Dynamite Deka popularly filled in a beat ’em up void when the genre became a little less prominent by 1996. More commonly known for its Die Hard Arcade name in the United States, the game was a spotlight STV hardware title (the arcade’s SEGA Saturn equivalent) and used three buttons to craft movesets akin to […]
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UAPW from September, PWI 500
There was only a two-week break between the re-launching of Universal All-Pro Wrestling and its September event, but that allowed it to keep its momentum going as it appears UAPW is serious about keeping pro wrestling in Toledo. The card was kept fresh with a balance of returning and new talent, headlined by a two-versus-one […]

The Rumble Fish 2 dated for Dec. 8
Atomiswave fighter The Rumble Fish 2 will release digitally for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC Steam on Dec. 8, marking a return for the 2005 3goo/Dimps fighting game that also had a PlayStation 2 release in Japan. I have limited experience with the game, so the current-day […]

Reppin’ Team Rock in the Splatfest World Premiere!
We’re only a few days away from the release of Splatoon 3 on the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo recently saw fit to hold an unofficial Splatfest using a demo version of the game to whet our appetite for the new game. The test ran from noon to midnight in our time zone on Saturday, Aug. […]

The return of wrestling Toledo can call its own
You may have noticed that I occasionally dabble in recognizing professional wrestling on GemuBaka, and there is a simple reason for that: Video games are my number-one passion, and pro wrestling follows close behind as number two. When a pro wrestling video game is available, I’m all over it. Pro wrestling was my big connection […]

Getting our hands on a Vicious Circle cabinet!
GemuBaka readers likely know the website has become a bit of a source on Atari’s canceled arcade fighting game Vicious Circle, but I was recently able to take a big step forward on covering the game thanks to the game’s inclusion to the floor of Galloping Ghost Arcade. The game was introduced as the 850th […]

GemuBaka turns 14!
Put 14 candles on the birthday cake, because GemuBaka just turned 14 years old! The GemuBaka timeline has been something that never really crossed my mind until all of the frequent updating I did in 2020. In that year, I had the thought, “GemuBaka might be hitting its 10th anniversary.” Silly me. I had to […]

Arcade Games, WrestleMania, Chocobos and Sonic!
It’s been a bit since the previous site update, but that time has been filled with a couple of trips. Plus, work has been catching up to me for the season. Since I have a media job where I write stories for a publication, writing features and articles outside of that scope hasn’t exactly sounded […]

Exergaming Journal #8: First major goal reached!
In all honesty, my exergaming for February was minimal when compared to other months, but the month still brought some very good news – I managed to meet my initial weight loss goal! It was mid-March in 2021 that I began this journey and the GemuBaka journals that accompanied it, and, within one year, I […]

Preview: Mega Man The Sequel Wars
Mega Man has always been one of my favorite video game series, so I like to check out fan projects based on the series every now and again. One of the more recent projects showing promise is Mega Man The Sequel Wars – a project that aims to take Mega Man 4-6 and port them […]