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Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Even non-baseball fans must concede that the re-creation of the bottom half of the 10th inning of Game Six of the 1986 World Series, using the original broadcast audio and a replay with Nintendo's RBI Baseball, took enormous dedication. 'Something like the Keith Hernandez at-bat, where he flies out to center, took like 200 attempts,' Creator Conor Lastowka told WSJ.com. Though it wasn't quite as hard as it looks: 'Thanks to the emulator software, each time Mr. Hernandez's at-bat strayed from history's script, Mr. Lastowka was able to replay from the previous at-bat. Using a computer rather than an actual game console like a PlayStation allowed Mr. Lastowka to save his progress along the way. He built his precise Game-Six replica bit by bit -- not in one flawless, improbable take.' Before he made the viral video, Lastowka was jobless; three days after its release, he had a job with a classic-films company."
Using a computer rather than an actual game console like a PlayStation
Hmm? You mean like a Nintendo?
And can I get a supersubmitter account like the WSJ has? I have some regurgitated news with ads, too.
When I try to RTFA, I get caught in an endless Flash loop that tells me, ironically, that I have free access to the entire site. "Skip intro" just reloads it.
.. when I say to Conor Lastowka,
Go kiss a duck.
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Ah, a direct link to a WMV3 w/ WMA2 audio. Very nice. Anyone want to give me a link that I can actually play?
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Baseball for the Game Boy looked almost identical, I always wondered if they were somehow "related" (like it was just published under Nintendo). Anyone know?
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
This is like reliving a horrible, traumatic experience all over again.
Here it is http://duffx.com/videos/random/RBIGameSix.wmv
I have to admit, it did cool my obsession a little bit. I don't hang on to the idea of a World Series win with the same... what's the word... desperation? I don't do that anymore.
But I think that now, the obsession for most people is still there, it's just changed. It's like people who love the old Commodore 64 games, or old anything. It's a club now, people remembering when-- just like people recreating text based games. I thought I'd be annoyed with it, but it's actually feeling cooler every year, not the other thing.
My script don't crash! She crashes, you crashed her!
A quick google search would have done as much try "rbi game 6"
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Without having seen this World Series, a side-by-side of the actual thing and this recreation would be nice. He did, after all, try his best to mimic the real thing.
Slashdot, the only place where intellectuals can act like idiots... and still sound intellectual.
Who does this guy think he is?
Photography, technology, and my dog Scout - http://mattstratton.com
Here and here.
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
And nothing but praise in TFA for his ingenuity. Fine, so why are other people being threatened with enormous fines for doing exactly the same thing? Interesting to see if there is any fallout from that detail.
From the About page of duffx.com:
Duffx.com will live on until it reaches the point where Duff can no longer afford to support it.
Anyone want to start a pool on this one?
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I was going to say a blender, but I guess a duck works, in a way that would provide a lasting odd mental scarring value.
Go kiss a duck.
Actually, given that Red Sox fans (myself included) are everywhere, the best advice would simply be "Duck."
Buckner: a name that will live in infamy through to the end of human consciousness due to the tireless and (sometimes unbelievable) sports history fanatics!
How these these people love sports details so much is beyond me.
have WAAAYY too much time on their hands.
i found the winning play on youtube here. interesting. i didn't watch the original broadcast, so the RBI version was the first i'd seen it :P
for a minute there, i lost myself...
Gothamist ran this story weeks ago, and by the time Gothamist picks it up, it's over. You nerds aren't exactly the quickest bunch, are you?
"He walked him, Millar's going to first base, and in comes Dave Roberts to run for Millar as Bill Mueller steps in the batter's box. The Yankees are just three outs away from a trip to the World Series and a sweep of the Red Sox. Roberts definitely has Rivera's attention, he's drawing a lot of looks from the mound. There's a throw over, runner back. Another throw over, runner back. Here's the pitch.
Roberts is taking off...."
How about a recreation of the Keith Hernandez spitting incident?
The perfect sig is a lot like silence, only louder
I have to admit, it's pretty damned entertaining with what he did (being from NY and watching the Red Sox even lose virtually in a 20 year old game brings a smile to my face)
Hats off it if scored him a job....
The one thing that people remember about this game was not re-created in the video game. So basically, this is just a big waste of time for everyone involved.
We see this real time in sports games, for instant replays or "what if" scenarios.
All your base are belong to the Mets.
Though I was a youngin living in Massachusetts at the time, the game being remade here is still very painful. Did they think of consulting Red Sox fans first? I may need to go see a counselor. Of all the totally insensitive things to do...
Does God treat us as servants or friends? Check my homepage.
Ever notice that when you see the statement even [...] must agree..., it is always followed by a bald-faced assertion that everyone is never going to agree on?
If you find yourself making this statement, maybe you should just stop right there and rethink what you are about to say.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/20/95
http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/
In GTA: Vice City?
The heavens do not fall for such a trifle.
From the WSJ article:
Unfortunately, Mr. Lastowka neglected to click an anodyne link at the bottom of the page marked "rules and regulations,"
Did anybody else not understand what an "anodyne link" is? As an adjective, anodyne means "capable of relieving pain".
Can somebody clue me in here as to what that could possibly mean?
dom
What about this causes Red Sox fans ill-will?
Because he wanted to? Why do so many people write different versions of basically the same program on their own time?
Besides, it got him a job, didn't it?
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
...it's just not cricket.
This was the single most painful event in the long Red Sox win drought. I was watching that day, and a simple fielding error by Bill Buckner, his failure to stop a ball hit between his legs, seemed to cause the Red Sox to lose their spirit, and go on to lose that game AND the next one to lose the Series.
It RUINED Buckner's life, although the rest of the team bore responsibility too, for not fighting back. Eventually Buckner had to move from Boston, because of abuse by fans, and then to Canada, to try to escape the taunts he heard every day.
But one day, it became too much for him, and suicide seemed to be his only option. On a street in downtown Toronto, he stepped in front of a bus.
It went through his legs.
The latest Slashdot meme.
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Commander Taco, this is Echo 4. We have Soxfan-sign. Repeat, we have Soxfan-sign.
In unreal tournament. HEADSHOT!!!
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Well that was a spectacular waste of a few minutes of my life.
I'm glad that Slashdot is here to forward every lame video - now I don't need email.
Classical Liberalism: All your base are belong to you.
Because there's no such thing as the Old Video Games That Don't Generate Incomes For Our Member Companies Anymore Association Of America to buy off our governmental representatives and sue random citizens.
I would have thought that was obvious...
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
At 314 seconds into the video, the audio says "...Kevin Mitchell at 3rd, Gary Carter at 2nd..." when the video clearly shows the runners at 1st and 2nd.
With such an obvious error as that, I guess we have a new definition of "precise".
The Revolution. Now available as a convienent six tape series from PBS.
Because.
This sounds like a case of a "hobby gone obsession gone job" to me. It most likely started as "Hey, I think it would be cool if..." and then after countless hours, became the finished product and a job.
Now that I think of it, I should do a full scale rendition of the NHL 2005 Playoffs in Lego.
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
He wanted to do a recreation of the downfall of the 1969 Cubs, but couldn't figure out how to get a black cat into RBI Baseball.
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
They have been boo-hooing and whining way too long. Get over it. You mistreated the Babe, thus you deserve it.
and take a look at the goofs section. A lot of movie makers don't always get things right.
Well, i for my part didnt even feel the motivation to click on that link.
The description just sounded so... baseball-like. (yawn)
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
Which countries were competing ?
Its dissapointing that something would be posted to slashdot in a secret proprietary video format.
caught the reactions on the player's faces perfectly. :)
With the exception of Red Sox fans, I thought the video was very clever.
I imagine that while you could shut down anyone abusing your copyright, if you had been liberal in allowing abuse you might have a hard time collecting much compensation.
You're right, to a point. Laches and other sorts of estoppel could come into play if a copyright owner delays legal action.
What is the NBA doing with MLB audio?
Because there's no such thing as the Old Video Games That Don't Generate Incomes For Our Member Companies Anymore Association Of America
O rly?
Um, there were no NHL playoffs in 2005. The '04-'05 season was cancelled because of the lockout.
Windows isn't the answer... it's the question. NO is the answer!
if you want to dig up bad memories, how about that one?
When travelling, it's ok if the airlines lose your emotional baggage.
We usually kick the douchebag in the genitals and move on with our day .... Mass. has inacted a law where we can violate moron's civil liberties if they mention Bucky F*ckin' Dent,Arrone Boone, and of course Bill Buckner.
"If you must ask why, you will never understand the answer."
Jeez, asshole...
from those memorable seventh through last innings.
Recorded from AFRTS TV, with Vin Scully and Joe
Garaciola.
BJ
The Netherlands
*whooosh* goes the joke sailing over your head.
checking for libvirus... no
ERROR, libvirus.so not found, terminating
But it's all about rebroadcasting with only the implied oral consent rather than the expressed written... talk about living on the edge.
-M
when you see the word 'Linux', drink!
I've had this idea mulling in my head for a few months:
1. Take the soundtrack for an old sci-fi movie. Recreate the movie only on computer, with modern computer effects.
Either:
2. Release the video of the movie, with instructions that it should be played with the sound from the original film
or
2. Include with the video an application that will rip the sound from the original DVD, to create a new DVD.
Since you are technically not infringing on the copyright of the movie, you should get some interesting results.
Extra points if you:
1. Manage to make the video change the theme of the movie without changing the soundtrack.
2. Create an application to rip and resequence the audio track from one or more movies to create a new audio track.
Should I patent this? Probably.
alias uptime="echo '5:33pm up 22342352324 days, 6:28, 2124315623 users, load average: 2432.40, 12312.31, 123123.19'"
wait wait wait...
:P
HE GOT A JOB making this? it's 8 minutes long, inaccurate, and he got a JOB?
geez, you mean i could be doing work for film companies by poorly editing together old sports audio to emulated recordings of NES games?
sign me up.
If he recreates the entire 2004 ALCS playoffs vs. the Yankees. To make this daunting task a little easier, we would settle for games 4,5,6, and 7.
Buckner's error in 1986 was just management stupidity, the guy was in the lineup for his bat, not his glove. Since that time, many teams have gone so far as to have a defensive specialist first basement who is on the roster for the sole purpose of playing the field late in the game.
is Bill Buckner supposed to mean to me?
>> [...] he stepped in front of a bus.
/ \ <---- Joke
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>> It went through his legs.
> [stuff about how it didn't really ruin his life, etc.]
> Moreover, Buckner didn't leave Boston because of abuse.
I think that I can illustrate what this all means:
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0 <---- You
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Any questions?
we're nerds. sports don't interest us. remember?
and this site is supposed to be "stuff that matters"
When a main character on a show I like dies it's sad, but that doesn't mean I'm going to have any desire to go after a guy who recreates it in machinima or something!