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Gaming Discussion / Re: Re: Victoly!

« on: May 14, 2012, 02:52:26 pm »

Now is a good time as any to mention that they finally un-lost the original PoP source code.

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ROM Hacking Discussion / Re: How were original GB/GBC games developed?

« on: May 13, 2012, 11:11:32 pm »

That was how Sega explained it in the case. Nintendo probably had the same idea, but they didn’t end up being the ones who had to explain that for the public record.

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Site Talk / Re: The SIZE tag.

« on: May 12, 2012, 03:25:44 am »

I am going to be so much more dramatic than usual that I will up and leave if you take away a tool of communication that allows me to deëmphasize things that might need to be said but could possibly be construed as explaining too much or trying too hard for a lame punchline and I probably account for more than half the time it’s used here and I’ve been doing it for years without a peep from anyone so oh hell yes I feel at liberty to take this personally no matter how ridiculous you may consider the practice or non-targeted you believe the suggestion to be comma thank you. It would be nice if every time we could perfectly say as much as needs to be said, no more, no less. But in forum posting, we have time constraints, even if it less of a constraint than in instant messaging and chat rooms.

The notion that this is in any way to make things secret is risible. The way I keep a secret, gentlemen, is by not saying it.

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General Discussion / Re: I Hate Dress Clothes

« on: May 12, 2012, 01:15:30 am »

Hmm, maybe you might want to look at wingtips? Dress shoes are really expensive and could last a very long time anyway. It’s okay to take a while to find a pair you like.

And oh god women’s dress clothes I think “suck just as much” is putting it too diplomatically.

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ROM Hacking Discussion / Re: How were original GB/GBC games developed?

« on: May 11, 2012, 09:00:36 pm »

The Saturn (2 CPUs, difficult 3D chip) and Jaguar (wierd chip problems)were the  first consoles that supplied C .
The N64 has a cut down "PCB cost saving" version of the CPU used in SGI OpenGL workstations and RDRAM.
It was Nintendos answer to the PS1 and the Saturn.

I do imagine SGI workstations had something to do with both Sony and Nintendo picking MIPS. But of course, I have no way of proving that

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Script Help and Language Discussion / Re: Random translation questions

« on: May 11, 2012, 08:53:15 pm »

*sigh* you guys are way, way, way smarter than this. What sad times are these when passing ruffians force explanations of rhetorical questions and concise answers from the elderly! There is a pestilence upon this land; nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design renditions are under considerable economic stress.

Okay, the way you solve this problem is the same way you solve the ghost problem. You just have to find another way of representing it, whether it be finding some synonym (Wikipedia lists some, not that I’ve ever heard those words ever), changing it up a bit to say or imply what it means (“ring blade”, like Tira’s weapon from the Soul series), pretend it’s a name or that because it’s a different language you should use that term instead. The various translations of FF4 have this down as “Engetsu”, “FullMoon”, “Full Moon”, and “Moonring Blade”.

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Script Help and Language Discussion / Re: Random translation questions

« on: May 11, 2012, 04:25:14 pm »

I can read, thank you. There is still no problem that I can see. All the answers already lie in this thread; you just gotta use your noggin.

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General Discussion / Re: How are color varieties determined for handheld systems?

« on: May 11, 2012, 01:45:34 pm »

Pretty sure IBM calls that blue. You know, “Big Blue”? Blue is kind of their corporate color.

Sun and SGI (remember them?), on the other hand....

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General Discussion / Re: Van Damme does movie with Chung Le

« on: May 11, 2012, 12:26:26 pm »

Wait, Bruce Lee only did 3 movies? I demand a recount!

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Script Help and Language Discussion / Re: Random translation questions

« on: May 11, 2012, 11:53:26 am »

So where’s the problem? ;P

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General Discussion / Re: I Hate Dress Clothes

« on: May 11, 2012, 11:44:20 am »

I too have had some bad experiences with uncomfortable dress shoes and do not much care for them.  Would it really be so hard to make a sneaker that looks sufficiently dressy?

Which dress shoes have you tried?

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Phantasy Star poll

« on: May 10, 2012, 05:41:25 pm »

Maybe that FM sound chip was pricey in 1987 which led some stingy bigwig to to cut costs? (I'm not convinced...)

I recall reading exactly zero serious analyses of the rise and fall of Sega consoles that had kind words concerning their business sense. But that’s serious analysis people for you.

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Script Help and Language Discussion / Re: Random translation questions

« on: May 10, 2012, 03:03:10 am »

2) A typical RPG item, 円月輪. I've seen this translated as "Full Moon" (which is indeed implied by the kanji, "Full Moon Ring"). But if you check the Japanese wikipedia page for "Chakram", it says that a typical name for that is 円月輪.

It usually means chakram.

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Programming / Re: Windhex Alternative?

« on: May 09, 2012, 08:59:08 pm »

OS X throws a wrench into pretty much all the cross-platform widget kits. There is no great way around that, unfortunately.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Phantasy Star poll

« on: May 09, 2012, 05:08:29 pm »

I can’t think of PSII without thinking of this ridiculously catchy loop interspersed with this ridiculously catchy loop.

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General Discussion / Re: Van Damme does movie with Chung Le

« on: May 09, 2012, 05:19:07 am »

me, i’m still waiting for the 80s/90s action stars to unretire and finally do that movie about baroque composers

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Gaming Discussion / Re: So school me on Vagrant Story.

« on: May 09, 2012, 12:04:31 am »

Ha.  I beat the game.  It's pretty awesome until it hits the second disc, where it's amazingly clear that they ran out of time and money and just cobbled an ending together.  Reach.  Exceeds.  Grasp.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Nintendo posts $530 million in losses

« on: May 08, 2012, 10:56:43 pm »

The whole damn Internet touting it all over the place while it was running didn’t help, but now it’s kind of about not finding a time to wedge it in.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Your choices for the best -portable- JRPGs of all time?

« on: May 08, 2012, 05:30:36 pm »

nope.avi

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Nintendo posts $530 million in losses

« on: May 08, 2012, 05:29:33 pm »

I saw the show and was like ehhhh don’t see the big deal.

Then people said the light novels would probably be more up my alley anyway and they’re probably right, but I haven’t gotten around to it.