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Anonymous Fri Mar 1 22:25:51 2019 No.5405462 [Reply] [Original]

>read interview with one of the programmers
>he mentions how MC Kids was loads of fun to work on and they were really let down when the McDonalds suits snubbed it
>they said it was too hard for young children and it didn't include any advertisements for their products
I've heard of no fun allowed, but...

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 22:28:03 2019 No.5405467 File: 231 KB, 640x480, M.C.Mario.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yeah I remember that interview. M.C. Kids is honestly a good game, and dare I say one of the best western platformers I've played on the Famiclone, I had this Mario hack.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 22:56:33 2019 No.5405531 >surprised when a big corporation acted like one They probably wanted it to be like a Happy Meal toy and be some quick, simple casual game for 7 year olds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:08:43 2019 No.5405573 >>5405462 That's the problem with licensed games. Micromanagement by pea-brained marketers.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:10:23 2019 No.5405583 >>5405531 Shit, if MC Kids was a Happy Meal toy it would've been bigger than Chex Quest.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:12:55 2019 No.5405591 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Zo0yaud8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aBIfDZ8Llk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aBIfDZ8Llk Ever seen the computer ports?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:18:53 2019 No.5405616 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Zo0yaud8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aBIfDZ8Llk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wqytPjs6ZY Ever seen the computer ports?

Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:22:14 2019 No.5405626

>>5405616
The second one is Amiga right? It looks nice.
But why the fuck do they all look like they fucked the physics and controls?
I know japanese companies often outsourced their licenses to amateur guys, but this wasn't from a japanese company. I'm guessing it was still not made by the same NES team.

Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:26:00 2019 No.5405636

>>5405626
This wasn't an arcade port so it's possible they had the original NES source code, but they were probably also given about six weeks to finish. The C64 port seems to follow the original game more closely than the others where the sound and graphics are completely redone.

Also these were all Europe-only including the PC so that's why they have the European name change McDonaldland.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:33:41 2019 No.5405656 >>5405616 >>5405636 The Amiga version looks like a bad Flash game, which unfortunately is very common with Amiga platformers. I have to agree with that one guy on Lemon64 who said the C64 has aged better than the Amiga.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:42:07 2019 No.5405673 >>5405656 Oh yeah, the C64 programmer apologized for the slow framerate; he said it was due to the idiot who did the music, he used an SID package that ate like 50% of the CPU.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 23:50:09 2019 No.5405697 >>5405673 The music is a bit annoying although it still manages to be pretty catchy while I can't remember anything about the Amiga music at all.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 00:08:33 2019 No.5405720 >>5405616 What's with that awful load screen on the Amiga? It looks like something out of DeviantArt.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 00:26:07 2019 No.5405749 >>5405720 Welcome to the Amiga. Enjoy your stay.

Anonymous Sat Mar 2 00:59:48 2019 No.5405801

>>5405673
I mean, it's not bad or anything. A lot slower game than the NES original and goes at a more leisurely pace, although since the C64 is a computer, that's not necessarily a bad thing--computer gaming is supposed to not be as hyperkinetic as console gaming.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 01:03:42 2019 No.5405804 >>5405697 The Amiga's PCM sound really lacks a distinctive personality of its own. Like when you hear SID music, you know it's SID music, but Amiga tunes sound nearly indistinguishable from a PC sound card or whatever of the time.

Anonymous Sat Mar 2 10:45:20 2019 No.5406437

>>5405462
>saw AVGN video about how this is one of the worst pieces of shit ever
>decide to put it on as a joke while my young cousins were over one day
>something we could laugh at and make fun of
>an hour later we're glued to the screen and can't put it down
This game delivers

Anonymous Sat Mar 2 11:33:35 2019 No.5406484

>>5406437
Played this years before seeing AVGN and played it with a friend for 2 hours straight trying to find all the secrets and stuff. Really fun game, with really good physics and gameplay. If this was a happy meal toy and it only had 5 or 6 levels it would still be amazing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 12:45:14 2019 No.5406536 >>5406437 AVGN never said it was a shit game. He actually gave it credit for being pretty good

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