Well it seems that the worst has happened and I have no other option but to move to another blog...

There's doesn't seem to be a way back from the Japanese blog setting, and since this setting doesn't allow comments to be only alpha numerical format, that's pretty much a death sentence to an English language based  blog like this one.

It's incredibly lame that I have to leave the blog that I've been on for years now due to such an stupid mistake. I mean, I still can't believe fc2 doesn't allow Japanese users to change language.

Still, that's how things are and I guess there's no use complaining about it now...

Please free to visit my new blog on the following adress :

http://retrogamedaisuki.blog.fc2.com/

Mind you it's still way under construction, but that's where I'm plan lingering from now on.

Please feel free to visit, comment , and rate on the new adress and help me generate some traffic.

I appreciate all the visits that you've given to this blog.

● Title: 大怪獣の逆襲 ● Genre: Shooting ● Release Date: 1986 ● Developer: TAITO ● Publisher: TAITO ● Media: Arcade System Board ● System Specific: Unique Hardware

-- THEY STOLE ITS EGGS... NOW HUMANITY MUST PREPARE FOR THE INEVITABLE... 「GIANT MONSTER COUNTER ATTACK !」 --

I'm sorry to announce that I might have messed up the blog big time.

I was trying to check out some blog templates but I noticed very few were showing up in the search results. I then changed the blog language to Japanese to see if more templates would show up that way, and they did.

However, imagine my surpise when I discovered that the language select option was no longer available and the blog now seems to be fixed in Japanese mode with all of these freaking annoying ads....

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an option to go back to English mode, and I haven't a clue about how to get rid of the ads neither.

If I don't find a way to go back to normal I fear there may not be another option but to close the blog and move to another.

It's not really the language that is a problem, mind you. But those ads are plainly unbearable.

If someone out there is a fc2 blog user and can help me out here, that would be greatly appreciated.

ダブルドラゴンII ザ・リベンジ ● Genre: Action・Fighting ● Release Date: 1991/12/20 ● Developer: PAL SOFT ● Publisher: PAL SOFT ● Media: 4Mbit ROM Cartridge ● System Specific: MEGA DRIVE

■DOUBLE DRAGON ON THE MEGA DRIVE, 'NUFF SAID. Despite being a sub-par production from PAL SOFT, this direct conversion of the 80's arcade classic is still a blast to play on the Mega Drive.

■I'M THE OPERATOR WITH MY PC IDOL GENERATOR In the 80's female idols were still everywhere and advertised everything. The only thing different then in comparison to the previous decades was that since the 80's were the 「hi-tech」 era, idols were now advertising VCRs and PCs as much as candy bars and instant ramen. And when it came down to advertising personal computers in the 80's, no one did it better than the adorable-looking 「YUKI SAITO」.

ナックルジョー ● Genre: Action ● Release Date: 1985 ● Developer: SEIBU KAIHATSU ● Publisher: TAITO ● Media: Arcade System Board ● System Specific: Unique Hardware

■FIST OF THE WHAT STAR ? KNUCKLE JOE is an obscure arcade action fighting game developed SEIBU KAIHATSU. Like many arcade games from the mid 80's, KNUCKLE JOE suffers from a frustrating difficulty setting and low production values.

夢幻戦士ヴァリス ● Genre: Action ● Release Date: 1986/12 ● Developer: WOLF TEAM ● Publisher: TELENET JAPAN ● Media: 5" 2D Floppy Disk x2 ● System Specific: SHARP X1

■MAY THEN VALIS BE WITH YOU ! The original PC version of VALIS : THE FANTASM SOLDIER was one of the benchmark action titles of its generation. But just how well does it fare for nowadays retro game standards?

デビュー２１ ● Genre: Simulation ● Release Date: 1998/09/10 ● Developer: IMAGE WORKS ● Publisher: NEC INTERCHANNEL ● Media: CD-ROM ● System Specific: PlayStation

■DRAMATIC IDOL TRAINING SIMULATION GAME DEBUT 21 is a futuristic training simulation game in which the player must manage the career of the first-ever female android idol「AI KANZAKI」in hopes of making her the top idol star of 2020.