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Macross Influences in Video Games


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Fontlines: Fuel of War

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...War+PC+Game+THQ

The picture is 6th from right, doesn't that look almost like an YF-19?

The official sight lists it as:

The Su-48 is the Red Star Alliance’s newest jet fighter, one evolution past previous swept wing design experiments.

http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=vehicles

Just wondering if anyone has played with this toy in-game?

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Now if you wanna talk Macross influence on gaming, in StarCraft, the voice of the Terran Battle Cruiser sounds distinctly like Cmdr. Gloval.

I could swear some of the fantasy aircrafts taken from the Ace Combat games look strikingly similar to some Macross aircraft. Ofcourse it could just be that Jap artists have great imaginations on what fantasy aircrafts look like.

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Now if you wanna talk Macross influence on gaming, in StarCraft, the voice of the Terran Battle Cruiser sounds distinctly like Cmdr. Gloval.

I could swear some of the fantasy aircrafts taken from the Ace Combat games look strikingly similar to some Macross aircraft. Ofcourse it could just be that Jap artists have great imaginations on what fantasy aircrafts look like.

One of the secret ships in Tyrian(type NORTSHIPZ on the titlescreen) had a secondary special weapon(tap the button to change your rear-fire mode to select it) called "SDF Main Gun" and it was a big fat laser of omnipotence.

Arguably it was a Robotech reference, but...

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