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via: http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/

Well, I feel bad that I did not come up with this nice and clean concept.

Its great @ ask500people.com you can *erhm* ask 500 people…

It’s simply brilliant.

Examples of things people asked:

Do you think you’ve ever had food poisoning from eating at an Olive Garden (restaurant chain)?

Do you hear more than one language when you walk around where you live?

Would you agree to give up an organ or limb for $100,000 ?

And lots more – It’s great fun to watch too

Well here we go.

Remember back when games were real games? Back in the day when everything was jumping from platform to platform? When a solid jump-kick to the stomach of a fat green sumo would bring joy in the brains of little kids? Back when plainly stating “I have a C64 with a 1541 Floppy disk drive” would make (well some) people listen?

Back when a hero was made of boxy over sized pixels? Back when every game color palette was so insane, that you didn’t even notice how insane they were? Back when Migrane-Mint and Hell-Flesh-Pink were common base colors?. Well get ready for a blast from the past! BRUCE LEE!

Take a look at these wonder full screen shots:

My google desktop just popped up a zip file I had long forgot about (and it was hiding on the old stuff drive): Mark Rosten’s version of a Commodore 64 Bruce Lee stand alone port (Click to Download).

In 2001 Mark Rosten was thinking about learning the Blitz programming language and he remade the first computer game that I completed: Commodore 64 Bruce Lee.

I clearly remember feeling sad and empty the day I actually completed the game. I remember banging my tiny hard as titanium-alloy fists into the keyboard! Ahh these were the days where you could not even save games – it was do or die – Aces High!

Enjoy! it here at Protos.dk or via: Mark Rostens site.

From the original release notes by Mark:

Program: Bruce Lee – A remake for the PC
Type: Platform game
Written: August 2001
By: Mark Rosten
Using: Blitz Basic
Version: 1.12 (full release)
Build date: 6th October 2001

Game background
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To learn how to use Blitz Basic, rather than create a whole new game from scratch. I needed a game I both loved and was familiar with. A remake was in order…

Thinking back to my humble gaming origins, no game brings back such fond memories as Bruce Lee on the Commodore 64. I’m not sure what it was about this game that I loved so much, was it the simplicity of the gameplay? The awesome graphics and sound? (They weren’t that bad when this game was released, believe me.) Or the
simultaneous 2-player mode with the unforgettable Yamo?

…

Thanks Buddy, let me know if you come to Copenhagen and ill buy you a beer!

Edit: 100 C-64 Games in 10 minuttes

Well yes! @kempa.com/ they have the story

One strategy that major record companies have been employing lately to deter downloading is adding bonus computer content to new CD releases. I recently discovered that this technique is not unique to CD’s, but had in fact been practiced in the vinyl era as well. That’s right: there were a handful of records released in the late 70’s and early 80’s that contained computer programs as part of the audio. This is totally insane, and totally great.

or this:

This is actually really interesting (well if your into that sort of thing).

I remember that my first computer the Commodore 64 came with a cassette deck and that deck played ordinary cassette tapes:

Someone in Østerbro was broadcasting computer programmes on local radio and we actually managed to tape that on a ghettoblaster and then play the game.

I wonder what others were thinking tuning in to that white noise :D

You need to remember this here flash and then there is the Youtube edition:

Path: http://protos.dk/public/pictures/protos05/all_your_base.jpg
Direct link: http://protos.dk/wp-content/2007/06/ayb2.swf

Ohh and in case you need to make a statement at a discussion board or similar do not hesitate to use the ever popular:

Path: http://protos.dk/public/pictures/protos05/all_your_base.jpg
Link: http://protos.dk/public/pictures/protos05/all_your_base.jpg

The story on the phenonemon: http://protos.dk/2005/06/22/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/

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