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What is language use for level name in level 3 and 5 of Strider arcade game? [closed]
Arcade strider game show level name use different language follow Strider Hiryu (飛竜)'s adventure. But I not recognize languages for level 3 and level 5.
Can see titles in this video, Arcade Longplay [...
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Why didn't SNES Doom use mode 7?
Doom was ported to the Super Nintendo using a Super FX 2 chip on the cartridge. It has most of the features of the full game, though with a few omissions, such as absence of sound propagation, ...
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Why do NPC party members often “get stuck” when following the player?
Many games (such as Breath of Fire III for the PlayStation) have computer-controlled characters as members of your party. When you walk around the game, the others in the party follow your footsteps, ...
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What does it mean when “The Good Old Days” have several seemingly identical downloads for the same game?
This happens for numerous games. If I search, for example, for "Spear of Destiny", I get this: https://archive.org/details/TGODFloppyCollection?and%5B%5D=spear+of+destiny&sin=
Four ...
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What stealthy NES game had that profile-view darkness/searchlight area?
When I was a kid, probably around 1990-1992, I was at my cousins' house and they played NES. I vividly remember a side-scrolling stage which either was dark the whole time, or alternated between being ...
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How was the main mechanic of the game Qix implemented?
Qix was a quite unique Taito arcade video game that saw ports to nearly any home computing platform of its time. At first glance, the game mechanics seem to be targeted at low-performance hardware - ...
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How did old car games, using “sprite illusions”, function on a technical level?
Example: https://youtu.be/E9QJZSBpvg0?t=80
The road turns not only left and right, like in the classic Pole Position, but also goes up and down. Other than the cars and the road, there are numerous ...
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In Tetris on Game Boy, does the speed increase depend on time or on the number of points?
I always start at level 9, game mode A.
At some point, whether it's based on time or the number of points, the blocks start falling so fast that the "down button" feature loses all meaning; ...
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Who did what exactly for the original Shadowgate (1987) Macintosh video game?
I primarily know Shadowgate from the wonderful NES port, which was ported by some Japanese company and whose Japanese musician composed the beautiful, iconic music which I frankly thought was there ...
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How did games like Doom offer free trials? What was packaged in their free trial software packages?
I remember that Doom had a free trial version where you can play the first episode but the other two you have to buy. There are other games that did that as well. If I understand it, in order to do ...
