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Simple 1500 Series Vol. 57 - The Maze

This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available as both a full color hardcover and a Kindle ebook from Amazon! If you’d like to see more of these features, please check out the book and if you enjoyed it, leave a five star review so we can do a follow up with even more interesting, offbeat, or historically important Japanese games!

As the name implies, the 57th volume of the Simple 1500 Series is an original game that takes place entirely within randomized mazes. Consisting entirely of 1v1 battles, each player is tasked with grabbing three keys and making it to the exit before their opponent can. The keys are color-coded and players need to grab the ones that correspond to their color in order to unlock their respective exit. However, one of the keys a player needs is always held by the opposite player at the start, forcing them to interact in every match. To aid in their mission, each player has melee attacks, a bazooka for slow ranged attacks, and an item menu that lets them place traps and use/drop items they’ve found. It’s possible to knock out the other player, especially if you can lure them into an explosive trap, but doing so is only a minor setback, so traps that waste their time like sticky slime puddles generally have more impact.

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[toothacheiii]

Me

[starkwing-co]

Decided to kick the year off with a personal interpretation of an improvised 'gaming party' we had in our class on the last day before the holiday break

Ofc this isn't one to one but I like how my artstyle experimentation turned out (still took me a ton of time even with cutting corners everywhere I could've... err, implementing this sketchy, incomplete lineart)

[vivisextion]

MEGATHREAD OF KIM MENTIONS BY ALL SKILLS

While doing my max stats run, I noticed Rhetoric called Kim 'Kim'. I thought this was a little unusual, as I assumed blue skills would address him in a more formal fashion. This led me down a rabbit hole of how they all refer to Kim, so here you go.

DISCLAIMER: These are all mined from fayde.co.uk (big shoutout, this post would not have been possible without it). I have removed all duplicates and interactions with variants ("Replaced with:"). It is also possible despite my best efforts my dyscalculia may have fked up with the larger figures but I did go over it multiple times, so it's unlikely. OK LET'S GO

BLUE SKILLS

LOGIC

All 3 mentions of 'Kim' are late-game. Otherwise, Logic defaults to 'the lieutenant'. Only 1 mention of 'Kim Kitsuragi' and that's only when talking about the case file number sequence for The Hanged Man.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

The full name usage is related to when you discover his past with pinball - even the one mention of 'Kim' is in reference to how Seolite people love pinball. Otherwise, the most common address is also 'the lieutenant'.

RHETORIC

Seems like the use of 'Kim' is an outlier and like I suspected, the default tends to be 'the lieutenant'. It wasn't a late vs. early game thing either because I got the 'Kim' mention on Day 1 of the game.

DRAMA

Interestingly, no 'Kim' at all. Drama prefers more bombastic and less personal terms, I guess.

CONCEPTUALIZATION

No use of 'Kim' or 'Kitsuragi'. The only direct address was the line "Dammit lieutenant, have you no intellectual curiosity?"

Otherwise, like most of the other blue skills, Conceptualization doesn't mention Kim that much.

VISUAL CALCULUS

Mentions Kim (in all forms) the least, which is not surprising.

Like all other blue skills, 'the lieutenant' is the most common used. They tend to be more on the less personal side.

PURPLE SKILLS

VOLITION

Only 1 direct address of 'lieutenant'. The line mentioning Pinball/Kimball is 'Any plan to call him Pinball or Kimball is immediately wiped from your neocortex, as if with some sort of mind altering device. It is simply not going to happen.'

Still more of a formal address preference.

INLAND EMPIRE

The only time IE uses 'Kim' is "If you can't trust your own eyes, who can you trust? Certainly not Kim. He's so… suspicious." in regards to finding a key card in Evrart's office.

Also prefers 'the lieutenant', like the blue skills.

EMPATHY

Also seems to refer to Kim in a more respectful way. The only mention of 'Kimball' is about footprints in the dust in the back of the Whirling: "This is so good it makes him forget the whole Kimball memory."

Also note the increased frequency in Kim mentions.

AUTHORITY

Of course 'Lieutenant Eyebrow' occurs during the famous showdown. One mention of 'Kim' is earlier game and one is late game. Makes sense Authority would be professional most of the time and use 'the lieutenant'.

ESPRIT DE CORPS

Will not shut up about Kim (101!!). Most mentions advise you not to complete important tasks without him. 1 repeat of 'Lieutenant Kitsuragi' mentions the black bomber jacket you get from hardcore mode. The last one is when Harry climbs the horse statue during the moralist run.

SUGGESTION

Much less quiet in comparison, but still polite.

Purple skills mention Kim a lot more, in general, than blue ones, which makes sense as they concern external affairs and people moreso. Out of all the skills, they refer to Kim the most, actually, as we will see.

RED SKILLS

ENDURANCE

The two instances of 'Lieutenant Kitsuragi' are during the confrontation with Ruby: "The torment Lieutenant Kitsuragi is experiencing is worse than your own."

PAIN THRESHOLD

Doesn't care about anyone but Harry, probably. Only mention is talking to Klaasje about the body hanging behind the Whirling: "A bitter cringe. It hurts. You look to the lieutenant…"

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT

The most disrespectful. Refers to Kim as a binoclard the most out of all the skills.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

The only mention of 'binoclard' is when you try to teach Lilienne's twins to say 'fuck'. EC cheers you on. Volition is disappointed, as is Kim ("deeply unimpressed").

"Why does he have to be such a binoclard? It's just a funny word!"

SHIVERS

Doesn't have much to say about the lieutenant. 2 of the 4 are variations of each other during the Moralist quest. Duplicates are due to the Noid vs. Soona version of the quest.

HALF LIGHT

One mention is during the game of Suzerainty, when Kim has the upper hand, which is a funny time for a fight-or-flight response to kick in.

In general, the red skills don't concern themselves much with Kim, since they largely are focused on Harry.

YELLOW SKILLS

HAND/EYE COORDINATION

Second least mentions of Kim in the yellow skills.

PERCEPTION

Both 'Kim' mentions are Sight. Mentions of 'the lieutenant' by category: 2 Smell, 6 Hearing, 2 Sight. (No Taste… sadly).

REACTION SPEED

Gets a little more fancy with it 'the good lieutenant' and also addresses Kim directly the most out of all the skills (2 mentions of 'lieutenant'): "Too late, lieutenant." and "Impressive note-keeping, lieutenant."

SAVOIR FAIRE

The duplicates have to do with a line during the Ultraliberal quest: "The lieutenant speaks as if you're rich -- a common misconception -- especially if you count the tax. No, we've got a long way to go before we can feel financially comfortable. The hustle never stops!"

INTERFACING

Least reference to Kim of all yellow skills, which is surprising considering the Kineema interaction.

COMPOSURE

The chattiest of the yellow skills about Kim, though yellow skills still have the second lowest mentions of the lieutenant.

STATS RUNDOWN

Total Kim mentions by colour

Blue: 82

Purple: 245 (thanks, EDC)

Red: 31

Yellow: 62

Top 3 mentions

EDC: 128

Empathy: 43

Rhetoric: 30

Bottom 3 mentions

Pain Threshold: 1

Interfacing, Shivers, VisCal: 4

H/E Coordination, Endurance, Half Light: 5

Most common address

the lieutenant: 335

Kim: 32

Lieutenant Kitsuragi: 26

So, overwhelmingly, most of the skills seem to default to 'the lieutenant'. Not just the blue ones. Hopefully, that helps someone, although how I have no idea.

BONUS: YOU!

What about Harry, you ask (or not)? I GOT YOU.

Harry calls Kim a binoclard more than Physical Instrument, though one time he says it as an apology.

Both times he uses Kim's full name and title is during radio comms.

Harry calls him 'Kim' to his face (457) more than 'lieutenant' (89) (spread over early to late game).

To others, Harry refers to Kim as 'Kim' 39 times, compared to 4 uses of 'the lieutenant'.

The only time Agent Kim is used is discussing the Seolite conspiracy.

That's it! One last parting gift: Kim refers to Harry as 'Harry' 15 times. :)

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'Kowloon's Gate'

[PS1] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE] [1997]

"Kowloon’s Gate is a very difficult game. It’s not difficult in the sense that it presents challenges you’re likely to fail, but in the sense that it closely guards its meaning behind a wall of symbols and nuance. It’s a poetic game that assualts the player with symbolism around every (often very literal) corner. To achieve this, it takes inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including but by no means limited to: • Gothic architecture • Dante • Carl Jung • The New Testament • Cyberpunk • Wherever the idea of a mass of TVs originated from It is not a game for the uninitiated. Yet in spite of its esoteric nature, Kowloon’s Gate has proven very popular. For a number of reasons the game has attracted a devoted following and remains fondly remembered among Japanese players even to this day." ~Hardcore Gaming 101

Source: Jugemu Magazine, May 1997 || Internet Archive; ozidual

[mendelpalace]

Linda³ Again (1997)

A remake of the earlier PC Engine CD game Linda³, which just recently got an English fan translation. Notably features character designs by Tatsuyuki Tanaka, a Japanese illustrator and animator who did Key Animation on Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, Riding Bean, and Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, among others.

Game description courtesy of Hardcore Gaming 101:

The game takes place on the Earth-like colony planet of Neo Kenya. In eight years, a meteor will hit, destroying everyone and everything. There’s no way to stop it, but thankfully (and mysteriously) an ark drops out of the sky, allowing the denizens to preserve some of their planet’s elements while they escape off to the stars. Your goal, as a ranger named Ken Challenger, is to roam the landscape and collect two of every animal you can find, then register them with the ark, before time runs out. ... A “Noah’s Ark JRPG” is enough of an interesting idea to stand on its own, but Linda³ goes even further by dividing itself into three scenarios, each in alternate timelines, which present different requirements for victory and changing what parts of Neo Kenya you can explore.

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[ryunumber]

Does Sadler from XZR/Exile have a Ryu number? Apparently he meets a few historical figures.

Sadler has a Ryu Number of 2.

(explanation below)

I'm mostly gonna leave it to John Szczepaniak at Hardcore Gaming 101 to explain what's going on with XZR/Exile, which could perhaps be described as "a lot". For this blog's purposes, the relevant question here is whether or not the guy above is actually Mikhail Gorbachev. He's apparently only known as "General Secretary", which was Gorbachev's title at the time of the game's release in 1988.

It's a bit tough with PC-88 graphics, but it mostly seems to line up with Gorbachev's physical appearance, and while the shadows cover up his otherwise very distinctive birthmark, you can arguably kinda see bits of it on the left? Combined with the context of encountering him in the then-modern day Soviet Union, it's probably good enough.

At any rate, it's a better resemblance than the implied Ronald Reagan, in my opinion.

[bitmapbooks]

A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games

At 652 pages and 370,000 words, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games is Bitmap Books’ biggest project to date. Created in collaboration with author and founder of Hardcore Gaming 101, Kurt Kalata, this monumental book is a must buy!

Buy now with tracked global shipping and a free PDF: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/a-guide-to-japanese-role-playing-games

#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #jrpg #art #rpg #bookstagram #booktok #fyp

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~ BBC Sherlock: Character Meta ~  Molly Hooper has been done dirty (and I say this as a hardcore Johnlocker) // (mini-meta) John Watson, a man with issues: one and two

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Petronius' Oysters (a modest contribution to a post by @ineffablyruined)

When in Rome... - Aziraphale's Hot Girl Summer?

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[hardcore-gaming-101]

The Maestromusic

This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available as both a full color hardcover and a Kindle ebook from Amazon! If you’d like to see more of these features, please check out the book and if you enjoyed it, leave a five star review so we can do a follow up with even more interesting, offbeat, or historically important Japanese games!

The PlayStation is known for having creative peripherals, but The Maestromusic might have one of the strangest controllers on the entire platform. Though it can be played with a Dualshock, The Maestromusic was packaged with a conductor baton controller. It features “A” and “B” buttons, but the controller is primarily used by waving it vertically. Not only does this feel like a coincidental test run for the Wii remote’s waggle capabilities, it also works well and makes for a properly unique experience.

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#HARPERSMOVIECOLLECTION

2024 MOVIE LIST

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1. X (2022)

2. The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)

3. The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964)

4. One Armed Boxer (1972)

5. Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1976)

6. Road House (1989)

7. Asteroid City (2023)

8.Mission Impossible (1996)

9. Strawberry Mansion (2021)

10. Event Horizon (1997)

11. Septic Man (2013)

12. The Punisher (1989)

13. Dragonslayer (1981)

14. Sweet Home (1989)

15. Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997)

JOHN CARPENTER MARATHON

16. John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)

17. John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness (1987)

18. Dark Star (1974)

19. Geostorm (2017)

20. Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

21. Suitable Flesh (2023)

22. Saltburn (2023)

23. Videodrome (1983)

24. Short film triple feature

•Rabbits Moon (1972)

•Premonitions Following An Evil

Deed (1995)

•Curve (2016)

25. Strangers On A Train (1951)

26. Hardcore Henry (2015)

27. Alligator (1980)

28. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf (1966)

29. Mindwarp (1992)

30. Severed Ties (1992)

31. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017)

32. The Wolf House (2018)

33. Kuso (2017)

STEPHEN KING THEATRICAL MOVIE WEEK

34. Needful Things (1993)

35. The Dark Half (1993)

35. Creepshow (1982)

STEPHEN KING TV WEEK

36. The Tommyknockers (1993)

37. Quicksilver Highway (1997)

38. Storm Of The Century (1999)

39. Dream Scenario (2023)

40. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

41. Dark City (1998)

FUCKED UP MOVIE WEEK

42. Ichi The Killer (2001)

43. We Are The Flesh (2016)

42. Possession (1981)

43. Messiah Of Evil (1973)

44. Double Impact (1991)

45. The Mask (1994)

DAVID LYNCH WEEK

46. The Grandmother (1969)

47. Blue Velvet (1986)

48. Inland Empire (2006)

49. Late Night With The Devil (2023)

50. Alone In The Dark (1982)

51. In A Glass Cage (1986)

52. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)

53. Death Proof (2007)

54. Night Of The Comet (1984)

RUTGER HAUER DOUBLE FEATURE

55. Surviving The Game (1994)

56. Flesh+Blood (1985)

57. After Blue (2021)

58. Dunkirk (2017)

59. Mortal Kombat (1995)

60. Barfly (1987)

61. The Innkeepers (2001)

62. Deathdream (1974)

63. Piranha (1978)

QUEER HORROR WEEK

64. Interview With The Vampire (1994)

65. Knife+Heart (2018)

66. Cat People (1942)

67. High Plains Drifter (1973)

68. Dr. Caligari (1989)

69. Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into The Future (1985)

70. Southern Comfort (1981)

71. Curse 2: The Bite (1989)

72. Liquid Sky (1982)

73. Runaway Train (1985)

74. Logan's Run (1976)

75. A Face In The Crowd (1957)

1980's COMEDY WEEK

76. The Naked Gun (1988)

77. Better Off Dead (1985)

79. Vibes (1988)

PHANTASM SEQUEL WEEK

80. Phantasm 3: Lord Of The Dead (1994)

81. Phantasm 4: Oblivion (1998)

82. Phantasm 5: Ravager (2016)

83. Stopmotion (2023)

84. Men (2022)

85. She Is Conann (2023)

86. The City Of Lost Children (1994)

87. Etheria Film Night (2024)

88. Doom Asylum (1987)

89. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

90. The Sadness (2021)

91. Jaws (1975)

92. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

93. Alien: Romulus (2024)

94. CRITTERS FOUR IN ONE REVIEW

•Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)

•Critters 3 (1991)

•Critters 4 (1992)

•Critters Attack (2019)

95. Poor Things (2023)

96. The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)

97. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

98. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

99. Cemetery Man (1994)

100. War Of The Gargantuas (1966)

101. Kinds Of Kindness (2024)

102. Man Bites Dog (1992)

103. An American Werewolf In London (1981)

MAD MAX MARATHON

104. Mad Max (1979)

105. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

106. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

107. Longlegs (2024)

108. In A Violent Nature (2024)

109. Sleepwalkers (1992)

110. Black Moon (1975)

111. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

112. American Mary (2012)

113. Dracula (1931)

114. Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky (1991)

115. Castle Freak (1995)

116. Miller's Crossing (1990)

117. Night Of The Creeps (1986)

118. On The Waterfront (1954)

BONUS FILM

119. Hundreds Of Beavers (2022)

112. Crimes Of The Future (1970)

121. Dark Night Of The Scarecrow (1981)

122. Nosferatu (1920)

123. The Thief Of Bagdad (1924)

124. Ghosts Of Mars (2001)

125. Hellraiser (1987)

126. High Sierra (1941)

127. Phantasm (1979)

128. Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)

129. I, Tonya (2017)

130. The Long Good Friday (1980)

131. Nosferatu (2024)

132. The Substance (2024)

FINAL MOVIE OF 2024

133. Hour Of The Wolf (1968)

[chip-and-ironicus]

Guest Spot Roundup part 2!

As mentioned in a recent post, I've done a total of 8 promotional guest spots to help spread the word about The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne. Here's some links to the second half:

Hardcore Gaming 101: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! I join the crew to sort Double Dash into its scientifically accurate place on the list of the top 47,858 games of all time. Who will stand for Baby Park? An underappreciated detail: two exclamation points in the title. That's commitment.

Board the Windows: Cabin in the Woods The world was a different place in 2011, particularly in media metacommentary (and the public stock of Joss Whedon). I joined the show to talk about how the aspects of Cabin in the Woods that were so exciting then have aged much worse than the solid horror fundamentals that ground them.

Party of One episode 413: What's so Cool about Doomed Self-loathing? This might be my favorite of all 8, Party of One is so much fun to do. Jeff Stormer had me on to play a Doom Patrol-inspired game that has it all. Broody, angsty people with powers, set against a threat that might not be a threat, that can only work in the medium of comics. You ever make up a character and your first thought is "man, I wish I could draw"?

Extra Credit: A Bad Judge of Character The snakes in the ballpit invited me on to read some of the fine D&D homebrew materials available on DnD Beyond. Unfortunately there is no potion of quality control.

And while these have been a joy to make, and I really should invite myself on more shows more often, the impetus is the Kickstarter campaign to make a full season of DoLF. At time of posting, there are only 4 days remaining to collect pledges. Over 90% of the funds needed to make this show a reality have been pledged, (less than $1000 to go!!!) and your support will take us the rest of the way. So listen to the premiere, spread the links to the show and the Kickstarter around, and be part of your new favorite audio drama series.

[hyruleinterviews]

DeSharone on the animation company for the CD-i titles, 2006.

Source: Hardcore Gaming 101

https://www.notion.so/c370aba2caf04c6db5a2b9c896ade1f1

PEOPLE:

Dale DeSharone, age 49. Producer of Link: Faces of Evil and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon for the CD-i.

Igor Razboff. Animation Producer of Link: Faces of Evil and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon for the CD-i.

QUOTE: "DeSharone: I had seen numerous animated films coming out of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. So I thought, ‘well, we could probably do animation over there’ [for the CD-i Zelda titles].

So [Igor Razzboff] went over, found about 6 people who had some experience with 2D animation. We brought them over here to the US for 6 months, and put them up in an apartment here in Massachusetts. And gave them computers, and scanners. Most of them at that time worked on paper, on animation paper, and then scanned it into the computer, and cleaned up the line and colors on the computer, and then we transferred it to CD-i."

[pixelsproject]

『Metal Gear 2∶ Solid Snake』 Codec Portraits

In 2004, Konami would update and re-release the first two entries in the franchise, Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2∶ Solid Snake for mobile phones. These updated versions would later be available on the PS2 as bonus games in Metal Gear Solid 3∶ Subsistence, as standalone titles in the Japanese WiiWare store, and current generation platforms via The Metal Gear Solid∶ Master Collection.

Whereas both re-releases received general quality of life improvements, only Metal Gear 2 received significant visual changes. The primary reason why Metal Gear 2 needed a reworking is the unauthorized usage of various celebrity likenesses.

In the original release, Snake's appearance is based on Mel Gibson, Big Boss clearly uses Sean Connery’s likeness, Dr. Madnar is essentially Albert Einstein and Colonel Campbell looks almost identical to Richard Crenna in First Blood.

Interestingly enough, the character portraits used for the codec conversations are clearly based on the ones from Metal Gear∶ Ghost Babel. At first glance, some of the sprites appear to be identical.

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SOURCES ↴ Metal Gear∶ Ghost Babel (GBC) codec sprites uploaded by Backflipsimmons Metal Gear 2∶ Solid Snake (MSX) codec sprites uploaded by Evan Tysinger (Hardcore Gaming 101) Metal Gear 2∶ Solid Snake (MSX) intro sprites uploaded by Zdagger67 Metal Gear 2∶ Solid Snake (PS2) codec sprites uploaded by MrBeacon00

[dummyringbomb]

i listened to it years ago but i'm still fucking baffled by the podcast hardcore gaming 101 did where multiple people reviewed bomberman hero and all of them hated the soundtrack somehow