Thursday, August 14, 2008

Difference Between Japanese And English "Zelda II: Adventure Of Link"



This cool video shows 12 major differences between the Japanese and English versions of "Legend Of Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link". It shows Japanese footage first and then English footage (in order of release date)

1) The elevator speeds are drastically different.
2) Battle music for bosses is different and notice the Japanese boss roars.
3) No Gannon in the Japanese game over, just roaring.
4) Only one head comes of in the Japanese version, and the helmet clanks on the ground in the US version.
5) Clean-Up of the way this boss dies.
6) In the US version, these creatures can only be killed by fire.
7) In the Japanese version, the lost child is in a cage.
8) The sound effects for talking and magic are very different. Plus the Japanese wizard has no animation.
9) The wizard boss looks very different.
10) Gooma is missing in the Japanese version; instead you fight Helmet guy again.
11) Japanese- Horseguy guards the false wall in Temple 5 - English- Horseguy removed and now just normal blue Ironknuckle.
12) The dragon boss Barba is totally different in both games, and the Japanese version roars.

Video Of A Glitching Broken NES "Legend Of Zelda" That Looks Atari-Like



The video is pretty neat, but listening to these two guys talk is VERY LIKELY (not just maybe) the dorkiest thing you'll experience today.

"Manhunter: San Francisco" Authentic Sierra Online Promotional Trailer, 1989

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Teenager Makes Fun Video For School, MTV Threatens To Sue.



So this cat was apparently 16 in 1995, which would make him my brother's age. This video was made on an Amiga 500, by the way.

Now that I think of it, I wonder where this cat went to school. He was in a Computer Graphics course his sophmore year of high school, working with Amiga 500s? My senior year of high school (the same year), I was writing dumbass Visual Basic programs on a 386 with a 16 color screen in THE MOST ADVANCED COMPUTER COURSE MY HIGH SCHOOL HAD AVAILABLE!

Dammit, it sucks being white trash.

Out-take from documentary "The 8-Bit Philosophy"



Currently in the middle of watching a sneak-peak of this documentary sent to me by a friend involved (not-posting it here... sorry). Here's the trailer again, tho.

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