Arcade Memories II: Tiger Road

Quite I few years ago, I lamented my inability to identify arcade games I had seen as child but couldn't remember their names.

The one with the "bald naginata guy", I did eventually track down to be Tiger Road. It still looks very cool. How did I do that? By watching compilation videos until I recognised it somewhere. But that is not especially effective.

Now, times have changed. I am quite sceptical of overvaluing the use of LLMs, but in my personal experience, if you describe what you remember about a game, the current models can give you suggestions that are often, but not always, spot-on.

STill, my next white whale is this one shareware RPG with "ferocious armless" monsters. One day...

Best of the Best: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

This time, I want to recommend another UK history museum, or rather complex - the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, situated at the UK south coast in, you guessed it, Portsmouth.

Especially for a landlubber like me, it is a place that has an incredible density of historical artefacts, or rather ships, to be explored. Be it Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose, or Nelson's Victory, or the first British ironclad Warrior, pictured above.

Plus submarines, harbour tours showing contemporary ships of the fleet and so much more. This one complex of a museum is hard to completely enjoy in one day, so you better budget enough time to enjoy it.

Already in Portsmouth, you can then take the world's last commerical hovercraft service to the Isle of Wight.