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Johnny Undaunted
Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 306
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:27 am Post subject: |
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With this article, Lost Levels has just become my favorite videogame website ever. We owe it to you guys for getting the facts straight to all of us. Keep up the amazing work! |
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leonk
Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 13
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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What a great article!!!!
I wonder if the actual original rom dumps are still out there? I can find EarthBound but can never tell which version it is. |
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Skrybe Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1610
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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If you're looking for the original, unhacked, Nesticle-locking version, you can pick it up at my page. Look in the Unreviewed section. |
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Niels
Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Excellent article.. Finally clears the sky. Who owns it now? |
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Me
Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:33 am Post subject: |
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A great piece of Journalism on my favorite subject. Video games.
I hold a dear spot in my heart for electronic gaming and to have it taken to such a serious and professional level is gratifying. As much as there is the needed money of the adamant and stubborn fanboys, for every system, genre, and decade of gaming so far, it is the intelligent gamer behind the scenes that allows for true progress in the field.
Though I did notice some of the slapstick in the forums and all I have to say is, I laughed pretty hard at some of those posts.
This is a great site and I plan to contribute as much as I can.
But what the hell is this GRATE stuff? Who's (or what's) getting ripped on?
But GRATE Doesn't Even Compare to "Oh My God! They're Not Even Human", though. |
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Kitsune FURRY
Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 318 Location: Mexico
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:33 am Post subject: |
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GRATE is a pun that was spawned in the NES prototype game "Sunman". When you finish a level, the screen displays "GRATE! SUNMAN". Or something like that. |
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Smeg Staff
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 1600 Location: beneath enemy scrotum
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Me wrote: | But what the hell is this GRATE stuff? Who's (or what's) getting ripped on? |
Great! |
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Me
Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Oh I get it, it's ENGRISH.
www.engrish.com
Hah, while we're off-topic, I recognize Smeg as the (in)famous Mark Discordia. |
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treeman
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 98
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:17 am Post subject: |
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Richter Belmont
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Hehe. Nice pic, treeman. After I saw yours, I made this:
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treeman
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 98
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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hahahaha, that cracked me up |
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Erik
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:36 am Post subject: |
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The article is certanily outstanding, and answers a whole ton of questions.
I'm a huge Mother/Earthbound fan. I own loads of Mother 1+2 items from the games release. It still continues to astonish me why Nintendo did not decide to release the game, it's translated, and Japan even had a Mother 1 OST soundtrack. Which all the lyrics were sung in English. It's also great cheesy 80's music.
Earthbound could of been a huge cash cow for Nintendo, and I hope that NOA will decide to release Mother 1+2 in English form.
Thanks for the great article, and keep up the great work. |
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leonk
Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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FYI: Another earthbound proto has been found! (lots of info over at DP including pics!)
I wonder if the ROM content is identical to the one in this article. |
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Altered Bonk
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 42 Location: BACK IN TIME
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Is that the real deal, or just the ROM dumped onto a blank cartridge, or what? |
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Ichiban Crush Vaporware Detective Extraordinaire
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 578 Location: 33.884906 | -84.053758
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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leonk wrote: | (lots of info over at DP including pics!) |
I'd say "link plz" since I was scavaging for it and couldn't find it anywhere, but DP just did what it does good; went down. |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:05 am Post subject: |
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It's real. And totally overshadowed by the Campus Challenge cart found at the same time. |
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leonk
Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 13
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adaml Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 616 Location: In the VIP
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:07 am Post subject: |
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I just replied to that post and got this message:
Could not insert new word matches
DEBUG MODE
SQL Error : 1016 Can't open file: 'dpforum_search_wordmatch.MYD'. (errno: 145)
INSERT INTO dpforum_search_wordmatch (post_id, word_id, title_match) SELECT 1003083, word_id, 0 FROM dpforum_search_wordlist WHERE word_text IN ('incredible', 'awestruck', 'finds', 'wonder', 'zelda', 'iii', 'demo', 'early', 'build', 'lttp', 'seriously', 'ultimate', 'superior', 'unbelievable', 'mega', 'uber', 'super', 'lifetime', 'earthbound', 'protos', 'competetion', 'cart', 'previously', 'unfound', 'become', 'rich', 'man', 'happy', 'collector', 'bow', 'certain', 'stuff', 'dumped', 'released', 'public', 'retains', 'street', 'value')
Line : 251
File : functions_search.php
I found DP's Super Secret Debug Mode!! |
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FlareNUKE
Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 43
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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The one I have, does not have the “ZERO” ending on it, is that the original? |
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lugnut Staff
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 147
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | The one I have, does not have the “ZERO” ending on it, is that the original? |
Not sure exactly what you mean by "original," but yeah, the "Zero" on the title screen was something hacked onto the initial public release of the ROM by Demi. Seems like there's two versions of that release as well, one where the only change was the "Zero" added to the title screen, and a version released a little later that hacked something to bypass the "warning" screen.
The ROM without the Zero text is the original clean dump. |
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