 Thread: 300 |
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This movie is based on an older one called "The 300 Spartans" or something like that. I watched it recently and it followed very accurately Herodotus's acount for a movie. The only letdown was the way the battle itself was filmed, without any knowledge about ancient warfare. Wikipedia says that The 300 Spartans was anti-communist propaganda, but I've seen it and that's 0.000 per cent true, the only message is Pan-Helenic. I guess Miller's movie is less worried about accuracy, but it will surely rock, I'll be watching it tomorrow evening. If you want history read Herodotus, that's what I did many years ago, it could be someone else's cup of tea, not necessarily boring, especially if you skip the description of Egypt. 
And what HitokiriX said is true.
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Originally posted by rommania
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You realize that it was the Persian empire who was trying to destroy or at least enslave the Greek civilization, not the other way around? No offence meant.
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| Thread: Old PC Games |
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DOSBox is the best option, especially when there's no other option. 
It's the best virtual DOS machine out there anyway, and you can use D-Fend to make it more user friendly, or just drag/copy-paste the EXE into the DOSBox executable or shortcut. It's true that it takes a lot of processor power since it emulates a whole machine but for old games that's not a problem, and the latest 0.70 release is very optimized in terms of speed. Sometimes VDMSound will do. Also many DOS games work in Win9X.
EDIT: I've checked and Quake works perfectly in DOSBox, so I don't think speed is a problem for any DOS game. Of course it won't work at any speed for Win9X games, DOSBox is only for DOS, try compatibility mode for those.
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| Thread: Shooter, airships named after fishes --serious |
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Hi guys and gals. I can't remember the name of this one, it was the good old airship shooter style although not very old, good graphics. The scrolling was upwards not sidewards. But the most remarkable feature of the game was that the airships you could choose were named after fishes. I'm pretty sure there was a green round one called "scallop", and maybe another one called mackerel, well you get the idea. I've googled to no avail, I don't remember that it be particularly famous but it was cool for me. 
Thanks.
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| Thread: the DEVOURING queen..... |
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Wells me thinks this girl is more like into the glamorous world of nutrition disorders... 
And she's found the way to make some money out of it, I'm happy for her.
Anyways my mother tried to feed me so much that she came to think that I liked vegetables better than beef steak, because when I had finished with all the vegetables she demanded I couldn't eat a piece of even something I liked. (Whad'ya say mom, how do you know when I've had enough?? Because I'm telling YOU!!!!
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| Thread: what arcade game can you beat with 1 credit |
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 12-04-2006 11:10 |
Forum: Arcade |
And Elevator Action Returns, I've just done it, but that's very easy --but good game. I think I beat Samurai Shodown IV with on credit the first time I tried, but it's too easy and worse... SS2 will always be my favourite.
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| Thread: Do You Remember? |
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| 09-21-2006 21:31 |
Forum: Arcade |
Hey, that's it, thanks a million Retinasoup! And now for relieving some nostalgia...
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| Thread: Do You Remember? |
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| 09-20-2006 20:04 |
Forum: Arcade |
Mmm no, much newer, far better graphics. And I'm pretty sure about the throwing leaves --which were as big as the hero since he was supposed to be an insect, or an insect-size human in an insect-looking costume--, the shops, etc. 
But thanks for trying, keep it coming.
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| Thread: Do You Remember? |
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This should be easy enough, it was an arcade platformer and the hero's starting weapons were throwing leaves. I think those stunned the monsters and then you could grab and throw them or something like that. There were other weapons, such as bombs which killed the monsters outright, and there were shops where you could buy power-ups and stuff. I think that the good guys --the hero and the people in shops etc.-- were insects, or rather they looked like humans in insect costumes; I think the hero's costume was blue.
Any idea about the name? 
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| Thread: Same old "can't remember the name" |
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FOUND IT! Boy, this is great. The name is Kujakuou, try it boys and girls. Looks like there's a sequel for the Genesis/Mega Drive, or so it seems judging by the name. Thank you Khabarakh for your reply.
EDIT: *Ahem* Kujakuou is for those clever Japanese-speakers. For those who are stuck with English like me , the name is different: Spellcaster.
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| Thread: Same old "can't remember the name" |
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Hi. I played this game in the Sega Master System, although it may exist for other platforms, maybe Genesis/Mega Drive. It was too cool for school, I'll be traumatized forever if I don't ever see it again. 
Is was a mix of action and RPG. The action part was kind of platformish, somewhat like Kenseiden, similar atmosphere and enemies including bosses --japanese mythologic and ghostly mambo-jambo--, but the main character was not a sword-wielding samurai, rather a fireball-firing dude wearing trousers and he could jump higher. I think that you could cast special spells apart from the fireball, which was more powerfull if you kept the button pressed. However the "engine" --much of the code-- must be the same for this game and Kenseiden, even the way the guy climbs stairs is similar in both games.
The RPG part displayed a small image of the situation and was managed with menus. Here you could use the special spells which were something like fire, lightning, etc. And of course there were lots of dialogues.
So, any idea? The slightest hint will be appreciated, please say whatever comes to your mind. Thanks guys.
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