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Wish I could find some old Apple ][ GS game where there was a computer voice right as you booted up. I never understood what it said, but I thought it sounded

by Natsu 4y ago

Wish I could find some old Apple ][ GS game where there was a computer voice right as you booted up. I never understood what it said, but I thought it sounded like "parano guizu tiksa" and it always bothered me that I had no way to figure out what it was saying. I don't remember anything else about it.

dnr 4y ago
Oh wow, that just jogged a really old memory. I'm pretty sure I had that one, but can hardly remember anything else. Could it have been Xenocide? edit: Oh, or maybe Silpheed? This is the closest thing I found with some searching: https://youtu.be/o98xKZk5FOk?t=182 https://youtu.be/o98xKZk5FOk?t=182
- Natsu 4y ago
  I don't think those are it at least I didn't hear the voice in those videos and I don't quite remember playing those.
someperson 4y ago
There's a great subreddit for crowdsourcing things like that: http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue
- Enydosnes 4y ago
  To add to this, you can use https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/ for video games specifically
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  Another one is https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-identification https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-ident..., but I don't know how popular stackexchange is these days.
  - rjh29 4y ago
    They only allow questions with a video or image (not just from memory) which makes it unfriendly and of limited use. They recommend /r/tipofmyjoystick or a selection of online chat rooms instead.
- Natsu 4y ago
  HN apparently works just as well. It's definitely Thexder and the voice is apparently saying "Thexder presented by Sierra" in Japanese as best we can puzzle out. The quality is so terrible that even a native speaker had to listen to it several times and infer the rest from context, though.
nevster 4y ago
I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Thexder. It would start up and you'd hear a Japanese female voice saying something like that - the last word being Thexder. It was a great game! You can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_iveNrUPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_iveNrUPo
- Natsu 4y ago
  Yes, that's it. What on earth are they saying? EDIT: Maybe "Siera ga ookurisusu Thexder" (Thexder presented by Sierra)? It's practically incomprehensible.
  - nevster 4y ago
    I have no idea! I tried to put it through some voice translators but all it gave me were things like "The tiara will send you" and "dialga oakley sticker"
    - Natsu 4y ago
      I showed it to a native Japanese speaker and he thinks it's "Siera ga ookuri suru Thexder" though he said he was only able to make out "ga ookuri suru" part and was inferring the rest from context. I feel like I can hear "Siera" at the start myself and you seemed sure the last word was Thexder, so that's what I'm going with. It's pretty nearly incomprehensible, though.

by Natsu 4y ago

dnr 4y ago

Oh wow, that just jogged a really old memory. I'm pretty sure I had that one, but can hardly remember anything else. Could it have been Xenocide? edit: Oh, or maybe Silpheed? This is the closest thing I found with some searching: https://youtu.be/o98xKZk5FOk?t=182 https://youtu.be/o98xKZk5FOk?t=182

Natsu 4y ago
I don't think those are it at least I didn't hear the voice in those videos and I don't quite remember playing those.

someperson 4y ago

There's a great subreddit for crowdsourcing things like that: http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue

Enydosnes 4y ago
To add to this, you can use https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/ for video games specifically
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Another one is https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-identification https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-ident..., but I don't know how popular stackexchange is these days.
- rjh29 4y ago
  They only allow questions with a video or image (not just from memory) which makes it unfriendly and of limited use. They recommend /r/tipofmyjoystick or a selection of online chat rooms instead.
Natsu 4y ago
HN apparently works just as well. It's definitely Thexder and the voice is apparently saying "Thexder presented by Sierra" in Japanese as best we can puzzle out. The quality is so terrible that even a native speaker had to listen to it several times and infer the rest from context, though.

nevster 4y ago

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Thexder. It would start up and you'd hear a Japanese female voice saying something like that - the last word being Thexder. It was a great game! You can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_iveNrUPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_iveNrUPo

Natsu 4y ago
Yes, that's it. What on earth are they saying? EDIT: Maybe "Siera ga ookurisusu Thexder" (Thexder presented by Sierra)? It's practically incomprehensible.
- nevster 4y ago
  I have no idea! I tried to put it through some voice translators but all it gave me were things like "The tiara will send you" and "dialga oakley sticker"
  - Natsu 4y ago
    I showed it to a native Japanese speaker and he thinks it's "Siera ga ookuri suru Thexder" though he said he was only able to make out "ga ookuri suru" part and was inferring the rest from context. I feel like I can hear "Siera" at the start myself and you seemed sure the last word was Thexder, so that's what I'm going with. It's pretty nearly incomprehensible, though.