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Pages: 1 casm Cinematronics > * Reged: 08/27/07 Posts: 668 Send PM Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) #308551 - 05/10/13 10:28 PM Reply Firstly, the prehistory: http://kotaku.com/5323194/insert-kopeks-to-enjoy-this-goat+carcass-polo-game And the reveal (three years later): http://jalopnik.com/i-confess-i-didnt-get-a-goat-polo-arcade-game-instead-499954698 Of all the things to claim as real... How odd. Stiletto They're always after me Lucky ROMS! Reged: 03/07/04 Posts: 6472 Send PM Re: Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) [Re: casm] #308553 - 05/10/13 11:05 PM Reply > Firstly, the prehistory: > > http://kotaku.com/5323194/insert-kopeks-to-enjoy-this-goat+carcass-polo-game > > And the reveal (three years later): > > http://jalopnik.com/i-confess-i-didnt-get-a-goat-polo-arcade-game-instead-499954698 > > Of all the things to claim as real... How odd. Nooooo... I wanted it to be real. - Stiletto Heihachi_73 I am the Table! Reged: 10/29/03 Posts: 1074 Loc: Melbourne, Australia Send PM Re: Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) [Re: Stiletto] #308555 - 05/10/13 11:55 PM Reply > > Firstly, the prehistory: > > > > http://kotaku.com/5323194/insert-kopeks-to-enjoy-this-goat+carcass-polo-game > > > > And the reveal (three years later): > > > > http://jalopnik.com/i-confess-i-didnt-get-a-goat-polo-arcade-game-instead-499954698 > > > > Of all the things to claim as real... How odd. > > Nooooo... I wanted it to be real. > > - Stiletto One could always add it to the Namco Rhinoceros series, Don Bear Near and Kellogg's vs Capcom. Traso MAME Fan Reged: 01/15/13 Posts: 2687 Send PM Re: Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) [Re: Heihachi_73] #308562 - 05/11/13 02:39 AM Reply "...and at least one guy who grew up in the Soviet Union said he remembered playing it...Those of you who could have sworn that cabinet looked familiar or too Western, you were right. Congratulations, fellow nerds! Those of you who believed it, thank you." Yeah, I don't recall any of this story and just looking at the headline picture in the original article made me think, 'That looks awful modern for there during that time....um, especially that it's color, let alone that it looks like an Odyssey2 game.' Scifi frauds. SF illuminates. _________________ Culture General Contact Unit (Eccentric) DMala Sleep is overrated Reged: 05/09/05 Posts: 3989 Loc: Waltham, MA Send PM Re: Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) [Re: casm] #308566 - 05/11/13 04:05 AM Reply > Firstly, the prehistory: > > http://kotaku.com/5323194/insert-kopeks-to-enjoy-this-goat+carcass-polo-game > > And the reveal (three years later): > > http://jalopnik.com/i-confess-i-didnt-get-a-goat-polo-arcade-game-instead-499954698 > > Of all the things to claim as real... How odd. What an incredible amount of work for a bizarre and obscure hoax. I have to wonder if his Bug getting stolen was just a hoax, too. R. Belmont Cuckoo for IGAvania Reged: 09/21/03 Posts: 9716 Loc: ECV-197 The Orville Send PM Re: Soviet dead goat polo game no longer a MAME candidate ;) [Re: Stiletto] #308642 - 05/13/13 05:44 PM Reply > Nooooo... I wanted it to be real. I don't recall seeing that when it first "happened", but it's not *that* convincing. In particular, the screen artifacts are clearly NTSC, which a) arcade monitors are RGB and show no composite artifacts and b) the Soviet Union used SECAM. Pages: 1

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