#fu konami

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AAAAH Suikoden remaster finally arrived!!!

It's so nice to see my old favs again 🥰

(Konami abandoned the IP for DECADES 😭)

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UK 1987

[fancypantsrecords]

Konami Kukeiha Club - Music From Konami Antiques ~Family Computer~ Vol. 13 | Universal Music Japan | 2024 | Black

Music from Crackout, Exciting Soccer: Konami Cup, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious, and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

[solosergiohd]

DreamWorks Vs. Konami: Ultimate All-Stars

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Be-fU

[gamemories]

[iwonderwh0]

Do you think Connor being able to see dried out thirium is due to him being able to see like in an ultraviolet light? Does it mean he can also see dried out sperm? Can he tell the difference between the two without tasting it?

*Walking into the cheap hostel bedroom*

Hank: "Hey what's with your face?"

Connor: "I think an android has been murdered in this room."

Hank: "What the- Wait, hold on, what makes you think so?"

Connor: "Oh, wait. There's a high probability that's not what happened."

Hank: "And what do you think happened?"

Connor: "Someone got laid."

Hank: "Huh? Can you explain your thought processes?"

Connor: "Remember how I can see the traces of thirium even when it evaporates?"

Hank: "Yeah, what does- Oh. Okay, I think I get- Oh, fu-"

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@konami-code-ao3 you saw that previous post and thought about some insane angst potential. I saw your response and thought about this shitpost. You 🤝 Me

[paperandhis-paper]

Man, Arc-V is far from perfect, but evidently its biggest mistake was being watched by people with ZERO media literacy. What the fuck is this take? This isn't even the first time I've seen something like this.

Like geese, I wonder what message is the show trying to send by contrasting Yuya's ideals with the reality of war. Clearly this was a mistake and not an intentional decision to illustrate the themes of the show. /s

(also Konami doesn't make the Anime you FU-)

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J.J. & Jeff (TG-16 Mini)

If you're launching a console and don't have any major characters of your own to push it, the next best thing is to license some until you do. SEGA used this to great effect with the Mega Drive, using Mickey Mouse, Joe Montana, Michael Jackson, and so on to drive interest until they hit on Sonic. For NEC and Hudson's part, they also nabbed a celebrity license. Kato Cha and Shimura Ken, former members of rock band/comedy group The Drifters, had a hot new show on Japanese TV. Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV was a variety show featuring the comedy stylings of the pair, with a viewer-submitted home video segment notably proving as the inspiration for America's Funniest Home Videos. Is that still on? Okay, I just checked. Yes, it is. That means that show has lasted around thirty seasons longer than Gokigen TV, which finished its run in 1992 after six seasons.

Kato and Shimura's careers were just beginning, and Shimura in particular became one of Japan's most well-known TV celebrities until his tragic passing in 2020. So in some ways, grabbing the license for the duo to use in a title for the 1987 Japanese launch of the PC Engine was a huge get for NEC and Hudson. There were a couple of issues to work through, of course. The first being to figure out what kind of game could be made from a comedy variety show. One of the recurring segments on the show cast the two as largely incompetent detectives, and that must have seemed like sufficient meat for Hudson to do what it was doing best at the time: a platformer.

I must once again remind everyone that this game originally released in late 1987. It predates Mega Man. It's not that far out from Mickey Mouscapade. Just a year after the original Wonder Boy, which is where it seems to draw much of its gameplay inspiration from. The game came out in North America in 1990, and that combined with the decent presentation mask its age at first glance. But this is indeed a relatively early scrolling platformer, which explains a lot of its shortcomings. It's really difficult, has a lot of opaque secrets, keeps a score, effectively runs on a tight timer, and requires a trick to continue if you get a game over (I+II+RUN). It plays a lot like Wonder Boy/Adventure Island, but with more scatological and absurd humor. You can also choose between two characters, but it's recommended to use J.J./Kato since he has better grip. It's a slippery enough game as it is.

The other issue with the license is that Kato-chan and Ken-chan were really only famous in Japan. When NEC decided to bring the PC Engine to the North American market, this game needed some reworking. The celebrities were swapped out for original characters, J.J. and Jeff. A lot of the juvenile humor was replaced, likely so as not to upset parents. Some things from the show were kept and seem even stranger with their context stripped out. By the time the game arrived, the platformer situation in console gaming had dramatically changed. This really wasn't up to expectations gameplay-wise, but its bizarre stylings allowed it to find some fans anyway. This, by the way, is one of the many games on the mini-console to only offer one version, and Konami obviously chose to go with the one that didn't require any expensive re-licensing. A lot of Japanese fans were very annoyed that the J.J. & Jeff version was the only one available here.

My feelings on this game are that within its context, it's fine. It's not especially good, but it's not awful either. The presentation and constant stream of gags help it stand out, if nothing else. Considering it was just the fourth game on the system, I think it's alright. I'd certainly have preferred getting this over The Kung Fu/China Warrior. And as for its place on this mini-console, I think it's a good pick. Like it or lump it, J.J. & Jeff is tied in with the system's identity.

[fancoloredglasses]

Street Fighter (Game over, man! Game over!), part 1

(Thanks to Media Gamut TV & Film)

[All images are owned by Capcom and Universal. Please don’t sue or HADOUKEN! me]

Once again we delve into video game movies. This time we delve into the second ever video game movie, based on the game that inspired the game that the third video game movie was based on (got all that? I hope so, because there will be a short quiz later)

But first, a bit of backstory…

1987 saw arcades debuting a new video game called Street Fighter, which…wait, let’s go slightly farther back…

(Thanks to Indie Retro News)

In 1984, Data East released a fighting game called Karate Champ (trust me, this will be relevant)

(Thanks to Old Classic Retro Gaming)

A year later, one of the developers of Karate Champ went to Konami to help develop a side-scrolling beat-em-up called Kung-Fu Master (I swear, there’s a point)

(Thanks to Hogan Reviews)

Two years later, a member of THAT development team went to Capcom to help make a fighting game called Street Fighter. The playable characters (Ken and Ryu) were loosely modeled after the characters from Karate Champ and in 1-player mode faced off against characters loosely modeled after the bosses in Kung-Fu Master (told you it would make sense)

The game was pretty basic, and Konami would release a number of successful Beat-em-ups and fighting games over the next 4 years, but then magic hit in 1991.

(Thanks to Eurogamer)

…when Komani released Street Fighter II: The World Warriors, which saw an entire cast of playable characters joining Ken and Ryu, as well as a number of special moves (such as the HODOUKEN! fireball, above) that were dependent on the right combinations of joystick movements and button pressing. The game would spawn a number of variant titles using the name “Street Fighter II” (leading to the joke that Konami doesn’t know how to count to 3)

This would lead Konami to want to do a film about their franchise. But it couldn’t just be about a fighting tournament. It had to be an ADVENTURE!!!! That could sell TOYS!!!!!! And it had to have EVERY character from the games (not just the eight from the original Street Fighter II, but all of the ones that were added in the variant games as well)

The film starred world-class karate and kickboxing competitor (he would’ve been called an MMA fighter if MMA was A Thing in the 80s) turned action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as Allied Nations (AN; (because the UN doesn’t want to be associated with this film) Special Forces operative Col. Guile.

Every hero needs a villain, so Addams Family alum Raul Julia (in what would be his final role. Sadly, he died of cancer before the film was released. Happily, it meant he never had to see how much of a train wreck it was) was given the job of chewing up the scenery as the game’s Final Boss, M. Bison. The rumor is he took the role despite his condition because his kids were fans of the game.

[FUN FACT: The US version of Street Fighter II has a boxer character named Balrog. In Japan, he was named Mike after a certain Heavyweight boxing champion. That was apparently not blatant enough, but M. Tyson was obvious enough to warrant a lawsuit, so they named him M. Bison. When the game came to the US, the lawyers didn’t want to further risk a lawsuit, so the names were switched between M. Bison, the Final Boss (Vega) and a claw-wielding matador (Balrog)]

And thus ends the Star Power of the film.

It was very not well received, earning 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is considered by some (mostly kids) to be in the “so bad it’s good” category, but you be the judge. If you want to see the film, it’s available on Tubi or behind your favorite paywall.

We open to a news report announcing that the country of Shadaloo has been taken in a military coup by General M. Bison. The AN forces are on the ground to unseat Bison.

On the scene is reporter Chun-Li Zang (another character from the game (I think we can assume that nearly every Named Character will be from the game), played by Ming-Na Wen, who would go on to be the voice of the title character in the animated version of Mulan and Agent Melinda May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), correspondent for Global News Television (GNT) World News, who reports that Bison kidnapped a team of  63 AN relief workers, killing their military escort (though three are missing), and is ransoming them for $20 billion (or over $300,000 each. I doubt their own families would be willing to pay that much, let alone a world government)

[QUICK NOTE: Chun-Li’s camera man (Balrog) and producer (Edmund Honda) are also characters in the game; As I mentioned earlier, Balrog is a boxer (formerly called M. Bison), while Honda is a sumo wrestler]

Then Chun-Li spots Guile arriving on the scene. Guile is in no mood to talk to Chun-Li, but has some words for Bison.

He then uses PG-13 “sign language” to send a message to Bison. Bison decides to hack the signal to send a message of his own to Guile.

Bison tells Guile that the hostages will die in 72 hours unless his ransom demands are met. He then cuts the signal (before the trace could be completed) and addresses the one captured AN soldier he hasn’t personally killed yet (who happens to be Guile’s best friend. WHAT ARE THE ODDS!)…

…and orders him to be sent to the labs for experimentation

[QUICK NOTES: In the game, Blanka is a savage who is able to electrically charge his body (I’m gonna guess those experiments will make that possible) To the right of Bison is Zangrief, a Russian wrestler from the game. In the movie, Zngrief is fiercely loyal and fiercely an idiot, but I guess wannabe dictators do love the poorly educated.]

Back at the staging area, Guile throws an insult at Chun-Li, who then tries to bond with Guile’s aide, Cammy (played by 80s Loco-Motion singer Kylie Minogue).

[FUN FACT: In the game, Cammy was a clone of M. Bison trained as an assassin before breaking her conditioning and defecting]

We then switch to an underground fighting arena…

…where smugglers Ryu Hoshi and Ken Masters are being escorted to their client…

(Thanks to Dave Law 2013)

[FUN FACT: in the game, Ken and Ryu and friends trained by the same martial arts (which martial art is never specified) master, while Sagat is a Muay Thai master and was the Final Boss in the first game.]

Elsewhere, at Bison’s secret base, Bison checks on the progress of his “guest” scientist, Dr. Dhalsim. Dhalsim is upset that Bison is using his research to conquer.

[FUN FACT: In the game, Dhalsim is a master of…battle yoga?]

Dhalsim shows Bison the conditioning he’s performing on Blanka, filling his brain with violent imagery. During Blanka's programming, Bison plans on turning his mad science division loose on him.

Exactly where is he getting this stuff? I mean, Amazon isn’t yet A Thing.

Meanwhile, back at the fighting arena…

(Thanks again to Dave Law 2013)

[FUN FACT: In the game, Vega (formerly called Balrog) is a ninja (from Spain)]

Well, that’s certainly one way to crash a party!

The next morning, Guile calls a staff meeting to review the previous day’s activities. Cammy reports that though Bison cut the signal before she completed the trace…

Then, the meeting is attacked by a pair of assassins disguised as servers. They don’t last long. Cammy then finds a tattoo marking them as part of Sagat’s organization. Guile figures Sagat (who is currently cooling his heels in the base’s prison following last night’s raid) is working with Bison.

Then Sagat sends Vega and a few of his goons to take care of Ken and Ryu in the prison yard, but the pair hold their own until the guards finally arrive to break things up as Guile looks on

(The man between Cammy and Guile is T. Hawk (short for Thunder Hawk) [FUN FACT: In the game, Hawk is a Native American master of “Thunderfoot Martial Arts”])

Guile takes Ken and Ryu to a refugee camp to guilt them into helping him or else.

Later, Ken and Ryu are put back in the prison’s General Population as the prisoners are being transferred to an actual prison.

Suddenly, Ken and Ryu start an argument, drawing the attention of the guards who break it up and force them into the transport truck with Sagat and Vega.

Smooth, Ryu! As Ryu and Ken free themselves, Sagat makes a deal with them to free him and Vega as well.

Ryu makes the deal and Sagat and Vega free themselves. Vega and Ryu then break out and commandeer the prison truck. Hawk trues to get in the truck, but Ken steals his pistol and shoves him off. Guile tries to stop the truck, but…

..Ken shoots him as the truck drives off! Chun-Li then charges the truck and plants a tracking device on it. However…

Well, that was $8 million (Van Damme’s salary for the film) well spent! Also, looks like Guile’s threat earlier came true.

CAN the AN forces forces win without Guile?

WHO will be Guile's successor?

WHO the hell authorized Van Damme's paycheck?

These questions and more will be answered in Part 2!

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[fancypantsrecords]

DJ No. 2 - Konami Lofi Beats To Chill To | Ship To Shore PhonoCo. | 2023 | Purple & Blue Swirl

Lofi arrangements of music from Konami games Gradius, Ganbare Goemon, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Twinbee and Salamander

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Sega Saturn - Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack

Title: Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack / コナミアンティークス ＭＳＸコレクション ウルトラパック

Developer/Publisher: Konami Computer Entertainment Yokohama

Release date: 23 July 1998

Catalogue No.: T-9530G

Genre: Various

What could be better than playing 30 classic Konami MSX games? Well, quite a lot of things really. I was sort of looking forward to playing this one until I did actually play it. It's like playing one of those Famicom Pirate 99,999,999-in-1 cartridge games. Many games seem so similar. I mean they have Gradius, Gradius 2, and Gofer which are all basically the same apart from the graphic change. Then there are all the Konami sports games which are dull.

What you're left with are about 10 interesting titles out of 30. Most of the games are pretty basic and quite unplayable by today's standards. Ye-ha (Yie-ar) Kung Fu II is actually very annoying to play these days thanks to its no diagonal directions. Maybe fans of the MSX will enjoy this compilation but I found it quite dull. If Konami released a Famicom collection then that would be worth shouting about but as it is, the MSX was never really that much of a great game machine in my eyes.

[ladyosen]

Fic Rec in honor of the final day of Just leave (a comment) fest

The final day of just leave a comment fest and I have a rec for something very short but very sweet.

Konami Romance by sugarcoated is a very cute VilxIdia fic where Vil watches Idia play an MMO. It's fu into see Vil and Idia being into each other while still being themselves.

[kawaiibreadbeliever]

Julie (My OC)

Meet Julie. She is a Kirby Teenager who is Puffy and Baby Puffy's older cousin.

Age: 13 years old.

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Martial Champion

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/17/93   Genre: Fighting Konami established the fighting game genre with Yie Ar Kung-Fu alongside Karate Champ. Many of us older gamers loved it as it offered something different from what we were used to at the time and it would go on to inspire many copycats. But oddly Konami did not stick with the genre they more or less started and it would…