Masked Man of Mystery

That game has an odd history. It's based on a Konami arcade B-Ball title called Run n' Gun (which was unlicensed). There was a 3DO title that was a virtual clone called Slam n' Jam. Shortly after, Konami released NBA Give 'n Go on SNES. Konami decided to be a wet blanket, and released their 32-bit follow ups to Give 'n Go as "NBA In the Zone." Just about all of them are decent to good, though: tight arcade-style gameplay and an excellent game perspective. Since the GBA NBA Jam sucked, Konami should make, like, "NBA Jive 'n Drive" for it. EDIT: Damn, I think the GBA NBA Jam 2002 is the only basketball game on the system. Cool, I never knew all that. It's also a game that benefits from emulation, because it didn't have battery backup for some reason, but you can use save states to make up for that(at this point though, I'm not bothering to screw with the roster). It also didn't have Shaq for some reason, he seemed to be like Jordan for a while and not appear in video games for some reason around '96

That never struck me as an unknown game, but that's because I had a magazine that hyped the heck out of it and had a strategy guide for it

Can you provide links for us lazy folks?

I think he was trying to look creepy, what with the paint and all, but you're right, it's hard to picture the man smiling and laughing

I've recently found a SNES version of a game I saw once on an arcade machine called Relief Pitcher. It's pretty neat, and the pitching mechanic is much like the MVP system. I'm also a fan of NBA Give 'n Go. Also, Growlanser Generations(which is 2 and 3) is pretty neat in it's old schoolness.

Chris Sabin changed his look too, I'm not crazy about it

From sites, no. I wouldn't doubt that they go with Rey vs Benoit in an Eddie exploita...er...memorial match of some sort since they don't know what to do with 2 of their top 5 workers. Program with Booker T? Booker and Benoit have been done to death, and I just can't see Rey meshing with Book

Wasn't there already the Union that was fighting the Corporation until Vince was "corrupted" and became the higher power?

Oh, of course, sorry, I forgot all about him for some reason So did I actually. Monty irritates me though. If he was in the WWE bhe'd be shit over as a "Hoss', and or Bobby Lashley clone. If he was in ROH they'd laugh him out of the building. Because it's TNA - he gets a free pass. Defend THAT!- Jarret apologists I feel Jarrett an okay if not great wrestler, whether that makes me an apologist or not is another matter, but Brown, last time I checked(and admittedly, that was a few months ago) was still over with the crowd, and sometimes that means more than ring work for a company, see Hulk Hogan

Oh, of course, sorry, I forgot all about him for some reason

the usual, they'll have a rematch at the next Raw PPV won by HHH, then the next guy will be fed to him to destroy...I'm still thinking Rey's coming over to Raw at some point, that would not surprise me in the least. Anyone else think we're about to hit a stretch that could possibly be worse than the farce known as 2002-2003? 2002 had far better wrestling

Killings is what a 2 time champ? The first black man to hold the NWA title ever, as I recall. He was among the first champs in TNA, then joined one of their hottest acts in 3 Live Krew. The last(and only, to my knowledge) black champion in WWF is Rock, and he's half Samoan. Also, Booker/HHH was booked with a lot of racist messages put out, while Jarrett at least has the good sense to keep it backstage And as for your black man being pushed: Brother Devon

ONE garbage match in a promotion filled with racist SS-Shirt wearing types Filled? The Harrises and Jarret maybe? This is the promotion regularly bringing in Mexican and Japanese talent like Hector Garza, Shocker, Jushin Liger, and Tanahashi or whatever his name is. TNA is hardly racist as a company.

I haven't seen that one, but can it really top Ortiz running to the top of the arena with his half and half flag, then calling Liddel and Shamrock out of the crowd?

Just curious: How much do UFCs cost to order and on the replay, so they include the prelims? I'm stuck waiting for the DVDs for the foreseeable future, with only an antenna for TV, but I'd like to know for the future

Maybe I've been spoiled by the great sportsmanship the Gracies showed at Bushido 1 where they were really cool about kicking Japan's BUTT without being mean

Is Tazz's neck in good enough shape now that he might be able to wrestle a halfway decent match?

I disagree with the Sonic 2 for GG pick, that game was too hard to really be fun

Yeah, but nothing tops Tito at UFC 51 where he acted like a heel. I also hate when the first words out of a fighter's mouth when they win is thanking their sponser

Was Dos Caras the fellow that Cro Crop knocked the stuffing out of at the first Bushido?

I've always thought that not having a screen around the entrance didn't look good, like Rumble 2000 looked smaller than it should have to me, but then I'm a weirdo, what do I know?

Once again looking for a match(which reminds me, I'll have that match done today before I go to work if all goes right)

Just so folks know, I work at Best Buy and we got a buinch of the $400 360s in yesterday, don't know if that's everywhere, but we had a good amount, may be getting more, it's worth looking into

Um...I just realized what time it is and I completely forgot to write a match, I'll have something tonight, sorry about that. Update: tomorrow, sorry

Probably just a misprint or nonsense