The Making of Slap Fight MD

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The Making of Slap Fight MD

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Now live:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... p-fight-md

Thanks to BIL for pointing me in a fruitful direction, Blackoak for lending a hand in the translation clarification, DJ Katie Se7en for handling the translation entire, and Albert Micky for agreeing to reveal all about such an awesome game. ;)

All your credits and hyperlinks are weirdly absent from the article, I'm going to shoot an email to the editorial powers to try to find out where they've gone.
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A truly excellent read! :)
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dink wrote:A truly excellent read! :)
Well done, Mr. Kid.
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Beautiful. Image

SFMD is a gem, Mikito Ichikawa even moreso. That's some friggin death-defying blood, sweat and manly tears!

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Glad you enjoyed folks.

Credits now instated...

Blackoak: Schmupulations... I know. Will try to resolve. Not my fault ha ha :lol:
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That was a wonderful article, SkyKid.

You really feel for these guys and the passion they had. However, pushing one self to the point of illness is a bad move; no one can benefit from your work when you die too early.

In a way there is a lot to be said for disassembling gamecode and you learn so much in a way by "studying the classics".

Many thanks.

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Fantastic read. Excellent job. :D
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Why was I not mentioned :?:
When you introduced me to this game and I CS right in YO! face :evil:
Never the less, a great read indeed Skids :mrgreen:
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CHI wrote:Why was I not mentioned :?:
When you introduced me to this game and I CS right in YO! face :evil:
Never the less, a great read indeed Skids :mrgreen:
I think you'll find you provided some firsthand information with that counterstop that went right into the article!
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Many kudos for producing a stylish, high-quality game-journo article - a rare bird indeed. Man, a shmup article that discusses play mechanics in-depth? Whoa. 8) Unfortunately my bank account is not for terminating, so I admire from afar.

You have to appreciate Albert Micky's willingness to shed light into all that golden-age stuff. Guy always comes off as very nice.
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Skykid wrote:Blackoak: Schmupulations... I know. Will try to resolve. Not my fault ha ha :lol:
haha, don't worry about it. it's a burden i took unto myself when i chose the site name. glory be to shmups... hehe

great writing in that article, glad i could be a small part of it! very nice to see all the "more like this!" encouragement in the comments. see, people really aren't as dumb as your average games journalism fluff piece would have us believe.
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blackoak wrote:
Skykid wrote:Blackoak: Schmupulations... I know. Will try to resolve. Not my fault ha ha :lol:
haha, don't worry about it. it's a burden i took unto myself when i chose the site name. glory be to shmups... hehe

great writing in that article, glad i could be a small part of it! very nice to see all the "more like this!" encouragement in the comments. see, people really aren't as dumb as your average games journalism fluff piece would have us believe.
Ms. Katie Se7en did a great job (thanks to her!) but your assistance was invaluable for those areas of doubt. I hope this drives some traffic to your awesome site.
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Amazing work. Enjoying the rest of your articles on there too.
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Nice read, cheered me up a bit.
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Great job dude. Enjoyed reading every single word on it.
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Good stuff.
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