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Homemade Les Miserables 2d Fighter

February 2nd, 2005 by Roy Berman		 Mutantfrog

My friend Matt passed on a link to this amateur 2d fighting game based on Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserables. The game is being distributed as freeware, so go ahead and download it. It was built using the first edition of a fighting game design program called 2D Fighting School (2D格闘スクール), published by the Japanese media company Enterbrain. The product info page for the newer 2nd edition product is avaliable here.

Since I’ve never seen or read Le Miserables, Matt supplied me with this summary-

Valjean is a former felon, trying to stay out of trouble. Marius and Enjorlas are french revolutionaries, Javert is a police inspector (and Valjean’s former warden), Thenardier is a crook, Cosette is Valjean’s daughter, and Eponine is Thenardier’s daughter.

I’m still trying to figure out how Ponpon the car-driving rabbit and the ki-fireball throwing French policeman fit into the story. I guess I’ll have to read the book.

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    • 4 Responses to 'Homemade Les Miserables 2d Fighter'

    1. Adamu Says:
      February 2nd, 2005 at 10:07 pm

      I mean, I knew Phantom was a hit in Japan, but I never expected this.

    2. Nate Says:
      February 3rd, 2005 at 7:02 pm

      Don’t know where to put this….thought you might be interested. I mean, com on! Edible printed or flying sushi? Crazy…..
      http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/technology/circuits/03chef.html?ex=1265086800&en=86bc342e2ce05d47&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt

    3. Adamu Says:
      February 4th, 2005 at 4:29 pm

      Just for the sake of accuracy, the game’s name is actually 2D格闘ツクール. The Tsuku-ru part is a play on words, crossing スクール　with 作る. If you don’t get it right away, then translating it for you won’t make any difference, so those of you who don’t speak Japanese can ignore this comment!

    4. Digis Meso Dei - The greatest 2D fighting game ever Says:
      August 30th, 2006 at 1:58 am

      [...] February 3rd, 2005 02:08 pm – The greatest 2D fighting game everBeholdIT’S A LES MISERABLES FIGHTING GAMEHOLY JESUS FUCKEdit: In depth analysis of the game:From ShoryukenCurrent Music: #E Nomine – Mitternacht (Radio Edit)#(Leave a comment)Comments: From:dicedork Date:February 3rd, 2005 10:26 pm (UTC) (Link)I followed the link but didn’t see anything. Sounds cool though. Does Javert throw his nightstick?(Reply to this) (Thread) From:thoth2020 Date:February 3rd, 2005 10:51 pm (UTC) (Link)Link fixed.(Reply to this) (Parent) From:miakayuki2 Date:February 4th, 2005 04:58 am (UTC) (Link)oh my jesus!(Reply to this) From:maitriaya Date:February 4th, 2005 05:33 am (UTC) (Link)oh god I hope my kiky works with this(Reply to this) > Go to Top LiveJournal.com Sponsored Search LinksCustomize | Feedback [...]

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