Lost Gems 8: A boy and His Blob, NES 1989

Lost Gems 8: A Boy and His Blob

So sorry for having a few months on inactiveness but I am back. And today at GVN we are going to have a look back at one of the oddest and most original games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, A Boy and His Blob. A game that as the years passed, more and more people became aware of this game but still forgot about.

News from the graveyard.

I'm not gone I am still around. I haven't been around the past 3 weeks because it was crunch time. I got married two fridays ago(Sept 7th). Anyway things have settled down somewhat and I will return to setting up the last GVN event of the year, actually write up my next lost gems article and get back to work on GVN as a whole.

GVN Summber bash a smash!

Many tahnks to everyone who traveled to come and have fun at this event. Thanks goes out to SoR Gaming for hosting the Summer Bash.


GVN Summer Bash Results.

Tekken 5 DR

Round Robin winner takes all.(4 people)

1st - Lowsweep - $40
2nd - Brkebackbass
3rd - NinjaCW
4th - HuBBsDoctor

DOA 4.1 tag(9 people)

1st - Highguy - $50
2nd - Team "Hows it going?" LGD Rabies/EscapingJail - $20
3rd - H20 Evil - $7

DOA 4.1 Singles(18 people)

1st - NinjaCW - $380
2nd - o chosen1 o - $110
3rd - EscapingJail - $60

Virtua Fighter 5 (11 people)

1st - Lowsweep - $77
2nd - Flash - $22
3rd - NinjaCW - $11

Thanks to all that attended. I'll keep you all informed of the next GVN event. Which might take place after NEC8.

GVN Summber Bash has moved to a new location.

Here is the address of the new venue

SoR Gaming Technologies Inc.
3100 Naamans Rd Unit #11
Wilmington, DE 19810

Hope to see everyone there and having a good time.

GVN Summer Bash Tournament Aug 11th.

Here is some update info on the next majopr tournament being held at Virtual Rush.

*NOTE* The event was pushed back to the following saturday to not conflict with The World Cyber Games.*

The Summer Bash will be held Saturday August 11th, 2007 at the Virtual Rush Cyber Cafe in Media, PA. In the Granite Run Mall Parking Lot.

There will be a Regular and Tag Team(singles) Tournament for DOA4. There will be a singles tournament for both Virtua Fighter 5 and Tekken 5 DR.

Registration will be at 12pm. The show will begin at 2pm. Show up at least an hour early for registration.

Directions via train and bus from Center city Philly.

Take the R3 train towards Media/Elwyn. Hop off the train at Elwyn station. Walk to the bus stop and take the northbound 117 bus. The next stop is to the granite run mall. Get off at the mall and walk to the AMC theatre. Virtual Rush is located behind the AMC theatre.

Housing for travellers,

Good news. I may have either an Apartment or a house by August so there is a chance that I might be able to house a few. I will ask if Kchan will be happy to help out as well. Stay tuned.

Venue Information:

Virtual Rush
1145 W. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
www.virtualrush.net
610-545-9300

*Note* Virtual Rush is behind the AMC theatre in the granite Run Mall Parking. Not in the Mall itself.

Sponsor information:
http://gamingvisionnetwork.blogspot.com

There are 4 xbox 360's, 2 PS3's and 4 plasma high def tvs. Feel free to bring your copy of DOA4 and VF5 just in case they don't have enough copies. I will be bringing my DOA4 and HD just in case. You may also bring you HD if you wish to use an unlocked character.

Tournament Venue Fee: $7($4 VR fee, $3 GVN fee)
DOA4.1 Tag $10
DOA4.1 Singles $30(might change depending on attendence)
VF5 $10
T5DR $10

Rules:

-Best of 5 rounds (may change depending on attendence)
-Best of 3 matches (may change depending on attendence)
-Finals will be Best of 5 rounds/matches
-Double Elimanation
-DOA 4.1
-You are allowed to bring your own controller or arcade stick (please mark it)
-Programmable/macro controllers/sticks are not allowed.
-40 second time limit(DOA), Time is 60 seconds(Tekken and VF)
-Random level select
-Any character can be used
-Dangerzones allowed (DOA)
-Character customization is not allowed.(Tekken 5 DR)
-Life setting is 100% (Tekken)
-Guard damage is off(Tekken)
-Jinpachi is banned (Tekken)

Prize money will be divided:

1st place - 60%
2nd place - 20%
3rd place -10%

VR will recieve 10% of pot.

I gave out trophys at the Last GVN event but I don't think I will this time. Maybe a different kind of prize. I'll let ya know what as the date gets closer.

GVN 2D mania was NOT a bust!

I want to thank everyone that took their time to show up and have fun. Overall 10 people played and partook in the event. Although we didn't get to play KOF neowave, MVC2, MVS2 or KIG I was happy. Everyone that showed up had their A game and had great showmanship. it was fun meeting and talking to everyone that showed up and hopefully we can do this again.

Here are the results.

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike

1.Therapist
2.Jamie
3.Damian
4.Lazarus

Guilt Gear XX Acent Core

1.Jamie
2.Damian
3.Jorge
4.Ignatz

Small update.

The Mid Summer bash has been moved back to Saturday August 4th and Virtua Fighter 5 and Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection has been added.

Small update for the June 2D Mania.

There are a couple of small changes I wish to address about the June 23rd 2D fighters tournament. First after talking with the heads of VR we have agreed to let them take 10% of the pot for each tournament which will allow us to continue having a low venue fee of $7.

Also I want to mention that we have added a game to the roster. King Of Fighters Neowave for the Xbox has been added and will have an entry fee of $5 and will start at 7pm.

Another minor note, there may be an inclusion of a 2 on 2 tournament for 3S and a couple of other games. I am still trying to work this out with some of the helpful members of the Shoryuken community.

Anymore updates will be posted. Thank you for your time.

News from the graveyard...

Yes I am still alive and well. First an update on last Saturday's tournament. Okay, there wasn't a tournament. It was cencelled due to a lack of attendance and because I had it on the same day as NEPA. But I want to thank the 6 guys that showed up and hung out for awhile.

Now onto some news. I am on my dad's vista PC. Why? Well my pc blew up and I need to buy a new one. Hopefully my hard drive survived. Once I get a new one I will start work on our next podcast.

In the mean time I am going to work on my next lost gems, The Castle of Dr. Brain. It will be up by the end of the week. Hopefully. In the mean time, please stick around and get your engines reved up for the 2D fighters mania tournament in June.

Date change and A New Tournament Announcement!

First off I want to let you know that the 2D fighter mania tournament has been moved from June 16th to the 23rd. The reason is because I have to take a first time home buyer class. Buying a house takes precedence.

Now onto the next main event. The next Tournament to be held is the GVN Dead Or Alive Mid-Summer Bash.

The Mid-Summer Bash will be held Saturday July 21st, 2007 at the Virtual Rush Cyber Cafe in Media, PA. In the Granite Run Mall Parking Lot.

There will be a Regular and Tag Team(singles) Tournament. If participation turns out much better than expected, then team tag will be considered.

Registration will be at 12pm. The show will begin at 2pm. Show up at least an hour early for registration.

Directions via train and bus from Center city Philly.

Take the R3 train towards Media/Elwyn. Hop off the train at Elwyn station. Walk to the bus stop and take the northbound 117 bus. The next stop is to the granite run mall. Get off at the mall and walk to the AMC theatre. Virtual Rush is located behind the AMC theatre.

Housing

Good news. I may have either an Apartment or a house by July so there is a chance that I might be able to house a few. I will ask if Kchan will be happy to help out as well. Stay tuned.

Oh and FYI I mostly copied and pasted the info below from the last GVN thread.

Venue Information:

Virtual Rush
1145 W. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
www.virtualrush.net
610-545-9300

*Note* Virtual Rush is behind the AMC theatre in the granite Run Mall Parking. Not in the Mall itself.

Sponsor information:
http://gamingvisionnetwork.blogspot.com

There are 4 xbox 360's and 4 plasma high def tvs. Feel free to bring your copy of DOA4 just in case they don't have enough copies. I will be bringing mine just in case. You may also bring you HD if you wish to use an unlocked character.

Entry Fee: $20-30 ($10 for virtualrush hosting, $10 prize money for each tournament) You don't have to sign up for both tournaments.

Rules:

-Best of 5 rounds (may change depending on attendence)
-Best of 3 matches (may change depending on attendence)
-Finals will be Best of 5 rounds/matches
-Double Elimanation
-DOA 4.1
-You are allowed to bring your own controller (please mark it)
-Programmable/macro controllers are not allowed.
-40 second time limit
-Random level select
-2 character limit. Winner of match must use same character, loser may change character before next match.
-Any character can be used
-Dangerzones allowed
-Normal life setting

Prize money will be divided:

1st place - 70%
2nd place - 20%
3rd place -10%

I gave out trophys at the Last GVN event but I don't think I will this time. Maybe a different kind of prize. I'll let ya know what as the date gets closer.