Comments on: You are not yet enlightened, Inky-san.

You are not yet enlightened, Inky-san.

JHarris — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:57:41 -0800

Retro Sabotage is a collection of recreations of classic video games. Or is it?

Hint: It's not, but to explain them would be to spoil it. If a button needs to be pressed, it's the space bar unless it's explained otherwise. My advice is to try the Pac-Man and Space Invaders ones first, but Pong 2.0 is a highlight.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:08:59 -0800

You broke my videogames and I like it.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:09:45 -0800

this is funny

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:20:06 -0800

The Pacman ones are great - especially the 'escaped Pacman' one. I think this kind of trick suffers from the law of diminishing returns. The first time you play and something unexpected happens, it really grabs you. By the sixth or seventh time, not so much. But still a cool idea.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:24:14 -0800

Some of them seem to have alternate possibilities. True Self has at least two possible quotes at the end.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:24:24 -0800

I realy like the Tetris: Compromise game. Neat-o!

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:27:08 -0800

MoonPie, yeah, that one's unique among all of them (except maybe the Vetrex Pong one, although it's pushing it) that it seems to be an actual game.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:31:13 -0800

Compromise is interesting. I'm not in love with the quick-stick choice they made on falling blocks, but as a proof of concept it's neat. (See also simultaneous Megaman hijinx.)

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:40:51 -0800

Screw two Megaman games at once, cortex, Megaman 3-6 at the same time is where it's at.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:44:13 -0800

Compromise is a neat proof of concept that I hope someone picks up and runs with. If you game it right you can get it so the pieces fall at a staggered rate, which takes away the challenge. This is a cool site.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:47:40 -0800

Holy butts, Pope Guilty.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:02:36 -0800

The Overpowered Pong is interesting. After you figure out the mechanics of the overpowered shot, you spend most of the round timing the space bar to capture and rebound the ball right back at your opponent with greater and greater force. Wham! Bam! Take that! Right in the face! And then finally -- SMASH! Bwahaha! Triumph! Victory! Yes! Alright. Great game. Let's do it again. Heh. Well. Okay... Is there... a new round? Hello? Um. Moving up and down here. Silence. The far court stays empty. Where did you go, little paddle? I'm... all alone. Please, somebody. Anybody. I didn't.... I didn't want it to be this way. Oh, God I'm so sorry, little paddle. Please come back. Come back. I didn't mean to hurt you. Oh, Jesus... the little green "1" isn't worth this crushing guilt and loneliness. Nothing is worth this pain.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:44:32 -0800

This was so much cooler than it sounded. Stupid '80s, I suck at your video games

By: Dillonlikescookies

Dillonlikescookies — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:22:08 -0800

the pacman ones were great, especially the morning after. the space invaders "invasion" was also really good. not many modern games can give you a feeling of utter hopelessness without feeling frustrated, was a cool little cinematic trip for a 2d game :)

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:18:53 -0800

What's the twist with the "true self" Pacman? It played like normal for me and I gave up after completing the first level.

By: Memo

Memo — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:39:15 -0800

Eat the ghost, EndsOfInvention.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:01:19 -0800

There's actually two things in True Self. I've tried playing that one in order to purposely avoid triggering the things and haven't succeeded yet, although you may end up clearing the board once before the second one happens.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:34:11 -0800

That Tetris revision is evil.

By: ErWenn

ErWenn — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:06:48 -0800

The twists were very clever (especially in What Next, Overpowered, and Happy New Year), but I think the "cinematics" in True Self and What Next were unnecessary.

By: skryche

skryche — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:04:55 -0800

Reminiscent of Truth About Pong.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:12:04 -0800

Evil!