The game's response to a wrong answer (“ A booming voice says ‘ Wrong, cretin !’ and you notice that you have turned into a pile of dust ”) appears in many " fortune cookie " databases.

While the game's overall sound effects were designed by Hajime Wakai, the palette of vocal expressions for Yoshi were recorded by Kazumi Totaka, making Yoshi's Story the first game to feature a voice for the dinosaur.

The game's cast of voice actors included Michael T. Weiss, Sheena Easton, Rob Paulsen, Mitch Pileggi, Dan Castellaneta, and Tony Jay.

Brandon Justice of IGN rated the game an 8. 6 / 10, criticizing various glitches and voice acting while praising the game's visuals and gameplay.

The minor character, con man Harry Mudd, also makes a guest appearance in one of the game's episodes ( though the original actor, Roger C. Carmel, did not voice the role, as he had died in 1986 ).

Both praised the game's audio, noting that Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher's voice suited the role perfectly.

Among the game's realistic features include sophisticated playbooks and player statistics, and voice commentary that allows players to hear the game as if it were a real TV broadcast.

The game's voice synthesizer generates speech for the robots during certain in-game events:

In 1983, the laserdisc video game Bega's Battle introduced the use of animated full-motion video ( FMV ) cut scenes with voice acting to develop a story between the game's shooting stages, which would become the standard approach to video game storytelling years later.

Originally modeled in Max Payne after the game's writer Sam Lake, Max's appearance was remodeled after professional actor Timothy Gibbs for Max Payne 2 ; James McCaffrey returned as the voice of Max.

The " talkie " CD versions of the game, besides adding voice actors, extend the game's introduction and replaced the still character portraits with animated versions.

Other examples of unlockable content can include art, music, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and interviews with a game's producer, artist, or voice talent.

The voice acting was criticized by some, with IGN remarking that it is " over the top " in some places, and EGM disliking the Dino ( or Saurian ) language used by some of the game's inhabitants.

The Genesis version was released on a 40 Megabit cartridge, which allowed the inclusions of voice clips of the game's announcer stating the names of the countries before each match, although the audio quality is not of the same level as the original arcade game.

Praise has frequently been directed towards Simon Templeman's voice acting, with IGN and Game Revolution citing Kain's soliloquies as " both gruesome and entertaining " and " the best part the game's audio " respectively in their assessments of his debut in the original Blood Omen.

The game's numerous multiplayer modes singled out as strong features ; however, some publications criticized single-player aspects such as its story and voice acting.

" FiringSquad also praised the voice acting of Baldur's Gate II, saying, " Characters sound alive and vivacious ( or depressed, crazy — whatever suits them ), bringing a whole new level of depth to game's immersion factor.

Additionally, the game had voice acting for the game's intro and voice clips that played during the game's battle gameplay, a rarity for games on the system.

Much like the cartoon, Bucky O ' Hare features colorful animation, and voice actors from the series were hired to participate in the game's cut scenes.

For the game's use of audio, IGN declared it " game music at its purest ", but proceeded to question the absence of voice acting in the text based game.

On a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Manchuria, the game's protagonist, Yuri Volte Hyuga ( Urmnaf " Uru " Bort Hyuga in the Japanese version ), hears a voice in his head telling him to rescue the young Alice Elliot, whose priest father was recently murdered in a most brutal fashion in Rouen, France.

The White Stockings, with Anson acting as player / manager, captured their third consecutive pennant in 1882, and Anson established himself as the game's first true superstar.

On Coach's Corner, Cherry analyzes the game's first period and gives tips on various points of hockey, with MacLean acting as Cherry's foil.

. hack // XXXX serves as a manga adaptation of the game's story with various changes, such as Cubia acting as a player character.

He revealed that Camelot had received co-operation from Nintendo in relation to voice acting and animation, which Takahashi stated as " contributing quite a bit to the improvement of the game's graphics ".

Kasavin complimented the game's eclectic soundtrack, excellent voice acting, and distinctive sound effects, while the GamePro reviewer panned them as minimalist and irritating.

Criticisms focused on the game's voice acting, controls for making a choice, and for being a slideshow and not Full Motion Video, as advertised on the box.

The game also features a cameo by Gary Coleman, acting as himself, who appears early on as the objective of one of the game's tasks ( travel to the local shopping mall to get Gary's autograph ).

Game Revolution complimented the game's story, graphical style, voice acting and soundtrack, while criticising the gameplay as " about as straightforward – and in some cases boring – as it gets for an FPS ".

The game's European releases were localized with German, French and English text and voice acting, which was made possible by " close coordination with international partners ".

Reviews were positive, and the addition of " Free Roam " was widely praised, but many elements were criticized, such as having to drive excessive amounts to get to specific races, bland voice acting and strong product placement for companies with no connection to auto racing, such as integrating the logo for Cingular, an American wireless communications company, into the game's messaging system and displaying it on-screen for much of the gameplay.

For the game's voice acting, Raziel was voiced by Michael Bell, and Tony Jay, who had provided the voice of Mortanius in Blood Omen, voiced The Elder God.

Castlevania also features sporadic voice acting, mainly for the prologue narration and several of the game's main characters.

" GameSpot praised the game's story and said that the voice acting and music is " great " and that the game can " also be funny ," but stated that the game is " quite thin in both action and adventure " and also criticised certain elements of the gameplay.

Worthplaying. com praised the games voice acting saying " Voice acting is probably the game's best aural aspect as the voice talent " deliver their lines in a believable and fitting style.

A Dungeon Master serves as the game's referee and storyteller, while also maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur and playing the role of the inhabitants.

The game's development and impact on popular culture is also the subject of the book Masters of Doom by David Kushner.

The visuals were drastically simplified, being closer to early shooters like Wolfenstein 3D ; also, it consists solely of Lunar Apocalypse, the second from the original game's three " episodes ", which was heavily modified to suit the engine.

" The game's box also had three books of source material and game-playing tips: a Player's Guide, Game Master's Guide, and Guide to the Fortune Deck.

The game's designers took inspiration from the post-apocalyptic novels and movies of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s ; the first edition rules cite Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, Andre Norton's Star Man's Son ( also published as Daybreak-2250 A. D .), Sterling E. Lanier's Hiero's Journey, and Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.

* Peter Hudson – Australian Rules Footballer, considered one of the greatest full-forwards in the game's history, when playing for Glenorchy he kicked 616 goals in 81 games with some records stating he instead kicked 769 goals ; he is also a member of the AFL Hall of Fame

* In the video game NBA 2K12, " Basketball " is used in the opening video and is also part of the game's soundtrack.

Mitsuda also titled the game's ending song " Radical Dreamers-Le Trésor Interdit -".

Like Mario Kart DS, it includes on-line play ; it also allows racers to play as user-created Miis ( after unlocking the Mii character ) as well as Mario series characters and comes packaged with the Wii Wheel peripheral, which can act as the game's primary control mechanism when coupled with a Wii Remote.

( This segment also provided the game's original subtitle, Where in Corpsman Santiago is Roger Wilco ?, which was not used due to legal threats from the makers of the Carmen Sandiego products.

This also allowed the game's script and data files to be re-used across various platforms.

IGN also rates the game's soundtrack, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, as seventh in its list of the top ten greatest 8-Bit soundtracks.

" The reviewer praised the game's multiplayer mode, which he described as " an absolute blast ," as well as its lasting appeal, but also commented that the " cutesy " characters and music would be a turn-off for " a lot of people.

However, the game's original HUD can also be used if desired.

U. S. soldiers have also expressed their love of the game's warrior ethos.

ACEs Steve Cooke also found the controls convenient, and he praised the game's atmosphere.

The game has also received criticism, mainly because of the game's length.

These characters also assist Mario in the game's turn-based battles, where damage inflicted against them results in temporary paralysis as the characters do not have individual HP statistics.

In addition to the game's single-player modes, Tetris Attack also provides several multiplayer modes that are essentially two-player variants of the single-player modes.

Although legend attributes the game's creation to Stephen de Vignolles, also known as La Hire, a knight in the reign of Charles VII during the Hundred Years ' War, it may possibly have come into France from Spain because the words " pique " and " repique ", the main features of the game, are of Spanish origin.

Relic has also repeatedly stated that they wanted to include the Tyranids in Dawn Of War, but the game's graphic engine " wouldn't do them justice ".

Currency is indirectly received from Ness ' father, who can also save the game's progress.

" The game's audio was also praised, with All RPG declaring it " some of the best music on the Super Nintendo.

" He also praised the game's " team concept " where " throughout the game, characters would join a player's team in order to help him / her win, each bringing unusual skills or magical talents.

The game's timeline was also retconned to accommodate the German reunification in 1990.