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23/12/07
- Happy Holidays to all ^^
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Miss Univers 2008 ?
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To the dear readers I would like to wish you all a very merry
Christmas and a happy new year 2008.
This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I challenge
you to just be yourself Arcadelife style will be your way of
live .. too ;-) So I expect from you a lot of new funny
roadtrips, restorations, arcade stories, gameroom construction and...
Dragon's lair stuff of course !
This is also a good oppurtunity for me to say a BIG "thank you" to
all of you, for sharing stories here, or simply beeig here to read
some crazy adventures on this forum ^^
Ok, back to work ! As you can see, a new Princess Daphne drawing is
available on the
Fan's Lair section.
~Enjoy~
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22/12/07
- Sonic 1992's Gameroom to be Featured on G4TV's X-play !!!
The famous Sonic 1992 was
contacted by the US Videogame Channel G4. They wanted to feature 'Yesterdays'
(the name of his Gameroom) on their show X-Play.
The G4 crew came two days ago.
It took about 5 hours for the interviews and the filming of
the gameroom :
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Sonic 1992
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The Camera Crew in action |
The episode of
Chrismas Play should be aired sometime in January. Don't miss it...
more details soon !
Thanks to Sonic 1992 for the information ;-)
~DISCUSS~
What ? Never heard about that *amazing* Sonic 1992's Gameroom ???
Click right now on the following picture and discover what we call
here : 'The American Dream' ;-)
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15/12/07
- Space Ace Promotion Kit / Coloring Contest
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Discover
the full SPACE ACE Promotion Kit in the
Articles section.
Go back in ...1984 !
He's blue and mean and rides a speeder disc and is trying to capture
Earth with the Infanto Ray... Borf !
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12/12/07
- Initiation Roadtrip - S.T.U.N. Runner & pinballs story in
Luxembourg |
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Patrick : "...Hey Bruno, I
know I place where we can maybe find old pinballs and few arcade
games... I don't know which ones, but let's have a look together ?"
Patrick : Eight Ball
Champ & Fathom... not bad for starting a collection !
WATCH OUT THE ROADTRIP RIGHT HERE
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08/12/07
- "STARBLADE : Operation Black Noise" by Starblade fans...
Impressive ! |
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Have a look at this unofficial Starblade game sequel project -currenlty
in progress- by
MIHÁLY
SÁRÁNSZKI (MUSAIC) & GÁBOR
MENYHÁRT
- Redward Studios Inc.
The game follows the original
Starblade : Six months passes after the destruction of 'Red Eye',
the UGSF is at war with Piloreans. The enemy attacks the
federation ships from time to time, since 4-5 years with
little-bigger squads. Now they come out with a different plan...
The development status of the game is about 25%. General overview of
the game, visuals, models can be seen on the project website
here.
Also available on the website, a great "Starblade : Operation Black
Noise" wallpapers and you can also listen a remixed track 'Original
Startup Sequence With Underworld"... and last, but no least, you can
see the 'Press Start' waiting screen on this
video !
~DISCUSS~ |
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28/11/07
- Sir Benson is back... in a new episode !
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While most of
videogames, in a few years (or months), disappear from the memory of
the video-gamers, Dragon’s Lair, after more than 20 years from its
creation, can still inspire new stories and characters. Sir
Benson is one of these characters…
If you missed it, check out the great *exclusive* interview
from Andrea Martin, the creator of Sir Benson right
here
* Now watch out the last Sir Benson adventure *
episode
VIII 'Occhio al Ciglio'
- Discuss it
here - Thanks to MightyPirate for the news -
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25/11/07
- Dragon's Lair NES version... what a review !!!
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Angry Video Game
Nerd: Dragon's Lair
The *famous* Nerd finally tears into one of the most notorious NES
games ever : Dragon's Lair for Nintendo NES
Watch out in video why
this game was one of the most frustrating game ever made. It's clear
that it's seems impossible to finish it with five lives... ;-)
Now check out this *AMAZING* review right
here
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17/11/07
- 'Belgium Roadtrip' - Quest for G-LOC AIR BATTLE
DLX from SEGA |
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This time, this will be a roadtrip inside my own country :
Belgium ! And luckily for us, because the game is not small & easy
to move : It's a G-Loc Air Battle Deluxe from Sega.
G-LOC:
Air Battle is a 1990 air combat arcade game by Sega. The title
refers to "Loss of Consciousness by g-force"
That cockpit is the intermediate version between the upright
version... and the all famous *R360* ;-)
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...Take My
Breath Aways ...
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15/11/07
- Galaxian3 Theater : Attack Of The Zolgear located ... |
...who'll save this Galaxian3 Theater ???
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Thanks to PressStartComic.com, a new Galaxian3 Theater
has been located is USA at FunWorld in Nashua New Hampshire.
The game is hopefully up & running, but it's been neglected : Only
one speaker in the theater worked, and that one was VERY VERY low
and it crackled. The screen had BAD glare and burn in from being
there...
Who's next for a *massive* roadtrip ? ;-)
See more pictures
here
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13/11/07
- MAJOR UPDATE - NEW FORUM ON THIS WEBSITE !!! |
Because the old phpBB2 forum starts to be very old, and because
it was a *pain* to maintain, I choose to quickly update it to a
brand new SMF forum, more 'modern', usefull and powefull !!!
Be indulgent... at this time, there are a lot of things to correct
because the migration is not finished yet : bad colors on some posts,
smileys missing, ... but it's on the way to be fixed ;-)
PLease don't hesitate to inform me about problems who could have on
it.
PS : The customization
of this new board is on the way ;-)
Hope you'll like it ^^
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09/11/07
- Euro
Dragon's Lair and Space Ace playing on the Daphne emulator
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Annoucement on the daphne-emu webiste by Matt Ownby (Daphne
Creator) right
here
"I just added the European versions of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace to
the latest v1.0 beta"
Thanks to MacDLSA for the update on this
post :-)
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01/11/07
- 10th UK RoadTrip Anniversary - THE TRAILER !!! |
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This is it... I've
done my UK roadtrip number 10... the perfect moment for doing
something special... like a video retrospective of all the UK done until now ^^
Have a look at the video on this
post , then watch out the complet story of this *anniversary*
roadtrip - quest for : Spy Hunter, Super Bug,
Radarscope, Zaxxon & Galaga !
~Enjoy~
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29/10/07
- Coin-OP Expo in London UK - The Report |
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23/10/07
- Galaxian3 Archives on Namco Website |
Found something great about the most incredible arcade 'cabinet'
Galaxian3 Theater...
directly on the official NAMCO BANDAI website !
History of the game, the conception... and probably a lot of very
interesting informations/stories about the game but also the
conceptors of the game !!!
I say 'probably' because all that stuff is in Japanese and I do
understand nothing :-(
I'll do my best to translate all of that in english, but there are
maybe some peoples around here who would like to help me on
this ? ;-)
Anyway, check out the webpage right
here
PS : Namco Rulez...
but why in Japanese only ? |
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20/10/07
- Dragon's Lair Blu-Ray - promo postcard
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...adding this promo postcard in the Collectibles section.
...the kind of postcard I would like to receive for Christmas or
Happy New Year for exemple ;-)
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14/10/07
- Exhibition / Pinball Collector - PARIS - THE
REPORT |
See in picture the report for the first edition of the Pinball
Collectior Exhibition called :
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Salon du Flipper & des Appareils à Monnayeurs -
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05/10/07
- UK *VIDEO* Roadtrip' ... Hunt for BATTLEZONE |
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Let's push the roadtrip into the next level...
better then words, better than pictures... I'm proud to present the
very first
VIDEO
roadtrip !!!
This time, the target is Atari's an Battlezone located
-once again - in UK.
... light ... camera ... ACTION !!! |
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02/10/07
- UK Roadtrip' ... Quest for Scud Race & APB |
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And here we go with a
new UK roadtrip in order to bring back two games !
Pat finally found THE Racing Game : SCUD RACE !
...and for me : an All Points Bulletin cab'
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26/09/07
- Exhibition / Pinball Collector - PARIS ... this coming week
end |
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Be
ready this coming week end for the first edition of the Pinball
Collectior Exhibition called :
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Salon du Flipper & des Appareils à Monnayeurs -
The location is : Chailly en Bière (close to Paris - France)
The exhibition will be open this saturday 29 and sunday 30 september,
from 10h00am to 6h00pm.
All the details right
here (in french)
I'll be there under the banner of the best french vintage arcade
website. I'm also moderator on that website, where you can find most
of the stories published here... but in french ;-)
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We will share the
stand with our friends of the website Flippers-Jukeboxes.net ...
many thanks to them :-)
...we will bring some arcade games of course... including this
Space Ace cab and other surprises of course... ;-)
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21/09/07
- Namco's Starblade emulator : A New Hope ? |
"I'm in the process
of working around the last few issues affecting System21 emulation,
including successful workarounds for lockups in Air Combat and
Solvalou, emulation of scanline effects, and color glitches.
But one thing that really would be nice is a standalone emulator
that can run these games full speed with more modest CPU
requirements. As it stands, I can run Starblade only in slow
motion on my development laptop, which isn't much fun.
As you can see on pictures, there's no more missing graphics in the
StarBlade emulation...
Towards this end, I will be packaging and releasing a emulator that
runs System21 and System22 titles with hardware accelerated graphics
and statically recompiled DSP code." - Phil Stroffolino /
Developer -
STROFF's Games & Emulation WIP -
The Forum
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13/09/07
- Dragon's Lair II & Space Ace confrimed for Nintendo DS -
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"...it’s now official that we are developing Dragon’s Lair 2 and Space
Ace immediately following the completion of Dragon’s Lair 1" -
Hans - United Coders(*). Only one word :
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHH !!!!
(*) Notice also that the press release mentions United Coders;
we are no longer using the team name of Wizardry Engineering, but
have reverted back to the name we used in the old 8-bit and 16-bit
days, United Coders. The people are the same etc. just the name is
different
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11/09/07
- USA Roadtrip Story ... Quest for BATTLEZONE !!! |
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Arcadefever : "...I have been
looking for one for the last 2 years, but never got really lucky on
my search...until a few weeks ago
 found one on
ebay, i decided to get it..."
GET READY FOR HIS BATTLEZONE STORY !
...somewhere on that city... a Battlezone will rise again
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07/09/07
- Dragon's Lair for Nintendo DS - update
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PRESS RELEASE
Conspiracy Entertainment snaps up Dragon Lair for Nintendo DS...
Dragon Lair is due
to ship in the 1st quarter of 2008... |
Conspiracy Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce that they
have secured the publishing rights to one of the world’s best known
gaming franchises; Dragon Lair. They will be releasing the original
Dragon Lair and Dragon Lair II ‘Warp Time’ for the Nintendo DS. In
addition, as part of this deal, they will also publish the DS
version of Space Ace. United Coders (formerly announced as Wizardry
Engineering) are developing all versions of the games.
Lead Programmer & Executive Producer, Hans Olsen of United Coders
said:
This is such an important gaming franchise as it falls into one of
those conversations ‘Do you remember were where you when Elvis or
Diana died?’ except with this game it’s ‘Do you remember in which
chip shop or arcade you first played this game?’. ‘We talked long
and hard with the original creators of Dragon Lair - Don Bluth, Gary
Goldman and Rick Dyer – they were so impressed with our vision for
these titles, that we now have these gaming gems to bring to the
market in a new format’.
Dragon’s Lair DS features two modes of play; 1983 Arcade mode and
Director’s Cut.
The 1983 version plays just like the original arcade released in
1983. This mode satisfies the hardcore gamer who wishes to re-live
the first ever handheld version of Dragon’s Lair, that is 100% true
to the original and has all scenes, all death scenes, and all the
quirks and oddities found in that version.
The Director’s Cut is aimed mostly at players who have never
experienced the game before, Dragon’s Lair plays somewhat
differently in a very unique way; and in director’s Cut there is
also full support for Rumble Pak, Stylus Support, Voice Recognition.
Dragon Lair is due to ship in the 1st quarter of 2008 with the
others to follow at a later date.
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06/09/07
- Computer Space Fan ?! I'm sure you are ^^ |
. Computer
Space Fan ... the website !
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Wanna have more information about the first
arcade game
ever made? Check out Computer Space Fan website now !
...features my SN 10.290 ;-) |
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05/09/07
- I'm 8 Bit & Dragon's Lair Fans ...
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Another great picture, coming from the "I'm 8bit" Video Game art
exposition. Thanks Dexter for the contribution:)
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03/09/07
- Princess Daphne FanArt by Tsai
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Have a look at this nice Princess Daphne art done by Tsai
(c) TSAI Art E-Deisgn - Check his
Fan Art
Pin-Up Gallery
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02/09/07
- Meeting with Level42, coming from Neederland |
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What a trip done by Level42 ! More than 320km driven
just to have a good arcade day in the Nuno's Lair ... in Belgium ! A
perfect Arcade Life Style Story ;-)
Food, Arcade Stories, Games... and a lot of fun. Thanks for coming
^^
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30/08/07
- BELGIUM 'BAD TRIP ... Quest for Nothing... |
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First roadtrip done by Pat in order to bring
back for his kids a very nice Sega Touring Car game...
...but this is not going to be a good deal...
...Hope
this will be the only 'BadTrip' story here...
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26/08/07
- Pat's GameRoom is born... |
... after many month of hard work, Pat has almost finished his own
private Game Room... This room starts
to welcome many various games for all his big family... Home Sweet
Home... ;-)
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25/08/07
- 'GameRoom' page is now available |
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The GameRoom page is now available. It contains links
of serveral private GameRooms from collectors/friends.
Note that page is not finished yet. Be patient if your game room is
not listed here... It'll be done soon :-)
Feel free to contact
me if you would like to be linked ;-) |
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23/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 9 available
...and
you know what ? This was the last episode ! Now all the 13 Space Ace
episodes are available here !
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Here's the episode 9, called "The Phantom Shuttle"
Download it now :
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...need some
help ? |
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20/08/07
- BELGIUM ROAD TRIP ... Quest for AFTER BURNER ! |
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This time, it won't be a huge road trip... coz
I've founded that game
very close to my place.
Here's is AFTER BURNER from SEGA !
...Highway to the danger zone...
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18/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 4 available
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...Kiiiimmmmmmmyyyy
!!! |
Here's the episode 4, called "Moon Missile Madness"
Download it now :
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15/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 2 available
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Here's the episode 2, called "Cosmic Camp Catastrophe"
Download it now :
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...do you
recognize him ? |
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12/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 11 available
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...don't be
affraid, it's still for kids ^^ |
Here's the episode 11, called "Calamity Kimmie"
Download it now :
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10/08/07
- THE HEAVY METAL UK ROADTRIP part 2 : Konami's Guitar
Freaks !!! |
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This is it... As a guitar player, it was not possible for me
to skip that game ! I finally found one in UK... So, here we go
again with a new UK roadtrip... Enjoy ;-)
Give me the
sense to wonder, to wonder if I'm free.
Give me the sense to wonder, to know I can be me.
Give me the strenght, to hold my head up, spit back in their face.
Don't need no key, to unlock this door
gonna break down the walls,break out of this bad place.
Can I play with Madness?
(c) Iron Maiden... don't you know ? ;-)
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08/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 3 available now ! |
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Space Ace cartoon
Episode 3 "Dangerous Decoy"
Download it right here, right now :
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07/08/07
- Quest for RoadBlasters, SEGA Mega-Tech & Operation Wolf ...by
Wanou |
Check out the
latest Wanou's Roadtrip done to save nothing less than 3 arcade
cabs' :
Many thanks to him for writting it in english by the way (he's
french)... you rock man ^^
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07/08/07
- Add of the latest ElPancho's roadtrip... in the Roadtrips section
^^ |
...and just in
case you miss this incredible roadtrip, don't waste any time...
click on the picture now !!!
...more details on the
Roadtrips
section of this website.
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05/08/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 7 available now ! |
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Space Ace cartoon
Episode 7 "Age Ray Riot"
Download it right here, right now :
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04/08/07
- Dragon's Lair for Nintendo DS - update from Wizardry Engineering
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Got news from Wizardry Engineering :
- we have secured funding for the entire game
- we are in full production
- we have secured publishing deal, meaning the product now has a
partner, who is putting the game onto the shelves in Feb/Mar next
year! ;-)
Development itself is
going great! It plays amazingly! We have listed to all the feedback
(we got hundreds of emails) and priority is SINGLE SCREEN but,
Dual-Screen is there TOO as an OPTION. But its obvious the fans like
single Screen better, so we listen and focus on that. It plays so
darned fantastic right now!! ;-)
more
HERE |
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02/08/07
- THE HEAVY METAL UK ROADTRIP part 1 ! |
No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna
spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me round
Hey Satan,
paid my dues
Playing in a
rocking band
Hey Momma,
look at me
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the
highway to hell
(Don't stop me)
Check out the Part 1 of this UK roardtrip... done for the glory of
the Heavy Metal...
As a guitarist, I could not skip such game or course !!! I also like
to play drums, but that is an other story... for now, enjoy the
first part of this 'NWOHBMB' RT ... in UK of course ;-) ...right
HERE right now !!! |
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31/07/07
- Space Ace cartoon : episode 5 available now !
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Here's the episode 5, called "Perilous Partners"
Download it now :
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30/07/07
- Dragon's Lair - The Movie- Snake preview ??? |
..well, not exaclty,
but it still funny to see our favorite hero alive... Enjoy this one
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