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A comment on Shenmue (1999) Reverse Engineering Reveals Possible Sun Position Oversight.

Re:Shenmue (1999) Reverse Engineering Reveals Possible Sun P... by ghostly_s on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @08:03PM (#43349020)
I’m not sure a single person in this thread actually read the article rather than just taking an opportunity to say how much they like the game.

I read it and I’m not sure I get the point—it seems in the end what they discovered is the simulated sun position in the first two games are based on each other's locations. Not familiar enough with the series to understand what implication that has, but in any case, is it an easter egg or an oversight? It can't be both.

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Re:Shenmue (1999) Reverse Engineering Reveals Possible Sun P... by denz88 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:53PM (#43350227)
The first game is set in Yokosuka, Japan, which has its latitude at 35deg north. The second game is set in Hong Kong, which has its latitude at 22deg north. It seems like whoever coded this data into the games may have swapped them.
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