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HerzogZwei

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writes on (mostly old) video games, master thrifter, electronics tinker-er, formerly cohost's #1 crazy taxi poster, habitual jeopardy enjoyer, mad bad and dangerous to know herzogzwei.neocities.org they/them, ≥30

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · Sep 17

new review up on shinobi: art of vengeance!

the first in sega's planned revival of several dormant IPs, it's quite a looker, and a lot fun to boot!... but it left me with a feeling of disappointment. is it still worthy of a recommendation?

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance / herzogzwei

21st Century Shinobi Man

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 8h

if you need a source for a good soundtrack claim, have a Trip

youtu.be/F3tZucfD9lc

SEGA Tetris- TRIP (Extended)

YouTube video by Andrew Hooker

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 8h

#RandomGameSaturday? no problem! you're good to go with sega tetris on dreamcast! a fine version of tetris with a real good soundtrack and general vibe

although the stock dreamcast d-pad gets real uncomfortable real quick, so the fightstick is probably a much better control option

a copy of sega tetris for the sega dreamcast. a cartoon monkey and dog are playing tetris against each other on a tropical beach, the dog is collapsed on the ground with a poor board state as the monkey gets ready to knock out a tetris with their giant hammer

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 22h

i wish the CPU was a bit smarter but max difficulty is still fun anyway

an ending screen for a match of herzog zwei on sega genesis, photographed from a CRT. the blue side won with match stats of 0 to 9 bases owned, 60 to 81 units created, and 25 to 17 player deaths, over the course of 27 minutes and 25 seconds

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 2d

today's thrifting post is one of the "how did they get away with calling it this" moments of all time

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a VHS sleeve for a children's animal video tape called 'beepers, tweeters & peckers', made by 'itty bitty kiddywildlife'. the header says 'baby chicks including, woodpeckers, eagles, finches, ducklings & goslings', and has a picture of a baby chick next to a cracked open eggshell

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 2d

all four boss levels are the same guy! and the third one makes you gooma stomp the guy NINTEY (90) TIMES!!!

like. idk ideas are the easiest part of making a game, and it seems that the idea was "make it easy as possible to make lots and lots of levels" with no regard to what the levels were

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 2d

i only did it as quickly as i did because i found this hidden teleporter on accident in the first (i think?) level with the hoverboard powerup, that let me skip over half the game!

i got so fucking good at doing bloody swamp because it was preferable to doing an extra several dozen levels

kid chameleon on a CRT screen. kid is standing without a powerup on a beach level, below a recently revealed hidden teleporter that will let him skip over half of the game

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 2d

come play kid chameleon, we got
- kaizo blocks out the ass
- unmarked platforms that drag you into a pit / ceiling
- autoscrolling death walls that force you to pick a path that kill you if you choose wrong
- 100+ levels! none of which are memorable for good reasons!

kid chameleon on genesis as photographed on a CRT. kid, in his ninja outfit, stands in an ice level between two unmarked teleporters. one leads to the next level, the other leads to an intermission level that, upon completion, will send him back to the beginning of this level to do it over again

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 2d

beat kid chameleon and OHHHH MY GOD I AM FINALLY FREE FROM THIS BULLSHIT. MULTIPLE DAYS! OF TRYING!

do you like mario maker levels where you pick a door, and if you pick wrong, you die? what if instead of dying, you get railroaded into a difficult level that, upon completion, sends you backwards?

the ending screen to kid chameleon on genesis, photographed on a CRT. a room made entirely of orange grid lines is behind a shattered translucent blue screen with text that reads "congratulations !!! you have freed them from the evil boss. you will be remembered as the first holographic game champion... the kid chameleon."

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 3d

a level title card for an intermediary "elsewhere" level from kid chameleon on sega genesis. a generic city skyline sits in a blue void with the text "elsewhere" in the upper left

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Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social · 3d

Today's look is at - you guessed it - Sword of Vermilion for the Sega Genesis.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025...
YMMV, but I had to dig a little to figure out why I've played this game off and on for almost 35 years.
#retrogaming

2025 Special - Sword of Vermilion

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 3d

remade the "favorite games quilt" since i had it pinned on cohost but hadn't posted it here yet, same rule still applied of each series gets one (1) rep

a topsters.org chart of 30 games listed in a five by six grid. the games included are f-zero GX, super monkey ball 2, grand theft auto vice city, warioware twisted, phantasy star iv, pikmin, pizza tower, wario land 3, left 4 dead 2, tetris the absolute the grandmaster 2 (it should be plus but i couldn't find it on the website), ghouls n ghosts, neo turf masters, herzog zwei, b3313, crazy taxi 3, pokemon soulsilver, team fortress 2, point blank, killer7, dead rising, sega marine fishing, gain ground, revenge of shinobi, outrunners, zelda majora's mask, bust a groove 2, motorstorm pacific rift, gauntlet 4, work time fun, sonic CD

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 4d

turned down the first season box set of the flintstones at a thrift last week only to find the entire back half today

yet another "fill in the holes for an entire DVD series" adventure begins...

the hanna-barbera classic collection box sets for seasons 4, 5, and 6 of the flintstones, as seen from the spines

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 4d

the wikipedia page for batman (1989) on game boy (1990) has been thoroughly researched to bring you nothing but the fax

a screenshot of the wikipedia page for batman (1989) on the game boy. the only sentence under the gameplay section is "Batman: The Video Game on the Game Boy is an action game.". this sentence has 4 cited references

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 4d

beat the original batman (1989) game (1990) for game boy. it's perfectly adequate! especially for a very early game in the platform's life

the horizontal scrolling shooting stages are kinda plain (i'd take them over genesis superman's i suppose), but the regular jumpin n shootin is fun!

the ending screen to the original batman game on game boy, as shown on a red game boy advance SP. batman stands on a ledge in a white void staring at the bat signal, as the credits end to his left, reading "THE END, PRESENTED BY SUNSOFT"

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Khayyaam #LIUKANGGANG @khayyaamb.bsky.social · 7d

When someone only played NES Ghosts n Goblins so you put them onto the Arcade version

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 7d

ooᵒᵒᴼOOO I WaⁿᴺA dANcE wItH sᵒᴹᴱᵇODY

youtu.be/drdKcRlnjAg

A GBA Tribute to Whitney Houston

YouTube video by xtremepizan

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 7d

every #RandomGameSaturday poster is obligated to own a complete in box copy of american idol for the game boy advance, sorry i don't make the rules

the box, cartridge, and manual for american idol on the game boy advance

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 7d

a cropped photo of super hang-on's original mode on the sega genesis. the final sponsor, a female giant oil company executive, says "I WON'T PAY FOR LOSERS, GET OUT."

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 10d

i've run into my fair share of destroyed cassette tapes (as >40 year old tape tends to get) but this teddy pendergrass tape got a special kind of fucked, holy shit

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Puri-akuma 🐻‍ @purikuma.bsky.social · 11d

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 11d

i guess i'm not playing warrior of rome 2 right now

the sound test menu for warrior of rome 2 on the sega genesis. all of the text on the leftmost menu is corrupted and completely illegible

HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 11d

i feel this, although it doesn't stop me (even if it should) since the only way to improve is to keep going

also the spartan x write-up was perfectly fine! i would read more in a similar vein!

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nama86 @nama86.bsky.social · 12d

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 12d

getting closer to a default settings 1cc for gauntlet 4. which i guess would be 3cc on the normal arcade? shrug

dickhead thief kept stealing my speed over and over (good sentence)

a photo of gauntlet 4 for the sega genesis, the lone warrior player is about to die with 20 health left on level 79 with a score of 681,306

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HerzogZwei @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 13d

i heard this guy is going places

the mario face title screen from super mario 64 (b3313) on a CRT, mario is looking crosseyed at the two stars spinning around him, mouth agape