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        <p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="../../images/letters/w.jpg" width="36" height="40" align="LEFT"></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ell, 
          you figure, I've already done, "the most overrated games of all time" 
          and, "the most underrated games of all time" and since I refuse to do 
          a flat out, "best games of all time" list, the only thing left to do…is 
          the <i>weirdest</i> games of all time. :)</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Before we start, a disclaimer. 
          The following games are very odd. Some are extremely obscure, while 
          others were quite popular. Most of these are hardly considered classics…and 
          for good reason in some cases. I'm sure there's a lot of people somewhere 
          who wished some of these were never released at all. </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Anyway, let's do this, shall 
          we? </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Custer's Revenge </b>(Atari 
          2600)</font></p>
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              <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"><i><font size="-1">Yeah, 
                I censored it. Click the image to see the full thing...but you've 
                been warned. It's naked 2600 graphics. Not exactly pretty.</font></i></font></div>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm quite serious when I 
          say that this may be the strangest game ever made. And of course…that's 
          probably a good thing. <b>Custer's Revenge</b> is well…a 2600 cartridge 
          for adults. Remember, that back in the early 80's nobody had any idea 
          what the console market was ever going to be like, so Atari didn't put 
          any restrictions on third party manufacturing. (Who knew anyone would 
          actually <i>want</i> to make their own cartridges, anyway?) So, since 
          the 2600 was the pet rock of the early 80's all kinds of weird games 
          went into development. (Try to remember, that games back then were made 
          by one or two people tops, and didn't take especially long to make.)</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Custer's Revenge</b> is 
          the king of these games. No question.</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
          The point of the game? Well…you play a…well…<i>horny</i> General Custer 
          (yeah, that Custer) and you have to avoid incoming arrows as you cross 
          the screen, and make your way to the well endowed indian maiden on the 
          other side of the screen. And when you get there…you force yourself 
          on her. I'm quite serious here, folks…this game really exists. Think 
          of it as a perverse version of <b>Frogger</b>. There's really not much 
          more to say about <b>Custer's Revenge</b>, other than it really needs 
          to be seen to be believed. Look around a bit online and see if you can 
          find an emulated version…it's worth glancing at, if only to wonder what 
          the heck the developers were on when they made it.</font></p>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Earthworm Jim </b>(PC, 
          Genesis, SNES)</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sorry <b>South Park</b>, 
          but long before you came along, another cartoon character was doing 
          strange things to Cows in a videogame…<b>Earthworm Jim</b>. Just about 
          any game that Shiny's been involved in has been pretty damn weird…but 
          the original <b>Earthworm Jim</b> takes the cake.</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Aside from the whole bizarre 
          concept of an earthworm getting its hands on a super suit and fighting 
          crime for a princess whose name we never actually know is, the game 
          has a lot more to it. Wait. Read that over again. That's right, the 
          girl you're trying to save in <b>Earthworm Jim</b> is actually named…Princess 
          What's Her Name. And that's actually her name. But cows are really what 
          the game is all about. Launching them into orbit. And pigs. You do strange 
          things to pigs. </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't just trust me here…go 
          out and play this game. Then go try all the post-<b>Earthworm Jim</b> 
          games from Shiny (and the Neverhood as well, which is where <b>EJ</b> 
          co-creator Doug TenNapel went off to). I think you'll agree that they 
          were smoking some pretty funky stuff over there at Shiny when they made 
          this stuff. Either that, or my theory about the water in California 
          is right on the money.</font></p>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Kato &amp; Ken </b>(Turbografix 
          16)</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have never played a game 
          like this before. I guarantee it. :)</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Kato &amp; Ken</b> is 
          completely bizarre, because it's a fairly straight forward platform 
          title (it's actually a clone of HudsonSoft's series of platform titles 
          back in the day) but it's got a weird twist to it. While Mario has his 
          cute little butt-stomp action (and quite a few platform games have it 
          as well) <b>Kato &amp; Ken</b> gives you well…the power to flatulate. 
          That's right…you jump around, running across various enemies…and fart 
          on them. The whole thing is based on the comedy stylings of two Japanese 
          comedians apparently, and after playing this game I can honestly say 
          that I have no real desire ever to see their act. This one was released 
          stateside in a slightly toned-down version called, <b>JJ &amp; Jeff</b>, 
          but I'd suggest trying the Japanese version first. It may be all in 
          Japanese…but jeez…do you really want to know what these guys are saying? 
          I'd call this the game for people who really, really, really liked <i>There's 
          Something About Mary</i>.</font></p>
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