Author Topic: Promotional PC Engine Video (I think) (Read 800 times)

Ninja Spirit · « **on:** March 07, 2006, 08:04:31 AM »

I won't be able to understand it because the commentary is in French.

td741 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2006, 09:12:36 AM »

It's a VideoGame TV show I think...

The first part are reviews. They seemed to like everything in that section. At one point there's a bouncing thingy and a meter.

The colour of the bouncing thing seems to determine how easy it is to play. (Green = Easy [or starts easy with good controls), Yellow is harder (maybe due to adapting to the control mechanism) and Red I guess is frustratingly difficult.)

Then the meter is their rating for the game (5 being the highest I think).

Then they talk about tips. Their first tip is an infinite ball trick for Devil's Crush. The Tip for Granzort is that there are often hidden areas in your map to collect bonuses and extra lives (it's possible to get to Level 3 with 22 lives).

The "Les Bannis" section is where they put all of the games they don't like at all. I'm a bit miffed that they blasted Xevious calling it slow, old and only good for the museum.

After that they start to talk about Tiger Road, it gets cut right when they're about to give players hints on the game.

Keranu · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2006, 04:08:12 PM »

This is a great video, thanks!

TR0N · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2006, 05:25:16 PM »

Nice video to bad subtitles couldn't be added to it

esteban · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2006, 12:37:25 PM »

Excellent find Ninja! It was fun to watch that clip. They certainly liked the sports games, though. Does World Court Tennis really deserve a 4/5, though? And who else here wants to get Die Hard (HuCard)? I've only played it a bit in an emulator... it wasn't that good, IIRC. But after watching that video, I got excited about it. I'm a sucker. Also, I don't know if St. Dragon deserves a 4/5 when Aeroblasters gets a 4/5 as well

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Quote from: "td741"

It's a VideoGame TV show I think...

The first part are reviews. They seemed to like everything in that section. At one point there's a bouncing thingy and a meter.

The colour of the bouncing thing seems to determine how easy it is to play. (Green = Easy [or starts easy with good controls), Yellow is harder (maybe due to adapting to the control mechanism) and Red I guess is frustratingly difficult.)

Then the meter is their rating for the game (5 being the highest I think).

Then they talk about tips. Their first tip is an infinite ball trick for Devil's Crush. The Tip for Granzort is that there are often hidden areas in your map to collect bonuses and extra lives (it's possible to get to Level 3 with 22 lives).

The "Les Bannis" section is where they put all of the games they don't like at all. I'm a bit miffed that they blasted Xevious calling it slow, old and only good for the museum.

After that they start to talk about Tiger Road, it gets cut right when they're about to give players hints on the game.

THANKS for the rundown! I totally appreciated it when I watched the clip.

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2006, 12:51:19 PM »

I'd get that Die Hard. I liked it just for the fact it was a good ol' fashioned overhead shoot em up. It reminds me of Bloody Wolf.

Keranu · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2006, 06:43:39 PM »

I've played Die Hard via emulation a few times before and I thought it was a pretty cool game, maybe not quite as good as Bloody Wolf, but still decent.

td741 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2006, 02:05:24 AM »

I might be able to come up with some subtitles if I get a chance to download the video and see if I can import it into iMovie or something... I just don't have much time recently.

td741 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2006, 03:12:03 AM »

Okay, I did some quick subtitling... I had to work off of the VideoIPod version (I could only download the PSP or VideoIPod version).

Now I need to figure out where to host this 191mb file. If people are still interested.

Note: It's not a literal translation. Some things just can't be translated well. That and there are some European French idioms that I don't understand as a French-Canadian.

I've tried to get the essential message accross while keeping the gist of what is being said.

esteban · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2006, 07:40:32 AM »

Quote from: "td741"

Okay, I did some quick subtitling... I had to work off of the VideoIPod version (I could only download the PSP or VideoIPod version).

Now I need to figure out where to host this 191mb file. If people are still interested.

Note: It's not a literal translation. Some things just can't be translated well. That and there are some European French idioms that I don't understand as a French-Canadian. I've tried to get the essential message accross while keeping the gist of what is being said.

Hey! I am clueless on the technical issues... but if necessary, split the video into 2-3 parts. I don't mind watching it in parts if that's the only way to get around file size constraints on free hosting sites. I am assuming YouTube doesn't support the format you have?

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to do this! I did not think you'd be crazy enough to do this, but I am delighted that you finished it and want to share it. Excellent!

td741 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2006, 07:52:28 AM »

Figured it gave me a quick excuse to see how the subtitling worked in iMovie.

The last time I did subtitling was with two VCR's and a Genlock.

I submitted it to Google Video as a Quicktime last night (figured there was a small chance it being approved since the original version was on Google Video).

Editx2: It's been approved and after a little while it finally showed up to play:

Let me know if the link doesn't work.

Note: Again, this isn't a literal translation, more of a contextual translation. There were things I skipped like references to "the mouse". The show's name translates to: "Zooming in on the mouse". A "Gros Plan" is a "Zoom in". And I guess the mouse is the "character" that actually plays the games and rates them, or it could be a reference to a computer's mouse (or both.)

Also, please note that I don't agree with all of the opinions put forth in the video, and the video is from the 1990's, so keep that in mind.

Keranu · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2006, 05:03:11 PM »

Oh wow, this is great! Thanks a lot, td741!

esteban · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2006, 09:40:40 PM »

Quote from: "td741"

Figured it gave me a quick excuse to see how the subtitling worked in iMovie. The last time I did subtitling was with two VCR's and a Genlock.

I submitted it to Google Video as a Quicktime last night (figured there was a small chance it being approved since the original version was on Google Video).

Editx2: It's been approved and after a little while it finally showed up to play:

Let me know if the link doesn't work.

Note: Again, this isn't a literal translation, more of a contextual translation. There were things I skipped like references to "the mouse". The show's name translates to: "Zooming in on the mouse". A "Gros Plan" is a "Zoom in". And I guess the mouse is the "character" that actually plays the games and rates them, or it could be a reference to a computer's mouse (or both.)

Also, please note that I don't agree with all of the opinions put forth in the video, and the video is from the 1990's, so keep that in mind.

It was a pleasure to watch this vidoe again -- but with the benefit of subtitles. "Toto" and "Mr. Frank" (

) are the best mascots a video game show could have

.

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2006, 03:19:49 AM »

It may not be literal, but at least we can understand it. Good job!

td741 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2006, 11:53:37 AM »

I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.

Hmm... Maybe I'll take the time to capture and put some videos up from time to time now.