Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-to-love-the-dedication dept.

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."

7 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. can anyone read this? by 1u3hr · · Score: 1, Informative

    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.

  2. Re:Blah by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or an emulator...

    --
    Ginga no Rekshiya Mata Each page.
  3. Google video link by thepotoo · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8547285560 243429315&q=RBI+baseball&pl=true

    A quick google search would have done as much try "rbi game 6"

    --
    Obligatory Soundbite Catchphrase
  4. Video clips on YouTube by antdude · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here and here.

    --
    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  5. the recreation most baseball fans are waiting for by rifftide · · Score: 4, Informative
    is Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. As I remember it:

    "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...."

  6. Re:RBI Baseball by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    you should check out gantry's rbi page for everything rbi... like the drinking game, roms with current rosters, and a forum with hundreds of members. go pedriq!

  7. Re:Er, Why? by ElvenMonkey · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.time.com/time/2003/worldseries/moments/ 4.html

    About says it all really.

    --
    "Joy is not in things; it is in us." Richard Wagner