North Korea's first domestically-developed game: Pyongyang Racer! - General Discussion

#1 Edited by ShinyD3mon (146 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

A friend linked me to a TechinAsia article (I hadn't even heard of the site before) written about Pyongyang Racer, North Korea's first ever video game, supposedly to highlight some of the best tourist attractions in the country. Maybe Drew would be able to fact-check a little...

It's free to play, in-browser, and here's the game itself. I haven't been able to get the page to load yet, any luck guys? What do you think?

#2 Edited by Jack268 (3386 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

Well I guess it looks better than the first western video games did... maybe...

#3 Posted by BBAlpert (660 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

I was about to make a joke about Drew reviewing it but I see I've been beaten to the punch.

#4 Edited by L44 (491 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

Oh god that horn.

I wish my GPS told me to get off the road every time it had to tell me sometihng.

#5 Posted by Shirogane (3405 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

Somehowreminds me of Big Rigs. Except better.

#6 Posted by Azteck (7330 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

Don't stare at me, I'm on duty!

#7 Edited by I_smell (3835 posts) - 5 months, 12 hours ago

What is with these weird dialog boxes?

"Turn left. You shouldn't be allowed on the road!"
Probably some o that hilarious Korean humour.

#8 Posted by Snail (7830 posts) - 5 months, 11 hours ago

Holy shit that horn sound. It's like they're torturing a robot or something.

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#9 Posted by ZeForgotten (9483 posts) - 5 months, 11 hours ago

What's with the looping of a buzzing sound?
Is that supposed to be the engine? because that's not an engine, heck, they could've taken a 1 second loop of an actual car engine instead and it would probably sound better.

Also, don't look at that woman! She's on duty!

#10 Posted by Ravenlight (7050 posts) - 5 months, 9 hours ago

Congrats, North Korea. You've developed a game that's on par with D-grade SNES games.

If this is the best they can do, I'm not really worried about a rocket from them any time soon.

#11 Posted by Video_Game_King (29276 posts) - 5 months, 9 hours ago

@Ravenlight said:

Congrats, North Korea. You've developed a game that's on par with D-grade SNES games.

Meaning I should blog about it?

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#12 Posted by FourWude (1986 posts) - 5 months, 9 hours ago

The North Korean Deadly Premonition. Make it happen.

#13 Posted by Abendlaender (1460 posts) - 5 months, 9 hours ago

Looks exciting

#14 Edited by Ducksworth (632 posts) - 5 months, 9 hours ago

This is why North Korea is also known as best Korea. I am humbled by the technical fidelity presented to my unworthy retinas, surely everyone must now understand why honorable leader is held in such high regard.

That soundtrack is probably better than a good number of other games, you know, when the car isn't honking.