What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

September 2025

September 6th, 2025

I got some Evercade cartridges for my Super Pocket yesterday, and ended up playing Valis: The Fantasm Soldier to give them a go. I was doing extremely poorly, though, and it was late enough to shrug and decide I was just too sleepy for an action game at that point.

After that, I bounced to Milky Way Jigsaw Puzzles, which was just a nice little jigsaw puzzle program. I like the sparkly space images and have no real complaints about the interface, so it was a nice game to relax with. I got a Steam bundle of these cheap little jigsaw games and am looking forward to playing more.

September 5th, 2025

I did a run-through of arcade Double Dragon last night, which was pleasant and breezy. I'm not saying this is a really excellent game that holds up well, but I find it kind of soothing to play every few years. It feels clunky, and the enemies towards the end are tedious damage sponges, but I like it anyway. The Super Pocket is a decent place to play it, too, weird screenshot aside.

I played through my energy in Super Kirby Clash, too, and had a nice time doing that. I was in a mindless 2D violence sort of mood last night, I guess.

September 4th, 2025

Last night, I went to play Legendary Hero Survivors, but fell asleep before I could finish a run. This is not a fault with the game at all. I was really happy I could get to sleep quickly!

September 3rd, 2025

I have my gaming so together that last night, I started Hidden Memory: Neko's Life because I had it mixed up with Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats. I realized that I'd started up a game I wasn't a few puzzles into quickly, but there was still cat stuff going on, so I rolled with it and played half of the game. A quiet cat puzzle game is a quiet cat puzzle game when it comes to trying to relax and get some rest.

I also tried the arcade section of Section Z, which was much less relaxing, but still fun. It bounces you back to a checkpoint when you die, so I feel like even credit feeding my way through this could be something of an accomplishment. I think I'll come back to it.

September 2nd, 2025

Last night, I was lazy, so I just chased some secrets and unlocks in Vampire Survivors. I got two goals down, and got ever so close to clearing Boss Rash with one weapon only! Losing in the last minute was frustrating, but I have a plan to win. Sure, that plan is to load my favorite character up with another stack of stat-boosting eggs, but it doesn't have to be a clever one, just functional!

September 1st, 2025

Yesterday was super busy, but a lot of fun, too! I got to spend some nice time with family, eat lots of delicious food, and make progress on the cheapie corss stitch kit I keep in my purse.

I only played games for about 15 minutes before bed yesterday, but I got a Hyper Mega Tech in the mail. It seems to just be a low end Evercade, which is a game console that takes licensed cartridges of retro and indie games. I like gadgets, and want to support game preservation when I can, so this is really neat!

I ordered a few carts for this that haven't arrived yet, but the machine itself has some games from Technos built in. I tried Renegade first, since it was a game I was curious about, but found it clunky and a little frustrating. I didn't give it much of a chance, so I'm sure I'll try it again later. It's nothing I'm super excited for, though. I have better beat-em-ups around.

From that, I was worried the machine had crummy controls, so I switched to the arcade version of Double Dragon. Luckily, that felt completely fine. I wasn't in the mood to credit scum my way through last night, so I got to the third mission and shut it off. I think I'll run through it this week, though. I've never played the arcade versions of the second or third Double Dragon games, both of which are on the machine, and it would be fun to do a casual little series run!

I've mostly just been reading today, so tomorrow's post won't be so good. I'm sure I'll play something before bed, though, so I'll be back tomorrow!