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Douglas Fraker

@nesdoug2

working on NESDEV projects. NES indie game developer.

 USA
Joined January 2017
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In Kirby's Adventure, you can jump kill an enemy, but it also injures you slightly. Ouch. #nesdev #gamedev
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And, in Kiwi Kraze (New Zealand Story), there's no collision at all. You can just walk through most enemies. Although, they shoot things at you that hurt. I guess they felt like it was too crowded to jump over these things. IDK. #nesdev #gamedev
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My favorite, is Metroid. When you have the Ice Beam, you can freeze enemies and jump on them. You can strategically freeze the enemy in a certain spot, and use it as a ledge so you can jump higher. Cool. What is your favorite version of landing on an enemy mechanics? #nesdev
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Try to jump on an enemy in most NES games, and you die... instantly. (Adventure Island). Aah! Did Mario lie to us? #nesdev #gamedev
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In Rygar, you can stun the enemy by jumping on it. Kind of cool. And bounce off them. That's a key game element is jumping higher off an enemy. #nesdev #gamedev
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But we did get a few games that you can jump kill an enemy. Addams Family, Ducktales, Tiny Toons. Here in Zelda 2, you can do it if you get a special sword skill and press down. Let's see what other possibilities there are. #nesdev #gamedev
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Surely, Super Mario Bros 2 would follow the original template... and oh, look at that. You can just stand on the enemy's head. Well... to be fair, the US never got Mario 2. It was too hard. We got some Arabian themed game (flying carpets) that they just slapped Mario graphics on
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#nesdev #gamedev What should happen when you land on an enemy in a game? The game that shipped with every Nintendo, Super Mario Bros, said it should flatten the enemy, and give you a bounce. We learned this, and came to expect it. But, for most games, that wasn't true. (thread)
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Joe Biden RN
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Who wants to get more sleep? Everyone. Who wants to go to sleep earlier? Nobody.

ALT Who wants to get more sleep? Everyone. Who wants to go to sleep earlier? Nobody.

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New Lay's Masala. I like this flavor This is a good flavor.
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Hey, retro musicians. Still 2 weeks left to make a submission to the Super Famicompo 6 over at SMWcentral. Original SNES songs. Cover songs. Challenge Category (use only Earthbound samples) More interesting than the Olympics, in my opinion. #chiptunes #SNES #videogamemusic
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Looks like the deadline has been extended to Thursday of next week. #chiptune #snes #videogamemusic
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The Olympics commentary is like "she is the OLDEST person to ever win a medal in her event... at 27" Me:
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Is cereal a kind of soup?
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youtu.be/iLDso1d0DkE Here's some upbeat 1991 Canadian Rap Music, which you will never hear on the radio.
Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face In My Sink

Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face In My Sink

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So I found out there was a Garfield movie this year. And I'm like, who's playing Garfield? Is it Bill Murray again? And the internet is like "Chris Pratt" and I'm like 😳😑😳🤨 and Samuel L Jackson 🤔 and Ving Rhames and Snoop Dogg and... what?
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Later this year, Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, starring Chris Pratt. Next year, Lego Movie 3, starring Chris Pratt 2026, The Simspons Movie 2, starring Chris Pratt as Homer Then, Frozen 3, starring Chris Pratt as Elsa
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To the Democratic Party. Unironically.
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it just might work.
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Now, just to sit back and wait for George Clooney to tell us who the candidate will be.
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