I don't know if it has been this way forever or a recent change, but I noticed that, in official copy, Nintendo never uses game titles as proper nouns, but as adjectives. They won't write "Splat your friends in Splatoon 2!" Instead, they'll write "Splat your friends in the Splatoon 2 game!" Any idea why they do this?
I bet it’s the same mentality that led to this gem.
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[PC] [USA] [MAGAZINE, SPREAD] [2005]
At least they didn't have to pay for the likeness rights.
[GCN] [FRANCE] [MAGAZINE] [2002]
The Fast and The Furriest.
After watching Guru Larry’s “Top 5 Offensive Cheat Codes” video on YouTube I was reminded of this little saga that ran through a few issues of Amstrad Action regarding Ocean’s unorthodox copy protection methods in the then-recent release of Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja for the CPC.
It began with this letter in AA’s “Byte Size” section in issue 75, alleging that the game printed an offensive message after the game was transferred to disk from tape. A claim that AA dismissed without a second thought.
Then, in issue 78 a second reader claimed the same thing had happened to them, without even transferring it to disk. The response is once again dismissive. After all, Ocean claimed to know nothing about it!
Finally, in issue 80 there’s finally some concrete facts, complete with memory addresses for the offending message! Finally, Ocean admitted that the message was there, but that there’s nothing they can do about it. Ah, the days before patches!
Just for my own curiosity, I armed myself with the WinAPE debugger and went looking myself. I loaded up the game and started poking around until:
Well, there you have it. Clear as day! Thanks, Len Townsend of 24 years ago!
Wrote this in to the Bombcast, but thought I'd ask here too. Could you help me identify an arcade game? It was a spy-themed platform game for one or two players—think James Bond, or one of its many ripoffs. I remember there were standard side-scrolling levels where you could jump around while punching and shooting guys, but there were also underwater levels, where you could swim around and shoot at sharks and bad-guy divers with harpoon guns. Any ideas?
That’s probably Rolling Thunder?
Totally Sly Spy: Secret Agent.
Are you getting a Syndicate play session together? Because I unfortunately bought that game after the MP community was largely dead and never got to play as much as I wanted.
I just installed it again this morning. Not sure if/when I’ll have time to play it.
Awesome, I love Assassin's Creed.
“Portal Runner - ‘My Money’s On the Chick With the Lion’”
Always bet on Vikki.
I remember it with its altogether less action-packed PAL box art.
“Stretch Panic”
Also known in Europe as "Freak Out".
Jeff, I've just come across a group of people coming out in praise of the King Kong 360 game. Is this how things go? The only people to remember middling games are the ones who loved it? Or was that game actually solid?
The achievements were solid! But yeah, that game was definitely middling at best. And I suppose you’re right, the only people who usually remember junk like that are the people who, for whatever reason, remember it fondly.
I remember not hating it, but yeah… I only played it for the achievements.
What it it was renamed "Michel Ancel's Rampage"?
Demo a derby goes truly old school.
UK 1985
Whatever's caught his eye, he's VERY perturbed about it.
UK 1985
Five years later, Roller Coaster went under the knife and emerged on the Game Boy as Dragon's Lair: The Legend.
UK 1985
At its core, Lazy Jones is a collection of mini games, and while it's playable, the game is far better known for its soundtrack.
Outside of one or two more, um, "familiar" tunes, the "Stardust" game features a catchy track that was later lifted by German producers Zombie Nation and turned into the UK #2 hit Kernkraft 400.
UK 1985
"Also available printer cable" is possibly the least exciting piece of ad copy a human has ever had to write. That's saying something, considering it shares a page with he phrase "moulded in cream and brown".
UK 1985
Ian Botham, as filtered through Tim and Eric.
I kept meaning to ask this after paris games week. Do you have any favorite french games? Have you ever played captain blood or commander blood?
Flashback.
Holy shit, Captain Blood was the most confusing thing I’d ever played as a kid. I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing but boy did I enjoy taking aliens on board my ship, annihilating their planets then disintegrating them.
UK 1985
Frank Bruno's Boxing is a fairly shameless clone of the Super Punch-Out!! arcade game, albeit with added cultural insensitivity. Endorsed by Bruno, but not by Nintendo.
