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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:36 am
User avatarJoined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:09 amPosts: 453Location: Hull, England
jeremy wrote:
hawkgirl wrote:

Please tell me you've seen King of Kong: a fist full of quarters. Holy shit, that was great!

yeah I saw that a month or so ago, awesome movie


It really is isn't it!

Those records od old school arcade are just unreal, dedication on a grand scale. I've had a Ms PacMan arcade for like 2 years and I'm still crap at it. Fells amazing when you're playing on a prorer arcade tho, you just can't emulate that shit.
And the cutscenes are amazing, they piss all over Final Fantasy!


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:38 am
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leeroybrownhu9 wrote:
jeremy wrote:
hawkgirl wrote:

Please tell me you've seen King of Kong: a fist full of quarters. Holy shit, that was great!

yeah I saw that a month or so ago, awesome movie


It really is isn't it!

Those records od old school arcade are just unreal, dedication on a grand scale. I've had a Ms PacMan arcade for like 2 years and I'm still crap at it. Fells amazing when you're playing on a prorer arcade tho, you just can't emulate that shit.
And the cutscenes are amazing, they piss all over Final Fantasy!


I saw the movie with a major gamer and he didn't understand why the audience was laughing so much. Hehehehe.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:52 am
User avatarJoined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:09 amPosts: 453Location: Hull, England
hawkgirl wrote:
leeroybrownhu9 wrote:
jeremy wrote:
hawkgirl wrote:

Please tell me you've seen King of Kong: a fist full of quarters. Holy shit, that was great!

yeah I saw that a month or so ago, awesome movie


It really is isn't it!

Those records od old school arcade are just unreal, dedication on a grand scale. I've had a Ms PacMan arcade for like 2 years and I'm still crap at it. Fells amazing when you're playing on a prorer arcade tho, you just can't emulate that shit.
And the cutscenes are amazing, they piss all over Final Fantasy!


I saw the movie with a major gamer and he didn't understand why the audience was laughing so much. Hehehehe.


Ha!
Yeah, where I'm sure the pro's gain kudos for their tenacity to master a 20odd year old arcade game from gamers, the general public tend to find it rather amusing and slightly less monumental.

Everytime I go to my Mums I regail the family with yarns aplenty, the time I finished Star Wars arcade on one credit, the time I got 100% on troublemaker on expert on Guitar Hero, the time I finished StreetFighter 2 Turbo on level 10 just to see that crap poster at the end..........
But do they care?

....I'll get my coat.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:24 am
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Come on, it definitely had its hilarious moments. The quirky personalities were framed just right.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:38 am
Yeah I was only joshing.

It is all about the personalities. I really love the cover/poster showing the back of the guy on the DK cab with his hand in the air, it really reminds me of a Chris Ware style comic strip, hell he's almost a middle age Jimmy Corrigan.
It has a slightly depressing quality which I like.

I think i'm gonna re-watch it this weekend after all this talk, I might even beat my Ms PacMan high score! What a birthday weekend that'd be.
*sigh*

:)


PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:41 am
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That was me by the way.

How annoying is it when you've forgotten to sign in!


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:04 am
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I remember when I was younger my mom stopped giving me money to play arcade games because she knew we would be there forever even if she only gave me $1


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:13 am
User avatarJoined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:09 amPosts: 453Location: Hull, England
jeremy wrote:
I remember when I was younger my mom stopped giving me money to play arcade games because she knew we would be there forever even if she only gave me $1


I still get that.

My mates hate it when we pop into a takeaway after pub and there's an arcade.
Nothing like 3 plays for a quid to take away the cardboard taste of cold chips.


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