16-Bit Doctor Who

By Luke Y. Thompson in TV, Video Games

Friday, March 8, 2013 at 3:24 pm

Because nothing demonstrates reductio ad absurdum quite like trying to turn strange time-paradox story convolutions into playable SNES games.

h/t 10glfan59 and Canadian.Scott

Tags: Doctor Who, Fake Games

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Canadian.Scott

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So apparently I just brought up a post that was covered before. My bad guys but in my defense @10glfan59 put me up it! Canadian Scout's honour. On the other hand, this only helps prove my point that everything is better in 16 bit...

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YcnMLtW.gif[/IMG]

Gallen_Dugall

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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 I found a beer for you Canadian.Scott

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=13642

Canadian.Scott

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@Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 I think I need to get that shipped to me ASAP

Gallen_Dugall

@Canadian.Scott @Gallen_Dugall @10glfan59 grumpy cat and depressants - like they were made to go together

Someguy

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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 You know I had a friend who converted his X-box 360 to 16 bit. It fell off his shelf and, BOOM, 16 bits.

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 Are you sure?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmmshqSh3OQ

Canadian.Scott

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 At least it wasn't a harlem shake...

Gallen_Dugall

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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 In your defense you were recently swapped with your counterpart from a close parallel universe where Rob never ran the article

Gallen_Dugall

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On the bright side the soundtrack for that is available for free download

http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/16-bit-doctor-who-2011.php

Gallen_Dugall

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Oh and for those not keeping up there are six free Doctor Who tune downloads courtesy of the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra - you have to hit the "show more" tab for the download link

http://www.youtube.com/user/socksofbalhoon

If you're like me then you assume orcs are involved in anything orchestral, but not so in this case - just fans of the show... some of whom could be orcs, but they're rather nonspecific about that

EliasAlgorithm

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The Pokemon reference gets old quick. A Chrono Trigger mashup would have been brilliant.

IG-69

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Rob posted this before:
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/04/this_is_a_video_about_an_snes_doctor_who_game_that.php

But hot damn would I play it if it were real!

LYT moderator editor

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@IG-69 That'll teach me to rely on Youtube dates.

SlyDante777

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@LYT @IG-69 Yeah...this was actually done by CollegeHumor as well, & in fact, they actually have a whole series of TV RPGs. I did think about suggesting the recent Homeland one about a week ago, but didn't know if it was nerdy or recent enough. My bad. ^^;

Someguy

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@LYT @Someguy @SlyDante777 Canadians. Their just myths. Don't take my word for it, listen to Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG0odKQaQ1Q#t=2m16s

LYT moderator editor

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@Someguy @LYT @SlyDante777 @IG-69 We do harbor dangerous Canadians.

Someguy

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@LYT @SlyDante777 @IG-69 If it makes you feel better Luke, we've probably been on Homeland security's warning list for years.

LYT moderator editor

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@SlyDante777 @LYT @IG-69 Not a bad impulse...Homeland isn't really nerdy enough. The last thing I really want is a comment thread about terrorism.

10glfan59

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@LYT @IG-69 my bad!!!! Sorry my fellow TRers.

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@10glfan59 Don't worry. I won't blame you, not completely anyway, you're sharing at least 50% of the blame with CanadianScott.

http://i.imgur.com/ivwEj.gif

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@LYT @IG-69 Don't worry, it's new to me at least. Also, I am horribly bad with calendars, I once thought it was 2006 for two years. so by comparison, you did loads better.

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Someguy @Timely-Tardis-Lego @Gallen_Dugall http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcqfuyywRS1qg898o.gif

Someguy

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Gallen_Dugall Well let me open this Neon gif and ....

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meituqYdW71rjhfaio1_500.gif

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Someguy @Timely-Tardis-Lego And it's a different avatar at that, too!!

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Gallen_Dugall @Timely-Tardis-Lego @Someguy The only thin I remember from the 90s is neon. Neon and my eyes hurting...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/5492dffc6be5e548e36cb7defaa42816/tumblr_mj1vnmtwAG1rf0s70o1_500.gif

Someguy

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@Timely-Tardis-LegoWhile were on conspiracies here. Looking at the page Rob put up in, what supposedly April 4, 2012 (/*that I'm still not convinced about*/) in the comment section, ONLY your avatar shows up. I think you are actually MyVoiceNation!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/261a5b5d3fbcabc3210d2c44f586c632/tumblr_mfp0kn8SN71s13fteo1_250.gif

Gallen_Dugall

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Someguy @Gallen_Dugall people wore neon clothes in the '90s? And I though the pastels of the '80s were bad.

Gallen_Dugall

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Gallen_Dugall @LYT @IG-69 that's the problem with 6 and 8 - they look too much alike. Totally lazy design. It's like "Yeah Bob we need a new number to go after 7." and lazy old Bob shoots back "Why don't we just finish the loop on the top of the six and call it done?"

On the other hand if you had been around for the first 2006 then you could have visited Ur which was destroyed two years later in 2004

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Someguy @Timely-Tardis-Lego @Gallen_Dugall Thankfully no. The menace of neon clothes has long since passed...

Someguy

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Gallen_Dugall HOLD ON! HOLD ON!! WAIT! WAIT!! You mean it's not still 1993???

Timely-Tardis-Lego

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@Gallen_Dugall @Timely-Tardis-Lego @LYT @IG-69 2006-2008. I was never around for 2007. On the plus side, that means I wasn't around for the first TF movie.

Gallen_Dugall

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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @LYT @IG-69 It was 2006 for two years... or did you mean back to back?

Gallen_Dugall

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@IG-69 about to say that I've seen this before... here... and on the Mary Sue (which is where Rob found it)

Someguy

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@Gallen_Dugall Well at first I didn't remember it. Then I looked at the comments and I didn't comment on it. Then I realized, "Holy Cow! Aliens must have abducted me that day because I never keep my (virtual) mouth shut!!"