#manasoft

[tinycartridge]

I feel guilty using some guy's video of a pirated ROM played on an emulator, but it's appropriate for the topic!

Several attentive kids at GameFaqs noticed that ManaSoft's recently released Commando: Steel Disaster ripped off several games for its soundtrack:

The opening menu song (see above clip) is taken from the Heavyarms stage of SNES Bandai fighter Gundam Wing: Endless Duel

The game over music is a slowed-down version of "Black Omen" from Square's Chrono Trigger

It shouldn't be a surprise that this game, a shooter that copies Metal Slug's design wholesale, would also feature a pilfered soundtrack! Even the Shanghai-based studio's name, ManaSoft, is obviously inspired by Mana series creator Square's defunct brand Squaresoft.

I was only somewhat curious about Commando: Steel Disaster before, but now I really want to play it. Make sure to read Jeremy Parish's preview of the game and why uninspired knock-offs are still worth checking out.

[Via NeoGAF]

[programming-wizard]

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

I love messing around with the coding on the programs on my personal MANA. Since I’m head of the programming department, I get the only MANA that’s easily customizable without jailbreaking it. I have access to some pretty freaking broken spells of my own design, good thing these aren’t available to the general public (or M1NDH4CKZ0RZ INC) or we might be in a lot of trouble. Hahaha.