Brain Robot Slam, Whatchu Playing?

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Assembled from:
https://disexplications.tumblr.com/post/158970254154/games-that-might-have-been
https://disexplications.tumblr.com/post/158977322294/a-second-batch-of-video-games-from-the-neural
https://disexplications.tumblr.com/post/159165060164/video-game-titles-created-by-a-neural-network

minus three because 50 item poll limit

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Dick of the King (2007, Activision) (PC-9801) 4
Spork Demo (?, ?) (VIC-20) 3
Jort: The Shorching (1991, Destomat) (NES) 2
Bishoujo no Manager (2003, author) (Linux/Unix) 2
Black Mario (1983, Softsice) (Linux/Unix) 2
King of Death 2: The Search of the Dog Space (2010, Capcom; Brøderbund Studios) (Windows) 1
Simulator (1989, Spigi) (ZX Spectrum) 1
Ball Arm (2006, Square; Atari) (PS1) 1
Ksing Gelmor: The Time Spanger (2001, Codemasters) (Amstrad CPC) 1
Speed Wound (1990, Repuis Masonion) (Windows) 1
Macross Army (Defenders Ball House 2: League Alien) (1991, Bandai) (NES) 1
Christ (2008, Sega) (Arcade) 1
Penny Computer (1990, Mattel) (NES) 0
Ghowl Fantasy (1988, Neo Comlagin and Software) (Amstrad CPC) 0
Detective Rally (1988, Activision) (Amstrad CPC) 0
Conquestress (1981, Data East) (Arcade) 0
Deep Golf (1985, Siny Computer Entertainment) (MS-DOS) 0
Pal Defense (1987, author) (Mac) 0
Brain Robot Slam (1984, Gremlin Graphics) (Apple IIe) 0
Babble Imperium (1984, Paradox Interactive) (ZX Spectrum) 0
High Episode 2: Ghost Band (1984, Melbourne Team) (Apple IIe) 0
Alien Pro Baseball (1989, Square Enix) (Arcade) 0
Battle for the Art of the Coast (1997, Jaleco) (GBC) 0
Soccer Dragon (1987, Ange Software) (Amstrad CPC) 0
Mutant Tycoon (2000, Konami) (GBC) 0
The Lost of the Sand Trades 2000 (1990, Sega) (SNES) 0
Total Thort Spirits (1995, Sega) (Saturn) 0
The Apple of the Conspiracy (1997, Microsoft) (MS-DOS) 0
Dank Dragon (2004, Konami) (VIC-20) 0
Splight Ball (1988, Topo Software) (Atari ST) 0
King of the Grash (2010, Ubi Soft) (Windows) 0
Space Futures (1990, Fores Games) (MS-DOS) 0
First Wack (2000, Taito) (PS1) 0
Dolans Power Pirater (1984, Microprose) (Arcade) 0
Death of the Robot (1988, Smace Software) (Windows) 0
The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (Wii) 0
Metal Cat (2001, Sega) (Windows) 0
The Shin Adventure (1987, Atari) (Linux/Unix) 0
Strike Fighter House (Strike Gold) (1992, Electronic Arts) (PS3) 0
Bomber III: Part Fighter (1992, Microdeal) (PC-9801) 0
Adventures of the Rock (1987, Coconuts) (Atari ST) 0
Don the Manager (1988, Alice Software) (Amstrad CPC) 0
Virtual Mat (1990, Sierra On-Line) (Atari ST) 0
Galactic Family 3: A Tanky Crawl (2009, Great) (Windows) 0
Spork Race (Universe) (1990, Atlus) (Arcade) 0
Shark Mast II (2009, Asurep Tang) (PS2) 0
Dance Castle (1987, Activision) (Atari 2600) 0
Bunk 2 (1990, Microprose) (MS-DOS) 0
Fire Gant Bandit (1990, Taito) (Windows) 0


The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 19:53 (eight years ago)

this reads like one of those clickhole 'how many of these games have you played' lists

ciderpress, Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:07 (eight years ago)

TS: Dick of the King vs. First Wack

ciderpress, Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:09 (eight years ago)

Galactic Family 3: A Tanky Crawl needs its own thread imo

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:36 (eight years ago)

Ksing Gelmor: The Time Spanger (2001, Codemasters) (Amstrad CPC)
King of the Grash (2010, Ubi Soft) (Windows)
Dance Castle (1987, Activision) (Atari 2600)
Spork Demo (?, ?) (VIC-20)
Jort: The Shorching (1991, Destomat) (NES)

One of these five. Spanger, Grash and Jort for out and out absurdity, Dance Castle for pairing oddness with the likelihood of actually existing, Spork Demo for sporks, unknown attribution and the Vic-20 seeming oddly perfect for such a game.

emil.y, Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:03 (eight years ago)

Though I'm now having renewed appreciation for Dank Dragon and the timeless simplicity of Christ.

emil.y, Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:04 (eight years ago)

do you pronounce it span jurr or spain grrr?

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:19 (eight years ago)

Macross Army (Defenders Ball House 2: League Alien) (1991, Bandai) (NES)

Branded as a Macross title for Western release since Defenders Ball House (literal translation) is unknown outside Japan.

jmm, Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:31 (eight years ago)

Bishoujo no Manager (2003, author) (Linux/Unix)

actually skeezy in every column!

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:37 (eight years ago)

do you pronounce it span jurr or spain grrr?

/'spæŋə/

Like "banger", basically.

emil.y, Thursday, 6 April 2017 22:43 (eight years ago)

ok where did you put together that IPA version

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 23:47 (eight years ago)

I love love love the Zen simplicity of "Simulator."

Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Friday, 7 April 2017 00:49 (eight years ago)

love the minimalist body horror of "Ball Arm"

ciderpress, Friday, 7 April 2017 00:59 (eight years ago)

Don't let them talk shit about your pal! Stick up for your pal in Pal Defense.

jmm, Friday, 7 April 2017 00:59 (eight years ago)

Now I just hear "The Time Spanger" to the tune of Ray Barretto's The Soul Drummers and that's basically it for my night, I think

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 01:17 (eight years ago)

love the minimalist body horror of "Ball Arm"

ha! the sound effects alone

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 01:44 (eight years ago)

Christ (2008, Sega) (Arcade)

this sounds like one of those games that costs $4 to play and is over within 60 seconds

Karl Malone, Friday, 7 April 2017 02:02 (eight years ago)

High Episode 2: Ghost Band is a game where two dudes pass a j back and forth and get deeper and deeper into a discussion of how it would be possible for incorporeal spirits to play instruments until they eventually just pass out on the couch while watching The Song Remains the Same.

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 03:45 (eight years ago)

Virtual Mat was a pioneering VR game where you're able to examine a mat from any angle and, with a little skill, roll it up and put it in a virtual closet.

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 03:49 (eight years ago)

As someone who grew up with a VIC-20, Spork Demo (?, ?) (VIC-20) could well have been a real game

I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Friday, 7 April 2017 05:04 (eight years ago)

I like the simplicity of Simulator, personally. No matter what its simming - it just is.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 7 April 2017 05:53 (eight years ago)

Don the Manager otoh sounds like it could be a game for accountants or something? idk

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 7 April 2017 05:54 (eight years ago)

voted ball arm

nxd, Friday, 7 April 2017 09:19 (eight years ago)

It's probably not the best one here, but when I read a title like "Speed Wound", I really want to know what that game's about

silverfish, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:49 (eight years ago)

picturing "Dance Castle" as some kind of medieval DDR spinoff

silverfish, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:51 (eight years ago)

I just want a copy of the soundtrack for Black Mario tbh

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:53 (eight years ago)

It seems almost impossible that there's never been an actual game called "Mutant Tycoon"

silverfish, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:54 (eight years ago)

In Bomber III: Part Fighter, is the bomber in question part fighter and part something else, or does the bomber fight parts?

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:57 (eight years ago)

Speed Wound is clearly an endless runner where you are the suture needle

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:00 (eight years ago)

You are Bomber III, son of Bomber Junior, and it is time for you to fight parts - in hair, for machines, of essays; speaking and non-speaking roles; and ultimately discover the true meaning of parting.

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:06 (eight years ago)

Sorry sorry sorry I just realized I'm doing that thing where you prove how clever you are by explaining how "colorless green ideas sleep furiously" can be both semantically AND syntactically sound, dudes

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:39 (eight years ago)

/'spæŋə/

― emil.y

ok where did you put together that IPA version

― The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto)

I do have an IPA keyboard thingy but usually I check the chart on wiktionary and C&P as needed. I fear making an elementary mistake and losing my linguistic credibility.

Also I've had "Lemme Spang It" stuck in my head since yesterday.

emil.y, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:02 (eight years ago)

I picture Soccer Dragon being like Octodad, where you're trying to play soccer but you're mostly just destroying the field and squishing the other players.

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:09 (eight years ago)

"That 30-foot-long scaly-skinned player just burnt the ref to a crisp! He's a.... sore loser."

jmm, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:19 (eight years ago)

Conquestress is a pretty great word

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:24 (eight years ago)

The Crossword 2: Rainbow Stalin should really be on this list

https://disexplications.tumblr.com/post/159194188089/i-couldve-put-this-one-in-the-last-batch-but

Brakhage, Friday, 7 April 2017 17:38 (eight years ago)

Oh, poll limit, gotcha

Brakhage, Friday, 7 April 2017 17:39 (eight years ago)

can't win 'em all

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 18:51 (eight years ago)

are you ksingin' in the years
spangin' away the time

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 7 April 2017 19:23 (eight years ago)

Heh, saw this online yesterday and thought it looked like ilx chum

i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 23:00 (eight years ago)

There is now a twitter bot for these.
https://twitter.com/RobotGameDev

o_o, Thursday, 13 April 2017 01:38 (eight years ago)

Well then.

Never has there been a more stark example of mortality's gift; jokes without end lose all funny

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 13 April 2017 01:55 (eight years ago)

In what universe would anyone follow a twitter feed that just posts that!?

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 13 April 2017 03:19 (eight years ago)

The Dog Space, obv

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:16 (eight years ago)

I totally want to play Metal Cat and Space Futures.

LOL points to Spork Race and Bishoujo no Manager.

Bro-dacious hipstalgia vibes from Dank Dragon (2004, Konami) (VIC-20).

Also I look forward to future completists seeing these titles on searches for real game companies and trying to track them down.

a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 15 April 2017 11:24 (eight years ago)

Metal Cat & Space Futures also this Tuesday night's lineup at your local small cash-only venue

(Neural network band names would be atrocious and also already taken, wouldn't they)

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Saturday, 15 April 2017 13:00 (eight years ago)

http://andrewvenell.com/everyname/

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 01:58 (eight years ago)

low hit rate but some gems in there nonetheless

Cloris Blasterfeldschnerz
Kopenflager Bilborf

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:03 (eight years ago)

protip, just hit refresh

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:07 (eight years ago)

Irmgard Glandersinnings and Agnes Needwifeactin are my current faves

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:08 (eight years ago)

The names on that site are pretty fantastic.

Dagnar Chemtrails
Grayder Mouthfeel
Yarm Boiler
Helmy Myriamcalf
Scrandy Getsad
Leonor Meepcar
Chinper Morpmook-Dangborfo

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:59 (eight years ago)

truly the monkeys are getting pretty close to shakespeare

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 03:00 (eight years ago)

Jacinta Mandump
Fleek Shitshire
Prantine Drydickchardar
Dong Binder

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 03:03 (eight years ago)

somehow finding "Melissa Schlampfmorp" to be a source of endless giggles

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 03:06 (eight years ago)

Well, guess there's a good chance I won't be going to bed tonight:

Cackswole Skreedecker
Crawler Helmymook
Tasha Mouthmouth
Maxnerd Chambray
Sniffica Ansterdumpfalls
Maudlin Harmer
Dorff Miscavigechalms

Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 03:20 (eight years ago)

Goal Fokmouth-Borfdag Pictures presents
An Olmel Alanfunt production of
The Karyn Twardfort Story
Starring:
Meghan Meghanjohn
Blath Derschner
Liane Castermook
Nestor Goodmerp
Hortense Manroeg
Kopenflager Terstmuller
Auster Talf
Avril Blasterfeld
Featuring:
Mince Pramthwart
Boritz Terstmuller
Chestin Cantwell
Blath Zagyanus
Brabra Humbertoporpen
Skray Blingeeglanders
Vergie Talfbeck
And introducing Alanaett de Schnerztward as 'Rod Johnson'
Written by Li Li Thudchud
Directed by Shasta Mingnuts

Lipbra Geraldoman (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 09:32 (eight years ago)

Thank you for new display name

Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 10:59 (eight years ago)

Crad Heemusweed

bought 2 raris, went to chili's (crüt), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 11:17 (eight years ago)

I am definitely thinking of figuring out this neural network stuff just so that I can run all of ilxor.com through it and create a parallel bot board. For mostly-lurkers like me a decision would then have to be made about which board we lurk at.

silverfish, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:02 (eight years ago)

singularity would mean we'd all be FP'd on the first day, it's what we really want

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:04 (eight years ago)

Remember that AI that Microsoft let loose on Twitter that turned into a neo nazi in less than a day? I figure any AI worthy of the name that's fed the ilxor corpus would immediately decide to emulate tim@kfc and/or GARU G

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:12 (eight years ago)

The effect of that website is greatly assisted by the occasional inclusion of a 'Vickey Feldman' or a 'Jennifer Schooler' amidst the 'Carmel Tangelafunk's.

Lipbra Geraldoman (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:04 (eight years ago)

"Hilda Misery" is too perfect

thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:50 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

Now we have fortune cookies:

Now is the time to go ahead and not prepare to live.
Hell! It’s the onset of a friendship
Do not have a peaceful place where you will feel better.
There’s no success and friendship.
You cannot love life until you live the life you don’t good luck.
Carve your name on your parents.
Be on the finest men like the floor.
You will make mead.
Better ask doods when you can do it, you will never be disappointed.

Crackers and Snacks (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:13 (eight years ago)

awesome! we should probably have a neural network poetry thread if we don't already.

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:10 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 27 April 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

Only one vote for Christ. Typical ILX.

El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 April 2017 00:05 (eight years ago)


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