Otocky, a musical shooter (Famicom Disk System)

I became curious about this game because someone else in my favorites indirectly introduced me to this game.

Toshio Iwai created ElectroPlankton. If you ever wanted to know why Nintendo took interest in this guy, here's his hybrid of a shooter and a music game.

Admittedly I became too obsessed with making something that sounds like a song to shoot things. So I beat Arcade Mode so I can fool around with the game in BGM mode where I can't be hurt/killed.

Generative music can make anyone a master composer.

This game though, she BE my master!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Otocky
• SEDIC
• ASCII
• Iwai
• Toshio
• Famicom
• Disk
• Nintendo
• Music
• Generative
• Sound

[ganon95]

looks pretty shweet but i don't understand how your supposed to play this

[KeijiKG]

@ganon95 Usually when that happens, you play the friggin' game yourself.

Or just watch JewWario's video.

[XinBiDe]

very cool but... can you lose? i am not sure what the goal is by watching this.

[KeijiKG]

@XinBiDe

The mode I'm showing in the video requires you to beat levels in the main mode first.

So yes, you can lose.

[cutthecameras]

Toshio Iwai is the man, this game was really ahead of it's time.

[TieFighterDragon]

Hey man- just wanted to say that your "playing" (no offense, but I don't know how to classify this) is pretty freakin' amazing. I've been playing the violin for 10-somethin' years, and I could hardly believe the versatility you present with such simple sound apparatus. Practice or no, you cranked out some pretty sweet tunes, I enjoyed it a lot. Great game and great vis- fav from me for sure, and much kudos.

[falcord]

Thumbs up if after watching the video you looked elsewhere and say the screen as if it was drifting slowly to the right.

[akumacornflakes]

This was an absolute pleasure to watch. People hailed REZ as such a revolutionary idea when it came out, but I'd go so far as to say that this did it better. From what I've seen of REZ it doesn't look like it really gives you much flexibility in how the music plays out, but you really made this your own. That was probably the best 7 minutes I've spent in a very long time.

[ganon95]

@KeijiKG

to play the friggin game requires you have the friggin game console which i do not ;)

i shall look at this wario jews videos

[Superphilipp]

You're right, I got it mixed up.

[tehcosmicexplorer08]

@Superphilipp

No, it wasn't. Rez was conceived by Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Otocky was conceived by Toshio Iwai.

[KeijiKG]

@Superphilipp

That was Tetsuya Mizuguchi.

[Superphilipp]

Rez was thought up by the same guy.