Metal Slug on BBC News

[Moob Butter]

Metal Slug is 2 minutes in.

Edit - removed bitchy comment

 

[BeefJerky]

 

[Tarma]

Did you guys know it came out in 1995, was released in small numbers and costs £20,000 today? You play it on a Neo Geo, a console from 1990.

*Snigger*

Metal Slug is 2 minutes in.

Cool. Learn something old every day in this place!

Cheers Jock!

 

[city41]

To be fair it was released in small numbers for AES. That always bugged me. You could build a house out of KOF96 carts, why not make more slugs too?

 

[Moob Butter]

To be fair it was released in small numbers for AES. That always bugged me. You could build a house out of KOF96 carts, why not make more slugs too?

Edit - removed bitchy comment about getting dates wrong.

 

[Neo Alec]

That's our own @frazer99 on the BBC.

Great to see him. He's the real deal. A good dude.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1784499453900042702

 

[Moob Butter]

Was it our frazer? My bad homie. Dates fucked up on live tv I guess.

 

[city41]

True, but it is amazing that he got the release date of the game and (if I’m being a nitpicking fudgepacker) the NGH wrong. It looks like an example of a collector that has the game because ‘it is rare’ rather than actually showing an interest in the actual game or hardware itself.

I'd cut him some slack. Who knows what being on national tv is like. Hell I was on a local news segment once and I was nervous as shit.

 

[wyo]

I hope the Saudis release identical copies of the rare titles so I can drink the collector tears.

 

[prof]

Don't be pedantic, mmj. National television, and he seemed totally comfortable, didn't stutter or say "uh or um" over and over like some do. He may have been off a year on a date here or there, but I thought he did great.

 

[Moob Butter]

I already apologised but sure, I‘ll admit I jumped to a conclusion too quickly that it was another self appointed YouTube collector ‘expert’. There’s a lot of those about spreading misinformation about games they know nothing about.

This BBC segment wasn’t aimed at hardcore cell dweller nerds, it was light touch for the public. I remember being on live tv and in the moment / panic saying the wrong thing as well. In that spirit, I think Fraser did great.

 

[StevenK]

That's our own @frazer99 on the BBC.

Great to see him. He's the real deal. A good dude.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1784499453900042702

Oh shit, that's awesome! Well played frazer, cool as a cucumber, good man.

 

[basic]

Did you guys know it came out in 1995, was released in small numbers and costs £20,000 today? You play it on a Neo Geo, a console from 1990.

*Snigger*

Metal Slug is 2 minutes in.

yo go easy on the casual dropping of racist words

 

[StevenK]

yo go easy on the casual dropping of racist words

I think he meant to say sn-word

 

[basic]

I think he meant to say sn-word

sure he did. I know a dog whistle when I see one.

gonna preempt a dog eating joke.

 

[Moob Butter]

I think he meant to say sn-word

SNK?

 

[BeefJerky]

SNK?

Snickerdoodle.

 

[Moob Butter]

Over here a snicker(s) is a chocolate bar.

gonna preempt a dog eating joke.

Why would I do that? We mix them with oatmeal and sell it as haggis for the tourists.

 

[StevenK]

Over here a snicker(s) is a chocolate bar.

We got that from them, dude

 

[Moob Butter]

I‘ve got some embarrassment of Marathon portions in this thread.

 

[joe8]

The Japanese Metal Slug 1 AES is worth 20,000 pounds, now?

 

[city41]

The Japanese Metal Slug 1 AES is worth 20,000 pounds, now? That's 25,000 USD

I actually think that's pretty low. There were some sales in the past couple of years in the $60k+ range.

 

[kernow]

This thread, oh dear. Who doesn't recognise Frazer.
Damn noobs

 

[Yamazaki]

I actually think that's pretty low. There were some sales in the past couple of years in the $60k+ range.

I think you're mixing it up with the US version.

never heard about a MS going for 60k+

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

Did you sell yours @Yamazaki ?