The arcade game prop that was called the wrong one for 20 years turns out that the sword in "Three Kingdoms" is not called "tape"
Foreword
When I was a child, my knowledge of things was relatively poor, which inevitably led to all kinds of jokes. In arcade games, it is even more normal to give random names to game props. .
There is a kind of firearm in "Dinosaur Fight" with 48 rounds. Although the damage is not high, it has a high burst frequency and is very refreshing to shoot. When I was a child, I didn't know what this kind of gun was called. I called it a machine gun, but when I grew up I realized it was actually called an Uzi, and it was a submachine gun, which was different from a machine gun.
In addition, "Dinosaur Fight" also has an M16-A1 rifle that has the same 48 rounds of ammunition as the Uzi submachine gun and does more damage. However, I thought this was the AK47 that often appears in the movie.
In the tunnel of the underground vault in Level 7, there is a very durable stick. Throwing the stick at the enemy is extremely sour. However, in our eyes, this stick is not called a stick, but a "Chito" , because the shape is so similar to a certain snack.
When I was young, I thought this crescent-shaped health-recovering prop was the fried croissant that we Guangzhou people eat during the Chinese New Year. But in fact, the English name of this thing is "CROISSANT", which is croissant. I have never seen it before. This kind of food was not sold in bakeries until I was in junior high school.
"Dinosaur Kombat" also has two bonus props that many people have misunderstood for more than 20 years. One is the Nautilus (AMMONITE). At that time, I thought it was a leather pillow. Every time I said: "That pillow Take it."
In addition, some people thought that this thing was sashimi, dried radish, fatty intestines... So many people were very surprised when they ate this thing and found that it only added points but no blood.
The other thing is a brown-gray prop with a little white in the middle. For a long time, I thought it was a snake head biting an egg, so I called it a "snake head". However, in fact, this thing turned out to be a "Glove" ——Just a baseball glove. I have to say that these are all cognitive errors caused by poor picture quality!
The names of the props in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2" are also very interesting. There are many things that we know the correct pronunciation of, but we just like to call it according to our preferences. For example, the throwing prop "Niang Dao", we call it " "Little Li's Grandma Flying Knives", I believe everyone who has watched Xingye's movie knows that this name comes from "Tang Bohu Spots Qiuxiang".
Whenever there is a blunt weapon in the game, regardless of whether it is a wooden hammer or a mace, it is uniformly called "Bu Bu Zhai" because "Bu" in Cantonese means to beat, and this word also has the word "Bu Bu Zhai". The enemy is playing with the artistic conception that makes them dizzy, and it's cool to "divide" it with a hammer.
There are two most famous hidden weapons in "Three Kingdoms 2". One is the "Holy Sword" with red flames when it is cut out. We can understand both words, but we just like to call it "Fire Sword". ". By the way, the English name of this sword is "Excalibur", which is the legendary sword of King Arthur. This sword has appeared in many animations and games. The most famous one is probably the "Fate" series.
Correspondingly, it is the strongest "water sword" in the game. According to rumors circulating on the Internet, this weapon is an official cheating weapon that Capcom has considered for the last level, and is specially reserved for players to enjoy. It can cause tons of damage with one slash. One slash for the soldiers, two for the fat. It's a pity. The only thing is that this sword can only be used on one map and cannot be taken to Lu Bu.
Of course, this water sword also has an official name called "Kusanagi", which is the first of the three legendary artifacts in Japan (since there is even an EX curry stick, it is not surprising to add a Kusanagi sword. ).
However, the word "虙" seems to be too uncommon for most players at that time. Some people pronounce it as "Caowei", some pronounce it as "Caoying", and the most popular word among Guangzhou people is probably "Tappaper". ", this term is basically equated with toilet paper at home.
So much so that when we played "King of Fighters 95" later, a bunch of people called the protagonist "Kyo".
It was not until later that TVB broadcast "Seed Agent" (also known as "Peach Spirit") that the protagonist Kusanagi Mamoru's name was "Kusanagi Mamoru", and we didn't know that the original word was pronounced "shao" ...
The same joke is also found in the eighth level. After players cross the bridge in the eighth level, they will automatically cut into a new scene. There are three wooden boxes at the beginning, two of which contain the Green Dragon Knife and the Axe.
Speaking of this Qinglong Sword, it is written as "青龙刀" in Japanese. I believe that players over 90 will blurt out "青龙刀" when they see the word "龙" for the first time, even in many anime. Here, these two words are often mispronounced, but the artistic conception is not the slightest difference!
Various health-recovery props in "Three Kingdoms 2" have very affectionate names. Meat buns are called "Baozi" (small bags), chicken legs are called "Bizai" (little chicken legs), and barbecues are called " Dabi” (big chicken drumstick).
In addition, I don’t know why everyone calls grilled fish “salted fish”. The shape is actually quite different from the salted fish we eat every day, but almost everyone in the Guangzhou arcade calls it that. , the governor naturally followed suit. As for the "roasted chicken", I later realized that I had been mistaken for many years when I entered high school. This thing was not a chicken at all, but "PEKING DUCK" - Peking Roast Duck!
Let’s talk about "The Punisher". There are also several props in "The Punisher" that I have misunderstood for many years. For example, these two health recovery props. I always thought that the small ones were cakes and the big ones were sponge cakes, but in fact the truth is Yes: the small one is pudding, the big one is cheese... If you think about it carefully, in fact, this kind of cheese with holes often appears in "Tom and Jerry", but when I played in the arcade, I was either busy cleaning it. The miscellaneous soldiers, if their lives were not hanging by a thread and eaten in a hurry, there would be no time to look at the specific details.
Let me tell you about my shameful dark history: When I was a child, my second cousin and I went to the arcade to play "The Punisher". When we saw the gold nuggets falling on the roadside, we blurted out "Sophine" (Soap), after all, there is an exact same one on my sink...
"Alien vs. Predator" is even more exaggerated, orange, purple, blue, green... all over the floor They are all made of rainbow-colored soap. Could it be that the alien lair is a soap factory?
There are not many props in "Midnight Kills", and the food has steaming special effects, so it is not difficult to identify, but there is only one food that is not steaming. It is red and a little white. , I always mistakenly thought they were Japanese glutinous rice balls and called them "glutinous rice balls".
But later I checked the information and found that this thing turned out to be a lychee... It was a bit surprising. This thing is rare in Japanese side-scrolling action games.
Looking back, the reason why I called so many wrong prop names back then was not only the willful and unrestrained nature of children, but also partly due to the limitations of the image quality of arcade games. As we grow up and become more knowledgeable about things, this kind of misunderstanding is rarely caused nowadays, but it is also a pity.
As we grow up, we have gained a lot, but we have also lost a lot. Unfortunately, time cannot go back. We can only open the emulator after work and before going to sleep, and relive the arcade tape alone. Happy times come.
That’s it! That’s all for today’s article. Classic games never go out of style, and weird games can also be remembered for a lifetime. I am the governor of games. See you next time!