G'Day fellow tuxers……. Its your interim host here once again…….. Its a raining Saturday here right now…….…… This week was another craptacular week…….

I spent 13 hours last Sunday getting the data off my not very healthy HDD…… Was able to do it and there wasnt that much data to backup……. But it was not playing nice and took way longer than it should have……….

The weather continues to be shite….. Raining and windy….. Which really didnt matter this week….. As I spent most of the time indoors anyway……. Backing up data and then putting the data onto the new HDD I ordered…….

So I did not get much time for gaming this week and the amount of games played is way down on what I would usually play……..

In some good news the guy down the road was giving away lemons from his tree so I grabbed some and made a cheesecake with them…….


[+..••] As for gaming this week in Emulationville I played [+..••]

Arcade

X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994 Capcom) – Fighting


Console

Micro Mages (2019 Morphcat Games) - Nintendo Entertainment System - Platformer
NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona (2002 Infogrames) - Sony PlayStation 2 - Sports (Racing)
Super Bomberman 2 (1994 Hudson Soft) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Maze


PC

NASCAR Heat 5 (2020 Motorsport Games) - Steam - Sports (Racing)


The Dick Trickles Racing Career: Part 22
NASCAR Dirt to Daytona: Part 22

Intro music…... Hello and welcome to Left Turn Heaven….. Im Murray Eastlake and today im going to be bringing you all a special off season edition…… This week is the final week before the 2004 racing season starts……

And we have saved the best till last…… This week I sit down with the owner of Dick Trickle Racing…… Dick Trickle…… Dick dominated the 2003 Weekly Dirt Racing Series…. Setting many records that will never be broken….. Lets find out what he has been up to during the off season…..

Murray Eastlake: Thank you for your time and having this interview with us….. Its been a awhile since you won the 2003 Weekly Dirt Racing Series Championship…… And set so many records……. How have you reflected on that season now that you have had some time look back on it…...

Dick Trickle: My pleasure Murray……. It took awhile to sink in what it was I actually did….. And just how special last season was…… There are moments from last season I will never forget and neither will a lot of people….. And I will treasure those memories for life…… But now I need to look forward to 2004…… I have a championship to defend and I dont want to do what Josh Ginter did last year…… I want to keep dominating that series for a long time to come…… It really helps the bank account to stay focused and win races…….

Murray Eastlake: Now a little birdie told me that you have been very busy this off season…. What has Dick Trickle been up to this off season???…….

Dick Trickle: I have been flat out like a lizard drinking Murray…… I have spent the entire off season preparing not one……. But two cars…….

Murray Eastlake: Two cars???……. I can see the Infogrames Flaming Dick Machine behind you…… So what is the second car???……

Dick Trickle: Well Murray….. Now that the paper has all been made official……. I can now announce that thanks to a major sponsorship deal from Klipsch…….. Dick Trickle Racing is expanding into the Featherlite Modified Series…….

Murray Eastlake: Now that is HUGE news…… So you are going to be running in both the 2004 Weekly Dirt Racing Series AND the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series this season I take it since you said you are preparing two cars???…..

Dick Trickle: Yes thats right Murray…….. I will be running in both series…… I know there is at least one schedule conflict and the Featherlite series will be taking precedence…… And as you mentioned before Murray….. Infogrames has stayed on as my main sponsor for the 2004 Weekly Dirt Racing Series……

Murray Eastlake: Can we give the viewers a sneak peak at the Featherlite Modified car???…..

Dick Trickle: Yeah sure thing…. Follow me…..

*Dick Trickle leads Murray Eastlake to the workshop preparing the Modified car…….*

Dick Trickle: Well here it is Murray…… The 2004 Featherlite Modified Series car I will be driving……. *Dick Trickle pats the roof of the car*

Murray Eastlake: WOW……. Now thats what a call a Klipsch Modified Flaming Dick Machine……. Do you have any words for your new fellow competitors in the Featherlite Modified Series and the defending champion William Anderson????…..

Dick Trickle: I would like to say that im going to be very competitive after the first race…… The car is still stock but I need to run a race to see what areas need work the most…… After the second race I will be gunning for top tens and hopefully even top fives……. This season will be about leaning the car and the tracks…… I dont think winning the championship is a realistic expectation right now…… But we will see what happens…… But if not this year….. Then in 2005 I will be 100% going for the championship………

As for William Anderson….. He better enjoy that championship…… Because there is a big Dick coming for him…… And I fully intend on taking that trophy within the next two years…...

Murray Eastlake: And for your fellow Weekly Dirt Racing Series competitors???……

Dick Tricke: If you think for a second that because im running in both series that im going to let off in the Dirt series……. Think again……. Im am going to be 100% focused on both series……. I am not going to be making the same mistake Josh Ginter did…… The Dick Domination will not end…… Not anytime soon…… I and I alone will decide when it ends…..

Murray Eastlake: Well there you have it folks……. We are out of time….. Thank you for having us Dick….. And good luck next season…….

Dick Trickle: No worries Murray….. And thank you…… Im looking forward to starting the Featherlite Modified Series next week…..

Thats all from this special off season edition of Left Turn Heaven….. The racing action will be back next week as Left Turn Heaven will be exclusively bringing you all the heart stopping action from the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series..…

Next week the Featherlite Modified Series will be at Dennison Speedrome……. Dick Trickle will be making his series debut…… How will he fair??…… Will he be a contender???…… Or will he be a pretender???……. Can William Anderson start his championship title defence with a win???…..

Tune in next week for the answers to all these questions and more….. You wont want to miss a single moment of what is sure to be a sensational season…...

This is Murray Eastlake reporting for Left Turn Heaven..... And until next time its goodbye from me....

This series has been great fun for me so far…… Hope you have all enjoyed reading it as much I have enjoyed writing it…… Getting some creative writing in has made these weekend posts even more fun for me…..

From here on there will be no more Weekly Dirt Racing Series race recaps I will be focussing on the Featherlite Modified Series…… I will just post the NASCAR Heat Weekly newspaper image after each Dirt race…… And maybe a short paragraph if anything interesting happens……..

The way the game works I could not see who actually won the Featherlight Modified Series last year……. After the last dirt race I could see that William Anderson was leading the championship by nearly 150 points with 2 races left in the season…….. But then it cuts straight to the end of the season as the dirt season was finished……. And since im not taking part in any other champion I can only see the final championship results of the Dirt series……. So im going to call William Anderson the current champion for the sake of the stroyline…….

So stay tuned to see more adventures of Dick Trickle……. My creative juices have been flowing like a Dick Trickle and I have big ideas for this series in the distant future…… Oh you better believe this series is far from over…...



End of season…..





Final Season Standings…..



Klipsch primary sponsorship offer….



2004 Infogrames Flaming Dick Machine…...



2004 Klipsch Modified Flaming Dick Machine……

That is a Modified car???..... The Featherlite Modified Series was a real series back in 2002 (And still going today…… Now called the “Whelen Modified Tour”)……. The car in the game is based on a real Featherlite Modified Series car from 2002…….. From what I can tell….. All the modified drivers in NASCAR Dirt to Daytona are fictional…… And there is a mix of real and fictional tracks as well……

The Modified Series is the oldest series in NASCAR…… NASCARS first ever sanctioned event was a Modified race back on February 15 1948 at Daytona Beach…… Red Byron won the event……. The modifieds have become an important stepping stone on the way to the NASCAR Cup Series……. And many NASCAR Cup Series drivers had to prove themselves in the Modified Series before getting to the Cup Series…….

In NASCAR Dirt to Daytona……. The Featherlite Modified Series has a 11 race schedule…… 9 races on tarmac/concrete ovals…… and 2 races on a tarmac road course that from what I can tell is fictional…… So yes…… That means no more dirt tracks…….


A real Featherlite Modified Series car…….



Allen Bestwick introduces us to the Featherlite Modified Series…...



The office area…….



The garage area…….



2004 season…..


Super Bomberman 2



I get up early in the morning and stumble like a zombie to the toilet….. I sit on the toilet…... Getting ready to have a big Activision…… Bored I start fiddling with the toilet roll and notice something written on it……. I read it still half asleep……. “*BOOM* Review a bomberman game or your dead……” I suddenly become wide awake with equal parts fear and shock……. I then hear a beeping sound from under the toilet…….. GOD DAMMIT PENGLING!!!!…...

The graphics are really nice with bright colours and “cute” robots all over the place…… The colours really pop and it makes great use of the brighter SNES colour pallet….. The animations are nice and simple…. And the pixel art between worlds is really well done….. Overall this is a great looking game……

Sounds are also good…… The “cute” robots make “cute” sounds…… The explosions sound nice and the music is generally quite happy and colourful to match the bright colours…… While nothing super amazing it all fits the tone of the game really well…...

The controls are really simple…… Dpad moves Bomberman…….. A drops a bomb and Y jumps…… But jumping is only available on certain stages…… The controls are really tight and responsive…… And thats it……. Super simple……. No wonder Pengling has a robot army….. I had no idea robots were this easy to control…….

The storyline its VERY simple….. Even for a video game….. April O’Neil has been kidnapped and its up to the Ninja Tur…….. Hang on……. Oh here it is….. April O’Neil has been kidnapped and its up to her and her bomb……. Wait…… Thats still wrong…….. Ah here we go…. Bomberman has been kidnapped and its up to his robot siblings to sav…… who am I kidding….. His robot siblings are going to sit around the house and do nothing…….. So its up to Bomberman and his bomb power to rescue himself…… Hmmmmm……. Maybe I wasnt wrong the first time……...

The gameplay is also simple…… Move Bomberman around the maze and……. Lay bombs like a chicken laying an egg???…… Im not sure how that works……. Im sure Pengling has a schematic that shows exactly how the bombs are deployed……. Anyway……. Bomberchickenman lays bombs to destroy blocks and “cute” enemy robots…… Get to the exit and onto the next level…..

Does Bomberchickenman make the bombs inside himself like a chicken makes an egg…… Or are they made externally and are just stored inside him likes hes a B-52 bomber???……… Again….. Im sure Pengling has a full schematic to show us…...

There are of course boss fights along the way……. They are quite fun…. Usually consisting of a giant “cute” robot that has a very distinctive patten you need to learn and once you do they are quite easy to beat……. The trouble is learning the patten before Bomberchickenman dies to many times……

Which came first???…... The Bomberchickenman or the bomb????…...

Overall its a really fun semi relaxing game….. Not to difficult but a good balanced game……. If you like bright colours….. Chirpy music…… “Cute” robots…… Or you just worship bombs…… You should have fun with this one……

Ok done….. Ive reviewed a bomberman game….. Pengling….. Can you please disarm the bomb on the toilet….. I cant feel my legs anymore…...


Super Bomberman 2


Next week…… Next week if it ever stops raining im hoping to get on some walks without getting rained on…… The dog is going mad being stuck inside…….. I can only wait and see what the weather does before I decide what to do…….

As for gaming there will be more hardcore modified Dick Trickle racing action in NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona……. Killing bugs in NASCAR Heat 5…….. And playing a very obscure sports game….. Along with catching up on a lot of games I missed this week…….

Well thats it from me…… Hope all you tuxers have a good week……

Now for my bad joke of the week……
Why am I the only naked person at this gender reveal party????
*ba dum.... tssssh…...*