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Promotional tuna can for Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future. The work of the same classy Acclaim responsible for the “name your baby Turok” stuff. The can is prominently labeled “dolphin free,” but stiiiiiill.
[Via GameSniped]
tags / ecco the dolphin / sega / acclaim / jc / ebay / tuna“Wizards from the Realm of Warriors,” one of the tracks that didn’t make it onto Doctor Octoroc’s 8-Bit Jesus album.
I loved Wizards & Warriors growing up, and though I haven’t played the game in nearly twenty years, its opening music has remained in my head since, residing with the other memories that I hardly ever bother recollecting, save for once every five years or so.
JC also linked me to The Minibosses’ cover of the NES game’s music, which is worth four minutes of your time.
I have a sudden urge to acquire a copy of the Wizards & Warriors Worlds of Power novel, now.
See also: “Gummi Bears Chipmix”, “Carol of the Belmonts”
tags / wizards and warriors / doctor octoroc / 8-bit jesus / rare / acclaim / the minibosses / ec
As part of his Famicom 25 series celebrating the 25th anniversary of Nintendo’s 8-bit system, 1UP’s Jeremy Parish covered some of the console manufacturer’s despicable practices to keep third-party publishers in line, such as limiting them to only five new releases a year.
“A few enterprising companies found a way around this — publish more than five games under different names. A bit of bookkeeping trickery to dupe the bean-counters at Nintendo.”
“The two most famous of these ‘alternate labels’ were LJN — a brand Acclaim bought so they could publish the crap that was too abysmal even for the dire Acclaim brand (generally crappy licensed games that preyed on unsuspecting children) — and Ultra — Konami’s subsidiary for overflow titles, good and bad.”
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