Mischief Makers is a 1997 side-scrolling platform video game, the first
for the Nintendo 64, developed by Treasure and published by Enix and
Nintendo. The player assumes the role of Marina, a robotic maid who
grabs, shakes and throws objects in her journey to rescue her creator
from the emperor of Planet Clancer. The game is presented in 2.5D, with
pre-rendered 3D backgrounds behind 2D gameplay. A 12-person team
developed the game over two years as Treasure's first title for a
Nintendo console. It was first shown at the 1997 Electronic
Entertainment Expo and released later that year. The game's reviews were
mixed: they praised its inventiveness, personality, and boss fights, but
criticized its brevity, low difficulty, low replay value, sound, and
harsh introductory learning curve. Retrospective reviewers disagreed
with the originally poor reception, and several highlighted Marina's
signature "Shake, shake!" sound bite. In 2009, GamesRadar called it
"possibly the most underrated and widely ignored game on the N64".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Makers>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
838:
Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate
defeated Byzantine Empire troops, led by Emperor Theophilos himself, at
the Battle of Anzen near present-day Dazman, Turkey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzen>
1894:
Despite finishing in first place in the world's first auto
race, Jules-Albert de Dion did not win, as his steam-powered car was
against the rules.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion>
1950:
Following an indecisive referendum, King Leopold III, accused
of collaboration with Nazi Germany, returned to Belgium, beginning an
escalation of the political crisis known as the Royal Question.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Question>
1991:
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his
apartment.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer>
2002:
The Israeli Defense Forces dropped a bomb on the home of Salah
Shehade, the leader of the military arm of Hamas, killing him and his
family.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_Shehade>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cupboard:
1. (obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate
and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
2. (obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly
valuable plate.
3. A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for
storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used
for storing other items.
4. (obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cupboard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can
be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and the vile can
be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. Loving makes love.
Loving makes itself. We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead
of creating the perfect love.
--Tom Robbins
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Robbins>