Author: dtm666

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The Full List Of Contra Games In The Upcoming Collection

Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/konami_confirms_full_line-up_of_games_included_in_the_contra_anniversary_collection

So the full list of games for next month’s Contra collection have been confirmed and it includes the following:

Contra (Arcade)
Contra (NES) / Contra (Famicom)
Super Contra (Arcade)
Super C (NES)
Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES) / Super Probotector: Alien Rebels (SNES)
Contra: Hard Corps (Sega Genesis) / Probotector (Sega Mega Drive)
Operation C (Game Boy)

For those who need a little more context, Contra and Super Contra were originally arcade titles before they were “repurposed” onto the NES, which added and changed a few things around. The Famicom version of Contra has a few extra bits missing from the NES version, like cutscenes and stuff.

Probotector is the repurposed European versions of Contra, where Bill and Lance were replaced with robots due to some archaic censorship laws. Admittedly, treating these as separate games feels like a bit of a cop-out, but given that there’ll be a free patch to play the overseas releases, I suppose they might as well slap those on there now and get them out of the way.

So it’s a pretty “standard” collection of the old Contra games and, as a result of this collection being a multiplatform release, this will be the first time that Contra (NES) has been re-released onto a Nintendo platform since Contra 4 on the Nintendo DS included the game as a hidden feature. I do think this collection got the short end of the stick with a measly seven games instead of the standard eight… I guess Konami figured nobody wanted to play Contra Force.

AEW Double Or Nothing (May 2019 PPV)

So this is it… the inaugural pay-per-view wrestling extravaganza from All Elite Wrestling, Double Or Nothing. I bought the show, but unfortunately, was unable to catch it live due to other commitments. However, I was able to watch it Sunday morning and… well, it was… a thing that happened.

But what kind of thing happened? Let’s get into it.

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RAW (May 27th, 2019) – A Great Alternative Followed By Business As Usual

The Double Or Nothing write-up is due tomorrow… but it won’t be up at the stroke of midnight. But, rather, it’ll be the “main event” upload in a trifecta of uploads that will also include a belated game review as well as a something else.

The reasoning for this is two-fold; the first being that I’ve got quite a bit to say and I want to give the thing a couple final looks before posting. The second reason being that I was curious to see how your usual Monday night brand of “shit happening” would respond to a PPV offering from a new upstart rival promotion that, for all intents and purposes, has gotten rave reviews and praise.
I’ll go ahead and spoil things for you… they responded by teasing a fatal-four way match for their Red Belt championship and ultimately had the thing won by Baron Corbin, who was a replacement for AJ Styles who was forced out due to injury. And by the way, this took place in the dreaded “third hour” of RAW… the RAW that one Michael Foley said was going to be more gritty. If “more gritty” is code for “more Baron Corbin,” then it’s a good thing I skipped on this one.

Actually, you want to know how much of a non-issue this is to WWE? They opened the show with Kofi Kingston – your current WORLD CHAMPION, by the way – coming out with a plate of pancakes… this after a rival promotion held a PPV that featured a bloody brother vs. brother affair as well as the debut of a wrestler that was once one of their most prominent stars.

So there you have… business as usual, more Baron Corbin, and potentially another Bork Lazer title reign in the future because THIS TIME FOR SURE. But hey, if there’s one positive I could add, it’s that Bork Lazer with a Boom Box briefcase is comedy gold.
Whatever, man.

So I Guess I Should Talk About The Picard Teaser

It’s the only decent Picard stock photo I can find… and it sort of lines up with my feelings.

It shows us a vineyard, it has a lady narrating about some rescue armada from fifteen years ago before the unimaginable, and then Walter Blunt appears on screen, followed by the title card, followed by the tagline, “The End Is Only The Beginning.”

It tells us little, it tells us something, and it leaves everything to the imagination unless you’ve seen that leaked clip with the geek officer asking for Captain Poo-Card’s name.

I want to say that I’m excited for this thing… but I’m just cautiously optimistic.

That’s all I got, really.
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An Empty House

So, I’ve done my back-up of all the old DTM Blog Classic posts (or rather, most of them that were worth keeping around) and slowly deleted them from the page. A day or so later, the blog was completely deleted from the Tripod space, along with everything else contained within. In fact, the only thing that’s still active on the space is the index.html page asking people to come to this website instead.

For what it’s worth, I’m not getting rid of the Tripod account. While it’s not in use at the moment, the possibility exists that I could use it for something else. After all, I did install a really old copy of Microsoft Frontpage to throw together some quick little webpages, along with some other material of worth.

As the post stated above, it’s been a fun ride. But it’s time to move on. Lots of great memories, lots of great moments, some of which might once again see the light of day in some form or fashion, but other than that, the ol’ DTM Blog is but a distant memory; never to return.

Goodbye, old friend. And godspeed.

The WWE 24/7 Convenience Store Championship

For some strange reason, I felt the need to expand on the quick thoughts I threw up a couple days ago regarding WWE’s latest gimmick to try and turn their sagging ratings around: the 24/7 championship.

Introduced by WWE legend Mick Foley at the start of the third hour of RAW, the 24/7 title is essentially the modern-day take on the old Hardcore championship of yesteryear. More specifically, it is focused on the 24/7 rule of the Crash Holly days where the title can change hands anywhere at any time, so long as there is a WWE official on hand to administer the decision.

So this thing has been mocked by some and praised by others. A couple days ago, I’ve suggested that the theory behind the title was something that appealed to me… but questioned the execution. I suppose I could expand on that mentality a bit by addressing a few points of criticism.

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WWE Money In The Bank 2019

Good news, everybody! I watched last weekend’s Money In The Bank pay-per-view… and it was better than last year’s absolutely atrocious Backlash PPV! Glory be to… never mind. This was a 3 1/2 hour PPV and yet for the most part, went by so quickly that I was able to watch the show in one sitting, which is amazing. Don’t get too excited, because the show isn’t something I would call “one for the history books.”

Unless, of course, you work for WWE… or are just a fan of WWE who watches nothing but WWE… in which case… well, never mind.

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