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Totally agree - Elephant Man was possibly his finest hour. It was easy to forget he was acting, he was so totally convincing. RIPOriginally posted by VectraMan View PostI'm sad about John Hurt. One of the few that really does deserve the plaudits.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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RIP John Hurt, what a talent, so many good roles and unfair to declare a singular defining moment.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Masaya Nakamura
Pac-Man 'father' dies | Daily Mail Online
Masaya Nakamura, founder of games company Namco, died at 91 on January 22
He listed the company in 1955 when it was formed of two mechanical horse rides
Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and has been played an estimated 10billion times
The Guinness World Records has it as the most successful coin-operated gameComment
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Namco were responsible for quite a few really good arcade games, including Galaxians which was the first colour gameOriginally posted by vetran View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Namco_gamesComment
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RIP Masaya Nakamura
Thank you for the Ridge Racer series, the Tekken series, the Soul Blade series, Xevious and various other titles. But not Pole Position, wasn't impressed with that.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Not pole position??Originally posted by LondonManc View PostRIP Masaya Nakamura
Thank you for the Ridge Racer series, the Tekken series, the Soul Blade series, Xevious and various other titles. But not Pole Position, wasn't impressed with that.
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It had two - two! - Zilog Z8002 16-bit microprocessors! What's not to like?Originally posted by LondonManc View PostBut not Pole Position, wasn't impressed with that.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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MAME...I remember that. Having a huge wodge of DVDs full of games, most of which I couldn't get to run or had no idea how to play. Just used to play the same few and ignore the bulk of it.Originally posted by LondonManc View PostBoot up MAME tonight, play it, come back on here and apologise.Comment
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chestburster deserves some credit.

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