'Gundam 0079: The War for Earth' released on this day in 1997. Bandai contracted the development of a live-action Gundam title to California developers Presto Studios; who turned in a QTE-driven, hammily-acted, highly "Americanized" take on the legendary mecha property. - ThreadSky

bghof.com • 4 days ago

'Gundam 0079: The War for Earth' released on this day in 1997.

Bandai contracted the development of a live-action Gundam title to California developers Presto Studios; who turned in a QTE-driven, hammily-acted, highly "Americanized" take on the legendary mecha property.

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five.yiff.ie•3 days ago

i NEED to play this holy shit

spoonshiro.com•4 days ago

Smirky Char is an emote in my Discord

lord-of-illyria.bsky.social•3 days ago

To be fair, this version of Char’s speech is fantastic.

lorddalek.bsky.social•4 days ago

People complain about the weird ways of saying names in this, but they were using Fred Schodt's romanizations from the novels which were actually considered official at the time.

mads-in-zero.bsky.social•4 days ago

I've been watching the OG Gundam for the first time via the English dub of the movie trilogy, because I love being contrarian, and "Sharr" doesn't even phase me anymore. It's got a fun sci-fi feel to it, as a name.

lorddalek.bsky.social•4 days ago

Its supposed to be a pun anyway. Char Aznable = Charles Aznvavour according to Tomino.

doflamingette.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's not a pun it's the exact name, just, in japanese phonems.

arraxis.bsky.social•3 days ago

I didn't know I wanted this until now

koren-lesthe.itch.io•4 days ago

I wonder how many game over @rerez.net & @itsadogandgame.bsky.social got with this one ^^

sanitytheshow.bsky.social•4 days ago

Fun Fact: This was supposed to be a killer app for the Pippin.

Presto Studios is also behind the adventure classic The Journeyman Project

landofobscusion.bsky.social•4 days ago

It looks like the Pippin version never actually saw release, sadly.

landofobscusion.bsky.social•4 days ago

Apparently the guy who played Garma in this, Butch Klein, has since gone on to have a decent enough career in acting.

Meanwhile, Michael Hickay (a.k.a. "Everyone's Favorite Version of Char") has apparently never acted again after this game. That is seriously a true loss, because Hickay is amazing.

petemarus.me•3 days ago

That acting makes Ric Flair in C&C look like Pacino

sixarmedsweater.bsky.social•4 days ago

…this rules.

mads-in-zero.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'll be honest, I love this, nobody could make me hate ham-Char. He sells it, he owns it. It's a space (soap) opera. The divorce is realer than ever.

afbourque.bsky.social•4 days ago

... has anyone ever heard of Presto Studios before or since?

landofobscusion.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sure. Presto made the Journeyman Project series before this, and later would be the devs of Myst III: Exile. They were a generally well-regarded point-&-click adventure game studio. This game was really more of an outlier for them.

miatadork.bsky.social•4 days ago

Uhhhh.......

tateer-railcar.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jean

devlinburgess.bsky.social•4 days ago

"That American is a Char!"

osakanone.bsky.social•3 days ago

gifs gundam fans can hear

penguindude91.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Try taking out the cock-"

testdevice.bsky.social•4 days ago

duchy of shaun. duchy of john. They seem unsure

tygoknt.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was like, wat they saying? 🤣

tygoknt.bsky.social•4 days ago

😬

cantard.bsky.social•4 days ago

I mean, outside of the names being hard to understand, it seems pretty on par with 80s dub acting. The CGI...does them no favors.

mattilda-dracul.bsky.social•2 days ago

I love dollar store Char.

bleakmars000109.bsky.social•4 days ago

this is incredible holy shit

nikkisayo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Were we too harsh on this game? Western dev with Gundam now:

claralaflore.bsky.social•4 days ago

The desperate marketing crossovers are painful as fuck.

nikkisayo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Honestly, if western devs are to touch Gundam, I feel like Bandai Namco is sleeping on Torn Banner. I think the ideal "western" Gundam game would just be a Chivalry 2 spinoff that uses the Gundam IP, since mobile suit combat is often done with swords and axes.

theheartagram.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Torn Banner missed out on countless IP collabs... Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Gundam, the list goes on....

Would've loved to see Gundam tho

nikkisayo.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Inb4 Barbatos Lupus Rex fans complain about the humble Ball because artillery pod in a swordfighting game

theheartagram.bsky.social•4 hours ago

RB-79?

theheartagram.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Im sorry, I don't understand what you mean

doflamingette.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't even see this as hammy this is exactly how Char acts 💀
And while the loss of the purple bob is regretable the good boy vibe of Char's actor is still immaculate.

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