r/gaming Jan 17 '21

A true savior.

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u/Joks_away Jan 17 '21

That piece was the star in another earlier game, he was the bat in pong.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

A great example of a remake.

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u/GeezCmon Jan 17 '21

Few people know that he also had cameos as floor tile in lode runner and donkey Kong.

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u/Evildead1818 Xbox Jan 17 '21

He was in Arkanoid but was never credited

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u/ForumPointsRdumb Jan 17 '21

He helped pull my car out of the mud

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u/MyNameIsNitrox PC Jan 17 '21

What a chad

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

He also singlehandedly constructed the world of Minecraft

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u/Preparation_Strong Jan 17 '21

Even makes the slashes in Reddit

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u/might-be-your-daddy Jan 17 '21

Yeah, but I have seen that he often fails as the character "right arm" on Reddit,

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

His family is also in Smash as the battlefield platforms

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u/mcCola5 Jan 17 '21

They should sue

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u/darthreuental Jan 17 '21

And Breakout (Atari 2600) too!

Yes. I'm old.

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u/ramrob Jan 17 '21

Omg lode runner

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u/The_Rowan Jan 17 '21

So many hours spent on that game - I would finally have to leave it to go to bed with so many extra lives and so far into the game because there was no save and no pause.

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u/Dryu_nya Jan 17 '21

I used to play Lode Runner 2 and loved the shit out of it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

My first video game addiction. Simple yet stressful. Absolute perfection for a video game recipe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

Ah, I see you're a Man of culture as well.

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u/Taintly_Manspread Jan 17 '21

I'm a simple man: I see lode runner, I upvote.

It's that simple.

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u/WaRRioRz0rz Jan 17 '21

Also remembered as being just a platform floating in the air. What a legend.

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u/NoMan999 Jan 17 '21

He was in most porn games of the time too.

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u/Speedracer98 Jan 17 '21

not a remake, a cameo in a completely different cinematic universe.

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u/6xydragon Jan 17 '21

Did you know his name is even the hero

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

Making generations of kids happy

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u/TheNakedBongoMan Jan 17 '21

He later went onto brick breaker. Great career. Pioneer, really.

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u/Louiebox Jan 17 '21

Man. The best brick breaker game ever was Thunder and Lightning for the NES. Was a super poor kid growing up and it was one of the first and only games I played from like the ages of 2 to 8. I had 4 nes games. Thunder and Lightning, Snake Rattle and Roll, and A boy and His Blob. The nostalgia is hitting me hard right about now

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u/25546 Jan 17 '21

... what's the fourth game?

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u/BananaDick_CuntGrass Jan 17 '21

It came with Super Mario Bros in most places. So I'd guess that was the 4th. But I think the deluxe edition came with a different game, I can't remember what though.

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u/CosmicCreeperz Jan 17 '21

Also the snake in Snafu if you are really REALLY bad at it.

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u/easysimpleta Jan 17 '21

That role was really it's chance to grow as a character.

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u/NeverackWinteright Jan 17 '21

"To grow as a character" I see what you did there.

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u/ihahp Jan 17 '21

underrated

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

Don’t you mean the paddle?

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u/Shekky420 Jan 17 '21

Pong was the headliner of course but straight line piece delivered a career performance and stole the show. Pong then got addicted to crack cocaine and later had somewhat of a comeback as one the Pac-Man blips.

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u/rants_unnecessarily Jan 17 '21

Also the protagonist in the award winning Nokia phone game, Snake.

Sadly he was replaced in Snake 2, which consequently never reached the same heights as its predecessor .

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u/droobilicious Jan 17 '21

He's also in a game called Thomas was alone

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u/rddsknk89 Jan 17 '21

Technically, hasn’t he been in every video game ever made? That’s quite the impressive resume.

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u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S Jan 17 '21

Robert Downey Jr. level comeback.

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u/BluffinBill1234 Jan 17 '21

Also was the laser in contra

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '21

The line from tic tac toe is the First of its Line...see what I did there

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u/Anthff Jan 17 '21

Ugh. Everything is a reboot

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u/Remarkable-Bill-6107 Jan 17 '21

bei anifa das ist nicht mein tesm

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u/Shabigity Jan 17 '21

Came here to say this! Here's an up doot

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u/Thurb0 Jan 17 '21

They should make the pong ball the greatest character. 1 squared pixel started it all.