1 00:00:09,541 --> 00:00:12,334 Front Mission: Gun Hazard is a game from Square 2 00:00:12,335 --> 00:00:16,392 released in 1996 for the Super Nintendo, only in Japan. 3 00:00:16,827 --> 00:00:18,551 The second title of the series, 4 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:21,651 Gun Hazard is quite different from its predecessor, 5 00:00:21,652 --> 00:00:24,988 being more a shooter in the style of Contra and Cybernator, 6 00:00:24,989 --> 00:00:28,254 but with RPG elements, like any good game from Square. 7 00:00:29,143 --> 00:00:30,640 Despite being a good title, 8 00:00:30,641 --> 00:00:33,177 something very strange is present in the cartridge: 9 00:00:34,332 --> 00:00:37,863 digging through the ROM audio files with a specific tool, 10 00:00:37,864 --> 00:00:40,537 you can find the following sound: 11 00:00:49,658 --> 00:00:51,279 Again and translated. 12 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:54,794 We're gonna burn your building down, you fuckheads. 13 00:00:54,795 --> 00:00:59,760 C18 is watching you, you communist, nigger-loving, Paki… 14 00:00:59,919 --> 00:01:02,562 This audio clip can be heard in the game, 15 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,758 on this screen that appears after the final credits. 16 00:01:05,982 --> 00:01:07,690 Right under the helicopter sound, 17 00:01:07,691 --> 00:01:09,464 it is possible to notice the voice. 18 00:01:09,587 --> 00:01:10,185 Check it out. 19 00:01:20,284 --> 00:01:22,421 This sound in the game, in fact, 20 00:01:22,422 --> 00:01:27,211 is an excerpt from an alleged telephone recording of a member of Combat 18, 21 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:32,014 a neo-Nazi political organization suspected of numerous killings of immigrants 22 00:01:32,015 --> 00:01:34,611 and people whom they consider from other races. 23 00:01:35,362 --> 00:01:38,687 The BNP's got your card marked, you bastards. 24 00:01:38,688 --> 00:01:42,069 We're gonna burn your building down, you fuckheads. 25 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:47,941 C18 is watching you, you communist, nigger-loving, Paki cunts. 26 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:52,112 Fucking dickheads, we're gonna hang you for burning the British flag. 27 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:59,419 You'll hang from every fucking flagpole in Britain for burning the Union Jack, you bastards. 28 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,456 The problem is that this recording 29 00:02:03,457 --> 00:02:07,670 is the introduction of a song of the British hip hop group Fun-Da-Mental. 30 00:02:08,163 --> 00:02:12,008 The band had songs with lyrics full of political engagement, 31 00:02:12,009 --> 00:02:14,842 and this track in particular, called Dog Tribe, 32 00:02:14,843 --> 00:02:18,646 criticizes the various forms of racism and ethnic segregation. 33 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:30,606 So it opens with this controversial message, 34 00:02:30,607 --> 00:02:35,063 in order to criticize the hate that the most conservative sectors and the Far-right 35 00:02:35,064 --> 00:02:38,823 in our society have about the different ethnic groups and cultures. 36 00:02:39,178 --> 00:02:40,729 In other versions of the song, 37 00:02:40,730 --> 00:02:43,058 this introduction ended up being cut. 38 00:02:48,986 --> 00:02:52,304 So why the hell it ended up in Front Mission: Gun Hazard? 39 00:02:52,732 --> 00:02:54,856 Apparently, it was just an accident: 40 00:02:55,042 --> 00:02:57,387 the musicians responsible for the sound of the game, 41 00:02:57,388 --> 00:03:00,308 including there Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda, 42 00:03:00,309 --> 00:03:02,559 heard the music of Fun-Da-Mental, 43 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,407 thought that this message would be a good sound effect, 44 00:03:05,408 --> 00:03:07,310 since they do not understand English very well, 45 00:03:07,311 --> 00:03:11,279 and put in the game like a voice talking on the helicopter radio, 46 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,602 without anyone realizing it was a message of hatred and racism. 47 00:03:15,036 --> 00:03:17,549 This technique called sampling, that is, 48 00:03:17,550 --> 00:03:20,388 removing sounds of music and other works, 49 00:03:20,389 --> 00:03:22,582 was very common in old games, 50 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:26,575 but nowadays it stopped for a moment mainly because of the Internet, 51 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:29,779 since people easily discover the sound similarities 52 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:32,355 and this opens the door to a lovely lawsuit. 53 00:03:32,937 --> 00:03:35,276 Two cases of this kind we know well here: 54 00:03:35,731 --> 00:03:40,451 the free advertisement of Kaiser in the menu screen of Capcom vs. SNK… 55 00:03:40,978 --> 00:03:45,149 Kaiser, a great beer. The beer of happy times. 56 00:03:47,277 --> 00:03:50,068 …and a TV commercial in Parasite Eve II. 57 00:03:50,257 --> 00:03:51,851 I suspect that is from C&A. 58 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,292 Each of these offers for just… 59 00:03:58,441 --> 00:04:02,816 That voice was shortly after cut off from the American and European versions of the game. 60 00:04:05,774 --> 00:04:09,442 So do not worry, Front Mission: Gun Hazard is not 61 00:04:09,443 --> 00:04:11,823 a racist game with subliminal messages. 62 00:04:12,053 --> 00:04:16,213 It is rather a great title from Square which unfortunately was restricted to Japan, 63 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:20,257 but thanks to the Internet, a group of fans made a translated version. 64 00:04:20,336 --> 00:04:23,278 So, there is the hint, because it's worth checking out.