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Off-Topic => Games => Existing Games => Topic started by: Resetti's Replicas on April 09, 2012, 09:17:10 PM
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Recently someone posted footage of the cancelled Battlebots game, and here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Hqnuo6u3s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Hqnuo6u3s#)
I have to wonder if this was the final product, it looks aesthetic but the physics seem a bit dodgy, not a lot of components breaking off and a very exaggerated rubberbanding against that spinner that I've taken to calling not-259. Also it looked like they had no plans to make an arena with OOTA potential, sucks to be Toro or T-Minus I guess.
The replicas looked good though, although it didn't look like I'd have a lot of freedom to make my own (Probably a "pick components from the menu" sort of deal.)
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Even if it wasn't finished, that's one ballin' BB game. And is that Garm?!?! Holy crap they had Garm in this game!!!
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How old was this?
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2002
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I saw pics of this stuff beforehand, but I never saw videos. and Fang was gonna be in this? Sweet, I love Fang.
Also I never saw Marquis de Saw before (yes, I know it's not a real bot, just not in pics of the game). Want to replicate it now.
And now I want that Gamecube game now more than ever before. Thanks for posting this Resetti.
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regardless of shoddy physics still looks fun as heck.
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this game looks pretty cool
physics seem a bit wonky at times though (AKA against vertical spinners)
to bad it was cancelled
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I saw pictures of this a while back, here are three screens I have found
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/49344battlebots_013003_3_640w.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/52874battlebotsbeta01.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/77896battlebotsbeta04.jpg)
But the one question I have is why was it rated T when other robot combat games like it such as All the Robot Wars games, the 2 Battlebots games for gameboy and Robot Arena were all rated E.
Also I do believe at some point I found a screenshot that showed the airplane graveyard arena from the first 2 games was supposed to be back in this one.
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wait, Gamma raptor was gonna be in this too? DAMMIT
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Man, Shrike is over powered.
Also, if you noticed the water mark, these videos are from Game Spot.
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But the one question I have is why was it rated T when other robot combat games like it such as All the Robot Wars games, the 2 Battlebots games for gameboy and Robot Arena were all rated E.
Because of the minigames; there was "Guess Dr. Inferno Jr.'s Sex When You Should Be Providing Commentary," "Convince Accounting That One Guy Couldn't Do Both Your Jobs", "Sue Budweiser Over a Harmless Parody", "Rewrite Bill Nye's Commentary to the Point Where Three Year Old Would Feel Patronized", and "See How Many Times You Can Work The Word 'Castrate' Into Your Commentary"
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To their credit thry never did say "wheelectemy"...
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But the one question I have is why was it rated T when other robot combat games like it such as All the Robot Wars games, the 2 Battlebots games for gameboy and Robot Arena were all rated E.
Because of the minigames; there was "Guess Dr. Inferno Jr.'s Sex When You Should Be Providing Commentary," "Convince Accounting That One Guy Couldn't Do Both Your Jobs", "Sue Budweiser Over a Harmless Parody", "Rewrite Bill Nye's Commentary to the Point Where Three Year Old Would Feel Patronized", and "See How Many Times You Can Work The Word 'Castrate' Into Your Commentary"
OK, this made me laugh.
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But the one question I have is why was it rated T when other robot combat games like it such as All the Robot Wars games, the 2 Battlebots games for gameboy and Robot Arena were all rated E.
Because of the minigames; there was "Guess Dr. Inferno Jr.'s Sex When You Should Be Providing Commentary," "Convince Accounting That One Guy Couldn't Do Both Your Jobs", "Sue Budweiser Over a Harmless Parody", "Rewrite Bill Nye's Commentary to the Point Where Three Year Old Would Feel Patronized", and "See How Many Times You Can Work The Word 'Castrate' Into Your Commentary"
xD
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But the one question I have is why was it rated T when other robot combat games like it such as All the Robot Wars games, the 2 Battlebots games for gameboy and Robot Arena were all rated E.
I am a Battlebots fanboy, but that was hilarious.
Because of the minigames; there was "Guess Dr. Inferno Jr.'s Sex When You Should Be Providing Commentary," "Convince Accounting That One Guy Couldn't Do Both Your Jobs", "Sue Budweiser Over a Harmless Parody", "Rewrite Bill Nye's Commentary to the Point Where Three Year Old Would Feel Patronized", and "See How Many Times You Can Work The Word 'Castrate' Into Your Commentary"
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Man. That game looks like fun. While it is terribly unrealistic, it still looks like it was playable and could have been a decent bargain bin game.
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Just leaving this here:
http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
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Even with the dodgy physics, I so would've bought this.
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Just leaving this here:
http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
why are t-minus' wheels red ?
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Was probably 'too dull' in the colour department, I'd guess.
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Wow that looked cool. If they toned down the ridiculous collision between that disc (and the axe on the second bot looked a little damaging when it wasn't moving) that looked like it'd have been loads of fun..
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Mouser mecha catbot was going to be in this?
dammit dammit dammit
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Mouser mecha catbot was going to be in this?
dammit dammit dammit
Son of a bitch... The only thing that could have been better would be Mecha-Tentamushi.
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Just leaving this here:
http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
Found this years ago, actually.
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Just leaving this here:
http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
Found this years ago, actually.
Someone should email them, ask if they know what exactly happened to the beta.
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Bump, found a website that might be related. http://web.archive.org/web/20021018175707/http://www.thq.com/battlebots/Bios.asp?Weight=Heavyweight&NavBots=header_over_11 (http://web.archive.org/web/20021018175707/http://www.thq.com/battlebots/Bios.asp?Weight=Heavyweight&NavBots=header_over_11)
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This looked like it would have been awesome, i think it would have been a little funner than RA2 because its on a home console, in other words, i could play it with my sister. and the real bots would be cool too.
MassimoV:
thats cool, how did you find that?
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wayback machine through the BB website.
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I used that to find a couple of web sites too.
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http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
This game is out there, somewhere, unfinished. It will be found.
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Just leaving this here:
http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm (http://www.merlynlear.com/ml_2003_02.htm)
why are t-minus' wheels red ?
They were red in Season 3 or 4 IIRC
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Complete Control hngggg
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:frown: SOMEONE FIND BETA
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wonder if there would be a bot building aspect to it, because it'd get boring pretty quickly if there wasnt
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wonder if there would be a bot building aspect to it, because it'd get boring pretty quickly if there wasnt
I'm quite sure there would've been, all Robot Fighting games had them- heck, even the original Robot Arena did :approve:
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
Offtopic: uh.. why does GoldenFox have "Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman,
Ultraheavyweight" title?
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Offtopic: uh.. why does GoldenFox have "Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman,
Ultraheavyweight" title?
uhw users (users with 4000+ posts) can have a custom title
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Offtopic: uh.. why does GoldenFox have "Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman,
Ultraheavyweight" title?
uhw users (users with 4000+ posts) can have a custom title
i should keep posting
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uhw users (users with 4000+ posts) can have a custom title
Oh, but i have never seen that. i thought there was people with more posts than him?
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uhw users (users with 4000+ posts) can have a custom title
Oh, but i have never seen that. i thought there was people with more posts than him?
yeah but it was just recently that they implemented it so they haven't noticed yet
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Ok, cool, but i should stop posting now cause im spamming this thread. :0
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
Offtopic: uh.. why does GoldenFox have "Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman,
Ultraheavyweight" title?
it would be hard, because it was a HOME CONSOLE GAME, NOT A PC. we would need all the files needed, put them in an .iso or other file, and get an emulator. I'd say we would need to get the files from someone who worked on it and has the files. It's gonna be hard, but if we can get it, i'd die from a heart attack from my obesity a happy young man.
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There is a silver lining...
We could get Merlyn Lear to design stuff for RA2, it says he is an expert using 3dsmax.
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There is a silver lining...
We could get Merlyn Lear to design stuff for RA2, it says he is an expert using 3dsmax.
If he could do that and provide for DSL3 with it, I might just die happy :approve:
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
If people found 7 Sonic 2 betas, they can find a proto for this game.
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if he made stuff for ra2 it would be just incredible !!!
and if someone did find the beta i think I would die happy
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
If people found 7 Sonic 2 betas, they can find a proto for this game.
Good point- hopefully that might just be the case here, too. I mean, apart from the somewhat wonky physics, it appeared to be more-or-less complete.
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I can't believe I'll never get to play as Complete Control or Ziggo in a Battlebots game.
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I can't believe I'll never get to play as Complete Control or Ziggo in a Battlebots game.
*cough*GBA Games*cough*
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I can't believe I'll never get to play as Complete Control or Ziggo in a Battlebots game.
well theres dsl but its not exactly a battlebots game
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I can't believe I'll never get to play as Complete Control or Ziggo in a Battlebots game.
*cough*GBA Games*cough*
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
If people found 7 Sonic 2 betas, they can find a proto for this game.
Good point- hopefully that might just be the case here, too. I mean, apart from the somewhat wonky physics, it appeared to be more-or-less complete.
if he made stuff for ra2 as well you might finally see that cassius 2 rep
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We can only hope.
Also 20,000th Games section post ftw!
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
If people found 7 Sonic 2 betas, they can find a proto for this game.
Good point- hopefully that might just be the case here, too. I mean, apart from the somewhat wonky physics, it appeared to be more-or-less complete.
Yeah... Except the fact that there are major differences between EPROMS containing a proto designed for the Genesis and something that was probably burned to a DVD-R and eventually destroyed when it got the ax. I do have to say that you are thinking in the right direction, at least.
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Are you happy now? :p
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Are you happy now? :p
Oh hey, it's a new member! Welcome to GTM, bro :approve:
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Thanks. :bigsmile: Although, sis is more appropriate.
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the physics in this game are @_@ing awful but it'd seem nice to play
Thanks. :bigsmile: Although, sis is more appropriate.
woah a girl O_O
we dont get a lot of those around here
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Thanks. :bigsmile: Although, sis is more appropriate.
Ah, you're a girl? OK, the nickname should have tipped me off :laughing
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
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yeah, you guys think that it would be possible to find the beta? maybe in some old THQ site...
If people found 7 Sonic 2 betas, they can find a proto for this game.
Good point- hopefully that might just be the case here, too. I mean, apart from the somewhat wonky physics, it appeared to be more-or-less complete.
Yeah... Except the fact that there are major differences between EPROMS containing a proto designed for the Genesis and something that was probably burned to a DVD-R and eventually destroyed when it got the ax. I do have to say that you are thinking in the right direction, at least.
I played the demo on the gamecube at Battlebots season 5, iirc. I think the demo had Toro, Ice Cube, Backlash and maybe one other bot able to be played on a bridge combat area.
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Thanks. :bigsmile: Although, sis is more appropriate.
Ah, you're a girl? OK, the nickname should have tipped me off :laughing
But even with my initial little mistake there, welcome to GTM, and I hope you enjoy your time here- I should introduce myself, too. I'm GF- one of the resident cool guys here :approve:
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Hey, now...
Black Widow is Ellen, my girlfriend. Apparently she felt that it wasn't important enough to inform me that she made an account.
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Hey, now...
Black Widow is Ellen, my girlfriend. Apparently she felt that it wasn't important enough to inform me that she made an account.
Right- hopefully, my welcome was good enough to meet your standards :approve:
I played the demo on the gamecube at Battlebots season 5, iirc. I think the demo had Toro, Ice Cube, Backlash and maybe one other bot able to be played on a bridge combat area.
Cool beans- how good do you think it was from the Demo?
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Hey, now...
Black Widow is Ellen, my girlfriend. Apparently she felt that it wasn't important enough to inform me that she made an account.
Right- hopefully, my welcome was good enough to meet your standards :approve:
Meh. She's the one that is pickier than sh**.
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well hecko there ms. HA's girlfriend
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We should stop spamming this thread. Take it to GCT.
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Hey, now...
Black Widow is Ellen, my girlfriend. Apparently she felt that it wasn't important enough to inform me that she made an account.
no, i was making a reference to Black Widow from the Avengers, which is an inside joke between me and Preytor.
I don't know what you interpreted it as, but whatever it was, probably no.
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imagine Urjak's surprise when he comes on here XD
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A girl on the forum named Black Widow?
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Hey, now...
Black Widow is Ellen, my girlfriend. Apparently she felt that it wasn't important enough to inform me that she made an account.
no, i was making a reference to Black Widow from the Avengers, which is an inside joke between me and Preytor.
I don't know what you interpreted it as, but whatever it was, probably no.
Ah, I see... I thought it was more of a "just jizzed myself" statement.
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I played the demo on the gamecube at Battlebots season 5, iirc. I think the demo had Toro, Ice Cube, Backlash and maybe one other bot able to be played on a bridge combat area.
Cool beans- how good do you think it was from the Demo?
It was decent for the time. Seemed like they tried to balance the robots such that any one could beat any other one, which led to odd things like flippers and plows doing a good deal of damage.
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Do you recall if you could flip other robots over the wall? It looked like every arena except the Battlebox had no side barriers.
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Do you recall if you could flip other robots over the wall? It looked like every arena except the Battlebox had no side barriers.
I didn't see it happen when I was playing it.
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hello incredibly old thread. every once in a while i do a search of google to see if i can find the demo of the battlebots game floating around somewhere on the internet. this time i found something ~almost~ promising
this guy was a tester for the battlebots game for gcn/ps2
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-gallup/5/71/578 (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-gallup/5/71/578)
anyone have a linkedin and can ask him if he's still got a copy laying around somewhere? ive long since forgot my linkedin password
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Worth it, there's absolutely nothing to lose.