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Pixel-Peeping Gaming's Close Cousins

Posted by timothy on from the your-chocolate-got-on-my-peanut-butter dept.

First time accepted submitter richtaur writes "A passionate classic game collector took the time to document the shared lineage between over thirty of gaming's finest cousins. The article contains side-by-side screenshots and videos to show the similarities and shared assets between such classic relatives as Bomberman/Lode Runner, Gradius/Life Force, and Renegade/River City Ransom. Fascinating stuff for fans of games of yesteryear."

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  1. Switched at Birth by tepples · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are a bunch more in Switched at Birth.

    In addition to the visual resemblances of characters and settings illustrated in the article, I'm compiling a list of resemblances of background music. One includes a three-way among Lode Runner, Bomberman, and the first Katamari Damacy.

    1. Re:Switched at Birth by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Informative

      I'm surprised there's no mention of Doki Doki Panic which is the whole reason that Super Mario Bros. 2 was so different from the other Mario games, and basically explains why the game didn't make any sense.

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    2. Re:Switched at Birth by tepples · · Score: 3

      I was disappointed that New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS wasn't New Doki Doki Panic.

    3. Re:Switched at Birth by Twinbee · · Score: 2

      I was rather at the appropriate mix between the Flying Battery level (from Sonic) and Lady Gaga - Bad Romance. It even improves over the former I would say (and of course the latter):
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ex1I4SFZs

      The mix between Sonic and Rick Astley is rather more terrifying however ;)
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp8eELLexmY

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    4. Re:Switched at Birth by Culture20 · · Score: 2

      Are you suggesting that Super Mario Brothers 1 made sense?

    5. Re:Switched at Birth by aztracker1 · · Score: 2

      There are people here, that will click on that, how could you do that to us?

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  2. Arcade versus home versions by Twinbee · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For those that enjoy these kind of comparisons, here's an old 'arcade versus home versions' page I created many moons ago - all on one page.

    "Actual in-game graphics may vary"

    http://www.skytopia.com/games/arcade/arcadecompare.html

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  3. Re:gee whiz a sequel has same characters! by tepples · · Score: 2

    Instead it is a list of cameos, references and sequels.

    As far as I could tell after thorough perusal of the featured article, many were sequels whose identity as a sequel was initially hidden from non-East Asian markets.