A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt nearly from scratch

Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by efrafa on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:35PM (#18145058)

Funny story about Crash: Everybody around 30 years old in Slovakia knows Crash Bandicoot. In late 90s - early 00s there was a very popular TV show where you could call in and play the game with your phone (basically just left/right/jump) I spent hours watching it https://youtu.be/v3RYappcWZg

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by chamakits on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:31PM (#18145283)

Oh wow this is cool.

Is this real?

Like even though the players die a good deal, it still feels like they can play it pretty smoothly.

I’d love to know the system that got built out for this. I imagine it was detecting tones, but would love any more insight into all of that. An rpg game would have been a good way to overcome any timing issues games may introduce.

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by acct1771 on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:54AM (#18145992)

Yeah, but then it's not exciting.

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by moepstar on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:18AM (#18146547)

There was a similar show, called "Hugo" in Germany in the same timeframe...

Even with accompanying video games - ah, the memories...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(game_show)

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by dmbaggett on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:50AM (#18147687)

That is so awesome! Thanks for making my day. :)

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by Waterluvian on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:26PM (#18145272)

Oh my. And they show a bunch of toy prizes. Did this cost money to call?

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Re:A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt ... by efrafa on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:55PM (#18145634)

I think it was like regular domestic call and you could won playstation at the end of the month. But since it was super popular, it was crazy hard to get through, I tried, but lines was always busy :)

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