Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday April 30, 2006 @03:51PM 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."

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I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere... by jpellino · 2006-04-30 16:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

.. when I say to Conor Lastowka,

Go kiss a duck.

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Re:can anyone read this? by 1u3hr · 2006-04-30 18:01 · Score: 3, Interesting

Finger traps don't have a close button, though.
More like a monkey-trap: some food inside a hole in a tree trunk. The hole is just small enough for the monkey to slide its hand in, but if it grabs the food it can't pull its fist out. So you can escape if you give up what you were looking for.
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... by hole725 · 2006-05-01 02:39 · Score: 3, Interesting

Even though I am a Red Sox fan, I enjoy dark humor. On a related note, why doesn't this guy remake the 2003 collapse of the Red Sox in the 8th inning of Game 7 of the ALCS? Or better yet, the A. Rod slap in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS....I'm sure RBI could depict something so hilarious fairly well.