Author Topic: Pop cultural references to TG-16  (Read 3054 times)

Punch

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #60 on: August 24, 2013, 04:25:45 PM »
Did Bullfrog Productions' staff obey regularly? I bet Molyneux played a lot of boxyboy.



I'm serious, the only console that the icon of Simon Hunter could possibly be is the PC Engine... And the game was made in 1989 so it's a possibility.

esteban

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #61 on: August 25, 2013, 02:09:41 AM »
Did Bullfrog Productions' staff obey regularly? I bet Molyneux played a lot of boxyboy.

I'm serious, the only console that the icon of Simon Hunter could possibly be is the PC Engine... And the game was made in 1989 so it's a possibility.


Ha! Amazing, now I cannot UNSEE a PCE! But the controller, what's up with that?

We must investigate further, because, quite honestly, if that's not a PCE, then I want to know what the heck it is!

 

STATUS: I fear this will turn out to be an obscure EuroGadget (like a Pachinko controller for an AMIGA, or a Speccy, or a CD32 prototype, or a Gizmondorola handheld (prototype, again)...)
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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #62 on: August 25, 2013, 04:53:59 AM »
It's an "A" and call it a day.
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SI VIS BELLUM, PARA MATRIMONIUM (If you want war, Prepare for marriage)

Punch

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #63 on: August 25, 2013, 05:43:15 PM »
It even has only one controller! The weird controller could be resulted from really low resolution and limited palette (pink hucard?!?)... I'm still positive that it is a PCE.

I searched for the credits online to some clarification of the icon and I only found "Undetermined - Simon Hunter"... he's also credited as an artist on Atari ST Powermonger, but that gives me no clue. That's it I'm sending an e-mail to Molyneux.
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esteban

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #64 on: August 25, 2013, 05:45:47 PM »
It even has only one controller! The weird controller could be resulted from really low resolution and limited palette (pink hucard?!?)... I'm still positive that it is a PCE.

I searched for the credits online to some clarification of the icon and I only found "Undetermined - Simon Hunter"... That's it I'm sending an e-mail to Molyneux.

SIMON HUNTER must have been interviewed by someone. AND HE DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR PCE IN SAID INTERVIEW.

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Punch

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #65 on: August 25, 2013, 05:53:33 PM »
I heard he likes Gunboat.

He's an artist at several games, so the icon is really a PCE or some obscure artist equipment (ancient tablet, etc.)

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #66 on: September 22, 2013, 08:09:59 AM »
We need more EUROPEANS to chime in and tell us if that is a PCE or some common household item found only on your side of the Atlantic.

Seriously.

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Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #67 on: August 29, 2014, 07:22:36 AM »
OLD POST IN THIS THREAD: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=7148.msg121407#msg121407

NEW THREAD ABOUT TG-16 CRAFTS: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17572.msg368784#msg368784


SOURCE: Adol stars in Y's: Box I & II *



This is pretty neat. Print it out, cut and fold.

If you read the post, you'll see that TG-CD was the inspiration for the Adol "Boxpunk", but the site offers many, many other characters from various games.

*Yes, he spells it with an apostrophe. We can forgive him.


Necrobump because I'm hoping someone would be able to:

(1) find this original blog postUPDATE: I found original blog post, but sadly no Adol template images were saved at archive.org (at least, I have yet to find it)

(2) find the template (adol001.png?) for the ADOL OF Ys Book I & II BoxPunx (similar to cubeecraft).

Why?

Well, I want complete this page....

http://www.tg-16.com/tg16_cubee_craft.htm

 

HINT: Hit "quote" to see the original URL's and stuff. Who knows? Perhaps it was archived somewhere? Archive.org?

NEW THREAD ABOUT TG-16 CRAFTS: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17572.msg368784#msg368784
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bob

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #68 on: August 29, 2014, 07:29:54 AM »
now I need a zonk mailbox.

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #69 on: September 14, 2014, 10:29:07 AM »
Aside from being on the TG box, Zack Morris was a huge fan of Bonk and frequently had fantasies of his smooth skull.

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #70 on: September 14, 2014, 12:03:03 PM »
Can someone here tell me what the deal was with those Pandemonium puzzle contests?

I remember seeing them in EGM and other gaming mags in the early-mid 90s.

I never entered, but the one in the magazine was always easy and I knew for sure there had to be a catch. What was it?


Ask, and you shall receive: 15 Years of Not Winning...

I won't spoil anything for you... it's worth reading :)

Holy crap! I remember entering one of these.

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #71 on: September 14, 2014, 12:22:40 PM »
Can someone here tell me what the deal was with those Pandemonium puzzle contests?

I remember seeing them in EGM and other gaming mags in the early-mid 90s.

I never entered, but the one in the magazine was always easy and I knew for sure there had to be a catch. What was it?


Ask, and you shall receive: 15 Years of Not Winning...

I won't spoil anything for you... it's worth reading :)

Holy crap! I remember entering one of these.


I never noticed that post, before.

Nice article, I didn't realize the same type of ads ran into the 00's, but that's not surprising, since I stopped reading video game magazines after 16-bit was dead.

That's a good article. I had forgotten about those ads. I remember them, though. I was taught early, "If it seems too good to be true...", so, I never bothered entering.

Had it been free to enter, I'd probably have entered.
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Punch

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #72 on: September 14, 2014, 04:13:18 PM »
I still think that the icon was a PCE. I want to believe

HailingTheThings

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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #73 on: September 16, 2014, 07:29:31 PM »
I still think that the icon was a PCE. I want to believe



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Re: Pop cultural references to TG-16
« Reply #74 on: September 17, 2014, 01:51:37 AM »
in Rumble in the Bronx, the little cripple kid is playing a GT If I remember right

And in Enemy of the State.
Is that the one where some sort of chip was hidden inside the Express?