The two biggest names in Puroresu, Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki, didn't exactly get along -- their rivalry wasn't just about New Japan and All Japan, it was much more personal. This video tells the story of their early years in the JWA, from being brought in by Rikidozan to the coup attempts and disputes that would lead not just to their rivalry...
2023-06-26 12:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This is what the next wrestling video's going to be. I've alluded to it a couple of times and there's been various bits where I've talked about Inoki and Baba not particularly liking each other, so I thought it was high time to do a big, prop...
2023-06-20 16:41:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The original 1987 Street Fighter arcade hasn't exactly aged well. In fact, it's aged so badly that sometimes, people forget just how important it actually was -- the original title didn't just set the foundations for the all-time classic sequel, it laid the groundwork for some of its fiercest competitors. It's time to give SF1 a bit more love. E...
2023-06-13 07:46:13 +0000 UTC View Post
There were a lot of 3D fighting games released in the 32-bit years, and most of them have fallen by the wayside. This vid concentrates on various obscure fighters for the PS1 -- there's a Jurassic Park game, an odd anime-style projectile based one, games from the likes of Capcom and Konami...and yes, some trash. Enjoy!
2023-06-03 16:06:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go! The last part of ROH vs. CZW, starting from right after The 100th Show and going all the way to the end and beyond. Ring of Honor were in a pretty lousy state at the end of the last vid, and they need to get someone else in to join the fight...but who? Enjoy. :)
2023-05-24 12:06:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new vid! As I was doing a Lynx game for the first time in the last vid, that being Batman Returns...yeah, I ended up coming across this whole thing, and naturally had to look up all sorts of things about it. The Marlboro Lynx! Consoles and cigarettes, together at last. Enjoy this quick look at a very strange and seriously inadvisable tie-...
2023-05-10 22:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new video! Today, we're looking at the many and quite varied games of Batman Returns. We've got classics like the SNES Beat 'em up, the not quite as classic Mega Drive game, some quite underrated titles, a point and click adventure, and...well, the Amiga one. Lots of detail and stories along the way too. Enjoy!
2023-04-29 11:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! It's a new video! Today's one centers around some rather odd little arcade games -- a good amount of them are bad, although I have a soft spot for some of them. We've got the likes of Journey, Atari's Batman, some spin-offs of Hunchback, Haunted Castle, and plenty more.
I did want to put a quick note too: Sorry that the video output h...
2023-04-12 19:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The Crystal Maze is one of the UK's greatest ever game shows, and it's still held up well to this day. However, the games based on the show are a bit less well known...this video looks at a couple of arcades, as well as a PC game that might be of interest, and a bunch of other related items. Enjoy!
2023-03-10 08:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The 2006 feud between Ring of Honor and Combat Zone Wrestling is possibly the most entertaining and all-around best promotional war in wrestling history, and it deserves a look back -- a multi-part one at that. This first half covers all the events leading up to ROH's 100th Show, as the two promotions battle to be the top dog in Philadelphia. &n...
2023-02-24 10:10:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a new vid :) this is an extended video version of a piece that I originally wrote for the first issue of Amiga Addict. I was always happy with it and wanted to get it on video eventually, and now here it is! A little look back at some of the Amiga's best dev messages, ranging from the threatening and profane to the silly and heartwarming,...
2023-02-14 10:45:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a new one! A look at a game I absolutely can't stop playing, the glorious Vampire Survivors. Why's this game so ridiculously addictive, and what made it such a big success in 2022? Let's have a butchers. Enjoy. :)
2023-01-21 17:17:50 +0000 UTC View Post
CAUTION: This video and the match it covers is quite bloody and graphic, to say the least.
Before Ring of Honor and Combat Zone Wrestling lit up the indies with their tremendous promotional feud in 2006, a couple of events in 2005 paved the way for what was previously unthinkable to actually take place: A stiff match with a cou...
2023-01-04 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Hope you've all had an awesome Christmas/holidays.
Just coming in here with a lil' update on stuff that's currently in the pipeline. First off, the response so far to the new YouTube channel, Kim Justice's Wrestling Road, has been fantastic -- it may have taken a few tries to actually get the video to stick on YouTube, but...
2022-12-26 16:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A new little vid for Christmas! I have a selection of licenses that I haven't covered TOO much. The Young Ones is here as a rather big disaster, there's a Don Priestley triple bill, interesting text adventuring with The Archers and Yes, Prime Minister, the very unique (and bad) 3-2-1, and one of the last commercial Speccy games - Doctor Who: Dal...
2022-12-20 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, here's a new video! This isn't quite Argonaut yet, but I wanted to get a vid out about this absolutely fantastic new Spectrum game. TCQ (Triangle, Circle, Square) takes something that was thought of as the computer's greatest weakness back in the day, colour clash, and treats it like it's the computer's greatest strength. The results are qu...
2022-12-03 11:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, some new wrestling content! This is a look back at KENTA vs SUWA, a GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match that took place on the 18th September 2005, and is often thought of as one of the very best Junior matches in the company's history. Not only will we go through the match, but we'll also look at the nearly year-...
2022-11-21 15:16:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey, just a quick update -- I'm currently halfway through editing a new wrestling video! I'm quite happy with something, at long last, and I'm really looking forward to giving you something new here. Sorry that it's taken so long, but thank you if you've been here for the Puro and you've stuck by here...it's time to get the show back on the ...
2022-11-19 17:20:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! At last, here's the finished version of the Magnetic Scrolls video complete with more quotes, music, credits, lots of upper 3rd action and so on, plus a few little fixes that were pointed out (such as changing "Noun verb" around...). Hopefully you enjoy it, this was a great journey to go on. :)
(NOTE: For some reas...
2022-11-09 09:22:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey. I really wanted to get this up for you quickly before I gallivant off to Cambridge, and happily I've been able to fix something up...the Story and Games of Magnetic Scrolls! Now, do keep in mind that this is the ROUGH edition -- there's no backing music, lower thirds still need to be added, and perhaps a few more relevant quotes too. St...
2022-11-03 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the 2nd Telecomsoft Universe video, and this time it's Odin! Creators of games such as Nodes of Yesod, Robin of the Wood and Heartland -- they didn't last long, but they have quite a story indeed, especially when it comes to the deal that ultimately wrecked them. Enjoy :)
2022-10-20 11:06:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, here it is. The big Telecomsoft video! This is but the first of several videos related to the Telecomsoft universe, covering the likes of Odin, Magnetic Scrolls, Beyond and Argonaut. Hope you enjoy this one, it's taken a fair chunk of time. :)
As mentioned at the end, Firebird ex-employee Richard Hewison's old "Bird Sanctuary" we...
2022-09-27 11:34:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey, folks! Hope you're well.
It's been a fair while since I've done a bit of an update post, but I wanted to quickly get one in now, especially as I'm starting to work on some pretty big things. This should cover both gaming and wrestling, and I'll get to wrestling seeing as there hasn't been much there recently -- sorry fo...
2022-08-28 16:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Of all the big arcade companies around, Taito might have got the best treatment on the Speccy. With ports like Renegade, Rainbow Islands, Operation Wolf, Chase H.Q and Bubble Bobble kicking around, what's not to love here? This is a look at all the official Taito arcade ports, and plenty more besides. Enjoy!
2022-08-14 14:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
It's often said that we knew barely anything about JRPG's in the UK and Europe before the PlayStation and Final Fantasy VII came along. However, that's not really the case. Even if a lot of games didn't come out here, Super Play was the SNES magazine that championed the likes of FF6 and Chrono Trigger, and encouraged folks to go out and find the...
2022-07-27 13:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey! Here's a new vid: This is a look at the Hit Squad, Ocean's budget re-release label that helped kick off a boom in budget gaming on the micros back in the late '80s. Includes their origins, a whole bunch of factoids and big releases, and a look at the full collection of Hit Squad games! Enjoy.
2022-07-13 07:26:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Konami's classic arcades are back on everyone's lips with the recent TMNT revival, so I thought now would be a good time to look at them. Games like the original Turtles, the Simpsons, G.I. Joe and X-Men represent some of the greatest cabinets of the early '90s, perhaps made all the more special due to most of them never leaving the arcade. Here...
2022-06-28 09:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post
At last! Doing this took a LOT longer than I expected it to, but here it is -- a video featuring every one of the Super Nintendo's football games...yes, there's over 60 of them, covering just about every type of football game that you can think of. It's quite the journey, and while there's some good ones...yeah, it's certainly not all plain sail...
2022-06-14 08:15:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It might seem silly to say that a game is the best FPS when so few exist on a platform. But The Dark is actually thoroughly worthy of such a title -- and it has a cool story behind it. Enjoy!
2022-05-26 10:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey! Here's my latest video -- a look at all the Konami arcade ports to the ZX Spectrum! A bunch of really great games in this one, and I've also added a few of the more famous unofficial ones. Konami were quite big on the Speccy, although they probably shouldn't have tried to do ports themselves...enjoy!
Also, today officia...
2022-05-16 07:22:56 +0000 UTC View Post