Comment on Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8.

MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Desert Bus was released as a protest game. In the 90s video games were demonized for being nothing more than violence simulators. Penn & Teller took that as a challenge and made the most non-violent game they could think of.

  It was made as a novelty. The people who made it knew it was boring, that’s the joke. The main group that still actually plays it is a charity group who suffers through it while getting donations for Child’s Play charity.

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  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you, this is very interesting.

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  • cafuneandchill@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vinesauce Joel’s playthrough of it is also very iconic

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    • trigonated@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Joel also has a real-time flight from Sweden to Brazil in Flight Simulator that’s very entertaining despite being several hours long.

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      • cafuneandchill@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh yeah, I remember that

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• jeze64@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re asking questions you donut want the answer to.

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• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Get a group of friends and drink while doing it?

  Nothing interesting happens at a mall, pub, but people still enjoy those solo with friends.

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  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, that does sound hilarious. Especially if there is a mod that you get a DUI in the game if you drive poorly.

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• BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I heard he only hits the speed of sound when he's rollin' around.

  But part of the legacy of Desert Bus is that it was a big charity series that kind of set the stage for GDQ later in gaming history. A sort of virtual road trip.
  So a lot of people have nostalgia for it.

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  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would have assumed boost is modern Sonic’s equivalent to rolling, but after learning more about the game, I understand…

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