Groupees doujin bundle

I bought this earlier: http://groupees.com/doujin

It's a bundle of games, including some VNs, arcade shmups, and a 2D fighter made by some ex-SNK devs. Oh and Cherry Tree Comedy Club, which I started once and is seems like a dating sim without the dating. :) The games require $0.50 each, you can pick and choose not to include some of them but must pay at least $1.50. All the bonuses unlocked within the first night of release. So I got ten games plus a soundtrack for $5.

Currently reading Jisei, which is the first of the Jisei murder mysteries. Only started it, but it seems pretty well written.

King Of Fighters XI

My left thumb is worn out today. I spent last evening playing King Of Fighters XI on PS2 (PAL version) with my brother. There are loads of characters to choose from, and I've only managed to unlock one extra character so far.

If I turn the difficulty to minimum and damage to maximum, I can sometimes get lucky and beat the game! ^_^;; Yeah, last bosses in these games are so dispropotionately difficult compared with all the other fights leading up to the end.

There seem to be slowdown issues, especially on the final boss. It's quite annoying. And, the text in story sequences flows off the side of the screen, so you can't read what's going on. Especially bad when the only story you get about the characters is their ending sequence! Buggy, buggy, buggy.

My MadCatz Street Fighter IV Chun-Li FightPad

My Street Fighter IV Fightpad arrived in the post!

Sorry the pictures are so dark; it's dismal outside this morning and I can't use flash because the plastic just reflects the light back so you can't see anything at all.

I bought it because apparently it's an Xbox 360 pad with a decent 8-way d-pad, and it looks like a Sega Saturn pad. I haven't opened it yet... it's quite wide like a 360 pad, so about twice as wide as a Saturn pad.

I noticed that the day it was despatched (from Amazon UK) it was sold out there and on every other mainstream online shop I looked at. There were a few on sale at ebay though, for £59.99. I only paid £25.99.

I also read some reports saying that the build quality on these pads isn't too good, and they break pretty easily (which is normal for MadCatz goods).

So I could just sell it... hmmm.... [undecided]

Hokuto No Ken flash game

Here's a flash game based on the 2D fighting game of Hokuto No Ken:

http://flashkof.fr/hokuto/game.html

It's pretty ambitious, it uses sprites from the arcade game, the Animetal version of "Ai Wo Torimodose!", and you can set your own key controls and options like difficulty and the basics for any fighting game.

I can't get it to do anything other than show Kenshiro and Mr Heart standing opposite each other - not fighting. I press lots of buttons... nothing.

Other people seem to be able to play it just fine, though. So I'm posting the link.

Arcana Heart for PS2 - in English

Arcana Heart is, as far as I've heard, a really rather good 2D fighting game for PS2. On the professional level, it's pretty well balanced and is played at tournament level. For the rest of us, it's all-girl fighting and looks both cute and funny.

The Arcana Heart Official Website is open and contains wallpapers and stuff, so have a look. ^_^