Showing posts with label Rod Land. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rod Land. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 August 2026

Cruiser Girls


Characters wearing the SNSD Genie-era navy officer uniforms, from left to right:

Row 1: Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Silviana (Silviana).

Row 2: Romi (Catch! Teenieping), Gradriel (Princess Crown), Gwendolyn (Odin Sphere).

I'm very sure these girls look great wearing the Girls Generation Genie-era navy officer uniforms, although Gradriel and Gwendolyn would prefer to keep their crowns instead.

Friday, 24 July 2026

Stomp The Mischief-Maker


Characters stomping the Mischievous Lemming from Lemmings Touch: Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War).

In the light of Sony's controversial decision to discontinue disc-based gaming in 2028 and close the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita Digital Stores in 2027, this comic was conceived as a retaliatory strike against Sony's bad decisions. That's why the Mischievous Lemmings from Lemmings Touch are getting their backs stomped by Tyris Flare, Ryo Sakazaki, Tam and Deedlit. Not only is this a revenge attack against the Mischievous Lemmings for all the level failures caused by these miscreants entering the Exit in Lemmings Touch, it's also a revenge attack against Sony's bad decisions as well since Sony owns the rights to the Lemmings series. Therefore, it makes sense for the gamers to vent their collective anger against Sony's villains.

Thursday, 8 January 2026

Thinking of other things other than other ladies 5


Hey folks, I'm back with yet another comic about my OCs in a lawyer-friendly version of the "Thinking about other women" meme.

While not as common as the Apple II's presence in Singapore, the Commodore C64 had moderate success in Singapore's home computer market in the 1980s. This means there is a possibility of Singapore having a community dedicated to the history of the Commodore C64 and its game library, with Jaleco's Rod Land being one of those games. The question is, if Singapore had the C64 port of Rod Land, how rare would that game be in that region?

Speaking of Singapore's home computer market in the 1980s, Japanese home computers were also marketed in Singapore. It's also possible that Singapore had the Sony MSX, the Fujitsu FM-7, and the NEC PC-8000, but they were less common than the Commodore C64.

MapleStory had multiple time-limited crossovers with other franchises, with the Japanese version having the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Crossover Event. Now that it's over, the next crossover event could have SAMG and Nexon come to an agreement to have the Teeniepings from Catch! Teenieping come to MapleStory in another time-limited event, and this event will be in the South Korean version and the Japanese version. After all, the Teenieping series hails from South Korea just like MapleStory.

Many regions where Nintendo consoles are marketed in can only have either the Famicom or the NES. Singapore, however, was one of the few regions where the video game stores had both the Famicom and the NES.

It's unknown if Rod Land's Rit or Princess Crown's Gradriel could survive the realm of Golden Axe. Maybe Golden Axe's brutal setting would be far too much for Rit, but Gradriel would probably end up destroying Death Adder in record time.

Friday, 5 December 2025

Stamp Out The Vape


Characters' shoes from left to right, starting with the top row:

Row 1: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Sakura Kinomoto (Star Dress) (Cardcaptor Sakura).

Row 2: Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), High Elf Archer (Goblin Slayer), Davis (Little Fighter 2), Conscript (Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3).

In recent months, Singapore has ramped up its anti-vaping campaign. So here is a comic about vapes getting stomped by various characters in the style of an American propaganda poster from World War 1 where Uncle Sam's shoe is stamping out the Kaiser.

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Kick The Noob


Characters kicking the RuneScape Noob in this comic: Sakura Kinomoto (Red Cape Leotard) (Cardcaptor Sakura), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Volcana (Ultra Vortek).

I do not have any grudges against the RuneScape Noob in this comic. It's just that he may have been a bot user in disguise, and bots have been a big nuisance as far as legitimate RuneScape players are concerned.

Thursday, 7 August 2025

Heroes and Heroines against Autocracy


Author's Note: All copyrights for the images in this comic, including fan art, go to their respective owners.

In the face of rising tyranny, some people must rise up to take down these dark forces. Various heroes and heroines have answered the call to fight against autocracy.

Would Rit, Tam, Hammerin' Harry, Gonbe, Wynn, Lucia and Hebereke go into hyper-rage mode if they were to oppose an alliance between fascism and communism? Yes, they will. And these heroes and heroines will destroy any villain that gets in their way. With these heroes and heroines, who needs the Avengers and the Justice League?

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Kick The Mischief-Maker


People kicking the Mischievous Lemmings, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe).

In Lemmings Touch, if a mischievous lemming enters the exit, it will result in a game over. Therefore, mischievous lemmings do not deserve any sympathy at all, which is why in this comic, the mischievous lemmings are being kicked by other people.

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Mithril Warhammers United


Characters wielding Old School RuneScape Mithril Warhammers featured from left to right starting with the top row:

Row 1: Amy Rose (Sonic), Lip (Panel de Pon), Yoshi (Super Mario), Red Yoshi (Super Mario), Blue Yoshi (Super Mario), Yellow Yoshi (Super Mario).

Row 2: Hat Kid (A Hat in Time), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Klonoa (Klonoa), Toon Link (The Legend of Zelda), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters XV Attire) (The King of Fighters).

Row 3: Garfield (Garfield), Edd (Ed Edd N Eddy), Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Simon Belmont (As he appeared in Captain N: The Game Master) (Castlevania).

Row 4: RED Soldier (Team Fortress 2), BLU Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Dirk the Daring (Dragon's Lair), Spelunker (Spelunker), Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Lemming (Lemmings).

Yet another comic where characters wielding Old School RuneScape weapons are rising up in united arms against the injustices plaguing the Earth? Looks like justice know no boundaries...

Monday, 3 February 2025

Anti-Tank Magical Girl


Continuing from that comic about characters who would win against a T-72 tank, I decided to expand on it by coming up with this comic about eight tanks Rit would win against if she were to confront them.

Remember when I said that the first boss of the Mysterious Pyramid levels of the arcade version of Rod Land was a tank? It turns out Rit and Tam won against that boss, which inspired me to come up with the comic about characters who would win against a T-72 tank, and this comic is a sequel focused on eight tanks Rit would win against if she were to confront them.

M47 Patton: This tank never got to fire a single shot in anger under the American Flag, but it saw a lot of action in various conflicts. However, its combat record was below average, with the biggest blemish being the Iran-Iraq War, where Iranian M47 Pattons got destroyed by Iraqi tanks of Russian origin.

Chieftain Tank: Britain's attempt to create a more powerful successor to the highly successful Centurion Tank was actually a disappointment that got rejected by Allied countries, including the Netherlands, Canada and Australia. There was a silver lining in that rejection, however, because Iranian Chieftains were getting massacred by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War. Even Iraqi tank crews claim that their sabot rounds were going through Chieftain Tanks like a hot knife slicing through butter, and those claims turned out to be true.

Type 62 Tank: This Chinese light tank invaded Vietnam during the Sino-Vietnamese War, only to perform poorly in that conflict due to its weak armor.

Type 63 Tank: Another Chinese light tank that invaded Vietnam during the Sino-Vietnamese War. Like the Type 62, it performed poorly in that conflict as well. During the 1991 Gulf War, Iraqi Type 63 light tanks invaded the Saudi Arabian city of Ras Al Jafiji to little success. The reason behind the Type 63's poor performance in the Sino-Vietnamese War and the 1991 Gulf War? Blame its weak armor.

Type 69 Tank: When the Type 69 Tank first came out, it was initially rejected by the Chinese Ministry of Defence due to its poor performance, and all 100 Type 69 Tanks were sent back to the factory that built them. After improvements were made, the Type 69 tank got better. So much better that China manufactured Type 69 Tanks for Iran and Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Talk about playing both sides...

Panzer 68: The Panzer 68 had so many problems that it could well be considered the worst tank to have entered military service. The Swiss Ministry of Defence knew about the Panzer 68's problems and they rectified many of these problems with the upgrade to the 68/88 model.

TR-85: Romania's most successful attempt at an indigenous combat tank project was not without teething problems. The problems were so bad that the communist regime threatened to cease tank production. Even after the modernization program that came after the fall of communism, the TR-85 still looks like a relic of the Cold War. In fact, the Romanian Ministry of Defence is mulling over retiring the TR-85. But with no replacement, the TR-85 will have to remain in service with the Romanian Army despite its obsolescence.

Arjun MBT: India's attempt to create "Leopard 2 Tank at home" was a huge disaster. How bad was the Arjun MBT project, you say? The project was mired in so much corruption that the final product ended up having a worse performance than the T-90 Tank. And Krauss-Maffei's involvement in the Arjun MBT project wasn't helping either because the Arjun's MTU engines were not the type of engines you would expect to find in the Leopard 2, but rather, these MTU engines were similar to the ones found in the Leopard 1.

With all that said, if Rit is a magical girl that is capable of anti-tank warfare, then she is eligible to be on the "Top 10 Best Magical Girls" list.

Sunday, 2 February 2025

T-72 Destroyers


We have seen images of destroyed T-72 tanks in the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Syrian Civil War, the 1991 Gulf War, and the 2003 Iraq War. But one must wonder if the T-72 can be defeated by anyone with extraordinary powers. Here are some people who I think would win against a T-72.

Rit: In the Mysterious Pyramid levels that are exclusive to the Arcade version, the first boss of that set of levels is a tank, and Rit vanquished that boss. This means Rit would win against a T-72 if given the chance.

Captain Falcon: Anyone who wants to fight against Mute City's resident superhero clearly has a death wish. If a T-72 were to get Falcon Punched, it's as good as dead. Period.

Terry Bogard: The poster boy of the King of Fighters franchise did fight against tanks before. In The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, you get to fight against a Metal Slug, and Terry Bogard is one of the many characters going up against the Metal Slug, with the possibility of him winning. And let's not forget that time when he went up against General Morden in Metal Slug Attack. If Terry Bogard can win against a Metal Slug, then he can win against a T-72.

With all that said, T-72 tank crews better pray that their opponents are not any of these three characters.

Jaleco games and characters © City Connection. F-Zero © Nintendo. The King of Fighters © SNK.

Monday, 13 January 2025

Anti-Xbox 360 Weapons


Back in 2007, the infamous Red Ring of Death terrorized anyone who possessed an XBox 360. People started blaming Microsoft for not taking responsibility for all the XBox 360s that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death. Microsoft's response was to redesign the XBox 360 to reduce the number of XBox 360s getting bricked by the Red Ring of Death, and concealed the true cause of the infamous Red Ring of Death as a result.

For this comic, I came up with the idea of using various weapons to destroy any XBox 360 that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death. We have the dynamite and the shotgun from Looney Tunes, both of which are weapons in the Worms series, as well as the Uzi from the Worms series. We also have a Leopard 2 Tank from Daisenryaku and War Thunder, a Steel Warhammer from Old School RuneScape, Rit's Magic Wand from Rod Land and Soldam, and a Sledgehammer from MapleStory. If I had any of these weapons, I would definitely use them to destroy an XBox 360 that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death.

TL;DR, Bill Gates must pay a terrible price for making millions of XBox 360 owners unduly upset.

By the way, the Leopard 2 Tank in this comic is the Leopard 2A4 variant.

Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Toast To 2025


Characters toasting to 2025 by holding up glasses of redcurrant juice: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Spelunker (Spelunker), Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Lemming (Lemmings), Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Yona (Yona Of The Dawn), Cayna (In the Land of Leadale).

2024 turned out to be yet another turbulent year. Assassination attempts on the rightful President of the United States, the leftist meltdown that followed when he won the Presidential Elections, the ongoing copyright lawfare against so-called acts of intellectual property theft, and the continuous attacks against free speech. On the positive side, however, prominent tyrants and terrorists who hate Israel have either perished in helicopter crashes or were assassinated by the Israeli Defence Forces through various means. Who knows what 2025 will bring? Maybe the tyrant who knows dark sentences will rise? And when he does, is there anyone brave and bold enough to confront him when he carries out his nefarious plans for world domination?

Sunday, 15 December 2024

Six Fan Arts Entry


Author's Note: My apologies for being late to the #SixFanArts bandwagon. As an old saying goes, better late than never.

Characters in this #SixFanArts Challenge Entry: Fall Guy (Fall Guys), Hebereke (Hebereke), Ice Bear (We Bare Bears), Alice (FunOrb's Wizard Run), Lemming (Lemmings), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam).

The Fall Guys are titular bean-shaped player characters that take part in a Wipeout-style battle royale. They get involved in all sorts of wacky situations in various minigames.

When Hebereke was first released in 1991, the titular penguin became the face of Sunsoft. Recently, he had some new releases, namely Ufouria: The Saga 2 and Hebereke: Enjoy Edition.

Ice Bear from We Bare Bears is the third member of the bear trio. He is the least talkative of the three bears.

If you remember FunOrb, you might have played Wizard Run at one point in time when the website was still up and running. You play as an apprentice wizard named Alice, and your main objective is to take down the Harpy King and rescue your master.

For your information, the Lemming from the Lemmings game is drawn using the art style of the TerminalMontage YouTube channel videos for this #SixFanArts comic.

Rit from Rod Land and Soldam is definitely one of the best magical girls in the history of magical girls. In this #SixFanArts comic, she is portrayed in her appearance from Soldam: Drop, Connect, Erase.

P.S. There is an error in the positioning of Ice Bear's ears. While this seems unintentional, this could be a reference to all the production errors found in animated TV shows.

Sunday, 27 October 2024

Groin Kicked 2


People kicking the female fencer from the Astyanax, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Yuko Asou (Valis), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe).

As if the female fencers from the Astyanax having their blouses fall off wasn't bad enough, getting their groins kicked by female characters is going to make life even worse for them. And it doesn't help when female Jaleco characters such as Rit and Suchie-Pai are among the people who are kicking the female fencers' groins...

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Kick The Jerk


People kicking Gary Oak, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Cayna (In the Land of Leadale), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters).

Cayna from In the Land of Leadale finally gets to be in my comics? All I can say to her is "Welcome to Neo Retro Union, Cayna!"

First, we had a trilogy of comics where other people kicked Waluigi. Then, it was Bubsy's turn to get kicked by other people. And now, Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak is now getting kicked by other people for all the wrongs he did to Ash?!? Looks like justice knows no boundaries...

Then again, Gary Oak deserves to get kicked for tormenting Ash Ketchum and millions of Pokemon players. Even if this arrogant jerk was named after Super Mario Bros creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Ash Ketchum's namesake Satoshi Tajiri was even more of an outsider than Waluigi, this is no excuse for Nintendo to not punish those who have mistreated Ash Ketchum. Justice is justice, and Nintendo has no right to obstruct it. Period.

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Bubsy Gets Kicked


People kicking Bubsy, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Yuko Asou (Valis), Volcana (Ultra Vortek), Spelunker (Spelunker), Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis).

It's sad that Bubsy's creator Michael Berlyn is dead. Bubsy's existence was a mistake, and it doesn't help that Atari now owns Bubsy. Talk about a miserable existence...

At least Atari would be kind enough to let anyone kick Bubsy as long as Fair Use allows it.

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Stomp The Jerk


Characters stomping Gary Oak on his back, from left to right, starting with the top row:

Row 1: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Sakura Kinomoto (Star Dress) (Cardcaptor Sakura), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai).

Row 2: Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Volcana (Ultra Vortek), Yuko (Valis).

I do not care if Gary Oak was the son of Pallet Town's mayor, or the fact that this bully was named after Super Mario Bros creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo is mistreating their customers and classifying some of them as cybercriminals. In retaliation, I decided to draw obscure characters' shoes stomping Gary Oak's back as payback for Nintendo's crackdowns on so-called acts of counterfeiting and intellectual property piracy, and for all the tormenting the arrogant bully did to millions of Pokemon fans worldwide through his bullying of Ash Ketchum. All the characters that are stomping the arrogant bully are more respectable characters because they either fight for justice or just simply dislike Gary Oak because he tormented millions of Pokemon fans worldwide, including myself. In fact, the characters that are stomping the bully are either obscure or semi-obscure characters that deserve more respect from us, especially Ultra Vortek's Volcana. Give some love for Atari characters, especially the obscure ones.

If Nintendo does not deliver any justice for Ash Ketchum, the #BoycottNintendo movement will grow even bigger, and Nintendo is definitely not ready for the biggest boycotts that are yet to come.

Thursday, 16 December 2021

Kick The Ijiwaru


Characters kicking Waluigi's rear, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Lip (Panel de Pon), Sakura Kinomoto (Star Dress) (Cardcaptor Sakura).

Let's face it. Waluigi will never get his day in the spotlight, because his name is an anagram of ijiwaru, which means ill-natured. And such an ill-natured person gets no love from Nintendo that he will never be Player 2 in a Wario Land game, or have his own set of microgames in the WarioWare series, or become a major antagonist in any game where Luigi is the main character, or even have his own game at all. Instead, in this comic, he gets kicked on the rear by more respectable characters who should get more respect from us. No wonder Waluigi was destined to remain an assist trophy in the Super Smash Bros games. His name was not worthy of any respect from us.

Friday, 1 October 2021

DLC Finale Hype


In anime and manga, magical girls are portrayed as protectors of their hometown and perhaps their world. Back when I was a kid, I would even think that magical girls would go toe to toe with the likes of a cap-wearing Shonen adolescent. However, this is not possible, as said adolescent would not be allowed to even punch his enemies, and not to forget that non-video game characters are not allowed to participate in a dueling tournament designed to be a celebration of video game history. If that is not enough, some magical girls face monstrous villains that will make most of gaming's worst villains look weak in comparison. Thankfully, Rit from Rod Land is not one of these magical girls. However, if she is not the final Fighters Pass character, just trying her best to get that slot will be more than enough for her to prove herself a heroine to the magical girl community.

Unlike Microsoft, who allowed Banjo-Kazooie and Minecraft's Steve to participate in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Sony will never consider having any of their characters take part in a Nintendo dueling tournament. Despite porting several first-party PlayStation titles to Windows PCs in recent months, as well as an official mobile Lemmings game, Sony will never even think of having any of their characters fill the final Fighters Pass character slot. This is because of Nintendo's betrayal of Sony in 1991, which left Sony bitter towards Nintendo to this day.

Who knows if Polygon Man really dislikes Nintendo and Microsoft more than he dislikes PlayStation mascots...

Update: Sora from Kingdom Hearts just got the final Fighters Pass character slot, and he is not property of Sony Interactive Entertainment. This means Super Smash Bros Ultimate does not have any characters from Sony Interactive Entertainment at all. In other words, Polygon Man dislikes Nintendo and Microsoft a lot more than PlayStation mascots...

Sunday, 20 June 2021

The War for the Final DLC Slot


Now that Tekken's Kazuya has taken the penultimate Fighters Pass Volume 2 character slot, one question remains. Who will the final 
Fighters Pass Volume 2 character be? And no, Sakurai is not telling who it will be during his presentation on Kazuya Mishima.

However, here are my eight candidates for the final Fighters Pass Volume 2 character, and six of them, including honorable mention Dirk the Daring, were from my Fighters Pass Volume 2 candidates comic. All they need to do now is to get into a huge all-out war for the final Fighters Pass Volume 2 character slot and we will finally be done and over with Super Smash Bros Ultimate's DLC so that we can prepare for an even bigger war to come.

Update: Sora from Kingdom Hearts qualified for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, meaning none of the characters in this comic will be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Rit © City Connection. Arle © Sega. Klonoa © Bandai Namco. Bill Rizer © Konami. Marco Rossi © SNK. Sir Arthur © Capcom. Lemmings © Sony Interactive Entertainment/Exient. Dirk the Daring © Digital Leisure.

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