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finally, after almost two weeks of shipping snafus, here we are

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Lyra Croc'A'Bit (Roan)

@ShugoWah oh funk it's time

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moved

@Crocabit Only Real gamers Know

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I MOVED ACCOUNTS

@ShugoWah @Crocabit hey what are we playing

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@Moot @Crocabit (pouring diesel into my game controller) where we droppin boys

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Komma

@ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit [pulls this out of my bag] heheh… ready for round 2?

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I MOVED ACCOUNTS

@KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Crocabit I'm always ready for game'ing

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Coda

@Moot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Crocabit I'm logged in

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moved

@poss_bot @Moot @KommaChameleon @Crocabit this thread is ending my life

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @poss_bot @Moot @KommaChameleon @Crocabit but have you considered,

old-computers.com/museum/photo

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @poss_bot @Moot @KommaChameleon @Crocabit of course, it's hard to beat anyone using such an advanced control method as this
llg.cubic.org/docs/prohance70.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @poss_bot @Moot @KommaChameleon @Crocabit or even the dreaded dual Namco rotary controller combo. How do you even compete with that?

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Komma

@Felthry @ShugoWah @poss_bot @Moot @Crocabit take a hold of these bad boys

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Coda

@KommaChameleon @Felthry @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit (listen i kinda actually want this bc i have a copy of VOOT for DC)

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit what's VOOT?

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Galuade MOVED TO SNOUTS

@Felthry @poss_bot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit i'm guessing virtual on, the arcade cabinets have a dual stick setup like that

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Coda

@Galuade @Felthry @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit correct!

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @Galuade @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit okay, now: what's "virtual on"?

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Komma

@Felthry @poss_bot @Galuade @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit Virtual On is a one-on-one mecha fighting game from the 90s featuring a behind-the-back camera and a dual stick control scheme. It's played split screen or on separate displays.

VOOT is "Virtual On Ontario Tangram", the Dreamcast version of the game.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @poss_bot @Galuade @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit Ontario Tangram? That's certainly a name.

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Komma

@Felthry WHOOPS I kinda typed it wrong, it's "Oratorio Tangram". It's a pretty thesaurus name but

Oratorio = a large-scale opera
Tangram = a puzzle about rearranging shapes

So it's basically a fancy way of saying "Virtual On: Grand Remix". Tangram is also the name of one of the game's villains.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon that's still a rather strange name.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon though I guess plenty of games have really strange names. Radiant Historia, Infinite Undiscovery, Exist Archive

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Coda

@Felthry @KommaChameleon Bravely Default

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Komma

@poss_bot @Felthry Octopath Traveler

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @poss_bot Romancing SaGa

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Komma

@Felthry @poss_bot If this is gonna become another list thread I'm game

Devil Survivor -- this one I like because it almost parses but is something no English speaking person would ever say

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moved

@KommaChameleon @Felthry @poss_bot Thousand Arms

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @KommaChameleon @poss_bot Wild Arms

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Coda

@Felthry @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon Coded Arms

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:
Follow

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon also Legend of Dragoon

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon which would probably make sense if it had an article in there and I think it actually does but the logo makes it very unclear whether it's The Legend of Dragoon or Legend of the Dragoon

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon oh and Valkyrie Profile comes to mind, though I dunno if that makes sense in context

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon also honorable mention to the Suikoden series since the first one was only very tangentially based on the book Suikoden and the later ones had nothing to do with it at all

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Komma

@Felthry @poss_bot @ShugoWah I think VP makes a lot of sense AND it's a great pun

It's a character study of a valkyrie, and it uses a 2D side view (profile) perspective

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Galuade MOVED TO SNOUTS

@Felthry @poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon KLAX

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Galuade MOVED TO SNOUTS

@Felthry @poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon LSD

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moved

@Galuade @Felthry @poss_bot @KommaChameleon BIO F.R.E.A.K.S.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot @KommaChameleon Bio Force Ape

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Galuade MOVED TO SNOUTS

@Felthry @ShugoWah @poss_bot @KommaChameleon I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot @KommaChameleon oh, Lunar: Silver Star Story is kind of awkwardly worded

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Komma

@Felthry @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot @KommaChameleon also, a number of Square games: Final Fantasy itself, and Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, ~~Chrono Break~~, maybe Vagrant Story

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@Felthry @ShugoWah @Galuade @KommaChameleon Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001

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Galuade MOVED TO SNOUTS

@poss_bot @Felthry @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon Armored Core for Answer

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Komma

@Galuade @poss_bot @Felthry @ShugoWah Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah oh also Eternal Sonata, as well as quite a lot of the Tales games (what is Phantasia supposed to mean? what about Berseria or Vesperia? Abyss is maybe the only one that really makes sense)

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Komma

@Felthry @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah Eternal Sonata = pianist Frédéric Chopin is on his deathbed but his music will live on forever

Most tales games are words with some syllables shifted so they sound like place names. Best guesses:
Phantasia = Fantasy place
Vesperia = Vesper (evening) place ?
Berseria = Berserk place (because your protagonist is extremely bloodthirsty)

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah Never played Berseria so I don't know. I do think Tales of Xillia probably counts though, considering that Xillia just came from "XIII looks like Xill and then let's add the -ia ending that every other tales game has" because it was the thirteenth game

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Komma

@Felthry @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah It is a very xilly name

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah for what is actually a very serious game

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot @KommaChameleon and Dragon Quest frequently has nothing to do with dragons

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Komma

@Felthry @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot It's called Dragon Quest because it always drags on 💣​💥​

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot @KommaChameleon and other Enix games: Act Raiser, Soul Blazer, Star Ocean Til the End of Time, Robot Alchemic Drive

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Komma

@Felthry @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot I always thought Star Ocean was a pretty cool name; it's like you're exploring new places on a boat but in space this time

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot oh absolutely; it's the Til the End of Time bit that doesn't make sense

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Komma

@Felthry @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot that's because they protagonists are trying to prevent/cause time from stopping; details in next toot

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Galuade @poss_bot maybe I haven't played it recently enough to remember that, I just remember the plot went _really weird_ at the end

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Komma

@Galuade @Felthry @poss_bot @ShugoWah I maintain that Morrowind and Skyrim are pun names

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah why's that?

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Komma

@Felthry @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah Morrowind = Tomorrow + Wind; you start by having a weird dream during a sea storm that serves as a premonition of dangers to come

Skyrim = rim (edge) of the sky; we got really tall mountains here

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@KommaChameleon @Galuade @poss_bot @ShugoWah well I don't know if Skyrim counts as a pun, that always struck me more as a kenning that became the name of the place

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