Evolution of FFR

[bmah]

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Definitely following this thread. I'll fill in any missing history I may know about.

[ItsOnlyDanO]

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Now this is a thread

Oddly enough I remember playing hyperactivity back on my old account, it wasn't that bad but I guess stargroup was like 'nah' and nuked it

[choof]

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File 101
She Bangs (William Hung) - Jello

There's gotta be a story behind this file.

Files 102 - 110
The Final Blue Files

The last stretch of blue files, finally ending what we could call the "Blue Note Era."

So, what points can we get from this time in FFR's history?
- Engine was still fairly rough around the edges
- Song choice was not very broad, with a portion of the music being made by people who actively played the game
- Simfiling was simple, theory hardly existed. Most files post-Nestlekwik had an easy-to-follow structure, even with some of the harder files.

With how files were created at the time, it's hard to say if there was any quality control at all. I don't mean that the files were bad: on the contrary, some of these files have stood the test of time, but I can't tell if Synthlight put every file he recieved into the game. Did rejects exist? How many people participated in the contest held by Synthlight?

This 1.5 year stretch was a much simpler time. FFR would soon get a huge following in the years to come.

[Tarrik]

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Good shit Choof.

[Zageron]

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Yeah, this is super interesting.

[DarkManticoreX2]

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Didn't Synth's first 13 files get produced in notepad?

I remember hearing that a long long time ago.

[hi19hi19]

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File 101
She Bangs (William Hung) - Jello

There's gotta be a story behind this file.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/page/124/

"Please go to http://www.williamhung.net and sign their online petition to bring this amazing talent back to Hollywood and back to American Idol. I fear he is our last true music hope.

Cheers,

Synthlight"

[rCaliberGX]

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Posting in future legendary thread

[korny]

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Full list of files that have been added to the game then removed at some point:

Synesthetic (FFR Edit) [old version], Chrono Trigger, FF7 Battle, Dub-I-Dub, Break Down!, In Da Club, Afronova Primeval, Dynamite Rave, Put Your Faith in Me, Pwnd!, FFR Special Mix, Mr. Larpus, Genesis One, Captain Jack, Let Me Be Your Pirate, *Winning*, {Lazy Summer Days} gamma, Variations 2 gamma, Guitar Sounds gamma, Speedcore 300, Grist gamma, Undiscovered Colors [old version], Whimper Wall (Unreal Superhero #2), Gigadelic

Wait what these songs are all out of the game?

For nostalgic value all I care about is synesthetic and chrono trigger

[choof]

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chrono trigger was taken out due to copyright, iirc

I don't think that files are permanently deleted, just disabled. Someone will have to correct me if I'm wrong of course

[NeonSM]

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Undertaking such a project may lead to unfortunate consequences.

Stay safe out there.

[Tps222]

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Yeah iirc synths original simfiles were all written in notepad. I don't really remember much that hasn't already been covered. Soccr was the main guy behind R2 which never really ran well (and had some weird user created tracks, I remember roller coaster something). Thirdstyle was supposed to be the successor but eventually ended up as a long running joke akin to the loch Ness monster.

The games we played was a single file at one point too.

Oh and during R1 there were no speed mods, so you would take the window out of fullscreen and crop it so you only see half of the playing screen, which in essence would act as a makeshift speed mod; desperate days.

[YoshL]

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when would the renard era be

[DarkManticoreX2]

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chrono trigger was taken out due to copyright, iirc

I don't think that files are permanently deleted, just disabled. Someone will have to correct me if I'm wrong of course

Chrono Trigger and FF7 theme

[lurker]

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when would the renard era be

when you started posting