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Alright, so I was digging through some  That's right, an intact copy of Tricky Dick, a game that was so awful and confusing that they deposited most of the manufactured copies in a satellite and shot it into space, presumably into the sun. So after digging out my old NES, I was pleased to find out that the game actually started:  You might notice that the copyright is 1972, for obvious reasons this is impossible as the NES wasn't released in the US until the eighties. Pressing start brings you to an unskippable title scroll, which has to pass up the screen everytime you start the game. As this game doesn't appear to have a password feature, I'll probably just have to leave the game on pause whenever I'm not playing. A bit disconcerting, but it's not like the NES era had many games that let you actually save your progress.   A bit of background here, I actually played the game a little way before I realized that it was in many ways a copy of River City Ransom also known as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (ダウンタウン熱血物語 Dauntaun Nekketsu Monogatari, lit. "Downtown Hot-Blooded Story") in it's native Japan. Except with a great deal of additional interaction. ダウンタウン熱血物語 was noteworthy for being more than a simple side-scrolling beat'em-up. A player could backtrack his progress, hold items, buy items, and wander around the city. In many ways it's the spiritual ancestor to true sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto. That said there are some quirks to the game and I haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet. Given the sheer number of options I ran into on my first (short) playthrough, I've decided to open up this Let's Play to audience participation between updates. I'll pause it every so often when I run into a really interesting choice to give people a time to respond, and then either in the amount of time it takes to toast something on the overheating NES or whenever i wake up from my Alright, now we're to the first choice of the game:  Each character apparently has unique skills, but apparently they're described in the manual and not on the selection screen, so discovering them will be a bit of trial and error. It's a bit like Super Mario Bros. 2 (Originally Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (translated as "Dream Factory: Heart-Pounding Panic")) in that dying as one removes them from the selection screen and you have to start over the map/screen with another character. So, who do we pick first?
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Voting Haldeman. Hot Pants Jesus Christ. Edit: that was Ehrlichman but hman was in the room too.
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Jan 23, 2017 09:39
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Spiro or zero.
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Jan 23, 2017 09:42
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Agnew or gently caress you start anew
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Jan 23, 2017 09:45
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motgerfucker you best pick agnew
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Jan 23, 2017 09:46
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Agnew for sure
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Jan 23, 2017 09:56
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I WOULD PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THIS GAME
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Jan 23, 2017 10:09
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Guess we're going with Agnew:  Now, before I get started, here's something that'll help you make sense of the game:  These icons represent things that can be looked at, picked up, or interacted with. I haven't run into anything that requires a directional pad input yet, but A or B inputs will either interact or place an item in your inventory. Normally A punches and B jumps. So here we are:  We are now Spiro Agnew, an all-around generalist who has the sneaking suspicion that somewhere Nixon is hanging out with Alexander Haig thinking of ways to kill us. Dick Milhous Rock! has issued a correction as of 10:15 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Jan 23, 2017 10:13
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im watchin anime and chewin caffeine pills and im all outta caffeine pills
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Jan 23, 2017 10:16
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On a side note, the pause button brings up the inventory, which currently looks like this:
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Jan 23, 2017 10:19
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how is this real
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Jan 23, 2017 10:26
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I always knew Agnew was a high energy guy.
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Jan 23, 2017 10:33
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Dick Milhous Rock! posted:On a side note, the pause button brings up the inventory, which currently looks like this: What about the stat screen? You said it was in many ways a copy of River City Ransom so there should be a stat screen with the ability to grab passwords so we can backtrack
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Jan 23, 2017 10:37
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this cannot possibly exist, did you meme magic this into reality e: don't tell me, i want to believe
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Jan 23, 2017 10:47
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OP please tell me you're going to defeat the hidden Eisenhower boss in the Milhouse-Industrial Complex
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Jan 23, 2017 11:12
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im the tm
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Jan 23, 2017 11:33
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AmyL posted:What about the stat screen? You said it was in many ways a copy of River City Ransom so there should be a stat screen with the ability to grab passwords so we can backtrack it seems to use most of the sprites, but the stat screen is different and there appears to be no password system, Contra (魂斗羅 コントラ Kontora) style.  Let's see what's going on over here, obvious this must be important or otherwise it wouldn't be behind this ominously large desk.  Well, this seems to be the dog you've been sent to find. It appears they've trademarked everything.  The flashing arrow commands Agnew! Agnew desires blood, or at least some sweet, sweet bribes.  Well, these appear to be secret service, but true to form they're either too lazy to help you or they only defend Tricky Dick. Also, no blood in these robots. However, this room has a few simple enemies and our first weapon! It appears to be a tie, which we'll equip immediately.  Then we use it to eliminate the last of these presumably communist robots.   Because of course JFK would get extra special crabs.  Now, next choice: Inside or Outside or do I go back and see if I can rummage around in the desk?
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Jan 23, 2017 11:36
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Dick Milhous Rock! posted:it seems to use most of the sprites, but the stat screen is different and there appears to be no password system, Contra (魂斗羅 コントラ Kontora) style. do the desk, the desk (desku)
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Jan 23, 2017 11:38
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Stay inside and check out the Wilson Desk. Maybe we can find out how to turn into Sprio the Dragon there.
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Jan 23, 2017 11:44
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Inside and well played but I hope we could visit an eatery or a diner so we can grind some stats, especially Agility so we don't find ourselves getting caught at an awkward time
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Jan 23, 2017 11:52
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FAUXTON posted:do the desk, the desk (desku)  Alright, I've walked back to the desk (机Tsukue) to spam the A button near it. I've also noticed that once you clear out the enemies the GO! arrow doesn't appear again unless you really waste time.  Oh god drat it, Agnew. I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to be the one carrying this.  Well, it's in our inventory, ominously waiting for something to need it later. Now it's time to head back to the doors and figure out which one we're taking.
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Jan 23, 2017 11:55
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Outside
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Jan 23, 2017 15:13
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Goddamn. I really did google this game to make sure someone hadn't just gotten really creative with RPG maker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy_(video_game)#NES_version
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Jan 23, 2017 15:17
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So if you are a public figure sketchy Japanese video game companies can just use your likeness for free? Edit: And trademark your dog and your robotic crabs. Elephanthead has issued a correction as of 15:31 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Jan 23, 2017 15:25
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Elephanthead posted:So if you are a public figure sketchy Japanese video game companies can just use your likeness for free? If you're a public figure, anyone can and they have lots of protections under the first amendment so long as they can sell it as "parody". This is why it's so hard for celebrities to sue tabloids.
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Jan 23, 2017 15:27
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holy moly edit: outside is scary, stay safe indoors mormonpartyboat has issued a correction as of 15:58 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Jan 23, 2017 15:28
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So I can start selling Trump brand penis pumps? There are probably already 20 on ebay but I am not searching.
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Jan 23, 2017 15:32
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oh man did you plug the zapper in player 2's port? u get to play as Kissinger and cap whomever the fuckst thou shalt willeth
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Jan 23, 2017 15:55
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tadashi posted:Goddamn. I really did google this game to make sure someone hadn't just gotten really creative with RPG maker. Haha Richard Nixon also known as 'Tracy Dick"
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Jan 23, 2017 19:25
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Stefan Prodan posted:Haha Is that like Flappy Bird?
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Jan 23, 2017 21:34
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awesomsauce dude, can't wait to see the crazy fanart this fantastic lp thread generates
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Jan 23, 2017 22:19
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Outside  Yeah, that sounds like a good start!  Wait, it's that rear end in a top hat hanging out there, who killed all of my lives the first time I played through this! Back inside!  You might notice that entering a new map uses an energy. I don't know what happens when you run out of that, because my first attempt I basically fed all my guys to the monsters outside. mormonpartyboat posted:holy moly AmyL posted:Inside and well played but I hope we could visit an eatery or a diner so we can grind some stats, especially Agility so we don't find ourselves getting caught at an awkward time frankenfreak posted:Stay inside and check out the Wilson Desk. Maybe we can find out how to turn into Sprio the Dragon there.  Inside it is! Going through this door puts me in a nicer, more upscale area of the White House.  Let's see what this phone does.  Ah, Tricky Dick(tm) himself! And he tells us what our goal should be.  More crab robots everywhere. JFK must have had pubes of tungsten or something.   Let's check out the bookcase.  Spiro Agnew, you have weak noodle arms apparently and we cannot find out what's behind the bookcase.  Let's check out the phone.  Oh hey, a smug-looking Kissinger with witty but irrelevant advice.  THAT SMUG SON OF A BITCH STOLE TWO OF MY ENERGY JUST LISTENING TO HIM!  At the end of the hallway we run into what appears to be the first boss, or at least the first enemy with a name and health bar.  The tie wasn't good enough for this guy's pattern (it looked like he was slugging Agnew with a mug or something) so I switched to jump kicking.  SPIRO AGNEW FEASTS ON BLOOD AT LAST. New fork: through the door or up the stairs? Or do you want me to try to interact with anything else in this area?
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Jan 23, 2017 22:39
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Owns.
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Jan 23, 2017 22:46
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oh look, asset recycling also go up the stairs
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Jan 23, 2017 23:04
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get that OUT of my face posted:oh look, asset recycling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, also released as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Kame Ninja (ティーンエイジ・ミュータント・ニンジャ・タートルズ 〜スーパー亀忍者〜 Tīneiji Myūtanto Ninja Tātoruzu: Sūpā Kame Ninja) which was released in 1989 clearly has some copyright issues if they used sprites from Tricky DickTM, which was obviously made in the year 197X
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Jan 23, 2017 23:13
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Did you get any loot from the corpse?
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Jan 23, 2017 23:18
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Mayor Dave posted:Did you get any loot from the corpse? Hey, that's a great idea! Let's try that.   Hey, another item!  Unfortunately, it does not appear that we can currently equip this human skull.  Interestingly, it looks like Spiro Agnew only increases his score by looting objects.
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Jan 23, 2017 23:40
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Dick Milhous Rock! posted:
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Jan 23, 2017 23:48
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Bear Retrieval Unit posted:
gently caress no! Ben Bradlee will eat me alive unless I grind out some levels. Also Tricky DickTM says there's a scientist in there that can help us get outside.
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drat it's seriously crazy how many companies ripped stuff off from this visionary game
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