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Top 100 NES Games
#100 – 81
#80 – 61
#20 – 1
Rarest NES Games
More Rare Games
This is a section dedicated to a few games that either didn't rank high enough to make the aggregate list, or just weren't mentioned at all. There were over 700 games, official and unlicensed, released in North America and Europe so some good games are bound to be left out. In my experience, about half the games in the NES library would be considered good with maybe 150 being great. If you're trying to find all the great games, here's a few sites that have compiled some good neglected puppies lists:
Racket Boy's Best Undiscovered NES Games
AVGN's Top 10 Obscure NES Games
I really like almost all the games those guys mentioned, but since this is my site let me share with you a few of what I would consider rad under appreciated NES games. If you find yourself saying "Hey! Where's [insert game here]?", it may be covered in the Top 100 List, in the above mentioned lists, or in the Top 2-Player Games, Outliers, or My First Games sections. If it's a Japan only or unlicensed game odds are I didn't give it a spot. Nothing against those games, but this site is really dedicated to the official NES library which excludes the Famicom and all the bootlegs. If there's still some games that weren't mentioned already, please feel free to list them in the comments section below.
.:PLATFORMERS:.
3-D WORLDRUNNER
North American Release Date: September 1987
Genre: Platformer / Shooter
Developer: Square
Publisher: Acclaim
I fucking love this game and if you don't feel the same way you can just eat all the shits. This game truly separates the rads from the squares. You know how when you're walking down the street and you pass a kid with a really wild colored mohawk? How do you react? Do you A) passively take note because you've seen hundreds of similar "outrageous" haircuts and you're not impressed or do you B) stop, drop jaw, "y'huck" to yourself, take a picture, and then remark to no-one what a bunch of "crazy looking folk" there are around? OR do you C) hit that guy up for mushrooms, take some, and then spend the day lying face down staring into the grass and wondering what it's like to "be" an ant? If you chose the option C, you're ready for 3-D Worldrunner.
Worldrunner is often criticized for being a Space Harrier clone (and if that were true there are way worse games to be a clone of) but in truth the biggest similarity between them is the way the screen moves…and that's just silly. You wouldn't call Ninja Gaiden a clone of Super Mario Bros just because the character moves forward while the screen scrolls? Or is it just that more games lacked the mind unlocked awesomeness to have you view your character from behind as the world races toward him?
Anyway, if you've never played it here's the gist. Your guy is running forward avoiding enemies, picking up power-ups, and jumping like he's on a tiny version of the moon. You can get weapons, but your best bet is just to avoid everything and this is best done by mastering the jump. Like in Mario Bros, you can control how high or how far your guy goes by how hard you tap the button or by pressing back to lessen the distance of your jump. There are whole sections where you're leaping across chasms for a solid minute (seriously the abyss stares back at you from it's endless black nothingness) and one false jump equals death. At the end of the level the game goes from platformer to shooter and you'll have to blast a dragon or two out of the sky to move on. Also now your guy can fly.
The graphics are super simple but clean and the music is incredibly catchy in a way I can only compare to Bubble Bobble, annoying and repetitive at first but eventually you won't be able to live without it's gentle mind-numbing melody. And honestly, there is absolutely no game like this on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is truly unique in both style and gameplay.
Oh yeah, and it can be played in 3D! Spoiler alert!
RAINBOW ISLANDS
North American Release Date: June 1991
Genre: Platformer / Arcade
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito
This game's full title is "Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2", not to be confused with Bubble Bobble Part 2 which was also released on the NES in 1993. Rainbow Islands is very much in the same spirit as Bubble Bobble: you jump around killing bizarre but somewhat cutesy enemies while collecting food and jewels (story of my life, am I right?!?). Unlike Bubble Bobble's static screen levels, Rainbow Islands makes you continually jump up and up and up to reach the end of each sub-level (4 per main level). There are 7 main levels in all (plus a bonus 8th level), and each one has a different theme ranging from classic horror to robots and at the end of each level is a different boss. There's even a level made to look like Arkanoid!
What makes Rainbow Islands so fun is the gameplay. Your guy shoots rainbows which create bridges for him to walk on. He can shoot them directly at enemies, or shoot them above enemies and then jump to drop the rainbows on them. Performing the latter means you'll collect a random diamond, the color of the which depends on where the bad guy's corpse landed. If you collect all 7 diamonds you get a giant diamond after the boss fight and if you collect all the big diamonds you get to go to Level 8. You'll also get powerups like the speed shoes, the pots which let you shoot faster or shoot two rainbows at once, and a whole slew of other weird stuff. AND LOOK AT ALL THIS SHIT. It's insane!
What makes the game so fun and the replay value so good is that there are several ways to play. You could run straight through Rainbow Islands just blasting the multicolored shit out of bees and vampires until the game is over, or you could painstakingly and obsessively navigate each stage so that you get every diamond, big diamond, and power-up making you're little dude (and by proxy you yourself) immortal. Be warned though, collecting the diamonds and items without being killed is like being on a roll with craps: when you're winning you're feeling euphoric – a cocaine rockstar playing a double necked bass on the moon – but eventually your luck's going to run out and you get real low real quick.
In life, will you burn out or fade away? Let Rainbow Islands be your litmus test.
.:RPGS:.
Developer: ICOM Simulations, INC
Publisher: Kemco
Holy sweet Christ this game is terrifying. Seriously, I'm home alone typing this and a text from my ex-girlfriend literally made me jump.
Uninvited is the third point and click style RPG from ICOM, along with Deja Vu and Shadowgate, and this is my favorite of the three. Point and click adventures are very primitive by today's standards, but considering the first games I played were entirely text based (You find yourself in a dark room. To the east is a door. To the west, another door.) this looks pretty awesome to me. Basically you're introduced to a static screen and given options like "Use", "Move", "Examine" etc. Depending on what you interact with and how you interact with it makes the events in the game occur. As you make your way through the haunted mansion, you'll pick up items to help you (and sometimes harm you or sometimes do nothing) and encounter evil spirits and monsters.
There are two really great qualities to this game that make Uninvited stand out above other similar games. First, the atmosphere is perfect. The music and imagery mixes with the intense fear of dread to create a truly thrilling feeling while playing. Second, this game is fucked up. I mean seriously FUCKED UP. You know how when you were a child and you accidentally changed the channel and watched 15 minutes of Hellraiser or you and your friend went into his unfinished basement where the lights didn't work and it smelled like dank dirt and monsters? Well, can you imagine playing a game like Uninvited as a kid and seeing screens like these:
You'd be scarred for life! And there's no warning labels or anything like that since this was way before recommended ages were in place. So you'd be at the store like "gee mom this looks swell can I get it?" and then you go home to try out your brand new $50 joyful romp, only to have a zombie Two-Face bite you with the accompanying message "The miserable dead now welcome your company"!!!! That's awful!
Speaking of awful here's a full compilation of every death scene in Uninvited. Enjoy!
UNCHARTED WATERS
North American Release Date: November 1991
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei
For this game I asked my good friend Scott Morris to contribute his thoughts and memories:
"I still try to dream that I'm in this game. No, I don't dream that I'm playing it, I try to dream that I am living in this game. When I can't sleep, especially when I'm on the road and in a strange bed, I pretend that I'm below deck, laying on a sturdy rack while my ship clips through deep ocean waters. I don't reckon I've ever told anyone that before.
I must've got that darn game around 1993; we always got things like Nintendos a bit later than everyone. My folks were plenty generous, they just figured we could entertain ourselves in the yard or the nearby nature trail for a few years while they waited for the price to drop. It must have been around 1989 or 1990 before we even got an NES system. Either way, my parents quickly tired of Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt and my brother soon found girls far more interesting than playing a hand-me-down version of RBI Baseball 3 with his kid brother, so soon I had full control over the console. It even sat in my bedroom, connected to an old television set. Mom rode me up to the Sage Hill shopping center one summer day, across the bridge over Peachtree Creek where the old man sold tomatoes off of his tailgate, and into the Blockbuster Video. By junior or senior year of high school I'd be working in that very store, though I'd be over nintendos and after girls by that age, too. But that day, back in '93 or so, inside that Blockbuster, I'd spend my chore money on a sort of NES Rosetta Stone: a brand new, glossy copy of Nintendo Power that promised to walk me through each and every level of The Legend of Zelda. Yes, the original 1987 Legend of Zelda. I told you we got things late at my house. Back at home, I immediately sat down and spent the summer slashing my way through underground levels and secret stairways, buyin'-somethin'-will-ya every chance I could. I still doubt I ever fully conquered Zelda. I just never was too good at video games.
One thing I was good at in those days, or at least enjoyed thoroughly, was reading. I often read the same thing, over and over. That copy of Nintendo Power was more ratty and dog-eared than a Playboy that your best friend's older cousin stole from his dad's house. It was probably the only video-game related magazine I'd ever purchased in my life; I generally stuck to the used copies of Reader's Digest my Mom-Mom sent in the mail or an issue from Dad's extensive National Geographic archives. Within its well-read pages – and I'm finally getting to the point here – was a three or four page review of what I consider the greatest cartridge ever produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System: Uncharted Waters. Just look at the cover. A ruggedly handsome captain in the finest 16th Century duds fighting off a pirate with one hand while his other wraps around the waist of a busty maiden? And right there, next to said busty maiden, in bold letters, the words "ALL HANDS AHOY!" I was sold.
Playing this game took hours. You began as a rather relatable teenager in Lisbon, and had to put in time on the short European trade routes amassing wealth before you could enter the world of warships, pirate battles, and sextant-guided exploration. It really took forever. I mean, a trip to the New World literally took 10-15 minutes of sailing across the same empty blue sea, screen after screen, and you might run into a storm and never make it. Uncharted Waters was like some kind of beefed-up, intensely detailed Oregon Trail. There were bar wenches to bribe, exotic goods to trade, crew members to recruit, random treasures to discover, foods to be rationed, and even poker games to be played at port. Maybe it's just that I had never played a role playing game. Maybe I'd only ever read fantasy stories and had never actually been inside one, but I can tell you right now that I loved this game. I probably spent the good part of a year thinking about it nearly every day, even if I wasn't playing. It probably wasn't historically or geographically accurate and it seriously took forever to accomplish anything, but I beat the hell out of this game. Got the girl (a Portuguese princess nonetheless), got the gold, crossed the globe. To this day, Uncharted Waters is the only game I have ever had the attention span, or maybe ability, to complete. Is that part of why I love it? Sure, it's gotta fit in there somewhere. But there has got to be something more to it. I mean, I'm thirty-four years old and I still try to dream that I am in this game."
.:SHOOTERS:.
ZOMBIE NATION
Genre: Shooter
Developer: Kaze / Live Planning
Publisher: Meldac
Let us all marvel at one of the greatest, most convoluted, premises in videogame history:
"1999 – What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing into the Nevada desert turned out to be Darc Seed, and evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Stature of Liberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays has also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, Shura. When the great head of the samurai, Namakubi, heard the sword had fallen into evil hands. He set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge to recapture the magical sword and free the US from the evil clutches of Darc Seed."
Zombie Nation is absolutely one of the most bizarre games for the NES, beginning with your character. Unlike most shooters where you control a ship (or presumably you play as a person controlling the ship) in this game you play as a severed head of a dead samurai who drops vomit and shoots eyeballs. OH-KAY. You make this guy fly around America blowing up rocks and buildings along with numerous enemies all of which are built in front of a post-apocalyptic nightmare. You can blow up almost everything on the screen even if you can't really tell what you can shoot and what you can avoid. Unlike most shooters, you have a lifebar so there's no one hit one kill scenarios although there are weird background hazards like smokestacks and laserbeams that essentially do the same thing.
Like most shooters, Zombie Nation is incredibly difficult. You can play the boards on easy or on hard and believe me the easy setting is insanely difficult. The graphics are pretty amazing and the soundtrack is kickass. And if nothing else, it's worth popping in just to experience its absurdity. Plus, it also has the best box art of any NES game ever:
Is that an impaled king cake baby in the background? Happy Zombie-Gras!
Developer: Namco
Publisher: Bandai
Most games start with an intro explaining the story. Shit most shooters don't even give you a story. Dragon Spirit starts off with a cut scene explaining the backstory and then the game begins. Or does it? Actually, you begin the game after a brief introductory level followed by more story followed by your blue hero (standing atop George Washington's head from Mt. Rushmore – natch) being struck by lighting and turning into the future tattoo of a giant grarly dragon I'll one day get plastered on my lower back. I think maybe the first level you play is just a really easy flashback that sets the tone of the REAL game. Geez, it's like a Charlie Kaufman movie in here!
Things that are awesome:
A) You're a dragon.
B) If you hold down B, you keep shooting. You'd be surprised how many old school shooters force you to repeatedly press the fire button.
C) When you get certain power-ups you grow more heads. You eventually look exactly like King Geedorah (Take me to you Leader). Sometimes you get two baby dragons that flank you but then they'll turn into extra heads. Paging Doctor Freud am I right? Eh? Eh?
Things that are not so awesome:
A) When you get hit once you lose all the power-ups you've acquired. Not only that, but some of them actually make you weaker. Why oh why would I intentionally want less than three heads? That's crazy talk!
B) Pressing B fires in the air and pressing A drops bombs. This is a common mechanic (a la Gun Nac) that forces you to attack enemies on the ground and in the air in two separate ways, thus adding to the challenge. Unfortunately since this game isn't in three dimensions, there are certain sections where distinguishing between ground enemies and air enemies is absolutely impossible.
C) The graphics are kinda doo-doo. I mean they're not "Hide your Children!" ugly, but you probably ain't taking them to prom or anything.
Overall it's a pretty fun, distinct shooter and unlike other games of the genre, the difficulty is somewhat forgiving. Somewhat.
.:ACTION ADVENTURE:.
KICKMASTER
North American Release Date: January 1992
Genre: Action / Adventure
Developer: KID
In Kickmaster, you play as Thonolan who looks like a combination of Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden and Simon Belmont from Castelvania, and those games are pretty clearly the inspiration for Kickmaster. Unlike those guys, his only weapons are his feet and he wields that one-two combo with a vengeance! The graphics are excellent, the control is great and actually pushed the boundaries of what an NES controller can do, and the music and sounds are pretty good (if somewhat unexceptional). The real standout quality of this game though is it's action.
Kickmaster has elements of RPGs such as use of magic and experience points leading to leveling up. Personally I only used one of the many magics you acquire (healing), but the leveling up part is very useful. Every time the Kickmaster levels up, he gains a new kick attack ranging from a drop knee attack from above to a sliding kick from below. They are for the most part very awesome and add a dynamic to the gameplay that is both fun and addictive. I say for the most part because a couple of them can really fuck you over. The flying jump kick for instance will absolutely send you flying uncontrollably into a pit, as will the slide kick. The one that's a true mixed blessing is the regular kick. It upgrades twice over the course of the game and the final upgrade is a 2 second long animation which means if you missed your target (or were trying to do another move but the controller didn't respond correctly) your dude just flails about leaving you totally vulnerable.
The game has a weird difficulty balance as well. The first 7 levels are pretty easy for an NES game and as you level up and get more magic your guy gets stronger which in turn makes the levels even easier. On top of that you have infinite continues so eventually you will succeed, that is until the final level. For the first time all game, your character can fall down pits and the level is designed to make you fall down all of them. Even with infinite continues you'll start chucking you're controller in frustration. It's a very annoying change to the gameplay and is extremely reminiscent of some of the harder Castlevania III levels. Otherwise, this is a real gem in a genre that is chock full of them.
MIGHTY FINAL FIGHT
North American Release Date: July 1993
Genre: Beat-em Up
Developer: Capcom
For being such a big developer with so many popular titles, Capcom actually has a few rare and expensive games. Taito is definitely king of the hard to find rarities, but Capcom is close behind with titles like Duck Tales 2, Snow Brothers (more on that bad boy in the 2-Players section), and Mighty Final Fight. Like those other titles, MFF is really good and while very much the NES take on the SNES game Final Fight, what it lacks in graphics it more than makes up for in charm.
You can play as one of three characters: Guy (fast but weak), Cody (medium everything), and Haggar (slow and strong as all fuck). Each of them has four special moves plus a desperation move and a super move you can learn by advancing levels. Like the original Double Dragon, your character learns skills by gaining experience points that you get from defeating bad guys. The technique you use to destroy them decides how many points you get for each kill. For a NES game, there's a ton of variety in the fighting and like other beat-em ups such as TMNT III: The Manhattan Project, you have to weigh the reward of using more difficult attacks which will give you more points but also leave you more vulnerable to getting attacked yourself. Personally I like using Haggar because he has the most life-bar and his jumping piledriver not only gets you the most points but is also satisfying as all hell.
The character animation is really well done for 8-bit and the backgrounds and graphics are top notch. Also, for an especially obscure title, MFF has one of the best soundtracks on the NES and certainly some of the best Capcom music out there (which is saying plenty). This game would easily crack the Top 20 on my list if not for the fact that like Final Fight, MFF is 1-Player only. You're just not supposed to play beat-em ups alone, it is truly the genre most perfectly designed to be played with a friend. However, all the great aspects of the game raise it's profile considerably and the multiple characters and techniques make the replay value very high.
.:PUZZLE:.
Genre: Arcade / Puzzle / Strategy
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Jaleco
Without a doubt Rampart is one of the most unique games on the NES in that it mixes two very different styles of gameplay. At the start of the game, you automatically build a small fort wall around a castle and you are given three cannons to place down within that wall. Next, you move a cursor toward your enemy (ships in the water in 1-Player, another castle across the river in 2-Player) and the cursor tells the cannons where to fire. You spend a few seconds blasting the shit out of the enemies boats or walls as they likewise do to you, and this continues until time expires. That's the first style of gameplay.
The second part is the real innovative, addictive, and stressful aspect of Rampart. To rebuild your walls, you're randomly given a series of blocks similar in appearance to those in Tetris. You place them in the holes left by the cannon-fire which is easier said than done because a lot of the pieces are large weird shapes that do not fit easily and you're timed so you're frantically rushing to makes the pieces fit. If you manage to fully re-enclose your castle, you'll regain your cannons and continue to the next round. If you're a real baller at this game, you'll also be able to enclose one of the other castles nearby, which means you'll get even more cannons on your next turn. However, if you can't finish a full wall in time, you lose the round.
The variation in gameplay and quick pace gives it a very frenetic feel and it's a blast to play with friends. Everyone ends up yelling like crazy because putting that wall back together against the ticking clock feels like disarming a bomb. I think if anyone did a study of heartattacks amongst 7-10 year olds in 1992 they'd see a significant spike, and if their deductive skills were strong they'd piece together Rampart's role in all of it. The graphics and music aren't going to blow you away and you won't be able to play it for Legend of Zelda length time periods or anything like that, but it's an example of how good game design can make up for other shortcomings.
PUZZNIC
Genre: Puzzle
Good ol' Puzznic. There are typically two kinds of puzzle games on the NES: fall down puzzle games like Tetris or Dr. Mario, or action puzzle games like Adventures of Lolo or Kickle Cubicle. There's also a third less common type which is the timed weirdo games like Pipe Dream, Loopz, or the game in question Puzznic.
Puzznic is actually two games in one: Puzznic and Gravnic. Puzznic's gameplay has you line up similar object types that disappear after they touch each other. There's gravity, so you can only move the blocks down which in turn forces you to think really systematically so that all of them are moved in the right order. Otherwise, you'll leave some of them stranded and have to retry. The levels are timed so you can't just sit there and try to figure it out, you've got to act fast! Although in this modern age of digital photography, I suppose you could take a picture, pause the game, and then figure out the puzzle before un-pausing. But hey why are we bringing modern technology into this? This ain't Back to the Future.
The second game is Gravnic. Gravnic has a similar objective to Puzznic, except that instead of moving the blocks you change the direction of gravity until everything lines up correctly. It is much more difficult to conceptualize and so much more of a headfuck to play. I would equate it to the feeling you have when you first play Portal and you get a sense of how the physics work…just as your mind gets blown!
Both Puzznic and Gravnic are very simple and the graphics even more so. The music is incredibly repetitive but not in an endearing way like Bubble Bobble or 3-D Worldrunner. Honestly, this is one cartridge that you don't need the sound for, just thrown on your favorite album instead <cough> Run the Jewels 2 <cough>. I suppose you need to hear the timer, but even if the timer runs out you can continue as many times as you want so it doesn't really matter.
All and all they're both very fun and challenging pick-up and play type games.
.:SPORTS:.
CRASH N THE BOYS STREET CHALLENGE
North American Release Date: October 1992
Developer: Technos Japan
Publisher: Technos Japan
The intro to the game gives a lengthy, and totally unnecessary, back-story to things. Crash's working class Southside High beats the snobby rich kids from up on "The Hill" in every sporting event. So Todd, the son of big business man Mr. Thornley, challenges Crash ('n his Boys) to a series of events where he hopes to completely crush out their dreams of rising up and usurping their military-industrial complex overlords. Or just playing some "unsanctioned games", whatever. In true Technos fashion, the whole thing is beautifully animated and surprisingly funny.
There are five events in total:
400 Meter Hurdles – You race side by side with your opponent. You can either jump, slide, or smash through the multi-tiered hurdles. Since this is street rules, you can smash through the hurdles and throw the splintered wood at your opponent or you can do a spin jump (a la Double Dragon) and kick em' back.
Hammer Throw – You tap B repeatedly to build power and then hit A to release the ball and chain. Unlike a normal hammer throw, you keep throwing the hammer from where ever it lands until you reach the distant hole (just like golf…and sex). If you throw it really well, you get pulled along with it!
Swimming – What appears to be a race is actually just you and the CPU attempting to drown each other. You can either jump on the other guy and hold him under water until his air runs out, or pull him under water and beat the shit out of him. When one of you runs out of HP, the event is over. Something about the ruthless drowning of teenagers makes this the most fucked up event of them all.
Roof Top Jumping – Basically the world's most dangerous obstacle course. You run across rooftops using pole vaulting or high wire unicycling to cross the gaps between buildings. Whoever clears the most buildings wins. The film "Man on Wire" causes less anxiety than this stage.
Fighting Scene – This section is basically River City Ransom with one key addition. When you grab each other, you have to press B like crazy to then the grapple and throw your opponent. If you do so successfully, you again tap B super fast to scroll through the list of crazy moves. Each one is very creative, and it's the variety of techniques at your disposal that make this section so fun.
Depending on the place you get in each event, you'll get a certain amount of money. You'll need it because between events, you get a chance to go shopping with your girlfriend which is both very cute and very necessary. The Sports Item Store has specific items that help in each event and you'll need these to gain an advantage. My favorite is the piranha "Chomper" that randomly attacks your opponents in the swimming level. Just sit back and let that fish do the drowning for you!
The graphics, sound, and controls of Crash N' the Boys are all really great, but what makes this game so good is it's originality and variety. It takes a little getting used to for sure, but once you do it's a lot of fun. Well honestly it's incredibly difficult and it takes a lot of practice to get good at it especially with the Roof Top Jumping Stage.
At the end there's an advertisement for a sequel "Crash 'N the Boys Ice Challenge" which was sadly never released in North America. I did however get a reproduction copy (along with all the other awesome Japan-only Technos games) from this guy.
SKI OR DIE
North American Release Date: February 1991
Developer: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Ultra
I grew up in the 80's and I barely remember the phrase "Skate or Die", and at this point I feel like that expression is really more an aftermath of the NES game than the inspiration for it. "Ski or Die" on the other hand has never been spoken by a single human being. EVER. I checked.
Anyway, I originally named this website "SnowWayBro" after Ski Or Die so it must be pretty great right? Well it is…mostly.
There's 5 mini games to choose from:
In "Snowball Blast" you sit in a central igloo and throw snowballs at other kids while rotating in 4 directions. It's a cool concept that gets a tad repetitive and eventually a little painful because of the button mashing and long levels. Use a turbo controller.
In "Downhill Blitz" you're a skier navigating a treacherous mountainside. It's a lot like another game I had "Heavy Shreddin" where patience and memorization eventually make it really fun.
"Acro Aerials" is a giant ski jump. It takes some getting used to, but once you get that guy to reach space while doing all sorts of crazy tricks it's totallyworth it.
The "Innertube Thrash" is two tubers racing down a mountain dodging obstacles and bumping each other. You can slow the other person down by stabbing their tube with a fork or even better a pocket-knife. This one is much more fun on 2-Player.
And last but absolutely not least is the best one of all "Snowboard Halfpipe" . This event alone makes this game awesome. It's a downhill halfpipe where you avoid obstacles while trying to do as many tricks as possible to get points. If you've ever played Skate or Die, 720, or California Games, you'll appreciate exactly how well this halfpipe game is programmed. Seriously, if they'd spent all their energy on this mini-game and left out the rest, Snowboard Halfpipe would be like SSX Tricky. Also, it's the only event that for some reason has commentary, and the Kent Brockman look-alike is filled with comedy gold!
10 responses to "Hidden Gems"
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All of these games fucking suck. There are WAY better hidden gems out there. Horrible list.
snowwaybro
Sweet opinion! Thanks brah ✌
Michael Knight
Then what games are way better? I mean for me I would have like to seen G.I. Joe's Real American Hero Whomp Em and Cabal but I like this sites list there are a ton of hidden gems. A lot of other sites included a lot of hidden gems off his top 100 list like Bucky O'hare Shadow of the Ninja Plower Blade Shatterhand Gun-Nac Vice project Doom Gun-Nac Metal Storm Little Samson and a few others.
I love love love Cabal. That game is awesome! I've been putting off a Best 2-Player section for cooperative games and Cabal is definitely on there. I've played both Gi Joes a bit but never thought much of either. I do like Whomp Em' though, it's kind of like another Mega Man variant Krion Conquest.
There's definitely other great NES games worth playing, off the top of my head the best game I've played recently that gets little shine is "Conquest of the Crystal Palace". It's kind of a Platformer hybrid with RPG elements similar to Kickmaster. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't already!
G I Joe Real American Hero the Taxan version not the Capcom is the better of the 2 games. Each mission you get a commander and you select from 2 more Joe's to go along with each mission. You can pause the game at any time to change Joe's. If one of them is about to die you can switch and when you find health you can switch back before taking it to heal the injure Joe. You can do this with level up too. It has a password system for where you left off at and where your Joe's level is at. Each Joe has a different power jump punch and gun. For example, Snake Eyes is the only one with unlimited bullets and can jump the highest but has the weakest gun and weak in hit power. They all have unlimited grenades. In some of the mission you can fine hidden vehicles to hop in. I would watch some good youtube videos on how this is all done as I am not good at explaining things. You may have not seen what all this game is capable of. It has some RPG elements and some maze like levels in it and playing this different Joe's really adds to the game because some are better in certain areas than others. I would give it a 2nd chance but its cool if you don't like but I really really love this game.
That's what's up man, I'll give it another try!
jasterlaf
No, it's a good list, just not the typical one you'd find on these sorts of things, where all the "hidden" gems are the same ones every other site lists. Kickmaster, Zombie Nation, Uncharted Waters, and Rainbow Islands are all great games that I think deserve more attention and I appreciate this site for doing so.
stonerdragon
Some other underrated NES games:
Magic Of Scheherazade
Hogan's Alley
Street Fighter 2010
Bonk's Adventure (not as good as the Turbografx version, but still good)
Wario's Woods (not as good as the SNES masterpiece, but still good)
Mappy Land
Yo Noid
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Milon's Secret Castle
Abadox
Thanks for these! Many of the games you mentioned were either featured on the original source lists (Magic of Scheherazade, Abadox, Archon, Balloon Fight, etc.) while others I've seen on similar Hidden Gems lists (S.C.A.T., Felix the Cat, etc.)
There are still a few you mention here myself or others haven't covered too much. Both G.I. Joe games are really good, much better than I was expecting. They both deserve to make the Top 100. Bonk's Adventure is pretty good for sure, but probably talked about less because of it's rarity. Same with Panic Restaurant. Crisis Force is amazing, but since it was only released in Japan I haven't covered it on this site.
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(Un)equal pay day: Melbourne
On Monday the 29th August, working women took to the streets of Melbourne to raise awareness and protest against the rising gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is calculated annually by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) by reference to the difference between the average weekly full-time earnings of men and women.
This year, the gender pay gap is fourteen per cent – that means that women, on average, make eighty-six cents for every dollar a man makes. This is a three per cent rise since 2021 and represents a difference in monetary terms of $263.90 per week.
The disparity is bigger for certain industries, such as in professional, scientific, and technical services where the average full time woman worker makes 74.7 cents for every dollar made by her male counterpart. The pay gap is evident across the spectrum, even in "feminised" industries such as healthcare and social work.
The Equal Pay Day campaign suggests that the reasons for the gender pay gap are:
discrimination and bias in hiring and pay decisions
women and men working in different industries and different jobs, with female-dominated industries attracting lower wages
women's disproportionate share of unpaid caring and domestic work
lack of workforce flexibility to accommodate caring and other responsibilities, especially in senior roles
women's greater time out of the workforce impacting career progression and opportunities
Equal Pay Day was observed on 29th August this year, to represent the sixty extra days after the end of the financial year that the average woman would have to work to earn the same as a man.
Following in this long tradition, working women in Melbourne took to the streets at locations across the CBD to raise awareness in the community through actions in which people were encouraged to calculate the gender pay gap for themselves. At a midday action at the Victorian Trades Hall working women shared their experiences of being affected by the gender pay gap and how we can organise to solve this problem.
Communists have been involved in the struggle for equal pay and the proper valuation of women's labour for over 100 years. In 1919, Bolshevik leader Alexandra Kollontai wrote that:
"only a radical change in the whole existence of the working class woman […] will wipe out once and for all the barrier which to this day prevents the woman worker letting her forces flow freely into the class struggle."
Capitalism, she suggests, is the root cause of gender inequality in the labour market. "[T]he legacy of the capitalist order" she writes, influences "the conditions of life, the working class family's way of life, the traditions which hold captive the mind of woman [and] the servitude of housework."
Kollontai warns against bourgeois feminist movements that fail to appreciate the intersection of class and gender. It is important that we heed her warning: a working woman has more in common with a working man than a bourgeois woman. Working people of all genders must unite to fight the conditions of capitalism which systematically discriminate against women and undervalue their labour. Only in this way will we close the gender pay gap.
Learn more about the gender pay gap and how we can mobilise to abolish it at www.equalpayday.com.au.
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Collectivism – Socialism – Communism
Posted on October 25, 2019 October 25, 2019 by Richard Cure
In reading a report from The International Man, a publication of Doug Casey, entitled Infectious Insanity, he talks about why so many young people in particular are going for collectivism. After reading the article, which impressed me, my understanding of what has been going on in this world made so much more sense. So for this article, it was off to the computer dictionary. The best definition was as follow:
The principles or system of ownership and control of the means of production and distribution by the people collectively, usually under the supervision of a government.
The socialistic theory or principle of centralization of all directive social and industrial power, especially of control of the means of production, in the people collectively, or the state: the opposite of individualism.
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
More at Wordnik from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
But the first definition to be found was:
Collectivism is a value that is characterized by emphasis on cohesiveness among individuals and prioritization of the group over the self. Individuals or groups that subscribe to a collectivist worldview tend to find common values and goals as particularly salient and demonstrate greater orientation toward in-group than toward out-group. Wikipedia
The enemy has gotten to the Wikipedia definition and written it to sound idealistic. The definition from Wordnik is more realistic and does clue one into what is going on in society. Wikipedia says: "greater orientation toward in-group than toward out-group." No wonder there is so much division and no concern for the other man. Freedoms are disreguarded. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are disreguarded since those documents are like cops are to robbers. All is to be sacrificed for the whole. This is their ideal but in reality only government can steal from one group and give to another group, without someone facing a prison sentence. So in reality, collectivists are supporting either socialism or communism. They deny other people's rights, thinking they will gain, when in reality they will be enslaved or worse yet sent to a Siberian-type prison because they are vagrants. And these same collectivists will complain once things do not work out the way they had planned. They will have been working to take away other people's rights and in the process will also have lost their own rights.
Doug Casey's article was very good in that he explained how people go for such an idea. First of all there is a problem with ethics in that people are interested in taking something from someone else. As Mr. Casey points out, people who are down and out cannot figure that they will ever be able to have part of the wealth around them and are very prone to accepting such an ideology, of spreading the wealth around. Many young people have been, for quite a few years, unable to get jobs and have been living in their parents' basements. After a good amount of time living in such dispare, they start dreaming of how they could get some of the wealth that is all around them. Mr. Casey points out that this is why Venezuela went so strongly into socialism – communism.
With the present unemployment being so low a great deal can change as these young people become employed and can see that they can be a part of society without stealing their where-with-all. This makes me think that maybe President Kennedy better understood what he was doing than what I had thought at the time in that he started the Peace Corps to get the young people to work and off the streets.
One of the things learned from Mr. Casey's article is the difference between collectivism and socialism. Collectivism is a personal possession, basically "me, me, me, and forget you" (and how is this going to work without the government taking the wealth) whereas socialism is more "up with the state and forget you" (usually because they think the state will take care of them) but the state will take care of itself and the crooked politicians in the same way as has happened in Venezuela.
Mr. Casey thinks there is no way to avert the direction collectivism is going. I say there is a way to avert the situation, as employment is already changing some of the direction, education can also help change the course.
I believe God can and does change men's hearts.
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Out of the Depths of Sorrow
Posted on March 20, 2019 July 10, 2019 by Richard Cure
One usually thinks of the early immigrants to North America as being those who came to this country as fortune hunters but that phase of the immigration to this country came after it had proven to be the land of the free and home of the brave. Even then the immigrants were sorrowful to be leaving their native country and families in order to find opportunity and freedom.
In the very beginning of the European immigration to North America the people were coming to escape persecution in politics and religion. The extreme conflict and sorrow that drives men to separate themselves from home and country was a very real experience for these pilgrims. Many died on their way here or lost loved ones who were coming with them. And once here, it was very hard to survive and establish one's self in a somewhat comfortable manner. Some of the first pilgrim colonies did not survive as all of the pilgrims died.
History's Lessons
With almost 2000 years of recorded history, our forefathers had a great deal to learn from history. Plus they had a pretty clean slate to start with and as a result they could do whatever they needed to establish this new country.
The people had made it clear that they were free and that is the way they intended to stay. The job was to frame a government which would serve the people and not anyone else. Not only in the present but future peoples and organizations were to be held in check so that the people would remain free. Free to do as they wished as long as they did not infringe on someone else. Continue reading →
Corona-Virus Debate
Posted on May 16, 2020 by Richard Cure
We have a very diverse set of positions in this country that are dominated by a number of situations such as: what TV programming is being watched; with which church one is affiliated; whether one is conservative or socialist; and whether one is a democrat or republican.
We are mostly concerned with the difference between a democracy and a republic with the main point being that our country is to be a republic and not a democracy.
Let's show which form of government would back which position. The main issue is, how far do you go to fight a virus?
Those standing for a republic, firstly and fore-mostly want to stay within the framework of the law, while looking after individual rights. Lives are critical but within boundaries. People are allowed to drive cars and at high speeds even though deaths will occur and will do so especially at higher speeds. The well-being of the total society is taken into account. A value is put on life in dollars and cents so one can get a better handle on how much should be spent on such things as guardrails. A republic tends to take things as they come and not do a bunch of forward planning because so much can be wasted in time and money.
Democracy, on the other hand, is ideally looking to represent the people, as opposed to the law (constitution) but in reality, the man representing the democracy almost always has his own agenda. A representative of democracy quite often believes in socialism which is treasonous to a republic because socialism stands against the constitution which is there to safeguard the rights of the people. A democracy is interested in buying as many votes as it can (with state funds). Being inclined to socialism, a democracy usually does not mind doing something which will support the downfall of free-enterprise so they can, theoretically, institute a more perfect socialistic society.
So when it comes to shutting down businesses, for whatever reason especially if one can claim that lives are at stake, those who are representative of democracy will work to extend the shut-down and the representative of a republic will work to restore life to normalcy in order to safeguard individual rights and protect the economy.
Posted on April 25, 2020 by Richard Cure
We have a very diverse set of positions in this country dominated by a number of situations such as: what tv programming is being watched; which church one is affiliated; whether one is conservative or socialist; and whether one is democrat or republican.
This blog is mostly concerned with the difference between a democracy and a republic with the main point being that our country is to be a republic and not a democracy.
Those standing for a republic, firstly and foremostly want to stay within the framework of the law, while looking after individual rights. Lives are critical but within boundaries. People are allowed to drive cars and at high speeds even though deaths will occur and will do so especially at higher speeds. The well-being of the total society is taken into account. A value is put on life in dollars and cents so one can get a better handle on how much should be spent on such things as guard rails. A republic tends to take things as they come and not do a bunch of forward planning because so much can be wasted in time and money.
Democracy, on the other hand, is ideally looking to represent the people, as opposed to the law (constitution) but in reality, the man representing the democracy almost always has his own agenda. A representative of democracy quite often believes in socialism which is treasonous to a republic because socialism stands against the constitution which is there to safeguard the rights of the people. A democracy is interested in buying as many votes as it can (with state funds). Being inclined to socialism a democracy usually does not mind doing something which will support the downfall of free-enterprise so they can theoretically institute a more perfect socialistic society.
So when it comes to shutting down businesses, for whatever reason especially if one can claim lives are at the stack, those who are representative of democracy will work to extend the shut-down and the representative of a republic will work to restore life to normalcy in order to safeguard individual rights and protect the economy.
Any new situation takes some time in order to get one's feet under him so he can react properly. Some people are quicker than others. Additionally, of course, there are those who know ahead of time what is coming and what is being planned if a certain type of thing happens. It is not socially acceptable to talk about conspiracy because you have to point fingers at people. Also if one has a high degree of education one has it highly ingrained not to allow conspiratorial ideas to be put forward. But I think most Americans can remember 9/11 and I do not think it is important to describe what that means because it is so ingrained into men's minds after all the brain-washing that went on at the time. It was a conspiracy which ran a lot deeper and concerned many more than just the people flying the planes.
A key to understanding terrorism is understanding the thinking of the terrorists. The organized terrorist is not so interested in destroying buildings and or killing people. One of the statements which tell what terrorism is run thus: "The action is in the reaction." In other words, they are interested in forming your reaction so they can accomplish their goal. They were attacking our country, not the trade center. And the purpose was to turn our government into our enemy by changing the government so that it takes away our constitutional rights. The terrorists have won the war on terrorism. The terrorists managed to take a good deal of our freedoms.
If one will look at this coronavirus situation and compare it to 9/11 one can easily see the similarities. The Hype. The shutting-down of the nation. Most people thought they would have a hard time accepting that what is going on now is a terrorist attack.
The virus, I believe, was not purposely released but that could be debated especially in China. But the news media's part in all of it is quite obvious. They have built all the hype to drive the reaction. Remember, The Action is in the Reaction. So the essential terrorist, in this case, is the news media. Yet the number one perpetrator was the Imperial College of London who produced the COVID Act Now Model, which was used to push unsuspecting politicians into acceptance of the model and then to carry out the shutting down of the economy. The organization had said; "this model is designed to drive fast action, not predict the future." But that is not what the president and governors were told. The organization had run this hoax before, with other viruses including Ebola, SARS, MERSA, etc. They were looking for the right situation to turn into a perceived pandemic. The web site that better shows what went on is;
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/25/inaccurate-virus-models-are-panicking-officials-into-ill-advised-lockdowns/?fbclid=IwAR08wE-y6djiLVXrnkm6d1LcG5dhIgAI7oQtrP4v_lpUYIYa9zYPItj5kjE
What needs to be done is for us to get back to work. The enemies will face the consequences in due time.
This blog is mostly concerned with the difference between a democracy and a republic with the main point is that our country is to be a republic and not a democracy.
Those standing for a republic, firstly and foremost want to stay within the framework of the law, while looking after individual rights. Lives are critical but within boundaries. People are allowed to drive cars and at high speeds even though deaths will occur and will do so especially at higher speeds. The well-being of the total society is taken into account. A value is put on life in dollars and cents so one can get a better handle on how much should be spent on such things as guard rails. A republic tends to take things as they come and not do a bunch of forward planning because so much can be wasted in time and money.
So when it comes to shutting down businesses, for whatever reason especially if one can claim lives are at stack, those who are representative of democracy will work to extend the shut-down and the representative of a republic will work to restore life to normalcy in order to safeguard individual rights and protect the economy.
Any new situation takes some time in order to get one's feet under him so he can react properly. Some people are quicker than others. Additionally, of course there are those who know ahead of time what is coming and what is being planned if a certain type of thing happens. It is not socially acceptable to talk about conspiracy because you have to point fingers at people. Also if one has a high degree of education one has it highly ingrained not to allow conspiratorial ideas to be put forward. But I think most Americans can remember 9/11 and I do not think it is important to describe what that means because it is so ingrained into men's minds after all the brain-washing that went on at the time. It was a conspiracy which ran a lot deeper and concerned many more than just the people flying the planes.
A key to understanding terrorism is understanding the thinking of the terrorists. The organized terrorist is not so interested in destroying buildings and or killing people. One of the statements which tells what terrorism is runs thus: "The action is in the reaction." In other words they are interested informing your reaction so they can accomplish their goal. They were attacking our country not the trade center. And the purpose was to turn our government into our enemy by changing the government so that it takes away our constitutional rights. The terrorists have won the war on terrorism. The terrorists managed to take a good deal of our freedoms.
If one will look at this coronavirus situation and compare it to 9/11 one can easily see the similarities. The Hype. The shutting-down of the nation. Most people thought would have a hard time accepting that what is going on now is a terrorist attack.
Why We Are a Republic, Not a Democracy
Posted on January 22, 2018 by Richard Cure
PoliticsCommentary Taken from the Daily Signal a publication of The Heritage Foundation
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Walter E. Williams / January 17, 2018 / comments
The Founding Fathers designed a system that places heavy checks on the power of the majority.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
Hillary Clinton blamed the Electoral College for her stunning defeat in the 2016 presidential election in her latest memoirs, "What Happened."
Some have claimed that the Electoral College is one of the most dangerous institutions in American politics.
Why? They say the Electoral College system, as opposed to a simple majority vote, distorts the one-person, one-vote principle of democracy because electoral votes are not distributed according to population.
To back up their claim, they point out that the Electoral College gives, for example, Wyoming citizens disproportionate weight in a presidential election.
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Put another way, Wyoming, a state with a population of about 600,000, has one member in the House of Representatives and two members in the U.S. Senate, which gives the citizens of Wyoming three electoral votes, or one electoral vote per 200,000 people.
California, our most populous state, has more than 39 million people and 55 electoral votes, or approximately one vote per 715,000 people.
Comparatively, individuals in Wyoming have nearly four times the power in the Electoral College as Californians.
Many people whine that using the Electoral College instead of the popular vote and majority rule is undemocratic. I'd say that they are absolutely right. Not deciding who will be the president by majority rule is not democracy.
>>> Liberals Claim Electoral College Is Biased. Here Are the Facts.
But the Founding Fathers went to great lengths to ensure that we were a republic and not a democracy. In fact, the word democracy does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, or any other of our founding documents.
How about a few quotations expressed by the Founders about democracy?
In Federalist Paper No. 10, James Madison wanted to prevent rule by majority faction, saying, "Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority."
John Adams warned in a letter, "Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide."
Edmund Randolph said, "That in tracing these evils to their origin, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy."
Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, "Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos."
The Founders expressed contempt for the tyranny of majority rule, and throughout our Constitution, they placed impediments to that tyranny. Two houses of Congress pose one obstacle to majority rule. That is, 51 senators can block the wishes of 435 representatives and 49 senators.
The president can veto the wishes of 535 members of Congress. It takes two-thirds of both houses of Congress to override a presidential veto.
To change the Constitution requires not a majority but a two-thirds vote of both houses, and if an amendment is approved, it requires ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures.
Finally, the Electoral College is yet another measure that thwarts majority rule. It makes sure that the highly populated states—today, mainly 12 on the east and west coasts, cannot run roughshod over the rest of the nation. That forces a presidential candidate to take into consideration the wishes of the other 38 states.
>>> Why We Use Electoral College, Not Popular Vote
Those Americans obsessed with rule by popular majorities might want to get rid of the Senate, where states, regardless of population, have two senators.
Should we change representation in the House of Representatives to a system of proportional representation and eliminate the guarantee that each state gets at least one representative?
Currently, seven states with populations of 1 million or fewer have one representative, thus giving them disproportionate influence in Congress.
While we're at it, should we make all congressional acts by majority rule? When we're finished with establishing majority rule in Congress, should we then move to change our court system, which requires unanimity in jury decisions, to a simple majority rule?
My question is: Is it ignorance of or contempt for our Constitution that fuels the movement to abolish the Electoral College?
Los Vegas Terror Attack- An Attack on the Republic
Posted on October 6, 2017 by Richard Cure
The main point of this blog "What Democracy" is that this country is suppose to be a Republic and that the people as a rule believe this is suppose to be a Democracy so they elected officials who act and react like a Democracy. The way you control a Democracy is through extreme events. Like the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. Which then brought about the government meddling in private affairs and the loss of personal liberties. A larger out of control government.
A video produced some 25-30 years ago named: No Place to Hide, The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism, very will showed the different terror attacks at that time and interviewed a number of terrorist along with the review of the terrorist manuals to show that: The Action is in the Reaction. That is that the purpose of organized terrorism is not to kill maim and destroy but is rather to stampede the target country into actions which will weaken that country. The 9/11 attacks caused more lose of our freedoms than what we have seen in this country sense the founding of the Federal Reserve and Income Tax.
The way you control a Democracy is by actions which cause mob rule. In a country which understands it is a Republic and how a republic works terrorism brings about a resolve which goes against the terrorist not towards mob rule. So lets watch our reaction so we truly counter the enemy and not promote him and his purposes.
So remember The Action the terrorist is looking for is in the Reaction.
Mafia Governments
A Misunderstood Fact about Communism
Why is it That Most Totalitarian Governments are Communist ?
Forms of government can range from a Constitutional Republic which can guarantee freedom to its people to a totalitarian government which takes all the freedoms from the people and holds them totally to the state. North Korea's dictatorship is an example of a total totalitarian government which holds all the power to itself. The same was true of the old Russia. But today Russia claims to be giving its people freedoms but in reality Russia is just granting the rights, like a franchise, to different persons who then operate as a Mafia under the protection of the government. The arrangement is something like a franchise granted unofficially by the government to the different Mafia heads. There is no need for a formal agreement because noone is to regulate the agreement just the government and there is no arguing with the government. At its lest whim the Mafia head is arrested for tax evasion or what ever and the franchise turned over to the new head man quite often the one prosecuting the former owner-franchise-Mafia head. The main point here is that all the Mafia heads can be demoted to give total control and ownership of the government. The system works very well in convincing outsiders that the government is not really of any real control or possibly is even total inept and therefore is not to be worried about.
A dictatorship can establish communism as its financial system and quit often does. But that does not mean that a dictatorship has to establish a communist economic system or that a communist country has to be run by a dictatorship. But it works best for a totalitarian type government to have communism as its financial system. That away they can steal, in total, all of that within the state. And another issue comes in and that is religious freedoms the same with political freedoms. A totalitarian government doesn't have to be totally totalitarian as it may be advantageous for looks to tolerate some things at least officially so as to foster good publicity or to keep the enemy states and people confused as to what is going on and where the state and its bureaucracy is at and especially where they are going.
Communism has never worked and will never work as an economic system for any length of time. But it has worked very effectively as a economic system to support a totalitarian government for a short period of time. With the stealing of all the resources of the state the state can reallocate the resources and appear to be prospering as long as one looks at only those industries important to the state. Even the people are the resources of the state and so they are the slaves of the state which are exploited as the state sees fit. Quit often a system of extortion is set up as a means of controlling the people.
Lenin went into Russia with millions of dollars of gold on the train with him to take control of Russia and set up a totalitarian state with communism as the economic system to justify to the world the atrocity of stealing the total value of Russia for the financing party's. With those stolen resources the Lenin regime could foment revolution and destruction of target states and take them over. Sound enough of an idea except that communism is not a system that can support itself let alone support other country's. It can take the resources of the first targeted country and use those stolen goods and services to carry out its operation for a while but after a while the state runs out of resources and needs to find another victim to take over or convince someone to give them aid. Russia worked this program by getting the United States to sell them wheat on borrowed money. And by selling arms to those countries they were targeting to take over.
Russia was able with the help of the United States to take over a good deal of eastern Europe after World War II and with that move had all the resource of those countries to feed upon for a number of years until they ran out of resources again.
We are told that communism in Russia failed as of course communism always fails as an economic system but the government did not fail. Even though they had murdered millions of people no one was prosecuted or even effectively demoted as butchers or anything of the sort. It has been in resent years a matter of changing the coat and hat so as to portray a different idealism. Little more than a play for the unwary. These plays are very common in a totalitarian state. The enemy within the state are those seeking freedoms. By stating that the state has changed its policy towards freedom fighters a good many of the freedom fighters are brought out in the open along with there sympathizers. Shortly the enemy's of the state are rounded up and prosecuted. It doesn't matter what they are prosecuted for or that they are guilty. The name of the game is not cat and mouse but a reign of terror. This process doesn't need to be repeated very often for the people to understand when to cheer and when to cry as we see in North Korea. When Russia showed, by way of there dissidents in Ukrainian, that they wanted to take back parts of the Ukraine in order to establish a land bridge to southern Europe (to the Pope in Rome) the people right a way fell in line as they knew what was going to happen and that no help was to be expected from the United States as Obama was implementing a totalitarian state in the United States.
In Hitler's Germany the totalitarian government failed and the allies hunted down the administration, tried, convicted, and executed them for their crimes. In Russia those of the fained previous government were not prosecuted but rather were given rights to run rough should over who ever the needed to take control and steal the parts of the economy that they wanted. They kept the old power, that is the control of the state, but changed parts of the economic system to the benefit of a few at the top. Once the situation changes, such as the taking over of a new country in which to steal the wealth of, or even, once its own mafia capitalist portion of the economy becomes prosperous enough under a thinly disguised free enterprise system to make it worthwhile to return to communism and steal all the resources which had been created by the franchised Mafia free enterprise, we will probably see a return to the old communist economic system. The real point here is that those who were in control before are still in control they have just changed the way they function in the economic system. But lets not get confused. The crew who was in control before are still in control they have just changed to a system where those in control have given, like franchise rights, to different persons to control different industry's or areas.
The real essentials have not changed. The totalitarian state is still in place and the controlled so called free enterprise is allowed and encouraged as long as it is within control of the state or those in control of the state.
People visiting Russia say that it is so good that communism failed and that the people are free now. But that it is to bad that the Mafia took over. When in reality the Mafia has always been in control but only with different coats and hats on.
When "Russia failed" there was no purging of the government of the mass murders. No trials. They even had previous Mafia heads murdered when new control was established by some one. Even going to South America to kill a possible future contender. But there was no cleansing when the staged Communism failed. A very critical position as those in control would not want to give up there life. Simply the changing of hats and coats and of course the associated lies from our leaders and the news media that Communism was dead and the biggest proof they gave was that the Berlin Wall came down.
Today we see Russia reestablishing the empire simply by cohesion, plus a little. For there previous mass murders leave a permanent mark in the slaves conciseness. And the number one state they move into first? The one who had the most outrageous amount of people killed. Russia moved all the food out of the Ukraine "The Bread Basket of Europe" and starved 7,000,000 of the people to death about 25% of the population. Is it surprising that when Russia let it known that it wants to take back the Ukraine that Russia was able to find the supporters to back a takeover? There are always those who think treason to nation, family, and God is easier than fighting the establishment.
So the real point is that these totalitarian states are nothing more than Mafias who have taken over governments. The most profitable and the least likely to be prosecuted of all Mafias as they claim to be independent states with rights to exist as independent states.
Categories: Government, History, Mafia GovernmentsTags: Communist, Mafia, Russia, UkraineDiscussion: Leave a comment
Resolution to Stop The Obama Administration From Becoming a Dictatorship
Submitted by Richard L. Cure -Precinct 1002
Background info. from tisaboutfreedom.wordpress.com
Whereas, The Obama Administration has by-passed Congress and acted without due process of the law as evidenced by the actions listed below:
a. Bypassed Congress and instructed the EPA to advance Cap-n-Trade (carbon tax). (source #1)
b. Made four Executive Appointments while the Senate was NOT in recess, which the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional, yet the appointees still remain. (source #2)
c. Did not get Congress's approval for Obama's war in Libya. Article I, Section 8, Impeachable under Article II, Section 4. Obama falsely claims UN can usurp Congressional war powers. (source #3)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has repeatedly denied Constitutional rights as evidenced in the actions listed below:
a. Obama Care requirement to provide birth control which restricts freedom of religious belief. (source #4)
b. IRS denial of right to quick process and the targeting of politically opposing organizations. (source #5)
c. Use of drones on American Citizens. (source #6)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has used Executive Privilege in the following incidents:
a. Fast and Furious-gun running to drug lords where a border patrol agent and many others were killed. To be named specifically in this fiasco is Attorney General Holder. (source #7)
b. Obama Care sold by the Administration as 'not a tax' in Congress then went to the Supreme Court and claimed it was a tax thereby keeping the unconstitutional law from being thrown out. (source #8)
c. In the Benghazi fiasco the Ambassador and supporting troops were killed because the Obama administration, at best, did not act or react responsibly. Specifically to be named in this wrong doing is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (source #9)
d. Forced legislation through for the allowing of 'gays' in the military which weakened our Armed Forces. (source #10)
e. National Labor Relations Board, to which Obama had illegally appointed 3 members, was used to stop Boeing from building a $750 million Dreamliner plant in right-to-work South Carolina. (source #11)
f. Appointed more than two dozen "czars" to federal agencies without the "Advice and Consent of the Senate." (source #12)
g. The prosecution of Snowden for his patriotic act of disclosing the unconstitutional action of our government spying on its people. (source #13)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has made repeated stands against the Congress's right to know as evidenced in:
a. Benghazi fiasco, along with the associated cover-up and denial involving, especially, the President and the Secretary of State (source #14)
b. Investigation into the discrimination of IRS in processing of filings for tax exempt status. (source #15)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has used Executive Orders to bypass and negate Congress and the Constitution as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. 23 Executive Orders on gun control – an infringement on the 2nd Amendment especially involving Vice President Biden. (source #16)
b. Executive Order bypassing Congress on immigration – Article 1 Section 1, All Legislative power held by Congress. (source #17)
c. Executive Order 13603 – NDPT – government can seize anything. (source #18)
d. Executive Order 13524 – Gives INTERPOL jurisdiction on American soil beyond law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, which gives power to a foreign power. (source #19)
e. Executive Order 13636 Infrastructure Cyber Security – Bypassing Congress Article 1 Section 1, All legislative power held by Congress. (source #20)
Whereas, the Obama Administration has, through its oversight of governmental agencies, allowed or caused the loss of Constitutional rights as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. Attempted to tax political contributions of the opposing party – 1st Amendment. (source #21)
b. Later caused IRS to hold up tax-exempt status on organizations which opposed Obama. (source #22)
c. Allowed spying on the American people through a program, code named Prism NSA and the FBI's tapping directly into the servers of 9 internet companies to gain emails, video/audio, photos and documents. NSA is also collecting data on all phone calls in U.S. These actions are violations of the 4th Amendment. (source #23)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has disregarded laws on the books thereby negating the Laws of the Land as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. Directed the Department of Justice to ignore the Constitution and separation of powers and to stop enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act. (source #24)
b. Has continued to neglect to enforce existing immigration laws while creating its own. (source #25)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has given its cronies, rights outside of the law making the law a personal privilege thereby making a farce of the law, evidenced by:
a. Healthcare waivers – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's home state Nevada received a blanket waiver from Obama Care. Nancy Pelosi's district received about 20% of the waivers. No president has dispensing powers. (source #26)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has acted in the capacity of a foreign power and plans to do so in the future as witnessed by the following acts:
a. Obama took Chairmanship of UN Security Council – Violation of Section 9. (source #27)
b. Plans to sign U.N. Firearms Treaty, which infringes on our Constitutional 2nd Amendments rights and gives the power to a foreign body, which could be argued as a clear case of treason.
Therefore be it Resolved, That our representatives take up this call to action to prosecute the Obama Administration for various crimes outlined above to include but not limited to the Impeachment of President Obama. We ask our Texas Federal Representatives Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cornyn, and Congressman Michael Burgess to pursue immediate correction of the violation of powers by the Obama Administration. And to press for changes in Homeland Security, FEMA, and to the Amended (Sept. 2009) Defense Production Act of 1950 (source #29) which is used as the basis for many of the presidential orders which undermine our Constitution. Our State Representatives are asked to lend support in the above matters. We here set forth the Impeachment Articles of Michael Connelly, J.D. Constitutional Lawyer as an example of what we expect to be brought before Congress. (source #28)
1) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574388642894879438.html
2) http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/01/31/a-federal-court-slaps-down-president-obamas-aggressive-abuse-of-executive-power/
3) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/opinion/21Ackerman.html
4) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/24/catholic-university-to-file-appeal-in-fight-against-obamacare-mandate/
5) http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/17/conservative-groups-targeted-by-the-irs-reject-the-agencys-new-expedited-review-process/
6) http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/politics/obama-drones-cia
7) http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/15533-obama-s-fast-and-furious-gun-running-scandal-grows
8) http://www.askheritage.org/is-the-obamacare-mandate-a-tax/
9) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/05/21/clintons-role-in-the-benghazi-fiasco-and-blame-shifting/
10) http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-gay-rights-military/2013/02/12/id/489928
11) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/22/boeing_nrlb_unions_labor_government_white_house_obama_administration_south_carolina_109635.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/04/obama-bypasses-congress-appoints-3-to-labor-board/
12) http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-07-30/opinions/36772654_1_jobs-czar-energy-czar-imperial-russia
13) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://rt.com/news/snowden-prize-whistleblower-germany-255/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/black-budget/
14) http://newsbusters.org/blogs/howard-portnoy/2013/05/12/liberal-panic-now-benghazi-fiasco-finally-getting-real-coverage
15) http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/08/emails-suggest-collusion-between-federal-election-commission-fec-and-irs-internal-revenue-service-lois-lerner-to-target-conservatives/
16) http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-by-the-president/
17) http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/303869-house-votes-to-defund-obamas-administrative-amnesty-for-immigrants
18) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness Department of Homeland Security is made #1 with all agencies including FEMA under Department of Homeland Security. March 16, 2012.
19) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
20) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity
21) http://nation.foxnews.com/irs-targeting-tea-party/2013/05/15/senate-democrats-pressured-irs-crack-down-tea-party
22) http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/05/17/congress-holding-hearings-on-irs-tax-exempt-scandal-today/
23) http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,2472288673001_2145377,00.html
24) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/us/politics/for-obama-tricky-balancing-act-in-enforcing-defense-of-marriage-act.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
26) http://nation.foxnews.com/obamacare/2011/05/18/entire-state-nevada-scores-obamacare-waiver
http://nation.foxnews.com/nancy-pelosi/2011/05/17/pelosi-caught-hand-obamacare-waiver-cookie-jar
27) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTB-LDWoETA
28) http://static.squarespace.com/static/4f34530ecb12e336a9dfe29c/t/52218b15e4b08fc4fa147fc9/1377930005891/Formal%20Articles%20of%20Impeachment%20:%202013%20:%20Congressional%20Public%20Release%20v1.pdf
29) http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/15666?id=3590
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After seeing one of Gibbs Rounsavall's circular paintings, you know he is an artist who is precise and patient. And, as luck would have it, his work is easy to see right now, be it in a mural, exhibition or studio (gibbsrounsavall.com).
LEO: What's your art background?
Gibbs Rounsavall: I have been drawing for as long as I can remember, going back to first grade doodling army stick men [and] fighting dinosaurs on the margins of worksheets. My parents were always very supportive of my interest in art, giving me sketchbooks and art materials for birthdays and Christmas. I started by copying the characters from comic books, which was a good way to learn how to draw. For my undergraduate degree I attended Washington University, where I earned my BFA with a concentration in illustration. Wash U was a great experience because it gave me an opportunity to be exposed to a variety of media and techniques that weren't available in high school. My studio professors were always asking me to "loosen up," but it never felt quite right. Eventually one of my illustration professors recommended I work for the U.S. government in the Mint Department designing currency. After college, I dove head first into artmaking and established a pretty regimented work routine and having shows in coffee shops and alternative venues like 953 Clay Street.
LEO: You recently unveiled a mural at Shelby and Oak. What is it about and how did you get the commission?
LEO: You have a show up now at Revelry Boutique and Gallery. What can we expect to see in the exhibition?
GR: I am really excited about this exhibit at Revelry. The show will consist of mostly smaller works on paper and wood and will focus on light, movement and the development of a visual language from smaller studies to more complex structures, eventually leading to the mock painting for the mural. The work is more musically-influenced with a bit of randomness added to the process, which has resulted in pleasant surprises.
LEO: Open Studio Weekend recently happened. Why did you decide to take part?
GR: I had such a good experience last year when I participated. I love sharing and talking about my work with the public, which is something that I actively took part in on a regular basis while working on the mural. I also think it is educational for the general public to see behind the scenes of the artmaking process, to see the spaces and routines artists employ to make their work. This can help foster an appreciation for the passion that each artist pours into their practice.
LEO: Sounds like you have been very busy. What do you plan to do next, besides rest?
GR: Take my unbelievably patient wife Sara out for a date because she is amazing!


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Review of The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
by curlygeek04 • June 15, 2013 • 3 Comments
I had mixed feelings about this book as I read it, but the more I think about it, the more I have to give it a "thumbs down."
This science fiction novel, listed on i09's list of best new science fiction of 2013, is about Caterina and her father, the "mad scientist" of the title. Her father, who spends most of Cat's childhood slaving away in his laboratory, brings home Finn, a very human-like android, to be Cat's tutor. Cat, a young girl at the time, thinks Finn must be a ghost, but soon comes to realize he is in fact a machine.
As Cat grows up, Finn becomes her closest friend. But can Finn feel anything for Cat beyond what he's programmed to do, or is she deluding herself by avoiding the messiness of real relationships? Is Finn something more than a machine?
Bravo to Clarke for raising some interesting issues of android rights and the meaning of sentience. Also, for daring to write science fiction in a very emotional way. When we lament the lack of successful female science fiction writers, I think we are also lamenting the absence of emotion in science fiction (for example, Robert J. Sawyer's Red Planet Blues).
And yet… I wanted more science, more discussion of complex issues, and a whole lot less crying.
Love and romance and sadness are all great, even in science fiction. I love a good weeper of a novel (see my review of Zaremba). But this novel just seemed to go around and around inside Cat's head without much happening or any real personal growth.
The problem was that I really hated Cat's character. For one thing, her love for Finn was basically a love for someone who does whatever you want him to do. Yeah, it would be great if we all had big handsome male robots that came running at our every beck and call. Oh, and he's programmed to provide emotional support and he never argues or disagrees. What's not to love?
Cat uses Finn shamelessly, and what's understandable in a child and teenager is a lot less likeable in an adult. Her friends and family also seem to be there only to support her when she's upset. For example, she sees that her father is clearly dealing with some kind of serious illness and basically ignores it. But when she's in trouble, she goes running home.
What's worse, since her love for Finn is socially unacceptable, she shamelessly uses other men as well. She has no problem pretending to care for various guys so she appears to have boyfriends, even when she doesn't even like them much. No human compares to Finn since –gasp- they all have flaws and problems. While Clarke does her best to mitigate this problem by making these guys really, really unlikeable, it doesn't make Cat a better person in my eyes. She does a few things I find terribly immoral, but to describe them would give away major plot points.
I also disliked the tone and pacing of the novel. Cat sort of just drifts through life, and the book is written in a sort of "then I did this… and then I did that" kind of style where nothing much actually happens.
I really wanted more exploration of the interesting issues raised about when an android is sentient, what kind of civil rights they should have, and whether an android can be so "human" that a human-android relationship is possible.
Ultimately, the story and character flaws left this book lacking for me, and I was glad when it was over. I'm always willing to admit when I'm an outlier, and I seem to be with this book. It's gotten mostly high marks from readers on Amazon. From the reviews, this book seemed to have moved people. For me, this book that explores what it means to feel emotion left me cold.
Tags: Android science fiction sentience
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3 comments for "Review of The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke"
Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader
"Yeah, it would be great if we all had big handsome male robots that came running at our every beck and call." <~~ Where can I get myself one of these? Ha ha.
I've heard mixed reviews on this one. I'm generally not a reader of SciFi but I'm curious about this for some reason. To be honest I'll probably never get to it, lol.
Andi Miller
This is such a great premise, but that endless loop of emotional humming and hawing in the main character's head would drive me nuts!
Okay, you've officially got me worried about this read as your criticisms seem valid and also things that I will also find irritating at best. I'll still give it a shot but at least I am forewarned.


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James Barry Wright is a Computer Specialist at The North Charleston Sewer District in North Charleston, SC.In 2006 he founded Four JW, LLC a logistics company located in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. He served as Technology Director/Tutor for REACH-Y.E.S. Family Resource Center, North Charleston, South Carolina from 2006-2008. REACH is an innovative character building program designed to redirect the behavior of students who are hard to reach and are unable to succeed in the traditional classroom setting. As Technology Director he provided direct support for all technical aspects of the non-profit, not limited to data and voice communications.
His past employment include: Supervisor of Information Management - Fairfield County School District, Winnsboro, South Carolina (8) years; System Programmer -Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina (2 years) overseeing network data connectivity between all facilities associated with Palmetto Health Alliance; Adjunct Professor - Denmark Technical College, Denmark, South Carolina.
He is a graduate of THE CIO ACADEMY at Emory University and the Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a Master of Arts Degree in Computer Information Resource Management from Webster University, Fort Jackson, South Carolina and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Kendra B. Stewart is an Associate Professor and Director of the Joseph P. Riley,Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston. Her research interests include South Carolina government, non-profit management, homeland security, state and local government, and women and politics. She is co-editor of a book entitled The Practice of Government Public Relations. The articles she has authored have appeared in The Practice of Strategic Collaboration: From Silos to Actions, Urban Affairs Review, Public Finance and Management, Perspective in Politics, and various scholarly books. Dr. Stewart has conducted political analysis for a variety of print, radio and television media, including Good Morning America, Fox News Channel, the Associated Press and National Public Radio.
Prior to her current position, Professor Stewart was a faculty member at Eastern Kentucky University and worked for the state of South Carolina Budget and Control Board. In addition, she has conducted program evaluations and strategic planning assistance to a variety of public and nonprofit organizations. Kendra is very involved in the community as well, serving on the boards of several professional and non-profit organizations.
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India's Most Wanted: Here's how Twitter is reacting to the Arjun Kapoor action thriller
By Shikha Talwar 24 May 2019
The Raj Kumar Gupta film has opened to mixed reviews
Arjun Kapoor has been out and about the whole week, promoting and attending special screenings of his new film, India's Most Wanted. And, today, finally the film has released in theatres across the country. Interestingly, the film did not open to any morning shows. The first show of the film premiered only in the afternoon.
While many movie buffs are dubbing this as a smart and strategic move to avoid clashes with Vivek Oberoi's PM Narendra Modi, which also released today; Mumbai Mirror reported that the makers of the film, Fox Star Studios asked national multiplex chains: PVR, INOX and Cinepolis to avoid all early morning shows. The studio claimed that this decision was made consciously keeping in mind hat the kind of audience that will thoroughly enjoy this film will only venture out later in the day. "Our audience will only venture to the theatres towards the evening and taking into consideration the high overhead costs for theatre owners, we didn't think it is wise to run morning shows with minimal attendance. We are concentrating on shows post noon and towards evening and night. The two-hour runtime will also enable us to get more shows despite the delayed start," revealed a source close to the development to the tabloid.
The film as well as Arjun Kapoor's performance has been receiving positive reviews from industry stalwarts all through the week. Celebrities like Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor and Anupam Kher, who caught the special screening of India's Most Wanted are all praises. In fact, Sharma took to her Twitter to say that the film is "Gritty, gripping and real."
Kapoor's portrayal of Prabhat Kapoor, an intelligence officer who hatches a secret plan to track and arrest a terrorist without firing a single bullet has also touched a chord with regular movie goers and Twitterati.
Here are some of the best Twitter reactions to Arjun Kapoor's India's Most Wanted:
The film is directed by Raj Kumar Gupta and is reportedly based on how a special task force that captured Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM).
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Arjun Kapoor's not-so-basic grey t-shirt and Nike x Travis Scott sneakers are the perfect weekend look
Kickass sneakers Arjun Kapoor's worn (so far) for the 'India's Most Wanted' press tour
Arjun Kapoor's bright orange t-shirt for the 'India's Most Wanted' screening is perfect for those bored of dark colours
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Shahid Kapoor's Jersey to Ranveer Singh's '83, 50 Bollywood movies to look forward to in 2021
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Shah Rukh Khan to John Abraham, 6 Bollywood actors that are making a comeback in 2021 with these films