Why was everyone so bad in Nick Arcade?

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Why was everyone so bad in Nick Arcade? Anonymous Fri Sep 11 08:43:36 2015 No.2674981 [Reply] [Original]

I can't count how many times I yelled at the TV over the years.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 08:47:13 2015 No.2674985 I remember the Wizard Level had 3 different bosses, yet 90% of the time it was Mongo that got used. That bugged the shit out of me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 09:23:39 2015 No.2675020 Performance anxiety.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 09:29:39 2015 No.2675028 Weren't most contestants just random children picked out at the Nick Studio?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 09:38:26 2015 No.2675038 >>2674981 See also the dumbest contestants on the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDuyl23BN9A

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 09:45:30 2015 No.2675042 >>2675038 Holy shit, that Redskins kid

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 09:54:14 2015 No.2675049 Do a fucking spindash

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 10:06:31 2015 No.2675057 >>2675038 The video game sections are kinda understandable but the quiz sections are just sad.

Anonymous Fri Sep 11 10:49:49 2015 No.2675101
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>>2675028
Correct. Also the "teams" were assigned which goes even further to explain the awkward high fives and blank stares at Phil Moore's long winded hokum.

Starcade is a much, much better show and I sorely wish I had grown up on it instead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 11:35:03 2015 No.2675164 >>2674981 They purposely pick the kids that did bad during the tryouts for the show so you don't get some super kid sweeping the answers and blowing through the games to claim all the prizes.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 11:39:10 2015 No.2675171 >>2675049 Sonic 2 beta. No one even knew the spindash existed yet.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 11:39:33 2015 No.2675173 >>2675164 No. Like all the old Nick game shows contestants were picked somewhat randomly from the audience who showed up to the taping, who may have only had a mild interest in games and just were there that day because they were visiting Universal.

Anonymous Fri Sep 11 12:19:17 2015 No.2675217
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>>2675173
"Filmed in front of a live studio audience at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios, Florida!"
>mfw they closed down the original Nickelodeon Studios

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 12:33:24 2015 No.2675235 >>2675171 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSEL9QVayno >you will never spawn dem balls with dem sick physics all over Green HiIl while some rad power drum plays in the background

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 13:00:41 2015 No.2675279 >>2675235 That was so satisfying to watch after the previous video.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 13:25:05 2015 No.2675313 File: 43 KB, 492x372, 41361.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2675217 > You will never tour Nickelodeon Studios and be on a shitty game show

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 14:03:04 2015 No.2675343 >>2675235 That dudes shit is ridiculous. Sonic 1 beta is very interesting to me and it seems like they cut a lot out of it like 7 layer parallax.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 14:04:05 2015 No.2675346 >>2675343 shirt^ but shit also works

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 14:12:47 2015 No.2675350 I could swear the controllers were glued onto the panel or not given any slack making it even more difficult to play.

Anonymous Fri Sep 11 15:02:22 2015 No.2675413
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>>2675343
>like 7 layer parallax

That was scrapped really early in development, but you're partially right about some parallax oddities. Some specific plane B tiles of Green Hill Zone look like they've been corrupted, while you can see in that video (and many other development screens), it was not the case initially.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 15:07:20 2015 No.2675421 >>2674981 scripted shit

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 15:07:32 2015 No.2675423 >>2675038 >Batman... >Indiana Jones... >And Freddy Krueger The kid knows his comedic setups, that's for sure.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 15:27:20 2015 No.2675469 >>2675413 Actually, on closer inspection, it feels like they've been overwritten by newer tiles and guys didn't have time to remap the whole thing or just legitimately forgot about it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 15:57:50 2015 No.2675536 Where can one download all the episodes? Not seeing it on the torrents. Watching on YouTube is last resort.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 18:32:21 2015 No.2675783 >>2675313 Actually, I did get a chance to visit the studios before they closed, but they stopped doing actual filming there by that point and had a faux show experience instead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 18:58:42 2015 No.2675835 >>2674985 >Mongo That guy was a faggot. Give me the badass Merlock or that fire chick any day, but fuck Mongo.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 11 19:04:05 2015 No.2675840 >>2675313 there's alway VR

Anonymous Sat Sep 12 14:15:01 2015 No.2677270
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>>2675217
>>2675313
>they will never open the Nickelodeon time capsule
>by 2042 it'll probably be paved over entirely

Not that it really matters much I guess since thanks to the internet we already know everything that's inside it.
It has a Game Boy in it so it's /vr/

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>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 19:06:53 2015 No.2677706 >>2677665 not again please

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 19:35:03 2015 No.2677741 >>2677665 I wonder what she's up to these days. Anyone wanna scan Facebook for clues? She's probably almost 50 now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 20:00:10 2015 No.2677783 >>2675235 >that wrecking ball with the physics 10/10

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 20:15:34 2015 No.2677805 >>2675038 DAMN NADINE GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 20:16:11 2015 No.2677808 >>2677270 didn't they move it to that one nickelodeon water park hotel?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 20:26:47 2015 No.2677820 File: 1.55 MB, 1421x1005, 1395021293348.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2677706

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 12 20:37:03 2015 No.2677835 >>2675413 >tfw you own the fixed jap version of sanic 1 I love my parallax

Anonymous Sat Sep 12 21:12:24 2015 No.2677879

>>2674981
Most people are really really shitty at video games. That includes 4chan /v/ and /vr/ regulars. Some of the things I've read on this board - especially in the Doom general - really make me wanna slap some of these faggots for even thinking they have the right to an opinion about anything video game related.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 02:53:42 2015 No.2678383 >>2677879 the majority of doom shitters are just edgy teenagers

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 05:17:50 2015 No.2678556 >>2677835 Get off the internet Sinestro

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 14:59:25 2015 No.2679205 >>2677270 I hope there's no fucking batteries in that fucker.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 17:45:27 2015 No.2679469 >>2674981 Wait, was there actually an arcade version of the Genesis Sonic games? I heard the Sonic 1 BGM/SFX in an episode of X-Files in an arcade and thought it was the work of troll sound engineers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 17:55:08 2015 No.2679487 >>2679469 The arcade cabinets Nick Arcade were largely just console games stuck in cabinets.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:02:57 2015 No.2679802 File: 384 KB, 640x480, 1440103453998.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2679469 >Actually thinking this

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:25:28 2015 No.2679831 >>2679802 There are arcade machines of the first two Sonic games though. They're also more time/speed focused.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:30:09 2015 No.2679840 >>2679802 >being ten years old At least look it up if you're not sure, now you just look retarded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:34:02 2015 No.2679853 >>2679802 https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_(arcade_game) Good job retard

Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:35:55 2015 No.2679857
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>>2679469
Its just a genesis in a cab with a tv hooked up. Like a kiosk at a store or mall.
There was a genesis based arcade machine though called the Megaplay/megatech but that was different.

Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:47:34 2015 No.2679867

>>2678556
haha I actually didnt buy a japanese copy of sonic 1 on purpose i was looking for ghostbusters and I found a listing for 6 jap games (ghostbusters, sonic, columns, phantasy star 2 and 3, and something else I forget) but yeah it was 10 bucks for all of them and ghostbusters was worth more than that alone so I jumped on it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:49:20 2015 No.2679871 >>2679867 All the Sega Ghostbusters games are pretty good. Even the SMS one is really neat.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 22:51:27 2015 No.2679876 >>2679871 yeah I want to get it, it was done by compile too so they did the best they could with it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 23:03:32 2015 No.2679892 >>2677270 They actually dug it up, but didn't open it, and reburied it somewhere else that Nick still owns.

Anonymous Sun Sep 13 23:26:07 2015 No.2679942

>>2679857
Megatech is slightly different, it is a multicart system with time based gameplay. It has an extra monitor that lists the games and your remaining time.

Megaplay is closer to a proper arcade version, they actually rewrote games for that. Took out game options or mode selects (so titles jump into gameplay like arcade games do), tweaked the gameplay for some games (like removing excessive 1-ups), etc. That was a more of an "arcade port" than the Mega Tech.

There was also the C2 system which used nearly the same hardware as the Megadrive, but with ever so slightly more colours and the CMOS version of the ym2612 (that the model 2 also used).

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 23:30:12 2015 No.2679950 >>2679942 Very interesting, I never knew about the System C2. http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=705

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 13 23:55:20 2015 No.2679997 >>2675038 >Sonic 2 >Plays Star Light Zone music I don't know why that rustled me the most out of anything in that video, I don't even play that much sonic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 00:03:36 2015 No.2680012 >>2675313 Just imagine if eventually they reopened the studios with 90s feeling game shows and reboots of the old game shows for people to participate in like a theme park or something

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 00:24:00 2015 No.2680051 This is some classic stuff too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJbB-W0aJ8

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 00:25:53 2015 No.2680054 >not V&A top 10

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 00:29:18 2015 No.2680061 >>2679997 It's from the actual cart. The rom has been dumped and you can find it on the net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goglY3Q2hhA

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 00:32:33 2015 No.2680064 >>2680051 I need to get a mullet and a gf with big poofy hair.

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Anonymous Mon Sep 14 01:03:56 2015 No.2680136
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>>2680061
>Sonic with the thumbs up

I remember seeing this in the manual and was wondering why it didn't match the actual title screen.

Why did we end up getting this instead? I like the thumbs up better.

I used to think that if you beat the game with all 7 chaos emeralds you'll get this title screen instead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 08:27:21 2015 No.2680527 >>2675235 That kids hair! Holy shit!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 10:19:44 2015 No.2680612 >>2680071 You know this really wouldn't be a problem if he could just crawl.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 10:21:20 2015 No.2680614 >>2680071 this is what it's like watching a Let's Play

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 10:27:36 2015 No.2680620 >>2680136 The build featured in the manual is supposed to be this, for your information: https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_(beta_4)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 16:37:54 2015 No.2681219 >>2675038 The kid throwing the money had to be doing it on purpose

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 16:54:20 2015 No.2681240 >>2680136 The only thing I can think of is I think the "thumbs up" sign is considered offensive in some parts of the world so maybe they swapped it out with the index finger to account for that, so they didnt have to change it for different regions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 17:17:36 2015 No.2681279 >>2675313 I was in the audience for double dare once and don't even remember it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 17:19:33 2015 No.2681283 >>2677741 How about those skylander amibos fam?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:00:39 2015 No.2681452 >>2680051 I applaud that guy for having to put up with all the bullshit the hosts threw at him. Some of those questions were purely idiotic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:38:05 2015 No.2681592 >>2675313 I got to be in the audience for Weinerville. You know they had games you could play while you were waiting in line?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:44:53 2015 No.2681605 >>2681592 share your experience and story with us please.

Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:48:19 2015 No.2681618
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>>2680051
I still have an issue of the magazine that guy edited that I bought off the magazine rack back in...1992 as a kid. It's this exact issue. Another great long forgotten gaming mag.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:55:07 2015 No.2681628 >>2681592 >Weinerville You poor soul. Meanwhile, I only got to see the sets for You're On and I THINK Figure It Out Family Style? And maybe I got to be an audience member for You're On. I forget...

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 21:36:49 2015 No.2681693 >>2681618 yo dawg scan me those neutopia 2 hints and maps

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 21:43:13 2015 No.2681708 File: 498 KB, 1526x1734, woozyoffshimself.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2681592 Great, now I can't get that theme song out of my head.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 20:03:35 2015 No.2683229 >>2675038 Those segments when they're "inside" the game look confusing as fuck. Were they looking at themselves on a screen to see where the obstacles were or what?

Anonymous Tue Sep 15 20:27:32 2015 No.2683292

>>2683229
Yes, it was all an elaborate green screen with stairs and boxes and stuff, so they'd have to look to the sides at monitors like a weatherman does to see where they were in relation to the game's sprites. Gotta be pretty hard to tell left from right even sometimes, let alone know your position in relation to some monster.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 20:28:02 2015 No.2683295 >>2683229 It would have been a bunch of green/blue screen stairs and shit while they had to watch what they were doing on a screen. That's why they kept fucking up because they can't see what they're hitting/supposed to hit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 21:07:00 2015 No.2683362 >>2675038 What did the kids actually see when they're doing those weird green screen things? Nobody ever was good at those because they were essentially blind

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 10:28:39 2015 No.2686110 >>2675049 This. For me, at least.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 17:59:14 2015 No.2686716 >>2675783 I went in 1994 and I think it was the same way. I went on a fake game show thing where they picked out 2 people to sit in a kiddie pool and get slimed but that was it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 18:01:58 2015 No.2686721 >>2677741 I did that once, facebook stalked a girl who sent her picture into Gamepro in like 1993. She still works where she grew up and shes a nurse. Still cuet as well

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 18:29:51 2015 No.2686780 >>2675038 >rock 'em and sock 'em adventure game >Dr Robo-Nick This is gold

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 18:35:59 2015 No.2686787 File: 19 KB, 400x290, 28 - my4gh7s.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2675038 >what was the lone ranger's horse called? >bzzzz >Simba?

Anonymous Thu Sep 17 19:06:55 2015 No.2686852

>>2680064
I'm with you dude, thanks for the kek and thanks for letting me not feel alone for once in my life. I just need to talk to someone. I'm just thinking I need to just figure things out, you know? Just take a minute and just figure things out just grow a mullet you know?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 19:42:24 2015 No.2686902 >6 days old thread is this normal in /vr/?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 19:44:00 2015 No.2686905 >>2686902 kill urself my man

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 19:48:20 2015 No.2686910 >>2686905 im planning on it

>>	\|\|D.\|\|.\|\|\/\|\|.\|\|D Thu Sep 17 19:50:42 2015 No.2686914 >>2686902 Nah its an incredibly fast board, this thread is only up after 6 days out of sheer luck and coincidence

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 19:58:33 2015 No.2686929 >>2686902 Nah we've had longer threads. >Dendy Mayhem which went on for about a month >some Kirby thread that I remember lasting a month and a few days >some Umihara Kawase thread that I remember lasting a bit over a month

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 20:13:24 2015 No.2686953 >>2686780 I remember playing Sonic before I even learned how to read. My dad read the instructions to me and pronounced it Robo-Tink. It was a few years before I bothered to check back and see how it was really said.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 20:21:06 2015 No.2686963 File: 198 KB, 423x314, mouse.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2675038 Ultimate autism at 7:44. How can you be that bad at Actraiser?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 20:30:16 2015 No.2686978 File: 88 KB, 742x576, 57.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I always kinda wondered who they got to program these shitty round opener games.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 20:34:13 2015 No.2686983 >>2686978 a realistic simulation of life on a natural satellite

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 21:00:46 2015 No.2687003 >>2686978 According to the show credits, Psygnosis. Make that what you will.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 21:02:01 2015 No.2687005 >>2686716 >>2681628 here, maybe that was what I was thinking about.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 21:51:21 2015 No.2687058 >>2675038 oh man i remember that candy flute from 3:27 ! loved that thing !

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 22:06:21 2015 No.2687085 >>2686978 I loved the Pong ripoff with the brains. It would scream "MY BRAAIIINN" every time someone scored.

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