Carl Larson

Game Music Album collector since 1999, VGMdb Advisor.
Retro Arcades/Photography/Music/Dad

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@whats_this_VGM @tacoya3 That would be a beautiful gem to restore!
The full concert has never surfaced, so this would be an exciting development.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@whats_this_VGM @tacoya3 10 of the Arrangements (mainly from Namco & Konami) were excluded from the later Reprint Edition on 2-CDs.
Maybe the licensing would not allow reprinting those?
(such as Namco X-Mas Charity Concert)
https://t.co/TeeIqdUMsi

[akio @akio_1963]

初代『METAL SLUG』ミッション２のボス『ヘアバスター リバーツ』は、『紅の豚』に登場する、美少女をさらうことで知られる空賊の大手『マンマユート団』が駆る飛行艇『ダボハゼ』のオマージュなんです。

主人公の『ポルコ・ロッソ』の愛機『サボイアS.21』も素晴らしいデザインなんですが、継ぎ接ぎだらけで生活感のある鈍重な飛行艇『ダボハゼ』に一目惚れしました。
宮崎駿先生が描く、ステキなラフスケッチで見るメカデザインは、何時間でも眺めていられます。

実は『METAL SLUG』の企画の起点は、娘が偶々見ていた宮崎アニメ『名探偵ホームズ』だったんです。

大勢の犬の警官たちが、モリアーティの乗り物に次々と飛びつき、力ずくで取り押さえようとする描写を見て、あの手やこの手で戦車に挑んでくる兵士たちが頭に浮かんだんです。

主人公ではなく、敵側の兵士が演じる、憎みきれないバイプレイヤーの群像劇を作りたかったという、ちょっと変わった着想が『METAL SLUG』の始まりでした。

前々から不思議に思っていたんですが、ラスボスっぽいモーデンが、なぜ２面のボスとして、早々と登場したんだろうと。
６面では案の定、何食わぬ顔でシレッとラスボスとして再登場しています。

『ヘアバスター リバーツ』の墜落事故で、身体のあちこちを高性能なバイオニックに置き換えられ、『600万ドルの男』よろしくサイボーグとして復活したんだよという見た目に変わってるとかだったら、納得したかもしれないんですが、何事もなかったように現れるもんですから、なんだかずっとモヤモヤしているんです。

30年前のお話ですから、細かいことは覚えてないんですが、その記憶を辿ると2面と6面を担当していたスタッフは作業の進み具合がかなり遅く、予定は未定のまま進んでいたと思います。

もしかすると、本来モーデンは２ボスとして作られたキャラで、ラスボスには別のキャラを用意する予定だったのかもしれません。
それが間に合わず、結果的にモーデンが２ボスとラスボスの一人二役を演じることになった…。
そう考えると、『ヘアバスター リバーツ』撃墜後、『フライング・タラ』に救助されるモーデンという変な演出も、辻褄合わせだったのではないかと合点がいきますね。

仕事の遅いスタッフがツギハギしながら何とか形にした姿を想像してしまうんですが、実際のところは結局よく分からず、モヤモヤと迷宮入りです。

#MetalSlug #メタスラ #開発裏話

[ドゥー🏹 @gotg_love_yondu]

映画『マイケル』の日本公開も近いということでマイケルジャクソンの『beat it』をストームトルーパーとダースベイダーが
ノリノリで踊る動画を供養しときます。
これ一応ディズニー公式です。
ベイダーの手袋にも注目してww

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

Incredible Attention to Detail!!
I never noticed this myself, but it makes sense.
(and the Soundtrack is always a Must-Listen)

[ㅈㅋ / juking @neogeo9903]

우연인지 의도인지 모르겠지만, 음악이 본격적으로 시작되는 시점 근처에 첫 파워 업이 배치되어 있다 보니, 파워 업 하고 나면 음악이 시작되는 것처럼 착각하게 만드는 이 부분이 좋다.

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

This is an incredible admission that pro-Israel forces are going straight to the AI companies to alter the perception of reality that you see.

You can call this influence, manipulation or control, but you can’t say it’s not happening. She just told you they’re doing it.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@unusual_whales LOL - did they just look around the room inside the Pentagon and thought "How'd they get in here?"

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@user329874032 Did you click to open the Prospectus yet?
Viewing the prospectus at least once is another requirement of it's own.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@Fly_Sistah Good luck, hope they have some available for you

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@mattvanswol BOTH parties are against the people.
That is the only possible explanation.
They DO NOT have the people's interests in mind.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@unusual_whales Fidelity fumbled on the Execution.
Their system still automatically does the gatekeep check for the $500,000 asset minimum, and will deny the IPO request. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@DoBucksPlay2Day @Polymarket Yep!! Fidelity fumbled on updating the Execution.
Their system still automatically does the gatekeep check for the $500,000 asset minimum, and will deny the request. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@Rojeliothomas @Hero_of_Apollo @Polymarket Seems like an unnecessary step, rather than just fixing their system to not gatekeep in the first place.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@Hero_of_Apollo Yep!! Fidelity got lots of press on this announcement, but fumbled on updating the Execution.
Their system still automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the request. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@shifkey Oh Fidelity still looks bad: when you log in and indicate you want to participate, their system still automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the IPO request. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@uniteforfutures Odd thing though: when you log into Fidelity and indicate you want to participate, their system automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the request to participate. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@Code_of_Kai @Polymarket Odd thing though: when you log into Fidelity and indicate you want to participate, their system still automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the SpaceX IPO request. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@MediaOffScript @Polymarket Odd thing though: when you log into Fidelity and indicate you want to participate, their system automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the request to participate. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.

[Carl Larson @SpiritofGamer]

@AMCbiggums Odd thing though: when you log into Fidelity and indicate you want to participate, their system automatically does the gatekeep check for the $100,000 asset minimum, and will deny the request to participate. Grok says people have to manually call support to overcome this.