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May - August 2001

But, what does it have to do with Salamanders? August 31, 2001 - 1:30PM EST
I've been asking myself that question for a long time.. :) Well, I got my Salamander 2 board in the mail today form that lovely little California sized country called Japan. I tell ya.. the guy who packed this board up for shipping was a God.. I've never seen a board packed so well.. Anyway.. I'm interested to see what the game is like, since I'd never even heard of it before last Tuesday.. I'll be sure to let you all know what I think.

Do the Happy Dance!!! August 30, 2001 - 10:22PM EST
Got the parts in the mail today that I needed to build the Gyruss to JAMMA adapter..



Built it.. Been Playing ever since.. Such Joy!

The Torture!! August 24, 2001 - 2:43PM EST
Got Gyruss board in mail today........

Can't play game......

Waiting for parts to build JAMMA adapter.....

Going to die......

E-bay Blunder!! August 21, 2001 - 6:05PM EST
In a rash move today I bought another PCB on E-bay.. Yup.. Salamander 2.. Remind me to think before I click, and remember that I've already spent my monthly PCB limit! Damn the "Buy It Now" feature on E-bay.. Damn it to hell! Oh well, the game looks pretty cool and the price isn't too bad considering that it's being shipped to me from, oh where was that again, oh yes.......... Japan!! Can't wait to get it!

Super-Mega Ninja Attack! August 21, 2001 - 1:45PM EST
Using my super l33t Ninja skills I have procured a fully functional Gyruss PCB!!! Woo Hoo... My holy grail of arcade spendor! Need to get the supplies together to build a Jamma adapter, the only thing that sucks about the whole thing.. stupid male to male jamma fingerboards.. /me grumbles.

Let sleeping dogs lie. July 31, 2001 - 2:00PM EST
Well, played the P.O.W. game for a while after I got it. Remind me never to buy an arcade board based on how much I liked its NES counterpart. :) The NES version has better music, better gameplay, the only thing it loses at is graphics.. pretty sad if you ask me. Oh well.. It was only 10 bucks.

New arcade board coming! June 28, 2001 - 4:12PM EST
I put in a bid on the game P.O.W. on E-bay about 5 days ago.. For $9.99. To my amazing suprise I got an e-mail telling me that I won the auction.. How much would that suck to put a board up for auction and have it sell at the starting price of 10 bucks.. Oh well.. So I should have that coming within the next week.. I've never played the game in the arcade, but I loved the old NES version of it (back when I was 13 or so!). But for 10 bucks I guess I can't complain too much. I'm just hoping the good ole' US Postal Service treats it a little better than the Life Force board that I bought back in Feburay.. wish I would have taken a picture of that board.. I didn't know they could bend like that.. :) Anyway.. I'll let you guys know what I think of it..



Tell me how much I suck! Niobium