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Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6
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Zonk
on Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:51 PM
from the have-to-love-the-dedication dept.
from the have-to-love-the-dedication dept.
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Even non-baseball fans must concede that the re-creation of the bottom half of the 10th inning of Game Six of the 1986 World Series, using the original broadcast audio and a replay with Nintendo's RBI Baseball, took enormous dedication. 'Something like the Keith Hernandez at-bat, where he flies out to center, took like 200 attempts,' Creator Conor Lastowka told WSJ.com. Though it wasn't quite as hard as it looks: 'Thanks to the emulator software, each time Mr. Hernandez's at-bat strayed from history's script, Mr. Lastowka was able to replay from the previous at-bat. Using a computer rather than an actual game console like a PlayStation allowed Mr. Lastowka to save his progress along the way. He built his precise Game-Six replica bit by bit -- not in one flawless, improbable take.' Before he made the viral video, Lastowka was jobless; three days after its release, he had a job with a classic-films company."
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Blah (Score:3, Funny)
Hmm? You mean like a Nintendo?
And can I get a supersubmitter account like the WSJ has? I have some regurgitated news with ads, too.
Re:Blah (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Blah (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Blah (Score:3, Funny)
NESlashdot?
SlashMAME?
OK, I'm done.
Re:Blah (Score:3, Funny)
so what you're saying is we'll be seeing this again in a few days when the other takes get approved as dupes?
can anyone read this? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm afraid you've most likely "pulled" so hard that you're trapped forever.
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Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Well played, sir.. Well played.
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:4, Interesting)
More like a monkey-trap: some food inside a hole in a tree trunk. The hole is just small enough for the monkey to slide its hand in, but if it grabs the food it can't pull its fist out. So you can escape if you give up what you were looking for.
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I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere... (Score:5, Interesting)
Go kiss a duck.
Re:I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere.. (Score:2)
Actually, given that Red Sox fans (myself included) are everywhere, the best advice would simply be "Duck."
Re:Er, Why? (Score:3, Informative)
About says it all really.
Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html [mplayerhq.hu]
Google video link (Score:4, Informative)
A quick google search would have done as much try "rbi game 6"
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Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
Actually, I'm impressed with duffx.com, whatever it is. I just downloaded this at almost 700KB/s. Yeah, bytes.
Did you just make that comment without even trying the link?
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=854728556
RBI Baseball (Score:3, Interesting)
Baseball for the Game Boy looked almost identical, I always wondered if they were somehow "related" (like it was just published under Nintendo). Anyone know?
Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
But that's what being a sox fan's all about..... horrible......traumatic experiences.
Heck, after we won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, not knowing what else to do we rioted [wikipedia.org] anyway.
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:3, Interesting)
...it gets through Buckner! (Score:2, Interesting)
I have to admit, it did cool my obsession a little bit. I don't hang on to the idea of a World Series win with the same... what's the word... desperation? I don't do that anymore.
But I think that now, the obsession for most people is still there, it's just changed. It's like people who love the old Commodore 64 games, or old anything. It's a club now, people remembering when-- just like people recreating
Side-By-Side (Score:2, Interesting)
ObSeinRef (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:ObSeinRef (Score:2)
I'm not driving him to the airport!
(For the clueless, it's a reference to the season three [amazon.com] episode "The Boyfriend".)
Video clips on YouTube (Score:4, Informative)
Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:5, Insightful)
And nothing but praise in TFA for his ingenuity. Fine, so why are other people being threatened with enormous fines for doing exactly the same thing? Interesting to see if there is any fallout from that detail.
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:2)
Well, the article never explicity says that Mr. Lastowka used a pirated ROM. Maybe he made his own ROM from the original Nintendo cart. Unlikely, I know, but it is possible, and legal.
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:4, Insightful)
There's a ton of copyright violations going on here, but anyone who sues over it will look like a major douchebag.
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Implied oral consent... (Score:3, Funny)
-M
Simple answer (Score:3, Funny)
I would have thought that was obvious...
Buahaha (Score:3, Interesting)
From the About page of duffx.com [duffx.com]:
Duffx.com will live on until it reaches the point where Duff can no longer afford to support it.
Anyone want to start a pool on this one?
Re:Buahaha (Score:2)
You need some of Duffman's Duff Beer for that duff logic effect!
ooooooh yeah!
Buckner (Score:2)
How these these people love sports details so much is beyond me.
Re:Buckner (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Buckner (Score:4, Insightful)
Moreover, most people don't remember how much Buckner did to help the Sox make the postseason in the first place.
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the recreation most baseball fans are waiting for (Score:5, Informative)
"He walked him, Millar's going to first base, and in comes Dave Roberts to run for Millar as Bill Mueller steps in the batter's box. The Yankees are just three outs away from a trip to the World Series and a sweep of the Red Sox. Roberts definitely has Rivera's attention, he's drawing a lot of looks from the mound. There's a throw over, runner back. Another throw over, runner back. Here's the pitch.
Roberts is taking off...."
Seinfeld (Score:2)
even...must agree... (Score:2)
If you find yourself making this statement, maybe you should just stop right there and rethink what you are about to say.
For his next project... (Score:4, Funny)
In GTA: Vice City?
Just STOP already! (Score:5, Funny)
It RUINED Buckner's life, although the rest of the team bore responsibility too, for not fighting back. Eventually Buckner had to move from Boston, because of abuse by fans, and then to Canada, to try to escape the taunts he heard every day.
But one day, it became too much for him, and suicide seemed to be his only option. On a street in downtown Toronto, he stepped in front of a bus.
It went through his legs.
Re:Dirrect Link to Video... (Score:2)
Anyway, in case of slashdotting, here's a rapidshare downloadable (better than google video) mirror [rapidshare.de]
Re:Some people... (Score:3, Funny)
"I just figured I'd wander into the comments area and tell everybody that these people had too much time on their hands."
Re:Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:2, Insightful)
I was entertained as well, so your argument fails on that count as well. There is more to that inning than the ball through Buckner's legs. I doubt that animation existed in the game anyway.
Re:Let me be the first to ask... (Score:3, Insightful)
Besides, it got him a job, didn't it?
Re:Home page worthy? (Score:4, Funny)
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