Where did Lord British originate

TKGB_Mental_Gear · Post by **TKGB_Mental_Gear** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:00 pm

The answer might be under my nose but I can't seem to find it. Where did Lord British originate?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:10 pm

You mean, what the first game to feature the Lord British space vessel? Salamander.

Or maybe you mean, why did Konami called it so? Probably they were Ultima fans...

TKGB_Mental_Gear · Post by **TKGB_Mental_Gear** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27 pm

No I mean the first one. Didn't knew Lord British came from Ultima. Thanks for the answer.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:41 pm

TKGB_Mental_Gear wrote:No I mean the first one. Didn't knew Lord British came from Ultima. Thanks for the answer.

Well, I cannot swear they took it from Ultima... although it might be a possible answer.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:53 pm

I can't imagine where else they took it from.

Also, Richard Garriott has a trademark on Lord British. This is why Gradius Gaiden in the North American release of Gradius Collection removed the announcer's naming of the ships and changed the graphics on the ship select screen from "Lord British" to "Lord B."

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:42 pm

bVork wrote:I can't imagine where else they took it from.

Also, Richard Garriott has a trademark on Lord British. This is why Gradius Gaiden in the North American release of Gradius Collection removed the announcer's naming of the ships and changed the graphics on the ship select screen from "Lord British" to "Lord B."

AAARGHH NOOoo! Please someone tell me that this change doesn't apply to the EU release, else I wasted 20 euro

angrycoder · Post by **angrycoder** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:26 am

Turrican wrote:
bVork wrote:I can't imagine where else they took it from.

Also, Richard Garriott has a trademark on Lord British. This is why Gradius Gaiden in the North American release of Gradius Collection removed the announcer's naming of the ships and changed the graphics on the ship select screen from "Lord British" to "Lord B."

AAARGHH NOOoo! Please someone tell me that this change doesn't apply to the EU release, else I wasted 20 euro

You wasted 20 dollars because they changed the name of a ship?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:28 am

angrycoder wrote:
Turrican wrote:
bVork wrote:I can't imagine where else they took it from.

Also, Richard Garriott has a trademark on Lord British. This is why Gradius Gaiden in the North American release of Gradius Collection removed the announcer's naming of the ships and changed the graphics on the ship select screen from "Lord British" to "Lord B."

AAARGHH NOOoo! Please someone tell me that this change doesn't apply to the EU release, else I wasted 20 euro
You wasted 20 dollars because they changed the name of a ship?

I would feel the same way.

Like the five Gradius games were 100% perfect on the PSP anyway.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:44 am

angrycoder wrote:You wasted 20 dollars because they changed the name of a ship?

No, you don't understand... he's talking about 20 EUROS.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:28 am

Cool people know it's called Road British.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:39 am

TKGB_Mental_Gear wrote:No I mean the first one. Didn't knew Lord British came from Ultima. Thanks for the answer.

What the fuck? I didn't know that Lord British was a spaceship too.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:32 pm

angrycoder wrote:You wasted 20 dollars because they changed the name of a ship?

Well...yes. Seeing as there's a JPN version which has the awesome "Lord British!" speechline and it's completely import-friendly. If I knew, I would've waited for a Gradius Portable to pop up on ebay.

Sorry. Lord British has always been my favorite ship, you know.