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Amusing thread over at DP

Started by YOK-dfa, Oct 31 2005 4:26 AM

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#1 YOK-dfa OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:26 AM

http://www.digitpres...pic.php?t=73083

Well worth the read. In short: Guy finds unreleased NES proto at flea market for $3. Post pictures at DP. Feeding frenzy ensues. Huge flamefest starts over wether or not it should be dumped. Owner of cart gets so pissed off about all the fighting he smashes prototype with hammer and posts pictures of it. Hoax or not? :D

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:09 AM

Seems like a pretty typical DP thread... Funny though.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:48 AM

Got through reading it and it was definetly worth the read. That was definetly one of the better fakes done. :D :cool:

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:09 AM

I could tell that thing was a fake a mile away. There were just so many things wrong with it. Still, when people want to believe something hard enough, they'll overlook the most glaringly obvious flaws in the logic.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:10 PM

I didn't realize that it was a fake until the butter monster came up. That's a joke among fans of the Sardius Experience, apparently inspired by a thread about butter that popped up here at Atari Age. Sardius and his friends don't care much for Atari collectors, referring to them as "Atari fatties" whenever the opportunity presents itself.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:26 PM

hmmm.. that bio force ape is probably a fake. Beware.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:41 PM

Jess Ragan, on Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:10 PM, said:

I didn't realize that it was a fake until the butter monster came up.  That's a joke among fans of the Sardius Experience, apparently inspired by a thread about butter that popped up here at Atari Age.  Sardius and his friends don't care much for Atari collectors, referring to them as "Atari fatties" whenever the opportunity presents itself.

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Yeah that's when I guessed it too. I didn't know about the threads you mentioned, I heard "butter monster" and "fattie" and immediately thought of the Fat Chicks in Party Hats website.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:33 PM

This is typical of DP. Even moreso if the game was indeed faked. Every time I go over there I thank God for AA and the good group of people we have over here.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:55 PM

Ferris, on Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:33 PM, said:

This is typical of DP. Even moreso if the game was indeed faked.  Every time I go over there I thank God for AA and the good group of people we have over here.

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:thumbsup:

Too many mods that lock topics for no reason and then ones like this one are allowed to go 20 pages. :roll:

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:53 PM

Ferris, on Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:33 PM, said:

This is typical of DP. Even moreso if the game was indeed faked.  Every time I go over there I thank God for AA and the good group of people we have over here.

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I fail to see how that has to do with the site. Mind you... the very thing it was meant to mock and warn against was posted about here as well (The Zelda III "prototype"). And lest you forget.. the 2600 Turbo thread here amongst others? ;)

DP and Atariage are the same site :)

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:02 PM

What did DP do wrong? It was a fun thread. We've had plenty of long threads about fake stuff too.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:22 PM

Sure there have been long thread about fake stuf here as well, but, things are a bit more orderly here vs DP in that the moderators here do their job... That type of thing can almost be expected from DP.

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:37 PM

20eyes, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 3:22 PM, said:

Sure there have been long thread about fake stuf here as well

Like what? :ponder:

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but, things are a bit more orderly here vs DP in that the moderators here do their job... That type of thing can almost be expected from DP.

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Mods here are complete trigger-happy assholes, especially that clown CPUWIZ. :roll:

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:57 PM

Bushie2600, on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:37 PM, said:

20eyes, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 3:22 PM, said:

Sure there have been long thread about fake stuf here as well

Like what? :ponder:

Turbo, Eli's ladder, Air Raid, Airworld, knightrider, Stan & Ed's baby cover up, Alex being chopped up last year and shipped out with the holiday XMAS carts... :ponder:

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Posted Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:00 PM

video game addict, on Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:57 PM, said:

Alex being chopped up last year and shipped out with the holiday XMAS carts...  :ponder:

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Actually, that one was real. :ponder:

Oh and Bushie ... Posted Image

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 12:25 AM

And don't forget the stuff like the hidden code in River Raid to unlock the Balloons :P

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 8:45 AM

I thought it was pretty funny, particularly since I have zero interest in NES protos (or collecting for that matter)... :D

That people still bought it when the ape used his fart move to mess up the graphics is pretty priceless.

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 12:39 PM

Oh man...hilarious. :rolling:

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 3:55 PM

NE146, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 8:25 AM, said:

And don't forget the stuff like the hidden code in River Raid to unlock the Balloons :P

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Tanks! :roll:

:)

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 4:15 PM

I want to read it, but DP can't seem to keep their server up ...

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 10:15 PM

Thomas Jentzsch, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 4:55 PM, said:

NE146, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 8:25 AM, said:

And don't forget the stuff like the hidden code in River Raid to unlock the Balloons :P

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Tanks! :roll:

:)

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Yeah, I tried to tell 'em there were never any tanks in 2600 River Raid. They asked Carol Shaw directly. It is really cool that she saved her source code and personally looked into the matter. :D

I've maxed River Raid and it never gets any more difficult after about 200,000. But when you try to max River Raid II, you'll be in for some surprises around 500-600K. :ponder: :ponder: But, I don't want to give away the secrets...

Edited by D.Yancey, Tue Nov 1, 2005 10:17 PM.

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2005 10:50 PM

Flojomojo, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 5:15 PM, said:

I want to read it, but DP can't seem to keep their server up ...

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:rolling: Sad thing is it's sooo true, Hell they are down as of this post..lol..

Edited by silver_surfer, Tue Nov 1, 2005 10:51 PM.

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Posted Wed Nov 2, 2005 1:46 AM

D.Yancey, on Wed Nov 2, 2005 6:15 AM, said:

Yeah, I tried to tell 'em...
Who is 'em? Activision?

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Posted Wed Nov 2, 2005 5:31 AM

silver_surfer, on Wed Nov 2, 2005 12:50 AM, said:

Flojomojo, on Tue Nov 1, 2005 5:15 PM, said:

I want to read it, but DP can't seem to keep their server up ...

:ponder:

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:rolling: Sad thing is it's sooo true, Hell they are down as of this post..lol..

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Ive been trying since mid day yesterday. Still down this morning. :?

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Posted Wed Nov 2, 2005 6:15 AM

What's with the DP bashing? Seriously.
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