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Post by windfisch on Jul 22, 2021 8:49:47 GMT -5
excelsior Of course, it all makes sense: Just like Cho Aniki, it was developed by Masaya Games - the gleyest lancers of shmups. I'm really gley that this has been cleared up now!
Speaking of Masaya, phallic images and parallax scrolling:
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Shadow of the Beast (Lynx):
Low resolution aside, that wild kitten of a system was insanely powerful for its time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 3:28:00 GMT -5
excelsior Of course, it all makes sense: Just like Cho Aniki, it was developed by Masaya Games - the gleyest lancers of shmups. I'm really gley that this has been cleared up now!
Speaking of Masaya, phallic images and parallax scrolling:
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Shadow of the Beast (Lynx):
Low resolution aside, that wild kitten of a system was insanely powerful for its time.
Phallic imagery and Parallax, what more could a man ask for? Check out the Busterhawks on that boss, that's enough to keep all our lancers on edge. Certainly Gynoug is the gleyest of times. (How are we pronouncing Gynoug? Masaya really seem to have stretched the English language in new and exciting directions.) Here's Batman Revenge of the Joker on NES
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Post by windfisch on Jul 23, 2021 8:52:07 GMT -5
Phallic imagery and Parallax, what more could a man ask for? Check out the Busterhawks on that boss, that's enough to keep all our lancers on edge. Certainly Gynoug is the gleyest of times. (How are we pronouncing Gynoug? Masaya really seem to have stretched the English language in new and exciting directions.) I just realized that they're not just some game developer, they're a way of life! Anytime someone tells you "But... that's not a real word!" or "Wait ...are those two interconnected Busterhawks? That's anatomically impossible!" you'll just shrug: "Masaya."
When confronted with the NES hardware, the Return of the Joker team must've had that exact attitude.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 9:24:21 GMT -5
I just realized that they're not just some game developer, they're a way of life! Anytime someone tells you "But... that's not a real word!" or "Wait ...are those two interconnected Busterhawks? That's anatomically impossible!" you'll just shrug: "Masaya."
When confronted with the NES hardware, the Return of the Joker team must've had that exact attitude.
- basically their approach to language is the same as to design - use whatever you want and make it fit however you want. I think that their approach to design shows real Busterhawks, but I will be sure to invoke the spirit of Masaya in all my future endeavours.
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Post by Woody Alien on Oct 6, 2021 16:20:47 GMT -5
I heard it's even more impressive since the system couldn't handle that many layers so it's all a graphical trick, or a background image divided in various parts that move at different speeds to mantain the illusion of moving parallax, or something like that, anyway it still looks quite good!
And speaking of parallax, there's Marvin's Marvelous Adventure for Amiga, one of those generic platformers nobody would remember or care about now, were it not for its technical specs, in this case 6 (or more?) parallax layers, here's a short excerpt:
Also thank you excelsior and windfisch for your amusing comedy bits, the forum is more lively already now
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 3:35:11 GMT -5
Woody Alien - I'm not sure encouragement is the best way to go with me, but I am pleased if you enjoy my/our posts. I know you are quite capable with the one liners yourself. I also appreciate the insight into Dead Moon, that's interesting. I am familiar with Marvin's Marvelous Adventure. I recall a friend owning it when I was a kid. I think we all had that annoying neighbour who just had everything; well that was the guy in this case. For another Amiga game; though a more well known one, there is Agony. There's not so many layers going on, however I think it really heightens the realism of the artwork.
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Post by windfisch on Oct 8, 2021 6:07:13 GMT -5
Thanks for kind words! I'm gley I only come in gleyscale, because my hypothetical DX-upgleyde would show me blushing in gleying shades of red right now. (That's what compliments do to me: I'm trying even harder... to my hit/miss-ratio's detriment). And I have to say that a partner in crime as charming as excelsior really makes it easy to enjoy myself and to come up with the silliest of ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 8:35:09 GMT -5
Thanks for kind words! I'm gley I only come in gleyscale, because my hypothetical DX-upgleyde would show me blushing in gleying shades of red right now. (That's what compliments do to me: I'm trying even harder... to my hit/miss-ratio's detriment). And I have to say that a partner in crime as charming as excelsior really makes it easy to enjoy myself and to come up with the silliest of ideas. Now I'm the one to blush. Honestly though, i think you're just a little smitten with Ms Minogue over there. I don't think you'd find me close to as charming if I took the mystery out of bromance.
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Post by windfisch on Oct 8, 2021 18:02:29 GMT -5
I think the opposite is true: If I ever met Ms Minogue or Mrs Berry in real life and they lacked your wits and your appreciation for grotesque phalli, that would be cognitive dissonance overload for me. I will admit, however, that if I ever had to decide whose sparkling horse I'd rather be, then I'd go with the former. It would be a close call, though. Because no matter how much sparkling was involved, a horse still would have to eat - and this horsie likes to dine gourmet cuisine!
And yeah, I get it, you're a happily married man. No bromance could ever beat that...
But we'll always have Crime Wave!
(Sorry for the insiders, everyone. Whatever you think might be implied in the above text, trust me: The actual subtext is way, way more depraved!)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2021 5:50:20 GMT -5
I think the opposite is true: If I ever met Ms Minogue or Mrs Berry in real life and they lacked your wits and your appreciation for grotesque phalli, that would be cognitive dissonance overload for me. I will admit, however, that if I ever had to decide whose sparkling horse I'd rather be, then I'd go with the former. It would be a close call, though. Because no matter how much sparkling was involved, a horse still would have to eat - and this horsie likes to dine gourmet cuisine!
And yeah, I get it, you're a happily married man. No bromance could ever beat that...
But we'll always have Crime Wave!
(Sorry for the insiders, everyone. Whatever you think might be implied in the above text, trust me: The actual subtext is way, way more depraved!)
Oh windfisch, you madman! Or should I call you windpferd? Though I'm quite certain that Dame Mary would out do me in conversational arts and has greater experience in taming a fine breed of horsie such as yourself. Taking you for a horsie ride before retiring for some....ahem...'gourmet cuisine'... it all sounds quite sordid actually; very Equus. I think this scene from the ending of Crime Wave (sorry, spoilers everyone) someone depicts my imagined aftermath. Just try to depict our local Watara wonder as neither whale, nor horse, but as an actual human creature: I'm not really sure what's going on in the picture actually. The angle of the backdrop makes no sense whatsoever in proportion of the actors. And just because I feel the need to somehow relate this post to the topic at hand I went looking for parallax scrolling in Crime Wave, and was reminded of the technical car crash that we'd seen previously. Not only is there no parallax but the game barely scrolls at all. Stuttering as though is were a much older game found on much more primitive hardware. I'm going to declare it's copy style the exact opposite of parallax, and quite distasteful to our own evolved palates.
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Post by windfisch on Oct 12, 2021 3:03:26 GMT -5
Wow... that post is just... I can't express... where to begin even... I'm out of words. It's so overwhelmingly beautiful, I can't stop crying tears of joy! (And I shall never underestimate Dame Mary again! At this point I can't imagine a superpower she doesn't have.)
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