Category Archives: Saturn

I should know better.

Posted on November 14, 2019 by baudattitude

If you look through any few months of posts on this blog, you may notice a common theme – I feel a little buried by the amount of stuff I own and would like to have less stuff.  I have … Continue reading →

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On Controller Resurrections

Posted on September 17, 2019 by baudattitude

A few years back, I picked up an 8bitdo SNES30 controller for use with emulators, and it’s gotten a new life recently thanks to 8bitdo updating their firmware to add Nintendo Switch compatibility. Granted, it was a pain to actually … Continue reading →

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If you think Mahjong ain’t happening, get down with the midnight fever.

Posted on March 14, 2019 by baudattitude

OK.  So I am probably one of about ten people who still remembers Super Zugan, a Kitty Films / Studio Dean production from the early 90s, but the damn theme song keeps getting stuck in my head whenever I buy … Continue reading →

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Generation Loss

Posted on April 2, 2017 by baudattitude

So, if you were ever active in trading around videotapes of obscure TV shows or anime, you’re probably familiar with the idea of generation loss – the idea that, the farther away from the original source you get, the less … Continue reading →

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Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai II

Posted on March 31, 2017 by baudattitude

Another day, another decades-old strip mahjong game off the backlog. So a bit of a historical note here – there was not a lot of software available when the Saturn launched in North America.  It never did terribly well, but … Continue reading →

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Idol Mahjong Final Romance 4 : Romancing the Pai

Posted on March 26, 2017 by baudattitude

So, this is a weird but ultimately very fun bit of Saturn history. Most console mahjong games – and, by the way, I learned today that Wikipedia has an entire category page for “dasui mahjong”, or “strip mahjong” games – … Continue reading →

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Mahjong, Ponies, Stealth, and Shooting Mans

Posted on February 27, 2017 by baudattitude

So, I’d planned to finish Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil last week, which would have been the last non-spin-off entry in the series for me. Sadly, it turns out that I am not very good at the sort of traditional platforming … Continue reading →

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Jeux D’un Certain Âge

Posted on February 18, 2017 by baudattitude

I’m not ever going to claim to be particularly athletic, but today was quite possibly the most immobile I’ve been in some while.  I split it between watching TV with my wife and playing through Saturn games that are old … Continue reading →

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I loves me some pai.

Posted on November 24, 2012 by baudattitude

See, the counter for mahjong tiles is “-ぱい” so uh it’s a joke that is either incredibly opaque or painfully lame depending on your point of view.  Not that clever.  Moving on. I got introduced to Japanese-style mahjong – as … Continue reading →

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Corral Demons, Repel Aliens, Play Mahjong

Posted on January 15, 2010 by baudattitude

You know, the plot behind your average mahjong game is something like, you meet a strange girl who wants to play mahjong and who is willing to show you her knickers if she loses, you play a lot of mahjong, … Continue reading →

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