Mailbag: Giant Bomb Mailbag: El Jugador Edition

SID tunes are indeed great.

" @Death_Unicorn said:

" THAT DOESN'T LOOK LEGAL! :O "

 Before Nintendo goes after this guy for the controllers, i think S ony needs to go after Nintendo for the
classic "pro"

controller they are bundling with Monster Hunter, its a PS2 controller! unless they paid Sony for it... but i doubt they did! "

OH SHIT! YOU GOT SOME DODGY KONG!!! ?!?!

 
Can I get into some of that sweet Dodgy Kong action?

El Jugador needs some Jungler action!

THE GADGET GANGSTER CANNOT BE STOPPED!

Sleek ass design.

"someone get Walter on the phone"

There is no way that this is anywhere near legal.

" Woah, you guys got an A40 mixamp? How does that thing sound? "

Can we get El Jugador added to "platforms"?

That gadget gangster site has some other neat projects on it. One is The SIDstick. It's basically an mp3 player....but instead of mp3s, it plays SIDs.

"Images only" lol

The C64's soundchip is awesome. I don't think this device have a actual SID-chip installed, so the sid-player is emulating the soundchip, and thus basically no different than any SID-player you can get for the PC. 

I believe the only way to get SID-chip's today is harvesting them from old C64's. Some people has done this to fit the chip into soundcards or custom synths for music production. 
 
Edit: 
Didn't actually know there was a version of Bionic Commando for C64, but I just did a simple search on youtube to compare the music of the 2 versions. 
 
NES version
C64 version
 
...to me it's pretty apparent which sounds more awesome.

I still have a NES knockoff that is basically the same type of circuitry but lodged into a N64 controller. The catch with mine, however, is that there are a few games in there, and molded into the controller is a gun barrel and a Famicom cart port. That's the only way I have of using my three Famicom carts, sadly, as they keep falling off from moving the controller.

I read the title as "El Jungladore", thinking it was a Spanish version of Jungler. It still turned out well but.

Awesome a Dodge Kong game. I went into this video thinking it was going to be the offal Donkey Kong but I was surprised with the outcome. Pretty funny video

That's awesome! I sorta want one now just for the novelty of having it.

Man, it'd be awesome if one day in the future we can have a 360 or PS3 as small as that. I'd carry them in my pockets.

"   Completely Open, hardware and software are available under the MIT license "

Drew's King of Kong joke made me bust out laughing. Nice one.

@Hailinel 
I agree its another "baby step" from the classic controller, but if you baby step into copyright infringement then you baby step into copyright infringement! For the record I'm actually very happy this "classic" controller is coming out, I would not have played monster hunter with the wii controls, i hope more good games support its use, my whole point is not anti Nintendo, but that hopefully Nintendo wont be hypocritical and sue this guy for an OLD controller design.

Anyone who says this is not a Sony rip off... Well why does the Nintendo "classic" controller have analog sticks in the first place? (its a rhetorical question; i know its to play a wider girth of games on it, but i am saying because its called "classic" why have the sticks?). You can hook up a gamecube controller to the Wii if you need that for N64 or Gamecube games,  I always thought it was odd they called it "classic" with the 2 analog sticks when no Nintendo controller EVER had 2 symmetrical analog sticks much less right where Sony had them.... (Again is this controller classic Nintendo? Nope! Its a classic PS2 controller set up, but not Nintendo). No Nintendo system controller ever had the analog sticks in the perfect symmetrical spots like the ps3/ps3 controllers do, i would have to think that's a design copyright by Sony... Nintendo always favored one real stick, and oddly placed extra sticks. The only thing keeping them from being sued I bet is that it doesn't have 4 shoulder buttons right? 
 
Most systems have very visually identifiable controllers, and anyone who's ever held a ps2 controller (and this is being made for a port of a ps2 game) knows this is not a Nintendo design. If you blanked out the writing on this new Nintendo one, and asked 10,000 people at an electronics store what system it was for, 9,000 would say "a Sony system" because of the signature design, 800 would say "no idea", and 200 would say "Nintendo" because they notice the shoulder buttons :). I'm just saying Nintendo shouldn't be angry about ITS controller design being used by THIS guy when its ripping off the design of other peoples. And really the basic Nintendo controller is a d-pad and 2 buttons, that's pretty basic design.....

You guys have the same TV as I do!

Makes me think of Machinae Supremacy. They are a sweedish band that call themselves SIDmetal... since they are metal + Chip-tunes with a SID chip. Pretty awesome.

Really enjoy mail.

think im gonna get that sid player

Wow excellent mailbag once again

lol "kill screen coming up"

Is that a Wii sensor strip taped to the top of the tv? Just like mine! <3 Silly little stand had to fall behind my dresser. Anyways, this little thing is crazy. HeH.

Seeing Ryan's Astro A40 Mixamp makes me wish I was at home.. with my Astro A40 Mixamp.  bahahaha  <3

The Giant Bomb Community demands Quick Looks of all El Jugador games!

Does anyone know the name of the camera that Jeff is using in this vid? If you do send me a msg please.

Ryan's awkward waiting smile= classic. Haha these guys never disappoint.

" What a weird 'platform'. I'm so glad there are people out there still making and experimenting with things like this though. This is essentially where video game development began: With some people tinkering away to make something they enjoyed. "

Even though those are some bootleg-ass games, that thing looks pretty awesome.

This video made me fall in love with Giant Bomb. So many funny lines. Rest in Peace Ryan Davis :-(

One of my favorite videos. Miss you Ryan.