There are way more rings than that, and they’re actually the best parts of the game. It gets so much worse in the levels without rings. Awful combat, terrible puzzles, inconsistent framerate, and thoroughly unclear objectives.

Oh, and everyone’s favorite: escort missions!

Poetry.

Pet food.

That was one of those tiny goofy references I miss from Reddit. They put a Pi symbol at the end of every page (on old reddit at least) as a nod to that movie.

Axe Cop, no!

You don’t say.

“I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and find out that that person has no idea what it means to have a plethora.”

Also the Apple/Epic situation.

Sorry, but Acclaim really was that wild for a bit there. They also had a promotion where you’d get a free copy of one of the Turok games if you named a newborn child after him. For what it’s worth, I don’t think anyone took them up on either offer, but it certainly brought in the publicity.

You reminded me to go back and find the Waco, TX promo. So much nostalgia.

Man, even in the source video he looks like a kid with a man’s head. Creepy.

I believe it started here: https://lemmy.today/post/4928639

They’re not the only ones:

Didn’t the books reveal it was “what is 6x9”, and the calculation getting thrown off when humans arrived on Earth?

I was lucky enough to have the manual for ET lying around. It helps greatly in explaining the game’s bizarre logic (and how to escape the infamous pits). It’s not much weirder than most 2600 games once you read it, provided somebody didn’t throw it out thinking it was useless.

The same general idea, with better wording. Not really sure what OP was trying to add. In my experience critics aren’t demanding hyperrealism, and are the first to praise unique art styles.

Yes, 2023 taxes being filed in the “2024 filing season” as the IRS calls it.

I’m so happy someone other than me remembers Radar Mission. I too still get the music stuck in my head from time to time.

Spacewave? It tends to be more slow paced and synth-heavy, and really evokes the feeling of giant planets and stars. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RlxClUifEw&t=1800 (at the 30 minute mark, though the very first song works too)