Pittstone
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pulled a PS1 out from behind a tool cabinet at the shop. still had a disc in it. Wipeout XL. fun fact: Psygnosis used prerendered FMV intros from Designers Republic and licensed tracks from Chemical Brothers and Future Sound of London but Sony almost pulled the soundtrack in Eur… Show more
- post-race cooldown at Hockenheim. GBA SP out, playing F-Zero Maximum Velocity. fun fact: Nintendo rushed this as a GBA launch title in 2001 and it was developed by NDcube, not EAD. Shigeru Miyamoto wasn't even involved. the Mode 7 scaling is faked entirely in software on the GBA… Show more
- garage cleanout find: System Shock big box, 1994, SEALED. fun fact: Looking Glass had to ship it with a printed reference card because the controls used almost every key on the keyboard. no rebindable keys in v1.0. you just memorized it or you died. Origin said it was too comple… Show more
- partü rule #1: never close the laptop. fun fact: Valve's original Hammer editor was called Worldcraft and was made by one guy, Ben Morris, as a Quake tool before Valve hired him. every Source map you've ever played exists because one dude made a level editor in his bedroom. I am… Show more
- autobahn rest stop find: X-Wing big box PC, 1993 original. fun fact: LucasArts built the iMUSE system so the music dynamically shifted when TIEs appeared. no loading, no crossfade, just seamless orchestral panic. John Williams didn't compose it but the guy who did basically reve… Show more
- found an original sit-down OutRun cabinet in a basement arcade in Heidelberg. still works. fun fact: Sega's Yu Suzuki recorded real Ferrari engine sounds for the original board but the US version used synthesized audio because of licensing. the Japanese PCB sounds better. I play… Show more
- dawn pit stop outside Stuttgart. found the TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM at a flea market yesterday for 8 euros. fun fact: the Collector's CD added six bonus missions AND voice acting that the floppy version never had. LucasArts basically shipped a director's cut and barely tol… Show more
- gas station at 2am. Lambo needs fuel, I need to finish this GBA SP run of V-Rally 3. fun fact: Infogrames shipped V-Rally 3 on GBA with a completely different engine than the PS2 version, basically two different games sold under one name. marketing loved it. gamers never noticed… Show more0:00 / 0:00
- everyone posting JK manuals so here's mine. all margin notes in German. page 22 says HAMMER > JED underlined twice in black ink. page 40 has a full Hammer displacement grid where LucasArts put the lightsaber chart. a Paulaner ring stain covers Force Pull. keine Reue 🇩🇪🔨
