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."

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[michaelhood]

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.

Re:Blah

[foundme]

There is no supersubmitter account, this article by WSJ probably took like 200 attempts to get accepted. He submitted this well crafted article bit by bit -- not in one flawless, improbable take.

Re:Blah

[michaelhood]

So does he have an emulator for Slashdot?

NESlashdot?

SlashMAME?

OK, I'm done.

Re:Blah

[Tezkah]

There is no supersubmitter account, this article by WSJ probably took like 200 attempts to get accepted. He submitted this well crafted article bit by bit -- not in one flawless, improbable take.

so what you're saying is we'll be seeing this again in a few days when the other takes get approved as dupes? :)

Warning to Red Sox fans...

[mrbrown1602]

This is like reliving a horrible, traumatic experience all over again.

Re:can anyone read this?

[Propagandhi]

Ah yes, the chinese finger trap of flash-based splash intros... the harder you try to get past it, the firmer its grip becomes.

I'm afraid you've most likely "pulled" so hard that you're trapped forever.

Re:Some people...

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"have WAAAYY too much time on their hand"

"I just figured I'd wander into the comments area and tell everybody that these people had too much time on their hands."

For his next project...

[Lord Aurora]

Do you think he could re-create my first date?

In GTA: Vice City?

Just STOP already!

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

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.

Re:Home page worthy?

[geminidomino]

Commander Taco, this is Echo 4. We have Soxfan-sign. Repeat, we have Soxfan-sign.

Simple answer

[Atario]

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...

Implied oral consent...

[PhYrE2k2]

But it's all about rebroadcasting with only the implied oral consent rather than the expressed written... talk about living on the edge.

-M