Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6 174
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."
Blah (Score:3, Funny)
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.
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NESlashdot?
SlashMAME?
OK, I'm done.
Re:Blah (Score:3, Funny)
so what you're saying is we'll be seeing this again in a few days when the other takes get approved as dupes?
can anyone read this? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm afraid you've most likely "pulled" so hard that you're trapped forever.
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Well played, sir.. Well played.
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
Re:can anyone read this? (Score:4, Interesting)
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:can anyone read this? (Score:2)
I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere... (Score:5, Interesting)
Go kiss a duck.
Re:I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere.. (Score:1)
Re:I believe I speak for Red Sox Fans everywhere.. (Score:2)
Actually, given that Red Sox fans (myself included) are everywhere, the best advice would simply be "Duck."
Er, Why? (Score:1)
Re:Er, Why? (Score:1)
We don't sob .... (Score:2)
Re:Er, Why? (Score:3, Informative)
About says it all really.
Redemption for Mr. Lastowka is possible... (Score:2)
Buckner's error in 1986 was just management stupidity, the guy was in the lineup for his bat, not his glove. Since that time, many teams have gone so far as to have a defensive specialist first basement who is on the roster for the sole purpose of playing the field late in the game.
Re:Redemption for Mr. Lastowka is possible... (Score:2)
Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html [mplayerhq.hu]
Google video link (Score:4, Informative)
A quick google search would have done as much try "rbi game 6"
Re:Google video link (Score:2)
Currently, the playback feature of Google Video isn't available in your country.
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
Actually, I'm impressed with duffx.com, whatever it is. I just downloaded this at almost 700KB/s. Yeah, bytes.
Did you just make that comment without even trying the link?
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:1)
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
Microsoft makes Totem [gnome.org]?
Re:Direct link to WMV (Score:2)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=854728556
RBI Baseball (Score:3, Interesting)
Baseball for the Game Boy looked almost identical, I always wondered if they were somehow "related" (like it was just published under Nintendo). Anyone know?
Re:RBI Baseball (Score:1, Informative)
Re:RBI Baseball (Score:2)
The biggest indication to me is a certain gameplay bug that shows up in several games (Baseball Simulator 1.000 is another). If the ball is in play, you have runners on first and th
Re:RBI Baseball (Score:2)
the thing that struck me most about this recreation is how deadeningly slow they had to go, with huge pauses between pitches to simulate the real thing. maybe that's why real baseball is so excruciating to watch
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Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
But that's what being a sox fan's all about..... horrible......traumatic experiences.
Heck, after we won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, not knowing what else to do we rioted [wikipedia.org] anyway.
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Warning to Red Sox fans... (Score:2)
Watching this in 2003 HURT. Watching it now is a vaguely unsettling reminder of a darker time.
Big Papi, G38, Foulke, Pedro, David Freaking Roberts, Saturn Balls, Manny being Manny, Bellhorn, the Pro, Tek, Trot, Jesus, the Stud Who Hits Bombs, the OC, Timmeh, Timlin, Halloween, Embree, D-Lowe, Curtis the Mechanic, Eyechart, the Embedded Yankee, Buckethead, and the World's Hottest Jew have set us free.
Bucky Dent, Grady Little, and Bill Bu
...it gets through Buckner! (Score:2, Interesting)
I have to admit, it did cool my obsession a little bit. I don't hang on to the idea of a World Series win with the same... what's the word... desperation? I don't do that anymore.
But I think that now, the obsession for most people is still there, it's just changed. It's like people who love the old Commodore 64 games, or old anything. It's a club now, people remembering when-- just like people recreating
Side-By-Side (Score:2, Interesting)
ObSeinRef (Score:3, Insightful)
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Video clips on YouTube (Score:4, Informative)
Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:5, Insightful)
And nothing but praise in TFA for his ingenuity. Fine, so why are other people being threatened with enormous fines for doing exactly the same thing? Interesting to see if there is any fallout from that detail.
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:2)
Well, the article never explicity says that Mr. Lastowka used a pirated ROM. Maybe he made his own ROM from the original Nintendo cart. Unlikely, I know, but it is possible, and legal.
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:4, Insightful)
There's a ton of copyright violations going on here, but anyone who sues over it will look like a major douchebag.
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:2)
This is one of those situations where having copyright law be like trademark law, where you actually have to enforce your rights in order to keep them... would be really interesting, and would lead ev
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:2)
Doh indeed. As it stands, copyright law does allow selective enforcement; unlike trademark law you're not obligated to defend your copyright. However, I imagine that while you could shut down anyone abusing your copyright, if you had been liberal in allowing abuse you might have a hard time collecting much compensation.
Implied oral consent... (Score:3, Funny)
-M
And THIS is why... (Score:2)
Simple answer (Score:3, Funny)
I would have thought that was obvious...
The ESA (Score:2)
Because there's no such thing as the Old Video Games That Don't Generate Incomes For Our Member Companies Anymore Association Of America
O rly [theesa.com]?
Re:Piracy? DMCA? No problem. (Score:2)
"Popular opinion?" Maybe 1% of the population knows what a ROM is. The WSJ stated they were pirated, and thus illegal, as if it were a fact. Personally I agree with you; however it seems odd that the WSJ (a rather staid, very pro-business newspaper) was implicitly endorsing what it said was an illegal act.
Buahaha (Score:3, Interesting)
From the About page of duffx.com [duffx.com]:
Duffx.com will live on until it reaches the point where Duff can no longer afford to support it.
Anyone want to start a pool on this one?
Re:Buahaha (Score:2)
You need some of Duffman's Duff Beer for that duff logic effect!
ooooooh yeah!
Buckner (Score:2)
How these these people love sports details so much is beyond me.
Re:Buckner (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Buckner (Score:4, Insightful)
Moreover, most people don't remember how much Buckner did to help the Sox make the postseason in the first place.
Re:Buckner (Score:2)
the recreation most baseball fans are waiting for (Score:5, Informative)
"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...."
Seinfeld (Score:2)
Re:Seinfeld (Score:1)
Re:Seinfeld (Score:1)
Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:1)
Re:Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:2, Insightful)
I was entertained as well, so your argument fails on that count as well. There is more to that inning than the ball through Buckner's legs. I doubt that animation existed in the game anyway.
Re:Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:1)
All joking aside its pretty sad when the most repeated phrase
Re:Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:2)
Re:Ball doesn't go through Buckner's legs (Score:2)
Given that millions of people in the US and billions of people worldwide care about games played by grown men, I'd say that with an attitude like that, you're not one of the in crowd, eh?
gg
it wont be long until.. (Score:1)
Re:it wont be long until.. (Score:1)
We already see that on ESPN, when they do the Maddden NFL replays of key moments in football games. They use the replay abilities of the video game to manipulate the camera angle.
How Cruel (Score:1)
even...must agree... (Score:2)
If you find yourself making this statement, maybe you should just stop right there and rethink what you are about to say.
For his next project... (Score:4, Funny)
In GTA: Vice City?
How about the kennedy assacination (Score:2)
Re:For his next project... (Score:2)
Re:For his next project... (Score:2)
Re:For his next project... (Score:2)
Anodyne link? (Score:1, Interesting)
Unfortunately, Mr. Lastowka neglected to click an anodyne link at the bottom of the page marked "rules and regulations,"
Did anybody else not understand what an "anodyne link" is? As an adjective, anodyne means "capable of relieving pain".
Can somebody clue me in here as to what that could possibly mean?
dom
Re:Anodyne link? (Score:2)
Just STOP already! (Score:5, Funny)
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:Just STOP already! (Score:2)
Moreover, Buckner didn't leave Boston because of abuse. He left because he was traded to the Angels. He wasn't even *from* Boston. And he moved to Idaho when he retired, not Ca
Re:Just STOP already! (Score:2)
Oh. (Score:2)
I'm glad that Slashdot is here to forward every lame video - now I don't need email.
He didn't even get it right (Score:2)
With such an obvious error as that, I guess we have a new definition of "precise".
Re:He didn't even get it right (Score:2)
well... (Score:2)
As long as it's not the Red Sox (Score:2)
"Even non-baseball fans must concede"? (Score:2)
The description just sounded so... baseball-like. (yawn)
Re:"Even non-baseball fans must concede"? (Score:2)
Well, i for my part didnt even feel the motivation to click on that link.
But somehow you found the motivation to do something far more time-consuming: bitch about it.I loved the way the video... (Score:2)
With the exception of Red Sox fans, I thought the video was very clever.
A (new?) idea? (Score:2)
1. Take the soundtrack for an old sci-fi movie. Recreate the movie only on computer, with modern computer effects.
Either:
2. Release the video of the movie, with instructions that it should be played with the sound from the original film
or
2. Include with the video an application that will rip the sound from the original DVD, to create a new DVD.
Since you are technically not infringing on the copyright of the movie, you should get some interesting result
Re:Dirrect Link to Video... (Score:2)
Anyway, in case of slashdotting, here's a rapidshare downloadable (better than google video) mirror [rapidshare.de]
Re:Some people... (Score:3, Funny)
"I just figured I'd wander into the comments area and tell everybody that these people had too much time on their hands."
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
Re:Let me be the first to ask... (Score:3, Insightful)
Besides, it got him a job, didn't it?
Re:Let me be the first to ask... (Score:2)
Re:Home page worthy? (Score:4, Funny)