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12-19-2019, 09:39 AM | #61 |
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My thoughts on Top Gun: the guy who developed the aircraft carrier landing sequence in the NES game was a ****ing sadist.
The punishments handed out by Zeus in Greek myth weren't as harsh as what this programmer tortured American kids with in the 80s. |
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Never beat it on NES (originally) but when the emulators came out I memorized some of the tougher sequences (specifically the damn go-cart sequence) and then plugged my old NES game to beat it on the console just to say I had. Lord that game was hard. A genuinely GREAT game, but just incredibly difficult. |
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12-19-2019, 12:56 PM | #63 |
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NSFW due to cussing.
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12-19-2019, 12:56 PM | #64 |
Shaken. Not stirred.
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I could never land that damn thing. Threw the cartridge in the trash.
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12-19-2019, 07:58 PM | #65 |
He's Mahomie!
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Chinese made film. Will boycott...
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12-20-2019, 03:01 AM | #66 |
Live free or die hard
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Goose comes back as a zombie and is Maverick's goofy and slow-witted side kick. Movie closes with a Maverick and Goose high fiveing after a successful air combat sortie against the aliens. When the high five connects Goose's arm falls off and both shrug and smile into the camera breaking the 4th wall. Roll credits.You fill in the rest.
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12-22-2019, 06:49 AM | #67 | |
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12-22-2019, 07:07 AM | #68 |
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It was even worse when you overshot the carrier because for one brief moment you think you actually made it. It's like reaching the top of Everest only to have your Sherpa kick your ass off the edge a half-second later.
Theory 1: The designer was a criminal genius who contracted to make a game with four levels, but got away with making two by making it impossible to get past stage two. Theory 2: The designer was a KGB plant trying to win the Cold War by convincing America's youth that joining the Navy was a death sentence. Theory 3: The designer was still a little salty about Hiroshima. I get it, seventy thousand dead in a nuclear holocaust, but my god man,we did nothing to deserve this. I can just imagine this guy sitting back after finishing coding this sequence, smiling sardonically, and saying "I am become Death, destroyer of NES controllers." Last edited by Mennonite; 12-22-2019 at 07:14 AM.. |
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12-22-2019, 10:37 AM | #69 |
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12-22-2019, 11:22 AM | #70 |
Ain't no relax!
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Yeah, it's gonna suck....
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05-05-2022, 09:41 AM | #71 |
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05-07-2022, 12:12 AM | #72 |
Stay positive, don't give up
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I can't wait to see this.
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05-08-2022, 04:31 PM | #73 |
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We went to see Father Stu (good movie) today and I saw the Maverick trailer for the first time. Looks pretty good to me. Will watch.
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05-09-2022, 08:19 AM | #74 | |
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05-09-2022, 06:07 PM | #75 |
sorta mod-ish
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I am so looking forward to watching this in the theater, but I have zero expectations for the plot and characters in it (think The Force Awakens. I bet they all sing You've Lost That Lovin Feeling at some point *cringe* ). I will be there strictly for the F-18 dogfight and flight scene porn and nothing more.
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