xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Added an enemy that shoots at intervals.

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I never expected this to happen.

https://reclaimthenet.org/louisiana-social-media-age-verification-law-blocked-first-amendment

Honestly, I'm actually tempted to buy myself a GameKing because it's a handheld that is notable enough to have it's own Wikipedia page, yet retro gaming YouTubers don't even acknowledge it's existence (yet), so it's cheap to collect for, but I doubt I could make enough money speculating on it or the games. They seem like crap, but the same can be said with the 3DO or CD-i.

For some reason, I have always had an interest in seeing what the gaming scene is like in Asian countries that are not Japan, but given that Asians hate each other, the extreme authoritarian laws in some countries, and the increased anti-Japanese sentiment in other Asian countries after WWII, the gaming scene is nowhere near as big.

The gaming scene in each country that I know of boils down to this:

* Mainland China - Known for Famiclones and multi-carts, but in recent years it expanded to Android consoles, mobile games, and PC games. Consoles were banned up until the 2010s though Nintendo created the iQue Player by using some loopholes.
* Hong Kong - Just imports games from the US and Japan. There is a handheld originating from there known as the "GameKing" and I rarely see retro YouTubers talk about it.
* South Korea - Hates the Japanese so much that they've embraced PC MMOs instead of singleplayer console games. They were able to carve a niche market with open-source handhelds like the GP32 which inspired many other handhelds for emulating existing games or for being used a handheld PCs. If it weren't for them, we probably wouldn't have the Steam Deck.
* North Korea - Everything seems to be DPRK propaganda, but people were somehow able to smuggle PS1s back in the 90s.
* India - Mostly mobile shovelware. Hardcore gamers play on PC. Console manufacturers ignore the place, but there is a gray market of import consoles along with clones and pirated consoles. Nintendo only officially released a console there once with the NES, rebranded as the Samurai. It's interesting because it's the only Famicom variant in Asia to be based on the American NES instead of the original Famicom.
* Vietnam - Only thing I can think of that came out of there is Flappy Bird. Don't know much else.

I only bring this up because I was reminded of the GP32 and how it influenced open source handhelds and handheld PCs and how the Steam Deck probably owes it's existence to some obscure Korean device from the early 2000s, just something to think about.

I also find it interesting that most of this just stems from anti-Japanese sentiment, so instead of embracing arcade games and RPGs, they embrace weird handhelds or MMOs.

ROM Hack idea: Replace the infamous Bill Clinton hot-tub at the ending of Cruis'n USA with this.

https://xcancel.com/SallyMayweather/status/2002450486000263343#m

I want to start making pizzas again, but I really hate the dough making process.

I just want to have my New York style pizza whenever I want.