In Phantasy Star IV you can go up to any bookshelf in the game and Chaz will either describe the books generally or name a particular book. Usually the books are related to the location. Early in the game, in Krup, there's a school, and Chaz describes the children's books. They seem to be videogame references, but I don't get them. Help me fill in the blanks.
Run, Hedgehog, Run! - Sonic
Biography of the Great Professor Lubetz - Phantasy Star
A Day With Ecco - Ecco, obviously
The Bare Queen - ?
The Ceramic Soldiers - ?
The Golden Axe, Volume III - Golden Axe III, obviously (and strangely since it wasn't released in the US)
The Eight Armed Ant and the Six Legged Spider - ?
Spoiled Rabbit of the Prairies - ?
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03-16-2009, 03:07 AM #1Where are the bits?! ESWAT Veteran
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What are these references? (in PS IV)
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03-16-2009, 09:38 AM #2Move Between worlds Raging in the Streets
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I guess the spider one could be any of the Spider-Man and Venom games.
But....
The Bare Queen
Ceramic Soldiers
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Spoiled Rabbit on the prairies
I have no idea about these."A Radical is One Who Speaks the Truth"
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03-16-2009, 10:22 AM #3Rebel scum Hero of Algol
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Spoiled rabbit of the orairies? Sonic was originally supposed to be a rabbit, so maybe during PS's development Sega was still kicking around the idea of a rabbit character. Perhaps at the last minute they changed this character into a star?
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03-16-2009, 10:35 AM #4Re-Animator Raging in the Streets
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Originally Posted by j_factor
Clay Fighters
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03-16-2009, 02:11 PM #5Pirate King
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Maybe "Spoiled Rabbit of the Prairies" is a jab at "Jazz Jackrabbit", the Sonic-clone that was released on PC's back in the day.
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03-16-2009, 02:33 PM #6Mastering your Systems Hero of Algol
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Jazz Jack is no Sonic clone IMO... its only fast, and that's all there is in common...
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03-16-2009, 02:42 PM #7NO MA'AM Shining Hero
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I have no Clue but I liked playing those Jazz games when I was younger, too bad they never to any of the consoles.
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Keep in mind that PSIV was released in 1993 in Japan. So the references are probably for games from that year like Ecco or earlier like Sonic. I personally think of Alisia Dragoon when hearing "The Bare Queen":
Yes, I know the JP boxart looks different, but still... That horns comment Raja makes on Rika is based on the western boxart of Phantasy Star II.
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03-16-2009, 03:02 PM #9Re-Animator Raging in the Streets
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But were the books translated correctly, thats the question. Originally Posted by Zebbe
I mean PS4 was released on Dec93 in Japan and Feb95 in America,
yet Clay Fighter was a 94 release.
So either Ceramic Soldiers does not refer to Clay Fighter or they changed
some references to be more about games that were released world wide instead of just Japan.
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03-16-2009, 03:09 PM #10inspiried Scott Pilgrim
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Ceramic Soldiers = Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors.
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03-16-2009, 03:53 PM #11Pirate King
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Well, I remember that when it came out, many magazines compared it to Sonic (since there weren't so many PC platformers), and even the makers claimed that they wanted to create a fast-paced platformer and were particularly inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog. The Wikipedia-Article also draws several parallels to Sonic (yeah, I know it's wikipedia, but nonetheless...) Originally Posted by TmEE
Jazz was released in early '94, during that time PSIV was localized for the States... so I think there might be a connection still.
Also rabbit of the prairies = jackrabbitThe funny thing about an oxymoron is, even if you remove the ox, there'll always be a moron. The Question Remains: Y?
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03-16-2009, 06:53 PM #12
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Who says they have to do anything with games? Could just be random stuff with game references thrown in here and there. A lot of Working Designs titles are like that, for example.
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