Monthly Archive for November, 2010

[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 14 – Towards the Last Sanctuary

Today’s GPP: Getting the last two Your Sanctuary locations.

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[#ebff] Building a Sound Stone

In this post, I’ll be talking about building a Sound Stone as a project for the EarthBound Fanfest. In EarthBound, the Sound Stone is a device that Ness is given at the beginning of the game. He uses it to collect the melodies of the eight Your Sanctuary locations that give him the power to defeat the cosmic evil Giygas.

This is primarily a documentation for those who would be interested in building one of these. The source code for the project is available here for anyone to use and modify.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 13 – The Sword of Kings

Today: Rescuing Tony, Apple Kid, and Dr. Andonuts from the nefarious Starmen.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 12 – Yellow Submarine

Today’s GPP: Dungeon Man and taking the Yellow Submarine to Deep Darkness.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 11 – Secrets of the Pyramid


Today’s GPP: We’re going to a lot of exotic places! Dalaam, a boat ride from Summers to Scaraba, and the Pyramid.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 10 – Sewer Crawling

After a day’s break, the journey continues! Today’s GPP: We unite with Poo, take a field trip to the Summers museum, and go diving into Fourside’s sewers in search for another Your Sanctuary location.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 9 – Summers Vacation

Today’s GPP: Confronting Monotoli, another Your Sanctuary, and a short vacation in seaside Summers.

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[#ebff] ¡ǝpısuooɯ oʇ ǝɯoɔ1ǝʍ – 8 ʎɐp ʇsǝɟuɐɟ qǝ

Today’s GPP: Paula gets kidnapped in a haunted department store, we travel to the strange mirror world of Moonside, and we learn how to teleport from some monkeys.
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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 7 – Ness tries his hand at Minecraft

Today’s GPP: Crossing the desert to Fourside and helping some miners with a mole problem.

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[#ebff] EB Fanfest Day 6 – The Coffee of Hope and Inspiration

In today’s gameplay point, we confront the leader of the zombies and grab the third Your Sanctuary location.

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