Cybergoth Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi there! In a few manuals from 20th fox it reads stuff like "Hints from Dallas North" or "A Game By Dallas North", so what is this refering to? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 google using "Dallas North 20th fox" returns this as the first result. Dallas North was a game programmer in the classic Atari 2600 era. He made games for 20th Century Fox, (mostly bad movie translations). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Dallas North was an alias for Doug Neubauer. He used it when he freelanced for 20th Century Fox. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi there! Dallas North was an alias for Doug Neubauer. He used it when he freelanced for 20th Century Fox. Ah, that makes sense. All games in question have Doug credited as programmer. But this: mostly bad movie translations is bullshit. Alien and M.A.S.H are clearly amongst the best movie translations you can get on the VCS... Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Dallas North was an alias for Doug Neubauer. He used it when he freelanced for 20th Century Fox. Tempest I don't doubt ya at all Matt, but where did you get that info? I never made the connection, and I was a 20th Century Fox hound in the day. Knew of Dallas, but didn't know Doug was he. Or him. You know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 It's been mentioned in several places over the years (including the DP guide). I'm not sure how well known it is, but it's definetly not a secret. Interestingly Doug also used the alias Solaris when designing The Last Starfighter. I have no idea why he was so into pseudonyms. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 It's been mentioned in several places over the years (including the DP guide). I'm not sure how well known it is, but it's definetly not a secret. Interestingly Doug also used the alias Solaris when designing The Last Starfighter. I have no idea why he was so into pseudonyms. Tempest Groovy. I never knew any of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Wonder if it has anything to do with the movie North Dallas Forty? http://imdb.com/title/tt0079640/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 for some reason 'dallas north' makes me think of the movie alien... what was Dallas' full name in Alien? was alien the first game 'Dallas North' worked on??? Dallas was the captain of the nostromo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 what was Dallas' full name in Alien? You know what? I don't think they ever told in the whole movie. The credits just list him as Dallas. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 and you may all rest assured that Dallas North is under my hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi there! Hm... both names have the same initials... Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Dallas was Skerrit's LAST name in Alien First names were not given at all until the sequel...and I think that Dallas's might appear as just an initial on the display behind Ripley during the company review. It's a space thing. Talby...what's Talby's first name? * thinks for a momentUm...what's MY first name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailGator Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 And I thought Dallas North was a porn star. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 and you may all rest assured that Dallas North is under my hat. I thought the body was hidden in Chris ++'s asshat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Hmmmm. Maybe it's Doug who started the pseudonym craze for game designers in Japan? I still remember Fish Man's name in just about every NES era Capcom game made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Fish Man, Fish Man. roly poly Fish Man.. Hmm, I wonder why there was never a "Fish Man" boss in a Mega Man game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Because it was programmed by the Japanese. They'd have Squid Man or something. j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Now that you mention it, there IS a "Launch Octopus" in X4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I always knew NES games were kinda fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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