Ghost in the Shell and Manga Entertainment's ad/cameo in Syndicate Wars (1996 DOS version). I like the irony of the actual in-game 'talkie' ad in a hellhole of a cyberpunk city casting shade (from an in-universe perspective) on Ghost in the Shell and calling it a 'vision born of a nightmare past'. - ThreadSky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 27 days ago

Ghost in the Shell and Manga Entertainment's ad/cameo in Syndicate Wars (1996 DOS version).

I like the irony of the actual in-game 'talkie' ad in a hellhole of a cyberpunk city casting shade (from an in-universe perspective) on Ghost in the Shell and calling it a 'vision born of a nightmare past'.

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naoenagi.bsky.social•27 days ago

i love ghost in the shell!
That is so a nice fun fact!

astrowuff.bsky.social•27 days ago

2029 is so close o.o

tjwolf26.bsky.social•27 days ago

Lovely but of in-game advertising

sanitytheshow.bsky.social•27 days ago

Curious, do later releases such as the ps1 port and the GOG release retain it?

sharkabytes.bsky.social•27 days ago

It's there in the GOG version. I was tinkering around with my copy of the PS1 version yesterday for some shorts and didn't see it but not 100% sure. The view is quite zoomed in and it's on the low-resolution perspective so might be difficult to see them.

dosbootleg.bsky.social•27 days ago

This reminds me of the perfect blue reference in Tokyo Godfathers

dosbootleg.bsky.social•27 days ago

Or, for that matter, the Konomi club in SNATCHER.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•26 days ago

Ohhh yes!

ronconauta.bsky.social•27 days ago

It's ironic on multiple levels as most people there are wearing vr chips that make them believe they live in an utopia. So for them Gits is actually a nightmarish what could have been

sharkabytes.bsky.social•27 days ago

Ah, yeah, you're right! It does play into that too with the 'Better Than Life' chips. It would be.

jaapnull.bsky.social•10 days ago

Man, I would love a new Syndicate game. (No not that one)

Is there anything like spiritual successor for these games?

bengraven.bsky.social•27 days ago

Sing a Manga Entertainment ad in a video game and not the first few minutes of a VHS must’ve been glorious for 90s anime kids.

steverudland.bsky.social•27 days ago

Syndicate Wars was great.

hacker-cracker.bsky.social•27 days ago

I would always get the gatling guns and some kinda explosive launcher and just level the whole city. Good Times

hacker-cracker.bsky.social•27 days ago

"Syndicate"

sharkabytes.bsky.social•26 days ago

Oh, this is the sequel and not the original Syndicate game, if that's what you meant.

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