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NES Nudity Galore - The JUSTIN BAILEY Conspiracy

Posted by timothy on from the n-completely-s-f-w dept.

Ben Mallahan writes "The debate has raged for years over the origins of the infamous JUSTIN BAILEY code for the original Metroid; but now the truth has finally come out. Brace yourself for the story of the biggest cover-up in video game history ... and a healthy dose of 8-bit nudity!" You've been warned. This short was produced by Ben Makes Movies.com, and I got hooked into watching a few of the other shorts there as well.

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  1. Welcome to facebook by QuantumG · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's right, Slashdot is now posting Internet memes.. doors are open.

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  2. I can't believe... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...that was posted. Dear God. Someone mark the date. Slashdot just died today.

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    1. Re:I can't believe... by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, it didn't. It did the leap just fine, and the shark did not touch it.

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    2. Re:I can't believe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You are surprised that 8 bit nudity made it to the front page of a site largely run by someone calling himself "Command Her Taco"?

    3. Re:I can't believe... by nschubach · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Interesting, sure. Funny? I guess that depends.

      I was actually more interested in the REAL story of who Justin Bailey was from the code and why his name was used. A comment below linking to Wikipedia was worth more to me than the cheesy video. Sorry.

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    4. Re:I can't believe... by Workaphobia · · Score: 2

      The article summary looks like utter crap, so can some one please spare me the pain of having to click the link myself and just tell the rest of us exactly what the fuss is about?

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  3. Entertainment? by Faylone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't this what the Idle section is for?

  4. No, seriously, how the hell did this make main? by Draconix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think even Fark would greenlight this. _Maybe_ to the videos section.

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  5. Never thought I'd see the day by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 4, Funny

    5/7 NEVER FORGET.

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    1. Re:Never thought I'd see the day by rrkap · · Score: 3, Funny

      Given the nature of Slashdot's death, I think that should be:

      5/7 NEVAR FORGET

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    2. Re:Never thought I'd see the day by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Never forget 0.714285714285714?

  6. I for one welcome our shark jumping overlords by Omestes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm... I've been reading /. for years, and have come to expect a certain standard (or lack thereof) for the front page, this... though...

    Is the dumbest thing I've ever seen here.

    Who the hell is this "Ben Mallahan", and would it be okay to break his knee caps? Notice I don't pick on Timothy, some things are expected.

    Perhaps its April Fools somewhere in the universe?

    Is it god hinting at me that I should spend more time wading though the Obama spam on Reddit?

    Has Slashdot jumped the shark?

    Is there a cowboy neal option?

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    1. Re:I for one welcome our shark jumping overlords by lgw · · Score: 2, Funny

      Has Slashdot jumped the shark? No, /. has jumped the Goomba!
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  7. Congrats! by bcdm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Congratulations, Slashdot, on your great accomplishment! Almost 11 years online before completely jumping the shark!

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    1. Re:Congrats! by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 4, Funny

      They overflowed the shark?

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  8. I think there's a problem with my DNS server by Chlorus · · Score: 5, Funny

    The domain slashdot.org is redirecting to digg.com for some reason. And there might be a problem with my browser's cache, because it looks just like slashdot save for the news stories.

  9. What? No rickroll? by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 3, Funny

    What the hell are youtube links coming to these days?

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  10. Re:Peach! NOOOOO! by rrkap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick, someone, rule 34 on Princess Peach!

    No, I don't care about my karma any longer...

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  11. Digg article up. by Aaron+England · · Score: 5, Funny

    no text.

  12. They should change the name by Nero+Nimbus · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should change the name of this place to //./

  13. Re:Peach! NOOOOO! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://rule34.paheal.net/post/list/peach/1 This is OH SO not safe for work or your childhood memories.

  14. Video would have been better by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If that guy's eyes had rolled out of his head at the end. He looks like the hunchback from Young Frankenstien and Gareth from The Office had a baby who was then raised by the Cookie Monster.

  15. Re:Ben is Ben by Digi-John · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To be fair, it was the editor (timothy) who said he got hooked into watching the other videos. Still, remember the days when you had to wait for someone else to find your stuff and post it? Then you got to show up in the comments halfway down and say something like "Oh haha, wondered what was hitting our server so hard!"
    These days half the submissions seem to be "I just wrote an amazingly content-less blog post about Microsoft, check it out and give me ad revenue".

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  16. My god, it's full of garbage by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Funny

    That was the dumbest, stupidest, most idiotic thing I've EVER seen on the internet.

    And I've been to SomethingAwful.com

  17. real origin of the JUSTIN BAILEY code by j0nb0y · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very humorous video.

    Wikipedia of course has the real story:

    "...the JUSTIN BAILEY password is a total fluke. If you play around with Metroid's password system (something you can do with the Metroid Password Generator program, found in Fan Apps), you can come up with other names and words that work as passwords. The "Justin Bailey" code is one which was found early on and happened to work pretty well, so it became widely reported."

    I always remember Kid Icarus that used the same password system. It too had an interesting fluke password:

    ICARUS FIGHTS
    MEDUSA ANGELS

    Hours of fun for the whole family.

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  18. Re:Peach! NOOOOO! by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quick, someone, rule 34 on Princess Peach!

    Oh, for shame! You at least need to do a GIS (warning: NSFW!) before invoking Rule 34. Hell, we even have Peach/Daisy lesbo action by the third image. Not even a challenge. ;-)

    For that matter, even Bowser turns up porn on the first page. Some topics make it just too easy. Now,"TV Tray Tables"[*], there you have a challenge.



    (3rd page, for those really really bored).

  19. Oh noes! by BenMakesMovies · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thanks for featuring this :) Some of you people take ur internets a bit too seriously... but I appreciate the comments nonetheless. We had a fun time making this, and I'm glad that people are getting to see it!

    1. Re:Oh noes! by Omestes · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't take "ur" internet very seriously, but... I do like everything in its place, and while your thing has its place, it isn't this place (unless under the barren wasteland that is Idle) for your thing.

      Notice the title "news for nerds", you only got half of the criteria. I came here expecting both, which, oddly, is why I still come here.

      To remove the aura of flamebait-y-ness, your thing was funny and clever. But next time, please, submit it to Digg. I don't like being advertised at in the incorrect channels.

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  20. I kept waiting for the funny... by analog_line · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...but nothing happened.

  21. Re:The Lone Gunmen are Dead. by xrayspx · · Score: 2, Funny

    You have no idea how important that post is. Chris DiBona admits to being "Evil".

    This Chris DiBona. So much for Google's only rule. This thread is conspiracy theory central apparently.

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