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Title: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 06, 2017, 10:31:28 AM
Here's the Story of RoboCop, the video game, based in the 1987 blockbuster movie. It went on becoming the most successful title from Ocean Software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg9DLUWBcRg
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: bloodline on February 06, 2017, 11:45:35 AM
Good post! Many thanks
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: paul1981 on February 06, 2017, 12:38:35 PM
'You only get one life' - this must be the most realistic version then. :)

I remember the Ariston advert AND music...I had no idea the music was from a computer game.

The same C64 loading music was used in other ocean games too.
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 06, 2017, 03:59:34 PM
Thanks for your feedback, guys! Appreciate it! :)
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: Rob on February 06, 2017, 06:10:01 PM
Nice video thanks.  We had the Spectrum version here too and when I saw the Ariston advert I immediately recognised the music and was shocked that they were using computer game music in a TV advert.
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: kamelito on February 06, 2017, 08:08:29 PM
Awesome SID thanks Modizer!
Kamelito
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: pixie on February 06, 2017, 10:23:55 PM
Portuguese?
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: darkage on February 07, 2017, 08:18:16 AM
thanks for sharing.  enjoyed it!
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 07, 2017, 10:02:27 AM
I thank you all for watching! :) And, yes! I'm Portuguese ;)
Cheers!
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: nicholas on February 07, 2017, 10:44:11 AM
Two Portuguese in one thread.  Brilliant,  can you clear this up for me guys?  Why does spoken Portuguese sound Slavic in its pronunciation compared to other Latin languages?

My wife is Argentinan and the way they pronounce Spanish has a similar sound compared to other Spanish speakers too.
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: som99 on February 07, 2017, 10:50:18 AM
Heya! Nice to see you here! You make great videos, keep up the good work :) (we have talked in the comments on your videos if you remember me xD ).
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 08, 2017, 11:03:50 AM
Quote from: nicholas;821710
Two Portuguese in one thread.  Brilliant,  can you clear this up for me guys?  Why does spoken Portuguese sound Slavic in its pronunciation compared to other Latin languages?

My wife is Argentinan and the way they pronounce Spanish has a similar sound compared to other Spanish speakers too.


Not sure why... but is it hard to understand?
Thanks for watching and for your comment! ;)


Quote from: som99;821711
Heya! Nice to see you here! You make great videos, keep up the good work :) (we have talked in the comments on your videos if you remember me xD ).


I slightly remember your nickname.... but haven't seen it in the comments section of my latest videos.. ;) Thanks for watching and for your reply!
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Post by: nicholas on February 08, 2017, 11:30:09 AM
Quote from: PixelTHING;821765
Not sure why... but is it hard to understand?
Thanks for watching and for your comment! ;)


No not hard to understand at all.  I just find it interesting how Portuguese is pronounced.

Good video,  thanks.
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Post by: pixie on February 08, 2017, 01:34:14 PM
Quote from: nicholas;821710
Two Portuguese in one thread.  Brilliant,  can you clear this up for me guys?  Why does spoken Portuguese sound Slavic in its pronunciation compared to other Latin languages?

My wife is Argentinan and the way they pronounce Spanish has a similar sound compared to other Spanish speakers too.


I find it odd that after having heard catalan I find it more closer to how we sound then actual Castilian, regarding Slavic I didn't even knew... got to check it out! :)
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: pixie on February 08, 2017, 01:39:44 PM
Quote from: nicholas;821767
No not hard to understand at all.  I just find it interesting how Portuguese is pronounced.

Good video,  thanks.


I see, you're talking regarding Portuguese English pronunciation. I've found an interesting link on the subject (https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/in-english-why-does-a-portuguese-accent-sound-slavic.2835910/).

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It's the general sound structure of the language... In both Portuguese and Russian there is a strong tonic accent with stressed vowel sounds having open and closed quality and the vowels in other syllables are quite reduced into different types of schwas, /%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!601;/ and /%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!592;/, or else even clipped off. In addition there are many soft consonants that are the same in both languages: for example, %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!643; %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!679; %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!658; %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!597; z v. Palatalized consonants are noticeably quite frequent. Actually the two languages are remarkably similar in sound. It's not surprising that speakers might have similar accents in English.

The sounds of Spanish are quite different: 5 mid-closed vowels with the same quality in each syllable. It's a syllable timed language with no syllable reduction giving it a staccato rhythm. Palatalized consonants are completely absent but weakened approximants like %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!946; ð %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!611; abound. Spanish actually mirrors modern Greek quite well, but sounds totally different than Portuguese.
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 08, 2017, 03:01:15 PM
Very interesting! :) Thanks for sharing, pixie!
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Post by: David Wright on February 08, 2017, 08:44:09 PM
I would have thought hearing your accent that you would be eastern European.
Portugal? Never.
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Post by: trekiej on February 08, 2017, 09:20:53 PM
cool video
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 09, 2017, 12:34:03 AM
Thanks again, guys! Truly appreciate it!
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: BozzerBigD on February 09, 2017, 01:16:05 AM
@PixelTHING (http://www.amiga.org/forums/member.php?u=19445)

Thanks that was great! Brings back memories of the Hollywood Collection for the Atari ST back when I thought it was comparable to the Amiga! Robocop though was fairly identical on both formats. The digitised Robocop voice at the start was a highlight was was the shooting range mini games ;-) Great licensed game second only to Batman The Movie!
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: nicholas on February 09, 2017, 02:05:07 AM
Quote from: pixie;821776
I see, you're talking regarding Portuguese English pronunciation. I've found an interesting link on the subject (https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/in-english-why-does-a-portuguese-accent-sound-slavic.2835910/).


Not just when a Portuguese speaks English but even the Portuguese language itself sounds Slavic. One side of our family is Bosnian and I swear I couldn't tell the difference between both languages being spoken lol
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: nicholas on February 09, 2017, 02:14:31 AM
Quote from: pixie;821775
I find it odd that after having heard catalan I find it more closer to how we sound then actual Castilian, regarding Slavic I didn't even knew... got to check it out! :)


It's fascinating to me how languages develop alongside one another in close proximity yet can sound so different despite looking pretty much identical in written form.

My wife's family make fun of the way Spaniards speak Castillian with an effeminate lisp  (Thilly Thauthages vs Silly Sausages) and claim that Rio Platense Spanish is "correct Spanish" despite it being mostly Italian.  Similar to how some USAians say the same about their corrupted form of English.

Crazy colonists! Lol
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: darksun9210 on February 09, 2017, 06:48:12 AM
Awesome work PixelTHING :D

really enjoyed the backstory behind Ocean and impressed at the amount of coverage of the different ports to different systems :)
Title: Re: [Video] The Story of RoboCop, the 1988 Video Game
Post by: guest19445 on February 09, 2017, 09:30:17 AM
Your feedback is really important! Thank you so much, guys! Appreciate it! :)