Fretwobbler Posted December 10, 2001 Share Posted December 10, 2001 I was reading the instruction manual in a German game - Phantom Panzer (Tank) and noticed some spelling mistakes in the English (I dont mean to insult our German friends for the poor translation, heck I can hardly speak English myself and besides, they make better cars than us) . What amazes me though is that the translater can come up with a sentance like this - "another twenty enemies are coveting the base one again" - now thats quite good use of English, coveting - i like that word. But then come up with the most simple of spelling errors like - "The number on the buttom of the screen" I found that one funny. and... "this is a real test of your courage and preserverance" maybe they were just typo's but youd think a Sofware House would proof read any documentation before publishing. Anybody got any other examples of Atariesque spelling errors? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted December 10, 2001 Share Posted December 10, 2001 "You should bolw up all enemy before they land down and ruin up your base." - TomBoy That one just bolw's me away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 10, 2001 Share Posted December 10, 2001 At least they spelled the name of the game correctly... I've seen some pirate games that couldn't even get that right And of course, there's always Ploe Position... --Zero [ 12-10-2001: Message edited by: Ze_ro ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted December 11, 2001 Share Posted December 11, 2001 "All your base are belong to us!" Oh ... sorry. Wrong console... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted December 11, 2001 Share Posted December 11, 2001 i want to see PLOE POSITION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 11, 2001 Share Posted December 11, 2001 I've always liked Pimball. The only spelling mistakes I know of on US releases are Ploe Position and Pole Positn. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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