.... Posion Also Appears in Street Fighter III as Hugo's Manager.

Other characters also showed up into Capcom's storied Street Fighter Alpha Series. Sodom, Rolento, Cody, and Guy are all available for play in Street Fighter Alpha3. Also Hugo is in Street Fighter III. Hugo is the archetype of the Andore/Andore Jr. Characters, and Rolento and Sodom are bosses from Final Fight.


According to The storyline Cody kept on fighting long after the Mad Gear were driven out of Metro City so he got arrested. He now fights dirty. He first appeared that way in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Cody is one of the NEW featured characters in Super Street Fighter IV as well.


Guy is a Bushin-Ryu ninja. He is slightly weaker than Cody, But is a lot faster and more agile. He hasn't changed to much from his original appearance but he does have some new moves. I also like the way he looks. The design is pretty good, inm my opinion. Always calm and collected he strikes with great accuracy. He is Also one of the Featured new characters in Super Street Fighter IV. He's also a personal fave from Alpha3.



Mike Hagger ... what to say about that guy. He's CLEARLY the strongest character in the game. However he is slow and relies a lot on grapples. He is a former wrestler, ya know. He also has a spinning lariat move which Zangief from Street Fighter also has.



So If you have XboxLive, or PSN Please go Download Final Fight:Double Impact. It's the best version of the game... and you get the bonus game Magic Sword, which is also a classic.

Rescue Rangers

I love Disney animation. Yes, It's true. So here's a blast from the past that you may enjoy.



This blog entry is going to be about Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers!

To Fully understand the concept you have to check out "The Rescuers". This movie follows an adventure of Benard and Miss Bianca Released in 1977.



They were agents, in a mouse ran The Rescue Aid Society. They had received a message from a girl, Penny, who was being held against her will by the greedy Pawn shop owner Madam Madusa. It's a pretty good film and even inspired a sequel which came out in 1990. I actually prefer the sequel.



The Sequel's basic plot is a poacher is trying to capture a giant golden eagle that a Boy, Cody, rescued and befriended earlier. Unfortunately for the poacher he accidentally captured Cody instead. So the Rescue Aid Society Agents Benard and Bianca are on the case. With the help of Jake, a kangaroo rat.

Now They aren't REALLY connected to the Rescue Rangers, except for the fact that the Rescue Rangers Do the same thing as The Rescue Aid Society. The Only real exception is Chip, Dale and the gang are more local. The Rescue Aid Society is World wide.



Chip is the leader of the Rescue Rangers and he is sort of based on Indiana Jones. He wears the fedora and a bomber jacket. He's probably the strait-man of the series. Although he is silly at times, most of the time he's all business. He always fights with Dale and has an affection for Gadget Hackwrench.

Dale is the more laid back Detective in the Hawaiian shirt. He likes to have fun, he reads comics, plays videogames, and once in a while has "Chocolate Attacks". Dale's always fighting with Chip and also has an affection for Gadget Hackwrench, and Foxglove the bat.



Monterrey Jack is the muscle of the group from Australia. He traveled the world with his sidekick Zipper the Fly until a chance meeting with the Rescue Rangers. Fat Cat, one of the series main villains had destroyed his home. Monty has A STRONG addiction to cheese, and it puts him under a spell of sorts until he can eat it. He had a long standing relationship to Gadget's Father and views her as a surrogate Daughter. He likes hanging out with Dale, but he Likes how Chip gets down to business.



Gadget Hackwrench is the pilot, inventor and mechanic for the team. She's basically Macguyver. She can take just about anything and make a weapon or something useful with it. But, Sometimes the invention doesn't work the way it was intended, which can land the team in some trouble. Both Chip and Dale have an attration to her, but she doesn't ever seem to notice and doesn't prefer to be with either one individually.

There were many baddies in this show, but the only Re-occurring ones were Fat Cat and Professor Nimnul.



Fat Cat was basically a Mob boss. complete with henchmen. He's almost always concerned about his image, and his superiority over his men. He would always think of slow and elaborate ways to get rid of the rescue rangers, but of course he got foiled every time.



Professor Norton Nimnul is a mad scientist in the worst of ways. His plans are generally Convoluted or have wildly unnecessary means to an end. And unlike most of the other human baddies on this show he is aware of the rodents from time to time.



Back in 1990 Capcom put a game out on the NES. It featured simultaneous 2 player action. you could control either Chip, or Dale. It was a great platformer with the basic "save the Princess" story line. Only the "princess" was Gadget.

I know there was a sequel to that game in 1993, also by Capcom, but I have yet to find/play it.

Ok guys I think this one is long enough.

TL:DR lol

--Josh "Rugdog" Ruggles

Supernatural

Supernatural is a drama/horror television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester.


They're brothers who hunt down demons, ghosts, and other negative paranormal phenomena. The series debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB. I've been a fan ever since. I had been itching for something like X-files since it had been missing and this one scratched the itch. It's a roadtrip kind of show. changing locations often.

The show first started off as a "Freak of the week" affair, however it also had a underlying Main story that tied the season together. The first episode starts off in the Winchester home with Kid Dean, Baby Sam, along with their Dad, John (Jeffery Dean Morgan), and their Mom. It's near Bedtime. It turns for the worst really quick. Without spoiling it the Mom dies. John starts training them to be hunters.. Fast forward to present Day and we see Sam with his Girlfriend Jessica who winds up dying the same way. Dean picks him up and says that Dad is missing. Sam wants revenge on whatever killed his girl, And that's how the Adventure starts. Also a Yellow Eyed Demon wishes for Sam to become his successor.

There was also two miniseries put out by Wildstorm/DC.
This one Followed the Origins of John Winchester, Sam& Deans Dad, After the events of the first episode's opening.

in this one, John is out trying to find a better place for his boys Dean and Sam while being hunted by other hunters and even demons coming for one major thing, Sam's death. At this point We know that Sam has been chosen.

There's a pretty crazy mythology in this show. We soon learn that ghosts are afraid of Iron. Demons can be caught in certain symbolic circles, and Salt circles Are very protective. Loading up a shotgun with rock salt is a good idea.We also learn that there's an underground group of people, Known as Hunters. They are usually the ones who save people from all kinds of monsters.

There's also mythical Items like "the Colt" and "the Knife" both of which have the distinct property of being able to kill Demons on contact. There's all kinds of monters on this show. In the first couple of Seasons they refer to "Dad's Journal" and kind of wing it. From Vampires to Zombies, to Windego to Sirens they'll be hunted, and human lives will be saved.





Later spooks!

Mr. Needlemouse

Today's the 10th anniversary of the ol' Sega Dreamcast, and as such I thought it'd be appropriate to make a blog post based around Sonic The Hedgehog.


Now Sonic started out in 1991. Artist Naoto Ōshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character. I remember going to a friend's house shortly after playing the heck out of Super Mario Bros. 3 to check out his Sega Genesis. I was blown away! Blast processing indeed! Sonic was immediately deemed cooler than Mario just due to the speed and attitude.

I still Liked Mario, but Sonic was the bomb.

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 came to American shores in November 1992. By this time I already had a Genesis.Sonic 2 was the first appearance of Super Sonic. Now, The Chaos Emeralds were important in the first game but they did nothing other than let you see the real ending of the game. However, in Sonic 2 once you had the Chaos Emeralds and 50 of those ever so collectible rings You went SUPER. The transformation sequence and look was an homage to DragonballZ.

This was also when I met up with my Brother in law and we made lots of comics based around an idea of Sonic the Movie... looking back, it's pretty ridiculous but then, so are we, so whatever. A strong Bond was made over those days drawing comics however.

The Obsession Grew once they began airing, not one, But two Sonic the hedgehog Cartoons in 1993. First you had "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" This cartoon was full of puns and was a poor attempt at being a funny show. It just starred Sonic and Tails. The show wasn't really that great. You had annoying robots Scratch (A robot chicken) and Grounder (some kinda tank with drill arms) as well as Coconuts (the robot Monkey) trying to get Sonic for Dr.Robotnik.


Oh geeze did that show suck.

Then Suddenly Out of Nowhere Sonic's Saturday Morning Cartoon came out.


Known simply as "Sonic The Hedgehog" (SatAM) to the fans), it brought a much more serious tone and Darker environment with it. I was introduced to many New Characters such as Princess Sally, Bunny Rabbot, Antoine, Rotor..and so on.

Then back in 1993, in school, someone left a copy of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog issue #4 on my desk.

No one claimed it so I took it. And thus my Comic collection began. I still get Sonic comics...They're on issue #203 so far. The comic in of itself is pretty much a continuation of SatAM.


in this pic clockwise: Princess Sally, Bunnie Rotor, Sonic, Tails, and Antoine

So in 1999 They decided to redesign Sonic.
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To coincide with the launch of the Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure was a hit!! And that's pretty much how we got the Sonic of Today. Even with it's wierd Music which you can find here --> http://www.sonicstyle.org/music/albums.php

An anime called "Sonic X" was produced. It was voiced by 4Kids. The anime in itself wasn't THAT great. But they did adapt the Sonic Adventure Story. Another anime came out in 1999 (US) called Sonic: The Movie..but it was based on Sonic CD.

IN my opinion though Archie's Sonic comic is the best representation of the character. Oh but wait what's this??? Sega's making an old school sonic game again?



But don't get your hopes up folks... they said the same for Sonic Unleashed...

Well until Next time, Stay way past cool!

Don't ya wanna Rev your Harley?

I've been watching Batman Cartoons most of the day today.

I have always been a fan of Harley Quinn. I bought the Graphic novel Preludes and Knock Knock Jokes. I have yet to Read it cuz Jason has it... but anyway...


Harley Started out in Batman The Animated Series back in Episode #22. "Joker's Favor" back in September 1992. She was voiced by Arleen Sorkin. In 1994 an origin tale was created for Dr. Harleen Quinzel named "Mad Love". In 1999 The Story made it into the animated series. Here's the show in parts.











Harley had became a legitimate threat.


It didn't take long for Harley to become her own character, and a fan favorite. She even teamed up with poison Ivy quite a few times.



Harley even showed up in an episode of the now canceled "The Batman" cartoon on the WB. The episode's title was "Two of a Kind". It was the only one that I remember where she had a speaking part. She looked like this in that show.



Harley Quinn has appeared in other media in the form of Batman video games.Most of these games are nothing spectacular. However Batman: Arkham Asylum is Quite a fun game. Here is Harley's trailer for said game: I don't particularly like her new Uniform..She looks like a battle Nurse or something.. but the game is good.


Currently, Harley Quinn is in an on going series called "Gotham City Sirens" with Poison Ivy, and Catwoman. It's written by Paul Dini of Batman:TAS fame.



Until Next time GOONS!!