WaZo Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 yeah, i have ScummVM i am playin Monkey Island at the mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 yeah, i have ScummVM i am playin Monkey Island at the mo //digs out scumm dvd set I remember MI2 on the Amiga - 11 floppy discs ?!!? - love that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual_Boy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Sega mega drive ultimate collection due 20/02 on 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 TnF = Best Game Ever Anyone playing for the HJ bonus was a good player - still play? Ignore the shite in the pic Haven't played it in about 20 years. Would play it on Mame, but I don't think the laptop keyboard would last very long! Great pic of the cabinet! Where did that originally live? I was more adept at the joysticked ones in the 'Cressie' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 <---- Any guesses what I've been playing this evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Haven't played it in about 20 years. Would play it on Mame, but I don't think the laptop keyboard would last very long! Great pic of the cabinet! Where did that originally live? I was more adept at the joysticked ones in the 'Cressie' I don't know much of its history, most of my cabs come from the States. Just can't find them in good condition here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Another 'easter egg' was on Pacland where if you timed your jump at 'break time' to perfection, you got an extra 7650(?) points! What was it with pacland and girls? Only girls played it! We had a theory that it was the waggling of the stick that did it, they were in training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Another 'easter egg' was on Pacland where if you timed your jump at 'break time' to perfection, you got an extra 7650(?) points! What was it with pacland and girls? Only girls played it! We had a theory that it was the waggling of the stick that did it, they were in training Ack, I loved PacLand and I'm not a girl... my missus hates it. It was 7650pts btw, a lot of Namco games of that time used that number as a bonus. Anyone know why? It it a maths / software thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Ack, I loved PacLand and I'm not a girl... my missus hates it. It was 7650pts btw, a lot of Namco games of that time used that number as a bonus. Anyone know why? It it a maths / software thing? often wondered that too, looks like it's a Japanese language thing, google has the answer: Namco is represented by the number "765" and this number or a variation like "7650" appears in several of their games. "7" in Japanese is "nana" shortened to "na"; "6" in Japanese is muttsu, shortened to "m"; "5" in Japanese is "go", changed to voiceless form "co". "765" = "na-m-co" or "na-mu-co" for Japanese pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Can't believe I didn't just google it! Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 That's one of those utterly useless, yet fascinating, facts that stays with you forever. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Germann, I can't figure out what you were playing. I would guess, Golden Tee but I never played it so no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Germann, I can't figure out what you were playing. I would guess, Golden Tee but I never played it so no idea. Golfing Greats! It was in the Leisure Inn for years. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual_Boy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Germann, I can't figure out what you were playing. I would guess, Golden Tee but I never played it so no idea. lol I have the golden tee plug'n'play tv game which has the trackball to take your shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbx Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Namco is represented by the number "765" and this number or a variation like "7650" appears in several of their games. "7" in Japanese is "nana" shortened to "na"; "6" in Japanese is muttsu, shortened to "m"; "5" in Japanese is "go", changed to voiceless form "co". "765" = "na-m-co" or "na-mu-co" for Japanese pronunciation. This is the same reason that a lot of default high scores on Namco games were defaulted to 7650, or 76500 etc. Interesting, isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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