FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus

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Writer for Hardcore Gaming 101 (as Apollo Chungus) and Cartoon Milk. Occasional animation enthusiast, music composer and numpty. 29 | he/him/whatevs

From some of the creators of Carmen Sandiago no less, instead of women you find dinosaurs, a sure fire hit for the kids

FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus@frdougal9000.bsky.social · yesterday

Hey y'all, it's time for another episode of the @hg101.bsky.social podcast! @bobinator.bsky.social @kaly.myatproto.social and I are on the back half, chatting about the weird charming educational CDi game Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid! www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...

Columbo, in "Out of Bounds" - An unaired episode the original 1970s series; a Los Angeles County judge (Ted Knight) bumps off a local defense lawyer (Ed Asner), and buries him beneath the first tee box at Torrey Pines. Columbo, invited to the Amateur Open, swears something is off about his drive.

Was speaking to Joe Pearson, one of the co-creators/designers of Crash Bandicoot the other day, and found out he almost made an animated sequel to Brandon Lee's The Crow movie, instead of working on Crash. He sent me some of the art Brad Coombs created for the project.

A cover for the undeveloped "The Crow Inferno" animated film, featuring Eric Draven and the devilConcept art for Shelly by Brad CoombsConcept art for the rockstar version of SatanConcept art for the crow, by Brad Coombs

But you know who still is in the US release of Bust-A-Groove 2? That's right: Kelsey Grammer. I can't find that exact promotional image, but this other one's from the same shoot, I think. The orange image in the middle is taken directly from the game's texture files.

Bust-A-Groove 2 - Kitty-N posing after a victory in Kelly's stage. A billboard in the background has been enlarged to show the vague pixelated visage of Kelsey Grammer as Frasier, holding Eddie - his dad's dog. The original texture file (wrong color pallet) is shown next to it. Next to that is another promotional photo from around the same time, showing Frasier holding Eddie from another angle.