Another stolen thing: the font used for the score in Backyard Hoodle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCYUaJ5nJB8#t=7m52s) (what is it with Chinese manufacturers calling pinball "hoodle", anyway?) appears to be straight out of Super Mario 64-- or at the very least, it's too similar to be a coincidence. Also, there's that pinball bumper sound again!
Oh, yeah, I forgot about the fact that Videojet (the French distributor) has video footage of all the games on their site! Turns out that Sim Farm is a Harvest Moon clone. (http://www.videojet-jeux.com/fr/11/PRODUITS/9/1/venture_simfarm-11.html#haut) Of course.[/quote]Heh, I actually commented on that SM64 font a while back, forgot about that until now. Also, what is it with these companies calling pinball games "Hoodle" anyway?
Looking on that website you linked to, not sure if I'm right on this but the graphics in Diamond seem to be taken from a homebrew Arkanoid clone if I remember correctly. And the music in Crypt Runner is actually the song from that Windows XP pinball game I mentioned earlier. Elevator Wars is a ripoff of Elevator Action. Also, I'm willing to bet that the graphics in Extreme Copter are stolen from a SNES game. Four Island is Ludo or Pachisi or whatever it's called. The bloke in Floor Up looks like Jimmy Neutron, although it's difficult to tell because of the small resolution of the video. The music in the DDR and Guitar Hero derivatives are probably stolen, but they're so generic it's difficult to tell. Jumping Pixie is a rather obvious ripoff of Qbert.
- Cheetahmen
- Jan 28 2011, 11:34:27 AM
Looking on that website you linked to, not sure if I'm right on this but the graphics in Diamond seem to be taken from a homebrew Arkanoid clone if I remember correctly.[/quote]I think you're right! It looks
very similar to DX-Ball.
- Cheetahmen
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And the music in Crypt Runner is actually the song from that Windows XP pinball game I mentioned earlier.[/quote]LOL, I knew it sounded familiar from somewhere, but I couldn't place it!
- codeman38
- Jan 28 2011, 12:28:16 PM
- Cheetahmen
- Jan 28 2011, 11:34:27 AM
Looking on that website you linked to, not sure if I'm right on this but the graphics in Diamond seem to be taken from a homebrew Arkanoid clone if I remember correctly.[/quote]I think you're right! It looks
very similar to DX-Ball.[/quote]TBH, I was thinking of a different one which I can't remember the name of.
Looking at the rest of the games, Snow Power is a Snow Bros. clone, the main character in Street Boy looks a lot like Terry Bogard, Sub Explore is a clone of Sub Scan, Sub War is the same thing as that Corsair game off the Games Xplosion and Tank Defender is a Battle City clone.
just noticed TV Virtual Tennis on Conny's site has pretty much the exact same logo as the tennis game from Qi Sheng Long's Wiwi (the 16-bit version anyway):
http://oi52.tinypic.com/skzx51.jpg (http://oi52.tinypic.com/skzx51.jpg)
- taizou
- Jan 28 2011, 01:33:13 PM
just noticed TV Virtual Tennis on Conny's site has pretty much the exact same logo as the tennis game from Qi Sheng Long's Wiwi (the 16-bit version anyway):
http://oi52.tinypic.com/skzx51.jpg (http://oi52.tinypic.com/skzx51.jpg)[/quote]Wow, good catch.
Also, their PnP Steeling Wheel (http://www.conny.com.cn/pro_4.html) (sic, sic, sic, unless they're fans of Gerry Rafferty) looks very much like the one from VTac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vrNsg4Y3P0) that Tweeterman reviewed. Actually, on second thought... no, it doesn't. The hardware's fairly similar in design, but the games on Conny's are much higher quality. But I'm leaving that struck out just because... "Steeling Wheel", heh.
Dino Hunter sure looks like it steals graphics from a Metal Slug game, but I don't know which. Maybe it's just similar art styles?
the music in Drummer Beat is (part of) Wings of Love by Grant Miller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWfS28sNxk). now either *all* chinese game developers love 80s italo stuff or theres possibly some kind of connection with Cube Technology here.
- taizou
- Jan 29 2011, 01:22:52 AM
the music in Drummer Beat is (part of) Wings of Love by Grant Miller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWfS28sNxk). now either *all* chinese game developers love 80s italo stuff or theres possibly some kind of connection with Cube Technology here.[/quote]Out of curiosity, have you checked the other two music/rhythm/whatever games?
yeah, I have, got no results in soundhound.. but I'm sure theyre ripped from somewhere.
btw i've uploaded all the videos from videojet's site here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H2FMQ2F0 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H2FMQ2F0)
if anyone wants to download them all.
The music in "Dance Go Go Go" (on the MI2 handheld) sounds like it's probably real songs, but it's hard to actually hear them over all the "good! great! nice!" stuff. Even DDR doesn't add commentary on every arrow!
Looking at those Mi2 videos:
- 3D Bricker looks like a cross between Arkanoid and Castelian.
- Brain Gym looks like a ripoff of Brain Training for the DS.
- The video for Connect Pair is upside down on the screen and turned on its side for no apparent reason.
- Several of the games on it look like bad PS1 games.
- Dance Go Go Go reminds me of that Pokémon Crazy Drummer for the Mega Drive with the ridiculous sound effects. No idea where the music's from. Mind you, if the songs are stolen then many of them on this sound pretty bad to begin with. :P
- Apparently, there's more than one game that has Eidolon in the title. (The other being that game off the Games Xplosion)
- Fruit Vs Veggies sort of looks like Worms for the PC.
- Panda Go is likely a ripoff of Super Monkey Ball.
- Virtual Life Singer has graphics ripped off from The Sims, and the music is probably stolen as well.
- codeman38
- Jan 28 2011, 10:16:32 AM
There's another blatant ripoff on the PDC that rather surprised me.
Here's the Pocket Dream Console's game "Talent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRtDDKtBQsY#t=38s).
If that doesn't seem at all familiar, here's the indie PC game "Professor Fizzwizzle" (http://grubbygames.com/online/professor_fizzwizzle.php) for comparison.
Edit: Oh, yeah, "Professor Fizzwizzle" is from 2005. As in, two years before the PDC was released. Usually they pick something slightly older to rip off...
Speaking of indie PC games, Pretty Café (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvb0cso9tI#t=44) is not only a Diner Dash ripoff, but also uses a certain sound effect from Sonic the Hedgehog which I know I've heard in one of those Wii clones too. (Edit: It was the Zone 40. Waixing/NiceCode connections here, perhaps?)
Oh, yeah, and I forgot the most hilarious ripoffs: I've definitely had plenty of entertainment from AIM, but I had no idea that Windows' Disk Defragmenter was that entertaining. (The Action and Puzzle icons, respectively.) And just to be OS-neutral, they also ripped off the Mac OS networking icon for the upper-left of the menu screen.[/quote]I can top it.
The GT Racing game uses sound effects from GT Advance on the GBA, and the music also seems to be close to that!
I still think it's cony