Talk:Berzerk
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Was this one of the more popular Atari 2600 games? I wasn't all that old when I got it, but now I think that it was, but I'm just not sure.
JesseG 00:05, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
- I thought the game was great on the 2600, but I don't think it was a raging hit, either.--み使い Mitsukai 16:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm a little confused about how the game caused the players' deaths. Was it too intense or something? --NeuronExMachina 20:32, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
The player disintegrated (a la a phaser blast in Star Trek). The article says "each level is designed to be more difficult to finish than the last", while my play experience doesn't indicate that at all-always seemed random. The most challenging were the "bots in a box", where robots spawn in an inaccessible central room, requiring Evil Otto to come and kill them. John DiFool2
I think I read somewhere that the robots in the game were inspired by the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica (the 1970s version, obviously), and that the twirling eye was supposed to be invocative of the Cylon eye. Anyone know anything about that?--み使い Mitsukai 16:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Can someone find a source for the foreign language versions? In all the articles I've seen for the game, I've never seen this mentioned, and an Esperanto version seems pretty suspect. Doctor Nick 16:54, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
"In 1986, Stern Electronics and Evil Otto were mentioned as an unwholesome influence on children during the "Suicide Solution" lawsuit of Ozzy Osbourne along with Dungeons and Dragons, marijuana and Prince." = This statement seems irrelevant and I can wager most people have no idea what the "Suicide Solution" is. It should be removed. - anon
- Agreed. At the very least, it should be moved to the "Problems and player death toll" section. Clayhalliwell 16:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 910 points
What is the significance of earning 910 points. The article does not state so, just gives a strategy for doing so.
The source(s) of the information regarding "player death toll" need to be identified and properly cited (he said, nursing grave doubts that anything even remotely convincing would materialize.)
[edit] Evil Otto in News Radio
Somewhere in season 3, DVD disk 2 I think, the workers are doing peer evaluations. Bill calls Dave "Evil Otto", then someone else calls Bill "Evil Otto". I am not sure if this is an official reference. Can anyone confirm that? I love Berzerk. :)
Ok, I think the episode is called Rose Bowl.
Mancomb 01:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Come to think of it, there was a News Radio episode where Dave doesn't study for the SATs because he is too busy playing an arcade game where you have to save "humanoids". The description of the arcade game they play has obviously nothing to do with Berzerk but I do not think it is a coincidence that the word humanoid is used. I have a feeling the writers of the show played Berzerk. I am considering adding these references to the main article (I will mention that it is not verified as an official reference). If anyone objects, please let me know.
Mancomb 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I have confirmed via the DVD commentary that it is a real reference to Berzerk by the writers of the show. In the commentary for Rose Bowl, around 15:50 one of the writers announces that it's a reference to Berzerk and other commentators laugh at him and say that the only people still listening to the commentary are the fans of the game and don't need to be told. Since I only listened to the commentary to confirm the reference, did I just prove them right? :)
Mancomb 15:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
