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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    12/07/09

    In reply to The Making And Death Of Pac-Man Ghost Zone
    I'm disappointed it does not look like this.
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    Image of vaporlagg vaporlagg
    12/07/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: Where's the cutscene of him puking his guts out...I mean, even the fittest runner can only handle so much exertion on a full stomach.
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    syafiqjabar of Mars promoted this comment vaporlagg was starred vaporlagg was unstarred
    Image of Sl0th Sl0th
    12/07/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: Pacman is a nervous eater? I never knew that.
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    12/07/09

    @vaporlagg: It's more likely he'll be puking due to an OD.

    Also, a modern Pac-Man remake should totally look like this picture here.
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    12/07/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: The Madness of Mission 6!
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    syafiqjabar of Mars promoted this comment einsteinsquandry was starred einsteinsquandry was unstarred
    Image of sci-fi_wasabi sci-fi_wasabi
    12/07/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: Let's hope it doesn't go the way of Bomberman Act Zero.
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    syafiqjabar of Mars promoted this comment sci-fi_wasabi was starred sci-fi_wasabi was unstarred
    Image of Mentuss Mentuss
    12/07/09

    @sci-fi_wasabi: THAT GAME DID NOT HAPPEN.
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    Image of RawrSpoon RawrSpoon
    12/07/09

    @Mentuss: What game? I thought Bomberman ended after 64.
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    Image of Methusalah Methusalah
    12/07/09

    @RawrSpoon: Bomberman 64 multiplayer was surprisingly fun for such a huge departure from the series' formula.
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    Image of thaGreatness thaGreatness
    12/07/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: What kind of self-important asshole has a picture of themselves on their shirt?
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    12/07/09

    In reply to The Making And Death Of Pac-Man Ghost Zone
    Oh, Kotaku... looks like you broke another server!
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    Image of exion exion
    12/07/09

    In reply to The Making And Death Of Pac-Man Ghost Zone
    the link's not working for me, but this game does look familiar...

    I think I recall reading about it in a bunch of magazines way back when!

    Never really wondered what happened to it though :P
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    Image of Arkesane Arkesane
    12/07/09

    @exion: From what I've heard over the years, the 3D Pac-Man games were generally pretty terrible. I can't follow the link at the moment either, but it's interesting that Kotaku thinks this one looked sharp. It would be pretty sad if the one great 3D Pac was the one we never got to play.

    It's really cool to see some videogame history though, I'll have a look through the PlayStation Museum when I can, I'm all nostalgic for the Playstation now.
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    syafiqjabar of Mars promoted this comment Arkesane was starred Arkesane was unstarred
    Image of Mentuss Mentuss
    12/07/09

    @Arkesane: From what I recall, the Pac-Man World games got favourable reviews, but in my opinion, aside from the original style Pac-Man maze games (including the recent, excellent championship edition) and Pac-Land, I can't think of a single other game the character has ever felt like a good fit in.

    If any videogame character could suffer from being typecast, that character is Pac-Man.
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    Edited by Mentuss at 12/07/09 7:07 PM Mentuss was starred Mentuss was unstarred
    Image of Willby Willby
    08/24/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Ok so where do we get this ancient game?
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    Image of RAVENKam RAVENKam
    08/24/09

    @Willby: [www.ncsxshop.com]
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    Image of Drogmir Drogmir
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Yay.... now how the hell can we play it?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/23/09

    @Drogmir: That was my thought. Oh sure, I'll just boot up my old 3DO...
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    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    ...YEEEEEEEEESSS! FUCKING YESSSSSS! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    *jumps up and down in his bedroom screaming, then rolls around on the floor, then runs around in circles while laying on his side*

    PRAISE JESUS! PRAISE FAVABEANS! FUCK YOU, JAPAN! I HAVE POLICENAUTS! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    No, I can NOT be too excited for this game. I was worried that their project had been abandoned, but now it's here. WOOT!
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    Image of Gaunt Gaunt
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    If only this worked with the Japanese PSN version.
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    Image of Saint Anima Saint Anima
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Interesting. Maybe I'll give it a look later on.

    Makes me wonder how companies feel about bringing over Japan only releases to something like PSN. Just translate the game and put them up for download.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    08/23/09

    @Saint Anima: I suppose Policenauts is a lot more dialogue heavy (its a Kojima game after all!) than most other playstation games, but theres no reason this can't be done with other releases officially.
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    Image of RicoTheSaboteur RicoTheSaboteur
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    The 3DO were not region locked and I borrowed one at the time to play through the game. If Snatcher had a big Blade Runner feel and MGS several The Rock hommages, in Policenauts there are some scenes straight out of Lethal Weapon.
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    Edited by RicoTheSaboteur at 08/23/09 3:36 PM RicoTheSaboteur was starred RicoTheSaboteur was unstarred
    Image of NEObraska NEObraska
    08/23/09

    @RicoTheSaboteur: I'll agree with your statements about Snatcher and Policenauts, but you're off base in in reference to Metal Gear Solid.
    The Metal Gear Series predates The Rock, you can't make an homage to something that didn't yet exist. Escape from New York, yes. The Terminator, yes. Even Rambo, yes. The Rock, highly unlikely since it wasn't released until 1996.
    Play through Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake sometime, and you'll see much of what went into Metal Gear Solid in that story line, and that came out in 1990, 6 years prior to the release of The Rock.
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    RicoTheSaboteur promoted this comment Edited by NEObraska at 08/23/09 4:00 PM NEObraska was starred NEObraska was unstarred
    Image of RicoTheSaboteur RicoTheSaboteur
    08/23/09

    @NEObraska: I am pretty sure Metal Gear Solid aka MGS (1998) was released after The Rock (1996). I am also pretty sure the music of the game is totally in the style of Hans Zimmer and when an old soldier is brought out of retirement and cuts his long hair before going to battle, it's hard to not remember Sean Connery in Bay's movie.

    I am not saying the other links you point out are wrong, I think you just missed the S in MGS.
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    Image of Strife Fox † Strife Fox †
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    I get a very 'Akira' vibe from the box art, but that's a good thing (:

    Also, why is it called Policenauts, what's the 'nauts' part mean, hmm.

    .....

    ...

    Nauts.. Nauts.. Wait just a second here... astro.. nauts... ASTRONAUTS!

    POLICE MEN IN SPACE, FUCK YES!

    I can't believe it took me so long to get that name.
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    Image of Meeeh: PC gamers don't have to buy DLC, they buy expansions Meeeh: PC gamers don't have to buy DLC, they buy expansions
    08/23/09

    @Strife Fox †: Finding that out must have felt like Christmas morning to you.
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    Image of RicoTheSaboteur RicoTheSaboteur
    08/23/09

    @Strife Fox †: The main character is one of the first five cops sent to the first space colony, but he has an "accident" and ends up cryogenized in his space suit while drifting in space. He is found accidentally a couple dozen years later. All his former friends and colleagues are now way older than him and the space colony became a huge city. He starts a private investigator business on earth and the game begins when a mysterious woman enters his office. Doesn't all classic detective stories begin like that?.... I mean, without the frozen in space part?
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Nice. I should give this a look sometime. I've never played Policenauts, I just know it's the original game Meryl came from.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    I still remember reading about this on gamefan or EGM back in 96.

    They said it was going to be localizated "in short"...
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    Image of MARl0 MARl0
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Wasn't this supposed to be a sequel to Snatcher?
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    Image of rorkimaru rorkimaru
    08/23/09

    @MARl0: Spiritual sequel. Its in the same style but it's not a direct continuation. Think Ico and Shadow of the collosus
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    Image of Cervidanti Cervidanti
    08/23/09

    @rorkimaru: Uh, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are directly connected, and in fact sequels.
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    Image of Twoje Twoje
    08/23/09

    @Cervidanti: Really? I always thought they were in the same world/universe, but the stories didn't really connect.
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    Image of Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok
    08/23/09

    @Twoje: SotC is the prequel to ICO. They take place in the same world, the shadows in the temple are the same as the ones you deal with in ICO, and apparently the main character from SotC is kinda like the great great great great great granddaddy of Ico in ICO.

    The only real indication of this in the game, from what I can remember, is the ending. But Ueda has explained through various interviews how the two are connected.
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    Image of Cervidanti Cervidanti
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Hideo Kojima, huh? The real problem translating it was probably because, being a product of Kojima, it likely makes no damn sense.
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    Image of Rictor Rictor
    08/23/09

    @Cervidanti:
    the games make sense (that is, if you read more than just Halo novels, and aren't waiting for Gears of War novels to soon be released)
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    bobtheduck promoted this comment Rictor was starred Rictor was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    08/23/09

    @Cervidanti: My thoughts exactly. It'll be a while before Kojima can make stories that are as flawlessly consistent as Super Mario Bros and Sonic the Hedgehog.
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    08/23/09

    @the7k: hahahahaha! Good one!
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    08/23/09

    @Rictor: Yeah... People bitch about the nanomachines. While the nanomachine thing is unrealistic, and a very convenient plot device, everything else makes perfect sense. Anyone expecting MG to be realistic is fooling themselves, and they probably set up false expectations. It's fantasy, not freaking Tom Clancy.
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    Image of Tom Clancy's Samuraidino Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
    08/23/09

    In reply to Policenauts English Localization Completed
    Huzzah!

    Iv always wanted to play this,ever since i first saw that poster in MGS.
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    Image of Patriot Infinity Patriot Infinity
    08/23/09

    @Tom Clancy's Samuraidino: Ah yes, that poster near the node in the Shell One Core in MGS2. Good memories.
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    Image of Gaunt Gaunt
    08/23/09

    @Patriot Infinity: I was thinking of the one in Otacon's lab. I love how it's still there when you go back in MGS4.
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