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BlogSubscribe to the feed now! [RSS] [Atom] Leave comments on the talk page (click "Discussion"). <startFeed /> It's the YouTube video that's got the whole Internet a-buzzin' (and by "got the whole Internet a-buzzin'," I mean it got passing mentions on NeoGAF and GoNintendo). It's a comparison of a piece of music from NES Rygar and the opening music from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Turns out they're the same song, more or less. I hadn't noticed this myself, but it's not as surprising as one might think. Composer Michiharu Hasuya worked for Tecmo and later worked for Advance Communication, the developer of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not sure if he was an employee there, though). I can't confirm Hasuya's involvement with either of these games since they don't have credits, but Hasuya's/ACC's stuff on the Famicom/NES has a very distinct sound, right down to the sound effects. There's no mistaking it in these games.
CRV 05:22, 26 July 2009 (CDT)
Profiles in Courage: Kirin EntertainmentThe Angry Video Game Nerd character as portrayed by Mr. James Rolfe is crass and vulgar, yet I still find his videos entertaining. The latest is his best in a while, and the entertainment is derived almost entirely from the subject itself - the near-softcore "interactive" slideshow Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO. (more...)
CRV 04:25, 23 July 2009 (CDT)
Code Comparisons Like Mom Used to MakeDimitri recently used CloneSpy to look at Game Boy (regular, not color) games. In case you don't know, CloneSpy is a code comparison program that predates our own; it was originally written by Thomas Jentzsch back in 2000 and was aimed at sorting out Atari 2600 ROM dumps. There are significant differences between CloneSpy and our program. Our program only looks at two files at a time, while CloneSpy goes over all files in a directory. Our program writes shared data like hex strings to an output file. The user then has to search for that data on his or her own in other files, perhaps using a program like Effective File Search. CloneSpy does all this itself, but it's a mystery as to what shared code is being found unless you want to disassemble the ROMs later and investigate for yourself. This may not be a big deal when it comes to 2600 games, but it becomes a problem when dealing with more complex games. For example, CloneSpy grouped together puzzler Rock'n! Monster!! and Super Street Basketball. Upon further examination, it turned out both games were by different developers, but they do share a music composer, which means they likely share the same sound driver. That likely triggered CloneSpy's reaction. As for the rest of our Game Boy run, CloneSpy mostly grouped variants of the same game together. There are some interesting findings, however, like a chunk of Tose games and a chunk from a potential mystery developer (see GDRI-009). See the full results here. CRV 08:47, 5 July 2009 (CDT)
More Blog ChangesI just installed an extension that allows you to post comments in the same manner you would on any other blog. To accommodate this, blog posts from here on out will be placed on separate articles which will be embedded on the main page and subsequent archival pages. All these changes are being made to help broaden the role of the blog. Not only will I write about what's going on with the site, but I will also attempt to write about old games and gaming history. I know what you're asking yourself: Do we need another site writing about old games? No, but the posts here will have that special GDRI twist - trying to find the stories behind the games, digging into obscure games, and perhaps even changing conventional wisdom about certain things in gaming's past. Stay tuned! CRV 08:16, 23 June 2009 (CDT)
Blog ChangesThe "front page" of the blog is now on the Main Page. If you have subscribed to the blog feed, you will need to change the address in your reader or resubscribe. CRV 07:50, 22 June 2009 (CDT)
The LJN Mysteries: X-Men Part 2 and Some Other NewsX-Men Part 2:
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CRV, 17 May 2009
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